Dr. (Mrs.) BABITA KUMAR M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics), Ph.D. Mobile: 08010511675, 9311969681 drbabitakumar@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ RESEARCH AREAS OF SPECIALISATION: Novel Drug Delivery Systems -
Permeation enhancement and Product Development Research in Tablet/ Capsule/
Liquid orals / Ointment section - Absorption enhancement.
ACADEMIC RECORD: Ph. D. (Pharmaceutics)
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and
Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala,
M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics) Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and
Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala,
Sphingosine Synthesis Inhibition: A Novel
B. Pharm.
College of Pharmacy, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi.
RESEARCH UNDER GUIDANCE For PhD Degree Award: Four
Anti-epileptic activity of Rubiadin isolated from Rubia cordifolia: Design,
Development and Evaluation of its formulation from IFTM University,
Design and Evaluation of Controlled Release Matrix Tablets containing
Cyclodextrin Complexes of poorly soluble drugs from GBTU, Lucknow, UP
Formulation and Characterization of Rapimelt tablet of Antihypertensive
drug from Shridhar University, Pilani, Rajasthan
Isolation and Activity study of Alkanoid flavanoids of Abies Webbiana and
their formulation from IFTM University, Moradabad, UP
ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS:
Organized a two day AICTE sponsored national seminar on Emerging
Technologies and Trends in Computing and Networking on March, 30-31, 2011
at Shree Ganpati Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad.
Organized a two day inter college Tech-Fest on March, 10-11, 2011 at Shree
Ganpati Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad.
Organized a three days AICTE and IPGA sponsored National conference as a
convener on „„Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences‟‟ on August 20-22, 2010 at
Shree Ganpati Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad.
Organized a seminar on “Emerging Trends in Drug Delivery system” on October,
18, 2008 at Shree Ganpati Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad.
INVITED GUEST SPEAKER:
Invited as Guest speaker in AICTE- sponsored national seminar on “Emerging
Trends in Novel Drug delivery Systems” held on 27th -28th March 2009 by H.R.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Babita, K., Gupta, S and Tiwary, A.K. Role of sphingosine synthesis inhibition in
transcutaneous delivery of levodopa. International Journal of Pharmaceutics,
238: 43-50 (2002).
2. Mahajan, A., Gupta, M., Babita, Gupta, S. and Tiwary, A.K. Sphingosine
synthesis inhibition: an approach for enhancing percutaneous permeation of 5-
FU, 54th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Pune, December 13-15, F 5, (2002).
3. Babita, K., Mahajan, A., Gupta, M., Gupta, S. and Tiwary, A.K. Inhibition of skin
sphingosine synthesis: Enhanced percutaneous permeation of 5-fluorouracil.
Pharmazie, 59: 212-216 (2004).
4. Babita, K. and Tiwary, A. K. Skin lipid synthesis inhibition: a possible means for
enhancing percutaneous permeation of levodopa. Current Drug Delivery, 1: 397-
5. Babita, K. and Tiwary, A. K. Transdermal delivery of levodopa: Enhancement by
skin sphingosine and cholesterol synthesis inhibition, 56th Indian Pharmaceutical
Congress, Kolkata, December 3-5, (2004).
6. Rana, V., Babita, K., Goyal, D. and Tiwary, A.K. Optimization of chitosan films as
substitute of animal and human epidermal sheets for in vitro permeation of polar
and non polar drugs. Acta Pharmaceutica, 54: 287-299 (2004).
7. Babita, K., Gupta, M. and Tiwary, A.K. Comparison of polar and non-polar drug
permeation: Importance of epidermal cholesterol, 56th Indian Pharmaceutical
Congress, Kolkata, December 3-5, FP 3 (2004).
8. Rana, V., Babita, K. And Tiwary, A.K. In-vitro permeation of 5-FU and
Indomethacin across sodium tripolyphosphate cross-linked chitosan films, 56th
Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Kolkata, December 3-5, A 33 (2004).
9. Babita, K., Rana, V. and Tiwary, A.K. Epidermal lipids: thermotropic behaviour
and role in transcutaneous delivery of levodopa. Drug Development Research,
51: 1-10 (2005).
10. Rana, V., Babita, K., Goyal, D. and Tiwary, A.K. Sodium citrate cross-linked
chitosan films: optimization as substitute for human/rat/rabbit epidermal sheets.
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 8: 10-17 (2005).
11. Babita, K. and Tiwary, A.K. Transdermal delivery of polar drug: Relationship with
thermotropic behaviour of skin lipids, 8th Punjab Science Congress, Patiala,
12. Babita, K. and Tiwary, A.K. Epidermal fatty acids synthesis inhibition:
Relationship with transdermal delivery of levodopa, EO2; 58th Indian
Pharmaceutical Congress, Mumbai, December 1-3, (2006).
13. Babita, K. and Tiwary, A.K. Transcutaneous delivery of levodopa: Enhancement
by fatty acid synthesis inhibition. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2: 57-63 (2005).
14. Babita, K., Rana, V. and Tiwary, A.K. Lipid synthesis inhibitors: effect on
epidermal lipid conformational changes and percutaneous permeation of
levodopa. AAPS PharmSciTech. 6: 473-481(2005).
15. Babita, K., Kumar, V., Rana, V. Jain, S. and Tiwary, A.K. Thermotropic and
spectroscopic behaviour of skin: relationship with percutaneous permeation
enhancement. Current Drug Delivery, 3: 95-113 (2006).
16. Babita, K. and Singh, A. Preliminary evaluation of immunomodulation potential of
cow urine and its different fractions. NC-IDDR, PUP, Patiala, 21 (2009).
17. Ain, S., Ain, Q., Babita, K. And Parveen, S. Comparative assessment of various
hardness testers by statistical evaluation. NC-RADDD, 33 (2009).
18. Babita, K. and Kumar, V. Thermotropic and spectroscopic attributes of rat skin
treated with lipid synthesis inhibitors as transdermal permeation enhancer. NC-
19. Ain, Q., Ain, S., Babita, K. And Gupta, S.C. Prevalence of using disease in the
workers of scissors manufacturing industries in Meerut city- A Survey. CRSI-
20. Ain, Q., Ain, S. and Babita, K. “Prevalence of lung disease in the workers of
Scissors manufacturing industries in Meerut City” on 4th Mid-Year Symposium of
the Chemical Research Society of India, IISc., (Bangalore) Organized by
Department of Applied Chemistry, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of
Technology and Science, Indore, (M.P), 23- 24 July (2009).,
21. Ain, Q., Ain, S. and Babita, K. “Comparative assessment of microwave dried
complex of new antihyperlipidemic drug with conventional dried complex, IPC,
22. Ain, Q., Ain, S. and Babita, K. “Cyclic peptides and their biological activity
derived from marine sponges” on 12th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry
and 4th CRSI-RSC Symposium Chemistry, Organized by IIChT & NIPER
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Feb 4-7 (2010).
23. Ain, Q., Ain, S. and Babita, K. “Toxicity of Synthetic Laundry Detergents and
Natural Soaps in Waste Water” in National conference on Recent Aspects of
Biological and Medicinal Chemistry (RDMC-2010), Lajpat Rai post graduate
college, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, 20 Feb. (2010).
24. Ain, Q., Ain, S. and Babita, K. “Toxicity Assay for the Sediment Quality
Assessment of Ganga River (Allahabad)” in National conference on Recent
Aspects of Biological and Medicinal Chemistry (RDMC-2010), Sponsored by DST
& UGC and organized by Lajpat Rai post graduate college, Sahibabad,
25. Ain. S., Ain. Q., Babita. K and Parveen. S. Comparative Investigations on
Prepared Capsules Containing Gemfibrozil Cyclodextrin Complexes with the
26. Alam. P., Ain, S., Hasan, M. and Babita K. Design, Synthesis and In Vivo
pharmacological screening of some new 3,5-(substituted diphenyl)-pyrazole
27. Babita. K., Perwaiz A., and Ain. S., “Design, Synthesis and In Vivo
Pharmacological Screening of Some New 3,5-(Substituted Diphenyl)-Pyrazole
28. Babita, K., Ain, S., and Panchdev M., “Development and Evaluation of Different
Types Of Ocular Film Using HPMC Polymer” NCIPS, SGIT, PP-47, Pg 86,
29. Babita, K., Ain, S., Rakesh and Reetika “Formulation and Evaluation Of
Salbutamol Sulphate Matrix Tablets Using Carbopol 934 As A Sustaining Agent”
30. Babita, K., Ain, S., Ain, Q and Rakesh K., “Impact of Rational Drug Use In
National Capital Region: Survey of Health Centers” NCIPS, SGIT, PP- 51, 90
31. Babita K., Ain S., Ain Q. and Meenu S., “Qualitative Behaviour of Some
Traditional Crude Drugs Available in Commercial Markets of Ghaziabad” NC-IPS,
32. Babita K., Ain S. and Ain Q., “Improvement Of Overal Drug Performance: New
Drug Delivery Techniques” NC-IPS, SGIT, PP-112, 144 (2010).
33. Ain, Q, Parveen,S., Ain, S, Babita, K. and Anupendra, Herbal remedies used for
The Treatment Of Diabetes: A Botanical Survey Among The Hills Of
Uttarakhand, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-68, 103 (2010)
34. Khurana, S. and Babita K., Effect Of Diesel Exhaust, Heavy Metals And
Pesticides On Various Organ Systems: Possible Mechanisms And Strategies For
Prevention And Treatment, NCIPS, SGIT, pp- 84, 115 (2010)
35. Tomar, D. and Babita K., Developmental Exposure To Lead And Late Life
Abnormalities Of Nervous System, NCIPS, SGIT, pp -87, Pg 117 (2010)
36. Kumar, N., Grover, A., Babita, K., Kumar, B. and Alam,P. Evaluation of
interaction of vegetable oils with the packaging material, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-88, pg
37. Babita, K., Kumar, N., Goel, K. and Alam, P. Evaluation of interaction of
packaging material with ophthalmic ointment, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-89, pg-120
38. Hasan, M., Kumar,N., Babita, K., Alam, P., Patel, A.K. Evaluation of interaction
of sun flower oils with the packaging material., NCIPS, SGIT, PP-90, pg-121
39. Tyagi, P., Kumar,N., Babita, K., Yadav, D. and Tyagi, P. Effect of packaging
materials on storage conditions of sunflower oil quality, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-91, pg-
40. Singh, M.K., Singh, A. and Babita, K., Development and characterization of
microemulsion for topical delivery of glipizide, NCIPS, SGIT, PP- 92, pg-123
41. Mohsin H., Babita K., Alam, P., Tyagi, P., Yadav D, Using the TLC technique to
separate and identify amino acids from apple juice, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-12, pg 53
42. Gupta, H., Gupta, S. K., Yadav, D. and Babita, K, “Nutritional: therapeutic &
prophylactic Property of Plant: Moringa Olifera”, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-35, pg 76
43. Singh, A., Babita, K, Gupta, S.K. , Singh, M and Kharya, M.D., Singh, A,
Immunomodulatory potential of cow urine, NCIPS, SGIT, PP- 93, 124 (2010)
44. Alam, P., Babita, K., Kumar, N. and Kumar, A. Pharmacophore model for newer
anticonvulsants, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-94, pg-125 (2010)
45. Hasan, M., Babita, K., Alam, P., Kumar, N., Tyagi, P.K., Ahmad, M., Yadav, D.
Pyrazolopyridine as phosphodiatrase inhibitor, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-95, pg-126
46. Manu and Babita, K., Pharmacological agents in the treatment of
organophosphorus pesticide intoxication, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-97, pg-12 (2010)
47. Kumar, B., Babita, K. Kumar, N., Alam, P. and Sharma,V. Evaluation and
comparative studies of diclofenac sodium 50 mg tablet with different brands of
the drug, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-102, pg133 (2010).
48. Ain,Q., Ain, S, Babita, K. and Sharma, M. Qualitative behaviour of some
traditional crude drugs available in commercial markets of Ghaziabad, NCIPS,
49. Ain, S., Babita, K, Ain,Q. Improvement of overall drug performance: new drug
delivery techniques, NCIPS, SGIT, PP-112, pg-170 (2010)
50. Gupta, S.K., Babita K., Singh, A. Synthesis of disubstituted 1,3,4-thiadiazoles
and evaluation for their Antibacterial Activity”, CSIR Sponsored National
Conference, Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Pharmacy, New Delhi, PP-51, 21-22
51. Verma, A., Babita K., Singh, S., Gupta, S.K., Singh, M. K. Development and
characterization of microemulsion for topical delivery of glipizide. CSIR
Sponsored National Conference, Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Pharmacy, New
52. Ain, S., Babita, K. and Dahiya, J. Matrix Tablets: an Interesting option for oral
controlled release formulation. 26th Annual Conference of IPGA, New Delhi, PH-
53. Gupta, V., Sahu, P., Verma, A, Singh, M.K. and Babita, K. Development and
characterization of Flu-tamide containing Self – Micro emulsifying drug delivery
system (SMEDDS). 26th Annual Conference of IPGA, New Delhi, PH-04, 2nd April
54. Kumar, R., Verma, A., Babita, K and Singh, M.K. Current aspects of sustain
release Injectable drug delivery system. 26th Annual Conference of IPGA, New
55. Gupta, S., Verma, A., Babita, K and Singh, M.K. Development and
characterization of Microemulsion for topical delivery of glipizide. 26th Annual
Conference of IPGA, New Delhi, PR-05, 2nd April (2011)
56. Ain, S., Ain Q., Babita, K. and Rakesh, K. Design and in-vitro characterization of
zidovudine loaded polymethacrylic acid nanoparticles. National Conference on
Impact of Nanotechnology on Drug Discovery and Development, Shimla. NCS,
57. Verma, A., Babita, K, Singh, M.K. and Kharya, M.D. Immunomodulatory
Potential of Cow Urine. Der Pharmacia Lettre, 2011, 3(2): 507-513 (2011)
58. Verma, A., Babita, K and Singh, M.K. Development And Characterization Of
Flutamide Containing Self-Microemulsifying Drug Delivery System (SMEDDS),
International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences. Vol 3, Suppl 4,
1. Babita, K., Rana, V., Jain, S. and Tiwary, A.K. Chitosan: formulation of drug
delivery systems. Chitin and Chitosan : Opportunities and Challenges. SSM
International Publication, Contai, Midnapore. Ed., P. Dutta, Ch- 16: pg 283-313
CONFERENCES/ SEMINAR ATTENDED:
1) 26th Annual Conference of IPGA on “Pharmaceutical Opportunities and
Challenges of the New Decade” 2nd April (2011).
2) National Seminar on “Academia-Industry Interface in Pharmaceutical Sector”
(AICTE sponsored) organized by Raj Kumar Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad,
3) National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Pharmacy Education and Practice”
organized by PCI, New Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, July, 9-10 (2010).
4) AICTE sponsored National Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Pharmaceutical
Research” organized by Hindu Col ege of Pharmacy, Sonepat, Haryana, April, 9-
5) ISHR, IACS and IPGA sponsored International Conference on “Recent Advances
in Cardiovascular Sciences” organized by DIPSAR, New Delhi, Feb., 3-4, (2010).
6) DST, CSIR and AICTE sponsored National Conference on Innovations in Drug
Discovery and Research organized by Patiala, March, 3-5 (2009).
7) 58th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Mumbai, December 1-3, (2006).
8) 8th Punjab Science Congress, Patiala, Punjab, February 7-9, (2005).
9) 56th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Kolkata, December 3-5, (2004).
10)54th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Pune, December 13-15, (2002).
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