Rasik Patel, Swapneel Vaishnav, Pankaj Patel & Haresh Patel

Designated Partner

Pharmaceutical consulting startups are emerging as critical partners in an increasingly complex and regulated industry. Projectplus is a leading industrial project consulting firm offering a wide range of services in a better way to project success. The firm’s expertise spans conceptual/basic design, detail engineering and integrated Civil, Structure, process design solutions, electrical, and piping (MEP) services, along with HVAC, process/utility systems, and safety solutions, all from a single office. The company specializes in delivering 3D design solutions for each project, ensuring precision and integration across all aspects. By leveraging its team's combined expertise and experience, Projectplus can provide proactive, customized solutions that anticipate and resolve challenges, helping clients achieve their objectives efficiently while maintaining the highest industry standards.

Comprehensive Project Support

Projectplus also offers procurement support and construction management services, ensuring smooth project execution. The firm’s approach emphasizes energyefficient, cost-effective designs, with a focus on value engineering and maintenance solutions. By offering endto- end project consulting and engineering, the company helps clients achieve optimized, sustainable outcomes for their projects. “At Projectplus, we stand out by integrating all services under one roof, utilizing 3D technology. Our team is adept at providing cost-effective project as well as process design solutions for the API and API intermediate industries, ensuring attractive paybacks within short timeframes. We have earned a strong reputation in pharmaceutical consulting, highlighted by our successful completion of a major project with a 250 crore investment, designed and executed within just 20 months”, speaks Rasik Patel, Designated Partner, Projectplus.

Projectplus' Civil & Structure Departments have made significant strides in redefining the pharma industry standard for sustainable and cost-effective design. Their dedication to innovation and excellence has yielded impressive results, cementing their position as leaders in the field. The company has a strong focus on serving the pharmaceutical sector, with a major portion of its clientele coming from the API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) industry. It also provides consulting services for formulation (finished dosage forms, tablets/capsules/ injectables) projects, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, High potent and biosafety laboratories up to Level 3.

Growing Challenges

Projectplus, while operating in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in the API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) and API intermediate sectors, faces several challenges. One of the key difficulties is the lack of sufficient attention and consulting support in this sector. Despite the growing demand for APIs and their intermediates, the industry has been largely overlooked by consultants, leading to a significant gap in specialized expertise. Additionally, emerging sectors such as biotechnology, oncology, and vaccines are seeing rapid growth, which brings both opportunities and challenges in terms of staying ahead of innovation, regulatory requirements, and market competition. For Projectplus, navigating this landscape requires overcoming these gaps while capitalizing on the growth potential of these developing sectors.

The Pharma API industry faces several challenges, including regulatory compliance, intense competition, R&D demands, infrastructure upgrades, and environmental concerns. Finding the right consultant to address these issues is a significant hurdle. “We offer the expertise, resources, and experience required to navigate these challenges. Our team consists of professionals with handson experience enabling us to provide effective, value-added solutions. We design facilities with a forward-thinking approach, ensuring compliance with evolving regulations like the revised Schedule-M HVAC requirements, something we implemented five years ahead of the mandate. Projectplus is committed to delivering sustainable, futureproof designs for the pharmaceutical industry”, speaks Pankaj Patel and Haresh Patel, Designated Partners, Projectplus.

The firm’s primary goal is to foster the sustainable growth of its clients in the pharmaceutical sector, particularly within the API industry. The company recognizes the significant challenges the API sector faces in achieving sustainable growth, and aim to support its clients not only in project setup but also in process improvement. The firm’s comprehensive approach includes addressing environmental concerns while implementing innovative solutions. The firm have introduced integrated process design solutions, focusing on process engineering, system designs, customized pilot plant designs, and transitioning from batch processes to continuous processes. Additionally, it also offers expertise in scale-up support, solvent recovery, distillation system design, evaporators, product concentrators, as well as gas scrubbers and absorbers. By adding these services to the portfolio, the firm strive to empower the API industry with enhanced capabilities and efficient, sustainable operations.

"With an average team experience exceeding 15 years, Projectplus is well-equipped to deliver exceptional service and strengthen client partnerships"

Driving Sustainable Growth

The firm aim is to foster the sustainable growth of its clients in the pharmaceutical sector, particularly within the API industry, which faces numerous challenges. The firm provides comprehensive support not only for project setup but also for process improvement and environmental management. Projectplus’s innovative approach includes integrated civil, Structure, process design solutions such as process engineering, distillation system designs, absorber scrubber design, evaporator design, customized pilot plant design, and transitioning from batch to continuous processes. Leveraging its dual experience as both clients and consultants, we offer effective, value-added solutions and proactively address potential issues. With an average team experience exceeding 15 years, Projectplus is wellequipped to deliver exceptional service and strengthen client partnerships.

“Our strength lies in our deep understanding of pharmaceutical processes, with a project-first approach that ensures every aspect is meticulously planned and executed. We provide all key services under one roof without relying on external sub-consultants, allowing us to maintain control over every detail and ensure cohesive project management. Our expertise in HVAC systems, particularly for the pharmaceutical industries, focuses on regulatory compliance with global standards like WHO/ EU GMP and USFDA”, shares Pankaj. The firm assesses product-specific needs, whether for API manufacturing or biosafety labs, to define critical design criteria such as temperature, RH, air quality, differential pressure and backup/redundancy.

Team Expertise

At the firm, the team brings a unique blend of experience, having worked on both sides of the table as clients and as consultants. This dual perspective allows it to craft effective, value-added solutions that not only address current challenges but also anticipate future issues, enabling it to devise proactive strategies and offer innovative solutions. This approach fosters strong, long-term relationships with the clients, built on trust and a deep understanding of their needs. The firm’s team boasts an average of over 15 years of experience, which is significantly higher than the industry average. This wealth of expertise enables it to deliver solutions that are both technically advanced and tailored to the clients' specific requirements. With a deep commitment to excellence, the Projectplus team is wellequipped to provide exceptional service and innovative solutions, ensuring that it meets the evolving demands of the pharmaceutical sector, particularly in the API industry, with precision and efficiency.

Projectplus has seen remarkable growth over the past five years, thanks to strong support from its clients. As the firm continues to evolve, the company roadmap focuses on expanding its expertise in project and process design, particularly for the pharma, API and API intermediate industries. With a client base spread across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir, the firm aims to extend its reach to other regions within India. Additionally, the firm’s work on a basic detail engineering project for an oncology API facility in Russia marks the beginning of its international expansion. Moving forward, the company plans to explore opportunities beyond India, strengthening its global presence and furthering its impact in the pharmaceutical industry. Projectplus is poised for continued success, leveraging its extensive experience and client support to drive innovation and growth both domestically and internationally, solidifying its role as a leader in the pharmaceutical consulting sector.