Profile of Mr. B. Duraiswamy

Dr. B. Duraiswamy

Professor and Head
Specialization: Pharmacognosy
Email : bdurais@jsscpooty.org
Phone: 0423-2443393 Ext. 228
Mob.: 09442083818
Fax: +91 423 2442937

Biography

Education

  • 2006 : Ph. D in Pharmacy, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund. Affiliated to The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai.
  • 1990-92 : M. Pharmacy, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund. Affiliated to The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. (First Class)
  • 1983-87 : B. Pharmacy, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore. Affiliated to University of Mysore, Mysore. (First Class)
  • 1979-82 : B.Sc (Chemistry), Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Arts and Science College, Coimbatore. Affliated to University of Madras. (First Class)

Work History

  • Professor and Head: (Dec. 2006 onwards) Dept. of Pharmacognosy, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty.
  • Asst. Professor: (April 1996 - Nov. 2006)  Dept. of Pharmacognosy, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty.
  • Lecturer (Feb. 1988 - March 1996), Dept. of Pharmacognosy, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty.

Membership of Academies

  • Member, PG Board of Studies, JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka
  • Member, Board of Studies, JNTU, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Member, Board of Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala
Membership of Professional Bodies
  • Indian Pharmaceutical Association - Life Member TN/NIL/005
  • The Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India - Life Member TN / LM / 032
  • Member, Association of Community Pharmacists of India (R), Manipal Division Life Member
  • Immediate Past President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Nilgiris Local Branch, Ooty
  • President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Nilgiri Local Branch, Ooty (2006-08)
  • Secretary, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Nilgiri Local Branch, Ooty (2004-06)
  • Treasurer, Nilgiri Medicinal Plants Promotors Society, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty.
  • Inspector - Pharmacy council of India.

 

Current Research interest 

  • Screening of medicinal plants of Nilgiri Biosphere for potential candidates for diabetic, asthma, cancer, HIV and rheumatism.
  • Pharmacognostical and Phytochemical studies of medicinal plants and herbs.
  • Formulation development and standardization of herbal drugs.
  • Polymeric drug delivery systems.
  • Standardisation of herbal drugs using sophisticated instruments like HPTLC, GC and HPLC.

 

Publications

  • Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Lomefloxacin Hydrochloride in Its Dosage Forms -The Eastern Pharmacist, XXXIV, Sep 1996 - 111 & 112. J. Baswaraj, S. Ravisankar, B. Duraiswamy & B. Suresh.
  • Three Simple Spectrophotometric Methods for the Estimation of Ibuprofen and Chlorzoxazone in Tablets - Indian Drugs -34(8) - August 1997 - 450-54. S. Ravisankar, M. Vasudevan, B. Duraiswamy, B. Suresh and Bliss Abraham.
  • Three simple Spectrophotometric methods for the estimation of Tinidazole and Furazolidone inTablets - Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Mar-Apr 1998 - 116-118 S. Ravisankar, M.J. Nanjan, M. Vasudevan, B. Duraiswamy, B. Suresh and Nizar Noorudeen
  • Studies on Antibacterial potential of Cryptostegia grandiflora - Phytotherapy Research 13, 70-72 (1999) Pulok K. Mukherjee, R. Gunasekhran, T. Subburaju, S.P. Dhanbal, B. Duraiswamy, P. Vijayan and B. Suresh.
  • Studies on Antidiarrheal profiles of Bauhinia purpurea Linn leaves (Fam Caesalpiniaceae ) Extract - Natural Product sciences 4(4), 1998 - 234-237 Pulok K. Mukherjee, T.K. Gopal, T. Subburaju, S.P. Dhanbal, B. Duraiswamy, K. Elango and B. Suresh.
  • A Noval Pro-Drug Approach to the Problem associated with the use of Aspirin - Indian Drugs38(7) July 2001- 351-35Chandrasekar M.J.N., Duraiswamy B., Polwalkar Nitin and Nanjan.M.J.
  • Studies on the Antimicrobial Potential of Berberis tinctoria Lesch root and root bark, IndianJournal of Pharmaceutical sciences, Nov-Dec 2002, 586-588. B. Duraiswamy, M. Abraham, G. S. Saritha, M.J. Nanjan, and B. Suresh.
  • Phytochemical and Microbiological Studies on Berberis tinctoria Lesch. Hamdard Medicus, Jan-Mar Vol. XLVII, No.1. 2004, 16-22. S. K. Mishra, S.K. Sahu, B. Duraiswamy, B. Suresh, and C. S. Panda. 
  • Phytochemical and Microbiological Studies on Mahonia leschenaultia Takeda. Hamdard Medicus, Vol. XLVII, No.4. 2005, 105, 112 . S. K. Mishra, S.K. Sahu, B. Duraiswamy, B. Suresh, B. Nanda and C. S. Panda.

  • Studies on the Antimicrobial potential of Mahlonia leschenaultii takeda root and root bark Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical sciences, May-June 2006, 390-392. B. Duraiswamy, S.A. Dhanraj, Sagar Kumar Mishra, V. Subhashini, and B. Suresh.
  • Antifungal activity of Coleus species growing in Nilgiris. Ancient science of life, Vol.24(1). July- Dec-2006. p34-36. Nilani.P, Duraiswamy.B, Saleemulah Khan and Suresh.B.
  • Phytochemical and Pharmacological studies on Bryonopsis laciniosa Naud, Roots Hamdarad Medicus, Vol 50, No.1, 2007. B. Duraiswamy, S.K. Mishra, S.K. Sahu, S.P. Pattanayak, and C.S. Panda.
  • Effect of Natural mordents with natural dye on vegetable fibers. International journal of Pharma Research .Vol.1 Issue 2. June -Dec.2008. p38-42. Nilani.P, Duraiswamy.B, Dhamodaran.P, Kasthuribai.N, Alok semwol and Suresh.B.
  • Screening of Invitro Antioxidant activity for selected antiasthmatic Herbal based constituents. Pharmakine vol.1 July -sep 2008. p17-21. Nilani.P, Duraiswamy.B, Dhamodaran.P, Kasthuribai.N, Ravichandran.S and Suresh.B.
  • A study on the effect of Marigold flower dye with natural mordent on selected synthetic fibres. Journal of Pharmacy research, Vol.1 Issue 1. Oct -December-2008, p29-34. Nilani.P, Duraiswamy.B, Dhamodaran.P, Kasthuribai.N, Alok semwol and Suresh.B.
  • Antimicrobial Activity of Methanol Extract of Mohania leschenaultia Takeda Root and Root bark. Hamdard Medicus, Vol 52, No.1, 2009, p62-64. B. Duraiswamy, Sagar Kumar Mishra, V. Subhashini, M.J. Nanjan and B. Suresh.
  • Comparative antibacterial activity of Cleredendron species. Antiseptics,Vol.12(1), Feb 2009, p16-18. Nilani.P, Duraiswamy.B, Dhamodaran.P, Kasthuribai.N.
  • Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of Passiflora incarnate. Aryavaidyan, XXII (3);Feb-April 2009, p167-169. Nilani.P, Duraiswamy.B, Dhamodaran.P, Kasthuribai.N, Alok semwol and Suresh.B.
  • In-vitro Antioxidant activity for selected anti asthmatic herbal constituents. Ancient science of life, June 2009, vol.28 (4) p3-6. Nilani.P, Duraiswamy.B, Dhamodaran.P, Kasthuribai.N, Ravichandran.S and Suresh.B.
  • Antioxidant activity of traditionally used herbal extract in the treatment of bronchial asthma. Herbal Tech Industry;Journal of Herbal Science and Technology ,5(7); July 2009. p14-16. Nilani.P, Duraiswamy.B, Dhamodaran.P, Kasthuribai.N, and Elango.K.

 Seminars, workshop and conferences organised / participated

  • Attended a workshop on Orientation of Pharmacy Teachers of Tamil Nadu to Dr. M.G.R. Medical University Pharmacy curriculum organized at J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund from 27th to 29th November 1989.
  •  Attended as a delegate in the 43rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress held at Goa, in Dec. 1991.
  •  Attended International Seminar on "Recent Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences" at Ootacamund from 18th Feb to 20th Feb 1995.
  •  Attended seminar cum workshop on Evaluation of Students and Grading Technique for Pharmacy Teachers held at College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences on 24 th February 1996.
  • Participated as a Resource Person in the  seminar cum workshop on HPLC at J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund from 28th to 30th June 1996.
  • Attended as a delegate in the 48th  Indian Pharmaceutical Congress held at Chennai from 25th - 27th Dec. 1996.
  • Attended as a delegate in the 50th  Indian Pharmaceutical Congress held at Mumbai, from 10th - 13th  Dec. 1998.
  • Participated as a Resource Person in the Quality Improvement Program in Pharmaceutical Analytical Techniques sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi,  held at JSS College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund from 27th February to 7th March 2000
  • Participated as a resource person in the two day refresher course for the practicing pharmacists sponsored by The Pharmacy Council of India, Co-sponsored by JSS college of Pharmacy, Ooty from 11th to 12th March 2000.
  • Participated as a resource person in the Contact program for Talented School Students organized by JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty supported by National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, from 24th- 29th May 2000.
  • Attended as a delegate in the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Indian Pharmaceutical  congress held at Chennai on July 21st 2000.
  • Participated as a Speaker in the Quality Improvement Program on Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Chemistry sponsored by AICTE-New Delhi, at J.S.S.  College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund from 28th May to 10th June 2001.
  • Participated as a Resource Person in the ISTE  Short Term Training Programme "Standardisation Techniques for Herbal Formulations" sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi, at J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ooty from Nov. 25 - Dec 5, 2002.
  •  Participated as a Resource Person in the Staff Development Programme on Recent Developments in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Teaching Technology , sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi, held at J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ooty from 9th  - 22nd March 2003.
  •  Participated in the Short Term Teachers Training Programme as a Resource Person in the QIP  on Current Trends in Herbal Drug Research sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi, held at  J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ooty from 9 - 22 March, 2003.
  • Participated as a Resource Person in the Seminar "Standardisation Techniques for Herbal Formulations" at  J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ooty from April 3 - 5. 2003.
  •  Participated as a Resource Person in the QIP on Extraction and Standardisation of Plant Based Medicines, sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi , held at  J.S.S. College of Pharmacy,  from 23rd Feb - 7th March, 2003.
  • Participated as a delegate  in the "Training Programme for Faculty in Pharmacy" organised by the Department of Curriculum Development, The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai from 24-3.04 to 26.3.04
  • Participated as a delegate in the International Conference on Health Sciences on the theme Integrated Healthcare towards global well being conducted by JSS Mahavidyapeetha, Mysore from 25th to 25th Feb. 2005.
  •  Participated as a  Resource Person in the QIP programme on Recent advancements in Herbal Drug Research, sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, organised by the Dept. of Pharmacognosy, J.S.S, College of Pharmacy, Ooty from March 14 - 26, 2005.
  • Participated as a  Resource Person in the Staff Development  programme on Advances in Herbal Drug Research and Standardisation methods, sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, organised by the Dept. of Pharmacognosy, J.S.S, College of Pharmacy, Ooty from  18 June to 2nd July 2005.
  •  Participated as a Resource Person and delivered a lecture on "Manufacturing of Herbal Nutraceuticals with Demonstration"  in the Entrepreneurship Development Programme on Herbal Products organized  by Small Industries Service Institute, Coimbatore, sponsored  by Ministry of Small Scale Industries, Government of India on 30.09 2005
  • Participated as delegate in the 10th National APTI Convention held on 17th - 18th October, 2005 at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur.
  • Participated as a delegate in the IInd National Convention of Pharmacy Educators held at College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore on 4th and 5th of March 2006.
  •  Participated as a  Resource Person in the Quality improvement  programme on "Challenges in Standardizing Traditional / Herbal Formulations" sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, organised by the Dept. of Phytopharmacy and Phytomedicine, TIFAC CORE, J.S.S, College of Pharmacy, Ooty from  01-08, March  2006.
  •  Participated as a delegate in the 2nd International Conference and Indo-canadian Satellite Symposium On Pharmaceutical Sciences, Technology, Practice and Natural Health Products, held in JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, from 24-26 Feb 2007.
  •   Participated as a  Resource Person in the Staff Development  programme on "Current Trends in Herbal Research  Formulation Development and Standardisation Criteria" sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, organised by the Dept. of Phytopharmacy and Phytomedicine, J.S.S, College of Pharmacy, Ooty from 05-17 March 2007.
  •  Participated as Co-ordinator  and Resource Person in the Quality Improvement Programme on "Newer Advancements in the Herbal Drug Research" sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, at the department of Pharmacognosy, JSS  College of Pharmacy, Ooty,   from 7-13 March 2007.
  • Participated as a Resource Person in the Quality Improvement Programme on "Newer Developments in Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmacokinetics" sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, at the department of Pharmaceutics,  JSS       College of Pharmacy, Ooty,   from 30th  March - 5th April 2007.
  • Participated as a resource person and speaker in the workshop on Present Herbal Scenario in India and spoke on the topic Stability testing for Herbal drugs on 7th December 2007 at Seth Goving Raghunath Sable College of Pharmacy, Saswad, Pune district.
  • Participated as a Resource Person in the Staff Development  Programme on "New Frontier,s in Herbal Drug Research Based on Traditional Practices" sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, at the department of Phytopharmacy and Phytomedicinne,  JSS      College of Pharmacy, Ooty,   from 25th Feb to 8th March 2008.
  • Participated as Co-ordinator  and Resource Person in the Quality Improvement Programme on "Herbal Drug Research- Challenges and Solutions" sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, at the department of Pharmacognosy, JSS         College of Pharmacy, Ooty,   from 3-15  March 2008
  •  Participated as a Resource Person in the Quality Improvement Programme on "Recent Techniques in Pharmaceutical Analysis" sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, at the department of Pharmaceutical analysis, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty,   from 14-20,  March 2008.
  •  Participated as Co-ordinator  and Resource Person in the Quality Improvement Programme on "Emerging Trends in Natural Product Research" sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, at the department of Pharmacognosy, JSS         College of Pharmacy, Ooty,   from 23-29  March 2009.
  • Participated as a delegate in the International seminar on Herbal Drug Research : Present and Future Prospects on 4th and  5th  December 2009 held at JSS College of Pharmacy. Ooty, Tamilnadu.
  • Participated as a co-ordinator in the Quality Improvement Programme on"Recendevelopment in Phytopharmaceuticals Research" sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, orgnised by Dept. of Pharmacognosy and Dept. of Phytopharmacy and Phytomedicine from 15 th March to 28 march 2010 at JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty.

Major Achievements

  • Ph.D approved guide of JSS University, Mysore.
  • Published a booklet describing the use of 350 Medicinal plants  of Nilgiris biosphere with Nilgiri Medicinal Plants Promoters Society, Dept. of Pharmacognosy, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty.
  • Delivered guest lectures on various topics related to herbal drug research in national seminars and short term courses.
  • Guided more than 43 post graduate dissertations
  • Received best local branch award from IPA, Mumbai branch in the year 2007-08 and 2008-09 during the tenure as President of the IPA, Nilgiri Local Branch.