Assistant Manager
Signet Excipients Ltd., India
Dr. Sankalp Gharat, Ph.D. (Tech), Assistant Manager, Technical Application and Innovation, Signet Excipients Pvt. Ltd. has 10 years of total experience in the pharmaceutical industry and academia, with expertise in the formulation, development, and scaling of topical dermatological products for regulated markets. He is skilled in nanotechnology, novel drug delivery, and polymer science, with a proven track record in managing research programs and designing high-performance platforms. Sankalp is the recipient of the "SPDS India Young Researcher Award 2024" from the Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Science. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked as a Research Associate at Macleods Pharmaceuticals, where he developed and transferred generic topical products for regulated markets, including first-to-file drug delivery systems. He has published over 40 research articles and review articles, with a collective impact factor of 100, authored the book Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Novel Drug Delivery Systems: From Basic Concepts to Applications (Springer Nature), and contributed to several book chapters.