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  • Prof Prashant S Kharkar

  • Professor
  • Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Publications 2002 - 2020

Publications

  • 55
    Journal Articles
  • 6
    Book Chapter
  • 1
    Conference
    Proceedings
  • 1
    Review
  • 9
    Projects
  • 1
  • 3
  • 1
  • 3

Citations / H-Index

361 Citations
11 h-index
296 Citations

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Expertise

Pharmacology and Pharmacy

Medicinal Chemist With Expertise In Computer-Aided Molecular Design; Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; Materials Chemistry; Chemical Biology Drug Discovery Scientist With >15 Yrs Of Research Experience In Foreign And Indian Multinationals And Indian Companies; Extensive Experience In Preclinical And Clinical Development Of New Chemical Entities (Nces); Major Research Contribution In The Fields Of Anticancer And Cancer Stem Cell (Csc) Inhibitors, Antitubercular And Anti-Helicobac

Personal Information

Prof Prashant S Kharkar

Male
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - 400019


Experience

  • Professor

    Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology

    Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

  • Professor

    SPP School of Pharmacy & Technology Management

    Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

  • Associate Professor

    SPP School of Pharmacy & Technology Management

    Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

  • Senior Research Scientist

    Global Discovery and Molecular Modeling

    Takeda-Nycomed Pharma Pvt. Ltd.

  • Research Scientist

    Medicinal Chemsitry

    Piramal Life Sciences Limited

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences

    Wayne State University

  • Executive

    Drug Discovery Research

    Reliance Life Sciences

  • Junior Scientist

    Cheminformatics

    Nicholas Piramal India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Lecturer

    Pharmaceutical Chemistry

    BVP's College of Pharmacy


Qualification

  • PhD

    Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

  • M. Pharm. Sci.

    Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

  • B. Pharm.

    NDMVPS's College of Pharmacy, Nasik


Honours and Awards

2018

Best Research Output of the Year 2017-18

SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai

2018

Best Major Project Thesis in Quality Assurance (QA) (2017-18)

SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai

2017

DST Foreign Travel Grant for presenting research work at Gordon Research Conference on Computer Aided Drug Design, West Dover, USA

DST

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2018

Best Research Output of the Year 2017-18

SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai

2018

Best Major Project Thesis in Quality Assurance (QA) (2017-18)

SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai

2017

DST Foreign Travel Grant for presenting research work at Gordon Research Conference on Computer Aided Drug Design, West Dover, USA

DST

2016

Best Poster Award at International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC)-2016, Mauritius

University of Mauritius

2016

Indian National Science Academy (INSA) deputation under International Collaboration and Exchange Programme to University of Mauritius, Mauritius

Indian National Science Academy (INSA)

2014

Best e-Presentation Award at the Virtual Conference on Computational Chemistry (VCCC)-2014

University of Mauritius, Mauritius

2014

Best Poster Award at International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC)-2014, Mauritius

University of Mauritius, Mauritius

2014

Best Poster Award at International Conference on Pure and Applied Chemistry (ICPAC)-2014, Mauritius (June 2014) (Poster Presented by Dr. Richie Bhandare)

University of Mauritius, Mauritius

2013

10. DST Foreign Travel Grant for presenting research work at Gordon Research Conference on Bioorganic Chemistry, Andover, USA

DST

2003

Chemical Structure Association (CSA) Trust Grant 2003 (US $ 1000) for presenting poster overseas.

Chemical Structure Association (CSA) Trust, Philadelphia, USA

2003

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Foreign Travel Grant for presenting research paper at a Conference in Australia

CSIR

2000

Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) award

University Grants Commission

1998

All India Rank 1 at the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-1998 examination. Score : 99.96 percentile

IIT Bombay

1998

K. C. Mahindra Talent Scholarship for securing 1st rank in T. Y. and Final Yr. B. Pharm

K C Mahindra Trust

1998

Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) award

University Grants Commission

1992

National Merit Scholarship for securing 90 % in S. S. C.

Government of India

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2020

Design and Development of Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) Inhibitors

Ms. Komal Padhariya, SVKM's NMIMS

2019

Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluations of Novel Inosine 5’-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase II (IMDPH II) Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents

Mr. Chetan P. Shah, SVKM's NMIMS

2019

Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Agents

Mr. Niteshkumar U. Sahu, SVKM's NMIMS

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2020

Design and Development of Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) Inhibitors

Ms. Komal Padhariya, SVKM's NMIMS

2019

Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluations of Novel Inosine 5’-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase II (IMDPH II) Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents

Mr. Chetan P. Shah, SVKM's NMIMS

2019

Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Agents

Mr. Niteshkumar U. Sahu, SVKM's NMIMS

2018

Design, Synthesis and Biomedical/Biological Evaluation of Fluorescent Probes

Ms. Sona B. Warrier , SVKM's NMIMS

2018

Targeting System Xc- (sxc-) against Glioma Cancer

Mr. Dhavalkumar Patel, SVKM's NMIMS

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2018

Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI)

Life-Member

2016

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

MRSC

2006

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Life Member

2018

Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI)

Life-Member

2016

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

MRSC

2006

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Life Member

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Membership In Committees

2020

ICT-PanIIT Consortium Committee

Member

2020

ICMR - Expert Panel on COVID-19

Expert Drug Discovery Researcher

2019

Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC), SVKM's NMIMS

Member

2020

ICT-PanIIT Consortium Committee

Member

2020

ICMR - Expert Panel on COVID-19

Expert Drug Discovery Researcher

2019

Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC), SVKM's NMIMS

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Research Projects

Synthesis of New Chemical Entities (NCEs)

Funding Agency : Sparge Chem Pvt Ltd., Pune

Development of Novel Anti-Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) Therapeutics

Funding Agency : Godavari Biorefineries Ltd., Mumbai

Scale-up of Lead Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Molecule Intermediate

Funding Agency : Godavari Biorefineries Ltd., Mumbai

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Synthesis of New Chemical Entities (NCEs)

Funding Agency : Sparge Chem Pvt Ltd., Pune

Development of Novel Anti-Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) Therapeutics

Funding Agency : Godavari Biorefineries Ltd., Mumbai

Scale-up of Lead Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Molecule Intermediate

Funding Agency : Godavari Biorefineries Ltd., Mumbai

Evaluation of XARTM for Anti-Aging Effects

Funding Agency : Epigeneres Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Development of Novel Fluorescent Substrates for Enzyme Sensitive Assays of Aminoacylases, Trypsin and Chymotrypsin

Funding Agency : SVKM's NMIMS

Targeting Therapy-resistant Cancer Stem Cells

Funding Agency : DBT/BIRAC

Design and Development of Novel Inhibitors of Inosine 5’-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase II (IMPDH II) as Anti-inflammatory Agents

Funding Agency : DST/SERB

Comparative Evaluation of Microcrystalline Cellulose obtained from Bagasse (MCC-B) with Pharmaceutical Grade MCC

Funding Agency : Godavari Biorefineries Ltd., Mumbai

Discovery of Inhibitors of System Xc¯ Transporter, a Novel Therapeutic Target for Glutamate-Mediated Excitoxicity and Epileptogenesis

Funding Agency : DBT/NTF

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