Dr. Kiran B. Aher

Associate Professor & HOD

Qualification: M. Pharm., Ph.D.

Specialization: Quality Assurance Techniques

Email ID: kiran.aher@svkm.ac.in; aherkiran22@gmail.com

Phone: 02562 297 802

Experience: 18.2 Years (3.5 years in Industry; 14.9 years in Teaching)

• Currently working as an Approved Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics at Shri Vile ParleKelavani Mandal’s Institute of Pharmacy, Dhule (MS) from 12th April 2021 to till date. (3.04 Years)
• Worked as an Approved Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics at Shri Vile ParleKelavani Mandal’s Institute of Pharmacy, Dhule (MS) from 19th June 2018 to 11th April 2021. (2.9 Years)
• Worked as an Approved Assistant Professor in Amrutvahini college of Pharmacy, Sangamner(MS) from 8th September 2010 to till 15th June 2018 (UG Approval Number CCO/1306; dated 28/04/2014; Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, MS., India) (7.9 Years)
• Worked as PR & D Executive (JM-III Grade) in Pharmaceutical R & D Dept. of GlaxoSmithKline Pvt. Ltd. Nashik, MS, India from 02nd May 2007 to 07th September 2010. (3.5 Years)
• Worked as a Lecturer in Amrutvahini college of Pharmacy, Sangamner (MS) from 3rd July 2006 to April 2007. (0.10 Months)
• Industrial in plant training for one month at Liva HealthCare Ltd. Sinner, Dist Nashik (M.S.) in May 2003.

Interest Areas: Formulation development, Pharmaceutical Validation, Analytical Method Development

Research:

• Publications:
  • International: 31
  • National: 01
• Books: 01
• Book Chapters: 02
• Patents:
  • Indian Patent Granted :01
  • Indian Patent Published: 03
  • UK Design Patent Granted: 02
• Presentations:
  • International: 0
  • National: 08

Role: Principal Investigator Area of Project: Formulation development Name of Governing Body: Board of College and University Development, Pune University, Pune

Industry Projects: Completed: Nil

Ongoing: SVKM Seed Grant

Conferences/Workshops/Seminars attended: 27+

Academic Activities:

• Ph.D.: Nil Registered: Nil
• M. Pharm Guided: 21
• B. Pharm Guided: 59

Special Achievement:

• Qualified GATE-2004 with 87.37 percentile
• Qualified C-DAC’s 6-month Computer course with 67% in 2000 &
• Qualified MS-CIT course in February 2018.

Awards:

• Gold Medallist from Pune university, Pune (MS) for securing the highest percentage in University in AY 2006.
• Stood Fifth in the order of Merit in the Pune university, Pune(MS) during Bachelors in Pharmacy in the AY 2004.
• Felicitation by Hon. DilipWalse Patil, Minister for Energy, Higher Technical Education, Medical Education, Maharashtra State. & Hon. Sharad Pawar Minister for agriculture, Food and Public distribution, Govt. of India. for being 1st (University Topper) in Pune University in M. Pharmacy course, Year 2006.
• Received AICTE grant of Rs. 1.2 lakhs during M. Pharmacy course 2004-2006.
• Felicitation by reputed authorities in 2001,2002,2003,2004 for becoming college topper.
• Received Merit Scholarship from Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai every year from year 2002-2006.
• Received SVKM’s Institute of Pharmacy, Dhule "Employee of The Year 2019” on 26th January 2019 in recognition of your outstanding performance, superior dedication and positive attitude on the job throughout the year 2018.

Professional Membership:

• Life Member of "The Indian Society for Technical Education”- LM- 111684
• Life member of "Indian Pharmaceutical Association” (IPA), Dhule Branch - MAH/DHUL/LM/0046
• Life Member of "Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI)” - MA/LM 2524
• Registered Pharmacist with Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council (Reg.No.74531 dated 22/11/2004)

NITTTR/SWYAM/NPTEL/ARPIT/Coursera Courses: 06+

1. Completed all 8 modules of National Institute of Technical Teachers Training And Research, (NITTTR), Chennai. and received the course completion certificate.

2. Successfully completed and passed 12 weeks NPTEL course cum FDP on topic "Quality Design and Control” and received course completion certificate from SWAYAM on Tuesday, 07th May 2024.

3. Successfully completed and passed 08 weeks NPTEL course exam on "Introduction to Biostatistics” and received course completion certificate from SWAYAM on, 10th October 2023.

4. Successfully completed the 12 weeks (Jan-Apr 2023)AICTE NPTEL onlinecourse on "Fundamentals of Spectroscopy” and received course completion certificate from SWAYAM on 18th May 2023.

5. Completed the 8 weeks AICTE NPTEL FDP course of "Roadmap for patent creation” is completed in January -March 2023. The FDP and course completion certificate was received on 10th April 2023.

6. Successfully completed 12 weeks NPTEL course "Industrial Pharmacy I” with a consolidated score of 95% from the evaluation based on continuous online assessments and the proctored examination held in month of November 2019.

7. Successfully completed Coursera course on "COVID-19 Contact Tracing” an online non-credit course authorized by Johns Hopkins University on 22nd October 2020.

Recent Publications:

1. Mohammad Habeeb, You HuayWoon, Kiran BalasahebAher, GirijaBalasahebBhavar, VidyaraniSujitkumarKhot, Shweta Mishra. Strategies of nanomedicine for targeting the signaling pathways of Colorectal cancer. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 84, June 2023, 104487 (Elsevier &Impact Factor- 5.062)

2. Kiran BalasahebAher*, GirijaBalasahebBhavar, Madhav Ramdas Shelke, SadikaliFakirmahmmad Sayyad. "Environmentally Friendly Analytical Methods for Quantitative Measurement of Sofosbuvir in Pharmaceutical Formulations: Comparison of HPTLC and UV Spectrophotometric Approaches.” Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology.16, 8, August, 2023 (Scopus Indexed).

3. Mohammad Habeeb, You HuayWoon, Kiran BalasahebAher, GirijaBalasahebBhavar, Sarita Suryabhan Pawar, Shital Dnyaneshwar Gaikwad. "Artificial neural networks for the prediction of mechanical properties of CGNP/PLGA nanocomposites” Materials Today: Proceedings. Available online 1st September 2023(Elsevier) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.08.354.

4. NikhatparveenMohammadasif Shaikh, SadikaliFakirmahmmad Sayyad, Bibhu Prasad Panda, Kiran BalasahebAher*,GirijaBalasahebBhavar. "Novel Approach for Manufacturing and Biological Evaluation of Ayurvedic Fermented Cardioprotective Formulation Arjunarishta"Advances in Bioresearch, 14, 5/6, 2023, 219-226. (Web of Science)

5. Mohammad Habeeb, Hariharan ThirumalaiVengateswaran, HuayWoon You, b KundharuIrfan Navabshan, Mohamed Zaid S, Kiran BalasahebAher, GirijaBalasahebBhavar, Irfan NavabshanHaja Nazeer Ahmed, Y. Ismail. Genes Adaptability and NOL6 protein inhibition studies of fabricated Flavan-3-ols Lead Skeleton intended to treat Breast Carcinoma. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. Volume 258, Part 1, February 2024, 127661. PMID: 37898257. (Elsevier &Impact Factor- 8.2) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127661.

6. Saddhono, Kiran BalasahebAher, GirijaBalasahebBhavar. "Nanomedicine Facilitated Cell Signaling Blockade: Difficulties and Strategies to Overcome Glioblastoma”. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024, 12, 1677.(Royal Society of Chemistry & Impact Factor 7.0) https://DOI: 10.1039/d3tb02485g

7. Mohammad Habeeb, Shivani Arsey, HuayWoon You, Smita Tukaram Kumbhar, Kiran BalasahebAher, GirijaBalasahebBhavar, Hariharan ThirumalaiVengateswaran, "Targeted nanomedicine modulating intercellular communications to arrest renal cell carcinoma progression," Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 99, September 2024, 105983 (Elsevier &Impact Factor 4.5) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2024.105983