Name: Dr. Nalini Shastri Associate Professor nalini.niperhyd@gov.in 040-23074750 (Ex.2010)

ADDRESS, ROOM NO

Department of Pharmaceutics
Room no: 93
NIPER Hyderabad
Balanagar, Hyderabad-500037, TS, INDIA

QUALIFICATION: (REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)

• Ph.D in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Bombay University in 1992.
• M.Pharm in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Bombay University in 1988.
• B.Pharm from Bombay University in 1986.
• PG Diploma in Computer programming, System Analysis and Design, Bombay, 1987
• PG Diploma in Statistical Quality Control, Indian Statistical Institute, Hyderabad, 2015
• Certified Green belt six sigma, Indian Statistical Institute Hyderabad, 2015

EXPERIENCE

Industry 6 yrs,
academic 20 yrs

COURSES HANDLING(PHD/M.PHARM)

Solid state pharmaceutics, dosage form design parameters, Technological aspects of oral modified release formulations, Implications of solid state properties on drug delivery

PHD STUDENTS/MASTERS STUDENTS

PhD students/Masters students
PhD- Awarded 4, submitted 1, ongoing – 5
MS – awarded 36 (guide), 27 (co-guide)

AWARDS / HONOURS

1. First prize in innovation for “Multi-Component Pharmaceutical Materials With Superior Dissolution And Compressibility” at Sipra Innovative Pharma Research Awards – 2016, July 02, 2016.
2. Awarded as “Best Woman Scientist Award” by NIPER-Hyderabad, 2016.
3. Best E Presentation for “Structural Insight into Impact of Polymorphism on Vacuum Morphologies and Solubility Prediction of Felodipine Form IV” at Virtual Conference on Computational Chemistry, VCCC2014, Aug 01-31, 2014.
4. Best Poster for “Impact of Surface Chemistry of Crystal Habit on Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Attributes” at Conference on Drug Discovery & Development (Global Scenario – Indian perspective), NIPER, Hyderabad Nov 20-21, 2015.
5. Third poster prize for “Molecular Simulation Study of Impact of HPMC Concentration on Crystal Habit Modification of Nifedipine” at British Association of Crystal Growth 2014 conference on 24-25 July 2014, University of Leeds.

RESEARCH AREAS/INTEREST

Solid state pharmaceutics, polymorphism, co-crystals, amorphous systems, Quality by design, statistical tools, software tools for formulation development, prediction and solid state design

PUBLICATIONS / BOOK CHAPTERS

65 publications,
8 book chapters

PATENTS

• 2

INVITED TALKS

• 34

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. HOD
2. Student welfare officer
3. Library I/C
4. Ladies Hostel committee member

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