Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Sarasija Suresh

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, (Formulations)
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research,
Sector 67, SAS Nagar, Punjab-160062
Ph. (M) 9888069557, (O) 0172 2214682
Email- ssuresh@niper.ac.in; sarasija_s@hotmail.com.

Research Interests:
Methods to increase bioavailability of Class 11 and Class 111 BCS drugs including
Nanoparticles, microparticles and liposomes; Chronotherapeutic and site-specific
delivery; and in vitro-in vivo correlations

Academic qualification:

PhD - 1997 from College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal

M.Pharm- 1986 from Government College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
B.Pharm- 1984 from Government College of Pharmacy, Bangalore

Others:

Sabbatical visits:
1. College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Nebraska, USA
(June to October 2007)
2. Queen’s University, Belfast, U.K. (April-May 2003)
3. Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University,
Frankfurt, Germany (Aug- Sept. 1999)
Courses:
1. Proficiency course in Genetic Engineering from Indian Institute of Science
(IISc) Bangalore- (1989)
2. Advanced computer course for professionals from National Institute of
Information Technology (NIIT), Bangalore- (1990)
3. General Course on Intellectual Property-DL 101 from World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO) - (2002)

Specialization: Pharmaceutics (Pharmaceutical Technology)

Academic Experience
Presently at Department of Pharmaceutical Technology (Formulations), NIPER,
Mohali
2001-2010 : Prof.& Head of Pharmaceutics, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
1998-2001 : Professor of Pharmaceutics, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
1992-1998 : Asst. Prof. of Pharmaceutics, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
1987-1992 : Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
Awards/Prizes/Fellowships/Grants Received

1. Best Poster Award in International Conference of Drug Delivery, Theme:“ Emerging

Innovations in Drug Delivery Technology” 29th-30th January 2010, organized by PSG
College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore
2. STARS Award 2008 for Teachers for “Excellence in Academic Research -The Teacher
making the difference’ instituted by the American Alumni of Government College of
Pharmacy (AAGCP) in December 2008
3. Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) grant of 17.2 Lakhs awarded by AICTE for project
‘Optimization of therapy of diabetes: Chronotherapeutic Combination approach” for
2008-09
4. Prize in the Drug Delivery Section of the II International Conference on
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Technology and Practice at Ooty, India in Feb. 2007 for paper
“A novel technique to improve solubility and stability of curcumin”
5. Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence (MODROBS) Grant of 12.5 Lakhs by
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for project “Multiparticulate
approach for drug delivery” for 2006-07
6. Awarded Wellcome Trust Travel Grant to visit Prof. Duncan Craig and Dr.
Susan Barker’s laboratories in Queen’s University, Belfast for project “Site-
specific delivery of drugs to Oesophagus” in April 2003
7. Awarded TAPTEC Grant of 12 lakhs by AICTE for “Cell Culture Model: A Novel
Approach for Evaluation of Drug Delivery Systems” in April 2003.
8. AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers All India Council for Technical Education
Career Award for Young Teacher awarded in 2001 for 2001- 2004.
9. AICTE financial grant for co-authorship of Text Book of Pharmaceutical
Engineering from Continuing Education Cell, Indian Institute of Science (IISc),
Bangalore in 2001
10. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD, German Academic Exchange)
Short Visiting Fellowship to visit Prof. Jennifer Dressman’s laboratories, Institute for
Pharmaceutical Technology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany on project "Optimization of treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): A
galenical approach".
11. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Travel grant for presentation of
scientific paper at the 18th Pharmaceutical Technology Conference in Utrecht, The
Netherlands in 1999
12. Best paper award for the Oral Session of XVII All India Conference of Indian
Pharmacy Graduates Association held at Madurai, in Sept. 1997
13. Best paper award for the Poster Session of XVII All India Conference of Indian
Pharmacy Graduates Association held at Madurai, in Sept. 1997.
14. Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturership award University Grants Commission /
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (UGC/CSIR) Govt. of India in 1989
Publications

Total: 55 papers National: 41; International: 14 (APPENDIX 1)

Books Authored:

Books Authored: Co-authored a Text Book and Laboratory Manual on

“Pharmaceutical Engineering- Principles and Practices” by Vallabah Prakasham
Online Book Chapter: Pulmonary drug delivery in www.pharmainfo.net

Patents: Three

1. Full patent filed (Provisional patent applied in February 2008) on invention entitled “
Improved drug delivery system for treatment of hypertension by chronotherapeutic
delivery approach”
2. Full patent filed (Provisional patent applied in March 2007) on invention “Fast dissolving
film of Ondansetron hydrochloride”.
3. Provisional patent filed on ‘Novel microparticles of Mizolastine for Nasal delivery”
Patent application number 3276/CHE/2005, Government of India on 03/11/2010

Presentations:

Total: 90 National: 73 International: 17 (APPENDIX 11)

Research Projects undertaken: 55

M.Pharm: 35 and 4 ongoing; PhD: 5 + 3 ongoing (APPENDIX 111)

Professional Contributions:

1. Member of Board of Studies for M.Pharm of Bangalore University and Rajiv Gandhi
University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Karnataka
2. Member of Examination panels of the Bangalore University, Rajiv Gandhi University
of Health Sciences, Kuvempu University, Mysore University, Andhra University,
Mangalore University, Kakatiya University, BITS Pilani and MGR Medical University.
3. Member of Editorial Board Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (2003 & 04)
4. Reviewer of Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (IJPS) and Indian Journal of
Pharmaceutical Education and Research (IJPER), Pharmabit
5. Subject Expert of Pharmaceutics/Pharmaceutical Technology in PhD committee of
Rajiv Gandhi of Health Sciences, Karnataka from 2004 to 2007; reappointed from 2008.
6. Chairperson to judge Poster Session in the 11 International Conference on
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Technology and Practice, held at Ooty, India on 24-26 and
in the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress held at Kolkata in December2004.
7. Chairman of Local Inspection Committee (LIC) of RGUHS in 2006, Member of
Inspection Committee of AICTE, Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) and LIC of RGUHS
since 2004.
 8. Referee and Expert for Indian Council for Scientific Research projects

Industrial-Institute Interaction/Collaboration

1. Faculty of MS programme on Pharmaceutical Operations and Management in Strides

Arcolabs Limited, Bangalore under the Birla Institute of Technology and Science
(BITS), Pilani Distance Education programme; the subjects taught include Statistical
Process Control (SPC) and Dosage Form Design from 2005-08.
2. Collaboration with Sagar Pharmaceuticals, Herbal division of BPRL, Bangalore for
design, development and optimization of herbal formulations.
3. Collaboration with R.L. Fine Chemicals for design, development and optimization of
oral dosage forms
4. Collaboration with Cyclochem Ltd, Japan for Evaluation of cyclodextrin complexes

Workshops/Seminars organized:

1. Convener of the “Research Methods and Scientific Writing Workshop” held in Bangalore
in December 2008 Organized by Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, sponsored by Al-
Ameen College of Pharmacy, AICTE, DST and ICMR.
2. Member of Scientific Committee of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India
(APTI) workshop held in Bangalore in Sept. 2006 & in 1997. Chairman of Souvenir
Committee of International Herbal Conference Organized by APTI at Bangalore in Feb.
2009
3. Member of the Local Organising Committee of the International “Hands On
Dissolution and Bio-equivalence Workshop held at Bangalore on 27 & 28 Jan. 2001,
sponsored by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Indian Pharmaceutical
Association (IPA), World Health Organisation (WHO)
4. Organizing Member of Biotechnology Workshop in Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy,
Bangalore for Pharmacy Teachers in 1998
5. Organizing Member of Workshop on Industry-Academia interaction by Indian Society
for Technical Education (ISTE) Chapter, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy in Dec. 1993.
6. Organised a number of seminars and guest lectures in various aspects of pharmacy as a
Member and as Secretary of ISTE and presently as Member and Executive Council
member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association.

Guest lectures delivered: 16

Collaborations:

International: Three collaborations have been undertaken. They include:

1. Dr Jennifer Dressman, Professor, Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Johann
Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany on ‘Optimization of
therapy of IBD: a galenical approach’ under the German Academic Exchange
Fellowship in 1999.
 2. Dr. Susan Barker and Prof. Duncan Craig, then at Queen’s University, Belfast on
the project ‘Site-Specific delivery of microparticles to Oesophagus’ under the
Wellcome Trust Grant.
3. Prof. Uday Kompella, School of Pharmacy, Nebraska Medical Center for training in
area of protein and gene delivery in 2007.

National: A number of inter-department collaborations have been successfully

undertaken. They include:
1. Dr Kshama Devi, Professor of Pharmacology, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy on
bioavailability of controlled onset extended release formulations of combination of
anti-hypertensives for chronotherapeutic-optimized therapy.
2. Dr Naseerudin Inamdar, Professor of Pharmacology, Al-Ameen College of
Pharmacy on evaluation of tissue distribution study and toxicity of lipid
microparticles of Methotrexate.

Professional Association and Memberships

1. Life member of the "Indian Pharmaceutical Association", since 1994. Presently

Member of Karnataka Branch of IPA
2. Life member of the "Indian Society for Technical Education" since 1994. Past
Executive Member and the Secretary of ISTE.
3. Member of the "Indian Chapter of the Controlled Release Society" since 1997
4. Life member of the "All India Pharmacy Teachers Association" since 1995
5. Life member of the “ Indian Cosmetic Technologists Association”
6. Member of International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) from 2003
7. Member of International Controlled Release Society in 2004
 APPENDIX -1

Papers published in International and National scientific Journals:

International Journals:

1. S.Suresh, Narendra C., D. Maheshwari, A.J. Kundawala, “Formulation and

evaluation of liposomes containing antitubercular drugs by Taguchi’s orthogonal
array design” Acta Pharmaceutica Sciencia, 2010, 52:79-88.

2. Vivek Yadav, Sarasija Suresh “ Effect of cyclodextrin complexation of curcumin

on its solubility, antiangiogenesis and anti-inflammatory activity in rat colitis
model” AAPS Pharm Sci Tech, June 2009

3. Vivek Yadav, Sarasija Suresh “ Effect of solid lipid microparticles of curcumin

on its solubility, antiangiogenesis and anti-inflammatory activity in rat colitis
model” Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, March 2009, 311-321

4. Yadav Vivek R, Sarasija Suresh, Kshama Devi (2008) “ Novel self-emulsifying

formulation of curcumin with improved dissolution, anti-angiogenic and anti-
inflammatory activity” Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs, 4, 213-234

5. Thontesh G. Chandrashekarappa, Sarasija Suresh (2007) “Challenges facing

antitubercular therapy: New drugs and delivery systems” Clinical Research and
Regulatory Affairs” 24, 95-109

6. Sahoo Prangya Parimita, Yadav Vivek Ramshankar, Sarasija Suresh and T. N.

Guru Row (2007) “Redetermination of curcumin: (1E, 4Z, 6E)-5-hydroxy-1, 7-
bis (4- hydroxy-3-methoxy-phenyl) hepta-1, 4, 6-trien-3-one” Acta
Crystallographica Section E E63, 860–862.

7. Suresh Sarasija, Yadav R Vivek and Anand Suresh (2006) “Health

Benefits and Therapeutic Applications of Curcumin” Clinical
Research and Regulatory Affairs, 23, 191-210.

8. Prakash Rao, Sarasija Suresh, C. Narenda, Balasangameshwar (2006) “

Physicochemical Characterization of Betacyclodextrin and Hydroxethyl
Cyclodextrin Complexes of Rifampicin” ARS Pharmaceutica, 47, 1, 37-59.

9. Hemant P. Joshi, Sarasija Suresh “Invitro cell based assays and implications in
drug discovery” (2005) in www.pharmainfo.net in Nov-December.
 10. S.Suresh, S.A. Barker and DQM Craig (2004), “ Site-specific drug delivery to
the oesophagus using alginate microparticles”, Journal of Pharmacy and
Pharmacology supplement pg. 1

11. Shyamala Bhaskaran and Sarasija Suresh (2004), “Biodegradable microspheres

of ketorolac tromethamine for Parenteral administration”, Journal of
Microencapsulation, 21, 743-750.

12. Shyamala Bhaskaran, Sarasija Suresh and Lakshmi P.K. (2003), “Perspectives
and prospectives in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry”, International Pharmacy
Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, 8-10.

13.C.V.S. Subrahmanyum and Sarasija Suresh (1999) "Solubility behaviour of

haloperidol in individual solvents and determinations of partial solubility
parameters" European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Bio pharmaceutics 47 (5),
289-294

14.C.V.S. Subrahmanyum and Sarasija Suresh (1997) "Solubility behaviour of

carbamazepine in binary solvents: Analysis of extended Hildebrand solubility
approach to obtain solubility and other parameters", Die Pharmazie, 12 (52), 939-
942

Indian Journals:

1. SB Shirsand, Sarasija Suresh, PV Swamy, MS Para and D. Nagendra Kumar

(2010) Formulation design of fast disintegrating tablets using disintegrant blends
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 72 (1), 130-133

2. Firoz S, Sarasija Suresh, Yajaman Sudhakar “Long acting parenteral formulation

of Heparin” Journal of Pharmacy Research, 2009, 2 (9), 1547-1549

3. JS Patil, Sarasija Suresh (2009) Physicochemical characterization, invitro release

and permeation studies of respirable rifampicin-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes.
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 71 (6), 638-643

4. SB Shirsand, Sarasija Suresh, PV Swamy (2009) Formulation design and

optimization of fast dissolving clonazepam tablets. Indian Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, 71 (5), 567-572

5. SB Shirsand, Sarasija Suresh, MS Para, PV Swamy (2009) Formulation design

and optimization of fast dissolving prochlorperazine tablets. Indian Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, 71 (4), 447-451

6. SB Shirsand, Sarasija Suresh, MS Para, PV Swamy and Nagendra Kumar (2009)

Plantago ovata Mucilage in the Design of fast disintegrating tablets. Indian
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 71 (4), 447-451
7. Sarasija Suresh, Vinay Pandit, Vivek Yadav (2009) Rapid microtiter plate assay
for determination of metformin in plasma. Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 25 (1)
143-146

8. Sarasija Suresh, Vivek Yadav, Vinay Pandit (2009) Reverse phase high
performance liquid chromatographic method for estimation of curcumin, Oriental
Journal of Chemistry.

9. Sarasija Suresh, Vivek Yadav (2009) A sensitive RP-HPLC method for

determination of curcumin” Pharmacog. Mag. 17 (5) 124-130

10. S.B. Shirsand, Sarasija Suresh, P.V.Swamy (2009) ‘Plantago ovata mucilage in
the design of fast disintegrating tablets” Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, 71 (1) 41-45

11. Sarasija Suresh, Vinay Pandit (2008) “ Formulation and evaluation of novel
microparticulate combination system of clarithromycin and omeprazole”
Pharmabit, 18 (2) 85-97

12. Vinay Pandit, Sarasija Suresh, Hemanth Joshi “Peptic ulcer and its management”
Journal of Pharmacy Research, 2008, 1,(2) 245-252

13. S.B. Shirsand, Sarasija Suresh, P.V.Swamy (2008) ‘Design and Evaluation of fast
dissolving tablets of clonazepam” Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 70
(12) 791-795

14. Sarasija S, Dinesh B.M., Patil UA and Iyer D (2008) “Effect of Permeation
enhancer on permeation kinetics of Danazol through porcine buccal mucosa”
Indian Drugs, 45 (1), 48-51.

15. Sarasija Suresh, V.Pandit and Hemant Joshi, (2007) “Preparation and evaluation
of Mouth Dissolving Tablets of Salbutamol sulphate” Indian Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6, 467-468.

16. Dinesh B.M. and Sarasija Suresh (2007) “ Effect of permeation enhancer on
permeation kinetics of midazolam, in-vitro characterization” Asian Journal of
Pharmaceutics, 1(4), 50-54

17. B. Prakash Rao, Sarasija Suresh and C. Narendra (2007) “Recent advances in
cyclodextrin complexes: Mechanistic analysis as permeation enhancer” Indian
Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 41(2), 4,

18. H.N. Shiva Kumar, Sarasija Suresh and B.G. Desai (2007) “Design and
evaluation pH sensitive minitablets for chronotherapeutic delivery of
Theophylline” Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1-2, 781-787.
19. Rao B.P., Sarasija S. and Narendra C. (2006) “Physicochemical characterization
of hydroxypropyl-B-cyclodextrin complexes of rifampicin for improved anti-
tubercular activity and stability” Indian Drugs, 43 (8), 679-682.

20. H.N. Shiva Kumar, Sarasija Suresh and B.G. Desai (2006) “Design and
evaluation pH sensitive multiparticulate systems for chronotherapeutic delivery of
diltiazem hydrochloride” Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 68, 6, 781-
787.

21. Sarasija Suresh, H.N. Shiva Kumar and G. Kiran Kumar (2006) “Effect of B
cyclodextrin complexation on solubility and dissolution rate of carbamazepine
from tablets” Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences” 68 (3), 301-307.

22. Vanaja. K, Mueen Ahmed K.K., Hemant P. Joshi, Shobha Rani R.H and Sarasija
Suresh (2006)” ADMETOX assessments in drug development: A perspective”
The Pharma Review, 6, 61-68.

23. Shiva Kumar H.N., Sarasija S. and Desai B.G. (2006) “Design and evaluation of
pH sensitive multiparticulate systems for chronotherapeutic delivery of
meloxicam” Indian Drugs, 43, 3, 258-262.

24. H.N. Shiva Kumar, Sarasija Suresh and B.G. Desai (2006) ‘Design and
evaluation of controlled onset extended release multiparticulate systems for
chronotherapeutic delivery of Ketoprofen “ Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, 68, 1, 75-82.

25. Sarasija Suresh and Hemant P. Joshi (2005), “Comparison of

Diffusion and Permeability of Selected Drugs: Effect of
physicochemical Parameters and permeation enhancers” Indian
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 67, 3, 383-385.

26. Sarasija Suresh and Stutie Pathak (2005) “Chronotherapeutics:

Emerging Role of Biorhythms in Optimizing Drug Therapy” Indian
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 67, 135-140.

27. Sarasija. S and Shymala Bhaskaran (2005), “Nasal Drug Delivery:

an Overview”, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 67, 19-25.

28. Rao B.P., Suresh S (2004), “Preparation and Evaluation of Gamma Cyclodextrin
complexes of Rifampicin”, Indian Drugs, 41, 650-654.

29. Arshia Shariff, Sarasija Suresh, K.L.K. Paranjyothi and K.V. Nagendra Prasad
(2003) “Effect of sodium glycocholate on development of tolerance to Parthenium
hysterophorus extracts”, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol.41, 4-3.

30. Shiva Kumar H.N., Sarasija Suresh, Suresh Venkataram (2002) Design and
evaluation of multiparticulate system for Chronotherapeutic delivery of
Diclofenac sodium" Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 64, 133-137.
 31. Sarasija Suresh and Hemant Joshi (2001) " Development of In-vitro
Model to study drug absorption using cell culture systems Pharma
Pulse, (12), 33-34

32. Sarasija Suresh and Ashutosh Hota (2000) "Colon specific drug delivery system"
Indian J.of Pharm. Sci., 62 (1), 1-8

33. Sarasija Suresh and Krishna Prasad (1999) "Solid dispersions of Curcumin",
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 61 (March- April), 131-134.

34. Shobha Rani, V.Kusum Devi, Sarasija Suresh, S. Praveen and Aney Thomas
(1999) "Permeation studies of marketed Clotrimazole cream", Indian Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, 61 (March- April), 113-115

35. Sarasija Suresh, Shobha Rani, S. Praveen and Aney T. (1999) "Preparation
& evaluation of Pluronic F-127 gels of Curcumin" Indian Drugs, 36 (5), 326-
327

36. Sarasija Suresh and Jaya George (1999)"Packaging of liquid dosage forms-
Newer Trends” Eastern Pharmacist, July 39-43

37. Sarasija Suresh and S.S.Dhir (1998) "Solubilization of carbamazepine for

Solution Dosage Forms", Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 60 (May-
June), 144-148

38. Shobha Rani, Sarasija Suresh, S. Praveen and Aney Thomas (1998) "Formulation
and evaluation studies of solid dispersions of Nimesulide", Indian Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, 60 (Sept-Oct), 326-328

39. Sarasija Suresh and Ashutosh Hota (1998) "Drug Interactions", Pharma Times,
10, 13-17

40. Krishna Prasad, Sarasija Suresh (1997) "Spectrophotometric Estimation of

Curcumin", Indian Drugs, 34 (4) 227-228

APPENDIX-11

Presentations in Conferences:

International Conferences

1. “Design and evaluation of multiparticulate combination dosage form for

chronotherapeutic delivery in hypertension” Nasir Hameed and Sarasija Suresh;
is accepted for Oral presentation in the forthcoming 69th International
Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) held in Istanbul, Turkey in September 2009
2. “Preparation and evaluation of novel Mucoadhesive delivery system of
triamcinolone acetonide” Vivek Y, Neeraj K, Vinay P, Jineet S and Sarasija S; is
accepted for Poster presentation in the forthcoming 69th International
Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) to be held in Istanbul, Turkey in September
2009

3. “BCS Classification of Curcumin: Effect of Self Emulsifying Drug Delivery

System on Solubility and Bioavailability,” accepted for poster presentation in the
Controlled Release Society (CRS) 35th Annual Meeting & Exposition in New
York City, New York, USA, July 12-16, 2008

4. “Formulation and evaluation of fast dissolving buccal film of cetrizine

dihydrochloride” accepted in the forthcoming World Congress of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences 2008, 68th International Congress of FIP 30 August –
04 September 2008, Basel, Switzerland.

5. “Methods to improve solubility and stability of curcumin” poster accepted in the

above World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2008, 68th
International Congress of FIP 30 August – 04 September 2008, Basel,
Switzerland.

6. “Effect of Betacyclodextrin Complexation on Diffusion, Permeability and

Bioavailability of Carbamazepine” was accepted for poster presentation in 34th
Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society (CRS) on July
2007 in USA

7. “Effect of liposomal formulation of serratiopeptidase on Caco-2 cell permeability

and oral bioavailability” was accepted for poster presentation in American
Association of Pharmaceutical Sciencists (AAPS) Annual Meeting & Exposition,
in Dec. 2007, USA.

8. “Novel Formulation for Oral Delivery of Antihypertensive: Chronotherapeutic

Combination Approach” was accepted for presentation in the British
Pharmaceutical Conference, held during 13th to 17th September, 2006 in
Manchester United Kingdom.

9. Podium presentation under Drug Delivery at 141st British Pharmaceutical

Conference Scientific proceedings “Site-specific drug delivery to the oesophagus
using alginate microparticles by S.Suresh, S.A. Barker and DQM Craig on
September 27-29, 2004.

10. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Meeting & Exposition of the
Controlled Release Society Hawaii Convention Center, USA in June 2004
“Alginate- microparticles for site- specific drug delivery to the Oesophagus”.
 11. Paper accepted for poster presentation at 64th FIP held in Sept. 2004 at New
Orleans USA “Design and evaluation of colon specific multi particulate system
for chronotherapeutic delivery of Diltiazem hydrochloride”.1

12. Paper accepted for presentation under the Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Systems (PDD) at the Annual Meeting and Exposition AAPS held in USA in
November 2004. Topic entitled “Novel topical preparation for optimization of
anti-inflammatory therapy”.

13. Paper accepted for presentation under the Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Systems (PDD) at the Annual Meeting and Exposition AAPS held in USA for the
topic entitled “Comparison and correlation of transport behavior of selected drug
molecules”.

14. "Solubility behaviour of carbamazepine in individual solvents and Determination

of partial solubility parameters" Poster Presentation at the 18th Pharmaceutical
Technology Conference in Utrecht, The Netherlands, April 1999.

15. "Time dependent delivery of Metronidazole to the colon" accepted for Poster
Presentation at the Drug Delivery for the third Millennium Conference, Pisa,
Italy, October, 1999.

National Conferences

1. Presented the following papers in International Conference of Drug Delivery,

Theme: “ Emerging Innovations in Drug Delivery Technology” 29th-30th January
2010, organized by PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore

a. Formulation and evaluation of solid dispersions of Pioglitazone. Vinay

Pandit, Sunil, Sarasija Suresh, Roopa S. Pai and Parikh Sarth

b. Physicochemical properties and oral bioavailability of cyclodextrin

complexes of atorvastatin. Riyazkhan Mulani, Sarasija Suresh,
Subrahmanya C.R., Anand Suresh, M. Nagaraju- Best Poster Award

2. Presented the following papers in 61st Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2009 held
in Ahmedabad 11-13th December 2009

a. Design and evaluation of multiparticulate combination dosage form for

chronotherapeutic delivery in hypertension. Nasir, Sarasija Suresh,
Nuruddin Chinwala, Shreyas S
 b. Optimization of therapy in cardiovascular diseases: A chronotherapeutic
approach. Pathak S, Suresh S, Setia R

c. Formulation and evaluation of solid lipid nanoparticles of atenolol for

increased bioavailability. Mrugesh Raiyani, Sarasija Suresh, Kshama Devi
and Mojdeh Ahmadi

3. Presented the following papers in 12th APTI Annual National Convention,

October 2009, held in Jodhpur

a. Formulation design of novel fast dissolving tablets using disintegrant

blends with improved efficiency. Shirsand B.V., Sarasija Suresh, MS Para,
P.V.Swamy, Manjunath P and Nagendra Kumar
b. Formulation Design and optimization of fast dissolving clonazepam
tablets by effervescent method using 32 Factorial Design. S.B. Shirsand,
Sarasija Suresh, P.V.Swamy, G. Rathan Kumar
c. Invitro-Invivo evaluation of metformin hydrochloride floating
microspheres. Vinay Pandit, Sarasija Suresh, Kshama Devi, Roopa S. Pai
and Vivek Yadav
d. Formulation and Optimization of fast dissolving Clonazepam Tablets by
Sublimation method using 32 Factorial Design. S.B. Shirsand, Sarasija
Suresh, P.V.Swamy.

4. The following papers were presented in the 60th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress
(IPC) held at New Delhi in December 2008
1. Formulation and optimization of novel fast dissolving clonazepam
tablets by effervescent method using 32 factorial design. Shirsand
S.B., Sarasija Suresh, Swamy P.V.
2. Formulation and evaluation of cyclodextrin complexes of atorvastatin
Subrahmanyum Chetan Rao, Varun L, Anand S, Rajiv M. Vivek
Yadav, Vinay P and Sarasija S.
3. Formulation and evaluation of fast dissolving tablets of levofloxacin
Abhaya Kumar Patil, R. Revanth, R. Nagendra, Neeraj K, Vivek Y,
Vinay P and Sarasija S
4. Formulation of fast dissolving tablets of atorvastatin. Subrahmanyum
C.R., Varun L, Anand S, Rajiv M, Vivek Y, Vinay P and Sarasija S.

5. The following papers were presented in the 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress
(IPC) held at Varanasi in December 2007

1. Effect of sugar and cyclodextrins on solubility and permeation of

Rifampicin for pulmonary drug delivery: A pre-formulation study.
J.S. Patil and Sarasija Suresh.
 2. Formulation design of novel fast dissolving tablets of Anti-convulsant
drug. Shirsand SB, Sarasija Suresh, Swamy PV
3. Taste masked Fexofenadine hydrocholoride fast dissolving tablets.
Nagendra kumar D, Raju SA, Shirsand SB, Sarasija Suresh, Swamy
PV, Rampure
4. Formulation design of fast disintegrating tablets of anti-emetic drug.
Shirsand SB, Para MS, Swamy PV, Sarasija Suresh, Nagendra Kumar
D, Rampure MV, Kharia AA
5. Formulation and evaluation of fast dissolving buccal film of cetrizine
dihydrochloride. Bobe KR, KLK Paranjothy, Sarasija Suresh,
Shyamala Bhaskaran, Uday Sharma
6. Enhancement of bioavailability of atorvastatin by solid dispersions.
Subrahmanya Chethan Rao B, Sarasija Suresh, Shymala Bhaskaran
7. Enhancement of solubility and stability of curcumin upon inclusion
into parent and modified cyclodextrin. Yadav Vivek R, Sarasija
Suresh, Vinay Pandit

6. Presented the following papers in 12th APTI Annual National Convention,

October 2007, held in Chandigarh

1. Preparation and evaluation of in-situ gel for ocular drug delivery.

Sarasija Suresh, Subrahmanya Chethan Rao B and Chandra Mohan E
2. Formulation and evaluation of sustained release matrix tablet of
aspirin. Sarasija Suresh, Damanjeet Ghai, Dhagla Ram Choudhary,
Amit Kumar Das
3. Gastro-retentive dosage form of clarithromycin: A novel approach for
treatment of peptic ulcer. Vinay Pandit, Sarasija Suresh, Vivek Yadav,
Uday Sharma
4. Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of solid lipid microparticles
of curcumin. Yadav Vivek, Sarasija Suresh, Kshama Devi, Haraprasad
Chatterjee
5. Formulation and deign of novel fast dissolving tablets of antihistamine
drug. Nagendra Kumar D, Raju SA, Shirsand SB, Sarasija Suresh,
Swamy PV, Rampure MV

7. The following poster presentations at the second International and Indo-Canadian

Symposium on Pharmaceutical Science, Technology and Practice and Natural
Products held from 24 to 27 Feb. 2007 at Ooty India.

1. Formulation and Evaluation of Dapsone Gel for Topical Application

2. Liposomes: Targeted Drug Delivery of Rifampicin
3. Novel Technique to improve solubility and stability of Curcumin
Awarded 3rd Prize
4. Methotrexate loaded solid lipid nanoparticles in gel base and their
evaluation
8. Poster presentations at the APTI- 11th Annual National Convention, 2006,
Bangalore:
1. Hydrodynamically balanced delivery system for famotidine for
sustained release
2. Preparation and Evaluation of Pyrizinamide β-cyclodextrin complex
3. Rapid disintegrating tablets of Isosorbide Mononitrate
4. Preparation and Evaluation of Solid lipid Microparticles of Curcumin;
Effect on diffusion and permeation

9. Poster presentation presented in the 58th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at

Mumbai Pharma Vision 2020 entitled “Colon targeting of Curcumin: A pulsatile
approach” in December 2006.

10. The following papers were presented in the Oral/ Poster Presentation at 57th
Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Hyderabad in December 2005

a. Novel Multiparticulate Approach for Treatment of Peptic Ulcer- Oral

b. Formulation and Evaluation of Mouth Dissolving Films of
Metoclopramide- Poster
c. Fast Dissolving Buccal Films of Menthol- Poster
d. Effect of Formulation Parameters on In vitro evaluation of Solid Lipid
Nanoparticles- Poster

11. The following papers were presented in the Oral/ Poster Presentation at 56th
Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Kolkata in December 2004

1. Comparison and Correlation of Transport Behavior of Selected Drug

Molecules- Oral
2. Gastro – retentive system for treatment of peptic ulcer- Poster
3. Cyclodextrin Complexes Of Carbamazepine: A Novel Approach for
Formulation Of Fast Dissolving Dosage Form- Poster

12. Formulation And Evaluation Of Dispersible Tablets Of Dicyclomine

Hydrochloride- Poster

13. “Design and evaluation of colon specific multiparticulate system for

Chronotherapeutic delivery of Ketoprofen" Presentation at 6th Controlled
Release Society Indian Chapter Symposium at Mumbai, February 2004

14. Poster presented in ICTA 2004 held at Belgaum on the topic “Alternatives to
cosmetic testing of animals”

15. “Design and evaluation of colon specific multiparticulate system for

Chronotherapeutic delivery of Meloxicam" Presentation at 4th Controlled
Release Society Indian Chapter Symposium at Mumbai, February 2002.
16. “Effect of Pluronic F127 and Cremophor RH 40 on Eudragit NE30D Buccal
Mucoadhesive patches of Verapamil Hydrochloride” Poster Presentation at 52nd
Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Hyderabad, December 2000

17. “Preparation and Evaluation of cyclodextrin complexes of some

nd
antitubercular drugs” Poster presentation at 52 Indian Pharmaceutical
Congress at Hyderabad, December 2000

18. “Comparative study of Bioadhesive Polymers for Buccal Drug Delivery of

Verapamil Hydrochloride” Poster Presentation at the 11th International
Symposium Organized by the CRS Indian Chapter on Advances in Technology
and Business Potential of New Drug Systems, Ooty, Tamilnadu, October 2000

19. “Evaluation of Eudragit NE 30D for Buccal Drug Delivery of Verapamil

Hydrochloride” Poster Presentation at Drug In the New Millennium, A
Multidisciplinary Clinical Symposium at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore,
June 2000

20. “Study of enhancement of solubility of Atenolol B Cyclodextrin

Complexes" Oral Presentation at the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Mumbai,
December 1998

21. “Solubility behaviour of haloperidol in individual solvents and determinations

of partial solubility parameters" Poster presentation at the Indian
Pharmaceutical Congress, Trivandrum, December 1997

22. Preformulation studies of allergenic extracts of Parthenium hysterophosus

for intranasal immunotherapy" Oral presentation at the XVII Indian Pharmacy
Graduates Association, Madurai, September 1997 Judged Best Oral
Presentation

23. "Solid Dispersions of Nimesulide" Poster presentation at the XVII Indian

Pharmacy Graduates Association, Madurai, September 1997 Judged Best
Poster Presentation

24. “Formulation parameters affecting preparation and properties of

microencapsulated cloxacillin using Eudragit RS 100” Poster presentation at the
Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Trivandrum, December 1997

25. “In-vitro release studies of Marketed Clotrimazole cream" Poster presentation

at
The Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Trivandrum, December 1997

26. “Bioequivalence studies of marketed tablets of Paracetamol” Poster

Presentation at the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Madras, December 1996
 27. "Solid Dispersions of Curcumin" Poster presentation at the Indian
Pharmaceutical Congress, Madras, December 1996

28. "Extended Hildebrand Solubility Approach: Haloperidol in Binary Solvents"

Poster presentation at the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Madras, Dec.1996

29. “Bioequivalence studies of marketed tablets of Paracetamol” Poster

Presentation at the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Madras, December 1996

30. "Solid Dispersions of Curcumin" Poster presentation at the Indian

Pharmaceutical Congress, Madras, December 1996

31. "Extended Hildebrand Solubility Approach: Haloperidol in Binary Solvents"

Poster presentation at the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Madras, December
1996

32. "Preparation and Evaluation of Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems of

Propranalol Hydrochloride" Poster presentation at the International
Pharmaceutical Conference, Ooty, February 1995

33. “Bioequivalence studies of Marketed tablets of Diclofenac sodium” Poster

presentation at the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress,Visakapatnam, Dec. 1995

34. "Extended Hildebrand Solubility Approach: Carbamazepine in Binary

solvents" Oral presentation at the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Chandigarh,
December 1994

35. Hydrodynamically balanced drug delivery systems of Diclofenac

Sodium" Oral presentation at the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, New Delhi,
December 1993

APPENDIX -111

Research Projects undertaken: 55

Ongoing

1. Optimization of antidiabetic therapy: Chronotherapeutic combination approach

funded by Research Promotion Scheme of AICTE. Duration 3 years
 2. Formulation of herbal Cosmetics funded by Bangalore Pharmaceutical and
Research Laboratories. Duration 1 year

3. Pulmonary delivery of anti-tubercular drugs for optimization of anti-TB

therapy- Institutional

4. Development of fast-dissolving tablets of selected drugs- Institutional

Completed

1. Development and Evaluation of Animal Cell culture Model for Drug Delivery-
1999-2006 funded by AICTE by way of TAPTEC grant. PhD project
institutional

2. Design and Evaluation of Buccal Drug Delivery Systems of

Psychopharmacologicals and Steroids- 1999-2007. PhD project institutional

3. Design and Evaluation of Colon Specific Drug Delivery Systems of

Chronotherapeutic agents- 1999-2006. PhD project institutional

4. Cyclodextrin Drug Complexes of Antitubercular, Antimalarials and

Antidiabetics- 1999-2006. PhD project institutional

5. Site-specific delivery of curcumin for optimization of therapy

of IBD funded by ICMR by way of SRF

6. Formulation of dosage forms funded by R.L. Fine Chemicals. Duration 1 year

7. Multiparticulate approach for drug delivery, grant by AICTE. Duration 2 years

8. Design and development of herbal ointment for psoriasis funded by BPRL,

Bangalore. Duration 1 year

9. Design and development of anti-dermatitis gel funded by BPRL. Duration 1 year

10. Product development of Depile ointment funded by BPRL. Duration 6 months

11. Design and development of chewable tablets and granules of Anuloma churna
funded by BPRL. Duration 6 months

12. Development of Insitu gel of curcumin- MDS project- Duration 3 months

 13. Development of cell lines as invitro model for evaluation of drug delivery
systems- sponsored by AICTE as Career Award for Young Teachers. Duration 3
years

14. Alginate microparticles for oesophageal drug delivery- funded by Wellcome Trust
Fellowship. Duration 2 months

15. Optimization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a galenical approach funded by

DAAD Fellowship. Duration 2 months

16. Project on evaluation of permeation enhancer for Transdermal delivery funded by

Sami Labs Ltd, Bangalore. Duration 6 months

M.Pharm projects: 35

1. Formulation of lipid formulations of atenolol for increased permeability-2009

2. Development of multiparticulate combination systems for chronotherapeutic
therapy of hypertension-2009
3. Fast dissolving tablets of Repaglinide-2009
4. Evaluation of challenges of present anti-TB therapy.-2009
5. Design and development of biodegradable nanoparticles of heparin-2008
6. Design and development of lipid nanoparticles of heparin for improved
permeation-2008
7. Development of fast dissolving anti-lipidemic formulation-2008
8. Development of biodegradable chitosan microparticles of Rifampicin- 2008
9. Design and Development of spray dried particles of Rifampicin- 2007
10. Design and Development of liposomes of Rifampicin and Isoniazid-2007
11. Bioavailability of chronotherapeutic anti-hypertensive formulation: Invitro-Invivo
correlation-2007
12. Fast Dissolving buccal drug systems of ondansetron- 2007
13. Evaluation of toxicity and tissue distribution studies of methotrexate lipid
Nanoparticles-2007
14. Formulation and development of lipid microparticles of curcumin-2006
15. Novel Formulation for Oral Delivery of Antihypertensive: Chronotherapeutic
Combination Approach-2006
16. Colon-specific drug delivery system of Curcumin: a pulsatile approach- 2006
17. Optimization of anti-inflammatory therapy: a chronotherapeutic approach 2005
18. Novel topical preparations for optimization of anti-inflammatory therapy-2004
19. Optimization of therapy of cardiovascular diseases: A chronotherapeutic
approach-2004.
20. Formulation of lipid Nanoparticles of methotrexate-2004
21. Formulation and development of colon-specific drug delivery systems of
curcumin -2004.
22. Novel topical preparations for optimization of anti-inflammatory therapy-2003
23. Optimization of therapy of cardiovascular diseases: A chronotherapeutic
approach-2003
24. Preparation and evaluation of cyclodextrin complexes selected
Antidepressant molecules-2002
25. Formulation and development of in-situ gels: a novel approach for Ocular drug
delivery-2002
26. Formulation and Evaluation of colon specific delivery systems of selected anti-
inflammatory agents-2002.
27. Development and Evaluation of Buccal Delivery of Antihypertensives-2001
28. Buccal delivery of Verapamil hydrochloride-2000
29. Colon specific delivery of metronidazole-1999
30. Formulation and Evaluation of Atenolol Beta-Cyclodextrin complexes -1998
31. Nasal Drug Delivery of Allergenic extracts of Parthenium hysterophosus for
systemic immunotherapy- 1997.
32. Sterilization Indicators in Manufacturing Industry- 1996
33. Preformulation and Solubilisation Studies of Curcumin-1995
34. Preparation and Evaluation of Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems of
Propranalol hydrochloride- 1994
35. Hydrodynamically balanced drug delivery system (HBS) of Diclofenac sodium-
a novel approach for sustained release- 1993