Dr. Utpal Nandi (CYP Lab)

Professional Experiences

Associate Professor (2024 - till date): Department of Chemical Sciences, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India.

Senior Scientist (2019 - 2024): Pharmacology Division (earlier named as PK-PD Toxicology division), CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India.

Assistant ProfessorHonorary (2017 - 2024): Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Scientist (2015 - 2019): PK-PD Toxicology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India.

Scientific Assistant (2012 - 2015): Reference Standard Division, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. in Pharmacy (2009 - 2013): Bioequivalence Study Centre (BSC), Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Master of Pharmacy (2007 - 2009): Bioequivalence Study Centre (BSC), Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Bachelor of Pharmacy (2003 - 2007): Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Memberships

Member, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) [2025]
Member, The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) [2024 onwards]
Member, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) [2023]
Member, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) [2022]
Life Member, The Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS) [2022 onwards]
Member, Society for Ethnopharmacology (SFE) [2022 – 2027]
Life member, The Society of Biological Chemists (India) SBC(I) [2020 onwards]
Member, American Chemical Society (ACS) [2020 onwards]
Member (Registered pharmacist), West Bengal Pharmacy Council (WBPC) [2008 onwards]

Achievements

Successfully supervised 5 research scholars to the award of Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, during my tenure at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India.
Fellow of ‘Indian Chemical Society’ (FICS) [2022 onwards].
Editorial Board Member, ‘Recent Advances in Anti-Infective Drug Discovery’, Bentham Science [2020 to till date].
Associate Editorial Board Member, ‘Drug Metabolism and Bioanalysis Letters’ (formerly known as ‘Drug Metabolism Letters’), Bentham Science [2020 to till date].
Contributed solely in the area of PK/ADME studies towards developing phytopharmaceutical drugs [Cannabis sativa-based CBD:THC enrich fraction (CSEF) for cancer pain; Boswellia serrata-based enriched fraction (BSEF) for osteoarthritis; Dysoxylum binectariferum-based enriched fraction (IIIM-64-REF) for rheumatoid arthritis; Crocus sativus-based enriched fraction (IIIM-141) for Alzheimer’s disease] [2020-2024].
Contributed solely in the area of PK for the development of botanical drug [Woodfordia fruticosa-based ICB-014 for gastric ulcer] [2019].
Served as Honorary Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India [2017-2024].
Reviewer for various SCI journals under Society of Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Dove press, ACS, Bentham Science, Springer, and MDPI [2017 onwards].
Successfully completed course on ‘Laboratory QMS & Internal Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:2005’ at Centre for Electronics Test Engineering, Noida, India [2014].
Actively contributed in ‘New Drugs Monographs’ for publication of ‘IP-2014’ by Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, MoHFW, GoI, India [2013].
Successfully completed ‘Professional Diploma in Clinical Research (PDCR)’ from Catalyst Clinical Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India [February-August, 2011].
Received ‘Best Paper Award’ in ‘PHARMACON-2010’, East Regional Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society at Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India [2010].
Received ‘Research Fellowship in Science for Meritorious Students’ by University Grants Commission (UGC), GoI, India [2009-2012].
Qualified ‘Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)’ with 96.62 percentile conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India [2007].