UPES ropes in Neeraj Mahindroo as Dean of School of Health Sciences

NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4: University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) has appointed Dr. Neeraj Mahindroo as the Dean of its newly launched School of Health Sciences.

Dr. Mahindroo is an accomplished medicinal chemist with experience of over 20 years in academics and research. He has secured research grants and fellowships through international competitive evaluation processes and is a proud recipient of Postdoctoral Fellowship at National Health Research Institutes and Postdoctoral Associateship at St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. He also brings experience of PCI and AICTE statutory compliances & accreditations.

In his previous stint as the Dean of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dean of Research & Development at Shoolini University, under his leadership, he helped the school get ranked in the top 40 Pharmacy Institutions of the country for three consecutive years by NIRF, Ministry of HRD, Government of India. Before Shoolini University, he had also worked with many other educational and research set ups, like Guru Nanak Dev University, Jaypee University, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA, National Health Research Institute, Taiwan, and International Centre for Science and High Technology, Italy.

Welcoming Dr. Neeraj Mahindroo, Dr. Deependra Kumar Jha, Vice Chancellor, UPES said, “Dr. Mahindroo’s knowledge and exhaustive academic experience makes him a valuable asset for our school. I am confident that under his leadership UPES School of Health Sciences will grow manifold. Like our other five schools, School of Health Sciences aims to prepare industry-ready professionals with strong domain knowledge, soft skills and entrepreneurial mindset.”

Dr. Mahindroo ’s current research interests are drug discovery for neglected diseases, neurological disorders and cancer, screening of fractionated extracts and isolated compounds from plants from North-Western Himalayas. He is also a Member of Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, a prestigious journal of American Chemical Society and is part of Board of Advisors at Medinfosys.org. He has 30+ international peer reviewed publications and five patents to his credit and regularly gets invited to speak at seminars and conferences.

Speaking about his new role, Dr. Neeraj Mahindroo, Dean - School of Health Sciences, UPES, said, “I am excited to lead the School of Health Sciences at UPES, which is known for its specialized programs and inter-disciplinary approach in education. Technological innovations are disrupting the healthcare and allied sectors in a big way globally and professionals in this industry should gear up to align themselves with these disruptions. School of Health Sciences will set new benchmarks in industry-relevant, future-ready healthcare education.”