Research & Development Cell (RDC)
SVKM’s Institute of Pharmacy, Dhule has established the RDCin order to promote Research and Innovation related activities.The cell works to achieve the following objectives.
Objectives:
- To promote research culture among the faculty members and students.
- To improve the quality of institutional research at the national as well as international levels in the form of active publications and patents.
- To motivate and assist faculty members to fetch research project grants from various funding agencies like SERB, DST, DBT, ICMR, etc. and consultancy service grants
- To encourage students and faculty members to undergo industrial training.
- To educate and train students as well as faculty members with modern research tools.
- To establishresearch-related collaborations with national and international universities.
- To review and monitor the participation of students and faculties at various national as well as international research platforms.
- To interlink with Institution’sInnovation Cell for the better outcome of institutional research.
- To regulate and coordinate the Research Promotion Policy.
Composition:
| Sr. No. |
Name of Faculty |
Designation |
| 1. |
Dr. Sameer Goyal
Principal |
Chairman |
| 2. |
Dr. Kartik Nakhate
Associate Professor & HOD,
Department of Pharmacology |
Director - RDC |
| 3. |
Dr. M. Raghu Prasad
Professor & HOD,
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
Member |
| 4. |
Dr. Yogeeta Goyal
Professor & HOD,
Department of Pharmaceutics |
Member |
| 5. |
Dr. Kiran Aher
Associate Professor & HOD,
Department of Quality Assurance |
Member |
| 6. |
Dr. Amit Gangwal
Associate Professor & HOD,
Department of Pharmacognosy |
Member |
| 7. |
Dr. Kumar Pratyush
Assistant Professor & Convener IIC,
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
Member |
Thrust Areas:
Pharmaceutics
- Nanoparticulate drug delivery systems for targeting of drugs.
- Formulations for bioavailability enhancements.
- Formulation and development of novel drug delivery systems: Oral, Nasal, Pulmonary, Transdermal, Topical etc.
- Development of novel herbal or polyherbal formulations.
- Multi-particulate drug delivery systems with a major focus on pelletization technology.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Quality Assurance
- Analytical method development and validation for API / Dosage form.
- Bioanalytical studies and Herb-Drug interactions.
- Drug design, molecular modelling, and QSAR studies of APIs for the various activities.
- Development of biodegradable polymeric formulations.
Pharmacology
- Preclinical evaluation of drugs or herbals for different pharmacological activities.
- Toxicity testing in animals.
- Activitiesrelated to Central Nervous System, Cardiovascular System, Diabetes, Obesity and Cancer.
Pharmacognosy
- Extraction & isolation of bioactive from phytoconstituents.
- Fingerprint analysis of herbal drugs and formulations.
- Development of novel herbal formulation.
- Evaluation of herbo-mineral preparations.
