PU research fellows awarded

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 12

Research Fellows Ranjot Kaur and Teenu Sharma, working at the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) Panjab University, have been selected for the Young Scientist Awards at the event, “Disso Research Presentations India 2020 (DPRI-2020) – Online Presentations”, jointly organised by the Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science (SPDS) and Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI). Ranjot Kaur, a UGC-Meritorious Senior Research Fellow at UIPS, was announced as runners-up at the national level contest. She has been working under the direct guidance of Professor Bhupinder Singh Bhoop (UIPS), along with Professor Om Prakash Katare (UIPS) and Professor Anupama Kaushik (UICET).

She presented her research work on, “Inhalable Lipid Nanovesicles Encapsulating Voriconazole with Modulated Drug Release and Improved Lung Pharmacokinetics”.

Meanwhile, Teenu, a DST- Inspire Senior Research Fellow at UIPS, has been declared topper north zone. She has also been working under the direct guidance of Bhoop and Katare. She presented her research work on, “Biotin-conjugated lipidic nanocarriers for improved biopharmaceutical performance of chrysin: Studies on Dissolution Kinetics, Pharmacokinetics and IVIVC”.