Varsha Tiwari, PhD, is a Professor at the Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Lucknow, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr Tiwari has received more than nearly the equivalent of $1 million USD in grants from the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, India. She has been granted 18 Indian, three South African, and three Australian patents. In addition, she has submitted a number of patents for approval. She has published 10 books and 28 book chapters with Elsevier, Springer, Bentham, Wiley, and Astral International. She has published more than 65 research papers and has guided several doctoral, postgraduate, and graduate students. She has organized many conferences and also delivered many invited lectures at conferences. Dr. Varsha received a young scientist award, young author award, and pharmacy recognition award at the national level. She completed her doctorate at Uttarakhand Technical University in 2016 and her MPharm at M. S. Ramaiah University, Bengaluru, India.Abhishek Tiwari, PhD, is a Professor at the Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Lucknow, Amity University Uttar Pradesh,Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Tiwari has received grants from various funding agencies, including the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, India. Dr. Tiwari has been granted 32 patents and filed nine patents for approval. He has published 76 papers in national and international journals. He has published more than 22 Indian and international books and 40 book chapters with Elsevier, Springer, Bentham, Wiley, and Astral International. He has guided two PhD and is currently guiding seven PhD students. Dr. Tiwari is an editorial member for various national and international journals. He received a best author award in 2019, best teacher award in 2019, and outstanding teacher awards in 2014 and 2015. He completed his BPharm at Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India, M.Pharm at M. S. Ramaiah College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, and his PhD at Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, India.Ajay Sharma, PhD, is currently working as Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacognosy at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. His research area includes drug discovery and development from natural sources, ethnopharmacology, natural product chemistry, metabolomics, plant biotechnology, bioactivity guided fractionation, and bioconversions. He has published more than 90 research articles in peer-reviewed journals of national and international repute. He has also presented more than 150 papers in national and international conferences. He has contributed to four books and six book chapters and has published 10 Indian patents as well. Dr. Sharma has been awarded with research grants from Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Ministry of Ayush (India), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (India), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (MPCOST). He has also received many prestigious awards. He is the member of various national and international bodies and has been listed in the top 2% scientists on the list of Stanford University consecutively for the last two years.
