C K Kokate
C K Kokate
Chandrakant Kokate
Dr. Chandrakant Kokate obtained B.Pharm from Nagpur University, M.Pharm from University of Saugar with Gold Medal and PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences followed by Post Doctoral Research at Bundesanstalt Fuer Fett Forschung, Germany. He served as visiting Scientist in Germany (1986) on invitation by DAAD. Dr. Kokate has held various honourable positions such as ViceChancellor, Kakatiya University, President, Pharmacy Council of India, President, 50th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress alongwith Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Association (FAPA), National President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Executive Committee Member of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Chairman, Southern Regional Committee of AICTE, ViceChancellor (FAC), Nagarjuna University, Guntur,A.P., Chairman, All Indian Board of Pharmacy, AICTE, Member, Drugs Technical Advisory Board, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Member, UGC Standing Committee for Projection of Indian Higher Education Abroad (PIHEAD), Review and Plan Grant Committees, Member, National Board of Accreditation of AICTE, Member, Task Force of Department of Biotechnology, Goverment of India, Leader of Indian Delegation of Pharmacists, to 18th Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Association (FAPA) at Sydney, Australia and International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Conference at Bangkok, Member, National GATE- Committee of Ministry of HRD,Govt of India. Currently Dr. Kokate is a Vice-Chancellor, KLE University, Belgaum, Member, National Fee Committee of AICTE, President, Indian Society of Pharmacognosy, Chairman/ Member of UGC Committees for Universities, Chairman, Peer Team of NAAC and NBA, Distinguished Invitee of Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi and Scientific Coordinator, EDUCON.
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Dr. Kokate is the first pharmacist in the country to become: Vice-Chancellor of an Indian University, Vice-Chancellor of the Medical (Health) University, Chairman of the Regional Committee of AICTE - (SRC), Chairman of the Recruitment Board of RAC for DRDO Laboratories, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, Chairman of NAAC/UGC Peer Team, Honorary Colonel Commandant, NCC, Ministry of Defence, Govt of India and Honorary Fellow of Indian Society of Technical Education. Dr. C. K. Kokate is also a recipient of over 28 awards of national and international levels, including Eminent Pharmacist Award of Indian Pharmaceutical Association and Life Time Achievement Award of Association of
national awards given in Indian Pharmaceutical Congress and also visited around Thirty Five Countries for Academic collaborations and Conferences. Dr. Kokate has guided 17 students for Ph.D programme and 40 students for PG in Pharmacy, authored Seven Books in Pharmacognosy / Pharmacy, published about 115 research papers in National and International Journals, chaired 15 scientific sessions at International Conferences and around 50 National Meetings, presented 38 research papers at International Conferences and about 80 papers at National Meetings.
Developing Strategic Partnership between Pharma Industry and Academia An academic institution is an epicenter for knowledge creation, storage and its explosion. It has the mandate to disseminate quality education to its stake-holders. In the context of pharmacy education in India, it is, however, observed that the contribution of pharmacy institutions to the success story of developing a self-reliant capability in pharmaceutical technology in post-independent era is limited in nature. The academic research pursued in institutions remains theoretical and its utility for commercial exploitation is rarely attempted. The academicians and researchers need to be leaders, rather than followers in terms of basic and applied research in pharmaceutical sciences. It is achievable by adopting a strategic approach to enhance our research capabilities, so as to enable their fructification in commercially exploitable ventures of global standard. The need of the hour is to seriously review the variance in perception of industry and pharmacy institutions and to undertake SWOT analysis of industry-academic collaboration. The research in pharmacy colleges must move centre-stage from the periphery of drug development approach as evident today. The blue-print for industry-institution interface in pharmacy sector has to be well designed, focused and pin-pointed taking into consideration different facets such as, availability
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of skilled manpower, priorities of the pharma industry, need of the country in health care sector, economic considerations and cost effective research, credibility of research being pursued in institutions and role of stake-holders, directly or indirectly, responsible for providing research and development-centric environments.
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