Highlights of TPRL

Students Fellowship/Awards/Achievements

• Velmurugan K (Post-doctoral Scholar) was awarded with Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award for his work on 3D printed ocular drug delivery device to treat ocular infections. 

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar), Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar), and Manthan Hiremath  (PhD Scholar) secured 1st prize in Quiz competition conducted by ARVO-India 31st Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2025.

• Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar) was awarded with travel fellowship to attend 31st Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) was awarded with travel fellowship from BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus, DBT India and ARVO to attend the ARVO Annual meeting 2025 held at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA in May, 2025.

• Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar) was awarded with travel fellowship from DBT India and BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus to attend the ARVO Annual meeting 2025 held at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA in May, 2025. 

• Our team "Natcel" represented by Manthan Hiremath  (PhD Scholar), Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) and Prof. Nirmal J were awarded as the winners of Research Inspired Student Entrepreneurship (RISE) for the business idea pitch "NatCel: A solution driven platform Technology to treat ocular infection" organized by TBI - BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus, March 2025, Hyderabad.

• Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar)  received best poster award for the poster "A Novel Hyaluronic Acid-Conjugated NIPAAm In-Situ Hydrogel for Ocular Drug Delivery"  at the “CRS Singapore 2025” organized at National University of Singapore held in February 2025, Singapore.

• Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) was awarded with international travel fellowship from DBT, India and BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus to attend the “CRS Singapore 2025” organized at National University of Singapore held in February, 2025, Singapore. 

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) received best poster award for the poster titled "Proof of concept to Preclinical Evaluation: TRPV1 Antagonist Eye drops for Treating Ocular Pain" at the "8th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Xenobiotics SSX-2025" organized at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, held in January 2025, Hyderabad, India.

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) received best poster award for e-poster presentation titled "Decoding the Chemotherapy-induced Ocular Surface Toxicity: An Artificial Intelligence and Experimental study" at the conference "Future is Here II: Exploring New Frontiers of Ocular Research" organized by L V Prasad Eye Institute, held in January 2025, Hyderabad, India.

• Raj Savla (PhD Scholar) was awarded as First Prize "Dr. K. G. Nair Award in Pre-Clinical Poster Presentation" category at the 15th annual conference of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, organized by the South Asian College of Clinical Pharmacology, held in January 2025, Goa, India.

• Raj Savla (PhD Scholar) received the Lady Tata Memorial Trust Fellowship (LTMT) in October 2024.

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) received young investigator award for oral presentation titled "Pre-clinical ocular pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of topical TRPV1 antagonist SER114 for ocular pain", in  ARVO-India, 30th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024.

• Raj Savla (PhD Scholar), Kendre Sandhya Rani (PhD Scholar)  and Shruti Mhamane (PhD Scholar)  secured 3rd place in iQuest quiz competition conducted by ARVO-India 30th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024.

• Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) was awarded with travel fellowship from ARVO-India to attend the 30th Annual meeting of the Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024.  

• Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) was awarded with travel fellowship from ARVO-India to attend the 30th Annual meeting of the Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024.  

• Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) received CSIR direct SRF fellowship, August 2024.

• Mujawar Mohd Faizan (M.Pharm. Student)  and Jyoti Kumari (M.Pharm. Student) won the Runner up prize (Pharma track) at the Destination Dr. Reddy's campus case study challenge organized by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, August 2024.

• Ishika Raj  (M.Pharm. Student) was awarded "Best M.Pharmacy Student 2024", BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, August 2024.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) received CSIR direct SRF fellowship, January 2024.

• Kendre Sandhya Rani (PhD Scholar) received UGC JRF, August 2023.

• Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar) received the Lady Tata Memorial Trust Fellowship (LTMT), August 2023.

• Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) was awarded with travel fellowship from ARVO-India to attend the 29th Annual meeting of the Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023.  

• Paulkar Suraj Srihari (PhD Scholar) received CSIR JRF, Nov-2022.

• Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) received UGC SRF, Oct-2022.

• Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) received best clinical poster presentation award"Stable, clear nanomicelles for enhanced corneal permeation of natamycin", ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022.

• Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar) received best oral presentation award "Enhancing the stability of amphotericin-b using polymeric patch for corneal delivery", ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022.

• Srujana MSK  (B.Pharm. Student) was awarded "Best B.Pharmacy Student 2022", BITS-Pilani, hyderabad Campus.

• Manthan Hiremath (B.Pharm. Student) was awarded first in "APOGEE 2022, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, April 2022."

• K. Kavana (M.Pharm. Student) was awarded "Tata Medical and Healthcare Scholarship" 2020-21.

• Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) received best oral presentation award "Artificial Intelligence in Predicting the Drug Transporter Interaction: Understanding the Entry of Systemic Drugs into Eye", ARVO-India, 27th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, October 2021.

• Dr. Rohit (Post. Doc.) was awarded DBT Post Doc. fellowship 2020.

• Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) received ICMR-SRF fellowship, April-2020.

• Ridahunlang Nongkhlaw (PhD Student) received ICMR-SRF fellowship, April-2020.

• Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) received UGC JRF, Sep-2019.

Students Publication

• Article "Therapeutic potential of phosphodiesterase inhibitor-loaded nanomicelles to treat endotoxin-induced anterior uveitis" Authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), and Manisha Malani (Post-doctoral Scholar) published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics, September 2025, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2025.126162 Impact Factor: 5.2

• Article “Hyaluronic acid based light responsive long acting hydrogel for the intraocular delivery of spironolactone” Authored by Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar), Shruthi Merugu (B. Pharm Student), and Manisha Malani (Post-doctoral Scholar) published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, July 2025, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.146451 Impact Factor: 8.5 

• Article "A Nanomicelles Platform Delivery System for Water-insoluble Corticosteroid to Treat Anterior Uveitis" Authored by Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) published in American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Journal, June 2025, doi:https://doi.org/10.1208/s12248-025-01103-z  Impact Factor: 3.7.

• Article "A Novel HPLC Method for Simultaneous Estimation of Natamycin and Voriconazole for Ocular Drug Delivery Applications" Authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), Oindrilla Dasgupta (PhD Scholar) and Tamizmathy Mannangatty (PhD Scholar) published in Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2025 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2025.116705 Impact factor 3.1. 

• Article "Stability enhancement of Amphotericin B using 3D printed biomimetic polymeric corneal patch to treat fungal infections" Authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar) and Manthan Hiremath (PhD Scholar) published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2024 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.125149  Impact factor 5.3. 

• Article "Ocular Delivery of Amphotericin B: Current Challenges and future perspectives " Authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), Samhita Sai Veda Koduganti  (M.Pharm. Student), Oindrilla Dasgupta (PhD Scholar) published in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2024 doi: 10.1080/17425247.2024.2420750 Impact factor 5.  

• Article "Organic cation transporter 1 in the lacrimal gland facilitates the entry of systemic drugs causing ocular surface toxicity. " Authored by Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) published in Experimental Eye Research, 2024 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2024.110098  Impact factor 3.   

• Article "Complement Cascade 8 - Alpha and Calpain-2 in Extracellular Vesicles of Human Vitreous as Biomarkers of Infectious Endophthalmitis" Authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), published in Translational Vision Science & Technology (TVST), 2024 doi: 10.1167/tvst.13.5.14  Impact factor 3.2.

• Article "Nanomicelles empower natamycin in treating fungal keratitis: An in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo study" Authored by Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) and Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics,2024 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.124118  Impact Factor 5.8  

• Article "Combination of self-assembling system and N,O-carboxymethyl chitosan improves ocular residence of anti-glaucoma drug " Authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), published in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 2024 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114208 Impact factor 4.9. 

• Article "A Promising ‘Single’ and ‘Dual’ Drug-Nanocomposite Enriched Contact Lens for the Management of Glaucoma in Response to Tear Fluid Enzyme " Authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024  doi:10.1039/D3TB02624H Impact factor 7.5.  

• Article "Carboxylated nanofibrillated cellulose empowers moxifloxacin to overcome Staphylococcus aureus biofilm in bacterial keratitis" Authored by Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar), published in Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121558 Impact factor 11.2.  

• Article "Loteprednol etabonate loaded lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles in-situ ophthalmic gel: Qbd driven optimization and in-vitro, ex-vivo evidence of sustained precorneal residence time" Authored by Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar), published in Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2023.105081 Impact factor 5.  

• Article " Interaction of systemic drugs causing ocular toxicity with organic cation transporter: an artificial intelligence prediction " Authored by Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar), Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) published in Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2023.2226717  Impact factor 5.23.                 

• Article "Development of Dexamethasone loaded Nanomicelles using a 3D Printed Microfluidic Device for Ocular Drug Delivery Applications" Authored by Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar) published in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2023.114385 Impact factor 4.29.

• Article "Recent advances in novel formulation approaches for tacrolimus delivery in treatment of various ocular diseases" Authored by Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar), Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar), Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar), Srujana Mosalikanti Sai Kameshwari (B.Pharm. Student) published in Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (2022), doi: 10.1016/j.jddst.2022.103945 Impact factor 5.06.

• Article "Retinal Pathophysiological Evaluation in a Rat Model" authored by Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) published in Journal of Visual Experiments, J. Vis. Exp.(183), e63111, doi:10.3791/63111 (2022), Impact factor 1.4.

• Article "Repurposing pharmaceutical excipients as an antiviral agent against SARS-CoV-2" authored by Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar), Prerana Salunke (M.Pharm. Student), Shraddha Kulkarni (M.Pharm. Student) published in J Biomater Sci Polym Ed, doi: 10.1080/09205063.2021.1975020 Impact factor 3.5.

• Article "Smartphone Enabled Miniaturized and automated temperature Controller Platform to Synthesize NiO/CuO and Nanomicelles for Electrochemicals Sensing and Ocular Drug Delivery Applications " authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar) published in Biomedical Microdevices, 2021,6;23(2):31(1-13), PMID: 34091727, Impact factor 2.327.

Students Conference presentations

• Oindrilla Dasgupta (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “A Computational Approach for Screening of Pharmaceutical Excipients for Stabilisation of Unstable Drugs” at PRIME Summit 2025 held at Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore in November 2025.

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented a oral presentation titled “Flavanone Glycoside as Investigative Topical Therapy for Treating Ocular Pain” at PRIME Summit 2025 held at Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore in November 2025. 

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Beyond Drops: Fast Dissolving Polymeric Ocular Patch For Keratoconus Management” at PRIME Summit 2025 held at Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore in November 2025.

• Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Role of Tight Junctions in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor-induced Ocular Toxicity” in 44th Annual Conference of the Society of Toxicology (STOX), India held at PGIMER, Chandigarh in October 2025.

• Oindrilla Dasgupta (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Molecular Insights into Antibiotic Degradation: A Computational Approach to drug stability” at 9th Nano Today Conference organised by Elsevier held at Singapore, September 2025. 

• Manisha Malani (Post-doctoral Scholar) presented a poster titled “Valproate-Associated Dry Eye: Mechanistic Insights into Ocular Toxicity” at Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity held at Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire, USA, August 2025. 

• Chandrika Dey (Project Student) presented a poster titled "Nature-Inspired Surfaces To Disrupt Bacterial Biofilms" at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Mohd. Faizan Mujawar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Development Of Bilayer Polymeric Patches Loaded With Natamycin And Voriconazole For Effective Treatment Of Fungal Keratitis” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Revati Thakare (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Expression Of Slc Family Transporters In Various Ocular Diseases” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Nitin Khandagale (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Novel Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC) Method For Simultaneous Estimation Of Ciprofloxacin And Dexamethasone” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Susmit Prashant Nikam (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Impact Of Fabrication Technique On Ocular Patch: Solvent Casting Vs 3D Printing Technique” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Oindrilla Dasgupta (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “In Silico Simulation Of Hydrolytic Degradation Mechanisms Using Density Functional Theory And Transition State Theory” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Shruti Mhamane (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Bio-Inspired 3D Printed Patterned Patches For Enhanced Ocular Residence” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Sandhya Rani Kendre (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Role Of Curcumin On Microglial Modulation And Its Impact On Photoreceptor Cell Death” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Tamizmathy Mannagatty (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Investigating The Degradation Mechanisms Of Ophthalmic Antibiotics” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Raj Girish Savla (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Preclinical Efficacy Evaluation Of Subconjunctival Corticosteroid- Sparing Agent In Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Posterior Segment Inflammation Model” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Molecular Mechanisms Of EGFR Inhibitor-Induced Ocular Toxicity: Role Of Inflammation” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Nano Meets Nature: Natural Bioflavonoid Based Eye Drops To Treat Ocular Pain” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar) presentend a poster titled “Minimally Invasive Subconjunctival Depot For Prolonged Anti-VEGF Therapy To Treat Posterior Segment Diseases” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented a free paper (oral presentation) titled “Shift from invasive to non-invasive treatment for Keratoconus: Resveratrol-loaded polymeric ocular patch” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Investigating The Role Of Temperature In The Physicochemical Characterization Of Ocular Films” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Manisha Malani (Post-doctoral Scholar) presented a free paper (oral presentation) titled “Valproate-associated Dry eye: Interplay between inflammation and oxidative stress” at the ARVO-India 31st Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, July 2025.

• Kaviarasi B (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Anti-angiogenic potential of the combination of the Lisinopril and Fenofibrate to treat Diabetic Retinopathy” at the “ARVO Annual meeting 2025” held at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA in May, 2025.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Resveratrol-embedded polymeric patch: A novel approach to treat Keratoconus” at the ARVO Annual meeting 2025” held at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA in May, 2025.

• Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “3D-Printed Conjunctival Insert for sustained delivery of PDE-4 inhibitor to treat Anterior Uveitis” at the “ARVO Annual meeting 2025” held at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA in May, 2025

• Pooja Dhaigude (Project Student) presented a poster titled “A Novel HPLC method for simultaneous estimation of Natamycin and Voriconazole for ocular drug delivery applications” at the “9th CTPS Conference on Next-Gen Therapeutics in Healthcare” organized by Dept. of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus on April 5th, 2025.

• Mohd. Faizan Mujawar (M.Pharm Student) presented a poster titled ““A Novel HPLC method for simultaneous estimation of Natamycin and Voriconazole for ocular drug delivery applications” at the “9th CTPS Conference on Next-Gen Therapeutics in Healthcare” organized by Dept. of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus on April 5th, 2025.

• Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar) presentend a poster titled “A Novel Hyaluronic Acid-Conjugated NIPAAm In-Situ Hydrogel for Ocular Drug Delivery” at the “CRS Singapore 2025” organized at National University of Singapore held in February, 2025, Singapore.

• Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) presented a oral presentation titled “Biomimetic Nanomicelles to Enhance Corneal Permeation of Natamycin” at the “CRS Singapore 2025” organized at National University of Singapore held in February, 2025, Singapore.

• Manisha Malani (Post-doctoral Scholar) presented a poster titled "Delineating the Role of Transporters in the Systemic Valproate Induced Ocular Toxicity" at the "8th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Xenobiotics SSX-2025" organized at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, held in January 25th, 2025, Hyderabad, India

• Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Nanomicelles Improves the Therapeutic Potential of Water-Insoluble Corticosteroid in Treating Anterior Uveitis" at the "8th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Xenobiotics SSX-2025" organized at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, held in January 25th, 2025, Hyderabad, India

• Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Impact of EGFR Inhibitors on Ocular Tight Junction Proteins" at the "8th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Xenobiotics SSX-2025" organized at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, held in January 25th, 2025, Hyderabad, India

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Proof of concept to Preclinical Evaluation: TRPV1 Antagonist Eye drops for Treating Ocular Pain" at the "8th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Xenobiotics SSX-2025" organized at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, held in January 25th, 2025, Hyderabad, India.

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented e-poster titled "Decoding the Chemotherapy-induced Ocular Surface Toxicity: An Artificial Intelligence and Experimental study" at the conference "Future is Here II: Exploring New Frontiers of Ocular Research" organized by L V Prasad Eye Institute, held in January 2025, Hyderabad, India.

• Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) presented e-poster titled "EGFR Inhibitors and Membrane Transporters: A Novel Approach to Reducing Ocular Toxicity" at the conference "Future is Here II: Exploring New Frontiers of Ocular Research" organized by L V Prasad Eye Institute, held in January 2025, Hyderabad, India.

• Raj Girish Savla (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Safety assessment of corticosteroid-sparing agents administered via the subconjunctival route in a rabbit model" at the 15th annual conference of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, organized by the South Asian College of Clinical Pharmacology, held in January 2025, Goa, India.

• Manisha Malani (Post-doctoral Scholar) presented a poster titled "Elucidating the functional importance of OCTN in ocular toxicity of systemic drugs" in EARTH 2024 organized by CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, November 2024, held at CSIR-IITR Lucknow.  

• Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Understanding Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor Interaction with Membrane Transporter to Prevent Ocular Toxicity" in EARTH 2024 organized by CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, November 2024, held at CSIR-IITR Lucknow. 

• Mohd. Faizan Mujawar (M.Pharm Student) presented a poster titled “Artificial Intelligence-driven transporter targeted approach to mitigate 5-fluorouracil induced ocular toxicity” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Oindrilla Dasgupta (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Biodegradable polymeric inserts for prolonged ocular residence of amphotericin in fungal keratitis” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Tamizmathy Mannagatty (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “HEMA-coated polymeric patch for sustained release of vancomycin to treat ocular infections” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Shruti Mhamane (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Biomimetic polymeric patch for improved corneal residence” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Sandhya Rani Kendre (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Investigating the role of microglia as a therapeutic target for retinal inflammation using network pharmacology” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Raj Girish Savla (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “The anti-angiogenic role of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor to mitigate diabetic retinopathy” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Unveiling the mechanism of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor-induced ocular toxicity” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented an oral presentation titled “Pre-clinical ocular pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of topical TRPV1 antagonist SER114 for ocular pain” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar) presented an oral presentation titled "Light responsive in-situ hydrogel: an injectable depot platform for intravitreal drug delivery” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “An alternative for riboflavin eye drops – ribopat: riboflavin loaded polymeric ocular patch” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “3D-printed drug eluting conjunctival insert: A promising sustained delivery platform to deliver PDE-4 inhibitor for treating anterior uveitis” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) presented a poster title “A mechanistic insight into the permeation of nanomicelles across the corneal barrier” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Manisha Malani (Post-doctoral Scholar) presented a poster titled “Novel Organic cation transporter in blood tear barrier: Carrier of systemic drugs” in ARVO-India 30th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi. 

• Manisha Malani (Post-doctoral Scholar) presented a poster titled "Topical Eye Drop to Prevent the Entry of Anticancer Drugs into the Eye" at the ARVO Annual Meeting held at Seattle, USA, May 2024. 

• Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled “Lisinopril-loaded stimuli-responsive in-situ gel for sustained delivery to retina” in The Future is here, January 2024, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Resveratrol loaded polymeric ocular patch for treating corneal diseases" in International conference on Integrative Approach of Ayush Medicine in Healthcare, January 2024, conducted by Captain Srinivasa Murthy Central Ayurveda Research Institute, at National Institute of Ocean Technology, Pallikaranai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. 

• Raj Girish Savla (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Moxifloxacin loaded carboxylated cellulose particles to treat corneal infections" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Transporter profiling of the lacrimal gland to decipher their role in ocular toxicity" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Artificial Intelligence delineates the link between Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide1A2 and systemic drug-induced ocular toxicity" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Lisinopril-loaded light-responsive in-situ gelling depot to treat retinal diseases" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Formulation development and characterization of nanocarriers-loaded polymeric ocular patch" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Development of latanoprost loaded N,O-Carboxymethyl chitosan self assembling system to improve ocular residence time" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Peptide transporter targeted drug delivery system to treat fungal keratitis" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Functional role of Organic Cation Transporter 1 in systemic drug induced ocular toxicity" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented research paper titled, "Physicochemical characterization of resveratrol mixture" in START Herb-Journey from Innovation to entrepreneurship, October 2022, organized by D Y Patil deemed to be university, Mumbai, Maharashtra. 

• Raj Girish Savla (M.Pharm Student) presented basic science poster titled, "Amphiphilic nanomicelles for topical delivery of difluprednate", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Samhitha Sai Veda Koduganti (M.Pharm Student) presented basic science poster titled, "Comparative study of transferosomes and liposomes for improving transcleral delivery", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Vemuri Durga Srishti (M.Pharm Student) presented basic science poster titled, "Nanofibrillated cellulose carrier for treating bacterial keratitis", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented basic science poster titled, "Artificial intelligence and biophysical simulation delineates the potential role of organic anion transporter-1 in systemic drug induced ocular toxicity", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar) presented basic science poster titled, Nirmal "Efficacy of phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor to treat anterior uveitis in invivo model", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented basic science poster titled, "A self-assembled resveratrol loaded nanocarriers for treating keratoconus", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• K Velmurugan (PhD scholar) presented free paper (oral presentation) titled, "Enhancing the stability of amphotericin-b using polymeric patch for corneal delivery", in ARVO 2022 held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) presented clinical science poster titled "Stable, clear nanomicelles for enhanced corneal permeation of natamycin", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) presented basic science poster titled, "In-silico models to comprehend the drug-transporter interaction", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented in a lab challenge titled "Breaking the wall of Invasive Intervention for Keratoconus", in Falling Walls Lab Hyderabad, held at International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, August 2022

• Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) presented poster titled, " Artificial intelligence and experimental studies to understand the role of transporters in ocular toxicity of systemic drugs", in ARVO 2022 held at Denver, Colorado, USA, May 2022.

• Manthan Hiremath (B.Pharm. Student) presented research work titled, "In silico methods to predict interaction between systemic drugs causing ocular toxicity and organic cation transporter, APOGEE-2022, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, April 2022.

Students Placement's/ Higher Education

• Oindrilla Dasgupta (B.Pharm. Student) was selected for a Ph.D. at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad Campus, 2024.

• Shruthi Merugu (B.Pharm. Student)  Masters in NMIMS Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, Mumbai, 2024.

• Prashant Mutthe (M. Pharm Student) placed in Zydus Lifesciences, Goa, 2024.

• Ishika Raj (M. Pharm Student) placed in Pfizer, Chennai, 2024.

• Samhitha Koduganti (M. Pharm Student) placed in Aizant, Hyderabad, 2023.

• Vidhula K (B. Pharm Student) selected in Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, 2023.

• Srishti V D  (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Jodas Expoium Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, 2022.

• Samhitha Koduganti  (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Aizant Drug Research Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, 2022.

• Raj Girish Savla  (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Orbicular Pharmaceutical Technology, Hyderabad, 2022.

• Manthan S Hiremath (B.Pharm. Student) selected for Ph.D in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad Campus, 2022.

• M.S.K Srujana (B.Pharm. Student) selected for MS specialization in Applied Drug Development in University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 2022.

• Mansi Shah (B.Pharm. Student) selected for MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences in State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, 2022.

• Sai Shreya Cheruvu (M.Pharm. Student) selected for Ph.D in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad Campus, 2022.

• Kajal Guleria (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Pfizer, Chennai, 2021.

• Kavana K (M.Pharm. Student) placed in DataZyme, Bangalore, 2021.

• Salunke Prerana Rajendra (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Pfizer, Chennai, 2021.

• Shah Manushi Ketankumar (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Jodas Expoim, Hyderabad, 2021.

• Pinto Raveena Simeona Richard (M.Pharm. Student) placed in GVK Bioscience, Hyderabad, 2021.

• Shraddha Amarnath Kulkarni (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Cipla, Mumbai, 2021.

• Shilpa Elsa George (B.Pharm. Student) selected for direct PhD Program at University of Colorado, USA, 2021.

• J Sai Aarthi (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Novartis, Hyderabad 2019.

• Shubhangi Golande (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Pfizer, Chennai 2019.

• Swagatha Sinha (M.Pharm. Student) selected for PhD in BITS Hyderabad 2021.

• Gajraj Rathod (B.Pharm. Student) selected in ETH Zorich MS pharmaceutical science Switzerland, 2019.

• Tabitha Grace (B.Pharm. Student) selected for Master in neuroscience in Tel AVIV University Israel, 2021.