Rom Lanka of Plainsboro was named a 2006 New Jersey Minority Achiever by Schering Plough as a result of his professional accomplishments and involvement in his community. He was honored at New Jersey YMCA’s state-wide recognition event held in East Brunswick in November.##M:[more]##
Lanka, the principal manufacturing technical investigator in table coating, conducts technical evaluation and data review of production investigations, technical report writing, and documentation of investigations. He also develops and evaluates corrective actions involving procedural, engineering, and technical corrective actions according to approved procedures; and provides technical expertise and support to source areas. He has been with Shering Plough for four years. He was previously with Guardian Drug Company in East Windsor.
His professional accomplishments include a greater than 90 percent reduction in deviation investigations during the past four years in tablet coating and table manufacturing, and effective implementation of greater than 30 procedural engineering and technical corrective actions in both areas.
The family came to the United States from India in 1994. His wife, Sharadha Lanka, is in human resources at ZNA Infotech in Iselin. Their daughter, Vini Lanka, a junior at High School South, is very active in Civil Air Patrol. (The News, August 25, 2006). They are vital members of the Datta Yoga Center, and are instrumental in bringing activities to South Brunswick every month.
Outside of work, Lanka volunteers on a monthly basis for the Salvation Army packing and distributing food to the less fortunate.
