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Prof. Nirmal Jayabalan

Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmacy

AntiMicrobial Resistance (AMR), Ocular Drug Delivery, Ocular pharmacology, Pre-Clinical Evaluation
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India
nirmalj@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in
+91 40 66303574
https://in.linkedin.com/in/nirmal-jayabalan-phd-6809b227?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Research group (TPRL)

Translational Pharmaceutics Research Lab (TPRL)

Research group (TPRL)

Post Doctoral Fellow (Ongoing)

Manisha

Dr. Manisha Malani (Sponsored Project)

Research Area: Ocular toxicity and development of safe therapeutics

PhD: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Vel

Dr. Velmurugan K (Sponsored Project)

Research Area: Corneal drug delivery

Ph.D: Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Ph.D. Scholars / Project Fellows (Ongoing)

Shridula

Shridula S (CSIR SRF Fellow)

Research area: 3D printed long-acting drug delivery systems

M.Pharm: BITS Pilani, Pilani campus.
Manthan

Manthan S Hiremath (Sponsored project)

Research area: Novel therapeutics for ocular drug delivery

B.Pharm: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus.
Ganesh

Ganesh Natarajan (Part-time: In collaboration with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories)

Research Area: Injectable biologics

M.Tech: BITS-Pilani, Pilani campus.
Raj

Raj Girish Savla (Lady Tata Memorial Trust JRF)

Research area: Long-acting injectable for posterior drug delivery.

M.Pharm: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus.
Sandhya

Kendre Sandhya Rani (UGC JRF Fellow)

Research area: Novel molecular targets for ocular diseases

M.Sc: Ramadevi Women's University, Odisha.
oindrilla

Oindrilla Dasgupta (Sponsored Project)

Research area: Corneal drug delivery device

B.Pharm: BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.
IMG-20240820-WA0000

Nitin Khandagale (Sponsored Project)

Research area: Ocular drug delivery

M. Pharm: Sinhgad Technical Education Society's Smt Kashibai Navale College of Pharmacy, Pune
Faizan

Mohd. Faizan Mujawar (Sponsored Project)

Research area: Ocular drug delivery

M. Pharm: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
IMG-20251114-WA0009

Manasa (Sponsored Project)

Research area: Ocular drug delivery

M. Pharm: Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
Shreya

Sai Shreya Cheruvu (Lady Tata Memorial Trust JRF Fellow)

Research area: Stimuli responsive drug delivery

M.Pharm: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus.
Suraj paulkar

Paulkar Suraj Shrihari (CSIR SRF Fellow)

Research area: Ocular pharmacokinetics & transporters

M.Pharm: Marathwada University, Nanded
kavi

Kaviarasi B (BITS-RMIT fellow)

Research area: Retinal drug delivery

M.Pharm: Mother Theresa Post Graduate & Research Institute of Health Sciences.
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M Tamizhmathy (Sponsored Project)

Research area: Corneal drug delivery

M.Pharm: Mother Theresa Post Graduate & Research Institute of Health Sciences.
Shruti

Shruti R. Mhamane (CDRF Project fellow)

Research area: Topical Drug Delivery for Eye.

M .Pharm: Poona College of Pharmacy, BVDU, Pune.
2024PHDP1301H

Susmit Prashant Nikam (Ph.D DRIVE fellow)

Research area: Formulation development of Eye drops

M.Tech (Pharm): Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (Marathwada campus-Jalna)
Research group (TPRL)

Revati Thakare (Sponsored Project)

Research area: Ocular Pharmacology

M. Pharm: Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded
Prajwal

Prajwal Bhamare (Sponsored Project)

Research area: Pre-clinical development of Ocular therapeutics

MS Pharm: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli

M. Pharm. Thesis/ Project Students (Ongoing)

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Anish Kandar

Research area: Ocular Pharmacokinetics

B Pharm: Adamas University, Kolkata
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Bharat Rathod

Research area: Stability of ocular drug delivery devices

B Pharm: Shankarrao Ursal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research Center, Pune
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Yash Kulkarni

Research area: Nanomicelles for ocular drug delivery

B Pharm: Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Pharmacy, Akurdi, Pune

Former Group Members

Post-doctoral fellow trained:

  • Dr. Rohit Bisht (DBT Post Doctoral Fellow) 2020-2021

Doctoral fellow trained:

  • Dr. Manisha Malani (UGC SRF Fellow) 2019-2024: Post-doctoral fellow at BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus
  • Dr. Priyadarshini Sathe (ICMR SRF Fellow) 2019-2025: Working as Clinical Scientific Expert I at Novartis India
  • Dr. Velmurugan K (Sponsored Project) 2020-2025: Post-doctoral fellow at BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus

ICMR JRF/ SRF:

  • Shubham Prakash Debaje (2021) 
  • Ridahunlang Nongkhlaw (2020)

M.Pharm. Thesis/ Project students:

  • Soham Mule
  • Mounika Varkala
  • Jyoti Kumari - Dr. Reddy's Laboratory (2025) 
  • Prashant Mutthe - Zydus Life sciences, Goa (2024)
  • Ishika Raj - Pfizer, Chennai (2024)
  • Raj Girish Savla - Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (2023)
  • Samhitha Koduganti- Aizant, Hyderabad (2023)
  • Sai Shreya Cheruvu- Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (2022)
  • Kajal Guleria - Pfizer, Chennai (2022)
  • Kavana K - DataZymes, Bangalore (2022)
  • Salunke Prerana Rajendra - Pfizer, Chennai (2021)
  • Shah Manushi Ketankumar - Jodas Expoim, Hyderabad (2021)
  • Pinto Raveena Simeona Richard - GVK Bioscience, Hyderabad (2021)
  • Shraddha Amarnath Kulkarni - Cipla, Mumbai (2021)
  • Swagata Sinha - Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (2020)
  • J Sai Aarthi - Novartis, Hyderabad (2020)
  • Shubhangi Golande - Pfizer, Chennai (2020)

B.Pharm. Thesis/ Project students:

  • Ishaan Gupta
  • Bhimireddy Sahithi
  • Shruthi Merugu - NMIMS Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, Mumbai (2024)
  • Niharika P. - University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (2024)
  • Oindrilla Dasgupta - Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (2024)
  • Vidhula K- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston (2023)
  • Manthan S Hiremath- Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (2022) 
  • M S K Srujana - University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. (2022)
  • Mansi Shah - State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, (2022) 
  • Shilpa Elsa George - Direct PhD Program, University of Colorado, USA (2020)
  • Christeena Jogy (2020) 
  • Tabitha Grace - Neuroscience Department, Tel Aviv University, Israel (2019) 
  • Gajraj Rathor - University of Geneva, Switzerland (2018)
  • Prachi Mehta - Tesco, Bangalore (2018)

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