A Textbook of Drug Delivery Systems

About Author

Juhikaben V. Patel is presently working as a Quality Control scientist at Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Somerset, New Jersey, USA. She has over 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical Industry and Clinical research. She has done her B.Pharm from Gujarat Technological University and M.S in pharmaceuticals from Harrisburg University USA. She has also done MBA in Healthcare management from Monroe University USA. She has worked as pharmacist in planet health, Ahmedabad. She also achieved place in Guinness book of world record by performing a folk dance in June 2025. She has filed 5 patents till date, and keen towards development of newer products for healthcare. 2 Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Subhashree Sahoo Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Subhashree Sahoo is working as Professor cum HOD Pharmaceutics, Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rourkela, India. Dr.Sahoo pursued her Diploma in Pharmacy from Women’s Polytechnic, Bhubaneswar, India in the year 1996 followed by Bachelor in Pharmacy from BijuPatnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela, India in the year 2004 and Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) from BPUT in the year 2006. Later, she did her PhD in Pharmacy from Sambalpur University, Odisha, India in the year 2015. She is GATE qualified. She teaches Novel Drug Delivery System, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Engineering in B. Pharm and Drug Delivery System, Molecular Pharmaceutics (Nano Tech and Targeted DDS) and Research Methodology in M. Pharm.She has contributed 39 scientific papers in International and National journals with 688 citations. She has a research aptitude and gathered experience of three months in BARC, Mumbai on animal experimentation. As a research guide, Dr.Sahoo has supervised 36 M. Pharm students and also guiding six Ph.D. scholars. 3 Prof. Dr. Prakash Kumar Palai Prof. Dr. Prakash Kumar Palai is presently working as Professor cum HOD Pharmaceutical Analysis & QA, KanakManjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rourkela, India. Dr.Palai pursued his Bachelor in Pharmacy from Sambalpur University, Odisha in the year 1998 and Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Analysis & QA) from BPUT, Odisha in the year 2012. Later, he did his PhD from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India in 2020. With an extensive industrial and teaching experience over 23 years, he has played a pivotal role in shaping pharmaceutical education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Dr.Palai’s contributions extends beyond academics into scientific innovations with a portfolio of different research papers published in SCIE Journals. His research is related to Nanotechnology and anticancer targeted novel- controlled drug delivery system. 4 Dr Ankita Wal Dr. Ankita Wal is a distinguished academician, researcher, Professor, and Head of the Department at PSIT, Pharmacy, Uttar Pradesh. With her unwavering commitment to pharmaceutical education and research excellence, Dr. Wal has emerged as a pivotal figure in shaping the future of pharmacy professionals through her academic leadership, innovative thinking, and research-oriented approach. She holds five patents, four of which have been successfully commercialized. She has completed research projects sponsored by prestigious agencies such as the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Till date, she has published more than 100 research papers in reputed journals including Elsevier, Springer, and Bentham Science, and has authored 10 books.