Current Indian Science

Dr. Pradip Sarawade is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Mumbai. He is a recognized Ph.D. guide in the Department of Physics, Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry since 2015. He has supervised 3 Ph.D. and 4 M. Phil. students and more than 40 MSc, project students. Currently, 3 Ph.D. and 1 M. Phil. Students are pursuing their research work under his guidance. He received the Gold Medal for best doctoral thesis from Hanyang University, South Korea. He developed a convenient synthetic protocol for the millimeter and micrometer sized hydrophobic & hydrophilic nanoporous Silica Aerogel beads with 3D nanostructures under ambient conditions during his postdoctoral research at Hanyang University.He has published more than 65 articles with total impact factor of more than 350, h-index 26 and more than 1800 citations; in high-impact journals such as Chemistry of Materials, ChemSusChem, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Material Chemistry –A etc. Including a book on silica aerogels.

Annamalai Senthil Kumar is a Senior Professor in the Dept. of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tamil Nadu, India & part of CO2 Research and Green Technology Centre, VIT. His research interest includes interdisciplinary areas of Nano-, Bio- and Molecular- Electrochemistry. He has published over 20 publications (Scopus Index(R); 7406627815). His h-index value is 38. Since 2014, he has been serving as an Advisory Board member of The Analyst (RSC) and an (Invited) elected member of Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).

Dr. Shivani Rai Paliwal is a senior Assistant Professor working at SLT Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. She has more than 14 years of teaching and research experience. Her research areas include targeted nanomedicine and drug delivery for breast cancer and nano chemoprevention. Dr. Paliwal has published about 50 articles, 20 book chapters, 03 books and 02 editorials. She is a recipient of MP young scientist award (MPCST), Rudolf Cimdins Award (ESB, Switzerland), Travel Award (ICBN, Singapore) and Fast track young scientist award (DST, New Delhi). Her projects have been funded by DST, New Delhi and ICMR, New Delhi.

Madhuri Sharon did PhD from Leicester University. She completed Postdoc from Bolton Institute of Technology. She is the Director of WCRNB. She is the Visiting Professor of MNIT & Srimaharshi Research Institute Vedic-Technology. Besides, she is also the Managing Director of Monad-Nanotech & Nano-Wealth. Her research interests include: Nanotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Tissue-Culture, and Ancient Indian Science. She has written 12 books, edited 3 books, 214-articles and 11-patents. She has guided 18 PhDs, and 180 masters’ students. She is also the Director of RELIANCE Industries, Vice-President of GUFIC, Officer-in-charge of ICRISAT, Principal of SICES College, and Lecturer at the Poona University. She is the editor of 4 Journals. She has been a Consultant at United Nations Asia-Pacific, SAARC, Biotech Consortium India Ltd, MNRE India. She has achieved a number of national and international awards.

Santosh K. Tiwari received his Ph.D. (2017) from IIT Dhanbad, India in Graphene Based Polymer Nanocomposites and then worked with HSCL, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea for 1.5 years. In 2019, he joined the University of Guangxi, Nanning, China as a research faculty and then moved to Poland where he got a NAWA research grant from Govt. of Poland and is presently working as scientist at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland. He has published more than 55 research articles with an h-index of 20 in reputed scientific journals and has presented his works as invited speaker in different countries.

Prof. V.S. VASANTHA, Ph.D. in Electrochemistry and has more than 25 years of research experience and more than 13 years of teaching experience. She has been doing research in electrochemical and optical biosensors, Electroplating, Corrosions, Fuel cells and Natural Products. She was a postdoctoral fellow at National Taipei University of Technology, and National Taiwan University and recipient of the Brain-Pool Scientist Fellowship from Korea Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea. She has published more than 90 articles, 3 book chapters, and 1 patent. Her article published in Electroanalytical Chemistry received the best citation award in 2009. Currently, she is a Registrar at the Madurai Kamaraj University and course coordinator for PG Diploma in Industrial Metal Finishing.

Mariadoss Arokia Vijaya Anand is a Research Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Suwon, South Korea. Dr. Mariadoss AVA received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Annamalai University, India. He received postdoctoral training at Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, India, and Kangwon National University, South Korea. Before moving to Thiruvalluvar University in 2016, he served as an Assistant Professor at St.Joseph University in Tanzania, Republic of Tanzania. Dr. Mariadoss AVA's research interests have focused on the biomedical applications (physical, chemical, biological, and psychological) of diverse nanoparticles, which includes free radical scavenging, cell stress research, improving the host defenses against pathogens, cancers, diabetes mellitus, and promotion of autoimmune diseases. His current research mainly focuses on the acceleration of wound healing in diabetic foot ulcers using advanced nanomaterials. Also, he served as an editorial board member and reviewer in several international journals.

Dr. Gund is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Mahatma Phule Arts, Science and Commerce College, Panvel, M.S., India. After receiving Ph.D. from Shivaji University, Kolhapur (India) in 2014, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (2014) and Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Barcelona, Spain (2015). Further, he joined as a KRF fellow at Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea (2016-2019) and worked as Research Professor (2019) in the same University on his own National Research Foundation Funded research project. His research area includes design and development of material and electrochemistry for smart and functional applications.

Dr. Sanjay S. Latthe is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Raje Ramrao College Jath, (Affiliated to Shivaji University, Kolhapur), Maharashtra, India. His area of research is Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Self-cleaning, Oil-Water Separation and Anti-Icing Applications. He has completed Doctoral study in Shivaji University, Kolhapur (2007-10) and Postdoctoral studies in Koc University, Turkey (2010-12), Korea University, South Korea (2012-13), and Tokyo University of Science, Japan (2013-15). He earned the prestigious award of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS),Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 2013. He got the DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award in 2015. He participated as a Young Scientist in the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Physics held in Lindau, Germany in 2016. He has also participated in the 2nd BRICS Young Scientists Conclave held at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in 2017. He has published more than 60 research articles in prestigious international journals with an h-index of 41, i-10 index of 56 and total citations of 5108. He has completed minor and major research projects and 03 doctoral students are currently working under his guidance.

Dr. Dang Viet Quang is currently working at the Phenikaa University, Vietnam as a lecturer. His research interests have revolved around the syntheses of advanced nanomaterials including porous silica, titanium dioxide, titanium nitride, metallic nanoparticles, metal chalcogenide and their functionalized derivatives to apply in solving various challenging environmental and energy problems, such as CO2 capture and utilization, H2 recovery from H2S, water treatment, and solar energy harvesting. He has published more than 70 articles with >1800 citations and H-index 27 according to Google Scholar.

Dr. Tarwal is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. He did his post doctorate from Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Energies (RISE), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea. His area of research is Solar cells, Supercapacitors, Electrochromism, Gas sensors, and Nanomaterials. He has published more than 67 research articles in prestigious international journals with h-index of 27, i-10 index of 49 and total citations of 1871. He attended several national and international conferences. He is supervising four research students for their PhD degrees and several students for their master's degree.

Dr. Dudhipala is currently serving in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery in a research position. Before that, he worked as an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the Vaagdevi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in India, previously serving as an assistant professor at the institution. He did a doctorate and M. Pharm. degrees from Kakatiya University (India). Dr. Dudhipala’s diversity of skills sets him apart from others in the field, as his technical mastery allows him to design and execute complex studies on drug delivery development.

Dr. Praveen Kumar Gaur is currently Principal and Professor at Metro College of Health Sciences & Research, Greater Noida has more than 16 years of teaching experience along with guidance to M. Pharm students and PhD scholars. His research work has resulted in more than 57 international publications, along with 10 books and two patents. He is serving as editorial board member in international journals in the field of Nanotechnology, Transdermal drug delivery and Novel drug delivery. He has received a research grant from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow.

Prof. Chanchal Deep Kaur is one of the eminent known Pharmacist and she is currently working as a Professor and Principal at the Rungta College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Raipur, Chhattisgarh affiliated to Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai, C.G. She has done D.Pharm, B.Pharm, M.Pharm, PhD and MBA. Her key areas of interest include Targeting approaches, NDDS for plant actives, skin cancer, ovarian cancer and lymphatic disorders.

Omkara Swami Muddineti, PhD is a Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing Scientist, at Societal CDMO, California, USA. He is associated with academic and industrial research for the last 10 years. He completed his PhD in 2018 in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology. He has written 14 research and review articles with total IF > 75 (JCR 2021), with reputed publishers like Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, ACS publishers etc. He received his ICMR-Senior Research Fellow award during his PhD tenure. He has worked with different industries and has expertise in the development of nanotechnology-based formulations. He is also associated as reviewer for different journals.

Dr. Pooja Mittal is currently working as an Associate Professor at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh (Punjab), India. She has 8+ years of experience in teaching and research. Prior to this, she worked at Maharishi Markandeshwar University (Sadopur) Ambala (Haryana) and at Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi (Solan). She has guided 05 M. Pharm students and about 10 B.Pharm students. She is currently authoring 3 books, one has to be published by Bentham and another book has to be published by Elsevier. She has published about 35 Research and Review Papers and many book chapters on her part. She has published 31 copyrights and 2 patents have been applied recently. She has attended various national and International conferences in India and abroad. She received the travel grant from DST-SERB in 2016 to attend the International Convention of Controlled Release Society, held at Seattle, USA. She received her Ph.D degree from Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi in 2018. She also received the Young Scientist Award- WF from SPER in 2017.

Dr. Pasupuleti Visweswara Rao is currently working at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.Dr Rao is currently the Head for Non-Communicable Diseases Research niche areas. Prior to this, Dr. Rao was the Director for the Centre of Excellence and the founding Chairman for Animal Ethics Committee at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), Malaysia, and as a Visiting Researcher and Visiting Professor to Japan, Macao, Indonesia, India and Thailand. Dr Pasupuleti’s research mainly focuses on natural products, antioxidants, oxidative stress, metabolic diseases, and nanoparticles research.