KAKSHA SANKHE

Innovative Researcher adept at developing probing questions, designing experiments and generating meaningful results. Experienced at identifying and using new technologies and resources. Works effectively and collaboratively with teams and individuals.

• First Prize for Oral Presentation, Natural Specialty Ingredients Conference 2023, ORAH Nutrichem Pvt. Ltd., 03/09/2023
• Silver Medal, 14th InterCollegiate/Institute/Department Avishkar Research Convention: 2019-20, Bombay College of Pharmacy, 2019
• First Prize for Oral Presentation, Drug Development and Diagnostic Approaches for Tuberculosis Infection, BARC, Mumbai, India, 2016

• Snow Ear (Tremella fuciformis), Mushrooms: Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, 04/03/2023
• DNA gyrase inhibitors, Encyclopedia of Molecular Pharmacology, 2020
• Quantitation of gallic acid in acacia nilotica pods by HPTLC, Indian Drugs, 06/01/2023
• Synthesis and characterization of 6-hydroxy-3,4 dihydroquinolinone cilostazol impurity-a as per Indian Pharmacopoeia, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Research, 2021
• Synthetic Strategies of Pyrimidine-Based Scaffolds as Aurora Kinase and Polo-like Kinase Inhibitors, Molecules, 08/26/2021
• Design strategies, SAR, and mechanistic insight of Aurora kinase inhibitors in cancer, Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 07/2021, 3
• Selective drug deposition in lungs through pulmonary drug delivery system for effective management of drug-resistant TB, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 05/04/2019
• DNA gyrase inhibitors: Progress and synthesis of potent compounds as antibacterial agents, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 07/01/2018

• Dr. Tabassum Khan, Professor and Head of Department, SVKM's Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy, 9892475606, tabassum.khan@bncp.ac.in
• Mrs. Mugdha Raut, Quality Operations at Novartis, 8879450238, rautmugdha1994@gmail.com

• Design, synthesis, and evaluation of protein kinase inhibitor as potential anti-cancer agents (PhD project) (May 2019- Dec 2023)
• Fortified Nutraceuticals of Acacia nilotica pods- A Health product for geriatric population (RGSTC project), (Aug 2018 - March 2022)
• Synthesis and Characterization of impurities in API (Active pharmaceutical ingredient) (M. Pharm project), (July 2016 - June 2017)

• Design of experiments (DOE) and Minitab software handling, Mumbai, India, 2020
• Advanced Computer-Aided Drug Design and Computational Biology, Schrodinger, Mumbai, India, 2019
• Rational drug design: Fundamentals. Pitfalls and Way ahead, Mumbai, India, 2018