Educational Qualifications

• Ph D (Tech) (Pharmacognosy)
• M Pharm (Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry)
• B Pharm

Academic Affiliations

• Currently working as Associate Professor in Pharmacognosy
  
• Worked as Assistant Professor at Oriental College of Pharmacy, Navi Mumbai,
• Worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Foundation for Medical Research, Mumbai

Professional Affiliations

• Pharmacy Council of India
• Association of Pharmaceutical teachers of India

Teaching

• Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
• Herbal Drug Technology
• Quality Management Systems
• Audits and Regulatory Compliance
• Microbiology
• Biotechnology

Research
Area Of Research

• Extraction and Isolation of Phytoconstituents
• Standardization of herbals using metabolomics
• Quantification of Phytoconstituents using Chromatographic Techniques
• Simultaneous quantification of drugs in marketed formulation

Publications

• Manasi S. Gholkar, Jia V. Li, Poonam G. Daswani, P. Tetali and Tannaz J. Birdi, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolite profiling of guava leaf extract: an attempt to develop a prototype for standardization of plant extracts, BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2021, 21(95), 1-20
• Tannaz Birdi, G Geetha Krishnan, Sushila Kataria, Manasi Gholkar and Poonam Daswani, A randomized open label efficacy clinical trial of oral guava leaf decoction in patients with acute infectious diarrhoea, Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2020, 11(2), 163-172.
• Daswani P. G., Gholkar M. S. and Birdi T. J., Psidium guajava – A Single Plant For Multiple Health Problems Of Rural Indian Population. Pharmacognosy Reviews, 2017, 11(22): 167-174
• Kenyon L. C., Biswas K., Shindler K. S., Nabar M., Stout M., Hingley S. T., Grinspan J. B. and Das Sarma J., Gliopathy of Demyelinating and Non-Demyelinating Strains of Mouse Hepatitis Virus, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2015, 9:488
• Gholkar M. S. and Laddha K.S., Seasonal variation in the content of mangiferin in leaves of Mangifera indica L., International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015, 7(2): 578-580
• Gholkar M. S. and Laddha K. S., A novel method for isolation of Mangiferin from Mangifera indica L. bark, Indian Drugs, 2013, 50(2): 47-48
• Gholkar M. S., Mulik M. B. and Laddha K. S., Fate of β–asarone in Ayurvedic sodhana process of Vacha, Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2013, 4(1): 19-22
• Nabar M. P., Mhaske P. N., Pimpalgaonkar P. B. and Laddha K. S., Gloriosa superba roots: Content change of colchicine during sodhana (detoxification) process, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 2013, 12(2): 277-280
• Nabar Manasi, Pimpalgaonkar P. B. and Laddha K. S., Studies on sodhana prakriya of Gunja (Abrus precatorius Linn.) seeds, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 2011, 10(4): 693-696
• Nabar Manasi and Patil Swati, Glycine max: The antioxidant and anti-hyperlipidemic nutraceutical, Research J. Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics, 2010, 2(5): 328-331

Book Chapter:

• K. S. Laddha, Extraction and Isolation of Phytochemicals (A practical approach), Yucca Enterprises, 2019, 1: 46-48

Awards and Honors

• Awarded the ‘Best Performance Award’ for 2021-2022 by the management of Oriental College of Pharmacy, Sanpada, Navi Mumbai
• Awarded the “Best Poster Presentation Prize” at the International Conference on New Developments in Drug Discovery from Natural Products and Traditional Medicine held at NIPER, Chandigarh for the paper entitled “Soy Nutraceutical: A Better Tomorrow for Multiple Sclerosis” in November 2008
• Awarded “Dr. J K Lalla Award” for securing highest marks in the subject of Pharmaceutics (Theory & Practicals) in the final year B Pharm University examination held in May 2006 amongst the students of Prin. K M Kundnani College of Pharmacy.
• Awarded the Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship for the years 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007