Varsha Chhatre

Varsha Chhatre is a passionate project and people manager with 25 years of pharmaceutical and healthcare industry experience and in-depth knowledge of drug development.

In her current role as Director, Biometrics Strategy and Operations within the Global Statistics and Data Sciences department of Teva Pharmaceuticals, she is accountable for setting up the project management function in the Strategy and Operations. She is also responsible for the effective planning and execution of all biometrics and medical writing deliverables including Global health authority submissions. Prior to Teva, Varsha worked with BMS in a similar Biometrics PM role and managed Cell Therapy and Oncology projects for Global Biometrics. Varsha worked with Gilead Sciences and Novartis Pharmaceuticals before BMS, where she provided people, project and vendor management support for various therapeutic areas. Before moving to the USA, Varsha was a Statistician at the Department of Health in New Brunswick, Canada where she provided statistical consulting to the group as well as supported projects related to mental and Physical health.

Varsha holds a Masters in Statistics from University of Poona, India & University of Victoria, Canada. And a Masters certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.

Varsha believes in giving back to the community. She has been involved with the BioPharmaPM organization in a leadership role since 2015. Varsha was a Vice-Chair of the organization for two years and Co-chair since 2017.