Prof. Ms. Indu Pal Kaur
- Professor of Pharmaceutics
- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) – top ranking Institute in India
- Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
- Professor Kaur is currently Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Professor of Pharmaceutics, UIPS and DPIIT-IPR Chair Professor, Panjab University (PU).
- She has held eminent positions:
- Chairperson, UIPS (2020–2023)
- Director, Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility, PU (2012–15)
- Secretary, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Punjab Branch (2017–25)
- She is amongst top 2% most cited scientists worldwide in Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Stanford University data, 2019–20 to 2024–25).
- Research forte: enhancing the bioperformance of drugs, plant extracts/phytochemicals, and biomolecules (siRNA, proteins, peptides, probiotics) using:
- Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)
- Nanovesicles
- Electrospun scaffolds
- Focus: Industrial and clinical translation
- Achievements:
- 4 licensed technologies
- 22 granted patents (including 1 US) out of 44 applications
- 26 PhDs produced (+8 guiding)
- 70 postgraduates produced (+7 guiding)
- Funding of ~100 million INR from Government & Industry
- >80 Invited Talks
- ~175 articles (h-index: 58)
- 8 books, 4 journal volumes, >25 book chapters
- Fellowships & Awards:
- US-Fulbright Fellow (2017–18)
- National Intellectual Property Award (2021 & 2022)
- WIPO Medal for Inventors (2023)
- Best Pharmaceutical Scientist (APTI 2023 & OPPI 2018)
- Technology Awards (BRIC 2019 & 2020; IPA Grand Innovation Challenge 2021)
- Leadership in Research Excellence Award (2023)
- Researcher of the Year Award (2019 & 2022, Sunpure Research Incubation Centre)
