Alternatives to Animal Models Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions in Non-Animal Biomedical Research

Dr. Aakanchha Jain obtained her Ph.D. from Dr. H.S. Gour Central University, Sagar, as INSPIRE-DST Fellow. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Ahmedabad, India. She has 15 years of experience as a formulation scientist. Dr. Jain is a guest reviewer for various journals like Carbohydrate Polymers, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, ACS Omega, Phytomedicine Plus, Journal of Biomaterials Applications, etc. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles, 31 book chapters and edited two books [h index 23; i10 index 49, citations 2115]. Dr. Jain is a formulation scientist working in the field of development, characterization and evaluation (in vitro and in vivo) of novel drug delivery systems for the delivery of drugs and proteins/ peptides for the management of cancer and skin related diseases. Dr. Jain is the recipient of various Awards, Gour Samman 2010, Nagarjuna Award 2010, Ranbaxy Science Scholar 2012, M.P. Young Scientist Award 2018 to name a few.

Dr. Neeraj Mishra is working as Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutics in Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Gwalior since July 2019. He has around twenty years of teaching and research experience.  He has more than 140 publications of International and National repute in recent concepts of novel drug delivery systems, localized drug delivery, targeted and controlled drug delivery of nanocarriers/ microparticles for the treatment of breast, colon cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Mishra has supervised 30 M Pharm and 2 PhD students. Dr. Mishra has more than 4200 citations with h- index 36. The total cumulative Impact Factor of his published papers is more than 500 (as per SCOPUS). He has also written 25 Books and 45 book chapters in reputed pubication. He has also been granted 3 international patents and 2 Indian patents.  Dr. Mishra is recipient of “Distinguished Professor Award” 2019 from DST-NSTMIS, SPAICS, Indore, and M.P. in September 2019. Dr. Mishra has received the “Distinguished Professor Award '' 2021 from Indian Pharmaceutical Association, MP State Branch, Indore. Dr Mishra has received Best Academician Award in the Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association, M.P. State International Conference held on 06th May 2023 at DAVV Auditorium, Indore, India. Recently, honored to be in World Top 2% Scientists by prestigious Stanford University, CA, USA and by reputed publisher in 2025.