Ph.D
Dr. Krishna Chandra Panda is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy at Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur, Odisha, with 17 years of teaching and research experience. He earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacy from Biju Patnaik University of Technology and has published more than 30 international and 10 national research papers, 8 book chapters, 3 authored books, and 2 Indian patents.
His research focuses on medicinal and heterocyclic chemistry, green chemistry, drug design, phytochemical screening, neurobiology, and biological evaluation of bioactive compounds. He also serves as a reviewer/editorial member for various international journals and is a life member of APTI.
Reviewer in journals: Life Research, Medical Data Mining, TMR, Bentham Science, etc.
Numerous conference & workshop presentations
GPAT Coordinator for 10+ years
Research Award — BPUT, 2022
Faculty development & national project participation
1. Green synthesis of oxadiazole derivatives — Molecules, 2021
2. Anti-diabetic Schiff base derivatives — Current Microwave Chemistry, 2021
3. Anti-inflammatory pyrimidine derivatives — Heterocyclic Letters, 2021
4. Anti-epileptic isoxazole derivatives — Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, 2022
5. Pyrimidine scaffolds in drug discovery — Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2023
6. Synthesis of anticancer agents — Naturalista Campano, 2024
7. AI in drug development review — Current Drug Discovery Technologies, 2024