Prof. Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha Nagar, Thandalam, Chennai, and former Director, Defence Food Research Laboratory, Mysore, Karnataka.

Prof. Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma did his M. Pharm in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He did Two years PG Diploma in Business Management from Punjabi University, Patiala. He holds his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Delhi.

He is Elected Fellow of Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India), Indian College of Nuclear Medicine, Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists and Institution of Chemists (India).

He has total Academic and Professional Experience for 36 years and retired as Director, Defence Food Research Laboratory, DRDO, Mysore, Karnataka. Dr. Sharma holds the appointment of Adjunct Professor of Jamia Hamdard in the Department of Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Honorary Professor in Food Processing and Preservation, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. While working in DRDO, Dr. Sharma has made significant contributions in CBRN defence, development of New Drugs, Novel Drugs Delivery Systems, Herbal Radioprotectors, Herbal Biothreat Mitigators, and Nutraceuticals. He has guided 12 students for the award of Ph.D.

Dr. Sharma has acclaimed eight National and five International Awards. He is a member of Expert /Core Groups of many ministries of Government of India.

Dr. Sharma has filed 24 patents and published 341 papers besides contributing 54 chapters in books and editing 14 books.

1. Recent Five Publications

Navneet Sharma, Mamta Chaudhary, Bhupendra Singh Butola, Joseph Kingston Jeyabalaji, Dharm Pal Pathak, Rakesh Kumar Sharma(2019). Preparation, characterization, and evaluation of the Zinc titanate and Silver nitrate incorporated wipes for topical chemical and biological decontamination. Materials Science and Engineering:C .96, 183-196.https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2018.10.056 (Impact Factor 5.08).

Navneet Sharma, Rita Kakkar, Prerna Bansal, Anju Singh, Himanshu Ojha, DharamPal Pathak and Rakesh Kumar Sharma (2019). Host-guest complexation studies of p-tertbutylcalix[4]areneagainst ions of interest for radiological decontamination. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 484, 111-124.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2018.09.007 (Impact Factor: 2.264)

Rahul Dhande, Amit Kumar, Rakesh Sharma and Hetal Thakkar (2018). 99mTc-Vinorelbine tartrate loaded Spherulites: Lung disposition study in Sprague-Dawley rats by Gamma Scintigraphy. Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 49,36-45 ( I.F-2.406)

Arpita Patel, Amit Tyagi, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Hetal Parekh Thakkar (2018). Formulation of 99mTechnetium-labeled Leuprolide loaded liposomes and its Biodistribution study in New Zealand white female rabbits for assessment of its uterine targeting efficiency. Drug Deliv. and Transl. Res.8(1):43-53 https://doi/org/10.1007/s13346-017-0432-1 (I.F. = 3.395)

Ankit Tanwar, Ayesha Ali Zaidi, Manish Bhardwaj, AnkitaRathore, Ankita Singh Chakotiya, Navneet Sharma, Deepti Sharma, SwetaKulshrestha, Raman Chawla, MitraBasu, Rajesh Arora, Mohd.Asif, Rakesh Kumar Sharma,Haider Ali Khan (2018). Herbal informatics approach for the selection of Natural compounds targeting Diabetes Mellitus. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 17(2), 270-275. (Impact Factor 1.273)

2 Recent Patents filed

Johnsy George, Ranganathan Kumar, Vallayil Appukuttan, Sajeev Kumar, Shanmugam Nadanasabapathi, Rakesh Kumar Sharma. Packaging system for sea Dye marker. Patent application Number 201911011540.

JavoorHunumanthappa Lakshmana, Jayaprahash Chellappa, Vallayil Appukuttan Sajeev Kumar, Ranganathan Kumar, Shanmugam NadanaSabapathi, Rakesh Kumar Sharma. Portable Self – Heating Apparatus. Patent application Number 201811008604.

Anilakumar Kandangath Raghavan, Naveen Shivanna, MahadevaNaika, Rakesh Kumar Sharma. A process for producing a Stabilized L- Citrullin rich watermelon rind. Patent application Number 201811031155.

Dev Kumar Yadav, Neera, Rakesh Kumar Sharma Modular and Customised Ration Storage System for perishable and dry Army Ration. Patent application Number 201811041040.

Anand Tamatam, Uma Maheshwari Deshetty, Mahantesh Malloikarjun Patil, Farhat Khanum, Rakesh Kumar Sharma Composition for addressing motion Sickness, and method of preparation thereof. Patent application Number 201811047255.