Professional Career
THIRTY-SIX YEARS of teaching and research experience
- Worked as Asst. Professor and as Associate. Professor in JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore , India from 1986 to 1992Â
- Worked as CSIR Senior Research Fellow 1992 (Aug) to 1994 (Oct.), Andhra University, India
- Worked at Siddhartha College of Pharmacy, Vijayawada, India from 1994 to 2004. Initially as Associate Professor for 5 years and from 1999 to 2004 as Principal & Professor since 1999 to Dec.2004
- Worked as Professor of  Pharmaceutics at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia since Dec.2004 to Feb.2007Â
- Professor & Principal in Aditya Inst. Of Pharm. Sciences, Surampalem, AP State, India, Feb,2007 to October 2012
- Working as Professor at RAK College of Pharmacy since October 2012 till date (as Associate Dean from October 2017 )
Achievements/ Interests/Publications/Awards
- Major areas of research interest are in the development of fast dissolving and sustained release products
- Evaluation of novel excipients and polymers in formulation designÂ
- Published 52 research papers in National & International JournalsÂ
- Senior Research Fellow of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research during 1992-95
- Secured Research Grant for 100000 AED from AICTE, India ( 2010-2012 )
- Best research paper at Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2016 held at Visakhapatnam, India
- Invited speaker in conference on Cold Chain Management organized by at Dubai by DICKSON, USA
- Chief coordinator for CME conference on Cosmetics & Role of Pharmacist in counseling organized at RAKMHSU in May 2015
- Invited member on panel discussion on Immunological Products in Scientific Session organized in DUPHAT 2016
- Member of organizing committees of conferences conducted by RAKMHSU
- Conducted Pharmacy Council of India sponsored workshop on Drug Awareness Among Working Pharmacists
- Conducted National Pharmacy Week activities in India every year to spread the message of role of pharmacy professional in the health care network
- Delivered professional talks at various colleges and National Service Scheme functions
- Participated as resource person in scientific conferences
- Regularly visit public health centers and hospitals along with Pharm.D / B. Pharm students and coordinated the patient counseling and Drug Distribution ActivitiesÂ
Conferences/Workshops Â
- Attended and presented research papers in regional and international conferences
- Pharmaceutics & Drug Delivery Systems Conference, Netherlands
- Annual conference of the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Association, Addis Ababa
- International Conference of Pharmacy & Medicine, Sharjah
- Indian Pharmaceutical Congress
- DUPHAT
- Annual APTI Conference
- Middle East Conference on Telemedicine & Mental HealthÂ
- National Symposium on Antimicrobial Choice and Resistance
- Conference on Cosmetics & Role of Pharmacist in Client EducationÂ
- Seminar on Cold Chain Management of Biologicals
- Recent Advances in Drug Discovery and Development
- International Convention of Pharmacy Educators
- Organized and coordinated the conduct of workshops
- Pharmacy Council of India sponsored workshop for Practicing Pharmacists
- AICTE sponsored workshop on Drug Development
- Continuing Education Programme for Working Pharmacists
- Chief Coordinator for Conference on Cosmetics
- Webinar on Vaccine development – safety and challenges
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