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Professor and Dean - School of Pharmaceutical & Population Health Informatics

Prof. (Dr.) Giriraj T Kulkarni

Professor and Dean - School of Pharmaceutical & Population Health Informatics

Prof. (Dr.) Giriraj T Kulkarni

  • Prof. (Dr.) Giriraj T Kulkarni has completed his B Pharm (1992) and M Pharm (1994) from Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka and PhD (2006) from The Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai. He has a total teaching and research experience of 30 years out of which, 17 years administrative experience as Faculty Head, Principal, Director and Dean. He has guided 60 M Pharm dissertations and 15 PhD research scholars.

    He has published 176 papers in various national and international journals and 14 books and book chapters through various international publishers such as Elsevier, Informa, etc. He also has 76 papers in various national and international conferences and has 19 patents to his credit. Natural excipients, hydrogel technology, nanotechnology for drug delivery, herbal drug delivery systems, Solubility enhancement using co-crystallization technology, pharmacometrics, population pharmacokinetics, dementia and neurodegeneration, chronotherapeutics.

Prof. (Dr.) Giriraj T Kulkarni

He is Life-member of various organizations including APTI, IPA, IPGA, SPER and SPDS. He has received various Awards which include Gold Medal from Gulbarga University in B. Pharm (1992), 36th IPC Award for securing first rank in B. Pharm (1992), IDMA (Indian Drug manufacturers’ Association) Best Paper Award (2002), APTI Best Paper Award (2010), International Travel Award from Tefarco Innova Italy (2005), APJ Abdul Kalam Research Thinker Award 2019 (Students’ Choice) from Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Pharma Ratna-2019: Best Professor Award from Rab Di Mehr Foundation, Delhi, National level first prize from SPDS for the paper presented in DRPI-2020, Teacher Recognition Award from Together We Can Foundation, Ambala Cantt, Haryana (2021), Best Principal Award from InSc, Bangalore (2023), Principal of the Year from SPER (2024).

He has worked on many Industry consultancy projects. He has been Member Secretary/ Chairperson of a number of management and policy boards including Board of Studies, Department Research Committee (DRC), Faculty Research Committee (FRC), Faculty Appraisal Committee in various universities.He has worked on many Industry consultancy projects. He has been Member Secretary/ Chairperson of a number of management and policy boards including Board of Studies, Department Research Committee (DRC), Faculty Research Committee (FRC), Faculty Appraisal Committee in various universities.

Selected as Guest Editor of ‘Natural Product Radiance’ (NISCAIR, New Delhi), to bring out a Special Issue on ‘Herbal Cosmetics and Cosmeceuticals’ (July-August 2005). Worked as Regional Editor of ‘Advances in Medical and Dental Sciences’ (American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information, Jordan). Working as Editorial Board Member of many national/ international journals. He is also working as Reviewer for many national / international journals published by Bentham, Elsevier, Springer-Nature, Informa, and NISCAIR.

He has organized more than 50 workshops / conferences / Webinars as Chairperson / Convener / Organization Committee member and attended 40 conferences in India and abroad as Resource person / Session Chair.