We’re delighted to share that our PhD scholar Deepa Chaturvedi recently attended the MPS World Summit 2023 held in Berlin, Germany this June. There, she presented a poster titled ‘Modeling of Human Microphysiological Skin System for Preclinical Evaluation of Drug Molecules’ elaborating on her work of developing a ‘Skin-on-Chip’ model - an alternative to the use of animal models in the drug discovery pipeline. Join us in congratulating her on this remarkable accomplishment and wish her success in her future endeavors!!!
Our PhD scholar Deepa Chaturvedi recently had the incredible opportunity to present her research at the CRS Young Scientists Committee (YSC) Scientific Workshop during the prestigious annual conference of the Controlled Release Society held at Las Vegas, USA. Her work was met with applause and she was awarded the 2023 Local Chapter Young Scientist Travel Grant Award! Heartiest Congratulations to Deepa!
- Hearty Congratulations to Mr. Manish Gore (Graduate student) for winning the JSAAE (The Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments) Award for the poster presented during the virtual 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal use in the Life Sciences! Manish presented the research work entitled '3D Spheroids of chorioretinal endothelial cells as an alternative-to-animal model for Diabetic Retinopathy.' Congratulations to Mr. Ankit Tiwari (former M.Tech. student) and Ms. Devashree Jahagirdar (Graduate student) for their contribution to this study.
- Mr. Aditya A Narvekar (Graduate student) and Ms. KM Alka (Master's student) of Nanomedicine Research Group participated in the 'Science Week' organized by 'USP India' on 26th May, 2021. The team presented an interesting research titled 'Thermostability and thermodynamic assessment of USP mAb reference standard using thermal analysis approach- A DSC study.' We would like to acknowledge Dr. Annu Uppal and Dr. Ranjan Chakrabarti (USP, India) for extending collaborative support. Congratulations to the team!
- Do listen to an amazing podcast episode of 'Random Walks' featuring Dr. Ratnesh Jain and Dr. Prajakta Dandekar that shares their scientific journey, research interests, thoughts, plans and much more! Link to the podcast episode: www.linktr.ee/randomwalks
- Ms. Ashwini Patil (Graduate student of Nanomedicine Research Group) and Ms. Manasi Dhawane (Master's student) won 2nd Prize for the paper presented on their research work titled 'Colorimetric point-of-care detection of cholesterol using chitosan nanofibers.' The paper was presented during 9th Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society Symposium (ICCSS) 2021 organized virtually from 26th to 28th February 2021. ICCSS 2021 was jointly organized by Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society, VIT Nagpur and NIT Agartala. Heartiest Congratulations Ashwini and Manasi!
- Dr. Ratnesh Jain and Ms. Amita Puranik (Graduate student of Nanomedicine Research Group) received the ‘BIRAC Innovator Award 2020’ , along with the collaborating team from HiMedia Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India. It was bestowed in recognition of their significant contribution towards the development of a novel and affordable clone-specific chemically defined serum free media and feed for the manufacturing of high value biosimilars. The award was conferred during ‘Global Bio India 2021’ held during 1st to 3rd March, 2021. The production and commercialization of biopharmaceuticals is regarded as an extremely cost-intensive business. The indigenous and innovative work done by the team was recognized as a prime step in making India self-reliant in the sector of protein-based therapeutics. Heartiest Congratulations to Dr. Ratnesh Jain, Ms. Amita Puranik and the team from HiMedia Laboratories!
- Our graduate student Mr. Manish Gore won first prize for the 'Pandemic and beyond' essay writing competition organized by UDCT Alumni Association (UAA) and Udaan, a newsletter initiative by UAA. Congratulations!
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar has been bestowed with 'Prof. N.R.Kamath Book Author's Award' along with her co-editors Prof. Padma Devarajan and Dr. Anisha D'Souza for their book entitled 'Targeted Intracellular Drug Delivery by Receptor Mediated Endocytosis' published by Springer Nature in 2019! The award was conferred during ICT Annual Day Celebrations held on 4th August 2020.
- Our graduate student Ms. Devashree Jahagirdar was selected to present a poster on her research topic entitled 'Microfluidic platform for the development of bioartificial retina' at the Annual European Organ-on-chip Society (EUROoCS) Conference 2020. This international conference was held on digital platform on 8th and 9th July, 2020 considering the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Heartiest Congratulations!
- Ms. Sharwari Ghodke has received Rudolf Cimdins Scholarship by the Council Committee of the European Society for Biomaterials to present her work at 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) to be held at Dresden, Germany from 9th-13th September, 2019. Heartiest Congratulations!
- Heartiest Congratulations to Ms. Sharwari Ghodke for being selected for oral presentation at 6th European Conference on Cyclodextrins (EURO CD 2019) to be held at Santiago de Compostela, Spain from 2nd-4th October, 2019! She will be presenting her research work entitled 'Polyrotaxane: α-Cyclodextrin Based Supramolecular Assembly as Therapeutic Gene Delivery Vector.
- Heartiest Congratulations to Ms. Sharwari Ghodke for being selected for poster presentation at 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) to be held at Dresden, Germany from 9th-13th September, 2019! She will be presenting her research work entitled 'Polyrotaxane: α-Cyclodextrin Based Supramolecular Assembly as Therapeutic Gene Delivery Vector.'
- Heartiest Congratulations to Ms. Devashree Jahagirdar for being selected for poster presentation at Controlled Release Society (CRS) Annual Meeting 2019 to be held at Valencia, Spain from 21st-24th July, 2019! She will be presenting her research work entitled 'Evaluation of novel probiotic combination for liver disease.
- Heartiest Congratulations to Ms. Pankti Ganatra for being selected for poster and oral presentation at Controlled Release Society (CRS) Annual Meeting 2019 to be held at Valencia, Spain from 21st-24th July, 2019! She will be presenting her research work entitled 'FDM 3D printing as a tool for rapid prototyping and manufacturing of controlled release tablets' during Local Chapters YS Pre-meeting workshop.
- Heartiest Congratulations to Mr. Saurabh Patil for being selected for poster and oral presentation at Controlled Release Society (CRS) Annual Meeting 2019 to be held at Valencia, Spain from 21st-24th July, 2019! He will be presenting his research work entitled 'Oral delivery of peptides: Innovation to preclinical Evaluation' for the session on 'Delivery of Biomacromolecules (Proteins, Peptides and Antibodies' during the annual meet.
- Mr. Ankit Tiwari and Mr. Manish Gore won best poster award for the research work entitled 'Proof-of-concept of in-vitro model of retinal endothelial cells as an alternate-to-animal strategy for diabetic retinopathy' at Biotechnology Conclave 2019 organized at Institute of Chemical Technology under TEQIP III Twinning Programme. Heartiest Congratulations!
- Mr. Saurabh Patil won 3rd Prize for the poster entitled 'Oral delivery of peptides: Innovation to preclinical Evaluation' at '17th International symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems' held at Hotel Lalit,Mumbai,India on 1st and 2nd February, 2019. The symposium was organized by Controlled Release Society- Indian Chapter.Heartiest Congratulations Saurabh!
- Ms. Pankti Ganatra won 1st Prize for the poster entitled 'FDM 3D printing as a tool for rapid prototyping and manufacturing of controlled release tablets' at '17th International symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems' held at Hotel Lalit,Mumbai,India on 1st and 2nd February, 2019. The symposium was organized by Controlled Release Society- Indian Chapter. Heartiest Congratulations Pankti!
- Mr. Ganesh Gaikwad has been selected to present his innovation at NanoSparX to be held during Bengaluru INDIA NANO 2018 on 6th December, 2018 at Bengaluru, India. His work involves development of a microreactor for continuous synthesis of drug loaded nanoparticles. Heartiest Congratulations Ganesh!
- Ms. Ashu Srivastava won 'Wiley Best Poster Award' for her research work entitled 'Biomimetic Hydroxypatite: A potential Nanocarrier for Ceullular Internalization and Drug Delivery.' The award was presented during Society of Biological Chemists (SBC) (I) Meeting 2018- Mumbai Chapter held at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai on 13th October, 2018. Heartiest Congratulations Ashu!
- Ms. Kritika Gupta won 'Wiley Best Poster Award' for her research work entitled 'Development of stable cell line for production of recombinant monoclonal antibody.' The award was presented during Society of Biological Chemists (SBC) (I) Meeting 2018- Mumbai Chapter held at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai on 13th October, 2018. Heartiest Congratulations Kritika!
- Ms. Tejal Pant won 'Best Poster Award' during 7th Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society Meeting 2018 for her research work entitled 'Chitosan based microcarriers for potential large scale culture of mammalian cells.' The meeting was held from 11th to 13th October, 2018 at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune. Heartiest Congratulations Tejal!
- Ms. Nanda Rohra's research poster entitled 'Hydrodynamic Flow Focusing for producing unifrom insulin crystals giving sustained release' has been shortlisted amongst top 10 posters for one minute, one slide oral presentation during 1st Controlled Release Asia Meeting (CRA) 2018, Singapore. Heartiest Congratulations!
- Ms. Nanda Rohra, Ms. Prachi Bangde and Ms. Anomitra Dey have been selected for poster presentation for upcoming 1st Controlled Release Asia Meeting (CRA), 2018 to be held at Biopolis, Singapore on September 24-25, 2018. Congratulations!
- Heartiest congratulations to Mr. Lalit Khare and Ms. Marianne Saldanha for being awarded with the prestigious Prime Minister Fellowship!
- 'The Hindu' covers interesting facets of new-age pharmaceutical research being conducted by Dr. Prajakta Dandekar and Dr. Ratnesh Jain! Have a look.. http://www.thehindu.com/education/new-age-meds/article23998722.ece
- Heartiest Congratulations to Mr. Manish Gore for securing Second prize for 'Novel Idea Competition for Post-graduate students' organized by UDCT Alumni Association (UAA) during UAA 30th Foundation Day and Technology Day Celebrations at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.
- Biosimilar Workshop 2017 covered by Express Pharma! 'ICT hosts hands-on-training workshop on biosimilars/biologics characterisation!' www.expressbpd.com/pharma/latest-updates/ict-hosts-hands-on-training-workshop-on-biosimilarsbiologics-characterisation/395365/
- Biosimilar Workshop 2017 covered by BioVoice News! 'ICT Mumbai set to host 5 day workshop on biosimilars characterization' www.biovoicenews.com/ict-mumbai-set-to-host-5-day-workshop-on-biosimilars-characterization/
- Mr. Ganesh Gaikwad and Mr. Manish Gore have been selected for oral presentation for an upcoming 'Microfluidics and Lab on a chip' conference to be held on 17th-18th January, 2018 in Mumbai, India.
- Sagar Ingle and Team won 1st prize in Senior IDP of Vortex 2017, the Tech Fest of Institute of Chemical Technology! The problem belonged to the category IDP-D aimed at increasing the yield of tris(2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl) borate. Heartiest Congratulations Sagar! Nanomedicine Research Group is proud of you!
- Shivam Rawat and Team won 1st prize in Senior IDP of Vortex 2017, the Tech Fest of Institute of Chemical Technology! The problem belonged to the category IDP G which was focused on increasing potable water recovery from waste water. Heartiest Congratulations Shivam! Nanomedicine Research Group is proud of you!
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar has been featured amongst 8 incredible women in United Nations Special Edition of International Women's Day! Read her story to understand how she's challenging stereotypes and breaking boundaries of research in engineering and technology! Excerpt on her cutting edge research on developing new technology that could revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry has been very well summed up by United Nations India.
- 'Nanomedicine Research Group' Team won 'First Prize' during 8th Edition BEST-INDIA 2016 ABLE!
- BEST-INDIA 2016 (Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Student Teams) was sponsored and promoted by DBT,Govt. of India and managed by Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises - ABLE from 19th to 22nd February, 2017 at Manesar, India. Winning team: Manish Gore, Prachi Bangde, Ganesh Gaikwad, Kritika Gupta and Sharwari Ghodke! Heartiest Congratulations to the team!!
Official News: http://www.ableindia.in/frontend/briefnews/433 - Mr. Nikhil Kalane won Best Poster Award during 11th Asia Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium and 5th Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society Symposium organized by Indian Chitin and Chitosan society at Kochi, Kerala. He presented his research on the topic 'Synergistic effect of Hetero and Homo catalysis on the synthesis of 5-Hydroxy methylfurfural from Chitosan.' Heartiest Congratulations!
- The Life of Science (TLoS) pens down the diary of experiences of Dr. Prajakta Dandekar and excerpts of the ongoing research in her laboratory! Get to know more about her work via the following link: https://thelifeofscience.com/2016/07/25/prajakta-and-her-lab-on-a-chip/
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar has been selected for the 'M.V. Deshpande Young Scientist Award' by Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society! The award will be bestowed to her during '11th Asia Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium' to be held in Kochi, Kerala on 28th-30th September, 2016. Heartiest Congratulations!
- Mr. Rohan Chhabra has received travel grant from Controlled Release Society-Indian Chapter for attending and presenting the research work during the 43rd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society to be held in Seattle, USA from July 17-20, 2016. His research work focuses on development of biopolymer based 3D scaffolds for skin tissue engineering. Heartiest Congratulations!
- Mr. Uday Koli has received DBT-CTEP travel grant award for attending and presenting the research work during the 43rd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society to be held in Seattle, USA from July 17-20, 2016. His research work focuses on gene silencing carried out using chitosan oligosaccharide-siRNA nanoplexes for alleviating pulmonary disorders. Heartiest Congratulations!
- The unique USP IV Dissolution Apparatus designed and developed by Mr. Saurabh Patil, Mr. Mahesh More and Mr. Ronak Gudhka was showcased in the 'Technology Exhibition' conducted during 2nd Innovation Networking- Summit and Exhibition conducted on April 16, 2016 at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. The model possess application to study drug release from medical implants and delivery systems. Heartiest Congratulations Team!
- Mr. Manish Gore won 'Second Prize' in 'Contest of Ideas' held during 2nd Innovation Networking- Summit and Exhibition conducted on April 16, 2016 at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai for the development of prototype model of skin-on-a-chip. Heartiest Congratulations!
- 'Nanomedicine Research Group' Team won 'Third Prize' in 'Contest of Ideas' held during 2nd Innovation Networking- Summit and Exhibition conducted on April 16, 2016 at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai for the development of novel pyrogen sensing technology. Team members: Vijay Yadav, Nikhil Kalane, Rohan Chhabra, Tejal Pant and Anomitra Dey! Heartiest Congratulations!
- Mr. Rohan Chhabra won 'Second Prize' for the oral presentation and 'Best Poster Award' during 15th International Symposium of Controlled Release Society-Indian Chapter on 'Advances in Technology and Business Potential in New Drug Delivery Systems.' His research work was focused on the 'Development of Starch/Gelatin based scaffolds for application in skin tissue engineering.' Heartiest Congratulation Rohan!!
- Nanomedicine Research Group's winning team of BEST-INDIA 2015 ABLE proved their entrepreneurial prowess during India Bio-2016 held at Bangalore from 9th to 11th February,2016. Heartiest congratulations to all the team members: Vijay Yadav, Nikhil Kalane, Rohan Chhabra, Tejal Pant and Anomitra Dey!
- Ms. Prachi Bangde won 'First prize' for oral presentation titled 'Exploring enzymatic catalyst for modifying chitosan using deep eutectic solvents' in CATSCHOL-2016 held at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in association with the Catalysis Society of India! Heartiest Congratulations Prachi!
- Mr. Akhil Krishnan has been selected to deliver an oral presentation titled 'Interaction of chitosan with a carbon based solid acid' in CATSCHOL-2016 to be held at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in association with the Catalysis Society of India. Congratulations Akhil!
- 'Nanomedicine Research Group' Team won 'Third Prize' during 7th Edition BEST-INDIA 2015 ABLE! BEST-INDIA 2015 (Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Student Teams) was sponsored and promoted by DBT,Govt. of India and managed by Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises - ABLE from 1st to 3rd November,2015 at Bangalore, India. Winning team: Vijay Yadav, Rohan Chhabra, Nikhil Kalane, Anomitra Dey and Tejal Pant! Heartiest Congratulations and Kudos to the team!!
- An article titled 'Enhanced uptake and siRNA-mediated knockdown of a biologically relevant gene using Cyclodextrin Polyrotaxane' was published by Dr. Prajakta Dandekar Jain and Dr. Ratnesh Jain in the 'Journal of Materials Chemistry B' in 2015. This article has been selected as a 'Hot Article for 2015' and has been included in the Hot Article 2015 web collection for the Journal! Heartiest Congratulations to both!
- April Newsletter of UDCT Alumni Association features an article describing the achievement of Mr. Vijay Yadav who had recently received 'Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award/Appreciation' for the year 2015. Congratulations Vijay!
- The Cover page of the Third volume (Issue 13) of the 'Journal of Materials Chemistry B' published by Royal Society of Chemistry for the year 2015 features an article published by Dr. Prajakta Dandekar Jain and Dr.Ratnesh Jain on 'Enhanced uptake and siRNA-mediated knockdown of a biologically relevant gene using cyclodextrin polyrotaxane!' Heartiest Congratulations to both!
- Mr. Vijay Yadav has been selected for the prestigious 'Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award/Appreciation 2015' based on his work related to the development of 'Rapid Non-invasive diagnostics kits for diabetic patients.' He will receive the award from Dr. R.A. Mashelkar at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 8th March, 2015. Heartiest congratulations Vijay! Here is the link to the video which describes his innovation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVQ78O75850
- Moment when Mr. Vijay Yadav received GYTI Award at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi!
- Mr. Manish Gore received 'Gold Medal' during 4th Convocation at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in February, 2015. Congratulations!
- Mr. Manish Gore received 'Prof. M.L.Schroff Award' from Indian Pharmaceutical Association during '66th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress' at Hitec Exhibition Center, Hyderabad in January, 2015. Congratulations!
- Dr. Ratnesh Jain delivered a scientific talk on 'Re-exploring Chitosan for delivery of biopharmaceuticals' during 'Bioprocessing India' held at Institute of Chemical Technology,Mumbai in December, 2014.
- Dr. Ratnesh Jain chaired a scientific session on 'Bioproducts, Bioformulation & Drug Delivery' during 'Bioprocessing India' held at Institute of Chemical Technology,Mumbai in December, 2014.
- Mr. Akhil Krishnan has been selected to deliver an oral presentation under the category of 'Young Innovator in Bioprocessing' on the topic 'Production of low molecular weight chitosan –an alternative route with solid acids' for 'Bioprocessing India' which will be held at Institute of Chemical Technology,Mumbai in December, 2014. Congratulations!
- Ms. Manasi Inamdar has been selected to deliver an oral presentation on the topic 'Fermentative production and characterization of low molecular weight chitosan from fungal mycelium' for 'Bioprocessing India' which will be held at Institute of Chemical Technology,Mumbai in December, 2014. Congratulations!
- Mr. Prasad Pofali has been selected to deliver an oral presentation on the topic 'Synthesis of water dispersible colloidal silver as an oral dietary supplement' for 'Bioprocessing India' which will be held at Institute of Chemical Technology ,Mumbai in December, 2014. Congratulations!
- Ms. Anomitra Dey has been selected for poster presentation on the topic 'Ab initiostudies for comprehensive understanding of physico-chemical properties of chitosan and chitosan oligosaccharide' for 'Bioprocessing India' which will be held at Institute of Chemical Technology,Mumbai in December, 2014. Congratulations!
- Ms. Prachi Bangde has been selected for poster presentation on the topic 'Green approaches to synthesize methylated chitosan' for 'Bioprocessing India' which will be held at Institute of Chemical Technology,Mumbai in December, 2014. Congratulations!
- Ms. Anomitra Dey has received 'G.M. Abhyankar Travel Grant Award' for the oral presentation delivered at '3rd International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization' held in Kerala. Congratulations! http://www.processing.macromol.in/
- Mr. Prasad Pofali has been selected for Indo-Korean Research Internship, an initiative of Department of Science and Technology, under the aegis of India-Korea joint S & T Cooperation! He will be conducting a joint research project at Seoul National University for the duration of 12 months. Heartiest Congratulations! http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/whats_new14/Result_IKRI_2014.pdf
- Mr. Manish Gore received 'Merit Award' from 'Indian Pharmaceutical Association-Maharashtra State Branch' during 'National Pharmacy Week' at Sterling College of Pharmacy, Navi Mumbai in November, 2014. Congratulations!
- October Newsletter of UDCT Alumni Association features an article on- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar Jain and Dr. Ratnesh Jain: Dual Career Journey through I.C.T!
- Heartiest Congratulations to Mr. R Akhil Krishnan for receiving an invitation for oral presentation on the topic 'Solid Acids as Green catalysts to hydrolyze chitosan into its low molecular weight counterparts' at the '3rd International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization' being held in Kerala! http://www.processing.macromol.in/
- Heartiest Congratulations to Ms. Anomitra Dey for receiving an invitation for oral presentation on the topic 'A Molecular Modeling Approach for a comprehensive study of COS' at the '3rd International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization' being held in Kerala! http://www.processing.macromol.in/
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar Jain and Dr. Ratnesh Jain were felicitated during 26th Annual General Meeting of the UDCT Alumni Association (UAA) held on 19th September at I.C.T. Workshop on 'IPR: A strategic tool to transform innovations into technologies' organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, I.C.T., Mumbai.Date: 6th September,2014.
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar and Dr. Ratnesh Jain win the NR Kamath Book Author Award at ICT Annual Day
- Nanomedicine Research Group receives funding from RGSTC for Development of 3D Cell Culture Model for burns patients
- Nanomedicine Research group enters into collaborative research with Aten Biotherapeutics, Bangalore, India
- Nanomedicine Research group receives funding from DST Nanomission Grant for their proposal on simulation based understanding of cell-nanoparticle interactions
- R. Akhil Krishnan, Harini Krishnan and Bhagyashree Bacchav win the Best Poster Awards at ICT NanoBio 2013
- Dr. Ratnesh Jain is now a Member of the Young Scientist Committee, Controlled Release Society, USA http://www.controlledreleasesociety.org/
- Nanomedicine Research Group received funding from DBT to work on Tuberculosis relevant gene silencing
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar is now a Member of the Evaluation Committee of ERS for their Long term fellowship, Short term fellowship, RESPIRE fellowship and Visiting Professorship applications for a tenure of three years http://dev.ersnet.org/227-ers-fellowships.htm
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar and Dr. Ratnesh Jain Chaired a session on Pneumonia at the ERS Annual Congress 2013, Barcelona, Spain http://www.erscongress2013.org/
- Editorial article published in the e-journal Rasamruta entitled - "Disparity in the growth of herbal medicines in competing with their modern equivalents" http://www.rasayu.com/e-journal/pdf/Rasamruta-5-Editorial5.pdf
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar chaired the "Get Up Get Educated Session" at the 40th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, Hawaii, USA http://www.controlledreleasesociety.org/meetings/annual/program/Pages/GetUp!GetEducated!.aspx
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar and Dr. Ratnesh Jain are selected for DAE Young Scientist Research Award, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India http://www.barc.gov.in
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar and Dr. Ratnesh Jain are elected as Young Associates of Maharastra Academy of Sciences http://www.mahascience.org
- Dr. Ratnesh Jain joined on Ramalingaswami Fellowship at Department of Chemical Engineering, ICT www.ictmumbai.edu.in
- Journey of a Dual-career couple... from ICT... to ICT http://indiabioscience.org/node/922
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar and Dr. Ratnesh Jain are now members of Membership and Outreach Committee of Controlled Release Society http://www.controlledreleasesociety.org/Pages/default.aspx
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar received Golden Jubilee Research Grant from Institute of Chemical Technology www.ictmumbai.edu.in
- Dr. Ratnesh Jain is selected for INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship from Department of Science and Technology http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/Inspire_faculty_Scheme_Result.html
- Dr. Ratnesh Jain is selected for Ramalingaswami Fellowship from Department of Biotechnology http://dbtindia.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=325
- Dr. Prajakta Dandekar is selected for Ramanujan Fellowship from Department of Science and Technology http://www.dst.gov.in/scientific-programme/ser-ramanujan.html