Dr Deepanjan Datta

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining : 23.08.2023

Department of Pharmaceutics

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Dr Deepanjan Datta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Pharmaceutics (Theory) First Year PharmD
Pharmaceutics Practical First Year PharmD
Industrial Pharmacy (Theory) Fourth Year B. Pharm
Novel Drug Delivery System (Theory) Fourth Year B. Pharm
Pharmaceutics Practical-I First Year M. Pharm

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
PhD Pharmaceutics Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus 2022
M Pharm Pharmaceutics Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi 2016
B Pharm Pharmaceutical Sciences Calcutta Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology & Allied Health Sciences, Uluberia, Howrah 2014

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Lloyd Institute of Management and Technology (Pharm.) Research Assistant Professor Teaching and Research 2022-2023
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Bachupally, Hyderabad Formulation Research and Development Scientist Formulation Research Scientist in topicals and transdermal products 2016-2018

Controlled delivery of Vancomycin from polymeric nanocarriers-spray vehicle for the treatment of MRSA skin infections

Seed grant funded by NIPER-Guwahati BioNest Incubation Centre, India (Proposal Ref No. BIRAC/KIIT02101/BIG-23/23).

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Pharmaceutics, Novel Drug Delivery

Area of Expertise

Overcoming biological barriers in transdermal and ocular drug deliveries

Area of Research

Transungual drug delivery, topical drug delivery, transdermal drug delivery, ocular drug delivery, microneedles, ionic liquids, polymeric bioadhesive patch, nanoformulations, Neonatal drug delivery

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Lloyd Institute of Management and Technology (Pharm.), Greater Noida, New Delhi, India.

Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for Some reputed journals

o   American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS); ISSN No. 1550-7416; Scopus Indexed [Q1]

o   Journal of Applied Polymer Science; ISSN No. 1097-4628; Scopus Indexed [Q2]

o   Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE); ISSN No. 1940-087X; Scopus Indexed [Q2]

o   Frontiers Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; ISSN No.1482-1826; Scopus Indexed [Q2]

o   Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences (JAPS); ISSN No. 2231-3354; Scopus Indexed [Q2]

o   Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology (JABB); ISSN No. 2347-212X; Scopus Indexed [Q2]

o   Biomedical Reports; ISSN No. 2049-9434; Scopus Indexed [Q2]

Achievements

o   Secured 7th position in “West Bengal State Level Post Graduate Entrance Test (WBUT- PGET)”; 2014.

o   Emerging Young Research Scientist Award by Institute of Scholars (InSc.), with award ID. 1YRA168; 2023.

o   Certificate awarded for being categorized as “Young Scientist”, by Controlled Release Society Local Chapter Annual Meeting in recognition of excellent contributions to the field of controlled release; 2020.

o   Awarded “Senior Research Fellow (SRF)’, by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus; 2019-2022.

o   Certificate and shield awarded for participation and won 1st prize for the ideation proposed on, “Dual-drug delivery approach” in Health-a-thon, organized by Lloyd Institute of Management and Technology (Pharm.),Greater Noida, India; 2023.

o   Certificate and shield awarded for participation and won 3rd prize for the ideation proposed on, “Aerosol-mediated Liposomal spray for neonatal sepsis” at Bio-NEST NIPER Guwahati Incubation Centre and MoU signed in Ideathon #3, India; 2023.

o   Certificate awarded for participation and won 2nd prize for the poster presentation in National Conference on “Scope and Research Opportunities for the Pharmacy Professionals in Pharmacovigilance and Materiovigilance” organized by School of Pharmacy, Sharda University in collaboration with Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), Ghaziabad, India, 2023.

o   Certificate awarded for participation in “20th Annual Meeting of Controlled Release Society – Indian Chapter, Mumbai, India; 2022.

o   Certificate awarded for participation in “27th ARVO-India Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Foundation, Hyderabad, India; 2021.

o   Certificate awarded for participation in “Controlled Release Society virtual annual meeting, Mount Laurel, New Jersey; 2021.

o   Certificate awarded for participation in “Controlled Release Society virtual annual meeting, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA; 2020.

Current memberships in professional societies and chapters:

o   Registered Pharmacist of West Bengal State Pharmacy Council, Calcutta, India.

o   Life Member of Controlled Release Society, India Chapter. 

1. Fabrication and Evaluation of Physically Crosslinked Stimuli Sensitive Polymeric Blend of Pva-Gelatin as Drug Delivery System by Freeze Thaw Cycles.

D Datta T Bal S Swain S Goswami

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 117-144

2. Transdermal delivery of vancomycin hydrochloride: Influence of chemical and physical permeation enhancers.

D Datta DS Panchal VVK Venuganti

International Journal of Pharmaceutics 602, 120663

3. Ocular delivery of cyclosporine A using dissolvable microneedle contact lens.

D Datta G Roy P Garg VVK Venuganti

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 70, 103211

4. Hydrocaffeic acid-chitosan coating of gastric patch provides long-acting mucoadhesive delivery of model chemotherapeutic agent.

SP Bandi D Datta VVK Venuganti

International Journal of Pharmaceutics 631, 122504

5. New Insights to Bioadhesive-based Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications.

D Datta

ACTA SCIENTIFIC PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 7 (5), 01-03

1. Topical skin care compositions.

Chinmoy Roy Lalatendu Panigrahi Alok Ranjan Samal Uma Sowjanya Asapu Deepanjan Datta Vishal Galande

Patent number: WO2018198039A1

2. Dual adhesive drug delivery patch.

Venkata Vamsi Krishna Venuganti Deepanjan Datta

Indian Patent Application Number: 202211060177 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

3. Ionic liquid containing pluronic gel for enhanced dermal delivery of cyclosporine A.

Venkata Vamsi Krishna Venuganti Deepanjan Datta

Patent Application Number: 202211039074. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)