PVD India TeamPragati Pandey-Narwade
Co-Founder & Director, PVD India
Veterinary Diagnostics Leadership, Laboratory Network Management & Quality Assurance
Ex-Research Associate, ICAR-CICR | Former District Project Coordinator, HLL Lifecare Ltd
About Dr. Pandey-Narwade
Pragati Pandey-Narwade is the co-founder and director of PVD India — the country's first doorstep multi-species veterinary diagnostic service. Her journey began in the research laboratories of ICAR-CICR (Central Institute for Cotton Research), where she served as a Research Associate in microbiology, sharpening her scientific instincts and deepening her understanding of India's agricultural ecosystem.
The turning point came during her tenure as District Project Coordinator at HLL Lifecare Ltd, where she witnessed firsthand the stark diagnostic void in rural India — critically for the livestock that millions of farming families stake their entire livelihoods on. That moment of reckoning ignited a mission that would become PVD India.
Pragati's leadership has been transformational — turning a bold, unconventional idea into India's first and only doorstep multi-species veterinary diagnostic network. Her rare combination of scientific precision, field empathy, and entrepreneurial courage has built a platform where veterinary science meets real-world need at the farm gate.
Services & Specialisations
- Laboratory partnership development and quality oversight
- Herd health monitoring programme design
- Quality assurance framework for all diagnostic reports
- Rural cooperative and farmer engagement
- Partner lab accreditation and standards management
- Scientific advisory for new diagnostic service development
Why PVD India Partnered with Pragati Pandey-Narwade
Pragati personally leads PVD's laboratory partnerships, champions quality assurance across every test report, and drives the scientific rigour that makes PVD's results trusted by farmers, veterinarians, and institutions alike. She regularly accompanies the field team to understand farmer challenges firsthand.
Coverage Area
Pan-India (headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra)
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