Chanda Zaveri, Skin Care Pioneer

After more than 30 years, Chanda Zaveri, who came to the US  in 1984 as a penniless young Indian girl from Kolkata, India to  escape an arranged marriage and pursue her studies in biology,  returned home to arrange a yearly gift in her name to fund  cancer research at the University of Kolkata.

Today Ms Zaveri is President and Founder of Actiogen Corporation, parent company of SkinHealix, makers of scientifically formulated skin care products which are often described as astonishing!

Chanda has been a pioneer in the evolution of skin care since 1994 when she began developing a series of products based on unique peptide chemistry. Her understanding of biological cell structures and their interaction with peptides has made her one of the world’s leading experts in peptide chemistry.

Zaveri uses her expertise to develop formulas that are functional and often optimized with nano-technology to provide maximum health benefits to the skin. This commitment is driven by her extraordinary intellect, knowledge and personal experience. During her college years, after being diagnosed with a medical condition that left her skin severely damaged, Zaveri began to focus on developing products that revitalized the skin, relieved pain and reversed the adverse effects of harsh medical treatments. The Pink Beverly Hills line abundantly represents ongoing scientific breakthroughs with benefits for aging, damaged and healthy skin.

Education:

Ms. Zaveri received a Bachelor degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Calcutta at the age of seventeen. She also attended the University of California at Santa Barbara for a degree in genetics. Subsequent graduate studies were undertaken at California Institute of Technology (Caltech).  During that time she met and worked with two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, which forwarded her early adoption of Vitamin C in skincare products and study of molecular structures. Ms. Zaveri then chose to pursue her own scientific visions as an entrepreneur. The respect enjoyed by Ms. Zaveri among her scientific and medical colleagues rightly confirms her status as an innovative and leading personality in the expanding world of biotechnology.

Businesses:

Ms. Zaveri holds several patents and received many awards, most notably, her discoveries in skin pigmentation and formation. For more than seven years, she has worked diligently to combine her research findings with marketable applications in cosmetics and nutraceuticals. Ms. Zaveri has built a company that specializes in peptide  chemistry and pharmaceutical innovations.

Her initial investigation into dermaceuticals started in 1993 with the creation of a biologically active peptide that stimulated collagen synthesis. This technology, known as B2 Actigen, served as the sole intellectual property asset of Ms.  Zaveri’s initial corporate endeavor, Geneda Corporation,  which she founded in 1994. After moving onwards in 2011 to create the Actiogen Corporation, Ms. Zaveri continued her work in dermaceuticals and shifted her focus toward the evolving science of biologically active wound healing  products. Her most recent contributions include innovative developments in cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, wound-healing  technology.

Successes:

She created B2 Actigen which was the first formulation in the cosmetic industry to include peptides which improved collagen production in the skin. The idea for this development came from her own personal observations when she was exposed to radioactive particles in her laboratory. Zaveri recognized the beneficial application of placing the peptide in skin cream formulas to mend collagen degeneration symptoms.

Another peptide created by Ms. Zaveri, luminous peptide, has been used by Emami in their Fair and Handsome products since 2002. Fair and Handsome is a brand now worth more than $600 Mil in the Southeast Asian market.

She has formulated skin lightening, anti-aging and sunscreen products for many prominent and well known international skincare companies.

Today her company creates scientific peptide-based skincare products like anti-aging & acne treatments, cleansers, toners, day and night creams.