Resume of Mr. R.G.S.Vara Prasad B.Pharm, MS, Ph.D.
Personal Details
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R.G.S.Vara Prasad
Male
Indian
Married
K3769403
22 Nov 1979
Present Address
Faculty of Pharmacy,
DepartmentofPharmaceutical Technology
Drug delivery system research centre,
Prince of songkla University,
Hat Yai,Thailand
E-mail:[email protected]
Industrial appointment:
Chief technical officer,
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technology
Research group
Nano Research for Advanced Materials
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
E-mail:[email protected]
Objectives:
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Interested in the fields of Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering (regenerative medicine),
Nanotechnology in drug delivery and Biotechnology
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Providing innovative practical solutions to challenging problems
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Seeking a challenging opportunity in a dynamic environment where my skills would be of
value and fulfill the assigned tasks with the best of my abilities
Experience:(7yrs 5months)
Jun 2006 – May 2010 : Assistant professor, Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy, India.
Jun-2010 – Nov 2011 : Assistant professor, Masterskill University College of Health
Sciences, Malaysia
Nov-2011-till date:
Research assistant , prince of songkla university,thailand
Subjects Handled:
B.Pharm: Pharmacology,Therapeutics ,Microbiology, Biotechnology, Medical biochemistry
Pharm.D: Clinical pharmacokinetics and Pharmacogenomics, Clinical Biochemistry
M.Pharm: Screening methods in pharmacology, Cell culture techniques for drug screening and
Gene therapy
Leadership Qualities:
1. Nominated as Secretary and President of the college.
2. Placement incharge for Shri Vishnu College Of Pharmacy from 2007-2010
Achievements/Awards/Grants:
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Stood first in the overall B.Pharm programme with 77% of marks
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In GATE-2003 qualiifying exam, secured an All India Rank of 1424
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Co-researcher of FRGS (Fundamental Research Grant Scheme) research project
funded by the Malaysian government
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Co-researcher of ERGS (Exploratory Research Grant Scheme) research project
funded by the Malaysian government.
Assets:
Patience, Confidence, Diligence and Meticulousness
Memberships and registrations:
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Registered Pharmacist in the Tamilnadu State Pharmacy Council No: 10174 A1
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Life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India - APTI No:
AP/LM-223
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Pharmacy Council of India identification number FID No. SVPLEC000002
Analytical Tool-Set:
Instruments
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Lab scale bioreactors( Fermentors)
Gel electrophorosis unit
RT-PCR
Semi –automatic Bioanalyser
microplate reader( Bio-Rad),
ultrafilteration unit,
Fluorescent microscope
Microtome unit for tissue section and automatic processing
of tissues
Tablet dissolution and disentigration testers
UV Spectrophotometer,HPLC, FTIR,
Temperature Monitoring
Bacterial Cultures
Animal Handling &
Maintainence
Operating Systems
Cell culture Tool kit
Nanotechnology Tool kit
Animal cell culture
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Deep Freezers(-200C,-300C, -800C& -1960C) Liquid Nitrogen
handling.
Botrytis cinerea ,stapholococcus ,E.coli,Pseudomonas,
Candida spp, Mycobacterium,H.pyroli etc
Human cell lines,MC3T3-E1
Frogs,Mice,rats and Rabbits
 MS Office tools specially in MS WORD & MS EXCEL
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Inverted microscope
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Countess,automated cell counter
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NEON-transfection and electrophoration system
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JuLI live cell and time lapse imaging
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Tali-Image based cytometer
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Spin coating unit (for preparing nanostructured thin
films)
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Electrospinning
unit
(for
making
polymeric
nanofibres)
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SEM JEOL JSM-5800
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AFM
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Nanozetasizer
 MC3T3-E1
 C2C12
 L929
Research expertise
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Preparation of Metal oxide nanoparticles (Ag,Cu,Fe,TiO2,ZnO CeO2)
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Nanofibres by chemical method.
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Nanofibres by Electrospinning unit.
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Nanostructured thin films by spin coating technique.
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Drug loaded nanoparticles( chitosan and alginate)
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2D and 3D scaffolds of various biomaterials and polymeric materials for artificial
tissue constructs
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Cell culture techniques
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Microbial succeptability testing
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Artificial Biofilms and their evaluation
Research Projects/Grants:
S:No
1
Project title
Antifungal and
antibacterial properties
of nanostructured thin
films based on TiO2 and
TiO2–Ag/Cu/Fe additives
synthesized by cost
effective sol-gel process
Funding agency
The Ministry of
Science and
Innovation, CSIC,
Madrid, Spain
File Number
FIS2009-12964-C05-04 and
CSD2008-00023
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The role of metal oxide
nanoparticles in
Alzheimer's disease
FRGS/1/2012/SKK01/MUSM/03/01
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Electrospun Nanofibre
Matrix for Wound
Healing and Antibacterial
Activity - Development
and In vitro Evaluation
Ministry of
Higher
Education,
Malaysia,FRGS
Ministry of
Higher
Education,
Malaysia,ERGS
ERGS/1/2012/TK04/UNIM/02/01
Projects Supervised:
Four M. Pharm Projects
Five
B.Pharm Projects
Research Collaborations:
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Nano - Research for Advanced Materials & Technologies,
INCITE -TBI, Mazumdar Cancer Center,
Bangalore – 560040, Karnataka State, INDIA
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University of Nottingham, Malaysia
Dr. Md Enamul Hoque,Associate Professor & Former Head of Bioengineering Research
Group,Department of Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering
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Monash University, Malaysia, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Department of Pharmacology
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Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC)
Dr. J.L. Endrino ,28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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Nanotechnology Research Centre , Shri Vishu college of Pharmacy,India
Scholarly activities:
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Editorial board member: 2
Reviewer
1. Biomedical materials and Engineering- Impact factor 1.087
2. Nanomedicine - Impact factor 6.930
3. African Journal of Microbiology Research- Impact factor 0.564
4. World journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences: Impact factor 0.629
One of the top contributors in reviewing process for Bio-Medical materials and engineering
and their conference 2013 ( Biomedical engineering and biotechnology).
Book chapters:
Inivited Book Chapters:
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Book title: Encyclopedia of Biomedical polymers and polymeric biomaterials.
Chapter title: Conducting Polymers for Drug delivery and Tissue engineering
Applications. (inpress)
Publisher: CRC, Taylor and Francis.
 R.G.S.V.Prasad, Nilesh Prakash Nirmal and M. Enamul Hoque, Nanotechnology
(series),Volume 12, chapter 11, pp 285-307, 3D organ printing- Future designer
organs, Studium Press LCC , USA, 2013. http://studiumpress.in/indetail.asp?id=233
 Book title: Encyclopedia of Biomedical polymers and polymeric biomaterials.
Chapter title: Nanofibers for Drug delivery. ( under preparation)
Publisher: CRC, Taylor and Francis.
List of publications:
2013:
1. R.G.S.V.Prasad, Fish gelatin/chitosan 3D scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, Carbohydr
polym( submitted) (IF: 3.479)
2. R.G.S.V.Prasad ,Development of chitosan-simvastatin nanoparticles for bone tissue
engineering, Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm (under review) (IF: 3.826)
3. R.G.S.V.Prasad, A.R.Phani, K.N.Rao, R. Rakesh Kumar, Suraj.Prasad, G.Prabhakara,
M.S.Sheeja, Paul Salins.C and J.L.Endrino, Friendly but Deadly: Biocompatibile and
Antibacterial SnO2 Nanowire Films Synthesized by E-Beam Evaporation Method, Journal of
Biomedical Nanotechnology, (submitted) (IF: 5.263)manuscript ID 130643
4. Sathasivam Manikam 1,2, R.S.L.Aparna1*and R.G.S.V.Prasad 1 Photocatyalytic effect of
titanium dioide nanoparticles and the effect of copper as a dopant in degradation of
dibutylpthlate and butylhydroxyanisole. . J. Bionanosci (inpress).
5.
Shamalah Munusamy1,2, R.S.L.Aparna1*, R.G.S.V.Prasad 1 and A.R. Phani3,Photocatalytic
effect of TiO2 and the effect of dopants on degradation of brilliant green. Sustain Chem
Process ,2013,1(4).
Most viewed article in biomed central( with highest downloads = 1800)
6. R.G.S.V.Prasad and M.Murali, Effect of Cardorium plus on oxidative stress in hyperlipidimic
chick model,This work was highlighted in Ayurvedic magazine,2013, 8(2) :41
7. R.G.S.V.Prasad 1*, Revathy Davan1,2, Shankar Jothi 1,2 , A.R.Phani 3 and D.B.Raju 4, Cerium
oxide nanoparticles protects gastrointestinal mucosa from ethanol induced gastric ulcers in invivo animal model. Nano Biomed. Eng. 2013, 5(1), 46-49. (IF:3.67)
8. Premvanan Karunanithy1,2, R. G. S. V. Prasad1, Venkata Srinivas Jakka1, R.S.L.Aparna1 and
A.R. Phani3 ,Enhanced antimicrobial activity of polyaniline grafted chitosan. Adv. Sci. Eng.
Med , Vol. 5,(7) 420-426: 2013, doi:10.1166/asem.2013.1283
9.
Pavithra Yehgambaram 1,2, R.G.S.V.Prasad1*, Venkata Srinivas Jakka1, R.S.L.Aparna1 and
A.R. Phani3 ,Antifungal Activity of Nanostructured Polyaniline combined with Fluconazole. J.
Pharm.Res,6,1, 2013,26-31 ,doi:10.1016/j.jopr.2012.11.009. (IF:2.36)
Highlighted as top 25 articles in the journal from science direct:
2012:
10. Shamalah Munusamy1,2, R.S.L.Aparna1*, R.G.S.V.Prasad 1 and A.R. Phani3, Photocatalytic
effect of TiO2 and the effect of dopants on degradation of Pharmaceutical dye (Sunset Yellow).
J. Green Sci. Technol. doi:10.1166/jgst.2012.1010
11. Sophee Supriya Sabastian1,2, R.G.S.V.Prasad 1* ,Venkata Srinivas Jakka 1 , R.S.L.Aparna1 and
A.R.Phani 3 , Antibacterial Activity of TiO2 and ZnO Microparticles Combination on Water Polluting
Bacteria. J. Green Sci. Technol. doi:10.1166/jgst.2012.1008
12. SK. Raziya begum1, M.Mohan Varma1, D.B.Raju1, R.G.S.V.Prasad * 2, and A.R.Phani2
,Enhancement of Dissolution Rate of Piroxicam by Electrospinning Technique. Adv. Nat. Sci:
Nanosci. Nanotechnol, 3 (2012) 045012 (4pp).
13. Revathy Davan1,2, R.G.S.V.Prasad 1*, Venkata Srinivas Jakka 1 , R.S.L.Aparna1 A.R.Phani 3 ,
Biju Jacob 4 ,Paul C. Salins 4 and D.B.Raju5, Cerium oxide nanoparticles promotes wound healing
activity in invivo animal model. J. Bionanosci. Vol. 6, 78–83, 2012, (cited 1 time)
14. R.G.S.V.Prasad*,A.R.Phani, Biju Jacob3 and Paul C. Salins4 .Nanoparticles for bone tissue
engineering, Trends Biomater. Artif. Organs, 26(4), 197-201(2012). (IF :0.792)
15.Srujana.K1,R.G.S.V.Prasad*1,R.S.L.Aparna2 Preliminary screening for H.pyroli from dental
plaques J. Pharm.Res,2012,5(8),4195-4198. (IF:2.36)
16. Kaveeta Pergas Jotiram1, 2, R.G.S.V. Prasad1*, Venkata Srinivas Jakka1, R.S.L.Aparna1 and A.R.
Phani3 ,Antibacterial Activity of Nanostructured Polyaniline Combined with Mupirocin. Nano
Biomed. Eng. 2012, 4(3), 144-149. (IF:3.67)
17. R. G. S. V. Prasad ,J. L. Endrino, Nishanth Kumar Jain, Goutham Reddy, D. Basavaraju, K. N.
Rao, C. S. Naveen, and A. R. Phani, Synthesis and antimicrobial properties of TiO2 and TiO2 -Cu
thin films synthesized by cost effective sol-gel process, Adv. Sci. Eng. Med. 4, 279–287 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/asem.2012.1184 (cited -1 time)
18. R.G.S.V.Prasad*, K. S.V. Chaitanya, M. Tejoram , D. Basavaraju, K.N.Rao , R. Rakesh Kumar,
S. Sreenivasan and A.R.Phani, Antibacterial Properties of Nanofiber Structured Conducting
Polyaniline synthesized by Cost Effective Wet Chemical Process, J. Pharm.Res 2012,5(1),370373,(IF:2.36) (cited-2 times)
19. Aminabee Sk1*, Prabhakar MC2, Prasad R.G.S.V2 ,Lakshmana Rao A 1 ,and Ram Mohan Rao
CH2 , Invitro pharmacological activity of biosurfactant,Int. Journal of pharmaceutical,chemical
and biological sciences, vol-2,130-133,2012 http://www.ijpcbs.com/files/14.pdf
2011:
20.S.K. Aminabee*1, M.C. Prabhakara1, R.G.S.V. Prasad1 and A. Lakshmana Rao2, Screening the
Pharmacological Activity of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles In vitro,Biomed.&
Pharmacol.J.,Vol.,4,No 2 ,287-289(2011).
21. Prasad, R. G. S. V*.; Basavaraju, D.; Rao, K. N.; Naveen, C. S.; Endrino, J.; Phani, A. R.; ,
Nanostructured
TiO2
and
TiO2-Ag
Antimicrobial
Thin
Films,NanoBioscience,IEEE
Transactions
on,vol.no.,pp.1-6,8-10Dec.2011.doi:10.1109/NSTSI.2011.6111808(IF:1.78)
22. J. L. Endrino*,1 , R.G.S.V.Prasad2, D. Basavaraju2, K.N.Rao3, C.S. Naveen3, A.R.Phani4
Antimicrobial properties of nanostructured TiO2 plus Fe additive thin films synthesized by a costeffective sol-gel process, Nanosci. Nanotechnol. Lett. 3, 629-636 (2011) (IF: 2.37)
23.R.G.S.V.Prasad*, D. Basavaraju, K.N. Rao, C.S. Naveen, J. Endrino, A.R. Phani.Nanostructured
TiO2 and TiO2-Ag antimicrobial thin films.Nanotech 2011., Vol-3., 271-273,2011. ISBN:978-14398-7138-6 http://www.nsti.org/procs/Nanotech2011v3/3/W7.410 Editor(s): Nanoscience and
Technology Inst., Massachusetts
Invited talks:
1. 3D organ printing- Future designer organs at Shri Vishnu dental collge,
Bhimavaram, India on May 9th 2013.
2. Polymers in drug delivery systems at Shri Vishnu college of pharmacy, Bhimavaram,
India on May 8th 2013.
3. Antimicrobial textiles: A smart way to reduce infections at Garden city
college,Banglore, May 4th 2013
Conference Papers:
R.G.S.V.Prasad, Nisanth kumar Jain, Srikrishna and D.Basavaraju. Enhanced antibacterial
properties of Fe doped TiO2 nanostructured thin films synthesized by sol-gel assisted technique for
biomedical applications. International Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biomedical and
Nanobiotechnology: Relevance to Human Health, 19-21 December 2009, Andhrapradesh, India.
R.G.S.V.Prasad, Nisanth kumar Jain, Srikrishna and D.Basavaraju. Antifungal and antibacterial
properties of nanostructured thin films based on TiO2 and TiO2- Ag / cu and Fe additives
synthesized by cost effective sol-gel process. 3th international conference on Frontiers of
Nanotechnology, 8-9 December 2010, Banglaore, India.
R.G.S.V. Prasad, D. Basavaraju, K.N. Rao, C.S. Naveen, J. Endrino, A.R. Phani.Nanostructured
TiO2 and TiO2-Ag antimicrobial thin films.Nanotech 2011 conference and expo 2011, June 1316 ,Boston,USA
R.G.S.V. Prasad, D. Basavaraju, K.N. Rao, C.S. Naveen, J. Endrino, A.R. Phani, Nanostructured
TiO2 and TiO2-Cu antimicrobial thin films synthesized by cost effective sol-gel process for Bio
medical applications.International Scientific Conference 2011 2nd - 4th Nov 2011,Malaysia.
R.G.S.V.Prasad, Revathy Davan, K. S.V. Chaitanya, M. Tejoram , D. Basavaraju, K.N.Rao , R.
Rakesh Kumar, S. Sreenivasan and A.R.Phani, Antibacterial Properties of Nanofiber Structured
Conducting Polyaniline synthesized by Cost Effective Wet Chemical Process. International Scientific
Conference 2011 2nd - 4th Nov 2011,Malaysia
Seminars/Workshops
1. Attended work shop on research methodology and experimental design which was held
in university of western Sydney,Australia, Mar 10-12 , 2005
2. Attended convention held by APTI (Association of pharmaceutical teachers of India) in Sep
2006
3. Conducted seminars on Gene Therapy for PG.STUDENTS in Shri Vishnu college of Pharmacy
on Dec 12-14 in 2008.
4. Conducted seminars of Cell culture techniques for drug screening in Shri Vishnu College
of Pharmacy on Feb 20-23 in 2009.
5. International Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biomedical and Nanobiotechnology:
Relevance to Human Health, 19-21 December 2009, Andhrapradesh, India.
6. Attended seminar on "New Dimensions in Pharmaceutical Sciences" on 12,13
March2010 at Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy
7. Attended International Scientific Conference 2011 on Advancement in health sciences;
The key to future progress of Healthcare from 2nd- 4th Nov 2011,Malaysia
8. Attended workshop on Nano zetasizer held at Prince of Songkla University,Thailand,24-25
Nov-2011
9. Attended workshop on New tools for cell culture techniques held at Prince of Songkla
university,Thailand,20th Dec 2011
10. Attended seminar on "The art of controlling nanoparticle interactions with the cells"
on 06 March2012 at Prince of Songkla University,Thailand.
11. Attended seminar on "NMR Spectroscopy to study biocatalysed reactions" on 26 April
2012 at Prince of Songkla University,Thailand.