Dr. ( Mrs.) SANDHYA PARAMESWARAN

Designation

Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy and hytochemistry

Qualification

M. Pharm; Ph. D

Ph. D. Academic Year

2003

Institution

C. U. Shah College of Pharmacy

M. Pharm Academic Year

1999

Institution

C. U. Shah College of Pharmacy

B. Pharm Academic year

1997

Institution

C. U. Shah College of Pharmacy

Projects

1. Received a grant of Rs.40000/- from the University of Mumbai for the project titled, "Phytochemical and Pharmacological investigation on the stems and leaves of Jatropha curcas linn" in the year 2007 - 2008.
2. Received a grant of Rs.20000/- from the University of Mumbai for the project titled studies on some drugs for their antiepileptic activity in the year 2005 - 06.

Experience

1. Assistant Professor in Pharmacognosy at Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan's College of Pharmacy from 2006 till date.
2. Lecturer in Pharmacognosy at Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan's College of Pharmacy from 2003 to 2006.
3. Temporary lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at C. U. Shah College of Pharmacy from 1999 - 2000.

Achievements

1. Received the Prof. M. L. Khurana best paper award in the field of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry for the year 2004 for the paper titled "Interaction of Embelin and Iron in Ayurvedic Formulations".
2. Was awarded the first prize for the best oral paper in the Prize paper session of Update Ayurveda - 2002 for the paper titled "Isolation of a bioactive terpenoid from the fruits of Helicteres isora Linn". Was in Receipt of Senior Research Fellowship awarded by All India Council of Technical Education ( AICTE ) for three years ( 2003 - 2003 ).
3. Received a grant of Rs. 15,000 from University of Mumbai for the project titled "Evaluation of Plant drugs for their Ant obesity activity" ( 2009 - 2010 ).

Seminars / Workshops

1. Seminar on Herbs and Herbal Products Organized by IDMA in Mumbai in August 2007.
2. National Seminar on Herbal Drugs in Indian Scenario held at S.V.B.'s College of Pharmacy, Dombivli on January 20, 2007.
3. Seminar on IPR and Patents held at S.V.B's College of Pharmacy, in August 2005.
4. Indian Pharmaceutical Congress held at Hyderabad in December 2005.

Papers

1. S1 ) Study of anticariogenic properties of roots of Mimosa pudica Linn dated 16 th to 20 th November 2008.
2. Standardisation of Vasaka and Glycyrrhiza in Ayurvedic remedies dated 16 th to 20 th November 2008.
3. Secondary metabolite production and organogenesis from Adhatoda vasika dated 7 th to 9 th March 2008.
4. Microscopical evaluation and Standardisation of Tannins in Sanjivani vati dated 20 th to 23 rd December 2007.
5. Comparison of Supercritical Fluid Extraction and solvent Extraction on fruits of Helicters isora Linn dated January 17 th to 18 th 2003.
6. Isolation and Characterization of a Bioactive Terpene from the fruits of Helicters isora Linn dated 29 th November to 1 st December 2002.
7. Bioactivity Guided Fractionation and Phytochemical Investigation on fruits of Helicters isora Linn dated 1 st to 4 th November 2002.
8. Stability Studies of Ayurvedic Formulation containing Vidang and Loha Bhasma dated January 2000.
9. Published a paper "Micro propagation and organogenesis in Adhatoda vasika for estimation of vascicine" in the Pharmacognosy Magazine, Vol. 5, Issue. 20, 2009, 359 - 363.
10. Published a paper "Evaluation of malva sylvestris and pedalium murex mucilage as suspending agent" in the International Journal of Pharm Tech research, Vol. 2, Jan - March 2010, 385 - 389.
11. Submitted a paper "Standardization of an Ayurvedic formulation" Sanjivani Vati in the International Journal of Green Pharmacy which is accepted.
12. Papers to be presented in International Symposium on Current status and Opportunities in Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Lucknow, 21 - 24 February 2010.