Green Analytical Chemistry in India Innovations for a Sustainable Future

Dr. Vidhya Bhusari, Professor at KJEI, Trinity College of Pharmacy, Pune, India. She holds a Ph. D. and M. Pharm in Pharmaceutical Chemistry with distinction from Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune. She has more than 8 years of teaching experience and around 6 years of industrial experience in companies like Wockhardt Research Center, Inventia Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and Ajanta Pharma Ltd. 

Her areas of research include analytical method development, quality assurance and validation using HPLC, UPLC, LC–MS/MS and HPTLC, stability and degradation studies of APIs and pharmaceutical products, and impurity profiling.

Her research interests include stability-indicating methods, chromatographic techniques, degradation product characterization using LC–MS, pharmaceutical and herbal constituent analysis, green analytical chemistry, alcohol induced dose dumping study and application of Quality by Design in analytical method development. Her work also involves developing environmentally sustainable analytical methodologies and preparing validation protocols, standard operating procedures, and regulatory compliance reports.

She is a recognized Ph.D. Research Guide supervising postgraduate and doctoral research at Savitribai Phule Pune University. She has guided 28 M. Pharm students for their dissertation. 

She has more than 54 research publications in various journals of International repute (google scholar H index: 13). She has authored two books and one edited book published by Springer Nature to her credit. She has presented several posters and papers in various symposia and conferences. She is awarded with Dr. P. D. Sethi National HPTLC Award (2026), received ‘Best Academician Award’ at Indo US International Conference (2024) and National Doctoral Fellowship (2010) for pursuing Ph. D.

Dr. Minal R. Ghante is Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Principal at Sinhgad Technical Education Society’s Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Pharmacy, Pune, India. She holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Savitribai Phule Pune University and an M. Pharm degree with distinction from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, where she secured the University Top Rank. With over 21 years of experience in pharmaceutical education, research, and academic administration, she has contributed extensively to teaching, research supervision, and institutional governance.

Her research interests include analytical method development, green analytical chemistry, stability-indicating methods, chromatographic techniques (HPLC and HPTLC), degradation product characterization using LC–MS, pharmaceutical analysis, and quality-by-design (QbD) approaches in analytical method development. Her work also focuses on environmentally sustainable analytical methodologies, characterization of pharmaceutical compounds and herbal constituents and also drafting validation protocols, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and compliance reports.

Dr. Ghante has authored one edited book, twelve textbooks, and one book chapter, and has published more than 50 research articles in reputed peer-reviewed national and international journals. She has also received research funding from Savitribai Phule Pune University and serves as a recognized Ph.D. Research Guide supervising postgraduate and doctoral research.

In addition to research, she has coordinated and ensured successful completion of regulatory compliance for various State and Central Government bodies.

Dr. Ghante is the recipient of several recognitions including the Dr. P. D. Sethi National HPTLC Award (2026), Principal of the Year – Institutional Excellence Award (2025), and Leadership in Research Excellence Award (2023). She also serves as an Innovation Ambassador under the Ministry of Education (AICTE–MIC) and actively promotes innovation, research collaboration, and quality assurance in higher education.