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Prof. Nirmal Jayabalan

hyderabad Pharmacy

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy

Ocular Drug Delivery

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

nirmalj@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

+91 40 66303574

Sponsored Research Projects

Sponsored Research Projects & Sponsored Fellowships

Total Number of Approved/Ongoing Projects: 5
Total Research Grant Sanctioned: Rs. 4,80,72,984
Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Duration	Role
A platform delivery system to tackle ophthalmic infections.	Velux Stiftung, Switzerland	2024-2028	Principal Investigator
An alternative approach to treat keratoconus.	Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB). India	2023-2026	Principal Investigator
Development and characterization of injectable biologics	Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, India	2023-2026	Principal Investigator
Preclinical development of long acting delivery systems to treat posterior uveitis.	Department of Health Research (DHR), India	2023-2026	Principal Investigator
Biomimetic corneal patch for treating fungal keratitis	Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India	2022-2025	Principal Investigator

Research Projects Completed

Total Number of Completed Projects: 09
Total Research Grant Sanctioned: Rs. 1,65,23,810
Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Year of Completion	Role
Therapeutic potential of drug loaded light-responsive sustained release gel depot in treating diabetic retinopathy	Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India	2024	Principal Investigator
Investigate natural drugs as a non-invasive therapeutic option in mitigating keratoconus	Velux Stiftung, Switzerland	2024	Collaborator
Determining the safety and ocular pharmacokinetics of the NCE formulation.	Serentrix, USA	2024	Principal Investigator
Nanocarriers for delivery of ocular therapeutics to treat ocular infection	Parenteral Drug Association, India Chapter	2023	Principal Investigator
Novel Therapeutic Approaches for the treatment of Leukemia	Department of Health Research (DHR), India	2023	Co-Investigator
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic evaluation of new chemical entities for ocular diseases	Incilia Therapeutics	2022	Principal Investigator
Screening of Novel Chemical Entities for Dry Eye Disease	Incozen Therapeutics Private Limited	2022	Principal Investigator
Fate of Drug Encapsulated Lipid Vesicles after Subconjunctival Delivery	BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (Competitive research grant)	2021	Principal Investigator
Optimization and characterization of deformable vesicle nanocarriers for ocular therapeutics	BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (Research Initiation Grant)	2020	Principal Investigator

Sponsored Fellowships to Postdoc & PhD Scholars

Total Fellowship Amount: Rs. 1,63,34,560
Title of the Project / Candidate Name	Funding Agency / Fellowship	Duration	Role
Drug eluting nanocarrier loaded ocular drug delivery system for treating keratoconus. (PhD candidate: Shridula Sankar)	CSIR, India (Senior Research Fellowship-Direct)	2024-2026	Supervisor
Novel molecular targets for ocular diseases. (PhD candidate: Kendre Sandhya Rani)	UGC, India (Junior Research Fellowship)	2023-2028	Supervisor
Long-acting injectable to treat chorioretinal diseases (PhD candidate: Sai Shreya Cheruvu)	LTMT, India (Junior Research Scholarship)	2023-2028	Supervisor
Ocular drug delivery and ocular pharmacokinetics. (PhD candidate: Paulkar Suraj Srihari)	CSIR, India (Junior Research Fellowship)	2022-2027	Supervisor
Injectable in-situ gel for peptide delivery. (Postdoc candidate: Dr. Rohit Bisht)	DBT, India (Research Associate)	2020-2022	Mentor
Role of physico-chemical properties of nanocarriers in the ocular clearance of drugs. (PhD candidate: Ridahunlang Nongkhlow)	ICMR, India (Senior Research Fellowship)	2020-2023	Supervisor
Transporter targeted drug delivery for ocular therapeutics. (PhD candidate: Priyadarshini Sathe)	ICMR, India (Senior Research Fellowship)	2020-2023	Supervisor
Artificial intelligence and experimental studies to delineate ocular toxicity. (PhD candidate: Manisha Malani)	UGC, India (Senior Research Fellowship)	2019-2024	Supervisor

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