| S.No. | Name of the Supervisor / Co-Supervisor |
Name of the Ph.D. Scholar | Mode of Ph.D. | Registration Number | Date of Registration | Research Topic | Likely Date of Completion | Availing Fellowship | Funding Agency of Fellowship |
| Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences : University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Updated on: 20/05/2026 | ||||||||
| 1. | Dr Anurag Kuhad | Nipun Pundeer | Full Time | 25-26/385/Ph.D | 10/02/2026 | Yet to be approved | 07/02/2031 | No | |
| 2. | Dr Amita Sarwal | Sunil Kumar | Full Time | 40318000051 | 10/02/2026 | 28/02/2031 | No | ||
| 3. | Dr Vandita Kakkar | Sanshita | Full Time | 25-26/212/Ph.D | 30/09/2025 | Yet to be approved | 28/09/2029 | No | |
| 4. | Dr Ashok Kumar Yadav | Jyoti Rani | Full Time | 25-26/229/Ph.D | 30/09/2025 | Yet to be approved | 01/10/2027 | No | |
| 5. | Professor Ranju Bansal | Jhalak | Full Time | 25-26/190/Ph.D | 30/09/2025 | Yet to be approved | 02/10/2028 | No | |
| 6. | Professor Poonam Piplani Dr Vandita Kakkar |
Mahima | Full Time | 25-26/216/Ph.D | 30/09/2025 | Yet to be approved | 02/10/2028 | No | |
| 7. | Professor Anil Kumar Professor Alka Bali |
Naman Sethi | Full Time | 25-26/211/Ph.D | 30/09/2025 | Yet to be approved | 02/10/2028 | No | |
| 8. | Dr Neelima Dhingra | Shagun Sharma | Full Time | 25-26/192/Ph.D | 30/09/2025 | Yet to be approved | 02/10/2028 | No | |
| 9. | Professor Ranju Bansal | Vatsla Tiwari | Full Time | 25-26/191/Ph.D | 30/09/2025 | Yet to be approved | 02/10/2028 | No | |
| 10. | Dr Ashok Kumar Yadav | Chetna Pal | Full Time | 25-26/67/Ph.D | 11/09/2025 | Yet to be approved | 12/09/2028 | No | |
| 11. | Dr Gurpal Singh | Aayush Kaushal | Full Time | 24-25/450/Ph.D | 05/03/2025 | Yet to be approved | 06/03/2028 | No | |
| 12. | Dr Amita Sarwal | Pemal Preet Kaur | Full Time | 24-25/40/Ph.D | 27/02/2025 | Yet to be approved | 28/02/2028 | No | |
| 13. | Professor Kanwaljit Chopra Dr MahendraBishnoi |
Yashdeep Mukheja | Full Time | 24-25/488/Ph.D. | 27/02/2025 | Yet to be approved | 01/03/2028 | No | |
| 14. | Dr Sandip V Pawar | Nazia Khursheed | Full Time | 24-25/241/Ph.D | 30/01/2025 | Yet to be approved | 01/02/2028 | No | |
| 15. | Dr Gurpal Singh | Pritiman Pothal | Full Time | 24-25/205/Ph.D | 17/01/2025 | Yet to be approved | 18/01/2028 | No | |
| 16. | Dr Sangeeta P Sah | Anisha Sharma | Full Time | 24-25/96/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | Yet to be aproved | 30/09/2027 | No | |
| 17. | Professor Anil Kumar | Anshu Kadiyan | Full Time | 24-25/95/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | Yet to be aproved | 30/09/2027 | Yes | PU-Ph.D Fellowship |
| 18. | Dr Anurag Kuhad | Abhishek Bharti | Full Time | 24-25/97/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | 30/09/2027 | Yes | PU-Ph.D Fellowship | |
| 19. | Dr Anurag Kuhad | Dolly Chauhan | Full Time | 24-25/90/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | 30/09/2027 | Yes | PU-Ph.D Fellowship | |
| 20. | Professor Indu Pal Kaur Professor Maninder Karan |
Divya | Full Time | 24-25/92/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | 30/09/2027 | Yes | CSR Project | |
| 21. | Professor V R Sinha | Dinesh Kumar | Full Time | 24-25/93/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF LONG-ACTING INJECTABLES OF ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM AND PIOGLITAZONE HYDROCHLORIDE | 30/09/2027 | Yes | PU Ph.D. fellowship |
| 22. | Professor Kanwaljt Chopra | Daya Luxmi | Full Time | 24-25/94/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | 30/09/2027 | Yes | PU-Ph.D Fellowship | |
| 23. | Professor Anil Kumar | Harveen Kour | Full Time | 24-25/91/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | STUDIES TARGETING NEUROINFLAMMATORY, FERROPTOSIS AND APOPTOTIC MECHANISMS IN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE | 30/09/2027 | Yes | PU-Ph.D Fellowship |
| 24. | Professor V R Sinha | Jaskiran Preet Kaur | Full Time | 24-25/86/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | DEVELOPMENT OF COLON-SPECIFIC FORMULATIONS OF FEXOFENADINE HCL FOR MANAGEMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE | 30/09/2027 | Yes | PU-Ph.D Fellowship |
| 25. | Professor Indu Pal Kaur | Neeraj Pandey | Full Time | 24-25/88/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NANOENGINEERED TRANSDERMAL DICLOFENAC DIETHYLAMINE AND NOSE TO BRAIN CANNABIDIOL DELIVERY SYSTEM(S) FOR CHRONIC PAIN | 30/09/2027 | Yes | CSR Project |
| 26. | Professor Anil Kumar | Suraj Sharma | Full Time | 24-25/89/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | STUDY TARGETING MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION, NEUROINFLAMMATORY AND APOPTOTIC MECHANISMS IN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY | 30/09/2027 | Yes | PU-Ph.D Fellowship |
| 27. | Professor Alka Bali | Tanvi Sharma | Full Time | 24-25/87/Ph.D | 30/09/2024 | DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF BENZO–FUSED HETEROCYCLIC AMINE- HYDRAZONE HYBRID MOLECULES FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE | 30/09/2027 | Yes | PU-Ph.D Fellowship |
| 28. | Professor Indu Pal Kaur Dr Parneet Kaur Deol & Dr Veluchamy Amutha Barathi |
Sima Kujur | Full Time | 23-24/458/Ph.D | 21/03/2024 | DEVELOPMENT, OPTIMIZATION AND EVALUATION OF BIOACTIVES LOADED 2D ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS AS WOUND DRESSINGS AND OCULAR DEVICES | No | ||
| 29. | Dr Gurpal Singh | Jatinder Kaur | Full Time | 23-24/459/Ph.D | 21/03/2024 | BIOFUNCTIONALIZED NANOMATERIAL BASED BIOSENSING PLATFORM FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND DETECTION OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE | 20/03/2027 | Yes | DBT Biocare |
| 30. | Professor Alka Bali | Akshay Kumar | Full Time | 23-24/253/Ph.D | 31/01/2024 | ANALYTICAL METHOD DEVELOPMENT , IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF STRESS DEGRADATION PRODUCTS OF SELECTED ANTICANCER DRUGS | 30/01/2029 | Yes | NFST |
| 31. | Dr Amita Sarwal | Bharti Sunil Shivparsad | Full Time | 23-24/254/PH.D | 31/01/2024 | PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF TOPICAL VESICULAR DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM CONTAINING TAMOXIFEN CITRATE AND BOSWELLIC ACID(S) FOR PSORIASIS | 30/01/2029 | No | |
| 32. | Professor Indu Pal Kaur | Simrandeep Kaur | Full Time | 23-24/255/Ph.D | 31/01/2024 | DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND SCALE-UP OF NANODERMACEUTICALS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SKIN DISORDERS | 30/01/2027 | No | |
| 33. | Professor Kanwaljit Chopra Dr Sandip Pawar |
Zahid Bashir Zargar | Full Time | 23-24/220/PH.D | 23/01/2024 | STUDIES ON NOVEL TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7 AGONISTS IN COMBINATION WITH OXALIPLATIN FOR COLORECTAL CANCER | 22/01/2029 | Yes | DST- SERB |
| 34. | Professor Indu Pal Kaur | Maneesha Rana | Full Time | 23-24/62/Ph.D | 27/09/2023 | DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEMS FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN: a. NOSE-TO-BRAIN DELIVERY OF M194 b. TOPICAL FORMULATION(S) OF AMITRIPTYLINE | 27/09/2026 | No | |
| 35. | Professor Indu Pal Kaur | Navjot Sharma | Full Time | 23-24/64/Ph.D | 27/09/2023 | HOST – MODULATING TRIFORKED COMPOSITES FOR PERIODONTITIS: MICELLAR MOUTHWASH & SITE-RETENTIVE SCAFFOLD | 26/09/2028 | Yes | UGC-JRF (CSIR) |
| 36. | Professor Kanwaljit Chopra | Neha Thakur | Full Time | 23-24/65/Ph.D | 27/09/2023 | PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION OF Nrf2 PATHWAY IN EXPERIMENTAL PARADIGMS OF STROKE | 26/09/2028 | Yes | DBT |
| 37. | Dr Amita Sarwal | Namarta Thakur | Full Time | 23-24/63/PH.D | 27/09/2023 | PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED FORMULATION CONTAINING TAMOXIFEN CITRATE AND ALLICIN FOR TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER | 26/09/2027 | No | |
| 38. | Dr Sandip Pawar | Pankaj Kumar | Full Time | 23-24/66/Ph.D | 27/09/2023 | INVESTIGATION ON ROLE OF DUAL TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7/8 AGONISTS IN COMBINATION WITH 5-FLUOROURACIL FOR COLORECTAL CANCER | 26/09/2029 | No | |
| 39. | Professor Ranju Bansal | Jatinder Kaur | Full Time | 23-24/60/Ph.D | 27/09/2023 | DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL INDANONE DERIVATIVES FOR ALZHEIMER’S AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE | 25/09/2026 | No | |
| 40. | Professor Indu Pal Kaur Professor O P Katare |
Srishti Naryal | Full Time | 22-23/468/Ph.D | 30/05/2023 | DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF BIOACTIVES BASED LOCAL ANTI-HEMORRHOIDS AND DERMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS | 29/05/2028 | No | |
| 41. | Professor O P Katare Dr Vandita Kakkar |
Krishma | Full Time | 22-23/239/Ph.D | 06/03/2023 | Yet to be approved | 04/01/2027 | No | |
| 42. | Professor Kanwaljit Chopra Dr Mahendra Bishnoi |
Roshan LAL | Full Time | 22-23/262/PH.D | 21/02/2023 | TRANSALATING TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL MELASTATIN (TEPM-8) MEDIATED PHARMACOLOGICAL COLD MIMICKING FOR ANTI-OBESITY THERAPEUTICS | 20/02/2027 | No | |
| 43. | Dr Sangeeta Pilkhwal Sah | Priyanka Puri | Full Time | 22-23/185/Ph.D | 02/02/2023 | STUDIES ON ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC-INDUCED WEIGHT GAIN & COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE | No | ||
| 44. | Professor Indu Pal Kaur | Maneesha Rana | Full Time | 23-24/62/Ph.D | 27/01/2023 | Design optimization and development of Nanoformulations for pain amelioration | 22/06/2027 | No | |
| 45. | Dr Vandita Kakkar | Parveen Kumari | Full Time | 22-23/129/Ph.D | 07/10/2022 | DEVELOPMENTAND EVALUATION LIPID-BASED NANO FORMULATION(S) OF α-PINENE AND MYRCENE FOR THE TREATMENTOF BREAST CANCER | No | ||
| 46. | Professor Anil Kumar | Rittu Banderwal | Full Time | 22-23/51/Ph.D | 05/09/2022 | NEUROPROTECTIVE MECHANISMS OF SYRINGIC ACID AND LYCOPENE IN EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) | 17/04/2026 | No | |
| 47. | Dr Sangeeta Pilkhwal Sah | Saloni Rahi | Full Time | 22-23/49/Ph.D | 05/09/2022 | INVESTIGATION ON NLRP3/CASPASE-1- MEDIATED NEUROINFLAMMATION IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER | 31/08/2025 | No | |
| 48. | Dr Jai Malik | Shweta Parihar | Full Time | 22-23/50/Ph.D | 17/08/2022 | STANDARDIZATION, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION STUDIES ONMESEMBRYANTHEMUM CORDIFOLIUM (L.f.) SCHWANTES | No | ||
| 49. | Dr Neelima Dhingra | Mansi Prashar | Full Time | 22-23/48/Ph.D | 08/08/2022 | CO-CRYSTALLISATION OF SELECTED ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE DRUGS FOR OPTIMAL BIOPHARMACEUTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES: COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES | 08/08/2026 | No | |
| 50. | Dr Anurag Kuhad Dr Koushik Ray |
Harsh Pawar | Full Time | 22-23/2/ Ph.D | 27/06/2022 | NEURONAL CORRELATES OF HIGH ALTITUDE HYPOXIA-INDUCED ANOREXIA AND ITS IMPECT ON SLEEP AND COGNITION | No | ||
| 51. | Professor Kanwaljit Chopra Dr Manish Jain, Ramalingswamy Fellow, |
Ankan Sarkar | Full Time | 22-23/4/Ph.D | 19/05/2022 | MECHANISTIC ROLE OF METABOLIC ENZYMES IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL PHENOTYPIC SWITCHING AND NEOINTIMAL HYPERPLASIA | No | ||
| 52. | Professor Ranju Bansal | Ankit Bajpai | Full Time | 21-22/434/Ph.D | 20/04/2022 | FRAGMENT BASED DRUG DESIGN APPROACH EMPLOYING ANTIHISTAMINE AND ANTICANCER PHARMACOPHORES TO DEVELOP NOVEL AGENTS FOR IMPROVED CANCER THERAPY | No | ||
| 53. | Professor Ranju Bansal | Zahid Ahmad Dar | Full Time | 21-22/435/Ph.D | 20/04/2022 | DESIGN, SYNTHESISAND EVALUATION OF NOVEL STERODIAL DERIVATIVES FOR BREAST CANCER | 20/04/2027 | No | |
| 54. | Professor Poonam Piplani | Ajay Kumar | Full Time | 21-22/179/Ph.D | 04/01/2022 | DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION OF PYRIDAZINONE DERIVATIVES AS DUAL INHIBITORS OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE AND COX-2 FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHIMER'S DISEASE | 04/01/2027 | No | |
| 55. | Professor Anil Kumar | Garima Sharma | Full Time | 21-22/154/Ph.D | 10/12/2021 | PHARMACOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS TARGETING NLRP-3 INFLAMMASOMES IN EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF DEPRESSION | 08/12/2025 | No | |
| 56. | Professor V R Sinha | Deepshikha | Full Time | 21-22/155/Ph.D | 08/11/2021 | PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL FORMULATIONS OF NEPAFENAC FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF OCULAR INFLAMMATION | 07/11/2025 | No | |
| 57. | Dr Sandip V. Pawar Dr Sangeeta Pilkhwal Sah |
Khushboo Pathania | Full Time | 20-21/15/Ph.D | 11/10/2021 | Design and development of novel drug delivery system for cancer therapy | 01/10/2026 | No | |
| 58. | Professor Kanwaljit Chopra | Rohini Sharma | Full Time | 21-22/69/Ph.D | 16/08/2021 | EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF ACCELERATED DRUGS APPROVALS BASED ON SURROGATE ENDPOINTS IN ONCOLOGY CLINICAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE | No | ||
| 59. | Dr Ashok Kumar Yadav Dr Jayeeta Bhaumik, Centre of Innovation & Applied Bioprocessing |
Kunal Gogde | Full Time | 2021-EZ-07 | 12/07/2021 | DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLE-BASED PHOTOSENSITIZERS AND THEIR AGRI-BIOMASS-DERIVED NANOFORMULATIONS FOR IN-VITRO ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTICANCER PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY | 12/07/2024 | No | |
| 60. | Dr Gurpal Singh | Akhil Khajuria | Full Time | 21-22/243/Ph.D | 04/06/2021 | Yet to be approved | 20/12/2024 | No | |
| 61. | Professor Kanwaljit Chopra, Dr Kanthi Kiran Kondepudi (National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali) Dr Mahendra Bishnoi |
Tushar Matta | Full Time | 2020-EZ-155 | 15/03/2021 | STUDIES ON GUT MICROBIOTA MODULATION IN KINDLING EPILEPSY | 15/08/2025 | No | |
| 62. | Dr Neelima Dhingra Dr Tanzeer Kaur |
Priyanka Rana | Full Time | 20-21/156/Ph.D | 11/01/2021 | DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SOME D-RING MODIFIED 3β-SUBSTITUTED ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA | 10/01/2024 | No | |
| 63. | Dr Sandip V. Pawar | Sunil Kumar | Full Time | 12-pharm-42 | 17/12/2020 | EVALUATION OF PYRIDINE-FUSED BICYCLIC HETEROCYCLES FOR COLORECTAL CANCER | 31/08/2024 | No | |
| 64. | Professor Anil Kumar Professor Milind Parle |
Priya Joon | Full Time | 20-21/23/Ph.D | 17/09/2020 | PHARMACOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF DIETARY INTERVENTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER | 17/09/2024 | No | |
| 65. | Professor Indu Pal Kaur | Pratibha | Full Time | 20-21/16/Ph.D | 08/09/2020 | FORMULATION, OPTIMIZATION AND EVALUATION OF NANOENCAPSULATED SALIVARY PEPTIDES LOADED HYDROGEL DRESSINGS | 08/09/2024 | No | |
| 66. | Professor Anil Kumar | Mini | Full Time | 20-21/15/Ph.D | 14/07/2020 | TARGETING INSULIN SIGNALLING MECHANISMS IN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF SPORADIC DEMENTIA OF ALZHEIMER TYPE | 30/09/2024 | No | |
| 67. | Dr Gurpal Singh Professor O P Katare |
Anil Thakur | Full Time | 19-20/567/Ph.D | 24/02/2020 | DEVELOPMENT OF VESICULARCARRIERS OF PACLITAXEL USING BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE AS ADJUVANT FOR THE CANCER TREATMENT | 23/02/2024 | No | |
| 68. | Professor O P Katare | Akanksha Mahajan | Full Time | 17-PHARM-11 | 09/01/2020 | SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL VESICULAR AND NON-VASICULAR TOPICAL FORMULATIONS OF LULICONAZOLE AND TOFACITINB CITRATE | 09/01/2024 | No | |
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