Ramesh Durvasula

Board Term: 2025-present

As the Information Officer for R&D, Ramesh Durvasula is responsible for the technology portfolio (software, data, analytics, etc) that accelerates the output of Lilly R&D, from drug discovery to clinical, regulatory, pharmacovigilance, etc. His mission at Lilly is to unite science with technology to accelerate the R&D pipeline and deliver innovative therapeutics.

Prior to Lilly, Ramesh spent over a decade at BMS, integrating drug discovery labs and digital systems into seamless capabilities. Prior to BMS, Ramesh spent several years at Tripos, a computational chemistry software firm. He is an active leader in many industry forums such as the Pistoia Alliance, and he is also a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of Indiana University’s Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. Ramesh is a member of the Board of Directors of the 16Tech Community Corporation, focused on building an innovation district in the heart of Indianapolis. Ramesh earned his BA in Chemistry and PhD in Biophysics from the University of Virginia.