1)Dr. Harshal Ashok Pawar M. Pharm., PhD, MD (AM)

He is currently working as an Assistant Professor with Dr. L. H. Hiranandani College of Pharmacy, Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra (Affiliated to University of Mumbai, India). He has also worked as a Head of Department of Quality Assurance for six years. He has 19 years of teaching cum industry research experience. He worked with various pharmaceutical industries like Medley, Charak and Alkem Research Centre. He has published more than 80 research and review articles in various national / international journals of repute. He has also presented various research papers in national / international conference, seminars, symposia and workshops. He has five Indian and three international patents to his credit. He has received research grants for various projects from University of Mumbai. He is on editorial board and reviewer for many international journals. He has guided 30 M. Pharmacy Research scholars in the subject of Quality Assurance. He is also recognized PhD guide of University of Mumbai, Pacific University and Mansarovar University. He has authored more than 10 books in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

2) Mr. Girish Nihalani M. Pharm.

He is a Research Fellow of Product Development at Teva Pharmaceuticals based at Florida, USA. Mr. Nihalani earned his Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Bombay College of Pharmacy in 2005; thereafter has dedicated his career in formulation development of Modified Release Solid Oral Dosage forms for international markets. Over years, Mr. Nihalani has developed multiple complex drug products as ANDA including first to file, first to market, NCE-1 and 505(b)2. He has specific interests in amorphous dispersions, multiarticulate and matrix-based dosage forms. He has received recognition and awards by his employers for his exceptional performance.
Mr. Nihalani has held professional positions of increasing prominence for globally renowned companies, such as Actavis Inc., Cipla Inc., Watson Inc., Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, FDC Limited and Inventia Healthcare Ltd. In his current role at Teva Pharmaceuticals, he continues to lead development of BCS class II and IV modified release drug products requiring expertise in formulation development and biopharmaceutics.
Mr. Nihalani to his name has multiple publications including three patent applications. He is a member of AAPS, serves as reviewer of peer reviewed journals such as AAPS, Journal of Pharmaceutical Science (JPS), Journal of Controlled Release (JCR). He has poster presented at annual conferences of Controlled Release Society (CRS) and AAPS.

3) Dr. Hitendra S. Mahajan M. Pharm., PhD

He is working as a Professor and Head Department of Pharmaceutics at R.C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur (M.S). He has 23 years of teaching and research experience. He earned his B. Pharm (1994) from North Maharashtra University Jalgaon, M. Pharm (2002) from Shivaji University Kolhapur, and PhD (2010) from North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. He is the recipient of the Research Award from the University Grant Commission, New Delhi, and Prof. Ambikanandan Misra Research Excellence Award in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Award-2019, Association of Pharmacy Teachers, India (APTI). Prof. M. M. Sharma Prize for Science and Technology from Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Excellent Teacher Award (2018), Research (Funding) award (2022), Research (Publication) award (2023) from KBC North Maharashtra University, and Nation Builder Award from Rotary International.
He has more than 150 publications in journals of repute and holds 02 Indian patents on his research work. He completed four research projects of Rs. 144.00 lakhs from various funding agencies such as AICTE, UGC, SERB, BIRAC, ICMR, and Rajiv Gandhi Science Technology Commission, Govt of Maharashtra. He is elected Chairperson Board of Studies (Pharmaceutics) Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon.