Embedded Files
Heartiest congratulations to our PhD Scholar, Sonali Hanjankar, on qualifying the prestigious Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)- University Grants Commission (UGC) NET Fellowship, May 2026
We are pleased to announce that VBP Research Group has been awarded the prestigious “𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞” 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. Kudos to Alice John for being appointed to work on this project, April 2026.
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 2026
Ms. Kasish Jain – Ph.D., April 2026
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.)
More...
Ms Rashmi Prabhu receives Best Poster Award for research work entitled “Paclitaxel Nanostructured Lipid Carriers for Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer” at ICMR-NIRRH Golden Jubilee Celebrations- International Conference on Women’s Reproductive Health: A step towards improving quality of life organized by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)- National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH) on February 20-23, 2020, Mumbai. The work was carried out in collaboration with Dr. Vikas Dighe, Toxicology Division, ICMR-NIRRH, Mumbai. The award was presented by Dr. S.K. Sikdar, Deputy Commissioner of Family Planning, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Shivraj Naik and Pratik Kakade adjudged first & second best poster presentation awards respectively at CRS IC national seminar on ‘Translational Research: From bench to bedside’ at Nagpur, India held on 17th Nov, 2019.
Shivraj Naik receives first prize for oral presentation in PhD/ faculty category at a symposium titled “New hypothesis for break through innovations in drug discovery “organised on World Science Day in Nagpur, India
Prof. Patravale receives prestigious "Dr. Manjushree Pal Memorial Award for the best Pharmaceutical Scientist-2019".The award was given by Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India at 24th Annual National Convention held at DIT University, Dehradun, India.
Sagar Dhoble receives the best oral presentation award at Selectbio Conference (3rd Ed.) on Novel Formulation Strategies held at Hyderabad, India on 23rd & 24th May 2019.
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 national seminar on “Excipients – Key challenges in formulation success” at Pune, India 2018.
Anjali Pandya receives ' THE BEST oral presentation award on “Peptide Metallodendrimers: A Novel Realm in Wound Healing Therapeutics" at an international conference on "Novel Formulation Strategies 2018" organized by Selectbio India.
Prof. Patravale receives prestigious "Prof. Indira Parikh 50 women in education leaders award 2018" at 7th World Education Congress for demonstrating sustained excellence in the field of pharmaceutical research.
University Grants Commission conferred "UGC-BSR Mid Career Award Grant 2018" to Prof. Vandana B Patravale, acknowledging her contributions in the field of pharmaceutical research.
Rohit Pawar and Swati Vyas bags Prestigious ‘Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) award 2018’ from Honorable President of India under category ‘Socially Relevant Innovation’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 19th March 2018.
Title of Project: Point of Care Nano Diagnostic Kit for Brucellosis
Amit Mirani and Prashant Upadhaya bags Prestigious ‘Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) award 2018’ from Honorable President of India under category ‘MLM (More from less for Many)’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 19th March 2018.
Title of Project: NanoSpermViricide Gel: A Dual Acting Aid for Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy and Unprotected Sexual Intercourse Associated HIV
Chaitali Bora, Rashmi Prabhu and Prof. Vandana Patravale receive Indian Drugs Best Review Article Award 2017 at Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association Annual Day held in Mumbai on 20th January 2018.
Review paper Title: Lymphatic delivery: Concept, Challenges and Applications’ published in Indian Drugs Volume 54, Issue no 08, August 2017 (Page no:5-22)
Pratik Kakade wins Young researcher award at International Conference on Nanotechnology held on 11th-12th December, 2017 at Dubai, UAE.
Poster presentation title: Nanoparticle engineering of Aprepitant using Nano-By-Design (NbD) Approach
Anjali Pandya wins Young researcher award at International Conference on Nanotechnology held on 11th-12th December, 2017 at Dubai, UAE.
Poster presentation title: NanoMicide gel for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted HIV-1 Infection
Rohit Pawar wins best poster presentation award at International Conference on Nanotechnology held on 11th-12th December, 2017 at Dubai, UAE.
Poster presentation title: Nanolipidic drug delivery system for sickle cell anemia.
Manasi Chogale wins best poster presentation award at International Conference on Nanotechnology held on 11th-12th December, 2017 at Dubai, UAE.
Poster presentation title: Comparison of ‘Top-down’ methods for nanocrystal engineering: A case study
Shivraj Naik receives best poster presentation award at the Nanobioteck 2017 held on 6-8 December, 2017, Kerala, India.
Poster Presentation Title: “Exploring nattokinase for the effective treatment of Alzheimer's disease”
This conference was jointly organized by Indian society of nanomedicine (ISNM), IISER Trivandrum, DBT, and DST.
Sagar Dhoble, Vaibhavi Peshattiwar and Sarayu pai bags Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s (PHA, USA) Tom Lantos Innovation in community service awards.
The award was given for their proposal to work for the social awareness of Pulmonary Hypertension in India aiming to reach out to those affected by Pulmonary Hypertension including the patients, their families, caregivers as well as the healthcare professionals through development of a mobile application or a website, which can be downloaded or accessed by those in need of precise information.
Amit Mirani wins best poster presentation award at the Global conference on Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery System held on 29th June to 1st July 2017 at Valencia, Spain.
Poster Presentation Title: "Polyphenols Loaded Vaginal Microbicide: A Novel Strategy for Prevention of HIV Transmission"
Shivraj Naik receives second best oral presentation award at 'National Conference on neurodegenerative diseases: Strategies of drug discovery and delivery to the brain' at BNCP, Mumbai on 27-29th May, 2017.
Oral Presentation Title: "Molecular modelling of Nattokinase: Implications in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Rashmi Prabhu receives Best Oral Presentation Award (Budding Formulation Scientist Award 2017) for presentation entitled "Lymphatic System Targeted Lipid Nanocarriers: A Promising Approach for Oral Treatment of Breast Cancer" in Academic Innovation Session at International Conference on Novel Formulation Strategies organized by SELECTBIO India held on April 20-21, 2017, Hyderabad, India
Rohit Pawar receives second prize for Poster presentation at 6th Indo-Japanese International Symposium on 'Overcoming intractable infectious diseases prevalent in asian countries' held on 23-24 September, 2016, at Goa for poster entitled “Anti-malarial efficacy of lipid nanoparticles: Combination of Curcumin-Arteether Vs Ellagic acid-Arteether”.
This Symposium was jointly organized by PERD centre (Ahmedabad, India), ICT (Mumbai, India), TKCP (Warananagar, India), IPA-Goa (India) and TUS (Tokyo, Japan)
Authors: D. Gugulothu, R. Pawar, S. Pathak, S. Sharma, V. Patravale
Ronak Bhuptani receives third prize for Poster presentation at 6th Indo-Japanese International Symposium on 'Overcoming intractable infectious diseases prevalent in asian countries' held on 23-24 September, 2016, at Goa for poster entitled “Novel Metallodendrimer hydrogel for wound care”.
This Symposium was jointly organized by PERD centre (Ahmedabad, India), ICT (Mumbai, India), TKCP (Warananagar, India), IPA-Goa (India) and TUS (Tokyo, Japan)
Authors: S. Pukale, R. Bhuptani, V. Patravale
Preshita Desai wins Best oral and poster presentation award at 15th International Symposium on ‘Advances in technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems’ held on 19-20 February 2016 at ICT, Mumbai.
Poster Title: “Geometry Optimized t-micellar Gel: Microneedle assisted transdermal delivery platform for targeted brain delivery.
Preshita Desai wins best oral presentation award at National conference on Nanotechnology in drug research: Innovations, Challenges and Opportunities sponsored by ICMR held on 16-17 October 2015 at NMIMS, Mumbai.
Presentation Title: ‘Geometry Optimized t-Micelles: A Targeted Nanocarrier Platform for Enhanced Brain Uptake.
Ketki Bhise wins best poster award at National conference on Nanotechnology in drug research: Innovations, Challenges and Opportunities sponsored by ICMR held at 16-17 October 2015 at NMIMS, Mumbai.
Poster Title: Generic Oral Aprepitant Nanoformulation: A Patent Non-Infringing Approach
Authors: R. Tayade, P. Desai, K. Bhise, V. Patravale
Prof. Patravale declared "OPPI Woman Scientist Award 2015". The award is given by Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India to the outstanding women research scientist working in the field of human healthcare. The award is given on 17th October 2015 in Mumbai. Congratulations!
Point of care detection strips for diagnosing brucellosis published earlier in 2015 in Biosensors and Bioelectronics receive coverage from Nature Asia and Hindustan Times. Congratulations to Prof. Patravale and Swati Vyas!
Glowing strip detects pathogen in milk
BEST POSTER AWARD AT THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NANOTECHNOLOGY BASED FORMULATIONS- NANOPHARMACEUTICALS
Priyanka Prabhu won the Best Poster Award at the “2nd International Conference on Nanotechnology Based Formulations- NanoPharmaceuticals” held on 10-11 September, 2015, at Hyderabad for poster entitled “Artemether-Lumefantrine loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers (NLC) for treatment of cerebral malaria”.
This conference was organized by Select Biosciences India Private Limited and this work was performed in collaboration with Tata Institute of fundamental research (TIFR), Mumbai, India.
OMICS INTERNATIONAL BEST YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD
Preshita Desai receives the OMICS International Best Young Researcher Award for the paper entitled, 't-Micelles of Curcumin: Strategy for Enhanced Brain Uptake' at the 'Fourth International Conference and Exhibition on Neurology and Therapeutics' held at Rome, Italy from 27-29th July 2015.
THIRD PRIZE AT THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Priyanka Prabhu won Third Prize at the “Eighth International Annual Conference on "Translational Clinical Pharmacology Research in Drug Development" organised by South Asian Chapter of American College of Clinical Pharmacology held at Nehru Auditorium, Worli, Mumbai, India on 24-25 April, 2015 for Oral Presentation in "Preclinical Category" for work on " Nanostructured Lipid Carriers (NLC) of Artemether-Lumefantrine combination for oral malaria therapy.
This work was performed in collaboration with Tata Institute of fundamental research (TIFR), Mumbai, India.
BUDDING QBD SCIENTIST AWARD 2015
Amit Mirani and Sandip Gite received the Budding QbD Scientist Award 2015 at the "QbD in Pharma Development World Congress 2015" held at Chandigarh on 16-18 April 2015 for the paper entitled,"QbD Based Development Of Fenofibrate Nanosuspension: A Non-Infringing Approach".
Prof. Vandana B. Patravale, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology received "Dr. P. D. Patil Best Pharmaceutical Scientist of the year Award - 2014”. This prestigious award is given by the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), Maharashtra State in recognition to the relentless, inspirational and selfless service by the scientist to the pharmacy profession. The award was bestowed on her by honourable Prof. C. K. Kokate, Vice Chancellor, KLE University, Karnataka and honourable Prof. S. Kadam, Vice Chancellor, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, Maharashtra at the Inaugural and Award Ceremony of 19th Annual Convention of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTICON 2014) held at Pune, Maharashtra on 28th November 2014.
Preshita Desai selected as 'Ranbaxy Science Scholar" of the Year 2014 by the Ranbaxy Science Foundation, India. The award ceremony will be held in March 2015. Congratulations!
Prof. Vandana B. Patravale, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology is declared as the recipient of the Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Industrial Research Award for Women Scientists - 2013 by Vividhlaxi Audyogik Samshodhan Vikas Kendra (VASVIK) Apex Committee. This is a prestigious national award given to women scientists in recognition to their extraordinary industrial research and it is in execution since year 1981. This award is bestowed upon Prof. Patravale for her outstanding research, especially in area of coronary stents and intra uterine devices.
VASVIK is a non-profit, non-government organisation established in 1974 and run by the owners of the Patel Extrusion Group. With a vision to promote industrial research, science and technology in India, the organization presents nine annual VASVIK Industrial Research Awards in various categories to an individual or group of individuals in honour of their exceptional research achievements.
This year, the award ceremony is scheduled in December 2014, where Prof. Vandana B. Pataravle will be felicitated by Honourable Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi.
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD, FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY, KUANTAN, MALAYSIA
Preshita Desai won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the "First International Conference on Industrial Pharmacy"held at Kuantan, Malaysia on 16-17th August 2014 for the paper entitled, "Green Approach Towards Bioenhanced Curcumin: Process Analytical Technology (PAT) Assisted Scale Up Studies of Curcumin Solid Solution Using Hot Melt Extrusion".
This work of PAT Assisted scale up studies on Hot Melt Extruder was performed in collaboration with Prof. Anant Paradkar at University of Bradford, UK under the UKIERI (UK-India Education and Research Initiative) collaborative project entitled, “Process analytics enabled green technologies for processing of poorly soluble drugs” funded by British Council, India and the initial formulation development and optimization studies were done using hot melt extruder in Prof. Vinita Deshapande's lab, Department of Physics, Institute of Chemical Technology.
BOMBAY TECHNOLOGIST - BEST POST GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Swati Vyas wins Institute of Chemical Technology - Bombay Technologist - Best Post Graduate Student Award for the year 2013 - 2014. Congratulations!
CONFERENCE ON NEUTRON SCATTERING 2014, IISER PUNE
Preshita Desai wins Best Poster Award at the international symposium entitled, "Conference on Neutron Scattering 2014" organized by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in association with Neutron Scattering Society of India (NSSI) at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune from 10-12th February 2014.
Poster Title: SANS investigation of a micellar drug delivery system formed by a novel antioxidant- lipid bioconjugate
Authors: P. Desai, V. Aswal, P. Hassan, V. Patravale
65TH INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL CONGRESS
Preshita Desai wins Best Poster Award at 65th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress held at Delhi during 20-22nd December 2013.
Poster Title: In vivo investigation of anticancer activity and treatment associated toxicity of tamoxifen-loaded cationic lipomer
Authors: Shete Harshad, Desai Preshita, Vanage Geeta & Patravale Vandana
L-R: Prof. Ganapati D. Yadav (Vice Chancellor, ICT), Rashmi Prabhu, Harshad Shete, Prof. Vandana Patravale; Rashmi Prabhu receiving the prize at Venice, Italy.
NANOTECHITALY, 2013
Rashmi Prabhu and Harshad Shete won 1st Prize in NanotechItaly, 2013 for the poster entitled "Influence of Newly Synthesized Mono-Guanidine Heterolipid based Cationic Nanocarriers in Treatment of Melanoma Tumor in C57BL/6 mice". The International conference was jointly organized by Veneto Nanotech, National Research Council (CNR), AIRI - Associazione Nazionale Ricerca Industriale and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT),on 27th to the 29th of November 2013 at the Convention Center of the NH Laguna palace Hotel in Venice-Mestre, Italy. Congratulations, Rashmi!
(L-R) Swati Vyas, Prof. Vandana Patravale, Prof. Ganapati D. Yadav (Vice Chancellor, ICT), Prof. Sharmila Majee (Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai) and Priyanka Prabhu
GRAND CHALLENGES EXPLORATIONS ROUND 11, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION AWARDS $100,000 TO PROF. PATRAVALE AND HER TEAM TO DEVELOP THE FIRST GREEN VACCINE FOR BRUCELLOSIS: CONGRATULATIONS, SWATI AND PRIYANKA!
VBP Research Group receives a prestigious grant to develop the first green nanovaccine for nasal immunization against brucellosis from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. Prof. Vandana Patravale, ICT, Matunga won $100,000 for developing the cost-effective vaccine technology supported by the Gates Foundation from over 2700 applications. The sub-unit nanovaccine aims to confer long term protective immunity to humans and livestock population. Team members, Swati Vyas and Priyanka Prabhu, doctoral students in Prof. Patravale’s lab at ICT, conceptualized the initiative with Prof. Patravale instigated by an ongoing research project concerning diagnostics for brucellosis. Prof. Patravale’s team proposes to develop a sub-unit vaccine fabricated using green technology for nasal immunization in both animals and humans as a one health approach to combat brucellosis. Prof. Sharmila B. Majee, Dept. of Microbiology, Bombay Veterinary College, Parel would be actively collaborating with the team for developing the nanovaccine. Congratulations!
ICT NANOBIO 2013, ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY: BEST POSTER AWARD.
Harshad Shete wins Best Poster award at the "Workshop on Advances in Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology (ICT-NANOBIO2013)" held at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai. Congratulations!
OMICS GROUP OF CONFERENCE
Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry& Natural Products. October 21-23, Raddison Blu Plaza, Hyderabad.
Super Critical extraction method optimization of Seabuckthorn (SBT) berry oil B.O: Exploiting its role in anti-ageing
Anuradha Pol, Amit Mirani, Namrata Kadwadkar, Rekha Singhal, Vandana Patravale, Institute of Chemical Technology, India.
UKIERI (UK-INDIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INITIATIVE)
Preshita Desai received visiting fellowship for a tenure of 2 months (12th August -16th October 2013) at the Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering Science, University of Bradford, UK under the UKIERI (UK-India Education and Research Initiative) collaborative project entitled,” Process analytics enabled green technologies for processing of poorly soluble drugs” funded by British council.Project Title:Hot Melt Extrusion Assisted Solid Dispersions for Oral Bioenhancement of Poorly Bioavailable Drugs. Congratulations!
BEST ABLE 2013, BANGALORE
BEST-India (Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Student Teams) is a scheme for encouraging young postgraduate students towards developing biotechnology entrepreneurship and commercialization of bio-science.
The scheme is sponsored by The Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and managed and administered by Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises, ABLE – India. A team of Five doctoral level students representing Institute of Chemical Technology from VBP Group, Swati Vyas, Preshita Desai, Amit Mirani, Ronak Bhuptani and Soniya Jain have been selected amongst the top 20 teams across the country for participating in BEST ABLE 2013 Workshop to be held at Bangalore, India.
Congratulations!
BIOCAMP 2013- INDIA
Novartis India, a world leader in the research and development of products to protect and improve health and well-being, organised three-day Novartis Biotechnology Leadership Camp (BioCamp) from July 8 to 10, 2013 in Hyderabad. BioCamp is a pioneering seminar which brought 48 talented students from diverse faculties and different universities closer to the pharmaceutical industry.
Ranjit Shahani, vice chairman and managing director, Novartis India Limited said, “BioCamp is a great platform for intelligent, young minds to interact with leaders in the pharmaceutical industry. This three day seminar provides students the opportunity to look closer at the pharmaceutical industry and helps them make career choices. Healthcare is a challenging area in our country and BioCamp reflects the Novartis commitment to furthering the cause of healthcare.”
Congratulations Namrata A.K. you made it to the 48 talented students, across India!!
THE SOUTH ASIAN CHAPTER OF AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY: 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “INNOVATION IN 21ST CENTURY: CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY IN CURRENT AND FUTURE ENVIRONMENT” HELD ON 21-22ND APRIL 2013 AT NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE.
Best Poster Award (Drug Delivery System Section):
Clara Fernandes, “Impact of drug loading on the anti Parkinsonism effects of lipid formulation of curcumin.”
Second Best Poster Award - Shared (Drug Delivery System Section):
Amit Mirani, “Bio-enhanced Atovaquone: Comparison of solid dispersion and nanosuspension.”
and
Namrata Kadwadkar, “Solid lipid nanoparticles of Arteether/Ellagic acid: A novel combination therapy for treatment of malaria.”
Second Best Poster Award (Preclinical Section):
Soniya Jain, “Selective Uptake of Nanostructured Lipid Carriers by Malaria Infected Red Blood Cells.”
ICT - BOMBAY TECHNOLOGIST BEST POST GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2012-13
Preshita Desai wins Institute of Chemical Technology - Bombay Technologist Best Post Graduate student Award for the Year 2012-13. Congratulations!
CRS 2013 - BEST POSTER AWARD
Dalapathi Gugulothu wins Best Poster Award at the Thirteenth International Symposium on 'Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems' of the Controlled Release Society - Indian Chapter, held at J. W. Marriot Hotels, Juhu, Mumbai .
DDIDC 2013 - BEST POSTER AWARD
Harshad Shete wins Best Poster: Harshad Shete, Sushmita Chatterjee, Abhijit De, Vandana Patravale. "Discrepancy in therapeutic efficacy of nanoformulation against different breast cancer cell lines" at the International Symposium on Drug Discvovery for Infectious Disease & Cancer (DDIDC), 16-17th January, 2013 at ICT, Mumbai, India. Congratulations!
BVDUPCP- PHARMACY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2012
Prof. Vandana Patravale has been recently conferred with the prestigious ‘BVDUPCP- Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award 2012’ by the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) at the APTI - 17th Annual National Convention – 2012 held at Manipal University from 12th-14th October 2012, recognizing her outstanding contributions towards excellence in education of young students and scientists in Pharmacy.
NATIONAL SEMINAR
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, UGC-Centre of Advanced Studies (UGC-CAS) under the AEGIS of TEQIP organizes National Seminar at the Institute of Chemical Technology on theme: Regulatory Roadmap for Pharmaceuticals in Global Market
Date: November 29, 2012 | Venue: K. Venkataraman Auditorium, ICT, Matunga, Mumbai | E-Brochure: Download
BEST - INDIA 2012, ABLE
BEST-India (Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Student Teams) is a scheme for encouraging young postgraduate students towards developing biotechnology entrepreneurship and commercialization of bio-science.
The scheme is sponsored by The Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and managed and administered by Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises, ABLE – India. A team of Five doctoral level students representing Institute of Chemical Technology - including three members from VBP Group, Clara Fernandes, Swati Vyas and Preshita Desai - along with Archana Raju from Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, and Dipak Pinjari, Department of Chemical Engineering, has been selected amongst the top 20 teams across the country for participating in BEST ABLE 2012 Workshop to be held at Bangalore, India.
Congratulations!
DRUG DELIVERY INDIA 2012, HYDERABAD
The Institute of Life Sciences ( Hyderabad , India ) and MSD Pharmaceuticals ( India ) Pvt Ltd., the Indian affiliate of Merck and Co., Inc. (Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA) recently co-hosted a symposium titled: Drug Delivery India 2012 – Innovations in Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing Sciences in Hyderabad on February 24th and 25th 2012. The symposium featured leading Indian scientists from academia, industry, government and the biotechnology sector, International scientists, including scientists from Merck and Co., Inc.
VBP Group was graced by yet another Best Poster Award, won by Preshita Desai, representing her work in bioenhancement of curcumin using hot melt extrusion technology.Congratulations, once again!
CRS-INDIAN LOCAL CHAPTER-2012
Poster Presentations at the recent Controlled Release Society (CRS) 2012 conference were conducted to provide idealistic, thoughtful and intense discussions and to enlighten bright new innovations in the field of Pharmaceutical products.
Students from across the country presented posters representing current research in the field of pharmaceutical sciences.
VBP group won 2 certificate prizes and Best Poster award for outstanding research in various exciting areas of nanosized formulation development.
Heartiest Congratulations to:
1. Ramchandra Patale and Preshita Desai - Best Poster Award for CRS 2012 for their outstanding work in developing a mathematical model to predict release of poorly water soluble drug from polysaccharide matrices.
2. Vivek Borhade and Harshad Shete - Certificate Prize for their outstanding work in developing clotrimazole nanoemulsion for malaria chemotherapy.
3. Ankita Pai and Megha Swami - Certificate Prize for their outstanding work in the area of engineering nanostructured lipid carriers.
INDO-US JOINT SYMPOSIUM 2011
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology at the Institute of Chemical Technology recently conducted a joint symposium featuring eminent scientists from across the United States and India. This symposium was based on the theme Nanomedicine and evidenced excellent interaction amongst academia and industry from both the countries, promoting thoughtful discussions on latest research in nanotherapy.
Poster sessions were arranged where many students from different parts of India came forth to present their research work in nanosized formulation development.
Harshad Shete from VBP group won the Best Poster Award at the Indo-US joint symposium.
Congratulations!
63RD IPC, BENGALURU ORGANIZED BY IPCA
The Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA), organized its latest annual conference in February 2012, representing innovations and development that have occurred in the Pharmaceutical sector during 2011 at Bengaluru, India.
Preshita Desai from VBP group won the Best Poster Award at IPC 2012. Congratulations!
TEXT BOX
Ms Rashmi Prabhu receives Best Poster Award for research work entitled “Paclitaxel Nanostructured Lipid Carriers for Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer” at ICMR-NIRRH Golden Jubilee Celebrations- International Conference on Women’s Reproductive Health: A step towards improving quality of life organized by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)- National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH) on February 20-23, 2020, Mumbai. The work was carried out in collaboration with Dr. Vikas Dighe, Toxicology Division, ICMR-NIRRH, Mumbai. The award was presented by Dr. S.K. Sikdar, Deputy Commissioner of Family Planning, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Page updated
Report abuse