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Venkatesan Palanivel

Annamalai University

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Dr.Venkatesan Palanivel is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (2001); and a post-Graduate degree in Pharmaceutics (2003); and he was awarded a doctorate in Pharmacy by Annamalai University in 2012. He has over 20 years of teaching and research experience. His area of current interest includes the development of sustained oral release dosage forms and formulation of various pharmaceutical dosage forms (Novel drug delivery system) and developing innovative teaching methods in Novel drug delivery systems. He was awarded the Young Scientist Fellowship Award in 2015 from the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST). He was awarded the Best Teacher Award during the Teacher’s Day celebration in 2007 and 2022, organized by Chidambaram Cosmopolitan Lions Club, Chidambaram, and Chidambaram Lions Club, Host, Chidambaram.
Dr. Venkatesan has mobilized research funds to the tune of Rs.183.19 lakhs from government agencies and industries. He has several research publications in national and international journals with good impact factors to his credit. One of his research papers received the Best Research Paper Award for the paper presented in the Pharmaceutics category at the 18th APTI National Convention, Rajahmundry, 2013. He presented a paper entitled ‘Choice of Better Laboratory Technique for the Preparation of Microspheres Applying Analytical Hierarchy Process: A Case Study” at the 9th Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association-MPS Conference 2007, Malaysia. Recently he was invited as a speaker and delivered a lecture on recent trends in pharmacy practice for training pharmacists, pharmacists, and pharmacy managers. Organized by Medicom pharmacy, GNM Group of pharmacies. Dubai, UAE. Recently he underwent advanced training in “Clinical Pharmacy and Community Pharmacy”, at the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia sponsored by Pharmabridge (2019). He is one of the editorial board members of various pharmaceutical journals. He is a member of various professional bodies like IPGA, ISC, APTI, IPA, TNPCI, APP,

Venkatesan’s mission has been to spread the prominence of NDDS in pharmaceutical research & development and invite more researchers into the NDDS research field. In this context, he has delivered plenary lectures at International and National Conferences/Symposium on issues about NDDS in drug research. He has also been invited as a guest speaker (88) to make a presentation on the impact of NDDS in pharmaceutical research in various colleges across the country. Recognizing his expertise and contribution to the field of NDDS research Dr. Venkatesan has been invited as a speaker to deliver a plenary lecture entitled ‘Microencapsulation: A Vital Technique in Novel Drug Delivery System. to BIT Life Sciences, Nanjing, China in 2012. Recently he received the Recipient of Mother Teresa Gold Medal Award 2012, from the Global economic progress and Research Association, during the 20th National Seminar on National Unity Conference on 30th March 2013 at Chennai. The same year he also awarded Dr. Ambedkar fellowship national award-2012 during the 28th National Conference on 9-10, December 2012 at Delhi. Now he is working on a UGC SAP DRS Phase-II project entitled Novel Drug Delivery System (NDDS): Micro, Nano, and Transdermal Drug Delivery System with funding of Rs.120.05 lakhs for a period of Five years (2015-2020).

Employment

  • Annamalai University Associate Professor
    2003 - Present

Education

  • Annamalai University PhD
    2005 - 2012
  • Annamalai University M.Pharm Industrial Pharmacy
    2001 - 2003
  • Annamalai University B.Pharm
    1996 - 2000

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Publications (43)