Dr Mahalaxmi Rathnanand

Associate Professor

Date of Joining : 16.03.1995

Department of Pharmaceutics

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Mahalaxmi Rathnanand is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at MCOPS. 

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Physical Pharmaceutics I (Theory) BPharm Sem-III
Physical Pharmaceutics I (Practical) BPharm Sem-III
Pharmaceutical Formulation Development MPharm Industrial Pharmacy Sem-I
Industrial Pharmacy Practical I MPharm Industrial Pharmacy Sem-I
Scale-up and Technology Transfer MPharm Industrial Pharmacy Sem-II
Industrial Pharmacy Practical II MPharm Industrial Pharmacy Sem-II

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
PhD Pharmaceutics Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education 2008

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of Pharmaceutics, MCOPS Associate Professor 2008 onwards
Department of Pharmaceutics, MCOPS Selection Grade Lecturer 2006-2008
Department of Pharmaceutics, MCOPS Senior Grade Lecturer 2001-2006
Department of Pharmaceutics, MCOPS Lecturer 1995-2001
Gautham College of Pharmacy , Bangalore Lecturer 1994-1995

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

New approaches in existing formulations

Area of Expertise

Combination drug product/bilayered dosage form

Area of Research

Formulation development

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Registered Pharmacist in Karnataka State Pharmacy Council.
  • Life Member of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI).
  • Life Member of Association of Community Pharmacists of India.
  • Member of Drug Delivery Association.

Effect of recrystallisation on size, shape, polymorph and dissolution of carbamazepine

Int J Pharm Tech Res. 3, 725-732 (2009).

Preparation and evaluation of buccal mucoadhesive patch of betamethasone sodium phosphate for the treatment of oral submucous fibrosis

Sneh Priya Mahalaxmi Rathnanand Udupa N Ujjwal Joshi

J Chem Pharm Res. 3(6) 56-65 ( 2011).

Preparation and evaluation of orally disintegrating tablets of telmisartan with pH independent release

Sujitha M Geetha Thanga Mariappan Mahalaxmi Rathnanand

Int J PharmTech Res. 4(3), 1154-1158 (2012).

Formulation and evaluation of carbamazepine extended release tablet by controlled erosion technology

Rajesh U Kini Deepak Kamath Mahalaxmi Rathnanand

Int J Pharm Pharmaceut Sci. 4, 345-351 (2012).

Development of novel floating system based on psyllium - application on metformin hydrochloride

Atin Kalra Mahalaxmi R Rajkiran N Udupa N

Curr Drug Deliv. 10 (3), 336-342 (2013).

Novel intervention to improve adherence to medication in diabetic patients - Formulation and evaluation of metformin HCl novel dosage form

Manisha Kandi Gayathri Sivasai Mahalaxmi Rathnanand Sreenivasa M Reddy

Int J Pharm Pharm Sci. 5, 587-592 (2013).

Pharmaceutical Mini Tablets

Ranjith K Mahalaxmi R

Int J Pharm Tech Res. 7(3), 507-515 (2015).

Formulation and evaluation of salbutamol sulphate lozenges

U Rajesh Kini

PG project (2004)

Development of different methods of recrystallisation of carbamazepine and increase its effect on solubility

Shivanand Pandey

PG project (2007)

Gastro retentive bilayered tablets of metformin hydrochloride

Rajkiran G Narkhede

PG Project (2007)

Formulation and evaluation of buccal mucoadhesive patch of betamethasone sodium phosphate for the treatment of oral submucous fibrosis

Sneh Priya

PG Project (2010)

Formulation and invitro evaluation of floating pulstile tablets of nizatidine for chronotherapy of nocturnal acid breakthrough

Panala Srinivas

PG Project (2011)

Formulation and evaluation of orally disintegrating tablets of telmisartan

Sujitha Mylavarapu

PG Project (2011)

Novel intervention to improve adherence to medication in diabetic patients: Formulation and evaluation of Metformin HCL novel dosage form

Manisha Khandi

PG project (2013)

Formulation and Evaluation of Antibacterial Topical Preparations for the Treatment of Diabetic Wounds

Sakaram Kashyap Khatri

PG project (2014)

Formulation And Evaluation Of An Oral Dosage Form Of Combination of A Proton Pump Inhibitor And A H2-Receptor Antagonist to Address Therapy Failure in Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease

Nagendra Prabhu B

PG project (2014)

Formulation and In-Vitro Evaluation of an Antibiotic and Immunostimulant as Single Unit Dosage Form

Yugvijay Singh Yadav

PG project (2015)

Stability Enhancement of Proton Pump Inhibitor in Stomach: Formulation and In-Vitro Evaluation of Stabilized Proton Pump Inhibitor

Aravind P M

PG project (2015)

Equipment Qualification of A Cartonater and an Overview of The Prospective Process Validation of A Combined Formulation of An Anti-Pyretic and A Narcotic Analgesic

Varun Pradeep Nair

PG project (2015)

Formulation and Evaluation of Fenofibric Acid Delayed Release Capsules

Karanam Ranjith Kumar

PG project (2015)

Formulation And Evaluation of Gastroretentive Floating Drug Delivery System

Nikhila

PG project (2016)

Formulation And Evaluation of Novel Metformin Tablet To Reduce Gastric Acidosis On Its Chronic Use

Chethan D Badigera

PG project (2016)

Solubility Enhancement of Poorly Soluble Drug By Nanosuspension Technique

Shaik Mohammed Ejaz

PG project (2016)