Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Phytoconstituents
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Madhu Gupta has research experience pertaining to drug delivery
to nanoformulations for magical molecule delivery, bioligands for
targeting of bioactives and drug moiety, biopolymers, cancer nanomedicine,
as well as topical delivery that is carried out at the
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. H.S. Gour Central
University, Sagar. Dr. Gupta has done her B. Pharm (Gold Medalist),
M. Pharm, PhD in Pharmaceutics with experience of more than
12 years in academics, administrative functions, and research in
areas of pharmaceutical nanotechnology and targeted drug delivery
related to cancer, fungal infection, and psoriasis.
Presently she is working as an officer on special duty to Vice-
Chancellor in Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research
University. Along with teaching and research, she is Chief Operating
Officer of World Class Skill Centre courses, PRO, website In-charge,
IQAC in addition to much other managerial work.
She is pioneer scientist in the fields of nanotechnology and drug delivery. She has judiciously exploited
bioligands for targeting of bioactives and drug moiety. She has over 40 research publications to her
credit published in journals of high scientific impact and contributed 18 chapters in various renowned
books and to several international and national books. Dr. Gupta has H-index of 12, i10-index of 14, and
more than 600 citations. She has been awarded by various national and international conferences in the
form of best oral and poster presentation award and other national and international awards. She has
supervised 15 MPharm students. Dr. Gupta has availed several prestigious fellowships and awards
SRF AICTE (NDF), JRF (AICTE), Travel grant awards (DST, ICMR, INSA, and DBT, MPCST), Prof.
G.P. Nair Award (2004), and Prof. C.S. Chauhan Award (2004). She has her research work at BioAsia
Innovation Award—2012, Grace India Awards, Youth Education Award 2018, and Young Researcher
Award. She has successfully completed one project that is funded by MPCST Bhopal.
She is the nominee of CPCSEA and also an active member of various pharmaceutical bodies such
as APTI and others. She is a reviewer of various journals of repute. She has attended various conferences/
seminars/workshops/FDPs as organizer/coordinator/resource person/participant. Dr. Gupta and
her team have been selected for funding of one start-up.
Durgesh Nandini Chauhan completed her BPharm degree in
Pharmacy from the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya,
Bhopal, India, and her MPharma (pharmaceutical sciences) in pharmaceutics
from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, currently Dr. A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, in 2006. Mrs. Durgesh
Nandini Chauhan has 10 years of academic (teaching) experience from
Institutes of India in pharmaceutical sciences. She taught such subjects
as pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, traditional concepts of medicinal
plants, drug-delivery phytochemistry, cosmetic technology, pharmaceutical
engineering, pharmaceutical packaging, quality assurance,
dosage form designing, and anatomy and physiology.
She is member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers
of India, SILAE: Società Italo-Latinoamericana di Etnomedicina
(The Scientific Network on Ethnomedicine, Italy), and so forth. Her
previous research work includes Penetration Enhancement Studies on Organogel of Oxytetracycline
HCL. She also attended AICTE-sponsored Staff Development Program on “Effects of Teaching and
Learning Skills in Pharmacy-Tool for Improvement of Young Pharmacy Teachers” and workshop on
Analytical Instruments. She has written more than 10 publications in national and international journals,
13 book chapters, and authored 2 books: Optimization and Evaluation of an Organogel and Plant and
Marine Based Phytochemicals for Human Health: Attributes, Potential, and Use. She is also active
as a reviewer for several international scientific journals and active participant in national and international
conferences such as Bhartiya Vigyan Sammelan and International Convention of Society of
Pharmacognosy. Presently she is part of the Ishita Research Organization, Raipur, India, as a freelance
writer and guiding pharmacy, Ayurvedic, and science students in their research projects.
Vikas Sharma is Associate Professor and Principal Shri Rawatpura
Sarkar Institute of Pharmacy Datia, India. Dr. Sharma obtained his
BPharm from Jiwaji University Gwalior, MPharm in Pharmacognosy,
and PhD from Dr. H.S. Gour Central University Sagar, India.
Dr. Sharma has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience.
He has made significant contributions in the area of medicinal
plant research. He has been working on evidence-based validation of
medicinal plants and pharmacological screening of herbal drugs. Dr.
Sharma works on marker and biomarker analysis of herbs for quality
evaluation. He has also made significant contributions to development
of chemical profiling of extracts and formulation through TLC,
HPTLC, and LC-MS. He is supervising scientific research of the postgraduation
and the doctoral level. He has written several researches and
review paper in reputed journals and has contributed several chapters in
books on pharmaceutical and indigenous drugs. He is a member of various professional and academic
bodies like Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and the Society of Pharmacognosy.
Nagendra Singh Chauhan obtained his MPharm and PhD from
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. H.S. Gour University,
Sagar in 2006 and 2011. He has around 14 years of research experience.
He is presently working as Senior Scientific Officer Grade-II and
Government Analyst at Drugs Testing Laboratory avam Anusandhan
Kendra, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has professional expertise in
natural product isolation. He also has hands-on experience in various
techniques like extraction, isolation, and purification of natural products
from plant extracts using various chromatographic techniques for
separation of compounds including column, LC-MS, chromatography,
preparative TLC, and structure elucidation of natural products with the
help of various techniques like UV, mass, IR, and NMR. He is well
versed with the design, conduct, and data treatment of various in vivo
experiments like aphrodisiac, antidiabetic, anti-stress, hair growth,
BPH, hepatoprotective, and reproductive parameters. He has written more than 50 articles published in
national and international journals and 20 book chapters. He has more than 1400 citations with h-index
21 and i10 index of 32 (Google scholar) and scopus h-index 15; 669 citations. He is a member of various
professional and academic bodies like Society of Pharmacognosy, International Natural Product Sciences
Taskforce (INPST) Society, SILAE: Società Italo-Latinoamericana di Etnomedicina (The Scientific
Network on Ethnomedicine, Italy), Institutional Human ethical committee, and the Association of
Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI).