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Dr. Rajashree Hirlekar




  • Dr. Rajashree Hirlekar


    Designation: Professor and Head of Department  (Pharmaceutics)

    Date of Joining: 19/09/2011

    Employee Code: VESCOP026

    Employee ID: 26458

    Email ID: rajashree.hirlekar@ves.ac.in

  • Educational Qualifications

    • Ph.D Tech (Pharmaceutical Science)
    • M. Pharm (Pharmaceutics)
    • B. Pharm

    • Academic Affiliations

    ·         Currently working as Professor at VESCOP

    ·         Worked as Associate Professor at VESCOP

    ·         Worked as Assistant Professor at Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Pharmacy


    Professional Affiliations

    ·         Registered Pharmacist, Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council

    ·         Life Member, Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India

    ·         Life Member of UDCT Alumni Association

     

  • Teaching

    •  UG Level: Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutics Engineering, Cosmeticology, Novel Drug Delivery  System
    •  PG Level: Molecular Pharmaceutics, Advanced Pharmaceutics, Drug Delivery System

  • Research
    Area Of Research
    ·         Preparation and characterization of cyclodextrin complexes

    ·         Design of mucoadhesive and floating gastroretentive drug delivery system

    ·         Design of buccal mucoadhesive drug delivery systems

    ·         Oral controlled release drug delivery systems

    ·         Orally disintegrating drug delivery System

    ·         Microemulsion formulations

    ·         Liposomal formulations

    ·         Topical drug delivery system

    ·         Lipoidal Nanoparticulate systems

    ·         Anticancer formulations

     






  • Publications- 46


    1.      Hirlekar Rajashree*, Patel P.D, Dand N, Kadam V.J., Drug loaded erythrocytes: As novel drug delivery system, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2008, 14(1), 63-70, [ISSN:ISSN (Print): 1381-6128 ISSN (Online): 1873-4286 , Impact factor: 3.052]

    2.      Hirlekar Rajashree*, Garse Harshal, Sonawane Suneeta, Londhe Sujata, Kadam Vilasrao, Ethosomes and its applications in transdermal drug delivery, Current Drug Therapy, 2009, 4(2), 92-100, [ISSN: 2212-3903(Online), 1574-8855 (Print), Impact factor: 4.906]

    3.      Hirlekar Rajashree*, Garse Harshal, Vij Mohit, Yamgar Manohar, Kadam Vilasrao, Formulation and evaluation of a gastroretentive dosage form of labetalol hydrochloride, Archives of Pharmacal Research, 2010, 33(3), 405-410, [ISSN: 1976- 3786 (Online), 0253-6269 (print ), Impact factor: 2.490]

    4.      Hirlekar Rajashree*, Garse Harshal, Kadam Vilasrao, Solid Lipid Nanoparticles And Nanostructured Lipid Carriers: A Review, Current Drug Therapy, 2011, 6(4), 240-250, [ISSN: 2212-3903(Online), 1574-8855 (Print), Impact factor: 4.906]

    5.      Hirlekar Rajashree*, Panigrahi Suchitra, A New stability indicating RP-HPLC method for determination of Curcumin: An application to nanoparticulate formulation, International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016, 8(12), 149-155, [ISSN: 0975 - 1491

    6.      Hirlekar Rajashree*, Gupta Sneha, Preparation, Optimization and evaluation of Diallyl Disulphide Loaded Liposomes. Der Pharma Chemica, 2017, 9(7), 46-53, [ISSN: 0975-413X]

    7.      Hirlekar Rajashree*, Alfiha M. Momin. Advances in Drug Delivery from Nose to Brain: An Overview Current Drug Therapy Volume 13 , Issue 1 , 2018 DOI : 10.2174/1574885512666170921145204

    8.      Rajashree S. Hirlekar* Sneha Dekate, Srinivas Bhairy, Preparation and Characterization of Oral Nanosuspension Loaded with Curcumin, International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, ISSN- 0975 – 1491.

    9.      Rajashree S. Hirlekar*, Mayank Patel, Multicomponent Cyclodextrin system for improvement of solubility and dissolution rate of poorly water soluble drug, Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical sciences.Volume 14, issue 1, January 2019, 104-115

    10.  Rajashree S. Hirlekar*, Ankita Khismatrao, Srinivas Bhairy, Development and validation RP-HPLC method for Simultaneous estimation of Curcumin and Piperine, International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics, Vol 10, Issue 5, 2018, 43-48.

    11.  Bhairy S, Shaikh A, Nalawade V, Hirlekar R. Development and validation of bivariate UV-visible spectroscopic method for simultaneous estimation of curcumin and piperine in their combined nanoparticulate system. J Appl Pharm Sci, 2021; 11(05):064–070

    12. Komal Digambar Madhav* & Rajashree Hirlekar, Review on Herbal alternatives for the treatment of Herpes zoster infection. Journal of Research in Traditional Medicine 2021; 7(2): 36-42


  • Title of Grants Fetched:

    Academic Year

    Funding Agency

    Amount Sanctioned

    Buccal mucoadhesive drug delivery system containing physicochemically modified hydrophobic drug

    2006-07

    University of Mumbai

    Rs.20,000/-

    Development and in vivo evaluation of buccal tablets of poorly soluble drugs

    2008-09

    University of Mumbai

    Rs.20,000/-

    Formulation and evaluation of improved drug delivery system

    2010-13

    Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India

    Rs.18.54 Lakhs

    Formulation of transdermal drug delivery system

    2013-14

    University of Mumbai

    Rs. 30,000

    Design and evaluation of herbal anticancer formulation

    2013-14

    All India Council for Technical Education, Government of India, under Research Promotion Scheme

    Rs.21 Lakhs

    Formulation and evaluation of topical drug delivery system

    2016-17

    University of Mumbai

    Rs. 25,000

    Formulation and Evaluation of Novel Transdermal Anti-diabetic Drug Delivery System

    2019-20

    University of Mumbai

    Rs. 85,000
    •         University of Mumbai recognized research guide for M. Pharm. and Ph.D. Guided 25 students with grade A for M. Pharm and currently guiding 8 students for M. Pharm and 01 students for Ph.D. (Tech.)
    •         Reviewer of national and international journals such as Journal of Controlled Release, Drug Development Industrial Pharmacy etc
    •          Referee for M. Pharm thesis for Institute of Chemical Technology, S. N. D. T. University
    •          Referee for Ph.D. thesis for I.C.T. Mumbai, Tamilnadu Dr. M. G. R. University, Chennai
    •          Appointed as a Member of Local Inquiry Committee (LIC) appointed by University of Mumbai for inspections of B.Pharm
    •          Received “Most Resourceful Person Award” in VES College of Pharmacy for the academic year 2013-14
    •          Reviewer of Poster competition at Indian Council of Medical Research Sponsored
    •          Two days National Symposium on “Role of Herbal Formulations in Improvement of Women’s Health”
    •          Judge for Vortex, Pharma events, at ICT, Mumbai.
    •          Granted Patent entitled “Curcumin Microemulgel” (Patent No. 325915)
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