Dr Mansi Upadhyay
Assistant Professor (Senior Scale)
Department of Pharmaceutics
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Dr. Mansi Upadhyay is an assistant professor-senior scale in the Department of Pharmaceutics at Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Pharmaceutics (Theory) | B.Pharm / First Year |
| Pharmaceutics (Practical) | B.Pharm / First Year |
| Industrial Pharmacy (Theory) | B.Pharm / Fourth Year |
| Practice School | B.Pharm / Fourth Year |
| Pharmaceutical Formulations (Theory) | Pharm D. / Third Year |
| Pharmaceutical Formulations (Practical) | Pharm D. / Third Year |
| Pharmaceutics (Practical) | M.Pharm / First Year |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Pharmaceutics | Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi | 2019 |
| M. Pharm | Pharmaceutics | Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow | 2013 |
| B. Pharm | Pharmacy | Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow | 2011 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering, IIT Bombay | Sr Project Research Scientist | Research | June, 2024 – July, 2024 |
| Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Bombay | Post Doc Fellow | Research | June, 2021 – June, 2024 |
| School of Pharmacy, GITAM University, Hyderabad | Assistant Professor | Teaching | July, 2019 – May, 2020 |
| Department of Pharmacy, Kashi Institute of Pharmacy, Varanasi | Assistant Professor | Teaching | June, 2013 – July, 2014 |
Development of Dual Drug Peptide and Flavonoid Delivery for the management of Type II Diabetes (T2DM)
Co-Principal Investigator Grant Amount:- Rs 56, 00,000/- Grant Agency:- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, 2024 Granted Duration:- 18 months
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Focused on micro and nanoparticulates drug delivery, hydrogel-based drug delivery system, Integrating traditional knowledge with modern biology, Diabetes and Cancer therapeutics, Translational medicines
Area of Expertise
Controlled and Novel drug delivery systems, Nanomedicines, Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
Area of Research
Drug delivery (Natural and Synthetic based), Nanomedicines, Diabetes, Cancer and Translational Therapeutics
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Achievements
1. Best Poster Award: Young Scientist Conference, India International Science Festival, DBT-Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Haryana, India, 2024
2. Research Work Selected: G20 Ministers of Education, Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 2023
3. Selected for TA ship - NPTEL course, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 2022
4. Travel Award: 7th International Conference on Stem Cells and Cancer: Proliferation, Differentiation and Apoptosis, Goa, India, 2016
5. Best Poster Award: Spirit’14 Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India, 2014
6. PhD Research Grant, Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test, All India Council for Technical Education, Government of India, New Delhi, 2014
Awards
1. Best Poster Award at Young Scientist Conference, India International Science Festival, DBT—Translational Health Science and Technology Institute—Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Haryana, India, 2024
2. Research Work Selected at G20 Ministers of Education, Research and Innovation Initiative Gathering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 2023
3. Selected for TA ship at NPTEL course, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 2022
4. Travel Award at 7th International Conference on Stem Cells and Cancer: Proliferation, Differentiation and Apoptosis, Goa, India, 2016
5. Best Poster Award at Spirit’14 Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India, 2014
6. PhD Research Grant at Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test, All India Council for Technical Education, Government of India, New Delhi, 2014
International Conferences
1. Poster presentation entitled “Myricetin loaded Nanomedicine for Management of Type 2 Diabetes", at 13th International Colloids Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 2024.
2. Oral presentation entitled “Oral Myricetin Chitosan Nanoparticles for Type 2 Diabetes Management", at 8th International Diabetes Summit, Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Pune, India, 2024.
3. Poster presentation entitled “Myricetin Loaded Cross Linked Oral Chitosan Nanoparticles for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes", at 22nd International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems, Controlled Release Society – India Chapter, Mumbai, India, 2024.
4. Workshop attended "Humanized Mice: Model Generation & Application to Anti-Cancer Immunotherapeutic Drug Development’’, at ACTREC Mumbai, India, 2024.
5. Poster presentation entitled "Therapeutic Activity of Jamun Derived Myricetin Loaded Nanomedicine in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes", at Young Scientist Conference, India International Science Festival 2023, DBT THSTI-RCB, Haryana, India, 2024.
6. Poster presentation entitled "Tableted Diabetic Medicated Chewing Gum for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes", at IIT Bombay BioPharma Summit, Mumbai, India, 2023.
7. Poster presentation entitled "Therapeutic Activity of Jamun Derived Myricetin Loaded Nanomedicine in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes", at 1st National Symposium on Integrating Traditional Knowledge in Evidence Based Medicine, ACTREC, Mumbai, India, 2023.
8. Poster presentation entitled "Applications of QbD for the development of interpenetrating polymeric network of capecitabine: A drug delivery carrier for controlled release", at 4th NIPiCON: Innovation in Pharmaceutical Research by Interdisciplinary Approach, Ahmedabad, India, 2018.
9. Poster presentation entitled "Development of Theranostic and Biocompatible PLGA Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia", at Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting & Exposition, Boston, United States, 2017.
10. Poster presentation entitled “Development and optimization of hydrogel IPN microbeads for controlled delivery of an antineoplastic drug using locust bean gum and sodium alginate”, at 7th International Conference on Stem Cells and Cancer: Proliferation, Differentiation and Apoptosis, Goa, India, 2016.
11. Poster presentation entitled “Design of Experiment in the Fabrication of Polymeric Gold Nanoparticles”, at 7th International Conference on Stem Cells and Cancer: Proliferation, Differentiation and Apoptosis, Goa, India, 2016.
12. Poster presentation entitled "Curcumin: A Natural Anti-cancer agent to treat Colon Cancer", at Spirit’14, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India, 2014.
Reviewer for Some reputed journals
1. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Elsevier
2. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Elsevier
3. Polymer Bulletin, Spinger Nature
Current memberships in professional societies and chapters:
1. Uttar Pradesh Pharmacy Council
2. Controlled Release Society – India Chapter
Myricetin encapsulated chitosan nanoformulation for management of type 2 diabetes: Preparation, optimization, characterization and in vivo activity.
Mansi Upadhyay Ramakrishna V. Hosur Abhishek Jha Kanchan Bharti Pramod S. Mali Akash Kumar Jha Brahmeshwar Mishra Ashutosh Kumar
Biomaterials Advances 153 (2023): 213542.
A multifaceted approach for grading of polymers for the development of stable amorphous solid dispersion of Riluzole.
Kanchan Bharti Gurudutt Dubey Manish Kumar Abhishek Jha Mansi Upadhyay Pramod S Mali Ashutosh Kumar Prasad V Bharatam Brahmeshwar Mishra
Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, no. 90 (2023): 105158.
Developing a novel exenatide-based incretin mimic (αB-Ex): Expression, purification and structural-functional characterization
Mohammad Mehdi Ghanbarnezhad Mohammad Bagher Shahsavani Pramod S. Mali Mansi Upadhyay Ashutosh Kumar Rawayh Muslim Albaghlani Ali Niazi Reza Yousefi
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects 1866, no. 7 (2022): 130150.
A novel method for the chaperone aided and efficient production of human proinsulin in the prokaryotic system
Fatemeh Khosravi Mansi Upadhyay Ashutosh Kumar Mohammad Bagher Shahsavani Mohsen Akbarian Haniyeh Najafi Ali Mohammad Tamaddon Reza Yousefi
Journal of Biotechnology 346 (2022): 35-46.
Natural polymers composed mucoadhesive interpenetrating buoyant hydrogel beads of capecitabine: Development, characterization and in vivo scintigraphy.
Mansi Upadhyay Harsh Vardhan Brahmeshwar Mishra
Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 55 (2020): 101480.
Locust bean gum and sodium alginate based interpenetrating polymeric network microbeads encapsulating Capecitabine: Improved pharmacokinetics, cytotoxicity &in vivo antitumor activity.
Mansi Upadhyay Sandeep Kumar Reddy Adena Harsh Vardhan Sarita K. Yadav Brahmeshwar Mishra
Materials Science and Engineering: C 104 (2019): 109958.
Development of biopolymers based interpenetrating polymeric network of capecitabine: a drug delivery vehicle to extend the release of the model drug.
Mansi Upadhyay Sandeep Kumar Reddy Adena Harsh Vardhan Sarita K. Yadav Brahmeshwar Mishra
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 115 (2018): 907-919.
Development and optimization of locust bean gum and sodium alginate interpenetrating polymeric network of capecitabine.
Mansi Upadhyay Sandeep Kumar Reddy Adena Harsh Vardhan Sureshwar Pandey Brahmeshwar Mishra
Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy 44, no. 3 (2018): 511-521.
Multiparticulate based thermosensitive intra-pocket forming implants for better treatment of bacterial infections in periodontitis.
Sarita Kumari Yadav Gayasuddin Khan Monika Bansal Sathish Thokala Gunjan Vasant Bonde Mansi Upadhyay Brahmeshwar Mishra
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 116 (2018): 394-408.
Development, optimization, and in vitro characterization of dasatinib-loaded PEG functionalized chitosan capped gold nanoparticles using Box–Behnken experimental design.
Sandeep Kumar Reddy Adena Mansi Upadhyay Harsh Vardhan Brahmeshwar Mishra
Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy 44, no. 3 (2018): 493-501.
Process optimization and in vivo performance of docetaxel loaded PHBV-TPGS therapeutic vesicles: A synergistic approach.
Harsh Vardhan Pooja Mittal Sandeep Kumar Reddy Adena Mansi Upadhyay Sarita Kumari Yadav Brahmeshwar Mishra
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 108 (2018): 729-743.
Development of long-circulating docetaxel loaded poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) nanoparticles: optimization, pharmacokinetic, cytotoxicity and in vivo assessments.
Harsh Vardhan Pooja Mittal Sandeep K. Reddy Adena Mansi Upadhyay Brahmeshwar Mishra
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 103 (2017): 791-801.
Toxicological evaluation and targeting tumor cells through folic acid modified guar gum nanoparticles of curcumin.
Renuka Khatik Pankaj Dwivedi Mansi Upadhyay Vivek Kumar Patel Sarvesh Kumar Paliwal Anil Kumar Dwivedi
Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 4(2)/143 (2014): 143-149.
Orally Administered Myricetin Loaded Polymeric Chitosan Nanoparticles for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Dr. Mansi Upadhyay Dr. Ashutosh Kumar
Patent No:- 532693; Status:- Granted, 2024