SPEAKERS

 

 
Prof-Shyam-S-Sharma

Prof. S.S. Sharma

Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
NIPER-Mohali, Punjab, India.
Title of Talk : Translational Challenges in Drug Discovery & Development of Neurotherapeutics for Stroke

Dr.-Vinay-Parikh

Dr. Vinay Parikh

 Associate Professor, Director, Neuroscience Program,
College of Liberal Arts, Temple University,
Philadelphia, USA.
Title of Talk : Adaptive and Maladaptive Cholinergic Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Risk and Resilience to Stress

Prof. Lakshmi P. Kotra

Prof. Lakshmi P. Kotra

Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy,
University of Toronto.
Title of Talk : Transitioning FIH drugs from preclinical to clinical development, and the role of toxicology

 

 
Dr. Ritesh Baboota

Dr. Ritesh Baboota

Research Scientist, Evotec, Germany.
Title of Talk : Senescence in metabolic diseases: from stress response to drug target

Dr. Onkar N. Tiwari

Dr. Onkar N. Tiwari

Department of Biotechnology,
Government of India
Title of Talk : BioE3 Policy Driven Pathways Shaping India’s Precision Health & Biomedical Innovation Ecosystem

Prof_Isha_Saraf

Dr. Sridhar Natesan

Senior Researcher, Institute of Psychiatry,
Psychology and Neuroscience,
King's College London, UK.
Title of Talk : Drug discovery in Schizophrenia: Where are we now?

 

 
Dr. Anupama-Mittal

Prof. ANUPAMA MITTAL

Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics
NIPER, SAS Nagar, Mohali
Title of Talk : Nanocomplex-Mediated Stabilization of IL-1Ra for β-Cell Protection and Glycemic Control in Diabetes

Dr.Amit Joharapurkar

Dr. Amit Joharapurkar

Senior General manager, Discovery pharmacology, Zydus Research Center,
Zydus Life Sciences Ltd, Ahmedabad.
Title of Talk : Drug discovery for hemoglobinopathies

Dr-Vishvesh-Joshi

Dr. Vishvesh Joshi

Vice President
R&D at Chartwell Pharmaceuticals LLC, USA.
Title of Talk : Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery and Drug Delivery: From Data to Decisions—Opportunities, Pitfalls, and Practical Translation

 

 
Dr_Devesh_Sawant

Dr. Devesh Sawant

Associate Professor, Central University of Rajasthan
Ajmer, India
Title of Talk : Imaging-Driven Drug Discovery with Fluorescent Probes from Multicomponent Synthesis

Dr_Mukti_Mishra

Dr. Mukti Mishra

Senior Scientist (Synthetic Biology),
CSIR-CIMAP Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Title of Talk :  Metabolic engineering approach for sustainable production of high-value terpenoids and identification of terpene-based novel antibacterial compounds

Dr_Srinivasan_Ramachandran

Dr. Srinivasan Ramachandran

Former Chief Scientist and Professor of the AcSIR
Faculty of Biological Sciences at CSIR-IGIB, Delhi.
Title of Talk : Predicting antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens using gene sequences and Artificial intelligence

 

 
Dr_Mahajan_Ujwal_Mukund

Dr. Mahajan Ujwal Mukund

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
NIPER SAS Nagar Mohali.
Title of Talk : Metabolomics: Ever applicable in clinical practice?

Dr_Mukti_Mishra

Dr. Harlokesh Narayan Yadav

Additional Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology
AIIMS, NEW DELHI.
Title of Talk : Impact of Vitamin D in RIPC-mediated Cardioprotection in Indian Acute Coronary Syndrome patients: A randomised controlled clinical Trial

Dr. R. Aldrin Denny

Dr. R. Aldrin Denny

Founder & CEO, Medizen Inc, Boston, MA
and Chief Scientific Advisor, Receptor. AI,
London, UK
Title of Talk : Medicine Discovery: Fundamentals & Challenges

 

 
Dr. Ajay Choudhary

Dr. Ajay Choudhary

Professor & Head, Dept. of Neurosurgery,
ABVIMS & RML Hospital,New Delhi.
Title of Talk : Uncommon Biomarker potential in a common molecule: Vitamin D as a window into Neuro healing

Dr_Mahajan_Ujwal_Mukund

Prof. B. K. Bezbaruah

President, Indian Pharmacology Society,
President North East Medical Pharmacological Society,
Professor of Pharmacology, Principal & Chief Superintendent at Nalbari Medical College & Hospital.
Title of Talk: Preclinical to Clinical gaps & Challenges in Drug Discovery

Dr. Debasish Hota

Dr. Debasish Hota

Prof & Head, Department of Pharmacology,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
Title of Talk : Embracing Innovations and Upholding Excellence in Pharmacology

 

Prof. S.S. Vasan

Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University (Australia) & Director of R&D,
NHS Grampian (UK).
Title of Talk: Patient metadata matters for future pandemics

Dr. Gurram Harish Kumar

Guest of Honor
Scientist 'F', R&D Infrastructure Division/DST, Govt. of India.

32nd National Conference on
Liquid Crystals (NCLC 2025)