EDITORIAL SECTIONS

Ruchi is currently designated as Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi-221005, (U.P.), India. Her area of research is nanotechnology based drug delivery systems for targeted delivery of drugs and addressing issues related to conventional dosage forms like poor bioavailability, solubility, higher dose. She has more than 20 publications in international scientific journals including original research articles, reviews and book chapters. e-mail ID – rchawla.phe@iitbhu.ac.in

Krishan Kumar is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, IIT BHU. His research focus on targeted and controlled drug delivery approaches in Nano-therapeutics. He has authored or co-authored 8 publications in international scientific journals in his fields of expertise. He has 2 years 8 months R&D experience in Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd. e-mail ID- krishaniskrishan@gmail.com

Varsha Rani is currently Ph.D. research scholar at Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India. She is involved in research area focussed on nanocarriers for brain targeted drug delivery system. She has contributed to ten publications including research article, review article and book chapter in reputed scientific journals. She has also done industrial training from Evonik India Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, India. e-mail ID – varsharani.rs.phe17@itbhu.ac.in

Mohini Mishra is a PhD research scholar at Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India and his area of research is focused on the development of nanoparticulate-based targeted drug delivery systems against BHneurodegenerative diseases. She has authored and co- authored nine publications in international scientific journals and three are in the pipeline. e-mail ID- mohini.mishra0203@gmail.com

Ashwin Kuchekar is an Associate Professor and the Head of Career Services and Placement at the School of Pharmacy, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT-WPU in Pune. He completed his M. Pharm.in 2009 and Ph. D. in 2015. In 2012, he received the Senior Research Fellow (SRF) Award from the Council of Scientific Industrial and Research (CSIR).  He is a trained specialist in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB).  He has 7 years of industrial experience in reputed pharmaceutical companies such as Piramal, Lupin, and Abbott Healthcare. He has a unique blend of statistics and formulation development, Quality by Design with exposure to branded and generic product development. He has practical experience in the Design of Experiments and product formulation and process optimisation.

Surbhi Gupta is an Industry Principal at Frost & Sullivan with extensive experience in global pharmaceutical and biotech market research and consulting. She leads the Personalized Therapeutics program, focusing on next-generation modalities and precision medicine. Her expertise spans market analytics, forecasting, and competitive benchmarking, supporting strategic decision-making for global clients. Recognised as a trusted growth advisor, helping stakeholders navigate disruption, accelerate innovation, and capture transformative growth opportunities across the evolving biopharma landscape.

Dr. Vinod Kumar Rajana, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, specializes in nanotechnology, bioassays, and infectious disease research. With expertise in nanoparticle synthesis, biotechnology, and drug delivery, his work integrates green chemistry with pharmaceutical innovation to develop sustainable, low-cost nanomaterials for topical antifungal and anticancer therapies, water purification, and biomedical applications.

Ruchi Bharti received her M.Sc. from Patna University, in organic chemistry. PhD from National Institute of Technology Patna (NIT Patna), in 2012. There she worked on the development of new organocatalysts and their utilization in the synthesis of diverse heterocyclic compounds via multimulticomponent reactions. In 2017, she enrolled as assistant professor at R. P Sharma Institute of Technology, Since 2018, she joined Department of Chemistry, University Institute of Sciences, Chandigarh University, Punjab as Assistant Professor. Her recent research work is focused on the functionalisation of diverse heterocycles, multicomponent reactions, organocatalysis and their related biological and medicinal applications.