Dr. Neelam Poonia is currently working as a Professor in University Institute of Pharma Sciences, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India. She has over 14.8 years of academic and research experience and has supervised 15 postgraduate (M. Pharm) research projects. She completed her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar (Punjab, India). Her areas of research specialization include the design and development of nanocarrier systems such as solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs), nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs), mesoporous silica nanoparticles, dendrimers, and nanoemulsions, aimed at addressing critical challenges such as poor solubility, low bioavailability, toxicity, and multidrug resistance (MDR) in therapeutic agents. She has authored 33 peer-reviewed publications in reputed national and international journals and book chapters. Her scholarly output has earned over 1,689 citations, with an h-index of 10 and an i10-index of 12. In recognition of her academic excellence, she was awarded the "Star Educator Award of the Year" by Chandigarh University in 2024. She is the reviewer of several peer reviewed journals.Dr. Jitender Madan is currently working as a faculty in Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Telangana, India at the position of Associate Professor. Dr. Jitender Madan has demonstrated an excellent level of expertise and dedication to both research and teaching. Dr. Jitender Madan completed his B.Pharmacy from Nagpur University, Nagpur (Maharashtra, India), M. Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology) from Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Saugar (Madhya Pradesh, India) and PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences) from Institute of Pharmacy, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (UttraPradesh, India). Later, he received postdoctoral position at Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA. A strong academic foundation allowed him to contribute significantly to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. Dr. Jitender Madan has supervised many M. Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) and PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences) students. Dr. Jitender Madan also contributed a lot in pharmaceutical product development. He has handled both Industry and Government funded projects. In addition, Dr. Jitender Madan has an impressive research portfolio. He has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications in international journals of repute, leading to an h-index of 35 and an i10-index of 88 with 3555 citations. He has also contributed approximately 50 book chapters in international books and holds many granted patents related to innovative processes and compositions aimed at enhancing therapeutic efficacy in topical, oral and intravaginal drug delivery. His scholarly work has earned him a place among the top 2% scientists worldwide in the field of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, according to global rankings compiled by Stanford University.Dr. Deepti Pandita is Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research (DIPSAR), Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University (DPSRU), Govt. of NCT of Delhi, New Delhi. She is Member, Board of Governors & Finance Committee, DPSRU; Coordinator, PhD Section; Coordinator, Centre for Advanced Formulation and Technology (CAFT), a Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) funded Common Research and Technology Development Hub (CRTDH); and Member, Academic Research Ethics Committee. She has done her PhD in Pharmaceutics from Jamia Hamdard, and post-graduation from Manipal University. Dr. Pandita has 22+ years of teaching and research experience, and previously was FCT Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Madeira, Portugal. Dr. Deepti received major research grants from Government of India viz. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)- Department of Science and Technology (DST), under Research Promotion and Young Scientist Schemes in 2012-14 and 2012-15 respectively and Best Pharmaceutical Scientist Award- 2014, Haryana State Branch, Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI). She has received grants for conducting Faculty Development Programmes, National & International Conferences and Workshops from AICTE and DST in 2013, 2014, and 2017-18.Recently, she had received three major institutional grants from DSIR-CRTDH Scheme under Affordable Health Scheme, DST-FIST for Dept of Pharmaceutics, and Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)-Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research (PAIR) grant as the Key Investigator. She has earned to her credit several book chapters and 150+ publications in peer-reviewed journals with high impact factor like Drug Resistance Updates, Journal of Controlled Release, Materials Science and Engineering: C, Trends in Food Technology, Drug Discovery Today, Molecular Pharmaceutics, Biomacromolecules, Nanotoxicology etc., leading to an h-index of 31 and an i10-index of 65 with 4528 citations. She also has two Indian Patents to her credit. She has guided/guiding 7 PhD and 56 PG scholars. Dr. Deepti has been included in Top 2 % of the most-cited scientists for FIVE consecutive years on the basis of database created by Stanford University, USA, since it was published. She is the reviewer of several peer reviewed journals.
