Awards for Supervised Research
1. The 3rd National Biomedical Research Competition's Award of Appreciation (fourth prize) awarded to Mr. Atharva Rajendra Bhide in the Pharmaceutical Sciences category (Oral) for research work titled “Evaluation of artemether loaded polymeric nanorods prepared by mechanical stretching of nanospheres” under the supervision of Dr. Anil Jindal. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 3000 and a certificate.
2. The prestigious Sun Pharma Science Scholar Award 2020 awarded to Ms. Dhanashree Surve in Pharmaceutical Sciences category for research work titled “Long-acting Nanoformulations for Targeted Delivery of Anti-infective Agents” under the supervision of Dr. Anil Jindal. The award carries a citation, a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 and a lump sum grant of Rs. 50,000 to meet the expenses for attending one international conference to present abstracts/posters.
Research Awards
ü SERB-Early Career Research Award (2018).
ü Eudragit Award (2017) for the best research paper titled Development of efavirenz loaded solid lipid nanoparticles: Risk assessment, quality-by-design (QbD) based optimisation and physicochemical characterisation in Indian region by Evonik Health Care, Germany. Award comprises of € 1,500 cash prize and a certificate.
ü Prof. M.L. Khorana Memorial Award (2010) for the best research paper in the field of Pharmaceutics & Bio-Pharmaceutics. Award contains a certificate, memento and Rs. 5000 cash prize.
ü Travel Grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST) to attend 37th Annual Meeting and Exposition of Controlled Release Society, Portland, Oregon, USA on 10-14th July, 2010
Fellowships and Recognitions
ü UGC Senior Research Fellowship, during 2008-2012
ü Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai Scholarship during 2005-2006
ü Department of Education, Government of India Scholarship under National Scholarship Scheme for 43rd rank in the state in Senior Secondary
ü Research finding - Role of nanocarrier shape on drug targeting [J. Pharm. Sci., 2010, 99(6), 2576-2581) was appeared in “The Scientist” in April 2010 {Publisher LabX Media Group, Canada} and was globally recognized as cutting edge research in nanotechnology
ü All India 4th Rank in GATE 2005 with percentile score 99.97
ü Life Member, Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI).