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| Dr.
ASHIM GHATAK |
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Chief Scientist & In-Charge
Division Of Clinical & Experimental Medicine
Central Drug Research Instiute BS 10/1, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension
Lucknow- 226031 (India) |
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| Phone No. |
91-(0522)-2772487 |
| Fax No. |
91-(0522)-2771941 |
| E- Mail |
[email protected] ; <[email protected]> ; <[email protected]> |
| Educational Qualifications |
MBBS; MD (Internal Medicine)
; Fellow Indian College of Physicians |
| Date of Birth |
18.06.1957 |
| Specializations |
(i) Clinical Medicine
& Cardiology
(ii) Clinical Trials of New Drugs |
| Present activities and
Area |
Activity: Clinical Trials ;
Area of Activity: New Hypolipidemic & Anti-Diabetic Drug Development & Atherosclerosis Research |
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| Countries visited in connection with higher studies, research, training, employment or other scientific assignments |
Name of Country Visited |
Purpose |
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| Japan |
INSA- JSPS Fellowship |
08.08.91 |
08.03.92 |
INSA ( India)-JSPS ( Japan)
Fellowship |
| Japan |
To attend International Conference CPT'92 and post-conference Workshop |
20.07.92 |
03.08.92 |
Awarded Young Scientist from Developing Countries Travel Grant |
| Japan |
DST- JSPS Fellowship |
27.03.2002 |
26.09.2002 |
DST ( India)-JSPS ( Japan)
INVITATION FELLOWSHIP |
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| RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE |
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Basic Research - 30 Years (1983-2013 Including KGMC and CDRI tenure
Applied Research- 26 Years (1987-2013 Clinical Research & Clinical Trials during CDRI tenure)
Teaching- 4 Years ( 1983-1987 Undergraduate Medical and Post-Graduate Medical Teaching Experience)
6 Years - Presently teaching Clinical Research , Clinical Trials & Clinical Endocrinology to PhD
students of CDRI – enrolled in Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi and AcCSIR |
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| CURRENT AREAS
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New Hypolipidemic
Drug Development & Atherosclerosis Research |
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| SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTIONS |
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Basic Research |
Research in Oxidative Stress and role of Antioxidants in various cardiovascular syndromes and atherosclerosis culminating in research publications and Awards |
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Product Development
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Have carried out the clinical trials and have been involved in development of various C D R I Drugs - CDRI Compound 81/470, Injection Arteether, CDRI Compound 80/574 , and CDR-134 D123 , CDR134 F194 . |
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| SIGNIFICANT
AWARDS |
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COUNCILLOR in the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of SOUTH ASIAN CHAPTER of AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, MUMBAI , INDIA – 2009-2010; 2011-2012 |
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MEMBERSHIP OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (MACCP) the premier academic body of CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY of USA and the World -- elected in JANUARY 2009 . |
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DR COELHO MEMORIAL ORATION IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE – 2008” OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA –delivered on 1st February, 2009 during the Annual conference of API APICON 2009 held in Delhi (NCR) from 29th January to 2nd February , 2009 . This included an honorarium , a certificate a medal and a citation. |
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MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (MNAMS) the most premier academic body of MEDICAL SCIENCES in INDIA -- elected in 2008 . The membership was bestowed during the ANNUAL CONFERENCE & CONVOCATION held at Univarsity of Jammu on 1st November, 2008 |
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Awarded the “CSIR TECHNOLOGY AWARD FOR INNOVATION 2008” AS ‘TEAM CDRI’ MEMBER ON 26TH September,2008 on the occasion of CSIR FOUNDATION DAY . Award given by SHRI KAPIL SIBAL MINISTER OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY & DG CSIR for “DISCOVERY OF GUGGULSTERONE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANALOGUES WITH NOVEL MECHANISM OF ACTION AS HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENT S”. The award included a Shield , a Citation certificate and a cheque of Rs 2 Lakhs for ‘TEAM CDRI’ . |
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Elected HONORARY SECRETARY GENERAL of the INDIAN SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION for a period of four years 2004-2008 |
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Appointed member of ADJUDICATING COMMITTEE for ORATION AWARDS of the INDIAN PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2003 -2004. |
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Elected MEMBER GOVERNING BODY of INDIAN SOCIETY of HYPERTENSION 2002 -2004. |
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Awarded the prestigious DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (DST) (INDIA)- JAPAN SOCIETY for PROMOTION of SCIENCE (JSPS) , JAPAN- INVITATION FELLOWSHIP (long term) from 27th March 2002 to 26th September , 2002- at NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER (NCVC), OSAKA, JAPAN. |
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Elected the TREASURER of INDIAN SOCIETY FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS RESEARCH (ISAR) for the period 1998-2000. |
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Awarded the Prestigious “Mrs JAL R VAKIL LECTURESHIP IN CARDIO- PULMONARY DISEASES – 2004” OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA –delivered on 22nd January,2005 during the National conference of API held at Mumbai from 22nd to 25th January, 2005 . This included an honorarium , a certificate a medal and a citation |
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Awarded the Prestigious “K.G. NAIR ORATION 2003” of INDIAN SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION , delivered on 13 February,2004 at the National conference held at Surat from 13th to 15th February, 2004 . This included a gold medal, a certificate and a citation. |
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Awarded the Prestigious “SHAKUNTALA AMIRCHAND PRIZE ” 1996 in Cardiovascular Medicine” of the INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (ICMR). (Award given by Union Cabinet Health Minister Dr C.P. Thakur and Prof N.K. Ganguly – Director General of ICMR on 6th October 2001 at Indian National Science Academy(INSA), New Delhi. The award included an honorarium a plaque, a certificate and a citation . |
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Awarded "YOUNG SCIENTIST FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRY FELLOWSHIP" to attend CPT’92 World Conference of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Yokohama , JAPAN in July, 1992.( The Award included To and Fro Travel ticket , Waiver of Registration fee of 50,000 yen and free local hospitality ) |
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INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY (INSA), INDIA- JAPAN SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF SCIENCE (J.S.P.S.) FELLOWSHIP (long term) to National Cardiovascular Centre, Osaka, JAPAN from August 91 to March 92. |
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FELLOW OF THE INDIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (F.I.C.P.) the academic body of ASSOCIATION of PHYSICIANS of INDIA(API) elected in 1997. |
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| CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES |
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Life Member of Association of Physicians of India(API) |
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Life Member of Indian Medical Association.(IMA) |
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Life Member & Former Honorary Secretary General of Indian Society of Hypertension (ISH) |
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Life Member of Indian Academy of Neurosciences. (IAN) |
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Life Member of Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India.(RSSDI) |
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Life Member of Indian Society of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.(ISCPT) |
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Life Member of Indian Pharmacological Society.(IPS) & member of Adjudicating Committee for Orations |
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Life Member & Former Treasurer of Indian Society for Atherosclerosis Research.(ISAR) |
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Member of International Atherosclerosis Society.(IAS) |
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Life Member International Society for Heart Research(ISHR)(Indian Section) |
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Member Oxygen Club of California (OCC). |
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Life Member U.P. Association for the Science & Technology Advancement. |
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Life Member Indian Red Cross Society |
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Member of American College of Clinical Pharmacology |
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Councillor, Executive Committee, of South Asian Chapter of American College of Clinical Pharmacology |
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| SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS |
RESEARCH PAPERS-40 (INTERNATIONAL-16; NATIONAL-24);; BOOK CHAPTERS-15; REPORTS AND PAPERS RESENTED-50; TECH. REPORTS-14( IN-HOUSE DOSSIERS); BOOKS EDITED-TWO PATENTS FILED- 3 ( NATIONAL ), 4 ( INTERNATIONAL); CITATIONS OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS-202 |
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CITATION ANALYSES OF Dr ASHIM GHATAK AS UPDATED FROM GOOGLE SCHOLAR ON 10 APRIL ,2013 |
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Rajiv Nath, S Saxena ,
D Tewari, P Srivastava, A Ghatak, VC
Pandey, RC Saxena.; Elevated superoxide anion levels in
age related macular degeneration. -Annals of Ophthalmology
(USA ) 2004 ;36(2); 111-114 |
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Chandra, M., Maurya, D.R.,
Kumar, S., Basara, H., Ghatak, A., Tekwani,
B.L., Kaur, G., Misra, M.K. ; Reversible suppression of
nitric oxide system in essential hypertension:
Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry ; 2003
; 18 (2) , 150-153 |
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M Chandra , HS Basera,
S Mehrotra, T Sharma DR Maurya , A Ghatak
, BL Tekwani, MK Misra ; Role of Nitric Oxide in essential
hypertension.; Asia Pacific Journal of Pharmacology
(Japan ); 14 ; 4; 2000 ; 139-142. |
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M Chandra, K Surendra
, RK Kapoor, A Ghatak, G Kaur, NR Pandey,MK
Misra.; Oxidant stress mechanisms in heart failure.; Bollettino
Chimico Farmaceutico (Italy); 2000 ; vol.139;No.
3;(110-113). |
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Chandra M., Kumar A.,
Ghatak A., Singh P., Kapoor R.K., Saxena
A.K.,Shanker K.; Platelet in pathogenesis of primary hypertension.;
Biogenic Amines(Netherland); 1997 ; vol-13;
no-6; (547-563). |
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Ghatak A.,
Shankar K ., Singh P., Chandra M.; Serotonin: an ubiquitous
neuromodulator in the failing heart; Asian Cardiovascular
& Thoracic Annals (Singapore); 1998;
Vol. 6;No.1; (11-16). |
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Ghatak A.,
Shankar K ., Singh P., Chandra M.; Serotonin: an ubiquitous
neuromodulator in the failing heart; Asian Cardiovascular
& Thoracic Annals (Singapore); 1998; Vol. 6;No.1;
(11-16). |
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NV Nagaraja , SK Singh,
JK Paliwal, A Ghatak, OP Asthana, RC
Gupta; Preliminary pharmacokinetics of a new antihelminthic
agent ,CDRI 81/470 in healthy subjects.; Int. J. of Pharmaceutics(USA)1998;Vol.
174; (117-124). |
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Ghatak A.
; Heart failure,vitamin E and free radicals ; The Role
of Nutrition in Medicine-The Clinical Pearls Yearbook1997
in Nutrition and Preventive Medicine.
Editors- KR Robinson,J Eusuna, T Freytag & A Levy.
Publishers- KR Hamilton & K Hamilton; IT Services,
Sacramento, California, USA. (306-7). |
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Ghatak A.
, Brar M.J.S., Agarwal A., Goel N., Rastogi A.K., Vaish
A.K., Sircar A.R., Chandra M. ; Oxy free radical system
in Heart Failure and therapeutic role of oral Vitamin
E; International Journal of Cardiology (USA);
1996 ; 57(2); (119-127). |
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Chandra M., Gupta V.,
Rathi A.K., Vaish A.K., Srimal R.C., Pandey V.C., Ghatak
A., Sircar A.R., Bhardwaj R.P.S., Singhal S.S.;
Effect of Oral Vitamin-E on Oxy free radical status in
acute myocardial infarction.; Asian Cardiovascular
& Thoracic Annals (Singapore); 1995; No.
3 & 4 (117-122). |
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Ghatak
A., Bhatia K.B., Chandra A., Kapoor N.K.; Serum
Cholesterol Binding reserve percentage in Diabetes mellitus.;
Acta Diabetologica Latina; Vol.22,
No.3; 1985;(253-258). |
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Chandra M.,
Chandra N., Agarwal R., Kumar A., Ghatak A.,
Pandey V.C. The Free radical System in Ischemic heart
Disease .; International J. of Cardiology(USA) ; 43; 1994;
(121-125). |
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Gupta R.R.,
Agarwal C.G., Singh G.P., Ghatak A.;
Lipid lowering efficacy of Psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid
in non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus with hyperlipidemia.;
Ind. J. of Med. Research ; 100; 11 ;1994; (237-241). |
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