Dr Arshad H Khuroo
Dr Arshad H Khuroo is currently heading Bioequivalence and Bioavailability function in R&D unit of SUN Pharma, India. He was born in a village in district Baramulla, did his basic education from the same village school. After completing his graduation in Pharmacy from Jamia Hamdard, Arshad joined Ranbaxy Research Labs as trainee chemist. He was the first graduate hired by the pharma giant, owing to the fact that this pharma company was never hiring any student below PG level in its R&D division. Arshad set the trend and did not just stop here. He completed his post-graduation from BITS Pilani, followed by his Ph D from BIT Ranchi. His hard work, sincerity, and zeal for learning, helped him to climb to the ladder of success career. He is currently managing more than 250 scientists across India and Eastern Europe. Dr Arshad is author/co-author of more than 100 scientific publications, has successfully faced more than 100 regulatory inspections and has 30 years of experience in conduct of pharmacokinetic studies for all regulated markets across globe. Dr Arshad is passionate about conducting management development programs. Till date he has conducted more than 60 workshops on self-motivation, effective communication skills, collaboration, challenging status quo, in India as well as at overseas locations. Dr Arshad has also authored a book, entitled, “Echoes of Experience: 30 Insights from Life’s Journey.”
Dr. Mohd Amin Mir
Dr. Mohd Amin Mir is currently working as General Manager, medical safety, safety evaluation and risk management at Qinecsa Solutions India Pvt Ltd and primarily involved in pharmacovigilance activities related to investigational medicinal products. Dr. Mir was born in small village (Logripora) which is around 10 kms from Sopore. He completed his schooling from Islamia Model School Bomai (1981-85) and Tujar(1986-88) and his High School from Govt Higher Secondary School Bomai (1989-1994). He completed his UG (1995-2001) and PG (2002-2005) from AMU Aligarh and Cranfield UK (2006-08). He is Post-graduate in clinical research (M.Sc.) and surgery (M.S.) with around 15 years of experience in Research and Development especially Medical Safety (Pharmacovigilance).
Dr Vijay Raina
Dr Vijay Raina has Ph.D. in Clinical chemistry and over 30 years of experience in India and US based organisations. He is currently heading clinical research operations in Aizant Hyderabad. His expertise is clinical research, bioanalytical research, drug discovery, drug development, toxicokinetic, invitro studies, DMPK studies, analytical research, large molecule assays and quality management system. He completed his schooling from Happy Home High School, Anantnag, Bachelor of Science from Government Degree College Anantnag and Master’s in Chemistry from University of Kashmir, Srinagar. After masters, Vijay did a brief tenure as a Science teacher in Government High School, Anantnag until moving out of valley to Jammu in early 1990 where he joined Leo Pharmaceuticals Jammu as an Analytical Chemist. In 1992, he moved to Malti-Chem Research Centre Baroda, founded by the renowned scientist, Dr Sukhdev and worked there as a Research Chemist for 7 years. From 1999 to 2005, Vijay worked in Pharmacokinetics division of Sun Pharma Advanced Research Centre Baroda dedicated to Bioavailability and Bioequivalence clinical studies. From 2005 to 2022 Vijay worked in a US based Biopharmaceutical company, Nektar Therapeutics Hyderabad and led drug discovery and drug development of Pegylated small and large molecules. Vijay did his Ph.D. in Nektar on Dry Blood Spot technique. Vijay has association with a reputed non-profit scientific organisation, has delivered several scientific talks in leading pharmaceutical institutes and international conferences.
Dr. Showkat Rasool Mir
Showkat Rasool Mir was born in old town Baramulla on September 25, 1973. He completed his schooling from Noorul Islam High School, Baramulla (10th in 1989) and Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, Baramulla (12th in 1992). He then joined Govt. Degree College, Baramulla for B. Sc. (1992-1995). He later moved to Delhi to pursue his studies in Pharmacy from Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard [B. Pharm. (1995-1999), M. Pharm. (1999-2001) and Ph. D. (2002-2006)]. Dr. Showkat is currently working as Professor of Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry at School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. He started his career in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard in 2002. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience. He teaches Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry to under-graduate and post-graduate students. He has authored 4 books and several book chapters. Currently he leads a team of dedicated researchers at Phyto-pharmaceutical Drug Research Laboratory. He has about 20 years of research experience in the field of drug discovery from natural products. He has more than 200 research papers in reputed journals to his credit with a cumulative Impact Factor is more than 300 and his h-index is 30. He has supervised 10 PhD and thirty PG scholars for their research projects. He has successfully completed several research projects funded by national agencies. His field of expertise is the spectroscopic identification and characterization of natural products. He studies the role of plant-based products as drugs and health foods in the prevention and treatment of metabolic disorders.
Prof. Mubashir Hussain Masoodi
Prof. Mubashir Hussain Masoodi hails from district Baramulla and is presently working at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kashmir, J&K. After completing his schooling from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Baramulla, he completed his B. Pharm & M. Pharm from the Jamia Hamdard in 1999 and later joined Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kashmir as faculty in 2000. Subsequently, he pursued his PhD programme in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (2007) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, and later postdoctoral fellowship from National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR), University of Mississippi, USA (2013-14). Prof. Mubashir has around 24 years of teaching & research experience and is recipient of several national and international fellowships and awards such as Indo-US UGC Raman Postdoctoral Fellowship, Young Scientist Award-2010 by J&K State Science, Technology & Innovation Council and best publication award by Indian Drug Manufacturer’s Association (IDMA), Mumbai. He has successfully carried out research projects sanctioned by CCRUM Ministry of AYUSH, UGC, ICMR, J&K ST&IC, SRISTI-BIRAC etc. and has published more than 90 research papers in peer-reviewed, national/international journals. Prof. Mubashir has been awarded International travel grant by different funding agencies such as ICMR, DST, CICIS, CSIR & J&K State Science, Technology & Innovation Council for presenting his research findings and has travelled countries like, Austria, Hungry, Solvakia, USA, Turkey, Portugal, Thailand, etc. Prof. Masoodi has supervised 05 PhD scholars, 20 M. Pharm scholars and is on editorial and review board of many reputed high-impact, international scientific journals. He has successfully headed the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kashmir from 2021 to 2024. His research group is involved in isolation and semi-synthetic modification of isolated bioactive compounds and their pharmacological evaluation.
