Faculty Achievements
Academic Honors & Excellence
Celebrating national awards, research grants, patents, publications, and professional milestones achieved by the distinguished faculty of Abasaheb Kakade College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Anjali Deshmukh
Principal & Professor
Dept. of Pharmaceutics
National Academic Excellence & Leadership Award 2026
Conferred with the National Academic Excellence & Leadership Award by the Indian Pharmaceutical Association for pioneering research in targeted drug delivery systems and excellence in institutional governance.
Hon. Shri. Abasaheb Kakade
Chairman & Founder
Dept. of Administration
Lifetime Achievement in Pharmaceutical Education
Honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for 25+ years of distinguished contribution to pharmaceutical education and empowering rural youth across Maharashtra.
Dr. Vikas M. Kulkarni
HOD & Associate Professor
Dept. of Pharmacology
Sanction of ₹15 Lakh AICTE Research Grant
Secured a prestigious research grant of ₹15 Lakhs under AICTE-RPS for the evaluation of novel anti-inflammatory molecules in neurodegenerative models.
Prof. Anand R. Joshi
HOD & Associate Professor
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Granted Indian Patent for Novel CADD Molecule Synthesis
Successfully awarded an Indian Patent for novel heterocyclic synthetic drug candidates demonstrating potent antimicrobial and anti-cancer bioactivity.
Dr. Sunita K. Mahajan
Professor & Research Director
Dept. of Pharmaceutics
Best Research Paper Award in Elsevier Journal
Recognized for authoring the Best Scopus-indexed research paper on Solid Dispersion Technologies in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics (IF: 5.4).
Prof. Kavita N. More
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Pharmaceutics
First Prize in State Level Research Poster Presentation
Secured 1st Rank at the Annual Maharashtra Pharmacy Teachers Convention for pioneering research in pediatric taste-masked oral formulations.