Expert Consultant in Diabetes Research, Diabetic Complications, Stroke and Hypertension Biomarker Development, and Market Research and Intelligence

Expertise

Summary

• Expert Consultant in diabetes research, diabetic complication, stroke and hypertension biomarker development, and market research and intelligence.

Research

• Diabetes: Advanced glycation end products and its role in long term complications in diabetes such as neuropathy with special reference to 3-DG ( 3-deoxyglucosone).
• Stroke: NMDA, AMPA and Kainate (Triple Inhibitor) receptor antagonist. Drug Design and it relevance to the existing antagonist and agonist.
• To establish an animal model as to measure nerve conduction velocity in rats as a model for diabetic neuropathy.
• To establish an animal model as to measure the hypoglycemic activity of a drug using the intravenous glucose tolerance test, using area under the curve methodology.
• Synthesis of novel serotonergic modulators from acetaminophen.
• Synthesis of Indole 3 - Aryl Piperazine as Novel 5 - HT2 / D2 typical antagonist.
• Development of rat model for intestinal ischemia.
• Development of measurement of HPLC method to measure 3-D.
• IR studies on insulin, in reference to glycation.

Projects

• Sucralose and its glycation potential.
• Establishment of antiglycating potential of Pioglitazone in vitro.
• Glycation and Bitter Gourd (non bitter portion).
• Development of method to measure antiglycation polarimeter.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Pune, India, 2006 - Present

• Chief Strategy Office and Partner.

Inrextest, Inc, Pune, India, 2010

• Project Manager and Head of Operations.

Doctors Laboratories Pvt Ltd, Pune, India, 2009

• Scientific Officer heading Pharmaceutical Division.

Sinhgad Institute of Pharmacy, Pune, India, 2007 - 2008

• Assistant Professor, subject taught, Pharmaceutical Analysis.

Dynamis Therapeutics, PA, U.S.A, 2005 - 2006

• Junior Research Fellow

University of Pune, Division of Biochemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, 2003 - 2005

• Junior Research Fellow: Identification of a biochemical marker for the diagnosis of Intestinal Ischemia.
• Research Scholar.

Allana College of Pharmacy, Pune, India, Lecturer, 2002 - 2001

• Subjects Taught: Pharmacology and Anatomy and Physiology.

College of Pharmacy for Women, Pune, India, Lecturer, 2000 - 2001

• Instructor: Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Analysis.

Torrent Research Centre, Dept. of Pharmacology, Village Bhat, Ahmedabad, India, 2000

• Scientist - II.

Honors & Publications

Credentials

Tools

• Windows 95, MS - Office,C Programming, Unix
• Internet Application, Tally, Data mining
• Pharmaceutical Sofware: R'strip (AUC), Scope vs/3, Chart vs/3, Borwin, and ChemDraw.
• Pharmaceutical Hardwares : GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, Electron Microscope, Gamma Camera, and MADLI-TO.

Publications

• Author of several educational text and E-literature.

Intellectual Property and Patents

• Patent Submitted: ADH as marker for intestinal ischemia, University of Pune, India.
• Patent queries and resubmission: Electronic device for the removal artistic designs from skin.
• Patent examining: Drugs of benzodiazepine class and their possible activity and uniqueness, client confidential.

Education

• M.S. Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India
• B.S. Pharmacy, SGRS College of Pharmacy, Pune