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Dr. Khushwant Yadav

Professor
Rajeev Gandhi College of Pharmacy, Bhopal
Kolar Road, Bhopal, M.P
 

Brief Biography:


Education:
May 2010: Ph. D.(Pharmacy), Pharmacy Department, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.
Aug 2002: M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics), Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur University, Berhampur.
Jun 1999: B. Pharm., SVPM’s College of Pharmacy, Baramati, Pune University.

 

Academic positions:


Sept 2010 till date: Professor and Head (PG), Rajeev Gandhi College of Pharmacy, Bhopal
Jul 2007-Aug 2010: Reader & HOD, Pharmaceutics Dept. (UG) and PG Wing, Truba Institute of Pharmacy, Bhopal.
Jul 2005-Dec 2006: Visiting Lecturer, Pharmaceutics Dept. (UG), Sigma Institute of Pharmacy, Vadodara.
Aug 2004-Jul 2007: Research Scholar, NDDS Lab, Pharmacy Department, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.
Feb 2004-Nov 2004: Research Scientist, Formulation & Development (Pharma Research), Alembic Limited, Vadodara.
Feb 2003-Feb 2004: Research Executive, Formulation & Development (R&D), Claris Lifesciences, Ahemedabad.
Aug 2002-Dec 2002: Research Assistant, Pharmacy Department, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

 

Research interests:


  • Formulation and Evaluation of Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Sustained Delivery of Antileukaemic Drugs.
  • Oral Controlled drug delivery ystem for Diltiazem HCl by microencapsulation using EC, CA and Eudragit L-100.
  • Formulation and Evaluation of Injectable Hydrogels for Anticancer drugs.
 

Any other information:


Publications

1. Ch. N. Patra, M.E.B. Rao, K. S. Yadav and K. Prakash. Influence of some cellulose ethers on the release of propranolol hydrochloride from guar gum matrix tablets. Ind. J. Pharm. Sci 2004; 66(5): 636-641. (IF: 0.455)*
2. Ashish K. Mehta, Khushwant S. Yadav and Krutika K. Sawant. Nimodipine Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles: Formulation Optimization Using Factorial Design, Characterization and In Vitro Evaluation. Current Drug Delivery 2007; 4(3): 185-193. (IF: 1.10)#
3. Khushwant S. Yadav and Krutika K. Sawant. Formulation Optimization of Etoposide Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles by Double Factorial Design and their Evaluation. Current Drug Delivery 2010; 7:51-64. (IF: 1.10)#
4. Khushwant S. Yadav, Krishna Chuttani, Anil K. Mishra, and Krutika K. Sawant. Long Circulating Nanoparticles of Etoposide Using PLGA-MPEG and PLGA-PLURONIC Block Copolymers: Characterization, Drug-Release, Blood-Clearance, and Biodistribution Studies. Drug Development Research 2010; 71: 228–239. (IF: 1.146)*
5. Khushwant S. Yadav and Krutika K. Sawant. Modified nanoprecipitation method for preparation of cytarabine loaded PLGA nanoparticles. AAPS PharmSci Tech 2010; 11: 1456-1465. (IF: 2.035)*
6. Khushwant S. Yadav, Sheeba Jacob, Geetanjali Sachdeva and Krutika K. Sawant. Intracellular Delivery of Etoposide Loaded Biodegradable Nanoparticles: Cytotoxicity and Cellular Uptake Studies. Journal of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology 2011; 11: 6657-6667. (IF: 1.75)*
7. Khushwant S. Yadav, Krishna Chuttani, Anil K. Mishra, and Krutika K. Sawant. Effect of size on biodistribution and blood clearance of etoposide loaded PLGA nanoparticles. PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology 2011; 65(2):131-139. (IF: 0.43)#
8. Khushwant S. Yadav, Sheeba Jacob, Geetanjali Sachdeva, Krishna Chuttani, Anil K. Mishra, and Krutika K. Sawant. Long Circulating PEGylated PLGA Nanoparticles of Cytarabine for Targeting Leukemia. Journal of Microencapsulation 2011; 28(8): 729–742. (IF: 1.738)*
9. Krutika K. Sawant and Khushwant S. Yadav, Polymeric nanoparticles for treatment and diagnosis of leukemia."Clinical Nanomedicine-From Bench to Bedside". Pan Stanford Publication, USA, 2012.Accepted (In Press)

 

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