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1 RESUME Dr. Santanu Saha M.Pharm, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Grade III), Head of Department Department of Pharmacognosy NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Paneer, Derelakatte, Mangaluru Karnataka, INDIA Ph: (M) Permanent Address 1, Raj Narayan Biswas Lane, Kolkata West Bengal, INDIA Ph: CAREER OBJECTIVE To work and contribute in a best possible way for an institution where world-class science technology meets innovation. QUALIFICATIONS Ph. D : NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, Derelakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India. (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India) Completed on November M.Pharm : Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune, Maharashtra. (Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, India) Specialization in Pharmacognosy Secured an aggregate of 65.58% (2006). B.Pharm : Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy B.H.Road, Tumkur, Karnataka. (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India) Secured an aggregate of 63.74% (2004). Ph.D. Thesis Work: Phytochemical and Pharmacological evaluation of some Indian medicinal Plants

2 M.Pharm Thesis Work: Immunoadjuvant Activity of Withania somnifera INDUSTRIAL TRAINING Undergone industrial training in Zephyr Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, for a period of one month. EXPERTISE AREAS Isolation and separation of phytochemicals. Chromatographic analysis of phytochemicals. Experience of working with various analytical equipments like UV-Visible spectrophotometer, HPTLC, HPLC. Humanly handling of animals from mouse to guinea pig and development of various immunopharmacological models. Expertise in pharmacological screening of drugs using in vivo ex vivo and in vitro assays. Computer skills and experience in scientific writing and documentation and hands on experience on Statistical software s. Experience in taking lectures and practical classes of B.Pharm students. EXPERIENCE Teaching Experience: 09 years 10 months Working as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy Department in NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences since 2 nd August Working as a Lecturer of Pharmacognosy Department in Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy from 19 th April to 31 st July SUBJECT TEACHING Theory and Practical of Pharmacognosy-I, Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry, Industrial Pharmacognosy & Biotechnology and Pharmacognosy & Phytopharmaceuticals for I, III, IV B.Pharm and II Pharm D. respectively. POSITIONS HOLD Working as Head of Department of Pharmacognosy Assistant Professor (Grade III) of Pharmacognosy Department in NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

3 Assistant Professor (Grade II) of Pharmacognosy Department in NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Approved Research Guide for M. Pharm course of Nitte University. NSS Programme Officer of NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences under NSS units of Nitte University Coordinator of Cultural Committee of NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Member, Equal Opportunity Cell, Nitte University, Mangaluru Ex-member of Board of Study of Nitte University from NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Approved Examiner for Pharmacognosy of Nitte University, Mangaluru Approved Examiner for Pharmacognosy of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore Approved Examiner for Pharmacognosy of Manipal University, Manipal Approved Examiner for Pharmacognosy of Kerala University of Health Sciences, Kerala Previously, Lecturer of Pharmacognosy Department in Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, Tumkur CONFERENCE ATTENDED Participated in a ICMR Sponsored National conference on Role of Organic Chemical Intermediates in Cognitive Disorders and Mental Health conducted by Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, at Auditorium, Nitte Institute of Architecture, Panner, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, on 17 th -18 th February, Participated in a Nitte University Sponsored national seminar on Pharmacoeconomics and Patient Safety conducted by Department of Pharmacy Practice, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, at Vimshati Bhavan Auditorium, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, on 11 th January, Participated in a Nitte University and ASSOCHAM sponsored one day seminar on Intellectual Property Rights at Seminar Hall, 2 nd Floor, K. S. Hegde Charitable Hospital, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, on 10 th January, Participated in a Nitte University Sponsored one day seminar on Perspectives on New Drug Discovery conducted by Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry,

4 NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, at Auditorium, Nitte Institute of Architecture, Panner, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, on 3 rd November, Participated in three day seminar on Management Development Programme for Medical Professionals conducted by Centre for Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte at Nitte Education International, Mangaluru, on 14 th, 21 st and 28 th August, 2016 Conducted Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, sponsored a one day workshop on Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry organized jointly by the Department of Pharmacognosy of NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, and Department of Botany of St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, on 17 th February 2015 at NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, Deralakatte, Mangaluru and delivered lecture in the workshop on the topic title introduction about the Pharmacognosy and extraction, isolation, identification and chemical test of phytoconstituents. Conducted ICMR and Nitte University sponsored Two day workshop on Conservation of medicinal plants and preservation of medicinal plant knowledge base on 4 th and 5 th August, 2011 at NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mangaluru. Chair person in 3 rd Annual Conference KMLA-2011 on Advances in Health Sciences Liberianship in association with Nitte University and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences at A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangaluru on 28 th and 29 th January, Presented poster of research work entitled Phytochemical And Pharmacological Investigation of the Leaves of Bauhinia Variegata in National Level Technical Symposium on Novel Concepts in Pharmaceutical Research organized by NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mangaluru, India, and jointly sponsored by RGUHS, Bangalore and Nitte University, Mangaluru on 16 th and 17 th July, Participated in seminar on Qualitative Research Methodology and regulatory affairs on 8th April 2009 at NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Paneer, Mangaluru. Oral presentation of paper entitled Phytochemical and Pharmacological Investigation of Stem Bark of Moringa Oleifera in International Seminar on Medicinal Plants & Herbal Products jointly organised by Department of

5 Botany of S.V. University, Tirupati and AP Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Board, Hyderabad, India, March 7-9, International conference on promotion and Development of botanicals with International Coordination Exploring Quality, Safety, Efficacy and regulations organised by School of Natural product studies Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, Feb 25 26, GUEST LECTURE Resource Person for delivering a lecture on Pharmacognostical aspects of Botanicals and to demonstrate experiments on Quantitative microscopical study for evaluation of crude drugs in Department of Botany of St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, on 21 st December, RESEARCH PAPER PUBLICATION Bhattacharjee Atanu, Shastry CS, Saha Santanu. Nootropic activity of Crataeva nurvala Buch-Ham against scopolamine induced cognitive impairment. Excli Journal. 2015; 14: Bhattacharjee Atanu, Shastry CS, Saha Santanu. Neuroprotective activity of Crataeva nurvala Buch-Ham stem bark against scopolamine-induced cognitive impairment via antioxidative activities in rats. American Journal of Ethnomedicine. 2014; 1(4): Bhattacharjee Atanu, Shastry CS, Saha Santanu. Isolation, purification and structural elucidation of bioactive polyphenolic compound (catechin) from Crataeva nurvala Buch-ham stem bark chloroform fraction. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Bio-Science. 2014; 3(2): Bhattacharjee Atanu, Shastry CS, Saha Santanu. Isolation, purification and structural elucidation of N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine (Melatonin) from Crataeva nurvala Buch-Ham stem bark. American Journal of Phytomedicine and Clinical Therapeutics. 2014; 2(3): Saha Santanu, Subrahmanyam EVS, Kodangala C, Mandal SC, Shastry S. Evaluation of antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of extract and fractions of Eugenia jambolana root bark and isolation of phytoconstituents. Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy Jul/Aug; 23(4): Saha Santanu, Subrahmanyam EVS. Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of ethanolic extract of seeds of Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.- Ham.) Wall.

6 International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences July-Sep; 5(3): Bhattacharjee Atanu, Shastry CS, Saha Santanu. Evaluation of acute and subchronic oral toxicity study of ethanolic extract of Crataeva nurvala Buch-ham stem bark on experimental Wistar rats. Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 2013; 5(6): Bhattacharjee Atanu, Shastry CS, Saha Santanu. Isolation, purification and structural elucidation of novel bioactive phytoconstituents from Crataeva nurvala Buch-ham stem bark chloroform fraction. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Bio-Science. 2013; 2(5): Bhattacharjee Atanu, Shastry CS, Saha Santanu. Phytochemical and ethnopharmacological profile of Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.: A review. International Journal of Biomedical Research. 2013; 4(10): Bhattacharjee Atanu, Shastry CS, Saha Santanu. Preliminary phytochemical analysis of selected medicinal plants of westernghat region of South Karnataka, India. International Journal of Advances in Pharmaceutical Research. 2013; 4(6): Bhat Vinaya, Sharma S.M., Shetty Veena, Shastry C.S., Rao Vaman, Shenoy Shilpa M., Saha Santanu, Balaji Sriram. Prevalence of Candida Associated Denture Stomatitis (CADS) and Speciation of Candida Among Complete Denture Wearers of South West Coastal Region of Karnataka. Nitte University Journal of Health Sciences. September 2013; 3(3): Bhat Vinaya, Sharma SM, Shetty Veena, Shastry CS, Rao Vaman, Shenoy Shilpa M, Saha Santanu. Role of candida biofilms on denture stomatitis. Journal of Indian Academy of Dental Specialist Researchers Jan-March; 2(1): Shastry CS, Aswathanarayana BJ, Ganesh S, Kalluraya B, Saha Santanu, Bhattacharjee Atanu. Herbal radioprotector: re-emerging trend in the field of radio therapy. Journal of Pharmacy Research. 2012; 5(4): Maheshwari Rajalekshmi, Darbarmulla Sathyanarayana, Subraya Kodangala Chandrashekar, Billadi Sangeetha, Koppala Narayana Sunil kumar, Saha Santanu. Anti-snake Venom Activity of Stem Bark of Anthocephalus cadamba. International Journal of Pharma World Research. 2012; 3(2): Maheshwari Rajalekshmi, Darbarmulla Sathyanarayana, Subraya Kodangala Chandrashekar, Billadi Sangeetha, Koppala Narayana Sunil kumar, Saha Santanu. Isolation of Triterpenoids From Petroleum Ether Extract of Stem Bark

7 of Anthocephalus cadamba. International Journal of Pharma World Research. 2012; 3(2): 1-9 Saha Santanu, Subrahmanyam E. V. S., Kodangala Chandrashekar, Shastry C. S. In Vivo Study for Anti-inflammatory Activity of Bauhinia variegata L. Leaves. Pharmaceutical Crops. 2011; 2: Saha Santanu, Subrahmanyam E. V. S., Kodangala Chandrashekar, Shastry C. S. Isolation and characterization of triterpenoids and fatty acid ester of triterpenoid from leaves of Bauhinia variegata. Der Pharma Chemica. 2011; 3 (4): Kodangala Chandrashekar, Saha Santanu, Kodangala Prasanna. Analgesic Activity of Phyllanthus lawii Extract in Swiss Albino Mice. Pharmaceutical Crops. 2011; 2: Kodangala Chandrashekar, Saha Santanu, Kodangala Prasanna. Phytochemical studies of aerial parts of the plant Leucas lavandulaefolia. Der Pharma Chemica. 2010; 2(5): Gautam Manish, Saha Santanu, Bani Sarang, Kaul Anpurna, Mishra Sanjay, Patil Dada, Satti NK, Suri KA, Gairola S, Suresh K, Jadhav S, Qazi GN, Patwardhan B. Immunomodulatory activity of Asparagus racemosus on systemic Th1/Th2 immunity: Implications for immunoadjuvant potential. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2009; 121(2): Subrya Chandrashekar K, Kumar Takeshwar, Joshi Arun, Saha Santanu, Kumar Hitesh, Subrya Prsanna K. Anti-inflammatory activity of Bauhinia purpuria stem bark extracts against carrageenan induced rat paw edema. Herbal Heritage, 2009, Vol.I : BOOK CHAPTER Saha Santanu, Subrahmanyam E. V. S. Bioactive triterpenoid saponins from medicinal plants. In: Mandal Subhash C, editor. Herbal Drugs: A modern approach to understand them better. New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd., Kolkata, 2011; [ISBN: ] Bhattacharjee Atanu, Shastry Chakrakodi Shashidhara, Saha Santanu. Overview of the Occurrence of Melatonin in Medicinal Plants with Special Reference to Crataeva nurvala Buch-Ham: Isolation, Purification, and Characterization. In: Gokare A. Ravishankar and Akula Ramakrishna, editor. Serotonin and Melatonin - Their Functional Role in Plants, Food, Phytomedicine and Human Health. Taylor

8 & Francis Group, Broken Sound Parkway NW, 2017; [ISBN: ] BOOK PUBLISHED Saha Santanu. Immunoadjuvant activity of Withania somnifera. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG., Saarbrücken, Germany [ISBN: ] REVIEWER Reviewer for Pharmaceutical Biology Reviewer for International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Reviewer for Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C Reviewer for Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy Reviewer for Journal of Pharmacognosy Reviewer for International Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Reviewer for Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Reviewer for Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants Reviewer for Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus Reviewer for Sky Journal of Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences Reviewer for Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology Reviewer for Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology Reviewer for African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Reviewer for European Journal of Medicinal Plants Reviewer for Journal of Medicinal Plant Research Reviewer for British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Reviewer for Advancement in Medicinal Plant Research Reviewer for Issues in Business Management and Economics ASSETS & SKILLS Undergone training in Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu. Enthusiastic self-starter with strong Organization, Presentational, written and Communication skills. Excellent team player with Interpersonal skills. Proficient with Microsoft Office.

9 EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Actively participating in various sport events of institutional level. Judging and actively involved in various cultural and literary events of institutional level. Actively participated in various cultural and trekking programs organized by college. MEMBERSHIP State Pharmacy Council (West Bengal State Pharmacy Council) Registration No. A Life Member of APTI, Registration No. KA/LM 845. PERSONAL PROFILE Date of Birth : May 31 st, 1980 Marital Status : Married Nationality : Indian Religion : Hindu (Scheduled Caste) Languages known : English, Hindi, Bengali ******************

CURRICULUM VITAE. Qualification Institute University Year of passing Ph.D. NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Nitte University, 2015

CURRICULUM VITAE. Qualification Institute University Year of passing Ph.D. NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Nitte University, 2015 CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Divya Jyothi Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Paneer, Deralakatte, Mangalore-575018. Mobile : 8722821164 E-mail: divya.jyothi84@gmail.com