<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to receive several recognitions, including:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Individual Awards &amp; Recognitions</span></strong></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Bharat Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar (2024) </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Top 100 Global Educator award 2023.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Recognized as one of the <em>&ldquo;10 Futuristic Leaders 2023&rdquo;</em> by Business APAC Magazine</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">IPER <em>Principal of the Year Award 2020</em> &ndash; Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Leading Excellence in Pharmaceutical Academic and Research Award</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; Golden Global Health and Education Awards (2019)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Best Principal Award (2018&ndash;19)</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; Savitribai Phule Pune University</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Principal of the Year 2018</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; Oriental University, Indore</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Sanskar Ratna Award 2015</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; Sanskar Pratisthan (Maharashtra State)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Special Contribution Award</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; APTI Maharashtra State Branch</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">G.B. Singh Gold Medal</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; First Merit in M.Pharm (Nagpur University)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Husseni Daginwala Gold Medal</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; First Merit in M.Pharm (Nagpur University)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Appreciation Certificate &ndash; Dr. P. D. Sethi Annual Award (2010)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Prestigious Author Award</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> for &ldquo;Analytical &amp; Bioanalytical Techniques&rdquo;</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-outline-level: 3;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Institutional Awards &amp; Achievements (Under Leadership)</span></strong></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Best Industry Linked Pharmaceutical Institute Award</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> (AICTE-CII) &ndash; 3 consecutive years</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">AICTE <em>Lilawati Award 2022</em> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Best Technology Adaptation Award 2021</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> (National Level)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Zee Edufuture Excellence National Award for Research &amp; Innovation 2021</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> (AICTE)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">AICTE <em>Utkrusht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award 2020</em></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Top Pharmaceutical Institute of the Year 2020</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; National Educational Excellence Awards</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Best College Award 2018</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; Savitribai Phule Pune University</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Certificate of Appreciation &ndash; <em>AICTE One Student One Tree Campaign (2019)</em></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Crown Jewel of Pharma Education</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; Higher Education Digest (2019)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Top 10 Promising Pharmacy College</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; Academic Insight (2018)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Top 10 Pharmacy Colleges in India</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; Higher Education Review (2017)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Best Institution Award</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; HR Club Mumbai (Employability Skills)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Special Appreciation Award</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"> &ndash; Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (Social Contribution)</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">While these honors are deeply meaningful, I consider institutional achievements even more significant&mdash;such as achieving NAAC A++ , NBA accreditation for 6 years, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>securing national and international rankings, and building a strong research culture. These milestones reflect collective success and long-term impact.</span></p>