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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 Associate 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.

To motivate the faculty members to contribute towards achieving the research goals of the institute, the Research Promotion Policy has been implemented in SVKM’s Institute of Pharmacy, Dhule as follows:

Incentive for Publications:
- Journals with an impact factor of 5 and above: Rs. 1 lakh
- Journals with an impact factor of 3 to 5: Rs. 50,000/-
- Journals with an impact factor of 1 to 3: Rs. 25,000/-
Incentive for Patents:
- Grant of National Patent: Rs. 50,000/-
- Grant of International Patent: Rs. 1 lakh
Seed Grant:
- Financial support to faculty members for research works (Rs. 1 lakh per faculty).
Travel Grant for Indian and Overseas Conferences / Workshops
Remuneration (up to 55%) for Certification Course and Consultancy Services

A. Incentive for Publications:

Faculty Members Benefited Under the Research Promotion Policy in 2022

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Department
1.	Dr. Sameer Goyal	Principal	Pharmacology
2.	Dr. Kartik Nakhate	Associate Professor & HOD	Pharmacology
3.	Mr. Abdulla Sherikar	Assistant Professor	Pharmacology
4.	Mr. Sumit Rathod	Assistant Professor	Pharmacology
5.	Dr. Yogeeta Agrawal	Associate Professor & HOD	Pharmaceutics
6.	Dr. Tulsidas Patil	Assistant Professor	Pharmaceutics
7.	Mr. Vinit Agnihotri	Assistant Professor	Pharmaceutics
8.	Dr. Mohd. Usman	Assistant Professor	Pharm. Chemistry
9.	Dr. Kumar Pratyush	Assistant Professor	Pharm. Chemistry

B. Incentive for Patents:

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Department
1.	Dr. Kartik Nakhate	Associate Professor & HOD	Pharmacology
2.	Dr. Kumar Pratyush	Assistant Professor	Pharm. Chemistry

C.Seed Grant:

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Department
1.	Dr. Yogeeta Agrawal	Associate Professor & HOD	Pharmaceutics
2.	Mr. VinitAgnihotri	Assistant Professor	Pharmaceutics
3.	Dr. Kiran Aher	Associate Professor & HOD	QA
4.	Dr. Bhushan Dravyakar	Associate Professor	Pharm. Chemistry
5.	Dr. Kumar Pratyush	Assistant Professor	Pharm. Chemistry
6.	Dr. Raju Wadekar	Assistant Professor	Pharmacognosy

D.Remuneration for Consultancy Service:

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Department
1.	Dr. Kartik Nakhate	Associate Professor & HOD	Pharmacology

E.Remuneration for Certificate Course:

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Department
1.	Dr. Sameer Goyal	Principal	Pharmacology
2.	Dr. Amit Gangwal	Associate Professor & HOD	Pharmacognosy
3.	Dr. Bhushan Dravyakar	Associate Professor	Pharm. Chemistry
4.	Dr. Girija Bhavar	Assistant Professor	Pharm. Chemistry
5.	Dr. Mohd. Usman	Assistant Professor	Pharm. Chemistry
6.	Dr. Kumar Pratyush	Assistant Professor	Pharm. Chemistry
7.	Mr. Azim Ansari	Assistant Professor	Pharm. Chemistry
8.	Mr. Mahendra Khairnar	Assistant Professor	Pharm. Chemistry

Animal House Facility

Registration number of establishment: 2165/PO/ReBi/S/22/CPCSEA.

IAEC Members:

S.No.	Name	Designation in IAEC
1	Dr. Kartik T. Nakhate	Biological Scientist (Chairperson)
2	Dr. Gokul D. Patil	CPCSEA Main Nominee
3	Dr. Prakash H. Patil	CPCSEA Link Nominee
4	Dr. Rahul L. Shirole	Scientist From Outside of the Institute
5	Dr. Hitendra Khalanekar	Veterinarian
6	Mr. Vikas P. Patil	Socially Aware Nominee
7	Dr. Yogeeta N. Goyal	Scientist From Different Biological Discipline
8	Mr. Pradip Bawane	Scientist From Different Biological Discipline
9	Mr. Abdulla K. Sherikar	Scientist In-charge of Animal House Facility (Member Secretary)

RESEARCH FACILITIES

Research & Development Cell (RDC)

Thrust Areas:

Animal House Facility

Department of Pharmacognosy

Department of Pharmacology

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Department of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance

Department of Pharmaceutics

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