Gaurav Sharma

Education

• M.S. (Pharm.) (2004-2006)-Passed out from Department of Pharmaceutics, NIPER, S. A .S. Nagar with cGPA of 9.12 on a 10-point scale.

• B. Pharmacy (Hons.) (2000-2004)-Passed out from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (I.T. B.H.U) with an aggregate of 84%.

• GATE-Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2004) with a Percentile score of 90.76

Awards/Scholarships/Other Recognition

• Won All India 2^nd prize in National Children Science Congress in 1996.

• Won 2^nd prize in KB Lal Memorial chemistry contest at state level in 1996.

• Won All India certificate of merit in Camelin Drawing competition (New Delhi).

• Worked as a social worker for UNESCO, WHO and Helpage India.

• Won 1^st prize in poster competition at I.T, B.H.U in 2000

• Anchored many shows at Sparsh/ Spandan (Cultural festival at I.T, B.H.U, throughout)

• Anchored many games at Spardha (Sports  festival at I.T, B.H.U, throughout)

• Worked as a theatre person in dramas and skit at I.T, B.H.U.

• Presented scientific model at Technex (Science exhibition, I.T, B.H.U)

Publications

• G. Sharma, S. Anabousi, C. Ehrhardt, & M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Liposomes as targeted drug delivery systems in the treatment of breast cancer. Journal of Drug Targeting (2006), 14, 301-310.

• G. Sharma, J.L. Italia, K. Sonaje, K. Tikoo, & M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Biodegradable in situ gelling system for subcutaneous administration of ellagic acid and ellagic acid loaded nanoparticles: evaluation of their antioxidant potential against cyclosporine induced nephrotoxicity in rats. Journal of Controlled Release (2007), 118, 27-37.

• N. Kashyap, B. Viswanad, G. Sharma, V. Bhardwaj, P. Ramarao, M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, Design and evaluation of biodegradable, biosensitive in situ gelling system for pulsatile delivery of insulin Biomaterials (2007), 28, 2051-60.

• K. Sonaje, J. L. Italia, G. Sharma, V. Bhardwaj, K. Tikoo, and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Development of Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Oral Delivery of Ellagic Acid and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant Efficacy Against Cyclosporine A-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Rats. Pharmaceutical Research (2007), 24, 899-908.

• D. R. Kalaria, G. Sharma, V. Beniwal and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Design of biodegradable nanoparticles for oral delivery of Doxorubicin: In vivo pharmacokinetics and toxicity studies in rats, Pharmaceutical Research, Accepted

Conference Presentations

• G. Sharma, V. Bhardwaj, D. K. Sahana and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Enhancing delivery prospects of antioxidant Ellagic acid by an in situ gelling system. Indo-Italian workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants, Delhi University, India. January 06-09, 2006.

• G. Sharma and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Development and characterization of ellagic acid loaded chitosan-glycerol phosphate in situ gelling system for subcutaneous administration. Poster selected at Proceedings of 33^rd annual meeting and exposition of Controlled Release Society (CRS), Vienna, Austria, July 2-26, 2006.

• G. Sharma, Sonaje K, Italia J and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar. Potential of Oral vs. Depot formulation of antioxidant nanoparticles in Cyclosporine induced nephrotoxicity. Poster submitted at 4^th International Nanotechnology and drug delivery symposium, Nebraska, Omaha, USA.

• G. Sharma, D Venkat Ratnam, G Mittal and MNV Ravi Kumar. Insulin-Coenzyme Q10 coencapsulated PLGA nanoparticles for oral delivery: A better regimen for treatment of diabetes mellitus and its complications. (34th Annual Meeting and Exposition of Controlled Release Society, July 07-12, 2007. Long Beach, California, USA).

• D.G. Gupta, G. Sharma, D.R. Kalaria, V. Beniwal, and M.N.V. Ravi Kumar. Development of EGCG and Ellagic acid co-encapsulated nanoparticles by cosolvent approach using N-methyl Pyrolidone as co-solvent. 35th Annual Meeting and Exposition of Controlled Release Society, July 12-16 2008. New York, USA.

• Nandini Kashyap, G. Sharma, B Viswanad, P Rama Rao and Majeti Naga Venkata Ravi Kumar. Biosensitive thermogelling gel for pulsatile delivery of Insulin , BioAsia 2007–The Global Bio-Business Forum, Hyderabad International Convention Centre, February 15-17^th 2007 (Selected in Top 10 for BioAsia Innovation Award-2007 for Young Scientists category)

Professional Activities

Seminars Delivered

• Liposomes as targeted drug delivery systems for breast cancer

• Colon targeting and delivery systems

• Physicochemical properties of antioxidant ellagic acid

• Chitosan-glycerol phosphate in situ gelling system for ellagic acid

Conferences and Workshops Attended

• 40th Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society organized by National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, INDIA, 1st to 3rd November, 2007.

• 34th annual meeting of controlled release society (CRS), Long Beach, California, USA July 7-11, 2007.

• First summer school in advanced drug delivery, organized by National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, 1st to 5th May, 2007.

• International conference on Nanomedicine, organized at Institute of life sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, INDIA from 22^nd to 24^th February, 2007.

• Indo-US Symposium on Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug Delivery, NIPER, S.A.S  Nagar, October 05-06, 2006

• International NanoBioscience Conference (INBC), Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, INDIA held from August 6-8, 2006.

• Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug Delivery (NIPER-NANO-2006), organized at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, February 17-18, 2006.

• Indo-Italian Workshop on chemistry and biology of antioxidants, Department of Chemistry University of Delhi and Embassy of Italy, New Delhi, 8-9 January 2006

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