Sponsored Projects

 

Sr. No.	Title of the project	Role	Sanction No.	Funding Agency	Duration	Funds sanctioned (Rs., Lakh)
1	Design and Synthesis of Novel Agents for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis	PI	37-117/2009 (SR)	University Grants Commission	1/4/2010-31/3/2013	8.35
2	Design and Synthesis of Novel Agents for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis	PI	SR/FT/CS-100/2009	Department of Science and Technology	1/9/2010-31/8/2013	19.03
3	Analysis of herbal extracts and formulations for antioxidant activity	PI		Vedic Life Sciences, Mumbai, India	2006-07	0.5
4	Verifying the structural evidence for the presence of Sennosides	PI		Shashi Phytochemicals Limited, India	2012	0.5
5	Design, synthesis, and biological evaluations of b- secretase inhibitors as anti-Alzheimer's agents	Co-PI	DST/INT/Pol/P-21/2016	DST Indo-Polish Joint Research Programme. Project No. DST/INT/Pol/P-21/2016. Indian PI: Dr. Ruchi Malik, Central Univ of Rajasthan and Polish PI: Prof. Slawomir Filipek, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland	7/6/2017-6/6/2020	19.84
6	DBT-BUILDER -University of Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus: Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and Education in Epigenetics and Genome Editing	Co-PI	BT/INF/22/SP42545/2021	Department of Biotechnology	24/9/2021-23/9/2026	901.8
7	Design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel dual inhibitors of Angiotensin-II type 1 receptor and Neprilysin for the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy	PI	CRG/2022/004698	Science and Engineering Research Board	Sanctioned	Sanctioned

 

 

Ph. d. supervision:

Sr. No.	Name of the student	Topic	Role	Registered at	Status
1	Piush Joshi	Antioxidant Profile of some Medicinal Plants of Jaipur Flora	Co-supervisor	Jaipur National University	Awarded, September 2013
2	Vadiraj Kurdekar	Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Novel Anti-rheumatic Agents	Supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Awarded, July 2015
3	Priti Jain	Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Novel agents to treat Alzheimer's disease	Supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Awarded, July 2016
4	Vandana Kharab	Development and evaluation of taste-masked formulations of ondansetron hydrochloride	Supervisor	Jodhpur National University	Awarded, Jan. 2015
5	Mahaveer Singh	Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Novel Agents for the Treatment of Epilepsy	Supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Awarded, July 2018
6	Kaushal Pathak	To study the contribution of visceral adiposity and liver fat to cardiac metabolic risk in overweight/obese diabetic subjects in India	Co-supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Awarded, July 2018
7	Pankaj Wadhwa	Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Novel HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitors	Supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Awarded, July 2018
8	Amit Sharma	Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Dual Inhibitors of β-secretase and Acetylcholinesterase	Supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Admitted in Aug. 2019
9	Mukesh Gehlot	Studies on Oral Vitamin D Formulation to Improve Bioavailability	Co-supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Admitted in Jan. 2021
10	Shikha Thakur	Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of Angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) – neprilysin (NEP) inhibitors (ARNi) against diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM)	Supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Admitted in Sep. 2021
11	Neha Dagar	Evaluating the role and putative mechanisms of selected nutraceuticals against acute kidney injury under diabetic condition based on network pharmacology approach and experimental validation	Co-supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Admitted in Sep. 2021
12	Samarth Dwivedi	Design, synthesis, and evaluation of SET7 inhibitors for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy	Co-supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Admitted in August 2022
13	Gurmeet Singh	Topic not yet approved	Supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Admitted in Jan. 2023
14	Priyanka Mohanty	Topic not yet approved	Supervisor	BITS, Pilani	Admitted in August 2023

 

1.          Supervised 20 M. Pharmacy students for their Professional Practice – I and II courses (Research-oriented)

2.          Supervised 34 M. Pharmacy Students for their Research Practice course (Research-oriented)

3.          Supervised 26 B. Pharmacy students for Study Oriented Projects, where students carry out some literature survey-oriented projects

4.          Supervised 34 B. Pharmacy students for Laboratory Oriented Projects, where students work in the laboratory on short projects

5.          Supervised 8 B. Pharmacy students for their First Degree Thesis, a one-semester dedicated project work

6.        Supervised 10 M. Pharmacy students for their Higher Degree Dissertation, a one-semester dedicated project work

7.        Doctoral Advisory Committee Member for Ph.D. candidates at BITS, Pilani

8.      Worked as Project fellow: Immunostimulants and adaptogens from selected few indigenous plants – Sponsored by Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

9.      Worked as JRF: Development of Pharmacopoeial standards for ISM drugs – Sponsored by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.