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Prof. R. Mahesh

Senior Professor, Department of Pharmacy,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Malaria, Medicinal Chemistry, Neuropsychopharmacology
Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Ph.D. Guidance

 

Theses Guided:

        Ph. D:      Completed: 12  (full time) 

          • ( 5   in Medicinal Chemistry;  6  in Pharmacology, 1  in Veterinary Pharmacology-in-house candidate)
          • - Doctoral Advisory Committee member for several Ph.D. candidates

                            Ongoing : 2 

          • 1   in Neuro-pharmacology – full time
          • 1  in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics- part-time

 

Details of Ph.D. thesis guided/completed till date:

S.No.

Name of Candidate

Thesis Title

Area

Ph.D. Duration

Status

1

Venkatesha Perumal R

Design Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of novel serotonergic 5HT3 receptor antagonist as potential agents for the treatment of cancer chemotherapy induced emesis

Drug Design and Development, Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry

Aug 2001 - Sep 2005

Completed

2

RajKumar R

Behavioural Neuropharmacological Studies of Selected Serotonin Type-3 Receptor Antagonists as Potential Anti-depressants

Neuropsychopharmacology Division

Aug 2004 - Mar 2008

Completed

3

Dilip Kumar Pandey

Neurobehavioural and Neurochemical Evaluation of Selected Monoaminergic Modulators in Animal Models of Comorbid Depression and Anxiety

Neuropsychopharmacology Division

Aug 2007 - Mar 2011

Completed

4

T. Devadoss

Novel Quinoxaline Carboxamides: Design, Synthesis And Neuro-Pharmacological Evaluation as Anti-depressants, Anxiolytic And in the Management of Cancer Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Drug Design and Development, Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry

Dec 2007 - Jan 2012

Completed

5

Shvetank Bhatt

Behavioural and Neuropharmacological Screening of Potential Serotonergic Ligands for Comorbid Depression, Anxiety and Related Disorders such as Cancer Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV)

Neuropsychopharmacology Division

Oct 2008 - Mar 2015

Completed

6

Arghya K Dhar

Novel Neuro-Pharmacological Agents for the Treatment of Depression, Anxiety, Cognitive dysfunction and Cancer Chemo-Therapy Induced Emesis: Design synthesis and Screening of Potential Serotonergic Modulators

Drug Design and Development, Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry

Jan 2010 - May 2016

Completed

7

Ankur Jindal

Behavioral and Neuropharmacological Screening of Phosphodiesterase4 (PDE4) Inhibitors for Anti-depressant and Anxiolytic Potential

Neuropsychopharmacology Division

Jan 2010 - Dec 2015

Completed

8

Muthu V. Sudali

Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Novel Phosphodiesterase-IV inhibitors for their Antidepressant and Anxiolytic Potential

Drug Design and Development, Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry

Jun 2010 - Oct 2015

Completed

9

Sourabh Mundra

Design, Synthesis and screening of Potential Antimalarial Agents.

Drug Design and Development, Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry

Sep 2010 - Jun 2017

Completed

10

Deepali Gupta

Behavioral and Neuropharmacological Screening of Potential Serotonergic Ligands for Co-morbid Depression

Neuropsychopharmacology

Aug 2011 - Apr 2017

Completed

11

Yeshwant Kurhe

Behavioral and Neuropharmacological Screening of Potential Serotonergic Modulators for Depression Comorbid with Obesity

Neuropsychopharmacology

Jan 2012 - Jan 2018

Completed

12

Sushil Yadav

Isolation and Characterization of Genetic Variants of Beta Casein From Cow Milk and to Study Their Effects on Osteoporosis

Neuropsychopharmacology, Veterinary Pharmacology and Biotechnology

Aug 2012 - Oct 2019

Completed

 

Higher Degree:

  • Guided several M. Pharm. students for various projects in the area of New Drug Design and Synthesis, Neuro-psychopharmacology, Design and development of new animal models, with special reference to serotonergic modulators and related disorders. Many have culminated in conference presentations and or publications.

First Degree:

  • Guided two (completed) first degree thesis students and currently guiding one first degree student in the area of Neuro-psychopharmacology, Design and Development of new Animal Models and related protocol standardization.
  • Guided several B.Pharm. Students on Special Projects, Lab. Oriented Projects, Study Oriented Projects, Computer Projects. A few have culminated in conference presentations and or publications