Educational Qualifications

• M.Pharm from Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai University
• Ph.D. from SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
• MA (Psychology) IGNOU
• DBM (Wellingkar University)
• DRA (Sikkim Manipal)

Academic Affiliations

• Currently working as Visiting Faculty in NM College, SVPTM and VESCOP, Mumbai
  
• Worked as Former Board of Directors Perrigo Labs India (Upto Q1 2023) and briefly Perrigo API(Renamed Monolom) > 35 years Total Industry Experience: Perrigo India (11 Y) Novartis OTC (3 Y), JB Chemicals (2.5Y),
• GSK (13Y R&D + 5Y Agrivet R&D +QA)
• Vast Global experience and collaboration- US, EU, Russia, Israel etc
  
  

Professional Affiliations

• Registered Pharmacist (Maharashtra State)
• Life Member of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association

Teaching

• Pharmaceutical Validation
• Audits and Regulatory compliance

Research
Area Of Research

• In-situ Wound healing gels/ Sugar free Chewing gums/ Nutraceuticals
• Soft to Hard gelatin Capsules
• Oral Health OTC innovations
• Oncology adjuvant therapies using Postbiotics
• Cosmetics and Veterinary innovations
• Cationic lipid green chemistry synthesis for transfection -intermediates for mRNA vaccines
• Class 1 Medical devices 

Publications

• Formulation and Evaluation of taste masked oral suspension of Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide, Int. J. Drug
• Dev. & Res., April-June 2012, 4 (2): 159-172; Shaikh Sana, Athawale Rajani, Nadkar Sumedha and Bharati
• Reversed-Phase HPLC Method for the Estimation of Acetaminophen in Infant Drops Rajani A, Sana S. Sumedha
• N., Parina F., Shripad N. Int. J. of Pharm. Front. Res, Jan-Mar 2012; 2(1): 39-47
• Development and Validation of RP-HPLC Method for the Estimation of N-Acetylcysteine in Wet Cough Syrup,
• Int. Journal of Drug Dev. and Res.4(2):284-293, June 2012
• Microbial Decontamination of Guar Gum and Starch by Gamma Irradiation, Indian Drugs, 25, (4)169-170 (1988)
• HL Bhalla, A V Damle, S J Karnik, AV Kushe, NGS Gopal
• Controlled Release Ibuprofen, Indian Drugs, Volume 26, no 4, 158-160, (1988) HL Bhalla, and S J Karnik

Projects

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Awards and Honors

• Won second prize in the Post PG category at the inter-university State level Avishkar Research
• Competition in January 2009 held at Amravati.
• Recipient of the International Travel grant by Ramanbhai Patel Trust Foundation, Indian Pharmaceutical
• Association for attending the Pharmaceutical Science World Congress at Amsterdam in April 2007
• External examiner (Ongoing)for M.Pharm. for SNDT University, Mumbai University (several colleges) from 2010 onwards
• Industry advisory committee member for VESCOP College, Mumbai University