Academics

Bio

Dr. Ashwin Kuchekar is an accomplished M. Pharm in Pharmaceutics (2009) from R. C. Patel College of Pharmacy, Shirpur, and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics (2015) from Bharati Vidyapeeth Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune. He is also a certified Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB) professional and was awarded the Council of Scientific Industrial and Research (CSIR) - Senior Research Fellow (SRF) Award in (2012).

Dr. Kuchekar has over seven years of industrial experience in research and development (R&D) in the area of formulation development using Quality by Design. He has extensive exposure in areas such as branded and generic product development and has worked with leading pharmaceutical companies like Piramal, Lupin, and Abbott Healthcare. He has successfully completed the development and commercial launch of leading brands such as Esgipyrin injection and Orahex-Pro Mouthwash.

Currently, Dr. Kuchekar is an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics at Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT-WPU, Pune, where he also heads the Career Services and Placement division. He has served as a member of the Board of Studies Pharmaceutics, Savitri Phule Pune University, Pune, and a member of the Board of Studies, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dr. Vishwanath Karad, MIT World Peace University, Pune. He is a Life Member of The Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI).

Dr. Kuchekar's expertise lies in the unique combination of statistics and formulation development. He has hands-on experience in the use of Design of Experiments (DOE) and optimization of formulation and process optimization of products for regulated and domestic products, with software expertise in Design Expert, SAS-JMP, and Statgraphics. He has published several national and international papers and has filed several patents. He is an approved guide for PG and Ph.D. students.

Research Areas

Novel Drug Delivery Systems, Formulation and Development, Design of Experiments, Quality by Design, Six Sigma

Publications

Ashwini Gawade, Sanjay Boldhane, Anil Pawar, Rohini Pujari, Ashwin Kuchekar. In vivo Anticoagulant Activity of Immediate Release Tablets of Dabigatran Etexilate Mesylate Cocrystals. Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy 10(1): 1-7, 2022.

Sanika Kole, Ashwin Kuchekar, Dnyanesh Limaye. Advancements in Formulation Approaches to Pediatric Oral Drug Delivery systems. Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Pharmacy , 41 (4) , 254-265, 2021.

Prashant Thakker, Jigna Shah, Tejal Mehta, Vasant Shetty, Rahul Aware, Ashwin Kuchekar. Development and evaluation of taste masked orally disintegrating tablets of pioglitazone hydrochloride. Journal of Research in Pharmacy. Vol. 26 Issue 6, p1619-1635. 17p, 2022.

Vinchurkar Rutuja, Kuchekar Ashwin. Polymeric Micelles: A Novel Approach towards Nano-Drug Delivery System. Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia. 18(4), 2021.

Atmaram P Pawar, Aditya P Gholap, Ashwin B Kuchekar, C Bothiraja, Ashwin J Mali, Formulation and evaluation of optimized oxybenzone microsponge gel for topical delivery, Journal of drug delivery, Volume 2015, Article ID 261068, 9 pg, 2015

Atmaram Pawar, Prakash Munde, C. Bothiraja & Ashwin Kuchekar, Development of ranolazine loaded floating biomaterial gellan beads using Box-Behnken factorial design, Materials Technology, 30:1, 33-42, 2015"

Google Scholar link :

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=aUrD3ZsAAAAJ

Scopus link :

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55901473600

ORCID link :

https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-0496-6059

Research Grants

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research - Senior Research Fellow