About Manoj
From Medical Writing to Building Learning Communities
My journey into medical writing began in June 2007, while I was completing my Master's thesis in Pharmacy.
What started as an unexpected opportunity to work as a scientific writer gradually became a career spanning medical writing, scientific communication, medical communications, medico-marketing, digital strategy and learning.
Along the way, I discovered something equally important: knowledge becomes more valuable when it is shared.
That belief eventually led me to conduct hundreds of webinars and workshops, create learning resources, build professional communities and develop Gyan Matters as a learning ecosystem.
Today, my work sits at the intersection of science, communication, technology and people.
Personal journey
The path so far
Early years
An early lesson in persistence
As an infant, I developed paralysis in my left lower limb after an episode of fever that followed polio drops, according to my family's experience.
Years of treatment followed, including 13 surgeries on my left leg.
Eventually, I learned to walk with the limitations that remained.
That experience became one of my earliest lessons in persistence: progress does not always mean having no obstacles. Sometimes it means continuing despite them.
2000–2007
Bengaluru
In 2000, I moved to Bengaluru to pursue B. Pharm at Government College of Pharmacy.
I completed my B. Pharm in 2005, followed by my M. Pharm in Pharmacognosy in 2007.
2007–2012
Medical writing
While working on my Master's thesis, I received an opportunity to work as a scientific writer with CMP Medica in June 2007.
That became the beginning of my professional medical writing journey.
Over the next five years I grew from Scientific Writer to Team Lead in Medical Communications.
CMP Medica later became UBM Medica and is now CIMS.
2012–2019
AGM, Medical Communications & Digital Solutions
I joined BioPlus Life Sciences as AGM, Medical Communications and Digital Solutions, a role I held from 2012 to 2019.
A major turning point came when I was also given an opportunity to work on the company's websites.
That experience sparked my interest in digitalization.
I subsequently pursued learning in digital marketing and began exploring how content, technology, websites, automation and digital platforms could work together.
2016
A career break
In 2016, I took a career break to support my family.
It was a challenging period, but it also gave me time to rethink what I wanted to build professionally.
2019–2020
Building something of my own
In 2019, I began thinking seriously about creating something of my own.
Then COVID-19 changed the way we worked and interacted.
With conventional events disrupted, I started exploring what could be built online.
Webinars
The webinar journey
Initially, I collaborated with technology partners to conduct online webinars.
Eventually, I moved towards conducting sessions independently.
What began as a few online sessions evolved into a continuous learning initiative.
525+ webinars later
From awareness to an ecosystem
What began with the intention of creating awareness eventually became a learning ecosystem.
I have now conducted 525+ webinars, workshops and CMEs, reaching 39,000+ professionals.
Gyan Matters
Why not create a learning platform?
As the number of sessions grew, so did the amount of learning content.
Managing webinar recordings, resources and learner interactions became increasingly difficult.
I asked myself: Why not create a learning platform?
And that is how Gyan Matters evolved.
Today
Keep learning. Keep sharing.
Today, I work across medical communications, digital strategy, learning and development and career mentoring.
What motivates me most are the questions I receive from students and professionals around the world.
Their questions push me to learn more.
I consider myself a lifelong learner, and I am grateful to the mentors, teachers, colleagues and communities that have contributed to my journey.
My goal today is simple:
To keep learning.To keep sharing.And to give back.
My philosophy
Medical Writing Needs Collaboration, Not Competition.
I believe some of the best learning happens when people share what they know.
A pharmacist can help a medical writer understand pharmacy.
A physician can explain clinical practice.
A researcher can explain scientific methodology.
A regulatory professional can explain the regulatory landscape.
And experienced professionals can help connect these perspectives into meaningful communication.
We don't need to know everything.
We need to know how to learn, collaborate and communicate.
Let's talk about your journey.
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