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Dr. Venkat has been a director of Celsion since May 2001. Since 2000, he has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sundari Enterprises, Inc. He has also been Chairman of the Board of Provid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (since 2001), Morphochem, Inc. (since 2000), Automated Cell, Inc. (since 2000), Than Technologies, Inc. (since 2003), and Indus Biotech Private Limited (since 2002), as well as two companies based in Germany, Accentua Pharma AG (since 2001) and Juelich Enzyme Products, GmbH (since 1996). Dr. Venkat is a director of Sequenom Inc. (Nasdaq:SQNM), Genomics USA, Inc., and Strand Genomics Private Limited, and Vice Chairman of Transvivo, Inc. Dr. Venkat is also a Senior Investment Adviser to TVM Techno Venture Management, Germany. From 1992 to 2000, he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Phyton, Inc. and, from 1993 to 2000, as Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of its wholly owned German subsidiary, Phyton, GmbH. From 1990 to 1991, Dr. Venkat was President and Chief Executive Officer of Genmap, Inc. Dr. Venkat is a Visiting Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University. He has held visiting faculty positions at Yale University, Dartmouth College, Anna University in India and University College, Galway in Ireland. From 1986 to 1998, Dr. Venkat served as an advisor to the government of India on biotechnology development. Dr. Venkat holds a Ph.D. and a Masters degree in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Rutgers University and an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.). | 