Naresh K. Budhavaram, PhD Eli Lilly and Company

Naresh Budhavaram is a Senior advisor in the Delivery, Devices and Connected Solutions (DDCS) organization at Eli Lilly. He leads material selection and evaluation efforts for new products within R&D division. He is currently leading the Sustainability initiatives in the Devices Group. He has held various technical roles within DDCS. Before joining Lilly, Naresh worked as a polymer product development engineer at Celanese. In this role his focus was developing engineering thermoplastic and bio-based grades for automotive, consumer and electronic applications.  Naresh obtained his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, Master’s in Chemical engineering from University of Mississippi and has a Doctorate in Biological Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech.