Dr. Ritesh Kumar

About

Dr. Ritesh Kumar is currently working as an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmaceutics. He has completed his B. Pharm., M. Pharm.  (Pharmaceutics) from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow and Ph.D. in Pharmacy from IFTM University, Moradabad. He holds 12 Indian and 8 International patents, has authored 08 books, and has over 40 peer-reviewed research/ review papers in various national and international journals.
As a teacher and researcher, he is committed to the success of students with academic and career guidance.

Experience

19 years

Qualification

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

Award & Recognition

• Recipient of the best faculty member award.
• Won the best research paper award.
• Won four times best poster award in National and International conferences.
• Achievement of the 100% results for 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: 05
• PCI Inspector
• QCI Assessor

Research

• More than 40 publications in peer reviewed, national and international journals with Google Scholar citation scores over 900 and good impact factor.
• More than 70 presentations in national & international conferences/ seminars.
• 12 Indian patents published.
• 08 International patents published.
• 08 books and 05 book chapter published.
• PG Scholars supervised: 12
• Ph.D. Scholars supervision (Ongoing): 03

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: 41
• No. of Workshops attended: 16
• No. of Seminars attended: 30
• No. of Short Term Training Program (STTP) attended: 18 
• No. of Conferences attended – 28

Area of Interest

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