EDITORIAL SECTIONS

Amisha Raikar is a highly motivated individual with a strong educational background in the field of pharmaceutics. She completed her Bachelor of Pharmacy (B-Pharm) from Goa University in 2022, which laid the foundation for her journey into the pharmaceutical industry. Building upon her undergraduate degree, Amisha decided to pursue Master of Pharmacy (M-Pharm) in pharmaceutical science and formulation development. Recognising the importance of expanding her skill set beyond the technical aspects of pharmaceuticals, she embarked on a Postgraduate Diploma in International Business Management from the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Amisha's passion for learning and her desire to contribute to the field of pharmaceuticals has fueled her interest in pursuing a Ph.D. With her strong educational background, practical experience, and an eagerness to pursue further studies, Amisha Raikar is poised to make significant contributions to the field of pharmaceuticals through her future endeavours, such as a Ph.D. program.

Rakesh K. Tekade is a formulation researcher with of teaching and research experience. He has an explicit experience of over 10 years in teaching various modules for Ph.D, Masters & Bachelors students (@ Universities based in USA, UK, Malaysia, & India). He currently serving as Associate Professor at NIPER-Ahmedabad (An Institute of National Importance Government of India). Prior to this, Dr. Tekade was faculty at International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He took his postdoctoral trainings from UT Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, Texas, USA and University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, USA. He is a recipient of Commonwealth Fellowship at University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. Recently, Dr Tekade has been listed as Top 2% researcher in the field of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, by Stanford University, USA.

Nupur Vasdev is currently pursuing her PhD in the department of pharmaceutics from NIPER-Ahmedabad. She has completed M.S (Pharm.) in pharmaceutics from NIPER-Raebareli. She is currently working on targeted nano particulate drug delivery for obesity and cancer. Her research focus also includes surface modified exosome drug delivery for cancer and obesity.

Manisha Choudhary is currently pursuing her M.S. (Pharm) in Pharmaceutics at NIPER-Ahmedabad, India. She is currently working on aptamer decorated nanomaterials for improving the targeting. Her work majorly focuses on the improvement of the stability, targeting and robustness of aptamer conjugated nanomaterials for cancer treatment. Her work also focusses on the extraction of natural derived exosomes.

Suryanarayana Polaka is currently pursuing his PhD at NIPER-Ahmedabad, India. He is working in targeted drug delivery systems for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and wound healing. He also works on exosome mediated drug delivery. He co-authored 10 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, contributed > 7 international reference book chapters.

Professor Kiran Kalia is a currently serving as Director and Professor at NIPER-Ahmedabad. Her work basically focused on the Proteomic markers for diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy and metal toxicity studies. Recently she started exploring the exosomes mediated drug delivery for delivering the genes for treating various ailments like cancer, wounds and diabetic nephropathy.

Saurabh Srivastava is Associate Professor in Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad. He carries more than 15 years of profound industrial and research experience working with several Pharmaceutical R&Ds, including IPCA labs, Wockhardt research centre and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories for development and commercialisation of various NDA and ANDA based products for different regulated markets. He is actively involved in execution of several Industrial and Govt. aided research projects for establishment of novel differentiated (505 b 2) product development. He has 02 Commercial Products, 10 International and National Patents, 01 Edited book, 10 Book chapters along with 25 research publications in Journals of International repute to his credit.

Saurabh Shah is currently pursuing his Ph.D. from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad. He has published 2 research papers, 4 review articles and 2 book chapters in renowned journals. His research focus lies in hastening the clinical translation of nanomedicine-based products from bench to bedside. He has also been involved in numerous industry research and development projects from laboratory to pilot scale up.

Joseph Xavier is currently pursuing his PhD in the Division of Toxicology,SCTIMST, Trivandrum, Kerala. He is currently working on the development of multi-organ-on-a-chip for disease modelling and toxicity assessments. His work also focuses on elucidating the cellular mechanism of toxicity of nanomaterials.

Akhil Venugopal is currently working as a Junior Research Fellow in the Division of Toxicology, SCTIMST, Trivandrum. He obtained his Integrated BS-MS in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali. His research work is focused on the fabrication of multi-organ micro physiological devices for pre-clinical studies.

Arathi Ashok obtained her Masters in Microbiology from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala. She is currently working as a Junior Research Fellow in the Division of Toxicology, SCTIMST, Trivandrum. Her research work lies in the development of organ-on-a chip devices for toxicity assessment.

PV. Mohanan, FNASc, FRSB, Scientist-G and Head of Division of Toxicology and Associate Dean (PhD program) in Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Govt. of India. He has more than 33 years of research experience in Toxicology. He is a Certified Biological Safety Specialist and has authored 233 publications and edited 6 books. He is also a Visiting Professor and Visiting Researcher at Toyo University, Japan.

Mansi Athalye is Assistant Professor in Department of Pharmaceutics at L. M. College of Pharmacy, India with approx. 10 years of teaching and research experience. She has published 12 papers in international and national journals and has presented 22 papers in various conferences as author and co-author with 1 Indian Patent granted in 2018.

Sagar Popat is research student pursuing M. Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics at L. M. College of Pharmacy. He has worked on the topic ‘Cataract of goat eye lens by Invitro and Ex-vivo method’. He has published 1 research article and has won 1st prize in oral presentation at national level conference.