UC Life Science Consulting is a 26-year old Indian strategy consulting firm based in Mumbai. Now in our third decade, has completed more than 1,000 cases for 350 MNC / Indian companies. UC focuses on strategy formulation and strategy execution in Life Sciences, Medical Technology, Specialty Chemicals & Food and others.​

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 2020.​

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Mission

Strategising Health​
Strengthening India​

Values

Reliable
Responsive
Resilient​

Leadership Team

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

Jay P Desai

Founder & Managing Director

Shankar Rajesh

Senior Director

S. Venkatesh

Senior Director

Kaustubh Nagarkar

Director

Sonali Aggarwal

Director – Finance & HR

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

Pawan Arora, Business Manager Spine - Medtronic

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).