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PROF. VANDANA B. PATRAVALE
PROF. VANDANA B. PATRAVALE
Professor of Pharmaceutics
Professor of Pharmaceutics
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400019, India
Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400019, India
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“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.” - Swami Vivekananda
"VBP Research Group: Where Science Meets Purpose."
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Media
We are pleased to congratulate and welcome the scholars on joining the VBP Research Group for their Ph.D. programs:
Ms. Alice John – Ph.D., April 2025
Ms. Kasish Jain – Ph.D., April 2025
VBP research group successfully completed the session of the Capacity Building Workshop on Research & Innovation, in collaboration with Bombay Institute of Pharmacy & Research (BIPR), Mumbai.
Congratulations to our mentor Prof. Vandana Patravale on receiving the Himalaya Excellence R&D Award – Pharmaceutical Research (2026) from Himalaya Wellness Company. March 2026
Recognized as First Prize Winners at the IPA Academic Excellence Awards for AI-Mediated Oral Protein & Peptide Delivery – VBP Research Group, ICT Mumbai. Congratulations to Dr. Anjali Pandya, Miss Preeya Negi, Miss Alice John, and the team under the guidance of Prof. Vandana Patravale for this proud achievement at the 11th Global Pharmaceutical Quality Summit. Feb 2026
Ms. Ankita Anure awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Fellowship for Doctoral Research under the guidance of Dr. Vandana Patravale, VBP Research Group, ICT Mumbai, in collaboration with Kaynta Labs Pvt. Ltd., January 2026
We are delighted to share that Prof. Dr. Vandana B. Patravale attended the Government of India to attend the 77th Republic Day Ceremony, 2026, at Kartavya Path, New Delhi, as a special guest of IPO, DPIIT. January 2026
We are honored to announce that Prof. Dr. Vandana B. Patravale has been awarded the Women Leader in Pharma Award at the CPHI- Indian Pharma Awards 2025, a prestigious recognition celebrating outstanding leadership in the pharmaceutical sector. January 2026
We are proud to announce that Dr. Amit Kale, the first PhD graduate of the VBP Research Group, has been appointed as Executive Director – Product Development/CMC at Relay Therapeutics, USA. Dec- 2025.
Prof. Patravale nominated as Convener of the Scientific Committee for the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress. Dec- 2025.
Prof. Vandana Patravale is elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) 2025.
Prof. Vandana Patravale is elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) 2025.
Prof. Vandana Patravale is elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for the category Engineering Section - X (Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry). 2025
We are pleased to congratulate and welcome the scholars on joining the VBP Research Group for their Ph.D. programs:
Ms. Sonali Hanjankar – Ph.D., October 2025
Mr. Shubham Karpe – Ph.D., September 2025
Mr. Vijeth Bhat – Ph.D., September 2025
Mr. Vikas Kambale – Ph.D., January 2025
DST INSPIRE fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for a project entitled "Cocrystal formulation/nano formulation of the repurposed drug for Alzheimer's disease" in the year 2023-2024 (Negi P.).
Scholarship under the scheme titled "Assistance for S &T Applications" of Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, Government of Maharashtra for a project entitled "Dry Powder inhaler formulation of Erlotinib Hydrochloride for treating non-small cell lung cancer" in the year 2024 (Nayak A.).
First Prize under the Masters category and awarded with the SPDS India Young Researcher by society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science at DRPI India Finals 2024 (Agrawal R.).
Best Poster Presentation Award for the poster entitled “Development of sirolimus micro/nano particles coated drug eluting stents using QbD paradigm: Potential approach for the amelioration of arterial diseases” at International Symposium on “Advances in Drug Delivery Technologies” Organized by Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, 2024 (Jadhav S.)
2nd Prize in Poster Presentation Award for the poster entitled “Development of liposomal inhalable formulation against pulmonary infection” at Controlled Release Society Indian Chapter, 22nd International Symposium on “Advances in technology and Business potential of New Drug Delivery Systems”, 2024 (Nayak A.)
3rd Prize in Poster Presentation Award for the poster entitled “Artificial in-vitro blood-brain barrier model for preclinical screening” at Controlled Release Society Indian Chapter, 22nd International Symposium on “Advances in technology and Business potential of New Drug Delivery Systems”, 2024 (Hanjankar S.N.)
Rohit Pawar awarded with second best poster presentation award at the Controlled Release Society Indian Local Chapter One Day National Symposium on 'Computer Aided Drug Delivery' for research work entitled 'Development of Novel Treatment Module for Dengue Infection: In silico to In vivo Approach' at the Datta Meghe College of Pharmacy, Wardha dated 02nd July 2022. Heartiest Congratulations!
Anjali Pandya got selected for Commonwealth Leaders in Sustainable Development residential workshop on 'Maximizing your impact' at Windsor in a former Royal residence of the seventeenth century. Heartiest Congratulations!
Anjali Pandya got selected for the prestigious 'Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship'. She will work with Prof Ryan Donnelly at Queen's University, Belfast, UK. Heartiest Congratulations!
Sarika Jadhav got selected for the prestigious 'Prime ministers’ fellowship' in collaboration with our Industrial partner Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd (SMT). Heartiest Congratulations!
Prof. Vandana Patravale conferred with the prestigious ‘Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship’ from the Indian National Academy of Engineering - Science and Engineering Research Board (INAE-SERB). Heartiest Congratulations, Madam!
Prof Vandana Patravale accepted a role as Independent Director on the Board of Directors at Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd (SMT). Our industrial collaborator SMT is one of the very few Indian companies involved the stent research and development and has introduced Coronary Stents in more than 65 countries. Heartiest Congratulations, Madam!
Vaibhav Ghegade and Priyanka Salunkhe were selected to participate in Novartis India’s BioCamp 2020-21. Well done Vaibhav and Priyanka.!!
Archana Kapse, Vaibhav Ghegade and Akshay Dhanuskar receive a prize at Metamorphosis 2021 in Healthcare & biomedical devices segment. Hearty Congratulations!
Priyanka Salunkhe got selected for Schott Fiolax Scholarship Program 2020. Hearty Congratulations!
Priyanka Salunkhe, Archana Kapse and Ankita Yawalkar secured 2nd position in Teach for India’s case study competition for proposing an idea of collaboration between Govt. of India and Indian mobile selling company to give devices with preloaded ‘Learn India’ application with distinct features to facilitate education to rural areas. Hearty Congratulations!
Sagar Dhoble and the team won first prize at MIT COVID 19 challenge - 'India: Turning the Tide', a virtual event aimed at addressing the most pressing issues arising from the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Hearty Congratulations!
Shivraj Naik receives 'Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award 2020' Hearty Congratulations!
Sagar Dhoble receives best oral presentation award at SELECTBIO 2019 on ‘Novel Formulation Strategies 2019’ for presentation on topic ‘Cupposomes: Next generation nanoassembled lipidic drug delivery system’ at Hyderabad, India 2019 Hearty Congratulations!
Rohit Pawar & Shrikant Dhage receives best poster presentation award for posters entitled 'Surface modified nanocarriers for treatment of cerebral malaria” and “Porous PLGA microscaffolds: A platform for 3D cell culture' respectively at CRS-IC nationa lseminar on 'Excipients – Key challenges in formulation success' at Pune, India 2018. Hearty Congratulations!
First prize for oral presentation and poster entitled, “Multifunctional nanocomposites of curcumin for neurodegenerative disorders” at Forteenth International Symposium on Advances In Technology And Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems, Mumbai, India, February 2015 (Desai P.)
Young Innovator in Bioprocessing Award (2nd Place) for research work entitled, “Bioenhanced ellagic acid solid solution: a systematic green approach” at Bioprocessing India 2014 conference, Mumbai, India, December 2014 (Desai P.)
Excellent poster award for topic entitled, “Pharmaceutical Co-Crystal of Atovaquone: A Systemic Approach Towards Solubility Enhancement” at 5th Indo-Japanese International Joint Symposium on Overcoming Intractable Infectious Diseases Prevalent in Asian Countries, Tokyo, Japan September 2014 (Desai P.)
Excellent poster award for topic entitled, “Evaluation of Punicalin And Punicalagin As GP 120-CD4 Binding Inhibitor: In Silico & In Vitro Screening” at 5th Indo-Japanese International Joint Symposium on Overcoming Intractable Infectious Diseases Prevalent in Asian Countries, Tokyo, Japan September 2014 (Mirani A.)
Excellent poster award for topic entitled, “Comparison of Phytopolyphenols as gp120-CD4 Binding Inhibitor: In Silico & In Vitro Screening” at 5th Indo-Japanese International Joint Symposium on Overcoming Intractable Infectious Diseases Prevalent in Asian Countries, Tokyo, Japan September 2014 (Gite S.)
First prize for poster entitled, “Green approach towards bioenhanced curcumin: process analytical technology (PAT) enabled scale up studies of curcumin solid solution using hot melt extrusion” at 1st International Conference on Industrial Pharmacy (ICIP) 2014, Kuantan, Malaysia, August 2014 (Desai P.)
Selected in top 6 research students amongst the entries from all over the world for Merck Serono Innovation Cup 2014, Darmstadt, Germany, July 2014 (Desai P.)
Agrawal A. has received the prestigious “Prime Minister’s Fellowship” for doctoral Research. This is a joint initiative of CII, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) and Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. as an Industry partner.
First prize for poster entitled, "Polymeric nanoparticulate delivery of curcumin-ellagic acid: synergistic potential for inflammatory bowel disease therapy", at seminar on, ‘Advances in Pharmaceutical Technology & Its Business Potential', Yadavrao Tasgaonkar Institute of Pharmacy Raigad, India, February 2014 (Pukale S.)
First prize for poster entitled, “SANS investigation of a micellar drug delivery system formed by a novel antioxidant- lipid bioconjugate” at Conference on Neutron Scattering 2014", Pune, India , February 2014 (Desai P.)
Bombay Technologist Best post Graduate Student for Year 2013-14, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, February 2014 (Vyas S.)
First prize for poster entitled, “Development of mathematical model to predict release of a water soluble drug from tamarind seed polysaccharide matrices” at National Seminar on "Software in Drug Discovery and Development", Kolhapur, India, January 2014 (Desai P.)
Second prize for poster entitled, “Design Expert®: An integration of software solution forNanoformulation expermentations” at National Seminar on" Software in Drug Discovery and Development", Kolhapur, India, January 2014 (Gite S.)
First prize for poster entitled, “In vivo investigation of anticancer activity and treatment associated toxicity of tamoxifen-loaded cationic lipomer” at 65th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Delhi, India, December 2013 (Desai P.)
Veneto Nanotech Prize (Winner of the second edition of the Cadini Prize) 2013 for the poster entitled "Influence of Newly Synthesized Mono-Guanidine Heterolipid based Cationic Nanocarriers in Treatment of Melanoma Tumor in C57BL/6 mice" at the NanotechItaly 2013, Italy, November 2013. (Prabhu R).
First Prize for poster entitled, “Lymphtarg for tamoxifene: Potential in breast cancer treatment” at the Workshop on Advances in Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology (ICT-NANOBIO2013) sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry held at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai, India, November 2013 (Shete H.)
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