Hello, here I am providing you the details of the professor Deepak Chitkara who studied in NIPER as under:

Dr. Deepak Chitkara
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy, Room No. 3121 F, FD-III
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)-Pilani, Vidya Vihar Campus,
Pilani, Rajasthan, India-333031
Email: deepak.chitkara@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in, dcniper@yahoo.co.in
Phone: 01596 51 5835 (O), 09660456009 (M)

Academic Background
Ph.D.: Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab
M.S. (Pharm.): Pharmaceutics, NIPER, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab
B. Pharmacy: University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab

Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, June 2014 to Present
Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, NE, USA
Visiting Research Scholar, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, USA

Research Interest
Designing nano-carriers for delivery of small molecules and genes (miRNA and siRNA)
Nanoparticles for delivery of hydrophilic drugs
Polymer drug conjugates
Polymeric micelles for drug delivery

Fellowships, Awards and Recognitions
Ranbaxy Science Scholar award- 2011 in Pharmaceutical Sciences on the research work entitled “BSA-PLGA based core-shell nanoparticles for delivery of gemcitabine”. The award carries a citation and Rs 50,000/- cash reward (~ USD 1000/-) cash reward.

International Travel Award from CSIR and CICS to attend the ‘38th Annual Meeting and Exposition of Controlled Release Society (CRS)’ held from 30 July -03 Aug ‘2011 at National Harbor, Maryland, USA.
GATE: Qualified GATE-04 with 99.8 percentile (All India Rank - 15)
NIPER Entrance Exam for “M. S. Pharm.” (2004): Qualified (All India Rank - 01)