I was born and brought up in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, a small town in Northeast India. I grow up in a place close to nature which led me to develop a deep interest in the products developed in this God's own laboratory. My education in Pharmaceutical Sciences has prepared me to acquire the skills necessary to investigate these natural products to identify and characterize their potential benefits in the health and pharmaceutical industries.
I studied natural polysaccharides biomaterials such as cellulose, gum exudates and starches from novel sources, characterize them, modify them and evaluate their prospects as novel drug delivery systems. I also investigate other natural products like wild fruits, vegetable and essential oils extracted from the sources which are plentiful in the untapped bio-resources of Northeast India and examined their bioactivities. My research also attempted to integrate recent technologies such as nanotechnology with natural products to improve their properties and functionalities in health-related applications.
2004 - 2006
Dibrugarh University, M.Pharm (Pharmaceutics)
2009 - 2013
Dibrugarh University, PhD in Pharmaceutical Science
FICCI - Certificate Course on IPR (2012)
NPTEL (IIT Roorkee) - Certificate Course on Biomedical Nanotechnology (2018)
Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association
Life Member, Asian Polymer Association
Life Member, Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
Quinquennial Member, Controlled Release Society Indian Chapter
Member, Mizo Academy of Sciences
Member, Mizoram Pharmacists Association
Registered Pharmacist
DST-SERB EMEQ Grant 2019-2022
SPER-TIPA Young Scientist Award 2019
DBT-ISNM Fellowship 2017
Best Poster at NanoBio International Collaborative Conference, Anna University of Technology 2013
Best 6 Posters at International Conference on Patient Safety, NIPER Mohali 2012
DBT Twinning Research Grant 2012-2015
GATE Scholarship for PG Studies
David Lalbiaknunga Memorial Award (HSLC) 1997
Appointed Member, Mizoram State Pharmacy Council (2013-2017) by Govt. of Mizoram