Founding Director

After five incredible years, I am transitioning out of day-to-day leadership at CCBM.

When I founded the center in 2021, my vision was to be a leading academic research center that advances entrepreneurial thinking, dedicated to promoting innovation and translational life science research, for a wide variety of audiences and stakeholders within the UA community, and across state, national, and international arenas. Thanks to our dedicated community, we are actively building that vision into a lasting reality every single day.

I am thrilled to hand the leadership over to Drs. Meenakshi Arora and Raghu Ganugula, whose expertise and vision make them the ideal people to guide our next chapter. I have complete confidence that the center will continue to thrive under their direction.

Thank you for being part of this journey. While my role is changing, I remain a proud and lifelong champion of CCBM.

With gratitude,
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar