Dr. Kavita Munjal

Assistant Professor-II

Academic Area : Phrmacognosy & Phytochemistry

Amity Institute of Pharmacy (AIP)

  • Qualifications
    M. Pharmacy (Pharmacognosy)
    I.S.F. Collage of Pharmacy, Moga (PTU, Jalandhar, Punjab)

    Ph.D.
    Department of Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry Society of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (SPER)
    Jamia Hamdard University New Delhi

    UGC NET and GPAT Qualified
  • Experience
    Academics & Research experience:

    B. S. Anangpuria Institute of Pharmacy, Faridabad, Haryana (23, July, 2012 - 30, April, 2015)
    Senior Research Fellow (SRF), Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (2018-2020)
    MMCP, Maharishi Markandeshwar University (15, Jan 2021- 1, April, 2023)
    Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh (3, April, 2023 till date
  • Current Courses Taught
    Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry, Herbal Drug Technology, Remedial biology
  • Research Interests
    • Study of phytomedicines and their role in healthcare
    • Pharmacological screening and bioavailability enhancement aspect of natural products
    • Isolation and quantification of secondary metabolites of some important medicinal plants with special emphasis on bioactive constituents, using various chromatographic (TLC, HPTLC) techniques
    • Identification and characterization of natural products by modern analytical tools like IR, UV, NMR and Mass spectroscopy
  • Teaching Interests
    Classroom Teaching:
    Role of phytomedicine in healthcare; Cultivation and processing of herbal drugs, Standardization, quality control of raw and finished herbal products; Pharmaceutical biology; and Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry, graduate and post-graduate students.
    Laboratory Teaching:
    Practical demonstration of various experimental techniques involving morphology and microscopy of crude drugs in natural and powdered form, extraction and isolation of phytoconstituents to M. Pharm. students.
  • Publications
    17
  • Projects
    0
  • Professional Affiliations
    Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, APTI, Membership no. HA/LM-281
    Society for Ethnopharmacology (SFE-India), Membership no. SFE/19/I-1488
    American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP), Membership no. 1076
  • Professional Activities
    Cultural club member
  • Other Achievements
    ? Qualified GPAT 2011 (National level Exam)
    Pharmaceutical Sciences; 78 percentile, All India Rank 8810 conducted by The Maharaja Sayajirao, University of Baroda, Vadodara, on behalf of Ministry of Education, MHRD, Government of India

    ? UGC NET Qualified (June 2019) in the subject forensic science

    ? POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATORY AFFAIRS (PGDPRA) from School of Open and Distance Learning, Jamia Hamdard University
    ? Certificate of Appreciation by Vice-Chancellor (Dr. S. E. Hasnain) and Research Advisor (Prof. S. Raisuddin) for accomplishment of SRISTI Appreciation Award on the occasion of National Science Day, Feb 28, 2020 at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi

    ? Dr. P.D. Sethi Memorial Annual National Award 2020 for Best Research Paper on Application of TLC/HPTLC in Pharma, Herbal & Other Chemical Analysis
  • Contact Information
    Amity Institute of Pharmacy (AIP)