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Dr. Ratnesh Jain studied Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal and Masters of Pharmaceutical Sciences from University of Mumbai, India. After working in Lupin Researh Park, India, he began his doctorate at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. During this tenure he received Fellowship from Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. His doctoral work was focussed on development and evaluation of various polymeric nanocarriers like micelles, nanoparticles etc His expertise lies in formulation and characterization of these drug delivery systems, various approaches of their targeting and their toxicity and efficacy evaluations in animal models. Subsequently, he joined department of biopharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology, Saarland University, Saarbrucken as a postdoctoral fellow. Here, he was engaged in the formulation of polymeric nanoparticles using modified excipients, for encapsulating and targeting hydrophobic anti-cancer actives. He was awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship by the AvH Foundation, Germany and completed the associated research at the Department of Drug Delivery, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarbrucken, Germany. He has authored 12 publications during this tenure and has received various fellowships from Government of India, poster prizes and travel grants for research during this tenure. He received DST-DFG (Govt. of India & Govt. of Germany) award to attend Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers in Physiology and Medicine 2007 at Lindau, Germany and was also selected as a part of Institute of Chemical Technology team to represent India at Indo‐UK Biotechnology YES (Young Entrepreneurship Scheme) at Oxford, United Kingdom. He is currently a member of CRS Inc., USA and Indian chapter and member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association.

In January 2012 he has received Ramanujan Faculty Fellowship from Government of India and in April 2012 he has received Ramalingaswami Fellowship from DBT, Government of India and is associated with Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai. His research interests include polymeric nanoparticles, vaccines, drug delivery devices and imaging for preclinical research