The Pharmacy department of BITS Pilani is one of the few early schools of Pharmacy in India. Established in 1950, under the able leadership of (Late) Prof. M. L. Schroff, Father of Pharmacy Education in India, blossomed into one of the most sought after Schools of Pharmacy in India due to its broad-based education system and university-industry linkages, which is the hallmark of BITS, Pilani. In the year of 2011, the Department of Pharmacy completed 60 years of its existence as a premier institution in the field of Pharmacy Education and Research in India and abroad. The Department is continuously undertaking research projects funded by industries and governmental funding agencies like CSIR, UGC, AICTE, DST and MHRD. Ph.D. degrees have been awarded to about 60 candidates till now. Alumni are well placed in India as well as abroad in various pharmaceutical companies, government organisations like drug control, research laboratories, etc., and in several well-known academic institutions.
To emerge as a global centre of excellence in pharmaceutical education and research
Making of a dedicated team of faculty. Creating state of the art research facility. Preparing pharmaceutical professionals who can adapt to rapid changes in science and technology. Developing cost effective technology to support pharmaceutical industry
The Department is continuously undertaking research projects funded by industries (Incisive Element LLC. USA, Slayback Pharma, Morning side, Colorcon, Etica ClinPharma, Zeon Ltd. etc) and governmental funding agencies like DST-SERB, DST-Nanomission, DBT, ICMR and CSIR. The department of Pharmacy currently has 15 faculty members and 51 full time, 06 part-time and 02 aspirant fellows registered as Ph.D. students. The faculty and the students of the department are being recognized on both International and National platforms. The department also boasts of having 2 faculty start-up ventures- Nanobrid Innovations Pvt. Ltd. and Vnnovate Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
Ph.D. Topic - Pharmaceutics (Nanoformulation Development and Evaluation)
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Gautam Singhvi,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Ph.D. Topic - Development of pH-sensitive Nano Formulation for Combined Chemo-Immunotherapy of Cancer
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Aniruddha Roy,
Co. Supervisor -
Gautam Singhvi,
Ph.D. Topic - Actively targeted nano-carrier system for the co-delivery Temozolomide and an autophagy modulator for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Deepak Chitkara,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Gaikwad Anil Bhanudas
Ph.D. Topic - Cationic nanocomplexes for delivery of IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anupama Mittal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Studies on use of certain excipients for better delivery and therapeutic efficacy of selected drug
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Ranendra N. Saha
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of novel selective DNA Methyltransferase 1 Inhibitors as a potential agent against Sickle Cell Disease
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. S. Murugesan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Synthesis of β-secretase and Acetylcholinesterase as dual inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Hemant R. Jadhav,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Santosh Rudrawar
Ph.D. Topic - Temozolomide-fatty acid conjugate-based nanomedicine for the treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Deepak Chitkara,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Investigations on Emerging Multidrug-Resistance Mechanisms in Nosocomial Gram-Negative-Bacterial Isolates from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar hospitals
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Radhakrishnan Mahesh
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Hariharan Periasamy
Ph.D. Topic - CRISPR/Cas-based molecular diagnostic tool for early-stage diagnosis of diabetic complications.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Deepak Chitkara,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design, synthesis and in-vitro anti-plasmodial screening of novel 8-Aminoquinoline-quinazoline-based hybrid as a potential antimalarials
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Sandeep Sundriyal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Delivery of actively targeted nanoparticle formulation of Belinostat for the treatment of breast cancer
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anupama Mittal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Evaluating the role and putative mechanisms of selected nutraceuticals against acute kidney injury under diabetic condition based on network pharmacology approach and experimental validation
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Gaikwad Anil Bhanudas,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Hemant R. Jadhav,
Ph.D. Topic - Study of novel therapeutic strategies targeting toll-like receptor 2 and 4 (TLR2/4) against acute kidney injury under diabetic condition
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Gaikwad Anil Bhanudas,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design and synthesis of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. S. Murugesan,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Seshadri S Vasan
Ph.D. Topic - Exploration of Ugi reaction and its variants for the design and synthesis of novel antimicrobials
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Sandeep Sundriyal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Nanotherapeutics
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Anil Jindal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Synthesis of Novel Quinazoline Hybrids as Potential Antimalarial and Anticancer Agents
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Sandeep Sundriyal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Exploring the neuroprotective potential of epigenetic modulator alone and in combination with neurotrophic factor for the effective management of the Parkinson's disease.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Taliyan,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Sunil Kumar Dubey
Ph.D. Topic - Combination delivery of C-peptide and lisofylline for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anupama Mittal,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Deepak Chitkara,
Ph.D. Topic - Development of a complete skin substitute by autologous cell grafting using an in-situ forming bioactive scaffold
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Aniruddha Roy,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Development and Evaluation of Nanocarriers Containing Biomacromolecules for the Treatment of Psoriasis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Deepak Chitkara,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - To design, synthesize and evaluate dual inhibitors of Angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) – neprilysin (NEP) inhibitors (ARNi) against diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM).
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Hemant R. Jadhav,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Gaikwad Anil Bhanudas,
Ph.D. Topic - To Evaluate the anticancer potential of brain targeted multikinase inhibitor and its relationship with immunomodulator as an effective therapeutic approach for Glioblastoma.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Taliyan,
Co. Supervisor -
Gautam Singhvi,
Ph.D. Topic - Development and evaluation of drug loaded nano-formulation for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Taliyan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Preclinical Evaluation of Newer GLP-1 Analogues for their Anti-cachectic Potential in Cancer Cachexia Induced Muscle Wasting.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Richa Shrivastava,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Synthesis of inhibitors of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Uracil DNA glycosylase (MtUng) as potential antimicrobial agents
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Sandeep Sundriyal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Polymeric nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of antimalarial drugs
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Anil Jindal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Studies on Oral Vitamin D Formulation to Improve Bioavailability
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Anil Jindal,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Hemant R. Jadhav,
Ph.D. Topic - Development and optimization of bio-enabling strategies to improve food effect of poorly soluble drugs
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Murali Monohar Pandey,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Richa Shrivastava,
Ph.D. Topic - Development of protein based delivery systems for treatment of Cancer.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Gautam Singhvi,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Taliyan,
Ph.D. Topic - Novel delivery strategy of CRISPR-Cas9 components for gene therapy
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Deepak Chitkara,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design and evaluation of anti-inflammatory drug loaded site-specific topical drug delivery system for the management of rheumatoid arthritis.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Gautam Singhvi,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design, synthesis and evaluation of epigenetic modulators to treat Diabetic Nephropathy
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Atish T. Paul,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Hemant R. Jadhav,
Ph.D. Topic - In-silico study,synthesis and evaluation of in-house leads for discovery of new pancreatic lipase inhibitors as anti-obesity agent
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Atish T. Paul,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Hemant R. Jadhav,
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Evaluation of Photodynamically Active Lipid-Based Nanoformulations for Combination Therapy against Skin Cancer
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Gautam Singhvi,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Development of Lumefantrine nanoparticle formulation for bioavailability enhancement
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anupama Mittal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Neurological disorders
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. R. Mahesh,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Nitrogen-Containing Novel Heterocyclic Analogues as Potential Antimalarial Agents
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. S. Murugesan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Investigating the effect of suitable excipient to design better delivery system for selected drug
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Co. Supervisor -
Gautam Singhvi,
Ph.D. Topic - NA
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anupama Mittal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Polymeric Nanoparticles for efficient delivery of dolutegravir
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Anil Jindal,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Design, Molecular Modeling, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Coumarin Analogues as Potential Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Atish T. Paul,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Combinational scaffold containing asiaticoside and neurotensin for effective diabetic wound healing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anupama Mittal,
Co. Supervisor -
Resources at BITS Pilani Department of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani Celebrates World Pharmacists Day with Industry Leaders
Faculty Member of Pharmacy Department Honored Among Global Top 2% Scientists
Invited Lecture By Prof. Mahesh at Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK on 1-2 September, 2024
International Invited Seminar “Neuroimaging in Mental Health: A Window into the Living Brain”
Teacher’s Day Celebration By Department of Pharmacy, Sept 5, 2024
Admission to the Ph.D Programme (Full-time and Part-time) in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad Campuses of BITS Pilani for Second Semester, Academic Year 2024-25 will open shortly.
Prestigious CDRI -Oration award conferred to Prof. Rajeev Taliyan during the 53rd Annual IPS meeting held at Chennai
PhD Shortlisting criteria of SEM II 23-24
Class Coordinators for FD and HD programs
List of Electives (1st SEM)
Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani Celebrates World Pharmacists Day with Industry Leaders
26 September, 2024Faculty Member of Pharmacy Department Honored Among Global Top 2% Scientists
24 September, 2024Invited Lecture By Prof. Mahesh at Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK on 1-2 September, 2024
19 September, 2024International Invited Seminar “Neuroimaging in Mental Health: A Window into the Living Brain”
19 September, 2024Teacher’s Day Celebration By Department of Pharmacy, Sept 5, 2024
19 September, 2024PhD Shortlisting criteria of SEM II 23-24
7 December, 2023Class Coordinators for FD and HD programs
11 August, 2023Farewell to PhD scholar Saurabh Mundra.
11 August, 2023ICCD3 2-4 March 2017- Some glimpses
11 August, 2023ICCD3 2-4 March 2017- Some glimpses
11 August, 2023JRF position in DST-Rajasthan project (Dr. Anupama Mittal).
11 August, 2023PhD Admission in I SEM 2018-19
11 August, 2023Workshop on Cheminformatics and Machine Learning in Drug Discovery(WCMLDD-2024)
International Symposium on Advances in Drug Delivery Technologies (ADDT-2024)
Exploring the Compartmental Pharmacokinetics and Bio-distribution of Donepezil Hydrochloride
Drug Combination for Targeting Chemo-Resistant Cancer Stem Cells.
Drug Combination for Targeting Chemo-Resistant Cancer Stem Cells
Dissolution Enhancement of Curcumin by Preparing Nanocrystals.
Lipid- based nanocarriers of anti-psoriatic drugs for enhancing permeation through the skin.
Nanoparticulate-based drug delivery systems for anti-diabetic drugs
Design, synthesis and anti-HIV-1 RT activity of novel 6-methoxy-tetrahydroquinoline based compounds
Design and study of novel isatin analogues as potential anti–HIV agents.
Behavior Analysis of ApoE3 Conjugated Donepezil Nanoparticles on Memory Impaired Rats
Search of 3-hydroxy-indolin-2-one derivatives as potential anti-HIV-1 agents via in-silico approach
Self-assembling lisofylline-fatty acid conjugate for effective treatment of diabetes mellitus
Preliminary investigation of drug repurposing as a direction towards anti-Leishmanial drug discovery
Ischemic renal injury-associated cardiac dysfunction in diabetic and non-diabetic rats
Development and Validation of Spectrophotometric Method for the Estimation of Rotigotine
Analytical and Drug Product Development Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Switzerland
Dept of Pharmaceutics NIPER Mohali, Oral drug delivery using nanoparticles, March-2019.
Competitive intelligence and secondary research, November-2020.
Analytical and statistical tools for bioavailability & bioequivalence studies
9th World Congress on Bioavailability and Bioequivalence at Dubai, UAE, April-2018
Design and study of novel HIV-1 RT inhibitors as anti-HIV agents
3-hydroxyindolin-2-one based compounds as potential inhibitor of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
Formulation Development and pharmacokinetic studies of phyto-pharmaceuticals
Challenges for International Campus established by Indian Universities
Bioavailability and Biodistribution Studies for Design of Novel Delivery Systems
Pharmacovigilance and Novel Delivery Systems: Avoiding or Reduced ADR
Non-viral lipo-polymeric nanoplexes: an emerging platform for delivering therapeutic miRNAs
RNA biology laboratory National Cancer Institute Frederick, MD September-2018
Nano-carriers for Delivering Hydrophobic Small Molecules: Overcoming Hurdles in their Scale-Up
Neuroprotective effects of remote ischemic post conditioning against cerebral ischemic injury
Interplay between Gut- Brain- Heart Axis and Metabolic Syndrome
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the position of PhD Scholar to work on a research project funded by BITS CDRF Scheme under supervision of Dr. Sachin U Belgamwar, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Murali Monohar Pandey, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the position of PhD Scholar to work on a research project funded by BITS CDRF Scheme under supervision of Prof. Paul Atish Tulshiram, Department of Pharmacy and Prof. Vishal Saxena, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under the Supervision of Dr. S. Murugesan, Department of Pharmacy (PI- BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus) and Dr. K V G Chandra Sekhar, Department of Chemistry (Co-PI, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus), BITS Pilani, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Project Research Scientist-I (Non-Medical) to work on a research project funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Supervision of Prof. Hemant Jadhav, Professor, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under the Supervision of Prof. Gaikwad Anil Bhanudas, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the posts of Laboratory Assistant to work on a research project funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under the Supervision of Prof. Deepak Chitkara, Department of Pharmacy, Pilani Campus, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under the Supervision of Prof. Gaikwad Anil Bhanudas, Department of Pharmacy, Pilani Campus, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Research Fellow (to join as Ph.D. Scholar) to work on a research project funded by Cross-disciplinary Research Funding (CDRF), BITS Pilani under the Supervision of Prof. Gautam Singhvi, Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury and Prof. Inamur Rahaman Laskar, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the posts of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under the Supervision of Dr. S. Murugesan, Department of Pharmacy (PI- BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus); Dr. K V G Chandra Sekhar, Department of Chemistry (Co-PI, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus), BITS Pilani, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Research Fellow to work on a research project under the Supervision of under the supervision of Prof. Gautam Singhvi, Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury and Prof. Inamur Rahaman Laskar., BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Dr. Anil Jindal and Dr. Gautam Singhvi, faculty members of the Department of Pharmacy have been psted in the “World Top 2% Scientists” in 2021 database created by experts at Stanford University, USA(Data Pubpshed in the journal of PLOS Biology: 19 October 2021).
Gaikwad Anil Bhanudas was invited by Director, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research [NIPER], Ahmedabad as an expert for the revision of the Pharmacology Curriculum in the month of May 2020
S. Murugesan was appointed as an external expert for Doctoral Advisory Committee by JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru.
Dr. Gautam Singhvi was co-chair at the Disso Research Presentations India 2020 (DRPI 2020) Onpne event, organized jointly by the Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science (SPDS) and Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) conducted from 4-7th June 2020.
Prof. Rajeev Tapyan was appointed as Technical editor of Current Research in Cardiovascular Pharmacology in November 2019.
Dr. Deepak Chitkara invited as a delegate in an invitation program carried out under the framework of Sakura Science Exchange program (Sakura science plan) administered by Japan Science and Technology Agency, University of Miyazaki, Japan on December 16 – 22, 2019.
Dr. Gautam Singhvi has been selected as Guest editor for thematic issue, "Development of nanoformulations using Quapty by Design (QbD) approach" Nanoscience & Nanotechnology – ASIA, Bentham Science USA (2018) and also has been selected as ‘Bentham Ambassador’ for year 2018-2019 by Bentham Science Pubpsher, USA.
Head of Department, Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani - 333031 (Rajasthan) India
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