Dr. Ajay Kumar Gupta

About

Internationally acclaimed R&D professional with PhD & PGDBA degree with 24+ years of Post-doc, Industrial and academic experience in Research, Technology and Product development in Pharma / Biotech / Environment / Waste water treatment / waste management / Renewable energy etc. (Total 13900+ Citations, 21 Granted Patents, 31 Patent applications, 23 Publications / Conference Proceedings, 7 Books / Book chapters).
Dr. Ajay Kumar Gupta is a distinguished nanotechnology and environmental chemistry expert, blending academic excellence, industrial innovation, and strategic research leadership. His work has significantly impacted water treatment, sustainable energy, pharmaceuticals, and waste management, contributing to both scientific advancements and commercialized technologies.

Dr. Gupta has secured Major research grants as Principal Investigator:

₹28.95 Lakhs from GUJCOST, Govt. of Gujarat for seawater pre-treatment nanomaterials.
₹4.35 Crore (~US$ 981,166) from DBT, Govt. of India, for mucosal formulations of Proteins.
Grants from DST, GUJCOST, MNRE, ONGC and AIU for organizing national research conventions.

Invited by the Government of Austria and Government of Gujarat as an expert for a session on Nano Mission.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DgAZajIAAAAJ&hl=en
Web of Science Researcher ID: U-3677-2019
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8161-2337
Scopus ID: 57214417150

Employment

• Ganpat University Director R&D
  2020 - Present

Education

• Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning PGDBA
  2008 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (21)

• Nanomicellar Delivery of Pilocarpine Prodrug for Improved Glaucoma Therapy in Rabbits
  Letters in Applied NanoBioScience 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.33263/LIANBS151.018
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• Optimization of pH-Dependent Efficiency of Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles for Total Dissolved Solids and Hardness Removal from Wastewater
  Letters in Applied NanoBioScience 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33263/LIANBS144.221
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• Synthesis, Characterization and pH-Dependent Surface Charge Modulation of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid Functionalized Cobalt Doped Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Removal of the Inorganic Impurities
  International Journal of Environmental Research 2025 2 citations DOI: 10.1007/s41742-025-00858-9
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• Design and In-silico study of bioimaging fluorescence Graphene quantum dot-Bovine serum albumin complex synthesized by diimide-activated amidation
  Computational Biology and Chemistry 2021 22 citations DOI: 10.1016/J.COMPBIOLCHEM.2021.107543
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• Historic Developments, Current Technologies and Potential of Nanotechnology to Develop Next Generation Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency
  International Journal of Renewable Energy Development 2015 11 citations DOI: 10.14710/IJRED.4.2.77-93
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• Recent advances on surface engineering of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and their biomedical applications
  Nanomedicine 2007 713 citations DOI: 10.2217/17435889.2.1.23
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• Cytotoxicity suppression and cellular uptake enhancement of surface modified magnetic nanoparticles
  Biomaterials 2005 585 citations DOI: 10.1016/J.BIOMATERIALS.2004.05.022
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• Synthesis and surface engineering of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications
  Biomaterials 2005 6,743 citations DOI: 10.1016/J.BIOMATERIALS.2004.10.012
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• In vitro cytotoxicity studies of hydrogel pullulan nanoparticles prepared by aot/n-hexane micellar system
  Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2004
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• Surface-modified superparamagnetic nanoparticles for drug delivery: Preparation, characterization, and cytotoxicity studies
  IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience 2004 629 citations DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2003.820277
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