Faculties Staff – Government College Of Pharmacy Rohru

Dr. Vivek Sharma
Director/Principal(O)
Ph. No; 9816532662; 01781241306
E mail: viveksharma_pharma@yahoo.co.in
gcprohru@gmail.com

Dr. Vivek Sharma has been officiating as Director/Principal at Govt. College of
Pharmacy, Rohru since Feb.2018 and has also worked as DDO/Controlling officer for Govt.
Pharmacy College Seraj, Mandi w.e.f January to June 2019 (additional charge). His area of
interest is behavioral neurosciences and neurodegenerative disorders.
Dr. Sharma completed his Diploma in Pharmacy form Himachal Pradesh Board of
Technical Education Dharamshala, Bachelors of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) from SD College of
Pharmacy, Barnala, Punjab (1st batch) Punjab Technical University in 2005. He earned his
master’s in Pharmacy (Pharmacology) from ISF college of Pharmacy, Moga (1st Batch) in 2007
and his doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences form Bhagwant University, Ajmer. He began his
teaching career form ISF college of Pharmacy, Moga as lecturer and joined the department of
Technical Education (Govt. of H.P.) as Assistant Professor in 2010. He has authored two books
and is credited with more than 35 publications in national/ international and referred journals
including European journal of Pharmacology (IF=3), Pharmacology Biochemistry and behavior
(IF=2.5) and Inflammopharmacology (IF=3.3) to name a few.
He is an acting Vice president Society of Pharmaceutical Education & Research
(SPER), Himachal Pradesh. He is a life time member of ARDSI, Indian academy of
Neurosciences, APTI and IPGA. Membership of Post doctoral membership of American Society
of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics accepted (2012). He is a member of Board of
studies, HP Technical University Hamirpur, Director’s Nominee to conduct inspections of
different colleges of HP regarding extension of affiliation and is a sitting member of committee
of ratification of faculty of pharmacy colleges of Himachal Pradesh. He has worked as Controller
(Evaluation) Himachal Pradesh Technical University for B. Pharm. (Allo & Ayu) Dec. 2017-Jan
2018 (Received letter of appreciation).
Dr. Sharma has been guiding one PhD Student and has been a reviewer for
International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Formerly African journal of pharmacy

and pharmacological research, European Journal of medicinal Plants, African Journal of
biotechnology, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Royal pharmaceutical society, Britain),
CNS & Neurological Disorders – Drug Targets (Bentham Science) and BMC complementary
and alternative medicine (Springer). He is on editorial board of SOJ Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical
Sciences (Symbiosis Group, USA).
He has given oral/poster presentations in several conferences including IPC (NIPER),
CUD, APRC (New Delhi) and participated in several conferences including IPC (HITEX)
Hyderabad, IPS Jaipur and has attended several AICTE sponsored faculty development
programmes at NITTTR Chandigarh, MAHE Karnataka and YMCA Faridabad etc.

Other Professional Details:
Research Gate Profile : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vivek-Sharma-66
ORCID ID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-4180
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=R7BkJDMAAAAJ
LinkedIn Profile : https://in.linkedin.com/in/vivek-kumar-sharma-19721120

Assistant Professor (Pharmaceutics)
Govt. College of Pharmacy, Rohru, Distt. Shimla171207, HP, India
M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics)
DOJ: May 10, 2018
thakur.raneev@gmail.com, raneev007@gmail.com
Contact: 9816444007, 8679970002

Shri Raneev Thakur carries professional experience of more than eight years in teaching and
research. Previously he has worked as a lecturer Pharmaceutics at Govt. College of Ayurvedic
Pharmaceutical Sciences Joginder Nagar under Department of Ayurveda (Now Department of
AYUSH), Govt. of Himachal Pradesh from 2012 to 2018. He joined the department of Technical
Education, Vocational and Industrial Training, Government of Himachal Pradesh as Assistant
Professor-Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) in 2018. He has completed his Post Graduation in Pharmaceutics
from Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) Odisha, India in 2011. His area of specialization
and research includes design and development of drug delivery systems, Controlled Drug delivery
systems, Drug targeting, natural gums used as a biodegradable polymer, Quality by Design in
synthesis of nonmaterial. He has contributed more than 12 publications in the journals of high repute.
He has participated in 07 National and International conferences organized by various reputed
organizations. He is a life time member of different pharmaceutical societies including APTI etc. At
present he is coordinating SWAYAM course in the institute. He has participated in more than 7
AICTE sponsored /ATAL/NITTTR Programme.
Shri Raneev Thakur is media in charge of the institute besides being in charge Pharmacy
Council of India (PCI), cultural activities, Institutional website, Nodal Officer-Red Ribbon Club
(RRC), Biometric attendance system, entrepreneurship cell, Nodal officer-SVEEP, Govt. Inspection,
event organizer etc. He is also a member of board of affiliation to carry at inspection of various
college of Himachal Pradesh Technical University Hamirpur.
Currently he is carrying on project work of students on hydrogel, gel beads, microspheres,
nanoparticles, floating as well as chewable tablets etc.
Other Professional Details:
Research Gate Profile : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Raneev-Thakur
ORCID ID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6100-8645
Scopus Author Profile : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56992346600
Google Scholar Profile : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LsB5iwQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Linked In Profile : https://in.linkedin.com/in/raneev-thakur-79519825?trk=public_profile_browsemap

Dr. Vineet Mehta
Ph. D. (Pharmacy/Neuroscience); M. Pharm. (Pharmacology)
Assistant Professor (Pharmacology)
Govt. College of Pharmacy, Rohru, District Shimla-171207, H.P., India
DOJ : November 02, 2018
e-mail : vineet.mehta20@gmail.com
Contact : (+91) 82629-90414; 01781-241306 (Ext. 211)
Link : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vineet_Mehta5

Dr. Vineet Mehta joined GCP, Rohru as Assistant Professor (Pharmacology) in November 2018. He is an
alumnus of GCP, Rohru, and had completed his graduation (B. Pharm.) in 2011 from this college. He
qualified GPAT 2011 and perused higher education from the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Kurukshetra University, Haryana, from where he earned his Master’s degree in Pharmacy with
Pharmacology as his specialization in July 2013. Immediately afterward, he joined Jaypee University of
Information Technology (JUIT), Solan, Himachal Pradesh, for his Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical
Sciences with Neuroscience as his specialization. Initially, he gained a Teaching Assistant Fellowship
from JUIT to support his research work (July 2013-February 2015). Dr. Mehta was awarded ICMR-JRF
from March 2015 to February 2018 during which he worked on a project focused on “identifying novel
therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease” funded by ICMR. He earned his Ph.D. degree in May 2019 in
Pharmaceutical sciences (Neuroscience) from JUIT. His current research interests involve Alzheimer’s
Disorder, Stress and Diabetes Mellitus.
Recently, Dr. Mehta published one review article (PMID: 33550782) and one research paper (PMID:
34038246) on COVID-19. Both of them received national and international attention and were recognized
as one of the crucial publications on COVID-19. He is an expert in the field of Molecular Pharmacology,
Behavioral Pharmacology, Neuroanatomical experimentations and evaluations, Type-II Diabetes and its
CNS complications, Chronic stress and its CNS complications, Stereotaxic surgery, etc., Apart from this,
brief outline of Dr. Mehta’s profile is as follows:
– Dr. Mehta is having more than 8 years of experience in academics and research
– He is a 04-time recipient of the prestigious International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) grants to
support his research
– He has published 27 Research papers in reputed, indexed and renowned international journals with high
impact factors
– He is having 14 review articles and 01 book chapter to his credentials
– He is having one patent to his credential: “Novel thiazole compounds, process for preparing the same
and pharmaceutical formulation thereof.; PAT134/003/17; 201711024373”
– He is currently guiding 03 Ph.D. students, 06 B. Pharm Students for their research work
– He has mentored and guided the research projects of more than 20 B. Pharma students, 12 M. Pharm
(Pharmacology) students and 6 M. Tech. (Biotechnology) students
– He has attended more than 20 national and international conferences/workshops and had received “Best
oral presentation award” and “Best poster presentation award” on multiple occasions
– He has received “Best oral presentation award” from the IBRO school of Neuroscience that was
organized in BHU, Varanasi in 2019
– He has received “Excellent Researcher Award” from the Korea Brain research Organization (KBRI)
and IBRO in 2017 (South Korea).

– He has been awarded prestigious “Frank. A. Beach” award for his research work published in
“Hormones & Behaviour” in 2017
– He is a recipient of AICTE fellowship (2011-2013)
– He is an Editorial Board member of the journal “Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite” along with few other
journals
– He is reviewer to more than 10 indexed international journals
– He is a recipient to “Young Scientist Award” for this research credentials
– He is the lifetime member of Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association (IPGA)
– He is the Alumnus member of International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
– He is a registered member of Himachal Pradesh State Pharmacy Council
– He is currently handling additional charges of Training and Placement Officer, NCC Officer, Nodal
Officer Scholarships, Nodal Officer PMSSS, Nodal Officer Anti-ragging Committee, etc. of the Govt.
College of Pharmacy, Rohru

Other Professional Details:
Research Gate Profile : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vineet-Mehta-5
ORCID ID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0485-5076
Scopus Author Profile : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56992346600
Google Scholar Profile : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_sQv9bAAAAAJ&hl=en
H-index : 10 (Scopus Author Profile); 13 (Google Scholar Profile)
i-10 Index : 19

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Mr. Raneev Thakur

Ms. Priyanka Nagu

Dr. Vineet Mehta

Mr. Mohinder Singh