Ranendra N Saha
Director
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
UAE
Biography
Ranendra N Saha, Senior Professor and Director of BITS Pilani Dubai Campus and also Shri B K Birla and Sarala Birla Chair Professor, studied Pharmacy at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and has 36 years of teaching, research and academic administration experience. He has already guided 20 doctoral students and 5 more are doing under him, apart from many graduate students. He has developed and transferred technologies on drug delivery systems, granted patent, commercialized designed products, completed industry sponsored projects. He has received several awards including Best Pharmacy Teacher of India Award in 2005, Pharmacy Professional of the year 2013. He is visited universities and research institutes, on invitation, of USA, Canada, Sweden, Syria, etc and also visiting professor at universities. Organised and delivered lectures at international conferences. He is member of several professional bodies.
Research Interest
Novel Drug Delivery Systems including Controlled Release Oral and parenteral formulations & Nanoparticulate Delivery Systems; Dermal and Ocular Delivery Systems; Pharmacokinetics and Biodistribution Studies; Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modelling. Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical Analysis.