Prof. Dr. Radhakrishnanand Pullapanthula | Pharmaceutical Analysis | Best Researcher Award
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research | India
Prof. Dr. Radhakrishnanand Pullapanthula is a highly accomplished pharmaceutical scientist and analytical research leader with over two decades of distinguished experience in both industry and academia. A quality-minded professional, he has built a reputation for excellence in analytical compliance, regulatory affairs, and strategic development in the pharmaceutical sector. With a career spanning more than 24 years, including over 12 years in senior management positions, Dr. Pullapanthula has contributed significantly to analytical research and development, project leadership, and regulatory compliance within the framework of international standards such as cGMP, FDA, and ICH. His expertise lies in analytical method development, impurity profiling, physico-chemical characterization, and life cycle management of complex pharmaceutical products, including ANDA and NDA applications.Dr. Radhakrishnanand has been a driving force in setting up GMP-compliant analytical laboratories and implementing best practices for quality and regulatory adherence. His technical mastery covers LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, LC-Q-TOF-MS/MS, HPLC, GC, and IC techniques, enabling him to develop and validate advanced analytical methods for drug substances, formulations, excipients, food, and herbal products. His pioneering work in impurity profiling, degradation chemistry, and reference standard qualification has had a lasting impact on analytical R&D and pharmaceutical quality systems. As a leader, he has successfully coordinated the establishment of ISO 17025:2005 and ISO 17025:2017 certified laboratories, and played a key role in achieving NABL accreditation and ISO certification for analytical facilities at Daicel Chiral Technologies–India and United States Pharmacopeia.In addition to his industrial achievements, Dr. Radhakrishnanand has held prominent academic and administrative roles, serving as Registrar (In-Charge) and a board-level member in key scientific and innovation committees. His contributions extend to serving as an Expert Member on several national panels including the DST-Technology Development Board, ANRF-Life Sciences, NGCMA, and the Pharmaceutical Policy Committee of Tripura. As a Board of Director at the Atal Innovation Mission, NIPER-Guwahati, he has actively promoted innovation and research excellence in the pharmaceutical sciences. He currently manages and coordinates major projects such as the “Quality Assessment and Value Addition Centre for Herbal Industry in the North-Eastern States of India,” funded by the Ministry of Commerce under the TIES scheme, with a project worth exceeding twenty crores.
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Featured Publications
Rao, D. V. S., Radhakrishnanand, P., Suryanarayana, M. V., & Himabindu, V. (n.d.). A stability-indicating LC method for candesartan cilexetil. Chromatographia.
Kumari Rayala, V. V. S. P., Kandula, J. S., & Radhakrishnanand, P. (n.d.). Advances and challenges in the pharmacokinetics and bioanalysis of chiral drugs. Chirality.
Rao, D. V. S., & Radhakrishnanand, P. (n.d.). Stress degradation studies on dutasteride and development of a stability-indicating HPLC assay method for bulk drug and pharmaceutical dosage form. Chromatographia.
Kaja, R. K., Surendranath, K. V., Radhakrishnanand, P., Satish, J., & others. (n.d.). A stability-indicating LC method for deferasirox in bulk drugs and pharmaceutical dosage forms. Chromatographia.
Vishnuvardhan, C., Radhakrishnanand, P., Navalgund, S. G., Atcha, K. R., & others. (n.d.). RP-HPLC method for the simultaneous estimation of eight cardiovascular drugs. Chromatographia.
Rao, D. V. S., Radhakrishnanand, P., & Himabindu, V. (n.d.). Stress degradation studies on tadalafil and development of a validated stability-indicating LC assay for bulk drug and pharmaceutical dosage form. Chromatographia.
Subba Rao, D. V., Surendranath, K. V., Radhakrishnanand, P., & others. (n.d.). A stability-indicating LC method for vardenafil HCl. Chromatographia.