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Dr. Nishigandha Naik

ICMR Emeritus Scientist and Adjunct Professor

National Facility for Biopharmaceuticals, GN Khalsa College, Mumbai

Head of Department, Haffkine Institute for Training and Research Testing

Assistant Director and Director In charge at Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing

Senior Group leader and Head –Imaging and Cancer Biology-Piramal Life Sciences Limited

She was also the Principal Investigator – Cancer Research Institute, ACTREC Tata Memorial Centre

Her work is published in international journals and has several international patents to her credit.

11:30am to 11:50 pm

Sunday 11th December 2022

Studies on Toxicity and Mechanism of Action of Ayurvedic Formulations – Atharva Badampak and Liv Atharva Liquid using zebrafish

Dr. Nishigandha Naik is working as Emeritus Scientist of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Adjunct Professor at the G N Khalsa College, Mumbai. She is also associated as Adjunct Professor at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and Yenepoya Research Centre, Mangaluru. Earlier, she was working as the Assistant Director and also held additional charge as the Director of the Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing (HITRT), Mumbai from where she superannuated in 2020. She has more than thirty years of research experience that includes stints in academia as well as industry. Her work is in the field of cancer cell biology, imaging, snake venom and pre-clinical drug discovery.