Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology

Teaching Experience: 20 Years

Undergraduate

• Biology (BL101, Institute Course)
• Universal Human Values - I (H101 - Institute Course)
• Universal Human Values - II (H102 - Institute Course)
• Basics of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PH101)
• Natural Drugs and Excipients (PH341)
• Industrial Pharmacognosy (PH342)
• Natural Products and Phytotherapy (PH441)
• Nutraceuticals and Herbal Cosmetics (PH443 - Open Elective)

Postgraduate

• Medicinal Plant Biotechnology (PH542)
• Herbal Drug Formulation & Standardization (PH543)
• Herbal Drug Technology (PH544)
• Separation Techniques of Bioactives (PH545)

Ph.D.

• Advanced Pharmacognosy (PH7105)

Research interest

• Preparation & characterization of carbon dots from medicinal plants for healthcare and environmental applications

• Herbal drugs, phytopharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals - formulation, standardization and evaluation 

• Quality control studies of medicinal plants

The overall objective is to develop natural products-based rational translational products for the healthcare and environmental applications.

Research guidance

As Mentor: Young Scientist (SERB) - 01    

As Supervisor: 

Ph.D.: 03 Completed; 04 Pursuing 

M.Pharm.: 18 Completed; 03 Pursuing

M.Tech. (IDD): 05 Completed

B.Pharm.: 28 Completed; 03 Pursuing

As Co- Supervisor: Ph.D. – 01 Completed

Patent

Date of Grant: 13.12.2022; A multi-utility equipment, Filed: Application no.: 201811033581; Patent No.: 414343

Book / Chapter in Book

Book: 

Alakh Niranjan Sahu, Debadatta Mohapatra, Soki Daeme Malang and Pooja Kathait, Instrumental Methods for Analysis and Characterizations of Phytopharmaceuticals (April 2026), ISBN: 978-1-032-89020-3(hbk), ISBN: 978-1-032-89022-7 (pbk), ISBN: 978-1-003-54082-3(ebk), DOI: 10.1201/9781003540823, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton London New York.

Gaurav Gopal Naik, Alakh N Sahu and Vijay A Jagtap, Textbook of Social and Preventive Pharmacy (2024), ISBN: 978-81-97888-67-0, Ane Publishers & Distrubutors LLP, New Delhi – 110002, www.anebooks.com. 

Alekh Niranjan Sahu & Debadatta Mohapatra, Herbal Drug Formulation and Standardization (June 2021), ISBN 978-93-90658-36-7, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi – 110002, www.anebooks.com.  

Chapter in Book: 

Gitali Sen, Pradeep Kumar Patel, Soki Daeme Malang, Pooja Kathait, Ankur, Navneet Yadav, Sunday O. Otimenyin, and Alakh N. Sahu (2025), Nanomaterials in Targeted Drug Delivery for Metabolic Syndrome, page no. 145 – 180, ISBN 978-981-95-3745-7, ISBN 978-981-95-3746-4 (eBook), Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-3746-4

Pradeep Kumar Patel, Gitali Sen, Pooja Kathait, Soki Daeme Malang, Ankur, Muhammad Delwar Hussain, and Alakh N. Sahu  (2025), Nanomaterials in Regulating Lipid Metabolism, page no. 207 - 246, ISBN 978-981-95-3745-7, ISBN 978-981-95-3746-4 (eBook), Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-3746-4

Singh Shreya, Debadatta Mohapatra, and Alakh N. Sahu (2025), Cancer Nanotheranostics: Emerging Strategies for Diagnosis and Therapeutics in Cancer Metabolism, page no. 247 - 290, ISBN 978-981-95-3745-7, ISBN 978-981-95-3746-4 (eBook), Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-3746-4

Debadatta Mohapatra, Singh Shreya, Alakh N. Sahu, Sudarsan Biswal, Gyanada Sankar Dash, and Prakash Ch. Senapati (2025), Carbon-Based Hybrid Nanomaterials for Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome, page no. 301 - 340, ISBN 978-981-95-3745-7, ISBN 978-981-95-3746-4 (eBook), Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-3746-4

Debadatta Mohapatra, Singh Shreya, Prakash Ch Senapati, Satyajeet Biswal, Gaurav Gopal Naik, Pooja Kathait, Soki Daeme Malang, Pradeep Kumar Patel, Shambhavi, Ankur, Pratap Chandra Acharya, Muhammad Delwar Hussain and Alakh N Sahu (2025), Nanoscale drug delivery systems for gastrointestinal therapeutics, page no. 19 – 116, ISBN: 978-0-443-34039-0, Publisher: Megan Ball, Academic Press, Elsevier, London, U.K.

Gaurav Gopal Naik, Vijay A. Jagtap, and Alakh Niranjan Sahu (2025), Application of quantum dots in metabolic disorders, page no. 101 - 128, ISBN: 978-0-443-28942-2, Publisher: Elsevier, Radarweg 29, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Gaurav Gopal Naik, Alakh N. Sahu, Vichitra Kaushik, Atul Kaushik and Biresh Kumar Sarkar (2023), Phytopharmaceuticals and Herbal Drugs - Prospects and Safety Issues in the Delivery of Natural Products, page no. 215 – 248, ISBN: 978-0-323-99125-4, Publisher: Stacy Masucci, Academic Press, Elsevier, London, U.K.

Chhanda Charan Danta and Alakh Niranjan Sahu (2023), Naturally occurring anticancer drugs, Medicinal Chemistry of Chemotherapeutic Agents - A Comprehensive Resource of Anti-infective and Anti-cancer Drugs, page no. 540 - 588, ISBN: 978-0-323-90575-6, Publisher: Mica Haley, Academic Press, Elsevier, London, U.K.

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals: 2021 – 2026

Gaurav Gopal Naik , Jainam Shah, Arun Kumar Balasubramaniam &  Alakh N Sahu (March 2021) Applications of natural product-derived carbon dots in cancer biology, Nanomedicine (Lond) 16(7), 587-608. 

Stuti Pandey, Alakh N. Sahu, Manmath K. Nandi (2021) Pharmacognostical, Phytochemical and HPTLC Study of Indian Medicinal Plant Ludwigia octovalvis, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 13(01) 

Debadatta Mohapatra , Ashish K. Agrawal & Alakh N. Sahu (August 2021) Exploring the potential of solid dispersion for improving solubility, dissolution & bioavailability of herbal extracts, enriched fractions, and bioactives, Journal of Microencapsulation 38 (7-8) 594-612. 

Debadatta Mohapatra, Md. Bayazeed Alam, Vivek Pandey, Ravi Pratap, Pawan K Dubey, Avanish S Parmar & Alakh N Sahu  (September 2021) Carbon dots from an immunomodulatory plant for cancer cell imaging, free radical scavenging and metal sensing applications, Nanomedicine (Lond) 16(23), 2039-2059.

Gaurav Gopal Naik, Ankit Uniyal, Deepak Chouhan, Vinod Tiwari and Alakh N. Sahu (July 2021) Natural Products and Some Semi-Synthetic Analogues as Potential TRPV1 Ligands for Attenuating  Neuropathic Pain, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 23 (6), 766-786. 

Alakh N Sahu and Debadatta Mohapatra (December 2021) Nanovesicular transferosomes for the topical delivery of plant bioactives, Nanomedicine (Lond) 16(28), 2491-2495.

Debadatta Mohapatra, Ravi Pratap, Vivek Pandey, Pawan K. Dubey, Ashish K. Agrawal, Avanish S. Parmar and Alakh N. Sahu (January 2022) Tinospora cordifolia Leaves Derived Carbon dots for Cancer Cell Bioimaging, Free radical Scavenging, and Fe3⁺ Sensing Applications, Journal of Fluorescence,  32(1),  275–292. 

Stuti Pandey, A N Sahu and M K Nandi (July 2022) Quality control and HPTLC study of crude drug of an Indian medicinal plant Alternanthera ficoidea, International Journal of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences, 11(7): 2969-2983. 

Debadatta Mohapatra, Ravi Pratap, Vivek Pandey, Singh Shreya, Prakash Ch. Senapati, Pawan K. Dubey, Avanish S. Parmar and Alakh N. Sahu (July 2022) In Vitro Cancer Cell Imaging, Free Radical Scavenging, and Fe³⁺ Sensing Activity of Green Synthesized Carbon Dots from Leaves of Piper longum,  Journal of Cluster Science, 34, 1269–1290.

Kohina Dixit, Debadatta Mohapatra, P. C. Senapati, R. Panda and A. N. Sahu (August 2022) Formulation Development and Evaluation of Lawsonia inermis Extract Loaded Hydrogel for Wound Dressing Application,  Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 84 (4), 848-862. 

Gaurav Gopal Naik, Tarun Minocha, Abhineet Verma, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Satyen Saha, Ashish Kumar Agrawal, Sanjay Singh & Alakh N. Sahu (November 2022) Asparagus racemosus root-derived carbon nanodots as a nano-probe for biomedical applications, Journal of Materials Science 57, 20380–20401. 

Stuti Pandey, Pawan Kumar Pandey, Alakh Niranjan Sahu, Himanshu Verma, Manmath Kumar Nandi (2023) Targeting biosignatures of hyperglycemia and oxidative stress in diabetes comorbid depressive rats: effectiveness of hydroethanolic extract of the whole plant of Ludwigia octovalvis, Traditional Medicine Research 2023;8(2), 1- 8. 

Singh Shreya, Dulla Naveen Kumar, Debadatta Mohapatra, Shivani Jaiswal, Gaurav Gopal Naik, Santosh Kumar Guru, Ashish Kumar Agarwal, Senthil Raja Ayyannan and  Alakh N. Sahu (January 2023) Tracing the Anti‑cancer Mechanism of Pleurotus osteratus by the Integrative Approach of Network Pharmacology and Experimental Studies, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 195(1), 152-171.

Singh Shreya, Shreyans K Jain, Santosh Kumar Guru and Alakh N Sahu (2023) Anti-cancer potential of Pleurotus mushroom: Detailed insight on the potential bioactive molecule, In vitro-In vivo studies, and formulation, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 20(4), 439-456. 

Singh Shreya, Deepak Kasote, Debadatta Mohapatra, Gaurav Gopal Naik, Santosh Kumar Guru, Nese Sreenivasulu, Yashpal Sharma, Alakh N. Sahu (January 2023) Chemometric‑based analysis of metabolomics studies of bioactive fractions of pleurotus osteratus and their correlation with in vitro anti‑cancer activity, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 195(7), 4602-4616. 

Debadatta Mohapatra, Ravi Pratap, Vivek Pandey, Singh Shreya, Gaurav Gopal Naik, Subhash C. Mandal, Sunday O. Otimenyin, Pawan K. Dubey, Avanish S. Parmar and Alakh N. Sahu (April 2023) Bioengineered dual fluorescent carbon nano dots from Indian long pepper leaves for multifaceted environmental and health utilities, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(18), 52182-52208. 

Singh Shreya, Debadatta Mohapatra, Gaurav Gopal Naik, Yamini Bobde, Balaram Ghosh, and Alakh N Sahu (May 2023) In vitro antioxidant and cytotoxic potential of pleurotus mushroom and activity-based correlation: A comparative study, Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 78 (04), 456–463. 

Krishna N. Mishra, Debadatta Mohapatra, Pratibha Chaubey, Alakh N. Sahu, Shailendra Kumar, and Harish C. Upadhyay (26 June 2023), Bio-fabricatiton of Silver Nanoparticles Using Alysicarpus vaginalis Extract: Preparation, Characterization and Comparative in vitro Antibacterial Evaluations, ChemistrySelect, 8 (24), 1 – 8. 

Debadatta Mohapatra, Dulla Naveen Kumar, Singh Shreya, Dhananjay Panigrahi, Ashish Kumar Agrawal & Alakh N Sahu (June 2023), Quality-by-design-based development of ultradeformable nanovesicular transgelosome of standardized Piper longum extract for melanoma, Nanomedicine, 18(14), 963-985. 10.2217/nnm-2023-0069 C _ 2023 Future Medicine Ltd,  ISSN 1743-5889.

Gaurav Gopal Naik, Ravi Pratap, Debadatta Mohapatra, Singh Shreya, Deepak K. Sharma, Avanish S. Parmar, Arjun Patra, and Alakh N Sahu (September 2023), From phytomedicine to photomedicine: quercetin‑derived carbon nanodots—synthesis, characterization and healthcare applications, J Mater Sci ,  58, 13744-13761. 

H. V. Chethan, Debadatta Mohapatra, Alakh N Sahu and Siva Hemalatha (2023), Formulation Development and Evaluation of Hydrogel Containing Silver Nanoparticles with Withania coagulans Aqueous Extract, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 85(4), 987-996. 

Debadatta Mohapatra, Dulla Naveen Kumar, Singh Shreya, Vivek Pandey, Pawan K. Dubey, Ashish Kumar Agrawal & Alakh N Sahu (December 2023), Quality by design–based development and optimization of fourth-generation ternary solid dispersion of standardized Piper longum extract for melanoma therapy, Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 13(12), 3094-3131. 

Upadhyay, Sonal, Vivek Pandey, Anima Tripathi, Alakh N. Sahu, Anjali Rani, Amita Diwakar, Lavina Chaubey, Rashmi Gupta, and Pawan K. Dubey (2023), A comparative analysis of phytochemicals versus synthetic drugs/nanomedicines in the treatment of uterine fibroid: a systematic review, Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences, 16, 21–36.

Naik, Gaurav Gopal, Debadatta Mohapatra, Singh Shreya, Reena Madavi, Shambhavi, Pradeep Kumar Patel, and Alakh N. Sahu (December 2023), Nip in the bud: can carbon/quantum dots be a prospective nano-theranostics against COVID-19?, Bulletin of Materials Science 47, 6. 

Gaurav Naik Gopal, Reena Madavi, Tarun Minocha, Debadatta Mohapatra, Ravi Pratap, Singh Shreya, Pradeep Kumar Patel, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Avanish Parmar, Arjun Patra, Nishant Sudhir Jain, Swaha Satpathy, Mohsin Kazi, Muhammad Delwar Hussain and Alakh N Sahu (February 2024), In vitro cytotoxic potential of cow dung and expired tomato sauces-derived carbon nanodots against A-375 human melanoma cell line, Arabian Journal of Chemistry 17(2), 105576. 

Brajesh Chandra Pandey, Ashish Gupta, Alakh Niranjan Sahu, Riddha Dey, Richa Raghuwanshi and Nishi Kumari (2024), Biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticle from flower extract of Wedelia chinensis and their antibacterial and antioxidant activity, Nanoexpress 5 (02), 025027. 

Debadatta Mohapatra, Prakash Ch Senapati, Shantibhusan Senapati, Vivek Pandey, Pawan K Dubey, Sanjay Singh, Alakh N Sahu (2024), Quality-by-design-based microemulsion of disulfiram for repurposing in melanoma and breast cancer therapy, Therapeutic Delivery, 15(07), 521-544. 

Ashish Gupta, Brajesh Chandra Pandey, Jaya Verma, Ida Tiwari, Alakh Niranjan Sahu, Rajesh Kumari Manhas, Nishi Kumari (2024), Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticle from flower extract of Dillenia indica and its efficacy as antibacterial and antioxidant, Microbial Pathogenesis, 193, 106779. 

Soki Daeme Malang, Shambhavi and Alakh N Sahu (2024), Transethosomal gel for enhancing transdermal delivery of natural therapeutics, Nanomedicine 19 (21-22), 1801-1819. 

Sanjana Sawant, Gaurav Gopal Naik and Alakh N Sahu, Vijay A Jagtap (2024), Understanding the chemistry & pharmacology of antibody–drug conjugates in triple-negative breast cancer with special reference to exatecan derivatives, Medical Oncology, 41(12), 1-21. 

Vivek Pandey, Alka Sharma, Sonal Tiwari, Yashvant Patel, Jayhind Kumar Chauhan, Safiya Ayesha, Alakh N Sahu, Rashmi Gupta, Anima Tripathi and Pawan K Dubey (2024), Shatavarin-IV rescues the Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) induced oxidative stress in rat granulosa cells in vitro, Reproductive Toxicology, 130, 108737. 

Pooja Kathait, Pradeep Kumar Patel and Alakh N Sahu (2024), Harnessing exosomes and plant-derived exosomes as nanocarriers for the efficient delivery of plant bioactives, Nanomedicine, 19 (30), 2679-2697. 

Apoorva Dwivedi, Sinchan Das, Vaishali Tiwari, Varsha Yadav, Sunil K Jain, Vivekananda Mandal, Souvik Mukherjee, Swaha Satpathy, Debadatta Mohapatra, Alakh N Sahu, Mantra Prasad Satpathy, Sanjay Kumar Mehta, Sneha Singh, Manoj Goyal, Mohsin Kazi, Muhammad Delwar Hussain and Arjun Patra (2024), Microwave-assisted green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Mitragyna parvifolia bark extract and their biological activities: an economical and environment-friendly approach, Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 17(01), 2395919. 

Singh Shreya, Debadatta Mohapatra, Gaurav Gopal Naik, Pooja Kathait, Soki Malang, Pradeep Patel, Shambhavi, Gulzar Alam and Alakh N Sahu (February 2025), Cancer multi-omics-based differential expression analysis and prognostic potential of identified hub targets of myco-metabolites for breast carcinoma and lung carcinoma, Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 11(01), 17. 

Sinchan Das, Apoorva Dwivedi, Vaishali Tiwari, Varsha Yadav, Swaha Satpathy, Debadatta Mohapatra, Alakh N Sahu, Mohsin Kazi, Muhammad Delwar Hussain, Manoj Goyal, Souvik Mukherjee, Altamash Khan, Vivekananda Mandal, Mohammad Nur-e-Alam and Arjun Patra (April 2025), Microwave-Based Rapid Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Utilizing a Notorious Weed (Mikania micrantha) Extract and Evaluation of their Biomedical Properties, Waste and Biomass Valorization, 16 (04), 1955 - 1972.

Himani Himani, Debadatta Mohapatra, Singh Shreya, Satyajeet Biswal, Gaurav Gopal Naik, Soki Daeme Malang, Pooja Kathait, Pradeep Kumar Patel, Shambhavi Shambhavi, Prakash Ch Senapati, Pratap Chandra Acharya and Alakh N Sahu (2025), Development and Characterization of Liposomal Phytoformulation of Piper longum L. for Melanoma Therapy, Pharmaceutical Sciences 31(3), 237-250. 

Jugal Sutradhar, Debadatta Mohapatra, Nirupam Das, Alakh Niranjan Sahu and Bapi Ray Sarkar (October 2025), Development and Characterization of Standardized Mesua ferrea Linn. Extract-Loaded Phytosome Gel for Atopic Dermatitis in BALB/c Female Mice, Pharmaceutical Sciences, 31 (04), 464-479. 

Sanjana Sawant, Gaurav Gopal Naik, Vijay Jagtap and Alakh N. Sahu (November 2025), Synthesis and Characterization of Bluish-Green Fluorescent Carbon Dots from Momordica dioica Seeds and Floral-Derived Clerodendrum infortunatum for Antimicrobial Activities, Journal of Fluorescence, 35(11), 12087-12103.  

Gaurav Gopal Naik, Dipak Thikar, Ketaki Sanas, Saloni Dongare, Sanskriti Dixit, Ankita Sadikale, Amit Patkar, Mayuri Gawade and Alakh N. Sahu (December 2025), Amalgamation of natural products & material chemistry via synthesis of metallic nanoparticles, Discover Chemistry, 2, 1-50. 

Nidhi Redkar, Gaurav Gopal Naik, Vijay Jagtap, Abhineet Verma and Alakh N. Sahu (February 2026), Nature Meets Nanoscience: Comparison Between Plant Mediated Green Synthesis of Copper and Iron Nanoparticles from Embelia Ribes and Peltophorum Pterocarpum and Their Biological Applications Chemistry Select, 11(7), 1-17. 

Funded Projects

As Principal Investigator:

• Preparation & characterization of natural products derived self-surface functionalized carbon dots for oral cancer theranostics, CST, UP sponsored project, Project ID: 752, CST, U.P., sanction order No. CST/D-1163, dated -26.08.2022. (Rs 11.94 lakhs)

• Phytochemical and pharmacological evaluations of bioactivity guided fractions of medicinal plants of Tripura under Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India DBT’s Twinning Programme, 2018 (26.5 lakhs)

• Phytochemical standardization and pharmacological evaluation of some potential anti- gastroduodenal ulcer plants: RPS – AICTE, New Delhi 2007 (10.65 lakhs)

As Co- Principal Investigator:

• Standardization, Scientific validationand automation of taila bindu pariksha – an ancient prognostic tool, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi, April 2024 (Rs 68.45 lakhs) 

• Analytical study of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana of Jayapur and Nagapur in Varanasi

District:  MGNCRE Minor Action Research Project, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, September 2021 (Rs 2.00 lakhs)

• Evaluation of reversal potential of Bryonia laciniosa seeds (Shivlingi) extract against Bisphenol-A    induced epigenetic changes during pre and post-natal development in rat model: A focus on female    reproductive health: UGC, New Delhi, December 2018 (10.0 lakhs)

• Standardization of Cryptocoryne sprialis (Retzius) Fisch.ex.wydler  and Aconitum heterophyllum Wall.: AYUSH, New Delhi, 2009 (16.50 lakhs)

• Ethnomedicinal plants as a source of new therapeutic agents against psoriasis: AYUSH, New Delhi, 2007 (18.00 lakhs)

• Corson Lab, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada.

• Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

• Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, NIPER, S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab, India.

• Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Pharmaceuticals, NIPER-Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, BIT, Mesra, Ranchi, India.

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

• Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur,

• Odisha, India.

• BHU, Varanasi, India.

• Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir 180006, India

• Department of Pharmacy, Tripura University-A Central University, Agartala, Tripura, India.

• Department of Pharmacy, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, India.

• Rajkiya Engineering College (Affiliated with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow), Churk, Sonbhadra, India.

• Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Integrated Product Development, Bachupally (V&M), Medchal District, Telangana, India.

Current Research Activities

• Development and characterization of novel phytoformulations for NASH and Atherosclerosis 

• Preparation & characterization of natural products derived self-surface functionalized carbon dots for oral cancer theranostics

Research Team 

Current Ph.D. student (s)

• Ms. Soki Daeme Malang (Pursuing)

• Ms. Pooja Kathait (Pursuing)

• Mr. Pradeep Kumar Patel (Pursuing)

• Ms. Gitali Sen (Pursuing)

 Current M. Pharm. Student (s)

• Ms. Shreshtha Srivastava (Final year)

• Mr. Shailesh Wanare (Final year)

• Ms. Vaibhavi Sayam (Final year)

• Mr. Anuj Mahesh Choudhary (1^st year)

• Mr. Devansh Mishra (1^st year)

Current Project scholar (s)

• Mr. Gauransh Mishra

Pass out Ph.D. student (s)

• Dr. Singh Shreya Hariawadhsingh 

• Dr. Gaurav Gopal Naik 

• Dr. Debadatta Mohapatra

Equipment available in Phytomedicine Research Laboratory (PRL)

• Rotary vacuum evaporator (RV 10 digital, IKA^®, Germany)

• Hot air oven (NSW Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India)

• Stability Chamber (SR Lab Instruments, Mumbai, India)

• UV Spectrophotometer (Cary 60, Agilent, USA)

• Domestic microwave oven (HOTBLAST™, Samsung, South Korea)

• Microscope (Magnus MLX Plus, Olympus Opto Systems India Pvt. Lt d., Uttar Pradesh, India; Dewinter Microscope, New Delhi, India)

• Biochemical analyzer (CHEM-5 Plus v2, Erba, Mannheim, Germany)

• Double distillation apparatus (Borosil, Mumbai, India)

• Moisture analyzer (AXIS, Poland)

• Refrigirated centrifuge (Remi CM 12 PLUS, Mumbai, India)

• UV cabinet (Perfit India)

• Bath sonicator (AN-SS-6L, GT SONIC^®, China)

• Vortex (Labquest, Borosil, Mumbai, India)

• pH, Conductivity & TDS meter (PC 700, Eutech Instrument, Singapore)

• Analytical balance (Shimadzu, Japan; Sartorius, Germany, Axis, Poland)

• Mixture grinder (HL7756/00, Phillips, India)

• Orbital shaker (REMI^®, RS 12 plus, Mumbai, India)

• Temperature controlling magnetic stirrer (IKA^®, Germany)

Equipment available in Departmental Sophisticated Instruments Laboratory

• Dissolution apparatus ((Electrolab Trust-E08, Mumbai, India)

• Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR, Alpha II, Bruker, Germany)

• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR, Shimadzu, Japan)

• HPLC (Waters , Milford, Massachusetts, USA)

• Flow Cytometer (Cytoflex, Beckman Coulter, Brea, California, USA)

• Multimode reader (SpectraMax M5, Molecular Devices, USA; Bio-Rad Laboratories, Munchen, Germany)

• Spectrofluorometer (RF 1501, Shimazdu, Japan)

• In-vivo bioimager (Photon Imager Optima, Biospacelab, France)

• UV Spectrophotometer (Cary 60, Agilent, USA)

• HPTLC (CAMAG, Switzerland)

• Cell Incubator (HERAcell 240i CO₂ incubator GP 230V, 50/60 Hz, Thermo Fisher, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA)

• Inverted Microscope (Victory Plus, Dewinter Inverted Biological Microscope, New Delhi, India)

Departmental Animal facility 

*CPCSEA-approved animal facility (2123/GO/Re/S/21/CPCSEA, March 18, 2021)

Equipment available in Institution’s Central Instrumental Facility (CIF), IIT (BHU), Varanasi

• HR-TEM (FEI, TECNAIG2 F20 TWIN, USA)

• HR-SEM ((FEI Nova™ Nano SEM 450, FEI, USA)

• SEM (CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY LTD. Germany)

• SPM (NTEGRA Prima, NT-MDT Service, and Logistics Ltd.)

• NMR (AVH D 500 AVANCE III HD 500 MHɀ OneBay NMR Spectrometer, BRUKER BioSpin INTERNATIONAL AG, Germany)

• Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM 900, Carl Zeiss Microscopy, GMBH, Germany)

• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR, Nicolet iS5, Company: THERMO Electron Scientific Instruments LLC)

• DSC equipment (DSC 60 Plus, Shimadzu, Japan)

• TGA apparatus (Shimadzu TGA-50 analyzer, Shimadzu, Japan)

• BT-XRD (Rigaku Miniflex 600 Desktop System, Tokyo, Japan)

• HR-XRD (Rigaku SmartLab 9kW Powder type, Tokyo, Japan)

• Magnetic Property Measurement System (MPMS^® 3, Quantum Design Inc., USA)

• Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV-3D, Dantec Dynamics A/S, Denmark)

• PCB Protyping Machine (LPKF-PCB ProtoMat S103, LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, Garbsen, Germany)

• Ion Chromatography (Dual channel 930 Compact IC Flex ChS/PP, Metrohm AG, Herisau, Switzerland)

• Multi-Function Tribometer (Rtec Instruments, USA)

• Surface Area Measurement Facility (BET, BELLSORP MAX II & BELCAT-II, MicrotracBEL Corp.br, Germany)

• ICP-MS (Agilent 7800 ICP-MS, USA)

• XPS (Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA)

Conducted (2018 - 2026)

• Organizing Secretary, 46th Annual IABMS Conference on “Recent Advances in Drug Discovery and Development-2025” (RADDD-2025) October 06-09th, 2025, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

   

• Celebration of 2^nd National Pharmacy Education Day, 06.03.2025, birth anniversary of Prof. Mahadev Lal Schroff, the Founder of Pharmacy Education in India. Theme: Entrepreneurship and Startups in Pharma and Pharmacy Practice: Encouraging Innovation, Incubation Centres and Pharmaceutical Startups.

• Co-Convener, SERB – Scientific Social Responsibility Policy (SSR) Workshop on “Exploring Chromatographic Techniques: From Theory to Application”, 08.11.2024.

   

• Celebration of 1^st National Pharmacy Education Day, 06.03.2024, birth anniversary of Prof. Mahadev Lal Schroff, the Founder of Pharmacy Education in India. Theme: Leveraging Synergism: Industry-Academia Partnership for Implementation of National Education Policy.

   

• Host Institute Coordinator, 7 days DST STUTI ICT workshop entitled “A Hands-on-Training on Flow Cytometry”,  29.11.2022 to 05.12.2022, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
• Course Coordinator, AICTE sponsored Online QIP Short Term Course on “Natural Products in Holistic Healthcare – Recent Trends & Future Prospects (NPH2)”, 21- 26 December, 2020, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT(BHU), Varanasi.
• Treasurer - International Conference on Emerging Trends in Drug Discovery and Development, 18-20th January, 2018, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT(BHU), Varanasi.

Participated (2018 - 2026)

• Delivered Invited Talk in “UPCST sponsored one-day workshop on 'Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Drug Discovery: From Molecule to Market', 14^th February 2026, SBS College of Pharmacy, Malwan, Fatehpur, India.

• Participated in Faculty Leadership Development Programme under the aegis of MMTTP, September 01-05, 2025, IIM Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu.

• Delivered Invited Talk in “National Conference on Pharma-Outlook: Opportunities and Challenges,” on 28th February 2025, organized by Kashi institute of Pharmacy (Kashi IP) Mirzamurad, Varanasi.

• Participated and completed online AICTE Evaluated 2-Week Patent Course (equivalent 30-hours workload), 09.10.2023 to 22.10.2023, organised by Turnip Innovations, Kolkata, India.

• Delivered Invited Talk in 8^th edition of International conference on Nanotechnology for Better Living NBL-2023, 25 – 29 May 2023 at the NIT Srinagar, a joint venture with IIT(BHU) Varanasi and in association with Parul University. Topic: Hydrothermal-engineered biomass-derived carbon nanodots for antioxidant and metal-sensing activity

• Participated in the 5 days “Faculty Development Program (FDP) for Teachers in Higher Education in the context of NEP 2020”, organized by Inter University Center for Teacher Education (IUCTE), Varanasi, 13 - 17 February, 2023.
• Attended Webinar on “Role of Pharmacopoeia in Ensuring Availability of Quality Medicines”, Small & Medium Pharmaceutical Industry Centre (SMPIC), NIPER, Sector 67, S.A.S. Nagar - 160062 (Punjab) India, 25^th February 2022.
• Attended the International Virtual Workshop ‘Bioelectronic Medicine’, jointly organized by IIT (BHU) Varanasi and IISc Bangalore and co-hosted by the Henry Royce Institute, The University of Manchester, UK, 16^th December 2021.
• Participated in workshop on Grant Writing under Biological Sciences domain conducted on December 09, 2020 through video conferencing by Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences, Ministry of Education, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
•  Participated in High Performance Computing Workshop organized by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune (India), DST-Centre for Inter Disciplinary Mathematical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi (India) and Department of Computer Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi (India), 20 – 25 January 2020, BHU, Varanasi, India. 
• Participated in Interactive Session on “Phytopharmaceuticals: Development, Regulatory, IPR & Marketing Challenges”, 5 April 2019, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.
•  Attended Waters India Pvt Ltd., 2 days LC Method Development Certificate Course in Delhi 15-16 March, 2018.

Department /Centre’s Level (2018 – 2026)

• Member, Departmental Faculty Affairs Committee (DFAC), 01.01.2026 – 31.12.2026, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

• Convener, DPGC, 2023, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

• Convener, Departmental level Alumni Affairs Committee, 2021-2022, IIT (BHU)
  Convener, DUGC, 2017-2018 and 2018- 2019

• Chairman, Admission Committee, Ph.D. programmes, 2018-2019 (Even Semester)
  Member, DFAC, upto 31.12.2019

• Convener, Departmental Course Revision Committee, 2018-2019

• Coordinator – Working group for proposing various educational MoU like with IPC, Govt. of India, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, USA etc., 2018

• Faculty In-charge – Proposal preparation for up-gradation of infrastructure, laboratories and academic facilities in the next 4 years, 2018

• Faculty In-charge – Proposal preparation for up-gradation of academic infrastructure, 2018

• Faculty In-charge - Induction Program, 2017, 2018

• Member – Department Student Travel Grant Support Committee

• In-Charge, Time-Table of Department: 2015-2018

• In-Charge, Repository of Department: 2016-2018

Institutes Level (2018 – 2026)

• Associate Dean (Resource & Alumni), IIT (BHU), 14.02.2026 – 13.02.2028.

• Nodal Officer, Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2025 Campaign, 15^th September – 2^nd October 2025 and Special Campaign for Disposal of Pending Matters 5.0, 2nd October 2025 to 31st October, 2025.

• Convener, Clean & Green Campus Committee, 01.04.2025 onwards, IIT (BHU).

• Department representative member, Institute TLC team, IIT (BHU), 2021-2022.

• Counsellor, Social Service Council, Gymkhana, IIT (BHU), 2018-2019 & 2019-2020.

• Core Committee member: Centenary Celebration, IIT (BHU), 2018-2020.

• Convener, Core Committee, 9th International Conference on Human Values in Higher Education, 2019 Member, Convocation 2016 – 2018.

Membership of Professional Societies

• The Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India; Life Membership: UP/LM-074

• The Indian Pharmaceutical Association; Life Membership: UP/VAR/LM/0039

• Society of Pharmacognosy; Life Member: LM – UP / S - 167

Peer Reviewer of Various Scientific Journals

    A. Elsevier Journals

    B. Bentham Science Journals

    C. Taylor & Francis Journals

    D. Springer

    E. Wiley

Reviewer of funded project’s from CSIR, AYUSH, CST, U.P. etc.

Resource Person / Chairperson / Evaluator (2018 – 2026)

• Expert, Selection Committee 2026, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.

• Expert, Selection Committee 2025, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.

• External Examiner, B. Pharma (Ayurveda) Practical Examination 2024, RGSC Campus, BHU.

• External Examiner, B. Pharma (Ayurveda) Practical Examination 2023, RGSC Campus, BHU.

• External Examiner, B. Pharma (Ayurveda) Practical Examination 2022, RGSC Campus, BHU.

• Evaluator and External Examiner for M.Pharm. 4^th semester dissertation viva-voce examination, December 2023, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur.

• Evaluator & External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis to Universities like Academy of Scientific And Innovative Research, CIMAP, Lucknow, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Andhra University, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam; JNTU Hyderabad & Kakinada, BIT MESRA, Ranchi; IFTM, Moradabad, Centurion University, Bhubaneshwar, Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai .

• Expert Member, Selection Board for the recruitment of Drug Inspector, under Department of H. & F.W., September 2023, Government of Odisha.

• Delivered Invited Talk in 8^th edition of Iinternational conference on Nanotechnology for Better Living NBL-2023, 25 – 29 May 2023 at the NIT Srinagar, a joint venture with IIT(BHU) Varanasi and in association with Parul University. Hydrothermal-engineered biomass-derived carbon nanodots for antioxidant and metal-sensing activity.

• Chairperson in Scientific Session, “1^st Paramedicon” An International Conference, Pharmacy (AY.) Course, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, RGSC, BHU, Varanasi, 7^th & 8^th April 2022.

• Expert Lecture (Online), Eminent Expert Lecture Series, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, 22nd February 2022.

• Keynote Speaker, “Pharmacy: Always Trusted for Your Health”, 11th World Pharmacists Day - Webinar, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kalinga University, Naya Raipur, Chattishgarh, 25th September 2021.

• External Examiner, B. Pharma (Ayurveda) 2nd & 3rd Year Practical Examination 2021, RGSC Campus, BHU.

• Evaluator for Hindi Debate competition in Hindi Pakhwada, 10.09.2021, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

• External Expert Member, Board of Post Graduate Studies, Department of Pharmacy, Tripura University, 2021 – 2023.

• Keynote Speaker, “Transforming Global Health”, 10th World Pharmacists Day - Webinar, Department of Pharmacy, Tripura University, Tripura, 25th  September 2020.

• External Expert Member (Pharmacy), Board of Studies, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, 2020 – 2022.

• Lecture in the seminar entitled “Scope and application of natural products in pharmaceutical research, GIPS, Guwahati, 26th September 2019.

Alakh N Sahu

Professor

Phytomedicine Research Lab

Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi-221005, India

E-Mail: ansahu.phe@iitbhu.ac.in

Mob: +91-9451137862

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