NMIMS’s Pharmacy Professors Featured in Stanford’s List of Top 2 percent Scientists

Mumbai:  Dr. Yogesh Kulkarni, Associate Professor & Associate Dean and Dr. Pravin Shende, Professor, NMIMS Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management (SPPSPTM) have been listed among the top 2% Scientists in the World. Both of them have been figured in the list prepared by Stanford University and Elsevier BV, a Netherlands-based publishing company.

The third version of the list has been published in October 2021 which is based on the Aug 01, 2021 snapshot from Scopus based on published articles and citations of scientist from all over the world.

“It is indeed a great honour to be featured amongst world peers in the scientific community,” said Dr. Yogesh Kulkarni.

Dr. Yogesh Kulkarni is involved in the research on diabetes, diabetic complications, Alzheimer’s disease and herbal drugs.

Dr. Pravin Shende said, “Being amongst the top 2% of scientific minds gives us the impetus to work more in the area of scientific research.”

Research areas of Dr. Pravin Shende include novel biosensors, liposomes, transdermal drug delivery systems, dendrimers, nanosponges, nanobubbles and nanoflowers.

“It is a great honour for the University and for our faculty to be recognized by Stanford. At NMIMS, research is actively pursued and our faculty have been recognized and winning awards consistently at various forums,” said Dr. Meena Chintamaneni, Pro-Vice Chancellor.