Dr Pamisha Pillay is the Vice-President of the Research Management portfolio at the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) and the Director of the Research and Consulting Support Unit at Wits Enterprise, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She is the Chair of the IPRC Secretariat, and is responsible for strategically driving and managing the professional recognition programme.

Dr Pillay has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cape Town.