Mahendra S Ashawat
Professor
Laureate Institute of Pharmacy
India
Biography
Dr. M.S. Ashawat is presently working as Professor and Principal at Laureate Institute of Pharmacy, Jawalaji, kangra Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Ashawat is Post graduation (M. Pharm. in Pharmaceutics) from Dr. H.S. Gaur University Sagar, M.P (1999 batch), just after completion he joined B.R. Nahata College of Pharmacy, Mandsaur, M.P., here he created functional practical skills and taught distinguished Pharmacy subjects classes. He developed and incorporated illustration and comic based demonstration in theory classes of Technical subjects. Then he moved to B.N. Girls' Pharmacy, a premier Women Educational Institute in Rajasthan in the year 2003 where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006 and continued till 2010. Meanwhile he completed his Ph.D degree from Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, (CG) INDIA in 2008 under lien. During his stay in B.N. College he was made the PG-Course co-coordinator in Year 2008-2010. Dr. Ashawat developed, designed and implemented outdoor students' activities and teaching lessons for UG. He also served as Ph.D. course Co-coordinator in Pacific University, Udaipur in Year 2010-11, presently serving as Member Board of studies and several scrutiny committee member at H.P. Tech. University (HP). He is recognized as Best teacher Awards at state level in year 2010 in Rajasthan and twice recipient of Best Research Paper and speaker Awards in National Conference. The major focus of his research interest is divided into different segments of Research parts: Intra-dermal Depots, Herbal cosmetic and their mode of actions: In this area of research the major focus is towards the different herbal molecules and related action and effects to different skin disorders. His interest up starts from plant extracts isolation and screening for their bioactivity to different sorts of high throughput skin evaluations parameters to know the depth effects of the bioactive compounds includes Histological changes. Self-emulsifying devices for hypo-hyper hormonal treatments were also developed. Dr. Ashawat, is also serving as an editorial board member of various repute Journals. He is recognizing Ph.D. supervisor of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Rajasthan, Bansthali Vidhyapeeth Deemed University and Pacific University, Rajasthan and presently supervising 6 Ph. D scholars. He has published Two Books one edited chapter more than 45 Research and Review papers in International and National reputed journals and presented more than 50 papers in International and National repute Conferences and seminar at internationally repute Universities like 6th Asian Association of School of Pharmacy, at National University of Singapore.14-17 Nov2013. In last year he presented at the 2014 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition, held on November 2-6, 2014 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego/CA. Dr. Ashawat elected as State Vice president of APTI moreover assuming overall responsibility of a devoted educator covering professional development, had been as Core Committee member of various committee in IPC 2017 and as an academician put forward view in a capacity of various committee of State Technical University concerned to Affiliation and staff ratification & election committees.
Research Interest
Plant extracts isolation and screening for their bio activity to different sorts of high throughput skin evaluations parameters, Intra-dermal Depots, Herbal cosmetic and their mode of actions.