Girish Mittal

M.S. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics)
Email girishniper@gmail.com girish.mittal@strath.ac.uk Contact Address Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde. Glasgow G4 0NR, UK.  Permanent Address House No. 866, Sector – 14 Hisar – 125 001 Haryana
Education | Awards | Publications | Presentations |  Professional Activities

Education

• M.S. (Pharm.) (2004-2006) - Completed from Department of Pharmaceutics, NIPER, S. A .S. Nagar with cGPA of 8.20 on a 10-point scale.

• GATE - Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2004) with a Percentile score of 95.89.

• B. Pharmacy (2000-2004) - Passed out from Guru Jambheshwar University (Hisar) with an aggregate of 72.97%.

Awards/Scholarships/Other Recognition

• “Young Scientist Award” for presenting a paper in the Industrial and Applied Section at the 43rd Annual Convention of Chemists, organized by Indian Chemical Society on Dec 23^rd-27^th 2006 at Aurangabad.

• 2006-Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. (July 2006-December 2007)

• B. Pharm Gold Medalist (University topper).

Publications

• G. Mittal, G. Chandraiah, P. Ramarao and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Pharmacodynamic evaluation of oral estradiol nanoparticles in estrogen deficient (ovariectomized) high-fat diet induced hyperlipidemic rat model, Pharmaceutical Research, In press.

• G. Mittal, D. K. Sahana, V. Bhardwaj and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar. Estradiol loaded PLGA nanoparticles for oral administration: Effect of polymer molecular weight and copolymer composition on release behavior in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Controlled Release 119 (2007) 77-85.

• D. K. Sahana, G. Mittal, V. Bhardwaj and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar. PLGA nanoparticles for oral delivery of hydrophobic drugs: Influence of organic solvent on nanoparticle formation and release behavior in vitro and in vivo using estradiol as a model drug. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 97 (2008) 1530-1542.

Conference Presentations

• G Mittal, G Chandraiah, P Ramarao and MNV Ravi Kumar. Evaluation of estradiol encapsulated nanoparticulate formulation in diet induced hyperlipidemic ovariectomized (OVX) rat model. 35th Annual Meeting and Exposition of Controlled Release Society, July 12-16 2008. New York, USA.

• R Shinde, G Mittal, V Beniwal and MNV Ravi Kumar. Preparation and characterization of tamoxifen loaded PLGA nanoparticles intended for oral administration. 35th Annual Meeting and Exposition of Controlled Release Society, July 12-16 2008. New York, USA.

• G Mittal, DK Sahana and MNV Ravi Kumar. Effect of type of organic phase solvents on preparation of poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles and release characteristics in vivo. (34th Annual Meeting and Exposition of Controlled Release Society, July 07-12, 2007. Long Beach, California, 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).

• G Mittal and MNV Ravi Kumar. Estradiol loaded PLGA nanoparticles for oral administration: Effect of polymer nature and organic solvent on particle properties and release behavior in vivo. Podium presentation at the 43rd Annual Convention of Chemists, Organized by Indian Chemical Society (ICS), on December 23rd-27th 2006 at Aurangabad.

• G Mittal, DK Sahana and MNV Ravi Kumar. Biodegradable nanoparticles for oral delivery of estradiol: effect of polymer molecular weight and copolymer composition on in vivo release. 4^th International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium, October 8-10, 2006, Omaha, USA.

• K Sonaje, G Mittal, V Bhardwaj and MNV Ravi Kumar. Development and physicochemical characterization of ellagic acid loaded polycaprolactone (PCL) nanoparticles. Proceedings of 35th Annual Meeting and Exposition of Controlled Release Society, July 22-26, 2006, Vienna, Austria.

• K Sonaje, V Bhardwaj, G Mittal and MNV Ravi Kumar. Biodegradable nanoparticles for oral delivery of a poorly soluble polyphenolic antioxidant ellagic acid. Indo-Italian Workshop on chemistry and biology of antioxidants, Department of Chemistry University of Delhi and Embassy of Italy, 8-9 January’ 2006, New Delhi.

Professional Activities

Seminars Delivered

• Potential of Biodegradable Nanoparticles in Oral drug delivery. Advances in Medical Diagnostics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 11th September 2008.

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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