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Professor (Dr.) Biswajit Mukherjee ORCID NO: 0000-0002-7854-9680

Prof. (Dr.) Biswajit Mukherjee, M.Pharm., Ph.D., W.B.C.S., F.I.C., F.I.C.S., Professor in Pharmaceutics and former Head of the Department, the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata is a former DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) Fellow, Germany and Ex-Guest Scientist, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. He is also the coordinator, AICTE-sponsored Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) Nodal cell (Pharmacy), Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Joint Coordinator, Centre for Advanced Research in Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University. He is also the Convener, Animal Ethics Committee, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He is a former visiting fellow of the School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, UK, and a former Indo-Hungarian Education Exchange Fellow, National Research Institute for Radiobiology & Radio hygiene,  Budapest, Hungary. He is also a recipient of Finland government. He has worked as a guest Scientist in German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg after receiving the Overseas Research Associateship Award, Department of Bio-Technology (Govt. of India). He is also a former faculty of University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He works on Antisense Technology and chemoprevention in the cancer model. He has been working on novel drug deliveries particularly transdermal patches and nano-size liposomal and niosomal formulations as well as nanoparticles. He has supervised many projects of different funding agencies such as UGC, CSIR, ICMR, DST, DBT, DRDO, etc., and guided numbers of Ph.D. scholars and Master degree students. He has published his work in many international journals of repute. He has also written a few books and book chapters. He has few patents in process. He is in the editorial board of some international journals of repute. He is the recipient of UGC research award 2009. He has received some other awards too. He became the co-chairman, Scientific Services Committee, LOC, 56th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress in Kolkata, India in the first week of December 2004. He is the secretary of Indian Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and Technologists, Kolkata, India. He delivered an invited lecture in the Presidential Symposium of 62nd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Manipal, Karnataka. The Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) has honored Prof. (Dr.) Biswajit Mukherjee, with Prof. C. J. Shishoo award for Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 2016 for his outstanding contribution in research in Pharmaceutical Sciences during the 21st Annual Convention “APTICON 2016” in the Golden Jubilee year of APTI.