PIFI Visiting Scientist Award (2024-2025)

Recipient of the PIFI Visiting Scientist Award (2024-2025) from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.​​​​​​

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innovation Patent

Kumar, A., Nahar, L., Prabha, R. and Sahu, N. (2021) A process for HPTLC based quantification of Andrographolide in Andrographis paniculate. Patent number: 2021106073

 

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Editor-in-Chief of the Journal

• Journal of Medicinal Natural Products, published by Scilight Press (Visit link)

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Associate Editor of the Journal

• Bioactives, published by ELS Publishing (Visit link)

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Managing Editor of the Journal

• Phytochemical Analysis, published by John Wiley & Sons (Visit link)

 

Section Editor of the Journal

• Biomolecules (Natural and Bio-inspired Molecules), published by MDPI (Visit link)

 

​Editor of the Journal

• Diversity 

• Biomolecules 

• Open Chemistry 

• Journal of Chemistry

• ISRN Chromatography

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis

• Journal of Natural Products Discovery  

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Guest Editor of Journals

• Special issue of Frontiers in Pharmacology on ‘Natural Antimicrobial Peptides: Hope for New Antibiotic Lead Molecules’ (2021).

• Special issue of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine on ‘Pain Management and Wound Care with Traditional Medicine’ (2017).

• Special issue of Medicines on ‘Essential oils: Chemistry and Bioactivity’ (2016).

• Special issue of Advances in Pharmacological Sciences on ‘Anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive and antipyretic activities of medicinal plants and their constituents' (2012).

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Editorial Board Member of Journals​​

• Current Trends in Phytomedicine and Clinical Therapeutics

• International Journal of Synthesis and Characterization

• Bioequivalence & Bioavailability International Journal

• International Journal of BioSciences and Technology

• Honourable Board Members of IJBST Journal Group

• Open Access Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

• Pharmaceutical Drug Regulatory Affairs Journal:

• Journal of Natural Products Research Updates

• Research Journal of Bioactive Compounds

• Journal of Chem and Biochemistry World

• Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics

• Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

• Journal of Natural Products Discovery

• Virology & Immunology Journal

• Tripolitana Medical Journal​

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  Reviewer for International Journals

• Steroids

• Diversity

• Medicines

• Molecules

• Biomolecules

• Cancer Letters

• Phytomedicines

• Scientific Reports

• Journal of Chemistry

• ISRN Chromatography

• Phytochemical Analysis

• Pharmaceutical Biology

• Israel Journal of Chemistry

• Tripolitana Medical Journal 

• Current Medicinal Chemistry

• Arabian Journal of Chemistry

• Journal of Molecular Structure

• Current Pharmaceutical Design

• Dentistry and Medical Research

• Natural Product Communications

• Trends in Phytochemical Research

• Journal of Natural Products Discovery

• Advances in Pharmacological Sciences

• Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

• Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics

• European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

• Scholarly Research Exchange Pharmacology

• Journal of Natural Products Research Updates  

• African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

• Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

• International Journal of Synthesis and Characterization

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Conference Organizing Committee​

• Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the 6th Annual e-Conference of CNPD: ‘Advances in Natural Products Research, Liverpool, UK, 19-22 June 2025 (Visit link).

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• Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the 5th Annual e-Conference of CNPD: ‘Advances in Natural Products Research, Liverpool, UK, 19-21 June 2024 (Visit link).

 

• Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the 4th Annual CNPD Conference 2023 on ‘Natural Products in Cosmetics, Food and Medicine’ which will be held on 19-22 June 2023  (Visit link).

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• Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Annual CNPD Conference 2022 on Natural Products and their role in post-Covid, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, 02-04 March 2022  (Visit link).

 

• Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Annual CNPD Conference on Natural Products in COVID-19, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, 13-14 May 2021 (Visit link).

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• Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the T20 PSE conference on Contemporary Natural Products Discovery Research, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, 06 March 2020 (Visit link).

 

• Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the PSE-NPS Summit 2020 on Natural Products for Healthy Living, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, 16-18 Jan 2018 (Visit link). 

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• Invited member of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Euro Chemistry Conference, Valencia, Spain, 17-19 June 2019 (Visit link).

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• Vice-President of the Organizing Committee of the PSE Young Scientists’ Meeting on Advances in Phytochemical Analysis, Liverpool, UK, 02-05 July 2018 (Visit link).

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Conference Scientific Committee​​​

• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of PSE conference on Trends in Natural Product Research, Wroclaw, Poland, 02-06 June 2025 (Visit link).​​​

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• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 8th International Symposium on Phytochemicals in Medicine and Food (8-ISPMF) in Shenyang, China, 02-07 August 2024 (Visit link).

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• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of PSE conference on International Congress on Natural Products Research (ICNPR), ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Kraków, Poland, 13-17 July 2024  (Visit link).​​

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• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of the PSE conference on Natural Drug Discovery: Current Approach and Future Perspectives, Antalya, Turkey, 12-15 October 2023. (Visit link).

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• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 7th International Symposium on Phytochemicals in Medicine and Food (7-ISPMF) in Beijing China, 02-07 August 2023 (Visit link).

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• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of the PSE conference in Natural Products in Drug Discovery and Development – Advances and Perspectives in Iasi, Romania, 19-22 September 2022 (Visit link).

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• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 6th International Symposium on Phytochemicals in Medicine and Food (6-ISPMF) in Hangzhou, China, 05-10 August 2022 (Visit link).

 

• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 13th National Symposium with International Participation on Medicinal Plants – Present and Perspectives (MAPPPS), Central Plaza Hotel, Piatra Neamt, Romania, 12-15 May 2020  (Visit link).

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• Vice-President of the Scientific Committee of the PSE-NPS Summit 2020 on Natural Products for Healthy Living, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, 16-18 Jan 2020 (Visit link).  

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• Invited member of the International Scientific Committee of the 3rd International Symposium on Phytochemicals in Medicine and Food (3-ISPMF), Kunming, China,  25-30 August 2018 (Visit link).

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• Member of the Scientific Committee of the PSE Young Scientists' Meeting on Advances in Phytochemical Analysis, Liverpool, UK, 02-05 July 2018 (Visit link).

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• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 6th Euro-Mediterranean Conference and Expo on Pharma, Medicinal and Life Sciences (BioNat-6), Cairo, Egypt, 12-14 March 2019 (Visit link).

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• Invited member of the Scientific Committee of the 5th Euro-Mediterranean Conference and Expo on Natural Products, Pharma and Traditional Medicines: Novelties and Emerging Targets (BioNat-5), Limassol, Cyprus, 28-30 November 2017 (Visit link).

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• Invited member of the distinguished International Scientific Committee of the First Indo-Russian Meet and 2nd International conference on Biotechnological advances in free radical biology and Medicine-2016 (ICBAFM-16), Lucknow, India, 23-25 January 2017 (Visit link).

 

• Invited member of the International Scientific Committee of the 4th Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Natural Products and Drug Discovery: Back to Mother Nature (BioNat-4), Cairo/Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 03-07 March 2015 (Visit link).

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• Invited member of the  International Advisory Board of the 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Conference: Natural Products from Biodiversity to Bioindustry (BioNat-3), Cairo, Egypt, 18-20 December 2013 (Visit link).

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International Conference Chair

• 5th Annual e-Conference of CNPD: ‘Advances in Natural Products Research, Liverpool, UK, 19-21 June 2024 (Visit link).

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• 4th Annual CNPD Conference 2023 on ‘Natural Products in Cosmetics, Food and Medicine’ Liverpool Jon Moores University, Liverpool, UK, 19-22 June 2023 (Visit link).

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• PSE-NPS Summit 2020 on Natural Products for Healthy Living, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, 16-18 Jan 2020 (Visit link).

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Invited Conference Reviewer​

• PSE conference on Natural Drug Discovery: Current Approach and Future Perspectives, Antalya, Turkey, 12-15 October 2023 (Visit link).

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• British Pharmaceutical Conference: Abstract Reviewer in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Manchester, UK, 06 - 09 September 2009 (Visit link).

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  Invited Lecturers Abroad​

• Invited to deliver four lectures at Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang Rai, Mae Fah Luang University in Bangkok, Walailak University, and Prince of Songkhla University in Thailand. Advised PhD students and participated in meetings with staff and PhD students. Jointly wrote scientific papers as a part of the collaborative project involving Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang Rai, Mae Fah Luang University in Bangkok and Walailak University, Thailand, 16-29 December 2023.

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• Invited Erasmus+ Staff Teaching Mobility lecturers to UG and PGT students at Gregory T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania, 07-11 May 2020.

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• Invited Erasmus+ Staff Teaching Mobility lecturers to UG and PGT students at Gregory T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania, 10-16 May 2019.

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• Invited to deliver lecture to UG and PGT students at the School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong University, China, 20-26 Feb 2019.

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• Invited to deliver lectures to UG and PGT students at the Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, 20-25 Aug 2018.

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• Invited Erasmus+ Staff Teaching Mobility lecturers to UG and PGT students at Gregory T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania, 26 May-01 June 2018.

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• Invited to deliver lectures to UG and PGT students in the Institute of Chinese Medicine, Macau University, 11-13 April 2017.

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Grant Reviewer for the European Science Foundation and National Science Centre, Poland

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2024

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• Grant proposal for 24-FWO-FRP-0359
• Grant proposal for 23-FWO-PDOC-0255
• Grant proposal for 23-FWO-PDOC-0373

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 2023

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• ​Grant proposal for 23-SSF-PRISMA-577

• Grant proposal for 23-SSF-PRISMA-541
• Grant proposal for 23-SSF-PRISMA-502
• Grant proposal for 23-SSF-PRISMA-230
• Grant proposal for 23-SSF-PRISMA-204

• Grant proposal for 23-SSF-PRISMA-119 

• Grant proposal for 23-SSF-FRP-1343

• Grant proposal for 23-SSF-FRP-1206

• Grant proposal for 23-SSF-FRP-0786

• Grant proposal for 23-FWO-AGRI-25

• Grant proposal for 23-ExcelLR-15

• Grant proposal for 23-Ghent-RI-19 ​

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2022

• Grant proposal for 22-FWO-PDOC-0280

• Grant proposal for 22-FWO-FWP-0716 

• Grant proposal for 22-FWO-FWP-1098

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2021

• Grant proposal for PRELUDIUM-18

• Grant proposal for 21-FWO-FRP-0132

• Grant proposal for 21-FWO-FRP-0382

• Grant proposal for 21-FWO-FRP-0599

• Grant proposal for 21-FWO-PDOC-0716

• Grant proposals for 21-FWO-FRP-1272

• Grant proposal for FWO-PDOC-2021_Med

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2020

• Grant proposal for 20-FWO-FRP-0227

• Grant proposal for 20-FWO-PDOC-0605

• Grant proposals for Lille-PEARL-2020

• Grant proposal for 20-Lille-PEARL-06

• Grant proposal for Ghent-Fast-Track

 

Inclusion of Scientific Profile

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• Scientific profile has been published in every edition of the Marquis "Who’s Who in the World" since 2009 and "Who's Who in Science and Engineering" since 2010.

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Recognized Scientific Experts 

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• Cited in a number of internet-based databases for scientific experts, e.g., Academia.edu, Google Scholar, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Scholarly Research Exchange, NRC-CISTI: Discover, OFIS Articles, BiomedExperts, Curehunter.com, CyberRead, Deepdyve, SciCurve, Scientific Commons, ZoomInfo and many more.

 

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