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 is an author of 03 books, 07 Indian patents, 1 copyright as well as 28 peer-reviewed research/ review papers in various national and international journals with more than 900 citations on Google scholar.

As a teacher and researcher, he is committed to the success of students with academic and career guidance. 

Experience

18 years

Qualification

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

Award & Recognition

• Recipient of best faculty member award.
• Won best research paper award.
• Won three times best poster award in national conferences.
• Achievement of 100% result of students.
• Working as an examiner and paper setter in various universities and institutes.
• Observer or Institute Representative in NPTEL or MOOCs courses conducted by IIT Madras.
• As resource person/ Guest Speaker: 03
• PCI Inspector

Research

• More than 28 publications in peer reviewed, national and international journals with Google Scholar citation scores over 900 and good impact factor.
• More than 60 presentations in national & international conferences/ seminars.
• 07 Indian patents published.
• 03 books and 01 book chapter published.
• PG Scholars supervised: 10

Certifications

• Completed certified MOOC course with one week NPTEL-AICTE Faculty Development Program on “Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law” 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: 30
• No. of Workshops attended: 12
• No. of Seminars attended: 25
• No. of Short Term Training Program (STTP) attended: 14  
•  No. of Conferences attended – 24

Area of Interest

• Formulation and optimization of Gastroretentive, Fast release and Nanotechnology based drug delivery systems.
• Optimization Techniques and Pharmaceutical Statistics in dosage forms.