Dr. Ritesh Kumar

About

Dr. Ritesh Kumar is currently working as an Associate Professor and Head in Department of Pharmaceutics. He has completed his B. Pharm., M. Pharm. in Pharmaceutics from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow and Ph.D. in Pharmacy from IFTM University, Moradabad. He has supervised 10 students of M. Pharm. in their research projects. He is an author of 04 Indian patents as well as 26 peer-reviewed research/ review papers in various national and international journals with more than 840 citations on Google scholar.

Experience

17.4 years in teaching

Qualification

M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics), Ph.D.

Award & Recognition

• Won best research paper award.
• Won three times best poster award in national conferences.
• Recipient of best faculty member award.
• Achievement of 100% result of students.

Research

• More than 26 publications in peer reviewed, national and international journals with Google Scholar citation scores over 840 and good impact factor.
• More than 60 presentations in national & international conferences/ seminars.
• 04 Indian patents published.
• Delivered lectures as Invited Guest Speaker

Certifications

• Completed one week NPTEL-AICTE Faculty Development Program on “Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law” through MOOCs mode July- Sept 2019, organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.   
• Completed certified MOOC course on “Research in Technical Education” Nov 2018- May 2019, organized by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh.  
• No. of AICTE/ University sponsored Faculty Development Program attended: 28  
• No. of Short Term Training Program (STTP) attended: 08   

Area of Interest

Formulation and optimization of Gastroretentive, Fast release and Nanotechnology based drug delivery systems.