Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Dr. Prajakta Dandekar Jain

UGC Assistant Professor

Department : Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology

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Email Address : pd.jain[@]ictmumbai.edu.in

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Office Extention : 33612221

Research Area : Polymeric nanocarriers for drug and gene delivery, development of preclinical cellular models for evaluating biopharmaceuticals, 3D cell models and tissue engineering
Research Students : PhD - 17, M.Tech. - 24
Research Publications: International- 76; Conference proceeding - 126; Books- 02
Sponsored Projects: Government- 15; Consultancy: 03

Academic Information
Degree/Diploma Description year subject
1 Ph.D.   Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Matunga, Mumbai. 2009 ‘Nanoparticle Engineering for Improved Drug Delivery’
2 M.Tech   Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Matunga, Mumbai. University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India 2006 Master of Bioprocess Technology
3 B. Pharm   Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Matunga, Mumbai. University of Mumbai 2003 Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Courses Taught : Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Drug store management Green Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Project Information
1 Research Project Sanctioned Government BIRAC Bioprinting of 3D skin in a microfluidic device for pre-clinical investigations      2019      
2 Research Project Sanctioned DST NANO BIO Development of triple-layered nanofibrous bandage as a wound dressing material      2019      
3 Research Project Sanctioned Microfluidic platform for developing arteficial retina DBT      2018      
4 Research Project Sanctioned Pre-clinical evaluation of full thickness wound healing using starch based artificial skin substitute in rat model RGSTC      2018      
5  In-vitro skin deposition studies FITC labelled protein Hindustan Unilever Ltd      2018      
6 Consultancy Project Handled Development of process parameters for the synthesis of nanoparticles of RubiXip polymer Rubicon Pvt Ltd      2017      
7 Research Project Sanctioned "Skin-on-a-chip for preclinical and biomedical applications" by RUSA (ongoing)      2016      
8 Consultancy Project Handled "Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of chlorhexidine gluconate" by Bajaj Healthcare (Ongoing)      2015      
9 Research Project Sanctioned "As anti-cancer agent: Synthesis and Cellular evaluation of Novel Palladacycle complexes for breast cancer" by DBT (Ongoing)      2015      
10 Research Project Sanctioned "3D cell culture Technology for Developing Affordable Bioengineered Skin for Burn Patients" by RGSTC (ongoing)      2014      
11 Research Project Sanctioned "CD44 Targeted Hyaluronic acid- siRNA Bearing COS Nanoplexes" by DAE-BRNS, Young Scientist Grant (Completed)      2013      
12 Research Project Sanctioned "NANOCOS: Chitosan oligosaccharide-siRNA nanoplexes for inhibiting intracellular mycobacteria" by DBT (Completed)      2013      
13 Research Project Sanctioned "Knocking down pathways responsible for intra-macrophage survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: RNAiNano approach" by DST-SERB Ramanujan Fellowship (Ongoing)      2012      
14 Research Project Sanctioned "Potential of PLGA-TMC nanoparticles for delivering therapeutic nucleic acid molecules" by Golden Jubilee Research Fund / ICT Research Fund (Completed)      2012      
15 Research Project Sanctioned "Exploring biodegradable polymer combination for developing nanoparticles for delivering therapeutic nucleic acids" by UGC (Startup Research grant) (Completed)      2012      

Paper Published
1 International Journal 1. Pandit A Indurkar A, Deshpande C, Jain R, Dandekar P*. A systematic review of physical techniques for chitosan degradation, Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, Just accepted, 2, 100033, 2021    JAN  2021      
2 International Journal Indurkar A, Pandit A, Jain R, Dandekar P*. Plant-based biomaterials in tissue engineering, Bioprinting, 21, e00127, 2021      2021      
3 International Journal Aware N, Pant T, Jain R, Dandekar P*. Polymethylmethacrylate Copolymer-Based Microcarriers for Culturing Mammalian Cells, Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, Just accepted, 2020 IF: 1.692      2021      
4 International Journal Sutar T, Bangde P, Dandekar P, Adivarekar RV*. Herbal hemostatic biopolymeric dressings of alginate/pectin coated with Croton oblongifolius extract, Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2, 100025, 2021      2021      
5 International Journal Khare L, Karve T, Jain R, Dandekar P*. Menthol based hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent for extraction and purification of ergosterol using response surface methodology, Food Chemistry, 340, 127979, 2021 IF: 6.306      2020      
6 International Journal Gaikwad G, Bangde P, Rane K, Stenberg J, Borde L, Bhagwat S, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Continuous production and separation of new biocompatible palladium nanoparticles using a droplet microreactor, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Just Accepted, 2020, IF: 2.47      2020      
7 International Journal 7. Shaikh E, Khare L, Jain R, Dandekar P*. Design of experiments approach for maximising extraction of vitamin D2 from mushrooms, Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, 59, 367–379, 2020 IF: 0.925      2020      
8 International Journal Patil A, Dyawanapelly S, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Fabrication and Characterization of Non-spherical Polymeric Particles, Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 12, 1-12, 2020 IF: 1.692      2020      
9 International Journal Srivastav A, Gupta K, Chakraborty D, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Efficiency of Chitosan-Coated PLGA Nanocarriers for Cellular Delivery of siRNA and CRISPR/Cas9 Complex, Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 1-14, 2020 IF: 1.692      2020      
10 International Journal Indurkar A, Bangde P, Gore M, Agrawal AK, Jain R, Dandekar P*. Fabrication of guar gum-gelatin scaffold for soft tissue engineering, Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 1, 100006, 2020      2020      
11 International Journal Indurkar A, Bangde P, Gore M, Reddy P, Jain R, Dandekar P*. Optimization of guar gum-gelatin bioink for 3D printing of mammalian cells, Bioprinting, 20, e00101, 2020      2020      
12 International Journal Holkar A, Ghodke S, Bangde P, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Fluorescence-Based Detection of Cholesterol Using Inclusion Complex of Hydroxypropyl-ß-Cyclodextrin and l-Tryptophan as the Fluorescence Probe, Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, 1-10, 2020 IF: 1.692      2020      
13 International Journal Narvekar A, Gawali SL, Hassan PA, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. pH dependent aggregation and conformation changes of rituximab using SAXS and its comparison with the standard regulatory approach of biophysical characterization, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 164, 3084-3097, 2020 IF: 5.162      2020      
14 International Journal Pandit A, Khare L, Jahagirdar D, Srivastava A, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Probing synergistic interplay between bio-inspired peptidomimetic chitosan-copper complexes and doxorubicin, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 161, 1475-1483, 2020 IF: 5.162      2020      
15 International Journal Mistry P, Chhabra R, Muke S, Sathaye S, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Fabrication and characterization of starch-TPU based nanofibers for wound healing applications, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 111316, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111316, In press IF: 5.88      2020      
16 International Journal Krishnan RA, Mhatre O, Sheth J, Prabhu S, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Synthesis of zinc oxide nanostructures using orange peel oil for fabricating chitosan-zinc oxide composite films and their antibacterial activity, Journal of Polymer Research 27 (8), 1-13, 2020 IF: 1.58      2020      
17 International Journal Patil S, Pandit A, Gaikwad G, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Exploring Microfluidic Platform Technique for Continuous Production of Pharmaceutical Microemulsions, Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12247-020-09457-x, 2020 IF: 1.692      2020      
18 International Journal Trimukhe AM, Pofali PA, Vaidya AA, Koli UB, Dandekar P*, RR Deshmukh, R Jain*. Pulsed plasma surface functionalized nanosilver for gene delivery. Frontiers in Bioscience (Landmark Edition) 25, 1854-1874, 2020 IF: 2.349      2020      
19 International Journal Mahajan TA, Bangde PS, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Greener approach for synthesis of N,N,N-trimethyl chitosan (TMC) using ternary deep eutectic solvents (TDESs), Carbohydrate Research, 493, 108033, 2020, In press IF: 1.841      2020      
20 International Journal Dobhal A, Srivastav A, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Insights into the miscibility of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and nile blue oxazone (NBO) flurophores: tacticity and chain length aspects, Computational Materials Science, 175, 109601, 2020 IF: 2.863      2020      
21 International Journal Chhabra R, Peshattiwar V, Pant T, Deshpande A, Modi D, Sathaye S, Tibrewala A, Dyawanapelly S, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. In Vivo Studies of 3D Starch Gelatin Scaffolds for Full-Thickness Wound Healing, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3, 5, 2920, 2020 IF: ~5      2020      
22 International Journal Biranje SS, Madiwale PV, Patankar KC, Chhabra R, Bangde P, Dandekar P, Adivarekar RV. Cytotoxicity and hemostatic activity of chitosan/carrageenan composite wound healing dressing for traumatic haemorrhage, Carbohydrate Polymers, 239, 116106, 2020 IF: 7.182      2020      
23 International Journal 1. Pandit, A., Deshpande, C., Patil, S., Jain, R., Dandekar, P. Mechanistic insights into controlled depolymerization of Chitosan using H-Mordenite Carbohydrate Polymers 230,115600, 2020      2020      
24 2. Dey, A., Stenberg, J., Dandekar, P., Jain, R. A combinatorial study of experimental analysis and mathematical modeling: How do chitosan nanoparticles deliver therapeutics into cells? Carbohydrate Polymers 229,115437, 2020      2020      
25 Gupta, K., Parasnis, M., Jain, R., Dandekar, P. Vector-related stratagems for enhanced monoclonal antibody production in mammalian cells Biotechnology Advances 37(8),107415 2019      2019      
26 4. Koli, U., Nilgiriwala, K., Sriraman, K., Jain, R., Dandekar, P. Targeting tuberculosis infection in macrophages using chitosan oligosaccharide nanoplexes Journal of Nanoparticle Research 21(9),200, 2019      2019      
27 Yadav V, Krishnan RA, Jain R*, Dandekar In-situ silver nanoparticles formation as a tool for non-enzymatic glucose sensing: Study with an enzyme mimicking salt, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2019      2019      
28 Ghodke S, Mahajan P, Gupta K, Avadhani CV, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Biodegradable polyester of poly (ethylene glycol)-sebacic acid as a backbone for ß-Cyclodextrin-polyrotaxane: A promising gene silencing vector, Current Gene Therapy, 2019,      2019      
29 Kapadnis G, Dey A, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Effect of degree of deacetylation on solubility of low molecular weight chitosan produced via enzymatic breakdown of chitosan, Polymer International, 68, 1054–1063, 2019      2019      
30 Kalane N, Krishnan RA, Yadav V, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Synergistic effect of hetero- and homo-catalysts on the ‘green’ synthesis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from chitosan biomass, Cellulose, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02256-9, 2019      2019      
31 Srivastav A, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Penetration study of Oils & its Formulations into the Human Hair using Confocal Microscopy, Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, DOI: 10.1111/jocd.12918, 2019      2019      
32 Atale S, Dyawanapelly S, Jagtap D, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Understanding the nano-bio interactions using real-time surface plasmon resonance tool, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 123, 97-107, 2019      2019      
33 Madiwale P, Patankar K, Chhabra R, Dandekar P, Biranje S, Adivarekar R*. Hemostasis and anti-necrotic activity of wound-healing dressing containing chitosan nanoparticles, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 121, 936-946, 2019      2019      
34 Dhawane M, Deshpande A, R*, Dandekar P*. Colorimetric point-of-care detection of cholesterol using chitosan nanofibers, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 281, 72-79, 2019      2019      
35 Dyawanapelly S, Mehrotra P, Ghosh G, Jagtap D D, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. How the surface functionalized nanoparticles affect conformation and activity of proteins: Exploring through protein-nanoparticle interactions, Bioorganic Chemistry, 82, 17-25, 2019      2019      
36 Suvarna M, Dyawanapelly S, Kansara B, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Understanding the Stability of Nanoparticle–Protein Interactions: Effect of Particle Size on Adsorption, Conformation and Thermodynamic Properties of Serum Albumin Proteins, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1, 5524-5535, 2018      2018      
37 Patil J, Ghodke S, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Extraction of vitamin D from Button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) using Deep Eutectic Solvent and Ultrasonication, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6 (8), 10578–10586, 2018      2018      
38 Patil S, Krishnan RA, Bhangde S, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Comparison between solid and liquid acids for production of low molecular weight chitosan using systematic DOE-based approach, Cellulose, 25 (10), 5643-5658, 2018      2018      
39 Krishnan RA, Pant T, Sankaranarayan S, Stenberg J, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Protective nature of low molecular weight chitosan in a chitosan–Amphotericin B nanocomplex – A physicochemical study, Materials Science & Engineering C, 93, 472-482, 2018      2018      
40 Kale RD, Gorade VG, Madye N, Chaudhary B, Bangde PS, Dandekar PP. Preparation and characterization of biocomposite packaging film from poly(lactic acid) and acylated microcrystalline cellulose using rice bran oil, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 118, 1090-1102, 2018      2018      
41 Bangde PS, Prajapati DS, Dandekar PP, Kapdi AR. New Water-Soluble N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Palladium Complexes as Promising Anti-Tumor Agents: Investigating DNA and Protein Interactions, ChemistrySelect, 3 (21), 5709-5716, 2018      2018      
42 Saldanha M, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. A Regulatory Perspective on Testing of Biological Activity of Complex Biologics, Trends in Biotechnology, 36, 231-234, 2018      2018      
43 Dey Anomitra, Kamat Aditya, Nayak Sonal, Kesselman Ellina, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Role of proton balance in formation of self-assembled chitosan nanoparticles, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 166, 127-134, 2018      2018      
44 Pofali P, Shirolikar S, Borde L, Pattani A, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Synthesis and antibacterial activity of water-dispersible silver nanoparticles via micellar nanoreactors, Materials Research Express, 5, 045004, 2018      2018      
45 Waghmare V, Wadke P, Dyawanapelly S, Deshpande A, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Starch Based Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Wound Healing Applications, Bioactive Materials, 2017, In Press, Corrected Proof, DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2017.11.006      2017      
46 More, M.P., Ganguly, P.R., Pandey, A.P., Dandekar, P.P., Jain, R.D., Patil, P.O., Deshmukh, P.K. Development of surface engineered mesoporous alumina nanoparticles: Drug release aspects and cytotoxicity assessment, IET Nanobiotechnology, 11, 661-668, 2017      2017      
47 Yadav V, , Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Influence of sodium hydroxide in enhancing the surface plasmon resonance of silver nanoparticles, Materials Research Express, 4, 085015, 2017      2017      
48 Yadav V, Krishnan RA, Borde L, Shirolikar S, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. pH tunability and influence of alkali metal basicity on the plasmonic resonance of silver nanoparticles, Materials Research Express, 4, 075021, 2017      2017      
49 Wadke P, Chhabra R, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Silver-embedded starch-based nanofibrous mats for soft tissue engineering, Surfaces and Interfaces, 8, 137-146, 2017      2017      
50 Bangde P, Atale S, Dey A, Pandit A, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Potential Gene Therapy Towards Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases Employing Polymeric Nanosystems, Current Gene Therapy, 17, 170-183, 2017      2017      
51 Dobhal A, Kulkarni A*, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. Microreactor-based continuous process for controlled synthesis of Poly-Methyl-Methacrylate-Methacrylic acid (PMMA) nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5, 3404–3417, 2017      2017      
52 Dyawanapelly S, Jagtap D D, Dandekar P, Ghosh G*, Jain R*. Assessing safety and protein interactions of surface-modified iron oxide nanoparticles for potential use in biomedical areas, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 154, 408–420, 2017      2017      
53 Dobhal A, Kulkarni A, Dandekar P*, Jain R*, Microreactor-based continuous process for controlled synthesis of Poly-Methyl-Methacrylate-Methacrylic acid (PMMA) nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7TB00560A      2017      
54 Krishnan RA, Deshmukh P, Agarwal S, Purohit P, Dhoble D, Khandekar D, Waske P, Jain R, Dandekar P*. Proton play in the formation of low molecular weight chitosan (LWCS) by hydrolyzing chitosan with a carbon based solid acid, Carbohydrate Polymers, 151, 417-425, 2016      2016      
55 Bangde P, Jain R, Dandekar P*. Alternative approach to synthesize methylated chitosan using deep eutectic solvents, biocatalyst and ‘green’ methylating agents, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 4, 3552-3557, 2016      2016      
56 Dyawanapelly S, Koli U, Dharamdasani V, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. Improved mucoadhesion and cell uptake of chitosan and chitosan oligosaccharide surface modified polymer nanoparticles for mucosal delivery of proteins, Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 6, 365-379, 2016      2016      
57 Anomitra Dey, Uday Koli, Prajakta Dandekar*, Ratnesh Jain*. Investigating Behaviour of Polymers in nanoparticles of Chitosan Oligosaccharides coated with Hyaluronic Acid, Polymer, 93, 44-52 , 2016      2016      
58 Kim Y-D, Pofali PA, Park T-E, Singh B, Cho K, Maharajan S, Dandekar P, Jain R, Choi YJ, Arote RB, Cho CS. Gene therapy for bone tissue engineering, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 13, 111-125, 2016      2016      
59 Pofali PA, Singh B, Dandekar P, Jain RD, Maharajan S, Choi YJ, Arote RB, Cho CS. Drugconjugated polymers as gene carriers for synergistic therapeutic effect, Biomedical Materials Research B Applied Biomaterials, 104, 698-711, 2016      2016      
60 Jain R*, Dandekar P*, Loretz B, Koch M, Lehr CM. Dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymersiRNA nanoparticles for silencing a therapeutically relevant gene in macrophages, Medicinal Chemistry Communications, 6, 691-701, 2015      2015      
61 Dandekar P*, Jain R*, Keil M, Loretz B, Koch M, Wenz G, Lehr CM. Enhanced uptake and siRNA-mediated knockdown of a biologically relevant gene using cyclodextrin polyrotaxane, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3, 2590 - 2598, 2015, featured on the cover of the issue      2015      
62 Koli U, Krishnan RA, Pofali P, Jain R*, Dandekar P*. siRNA-Based Therapies for Pulmonary Diseases, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 10, 1953-1997, 2014      2014      
63 Dyawanapelly S, Ghodke S, Vishwanathan R, Dandekar P*, Jain R*. RNA-interference based therapeutics: Molecular platforms for Infectious Diseases, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 10, 1998-2037, 2014      2014      
64 Gugulothu D, Kulkarni A, Patravale V, Dandekar P*. pH-Sensitive Nanoparticles of Curcumin– Celecoxib Combination: Evaluating Drug Synergy in Ulcerative Colitis Model, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 103, 687–696, 2014      2014      
65 Dandekar P$, Jain R$, Keil M, Loretz B, Mujis L, Schneider M, Auerbachd D, Jung G, Lehr CM, Wenz G. Cellular delivery of polynucleotides by cationic cyclodextrin polyrotaxanes, Journal of Controlled Release, 164, 387-393, 2012 ($Equal Contribution)      2012      
66 Dandekar P, Jain R, Stauner T, Loretz B, Koch M, Wenz G, Lehr CM. A Hydrophobic Starch Polymer for Nanoparticle Mediated Delivery of Docetaxel, Macromolecular Bioscience, 12, 184- 194, 2012      2012      
67 Jain R, Dandekar P, Loretz B, Melero A, Stauner T, Wenz G, Koch M, Lehr CM. Enhanced cellular delivery of idarubicin by surface modification of propyl starch nanoparticles employing pteroic acid conjugated polyvinyl alcohol. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 420, 147-155, 2011.      2011      
68 Suresh S, Dandekar P, Jain R, Pandey U, Samuel G, Patravale V, Hassan P, Venkatesh M. Technetium-99m-Labeled Poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles as an alternative for sentinel lymph node imaging, Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals, 25, 637-644, 2010.      2010      
69 Dandekar P, Jain R, Patil S, Dhumal R, Tiwari D, Sharma S, Vanage G, Patravale V. Curcumin Loaded Hydrogel Nanoparticles: Application in Anti-Malarial Therapy and Toxicological Evaluation, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 99, 4992-5010, 2010      2010      
70 Dandekar P, Jain R, Dhumal R, Tiwari D, Vanage G, Patravale V. Toxicological evaluation of pH-sensitive nanoparticles of curcumin: Acute, sub-acute and genotoxicity studies, Food and Chemical Toxicology, 48, 2073-2089, 2010.      2010      
71 Jain R, Nabar S, Dandekar P, Patravale V. Micellar Nanocarriers: Potential in Nose to Brain Delivery of Zolmitriptan as Novel Migraine Therapy, Pharmaceutical Research, 27, 655-664, 2010.      2010      
72 Jain R, Nabar S, Dandekar P, Hassan P, Aswal V, Talmon Y, Shet T, Patravale V. Formulation and Evaluation of Novel Micellar Nanocarrier for Nasal delivery of Sumatriptan, Nanomedicine, 5, 575-587, 2010.      2010      
73 Patil VV, Dandekar P, Patravale VB, Thorat BN. Freeze Drying: Potential for Powdered Nanoparticulate Product, Drying Technology: An International Journal, 28, 624 – 635, 2010      2010      
74 Dandekar P, Jain R, Kumar C, Subramanian S, Samuel G, Venkatesh M, Patravale V. Curcumin loaded pH-sensitive nanoparticles for the treatment of colon cancer, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 5, 445-455, 2009.      2009      
75 Dandekar P, Patravale V. Development and validation of a stability-indicating HPLC method for curcumin, Chromatographia, 69, 871-877, 2009      2009      
76 Dandekar P, Patravale V. Enzymatic synthesis of fructose ester from mango kernel fat, Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, 16, 317-321, 2009.      2009      
77 Jain R, Dandekar P, Patravale V. Diagnostic Nanocarriers For Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging, Journal of Controlled Release 138, 90-102, 2009.      2009      
78 V Patil VV, Dandekar P, Patravale VB, Thorat BN. Freeze-drying of nanoparticles: Formulation and Process Optimization. Drying 2008 - Proceedings of 16th International Drying Symposium, Volume B, 1780-1786, 2008.      2008      
Achievements
1 First Prize during 8th Edition BEST-INDIA 2016 (Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Student Teams) sponsored and promoted by DBT, Govt. of India and managed by Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises – ABLE, February 2017 (Winning Team: Manish Gore, Prachi Bangde, Ganesh Gaikwad, Sharwari Ghodke, Kritika Gupta)      2017      
2 First Prize for poster presentation on work based on ‘Green synthesis of methylated chitosan for biomedical applications’ at 11th Asia Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium & 5th Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society Symposium, September, 2016 (Award winner: Prachi Bangde)      2016      
3 First Prize for poster presentation on work based on ‘Green synthesis of 5-Hydroxymethyl furfural for application in biorefineries and bioplastics’ at 11th Asia Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium & 5th Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society Symposium, September, 2016 (Award winner: Nikhil Kalane)      2016      
4 Second Prize for oral presentation at the Second Innovation & Networking Summit held at Institute of Chemical Technology based on work related to ‘Skin-on-chip technology’, April 2016 (Award winner: Manish Gore)      2016      
5 Third Prize for oral presentation at the Second Innovation & Networking Summit held at Institute of Chemical Technology based on work related to ‘Non-biological pyrogen detection technology’, April 2016 (Award winners: Vijay Yadav, Rohan Chhabra, Nikhil Kalane, Anomitra Dey and Tejal Pant)      2016      
6 ‘Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2016' based on work related to the development of Development of a novel, non-biological pyrogen/microcellular components detection technique for purification and depyrogenation of water’, March 2016 (Award winners: Vijay Yadav, Rohan Chhabra, Nikhil Kalane, Anomitra Dey and Tejal Pant awarded at Rashtrapati Bhavan by Honourable Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar)      2016      
7 Second Prize for the oral presentation and 'Best Poster Award' during 15th International Symposium of Controlled Release Society-Indian Chapter on 'Advances in Technology and Business Potential in New Drug Delivery Systems’, February 2016. His research work was focused on the 'Development of Starch/Gelatin based scaffolds for application in skin tissue engineering’ (Award winner: Rohan Chhabra)      2016      
8 First prize for oral presentation titled 'Exploring enzymatic catalyst for modifying chitosan using deep eutectic solvents' in CATSCHOL-2016 held at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, , February 2016 (Award winner: Prachi Bangde)      2016      
9 Third Prize during 7th Edition BEST-INDIA 2015 (Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Student Teams) sponsored and promoted by DBT, Govt. of India and managed by Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises – ABLE, February 2016 (Winning Team: Vijay Yadav, Rohan Chhabra, Nikhil Kalane, Anomitra Dey and Tejal Pant)      2016      
10 M.V. Deshpande Young Scientist Award at the 11th Asia Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium, 2016      2016      
11 Galenus-Privatstiftung Award, Austria, 2016 to attend the 43rd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, Seattle, USA, July 2016      2016      
12 Galenus-Privatstiftung Award, Austria, 2015 to attend the 42nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, Edinburgh, UK, July 2015      2015      
13 ‘Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Appreciation 2015' based on work related to the development of 'Rapid Non-invasive diagnostics kits for diabetic patients’, March 2015 (Vijay Yadav awarded at Rashtrapati Bhavan by Honourable Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar)      2015      
14 N. R. Kamath Book Award for book entitled ‘Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery: Perspectives on the Transition from Laboratory to Market’, (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomedicine), Woodhead Publishing, 2014      2014      
15 Galenus-Privatstiftung Award, Austria, 2013 to attend the 40th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, July 2013      2013      
16 Travel award by Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) to attend the Annual congress of the European Respiratory Society, Barcelona, Spain, September 2013      2013      
17 Invited as a session chair for a session on Pneumonia at the ERS Annual Congress 2013, Barcelona, Spain      2013      
18 BioCARe Research Award for Women Scientist, DBT, 2013      2013      
19 DAE Young Scientist Research Award, 2012      2012      
20 Invited as a chair for the “Get Up Get Educated Session” at the 40th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, Hawaii, USA 2012      2012      
21 Galenus-Privatstiftung Award, Austria, 2012 to attend the 39th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, July 2012      2012      
22 DAE Young Scientist Research Award, 2012      2012      
23 Young Associate of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences for the contribution and Engineering and Technology, 2012      2012      
24 Ramanujan Fellowship, DST, 2012      2012      
25 Fellow of European Respiratory Society (FERS)      2012      
26 Galenus-Privatstiftung Award, Austria, 2011 to attend the 38th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, Maryland, USA, July 2011      2011      
27 RESPIRE Award, European Respiratory Society, 2011      2011      
28 ERS-Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship-2010 from European Respiratory Society      2010      
29 Best Poster Award for the poster presentation at Ninth International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems, Feb. 25th & 26th 2009, Mumbai, India      2009      
30 Recipient of Travel Award by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and Controlled Release Society, Indian Chapter to present poster at 36th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society at Copenhagen, Denmark, July, 2009      2009      
31 Dr. U.K. Sheth First prize for the poster at 2nd International Conference on “Drug Discovery & Development-South Asian Perspective, Oct. 4th & 5th, 2008 Mumbai, India      2008      
32 Received the Best Post Graduate Student Award of ICT by the Technological Association ICT, 2007      2007      
33 Selected as a part of ICT team to represent India at Indo-UK Biotechnology YES (Young Entrepreneurship Scheme) held on 24-26 October 2007 at Oxford, United Kingdom.      2007      
34 Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship from University Grant Commission (UGC), Government of India, Fellowship, 2006-2009      2006      
35 Recipient of Junior Research Fellowship from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, Fellowship, 2004-2006      2004      
36 Qualified GATE-2004 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India; Percentile: 98.18      2004      

Work Experience Information
From Date To Date Designation Organization Name
1 01/11/2014 UGC Assistant Professor in Engineering Sciences Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Matunga, Mumbai 400019 India
2 01/08/2010 31/12/2011 ERS-Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Drug Delivery Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) Saarland University, Campus A4 1 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
3 01/07/2006 30/11/2010 Senior Research Fellow Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Matunga, Mumbai, India
4 01/06/2014 30/06/2006 Junior Research Fellow Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Matunga, Mumbai, India
5 01/06/2012 Ramanujan Fellow Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Matunga, Mumbai 400019 India
6 01/01/2012 01/10/2014 Dr. John Kapoor Assistant Professor in Pharmaceuti Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Matunga, Mumbai 400019 India
7 01/01/2010 31/07/2010 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Organische Makromolekulare Chemie Saarland University, Campus A4 1 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Membership In Professional Societies
Description No Membership No Membership Information
1 - - Young Associate of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences for the contribution and Engineering and Technology, 2012
2 - - Member, Standing Evaluation Committee for the review of proposals, European Respiratory Society, Switzerland
3 - - Member, European Respiratory Society, Switzerland
4 - - Member, Volunteer Recruitment Committee, Controlled Release Society, USA
5 - - Mentor, Mentor-Protégé Program, Member, Controlled Release Society, USA
6 - - Member, Outreach Committee, American College of Clinical Pharmacology, USA
7 - - Member, Controlled Release Society- USA and Indian Chapter
8 - - Member, Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA)
9 - - Member, UDCT Alumni Association
10 - - Member, Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AJPS, ISSN 1818-0876)
11 - Invited Member, Executive Committee, Controlled Release Society-Indian Chapter
12 - Member, 'Chapter Engagement Task Force', Controlled Release Society, USA
13 - Past member, Volunteer Development Committee, Controlled Release Society, USA
Training/Conferences/Short Term Courses Attended
Month Year Training attended Information
1 MAR 2014 Teaching-Learning Workshop, ICT, Mumabi, March-28-29, 2014
2 MAY 2014 Honing mentorship skills—A Holistic Approach, at ICT, Mumbai, May 5-9th, 2014
3 FEB 2016 Training Programme on NBA Accreditation at ICT, Mumabi, Feb 5th-Feb 6th, 2016
4 MAR 2016 Indo-US workshop on Cell Factories, 18-20th March, 2016 at IITB
5 FEB 2016 Training Programme on NBA Accreditation, ICT, ICT Feb 05,2016 To Feb 06,2016
6 JAN 2017 RUSA Sponsored Orientation Programme, Mumbai University, Jan 05,2017 To Feb 02,2017
Training/Conference/Short Term Courses Conducted
Month Year Training Conductted Information
1 JUN 2014 Workshop on writing and presentation skills for the PG students by TEQIP, ICT, Jun 15,2014 To Jul 15,2014
2 JUN 2014 Stress Management workshop by TEQIP, ICT, Jun 18,2014 To Jun 24,2014
3 FEB 2014 Multi Colour Imaging in Confocal Microscopy, ICT, Feb 19,2014 To Feb 19,2014
4 SEPT 2016 Fostering Stem Cell Research in India- An Industry Perspective by TEQIP, ICT, Sep 23,2016 To Sep 23,2016
5 FEB 2014 Careers in Clinical Research,ICT, Feb 06,2014 To Feb 06,2014
6 OCT 2018 Society of Biological Chemist-India Mumbai Chapter meeting, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 13th Oct 2018.
7 DEC 2018 Biosimilar workshop, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, November 29-December 1, 2018
8 MAR 2019 Biotechnology conclave, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 13th March, 2019
9 SEPT 2019 8th Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society Symposium at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 19th-20th September, 2019
10 FEB 2020 Biosimilar workshop, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, February 3-8, 2020