Dr. Vijayapandi Pandy

Bio

Dr. Vijayapandi Pandy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Health Sciences & Technology, MIT World Peace University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. He obtained his B. Pharm degree with first-class honors in 1997 and completed his M. Pharm in Pharmacology in 2000, securing the first rank at SCS College of Pharmacy, Harapanahalli, Karnataka. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology from the prestigious Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.

Dr. Pandy’s research primarily focuses on the psychopharmacological evaluation of psychoactive natural substances for the discovery of novel therapeutic agents to treat substance use disorders, employing validated animal models. He is a life member of several professional bodies, including the Tamil Nadu Pharmacy Council, the Indian Pharmacological Society, the Laboratory Animal Scientist’s Association (LASA, India), the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), the Antiviral Research Society (AVRS), and the Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association.

With more than 25 years of teaching and research experience across India, Malaysia, Libya, and Ethiopia, Dr. Pandy has authored 76 research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed two book chapters. Notably, two of his publications were cited in the World Health Organization’s 44th Report on Drug Dependence. He serves as an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Nature) and Frontiers in Pharmacology, and acts as a reviewer for several national and international journals. He has delivered invited talks as an eminent speaker at several national and international conferences. He has received multiple research grants, including BKP, UMRG, and HIR-MOHE from Malaysia.

In November 2022, Dr. Pandy successfully completed a research project (CRG/2018/000813) as Principal Investigator, funded by the Department of Science and Technology–Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB), Government of India, with a grant of ₹34 lakhs. He is also a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Samman Award, conferred by the NRI Welfare Society, Bangkok, Thailand, on 27 May 2017. To date, he has successfully supervised six Ph.D. and fifteen M. Pharm research projects and is currently guiding two Ph.D. and three M. Pharm scholars.

Educational Qualifications
M. Pharm, PhD

Area of Expertise

Neuropsychopharmacology, Substance use disorder, Neuropsychiatric diseases, Animal Models, and alternative to animal models.

Recent Publications
List of Publications in Referred Journals

Vibhute DD, Dorik P, Jadhav A, Pandy V*. Therapeutic Potential of Methanolic Extract of Areca catechu Nut in Treating Nicotine Use Disorder: evidence from preclinical mouse behavioral models. Journal of Pharmacopuncture. 2025 Dec 31;28(4):335-350. doi: https://doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2025.28.4.335 (Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Scopus Cite Score 2.5).

Begum A, Chimakurthy J, Pandy V*, Durgesam R. Noni (Morinda citrifolia Linn.) Fruit Extract Protects Against Non-Precipitated Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms in Mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics. 2025;0(0). doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0976500X251398613 (Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Scopus Cite score 0.80).

Varshini, M., Kumudavalli, N. & Pandy, V*. Ellman’s assay using chicken and fish brain extracts an alternate to rodent brain extract: acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of methanolic extract of Psidium guajava Linn. Clin Phytosci 11, 11 (2025). doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40816-025-00398-x (EBSCO)

Souza INdO, Balerio GN, Pandy V, Grilli M, and Neves GA (2025) Editorial: World No-Tobacco: effects of tobacco and nicotine on the brain. Front. Pharmacol. 16:1610178. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2025.1610178 (SCI Impact factor: 4.8 and Scopus Cite score 8.9)

Rajesh S, Pandy V*, Capsaicin: A Review of Its Pharmacology in Gastrointestinal Health and Disorders, Pharmacological Research - Natural Products 2024; 100103, ISSN 2950-1997. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prenap.2024.100103 (Scopus)

Pandy V*, Vijeepallam K, Roslan NFA, Sajat A, Wai YC, Ramisetty PSV, Jyothi VN, Scopoletin and rutin attenuate ethanol reward in mouse-conditioned place preference test, Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine 2024;12: 100501. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prmcm.2024.100501 (Scopus Cite Score 3.4).

Devi VH, Pandy V*, Anxiolytic and Antianhedonic-like Effects of Psidium guajava Leaf in Alcohol-Withdrawn Mice. Journal of Pharmacopuncture 2024;27(3):234-244. https://doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2024.27.3.234 (Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Scopus Cite Score 2.5).

Devi VH, Subhashini D, Pandy V* (2024), A Review on Phytochemical, Biological, and Pharmacological Effects of Psidium guajava Linn. (Guava). International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Nanotechnology 17(1):7173-82. https://doi.org/10.37285/ijpsn.2024.17.1.7 (Scopus).

Pandy V*, Challa H, Byram P (2023) Protective effect of methanolic extract of Areca catechu nut on ethanol withdrawal symptoms in mice. Futur J Pharm Sci 9: 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43094-023-00459-3 (SCI Impact factor: 2.6).

Patents

AN ELEVATED MAZE APPARATUS FOR RATS (No. 202521097069; Filed on 08/10/2025)

AN ELEVATED MAZE APPARATUS FOR MICE (No. 202521097070; Filed on 08/10/2025)

Book chapters published

Pandy V*, Bonam SR, Raya AR, Nadendla RR, Morinda citrifolia Linn. (Noni) fruit, antioxidant effects, and neuroprotection. In: Colin R. Martin and Victor R. Preedy (eds.) Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants in Neurological Diseases (ISBN: 978-0-12-817780-8). Burlington: Academic Press, 2020. pp. 291-307. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817780-8.00019-0 .

Anushri Jadhav and Vijayapandi Pandy, Music and Aroma Therapy for Female Health: Principles, Methods, and Applications. In: Megh R. Goyal, Anamika Chauhan, and Junaid Ahmad Malik (eds) Holistic Approaches for Women’s Sustainable Health Volume 1: Foundations, Innovations, Challenges, and Management (ISBN: 9781779641625). Apple Academic Press Inc. Feb 2026. https://www.appleacademicpress.com/title.php?id=1882

Google Scholar Link
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=QCRlCDgAAAAJ

Scopus Author ID Link
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=34873112000

Orcid Link
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0524-4800