Curriculum Vitae

Name: Dr. ARAVINDA KUMAR. B

Date of birth: 16 – 4 – 1987 (32 years);

Current Address: S-5, 2ND Floor, Malar Primrose Apartments, Rajaji Nagar, Lawspet, Pondicherry - 605 008.

India

Permanent Address: 2, 1st cross street, Kurinji Nagar, Lawspet, Pondicherry - 605 008.

India

E-mail: adezan@r.postjobfree.com, adezan@r.postjobfree.com; Phone: +91 - 413-***-**** (Residence); +91-944******* (Cell number) ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

1. MD Pharmacology. Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Pondicherry. April 2014

2. MBBS. Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, November 2008. 3. PGDHSc (Post graduate Diploma in Health Science) in Diabetology, Annamalai University, June 2011.

4. Industry Program in Clinical Trials, Data management and Pharmacovigilance, Bioinformatics Institute of India. November 2013

PHARMACOLOGY TEACHING EXPERIENCE: (5 years & 8 months) As Junior Resident: From May 2011- May 2014 at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry.

As Assistant Professor: From June 02, 2014 – July 19,2018 at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry

As Associate Professor: From July 20,2018 - till date at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Prescribing pattern of drugs for cardiovascular co-morbidities in type 2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care Indian hospital.

J Pharmacol. Pharmacother, Vol 5, Issue 1, Jan-Mar, 2014 2. Anti-inflammatory effect of aqueous extract of Emblica officinalis in animal models. International Journal of Advanced Research (2015), Volume 3, Issue 6, 671-677 3. The role of serotonergic system in the anxiolytic-like effect of Emblica officinalis in mice using hole board test.

Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences 2015;10(3):11-4 4. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use and drug utilization pattern in elderly patients: a prospective study from a tertiary care hospital. Int J Res Med Sci. 2015 Aug; 3(8):2062-2072

5. Antidepressant-like activity of lutein-zeaxanthin in mice: evidence for involvement of monoaminergic and opioid systems

International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology (April) 2017;9(1):285**-***** 6. Patterns of drug use and drug dispensing in dermatology outpatient prescriptions in a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol. 2018 Aug;7(8):1494-1497 MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC BODIES:

Life member of Indian Pharmacological Society (LB-314) Life member of Indian Medical Pharmacologists Association (IMPA). Member & Secretary of PIMS Scientific Society

Past Member of American College of Clinical Pharmacology CURRENT POSITION:

Working as Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences.

Activities:

• Teaching Pharmacology for medical and nursing students (which includes both undergraduates and postgraduates)

• Research: Includes preclinical (animal studies) and clinical (drug utilization research, therapeutic drug monitoring using HPLC) works

Specialties: Clinical teaching, Clinical pharmacology, Clinical research, Drug utilization, Drug safety evaluations (Pharmacovigilance), Drug information Skills:

High performance liquid chromatography - method development/validation/interpretation Design preclinical & Clinical study protocols

Medical Writing - Can prepare clinical trial protocols and clinical study reports Epicollect 5 - Can handle Data capture software using mobile phone MS office

Other Administrative Posts held:

• CPCSEA Nominee since 2018

• Scientist In-charge of Animal House (Member of IAEC) since 2016

• Assistant Editor of Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine since 2017

• Editorial board member of:

o Australian Journal of Medicine and Dentistry

o Journal of Clinical Trials and Regulations

o Journal of Advances in Pharmacy Practices

o Journal of Clinical/Pharmaco-Epidemiology Research

• Joint Secretary/ Treasurer of PIMS Scientific Society – 2017

• Secretary of PIMS Scientific Society - 2019

• CME committee member (Medical education unit, PIMS) since 2017 Achievements:

Have been in the Organizing Committee of:

1) National Workshop on Pharmacoeconomics - June 2017 2) Workshop on Pharmacovigilance - Basics to Advanced - February 2018 3) Scientific Society day/External Oration - PIMS, 2017 4) Organizing Secretary of Advanced Workshop on Pharmacovigilance - November 2018 PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES:

Research papers presented at 2 Regional, 1 National and 2 International Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society

1. Presented an oral paper at the Southern Regional Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society on “Reassessing Pharmacology in 21st Century”, Belagavi, February 12-13, 2016. 2. Presented a poster at the Third International and Sixth National Annual Conference of Indian Society for Rational Pharmacotherapeutics (ISRPTCON 2014) at JIPMER, Pondicherry. November 21-22, 2014.

3. Presented an oral paper at the XXXXV Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society & International Conference on Navigating Pharmacology towards Safe & Effective Therapy, Nagpur, January 5-7, 2013

4. Presented an oral paper at the 2nd Conference of the Indian Pharmacological Society

(Pondicherry branch), PIMS, Pondicherry, April 26, 2012 5. Presented a poster at the II National Conference on Basic Medical Sciences, Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Medical College & Hospital, Salem, April 13-14, 2012 ENROLLED AS UNDERGRADUATE MBBS EXAMINER for PHARMACOLOGY IN: 1. SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI

2. MGR UNIVERSITY, TAMILNADU.

3. RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KARNATAKA. 4. BHARATH UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI.