UC Life Science Consulting (UC) is India’s only specialised and sharply focused Life Science Strategy Consulting Boutique that helps life science companies integrate Science with Strategy.

 UC started with its 1st consulting project way back in 1994 and has now completed 1,015 consulting projects and provided over 2.5 million hours of consulting support to our Clients.

Over the past 27 years we have advised both MNCs and Indian companies, which includes innovators, branded generics players, diagnostic services and medical technology companies, as well as global food and agro-commodity organisations. More than 75% of UC’s work comprises repeat work from existing clients and referrals from them.​

UC has a broad and deep understanding of India and its complex business environment. Founded in 1994 at the dawn of India’s economic liberalisation, UC has been witness to India’s transformative journey from a mere $330 billion economy in 1994, to a major $2.6 trillion global economy in 2021.

Mission

Shaping Health​care
Strengthening India​

Values

Reliable

Responsive

Rigorous

Resilient

Leadership Team

A diverse group of professionals that have been together for almost three decades,
comprises the Leadership Team at UC

Jay P Desai

Founder & Managing Director

Shankar Rajesh

Senior Director

S. Venkatesh

Senior Director

Sonali Aggarwal

Director – Finance & HR

Office Team

Archana Palav

Business Development 

 

Asgari Pagarkar

Recruitment

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Bhairavi Patel​

Knowledge Development​

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Parizad Sabawalla

Business Development

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Sampreetha Shetty​

Finance & Accounts

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Stephanie James​​

Finance & Accounts​

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What Our Clients Say

Extremely professional and qualified team, possessing mix of domain expertise and research acumen. UC always brings a fresh perspective to the table and understands the client’s business issues in depth, before proposing a methodology. I would highly recommend them for complex strategic consulting assignments.

Pawan Arora, Business Manager, Spine

UC STRATEGY teams are a breed of talented and highly driven individuals, totally switched on to the contours of the life science industry, its challenges & opportunities. The Pharma Industry depends a lot on their analysis and professional advice & ability to distil from reams of data and numbers – sensible
business conclusions; very often also used for advocacy with government. Novartis too has benefited from the advice provided by UC STRATEGY to decipher solutions to complex
problems

Ranjit Shahani, Country President

Illumina engaged UC for a market landscape and assessment initiative as well as development of an implementation plan. Our expectations of the deliverables was quite high, having worked previously with numerous strategy consulting firms such as McKinsey, AT Kearney and Boos Allen. Universal more than surpassed our expectations as they provided detailed insights on facets of different markets, that we had neglected to appreciate. The Firm’s strength resides in their ability to interpret ideas; develop a thorough project scope; and synthesize complex primary and secondary data. Ads future project arise, we will consider working with UC as our Strategy partner

Sameer Rohatgi, Senior Director

Our relationship with Universal Consulting has deepened significantly … The team brings to bear a unique combination of industry knowledge, insightful thinking, ability to go deep on an industry, and capability to deliver actionable recommendations. For this I
commend UC

Rustom J Desai, President

Bunge started working with UC on a project
for an Entry strategy and action plan into a new business segment in India. The work done by UC was exhaustive, detailed and most importantly provided insight into where and how to invest, as also the required scale to be cost competitive. The team worked as an extended arm of Bunge with a quick response time, 24×7 and an attitude of
“Whatever it takes”. We were delighted with the performance of UC and have used them for many other projects since. They continue to deliver high quality, with commitment and are cost effective

Adhiraj Sarin, Managing Director

Events

UC’s 25th Anniversary (2019) with Ustad Shujaat Khan

In 2019, UC turned 25, with a celebratory event at the Trident BKC, Mumbai.

We hope you enjoy the vignettes of Ustad Shujaat Khan’s captivating Sitar performance that evening. We thank our Clients, Business Associates, Advisory Board, Alumni, Employees, Families and Friends, for encouraging UC over 25 years so that we could experience this moment a quarter of a century after our birth in 1994.

Celebrations at UC

In India, our multicultural environment defines us. At UC, we take every opportunity to celebrate our festivals with great fun and enthusiasm. Welcoming our employees or celebrating our achievements, we come together from various client locations to host the occasion.

UC’s Annual Cricket Game

For the past two decades, UC has frequently been holding a CEO Cricket game at the Police Gymkhana in Mumbai. We invite our clients, business associates and their families to participate in a game of cricket played under flood-lights.

The event has become widely popular and well attended. We have also been honoured with the presence of Sir Garfield Sobers (Former West Indies Cricketer) and Harsha Bhogle (Indian Cricket Commentator).