Pratap Chandra Naha

Biography

B.Pharm. from Institute of Pharmacy and Technology, Biju Pattnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Orissa, India in 2004. M.Pharm. (Pharmacology) from Dept. of Pharmacy, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India in 2006. Subject covered Molecular Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, Systemic Pharmacology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biopharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Novel Drug Delivery Systems and biostatistics.  M.Pharm project title was ‘Development and Characterization of Novel Polymeric microspheres for sustained Oral and Intramuscular Delivery of Insulin’.  From July 2006 to April 2008 employed as Project Assistant in the Product Development Cell, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India and working on two different projects enitled ‘Scale up and evaluation of biodegradable polymer particle formulations for single dose vaccine’ and ‘Improved immunogenicity of enterovirus antigen by use of microparticle carrier: a proof of principle study for development of multi-variant enterovirus vaccine’.

Research Interest

Currently undertaking postgraduate research in PRTL funded project of INSPIRE program from 1st of May 2008 at the Focas Institute, Dublin Institute of Technology.  The title of the project is "Eco and Mammalian toxicological assessment of nanoparticles of Technological Relevance". If toxicity is established the mechanism and pathway of toxicity will then be investigated.