Professor
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, India
Dr. Nishikant A. Raut is an Assistant Professor (Sl. Gr.) in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. Dr. Raut graduated from Nagpur University in 2000 and completed his masters degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 2002. He received
Ph.D. Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur in 2010. He pursued Post-Doctoral Research from College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA under the prestigious Raman Post-Doctoral Fellowship awarded by University Grants Commission, He is having 15 Years of Experience in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences and his area of expertise includes Pharmaceutical analysis, solubility enhancement of Pharmaceuticals, Natural Products, Medicinal Plants and Phyto-pharmaceuticals. He is presently working in collaborations of two laboratories in USA. He has 5 publications in National and 16 in International journals, and 3 International Book chapters to his credit. He has received research grants from DBT, SERB-DST and UGC, Govt. of India with total outlay near to 1 Cr. He has successfully completed two research projects till date.
He is on the experts panel of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, Govt. of India for the inspections of public testing laboratories. He is also on the inspectors panel of Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi. He is the University Nodal Officer for MHRD’s project ‘Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan’.
Dr. Raut is Jt. Coordinator of Society for Ethnopharmacology (India) Nagpur Chapter and also actively involved in various activities for the promotion of science and traditional medicines. He is instrumental in organising various events for the organisation and coordination of scientific events.