Nanotechnology Based Strategies for Cancer Immunotherapy

Dr. Rajeev Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior, India. He earned his B. Pharm, M.Pharm, and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Dr. H. S. Gour Central University, Sagar, India. Dr. Sharma has approximately 13 years of experience in both teaching and industry. He has served as a Junior Research Fellow under AICTE, an ICMR-SRF, and a CSIR-RA Fellow during his research career, and has worked as an Assistant Professor in academia and as a Senior Formulation Development Scientist in the R&D industry. Dr. Sharma has edited two international and two national books and has authored over 30 publications and 21 book chapters in international reference books. His work focuses on recent concepts in immunology, nanobiotechnology, novel drug delivery systems, and targeted and controlled drug delivery of bioactives for the treatment of diseases such as cancer and diabetes. He is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI). Dr. Sharma's work has been cited approximately 1,200 times, and he has an h-index of 17. The cumulative impact factor of his published papers is around 120, according to SCOPUS. He is currently working on a research project funded by the Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (MPCST). Dr. Sharma has received several awards for his research, including the Young Research Scholar award and various awards for best oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences. His current research interest is in nanocarrier-based targeted approaches for the effective delivery of bioactives.Dr. Vikas Pandey is working as Associate Professor in Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior, India since July 2022. He has around 12 years of teaching and research experience.  He has more than 30 publications in International and National reputed journals in recent concept of novel drug delivery system, polymeric drug delivery, localized drug delivery, targeted and controlled drug delivery of nanocarriers and microparticulate system for treatment of various cancers like, lung cancer, colon cancer, brain cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. He has also written more than 20 book chapters for International publisher. He has also been granted 01 patent for his research. Dr. Pandey is having total citation more than 950; h- index 17 and i10- index 25. The total cumulative impact factor for his published papers is more than 85. He is working on one research project funded by Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (MPCST). Dr. Pandey has qualified national level GATE exam twice i.e. in 2007 and 2008. He is a potential reviewer of various reputed international journals. Currently, he is working on ligand mediated drug delivery and nanoparticulate system for the targeted and efficient drug delivery. He is life member of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA). Dr. Neeraj Mishra is working as Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutics,  in Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Gwalior since July 2019. He has around twenty years of teaching and research experience.  He has more than 100 publications of International and National repute in recent concepts of novel drug delivery systems, localized drug delivery, targeted and controlled drug delivery of nanocarriers/ microparticles for the treatment of breast, colon cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Mishra more than 3500 citations with h- index 30. The total cumulative Impact Factor of his published papers is more than 300 (as per SCOPUS). He has also written 10 Books and 25 book chapters for different publishers. He has also been granted 3 international patents and 2 Indian patents.  Dr. Mishra is recipient of “Distinguished Professor Award” 2019 from DST-NSTMIS, SPAICS, Indore, and M.P. in September 2019.  Dr. Mishra has also received the “Outstanding Scientist Award '' 2020, 6th International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine, 20-21 June 2020, Chennai, India. Dr. Mishra has received the “Distinguished Professor Award '' 2021 from Indian Pharmaceutical Association, MP State Branch, Indore.  Dr Mishra has received Best Academician Award in the Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association, M.P. State International Conference held on 06th May 2023 at DAVV Auditorium, Indore, India. Dr. Mishra got place in Stanford University Scientists Rankings conducted by AD Scientific Index - World Scientists Rankings – 2024 and 2022.

• Introduction to cancer immunotherapy.- Therapeutic hallmark of cancer & immunology.- Novel immunotherapeutic approaches for cancer therapy.- Recent advances in bio material for Immunotherapeutic applications.- Combination therapies for the management of cancer immunotherapy.- Cancer Vaccines as Immunotherapeutic frontier.- Dendritic Cell based approaches in cancer immunotherapy.- Peptides based Vaccines in cancer immunotherapy.- Monoclonal antibodies based nanobiotechnology based approaches  in cancer immunotherapy.- Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Based Cancer Immunotherapy.- Polymer and lipid based nanocomplexes in cancer immunotherapy.- Role of the tumor microenvironment in cancer immunotherapy.- Inorganic nanoparticles based strategies for Cancer Immunotherapy.- POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES BASED STRATEGIES FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY.- Advances in Lipid-based nanosystem for immune induction in cancer immunotherapy.- Design, implementation and interpretation of clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy.- Ethical considerations of cancer immunotherapy, and patient perspectives on the benefits and risks of treatment.- REGULATORY ASPECTS OF CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY.- Clinical applications, Patents  and challenges in cancer immunotherapy.