Awards

  1. Leadership in Research Excellence Award 2023 by Sunpure Research Incubation Centre (SRIC) for exceptional commitment to Natural Products research, and honoured for remarkable contributions to scientific excellence and innovation.
  2. Certificate of Best Supervisor, 2023, Natural Product Research Award by Sunpure Research Incubation Centre (SRIC) for outstanding contribution in Natural Product Research Field.
  3. APTI – Dr. (Mrs) Manjushree Pal Memorial Award for the Best Pharmaceutical Scientist 2023 by Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) during the 26th Annual National Convention of “APTICON-23”.
  4. Faculty Patent Award-Two patents granted in the year 2022 were honoured by the Panjab University.
  5. WIPO Medal for Inventors 2023 conferred by World Intellectual Property Organisation and facilitated by GOI.
  6. US Embassy, USPTO recognised Professor Kaur UIPS, for her I P value on World Intellectual Property Day 2023 under a social media campaign called “The Value of Her IP”
  7. Natural products Research Initiative Award 2022 (1st position) organized by Sunpure Research Incubation Centre (SRIC).
  8. National Intellectual Property Award 2021 & 2022 for being the “Top Indian Individual for Patents Filing, Grant & Commercialization” by the Office of the Controller General of the Patents Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM), under DPIIT.
  9. Winner of Grand Innovation Challenge during 1st Global Innovation Summit 2021 organised by Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance.
  10. Best Paper Award for “Diet, gut microbiota and Covid-19” published in International Journal of Microbiology (2020; Vol 60(4); p. 420-429).
  11. Best Paper Presentation Awards out of work presented by my lab students
    • National Level Online Article Writing Competition (Certificate of Merit and Consolidated Prize of Rs. 1000/-) organized by Academic Decipher, Mumbai
    • 7th International Conference on Translational Research organized by AIIMS, New Delhi
      • Co-Delivery of Anti-Tumour Drugs Loaded in Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Enhanced Breast Cancer Therapy.
      • Revolutionary theragnostic dual decorated quantum dot powered docetaxel-curcumin SLN for breast cancer.
    • Development and Evaluation of Human Amniotic Membrane Extract (hAME) Loaded Nanoparticulate System. National Conference Chandigarh Science Congress, CHASCON-2023 on “Global Science for Global Wellbeing” organized by Panjab University, Chandigarh.
  13. OPPI Women Scientist Award, by Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India, 2018.
  14. BRIC Technology Exposition 2020, for ‘I-CLEN Sponge Dressing’ held at CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh in collaboration with Innovation Knowledge Progress (IKP) Knowledge Park, Hyderabad.
  15. Researcher of the Year Award 2019, for research work contribution on Curcumin herbal extract for solid lipid nanoparticles of curcumin, organized by Sunpure Research Incubation center, Sunpure Extract Private Limited, India.
  16. BRIC Idea Exposition Award 2019, for Targeted theranostic tool for cancer using nano-carrier and QDs (DLEN) under category “Innovation in Pharmaceutical and Diagnostics”, organized by BIRAC Regional Innovation Centre (BRIC) in collaboration with Chitkara University, Punjab.

Honours

  1. Only PM fellow (the highest paid Ph D fellowship in the country and co-sponsored by the Industry) in Panjab University was applied and bagged by a student from our lab.
  2. Consistently listed amongst the global top 2% most cited scientists as promulgated by Stanford University, USA (2019-20 to 2022-23)
  3. Guest of Honour & Invited Speaker at the seminar on International Women’s Day 2024 “Empower Her: Celebrating Women’s Strength and Unity” organized by Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab.
  4. Invited as a “Special Guest to the Government of India” based on my contribution to the field of IPR, to the commemoration of the 75th Republic Day, through the office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, DPIIT, Government of India.
  5. Independent Director, Nectar Lifesciences Limited (2nd August 2022 – till date)
  6. Guest of Honour and Expert Talk on “Translational Science: Concept, Innovation & Product Development” during the International Conference on Recent Innovations in Clinical and Translational Approaches in Pharmaceutical Sciences (RICTAPS 2023) in the memory of Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) Harkishan Singh (1928–2020) organized by Chitkara University.
  7. Eminent Panelist for discussions on ‘Publications-Patents-Projects: 3Ps’ organized by Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India (APTI).
  8. Eminent Panelist for Session II: YUKTI Innovation & IPR Repository under Track 2: Knowledge Sharing Sessions by IIC Institutions during Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) Regional Meet 2023 organized by Ministry of Education’s Innovation Council (IIC-UIPS) & All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) held at Panjab University, Chandigarh.
  9. Chief Guest for 1st Women Leadership Conclave, Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India (APTI), Goa.
  10. Eminent Panelist on the World Intellectual Property Day on the theme “Achieving the Excellence in IP-Driven Research by Women Professionals” organized by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM).
  11. Esteemed Panelist, ‘IP Manthan” on “Women in IP: Powering creativity, technology and entrepreneurship” organized by the CGPDTM under its National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) in association with Sanrachana Foundation for the session.
  12. Chief Guest, Guru Gobind Singh College of Pharmacy in national Conference 2023 on “Women Empowerment: Embrace Equity” sponsored by Jamna Auto Industries Ltd.
  13. Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker during the ‘National Science Day 2023’ celebrations at Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab
  14. International talk during CAKE & PIE Expo 2.0 symposium: There’s More to Drops in Glaucoma Management, DA Nang, Vietnam in August 2022
  15. US-Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship (FNAPE) by United States-India Educational Foundation, for research & teaching in the United States for the year 2017-2018.
  16. Project and Beamtime Application at the ISIS facility – Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK on the experiments titled SANS evaluation of novel nanocolloidal drug carriers, in October, 2017, funded jointly by DST and Science and Technology Facilities Council, ISIS, UK.