Current
Positions held:
Working
as Assistant Professor in Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan. India since Oct 2015 to till date.
Industrial
Research Experience:
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Post PhD experience: Worked as Research Scientist in Formulation
Development Department at Astron research centre, division of Intas
Pharmaceuticals, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
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Post M.Pharm
experience: Worked in Formulation
Development Department, Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
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Experienced on
preformulation studies, compatibility studies, quality control tests and
stability studies of different formulations.
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Experienced on different
pharmaceutical dosage forms: immediate released and controlled release tablets,
bilayer tablets, capsules and sachets.
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Extensive industrial
experience on multi-particulate pellets preparation using extrusion and
sphronization process
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Key role played in
commercialized formulations: Development, optimization, and scale-up
TEACHING
INVOLVEMENT
I enjoy my teaching because it gives me a ‘joy of giving and joy
of learning’. I believe that a teacher can make a subject very easy with his
soul involvement.
Teaching Experience:
Worked as Lecturer at Department of Pharmacy, BITS, Pilani since
Oct. 2008 to Dec. 2014.
Working as Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmacy, BITS,
Pilani since Oct. 2015 to till today.
1. Teaching
responsibilities performed at BITS Pilani:
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First degree courses: Forensic Pharmacy,
Dispensing Pharmacy, Pharm Management and Quality control, Biopharmaceutics,
Pharmaceutical formulation, Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Formulation I
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Higher degree courses: Advanced Physical
Pharmaceutics, Dosage Form Design, Quality by Design for pharmaceutical product
development, Pharm Administration and Management
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WILP courses: Advanced Physical
Pharmaceutics, Pharm Administration and Management
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WILP students thesis
evaluation
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Involved in course
creation for industry personnel with WILP
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Curriculum review for
B.Pharm and M.Pharm courses
2. Teaching
feedback:
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Average feedback above
8/10 (on campus) and above 4/5 (off campus)
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Implemented newer
teaching pedagogy in classroom: team based learning, case studies based
learning, class room live assignment and discussed current health policies.
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Updated the course
content and introduced new practicals
3. Students
supervision (last 5 years):
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Doctoral Supervision
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Number of students
completed PhD: 03
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Number of PhD students
guiding currently: 3 (as supervisor) and
3
(as co-supervisor)
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M.Pharm Supervision: M.Pharm Thesis (9), B.Pharm thesis, Research Practice, Lab
project (higher degree), First degree project courses.
INSTITUTIONAL INVOLVEMENT
· Nucleus member for Central Purchase Units (Year 2019-till date)
· Nucleus member for Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Pilani Campus. Sept 2018- till date
· Coordinator: Student-Faculty-Council, year 2020-August 2022. Convener: Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) during year 2020- August 2022.
Member: Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) during year 2018-2020.
Member: Student-Faculty-Council. Duration: 2016-2020, 2022 to till date
· Coordinator: Departmental awards such as BM Mitthal gold medal award, CNVBH gold medal award, TATA trusts fellowship, Khorana medal. (2016-2018).
Convener: Instrument under Sophisticated Instrument facility (year 2018-till date)
· Convener: Instrument under Central Analytical Instrument Facility (year 2020).
· Lab in-charge: Pharmaceutics research and teaching labs
· Organizing committee member: Diamond Jubilee celebration of Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani.
· Organizing committee member: A Two Day Workshop On: Pharmacokinetic & Pharmacodynamic Modeling and Simulation. On 24 and 25 February, 2020, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
· Organizing committee member: Disso India, Conference, Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Sciences (SPDS), 2019, organized at NIPER Mohali.
· Organizing committee member: International Conference on Life Science Research and its Interface with Engineering and Allied Sciences (LSRIEAS-2018), November 1 – 3, 2018, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
· Organizing committee member: In-charge for account and member sponsorship committee. International Conference On Challenges In Drug Discovery And Delivery (ICCD3) March 2-4, 2017, BITS Pilani, India
· Judge for paper evaluation for APOGEE 2019, Department Of Paper Evaluation and Presentation, 30 March 2019.
· Recourse faculty in 4th Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE – 2019) during March 25-26, 2019. Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus. Demonstrated HPLC and UV instruments and its applications.
· As Co-chair in international conference: Disso research presentations India 2020-Online (DRPI 2020), event, organised by Society for Pharmaceutical dissolution Science (SPDS) and APTI jointly conducted from 4-7th June 2020.
· Nominated as member in the Board of Studies in Quality Assurance and PMRA at Lachoo Memorial College of Science & Technology, Jodhpur. 2018-2020.
· Practice school -1 instructor: At Vapi (Year 2009); Adani Power, Mundra (Year 2012); Helpage India, Ahmedabad (Year 2016); Essar Power Hazira, Surat, (Year 2017); Birla white cement, Gotan and ISRO Jodhpur (Year 2019)
· BITSAT invigilator: At Ahmedabad center (Year 2011); Surat (Year 2020).