Educational Qualifications
Ph. D (Pharmaceutics)
M. Pharm (Pharmaceutics)
B. Pharm.

Academic Affiliations
Jul ‘07 – Till Date with Vivekanand Education Society College of Pharmacy (VESCOP), as Assistant Professor.

Industry experience
9.5 years in Formulation R&D department.

Professional Affiliations

• Life Member of The Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI)
• Life Member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA)
• Registered Pharmacist, Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council

Teaching
Physical Pharmacy
Pharmaceutics
Industrial pharmacy
Modern Pharmaceutics
Advanced Pharmaceutics
Product development and technology transfer
Pharmaceutical manufacturing technology

Research
Area of Research
NDDS: Solid dispersions with mesoporous silica, Nanosuspensions, Solid Lipid Nanoparticles, Microemulsions and Liposomes
Topical films and film forming gels/emulgels/sprays
Sustained release matrix dosage system
Mouth dissolving dosage forms-tablets and films
Anhydrous suspensions
Gastro retentive raft forming system

• 1st Rank Pure Sciences category -PG level guide for a research proposal titled “Novel biocidal film forming hand sanitizer glove”  at the 15th Inter-Collegiate / Institute / Department Avishkar Research Convention 2021, University of Mumbai.
• 1st prize in “Techshow 2021, Innovation contest” at VESCOP. Topic of innovation: “Novel biocidal film forming hand sanitizer mask”.
• Gold medal in Category 6: Medicine and Pharmacy, Level: Teachers pursuing PhD in 13th Maharashtra State Inter-University Research convention (AVISHKAR 2018). Topic of innovation: “Novel Nano Formulation of Artemisinin Combination Therapy for The Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Malaria”.
• “Best Teacher” award  at VESCOP for the academic year 2018-19.
• 2nd prize in “Techshow: See ideas Come to Life” at VESCOP in 2019.  Topic of innovation: “Triple combination antimalarial therapy”.
• 1st Prize in State Level Research Presentation Competition ‘Synapse’ organized by AISSMS College of Pharmacy, Pune in 2018. Oral presentation on: ‘Anti-fungal film forming gel”.
• 2nd Prize for the best Innovation award in ‘Ignition 2018”, a state level research innovation presentation organized by VESCOP (10 participating colleges). Topic of innovation: “Film forming gels - a platform technology for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications”.
• 1st Prize for poster presentation on “Topical Nanoemmigel formulation for Arthritis”  at the National semina on "Nanotechnology: New Perspective in Drug Delivery systems" at VESCOP.
• 1st Prize for poster presentation on “Formulation of in situ forming floating gel system for delivery of Curcumin for stomach targeting” during state level seminar on “Exploring the opportunities and challenges in drug delivery technology and Pharmacokinetics”, at VESCOP in 2016.
• “Best Resource Person” award at VESCOP in 2015.
• Best paper for inter-university state round of Avishkar 2015-16, University of Mumbai. Title of innovation: “The Research project guided: Formulation, development and evaluation of Clotrimazole film forming gel”.
• 1st Prize in Teacher’s category in Research Paper competition on the paper titled “Swami Vivekananda’s vision for spirituality and science” in a seminar “Relevance of Swami Vivekananda’s thought for Nation Building”, organized by Swami Vivekananda SardhaShati Samaroh Samiti, KokanPrant and VES college of Arts, Science & Commerce in 2013.
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 1994) with percentile score of 99.5. Mumbai Rank: 1st All India Rank: 5th