Dr. N. Deepa
Name: Dr. N. Deepa
Qualification: M.Pharm, Ph.D., DHMS(Homeo), PGDPS., FALB
Designation: Professor cum Principal
Department: Saveetha College of Pharmacy
College address: Saveetha College of Pharmacy,SIMATS, Saveetha nagar, Thandalam, Kancheepuram.
Paper titte: Acanthospermum Hispidium composition for the treatment of cancer & methods for its manufacture
Journal name: Korean Journal of Natural Product Sciences
Volume: 13
Issue no.: 13(3)
Month of publication: September
Year: 2007
Page No.: 234-240
ISSN: 1226-3907
About Dr. N. Deepa
Deepa Natarajan obtained her postgraduate degree in Pharmacy from the Madras Medical College and PhD in Pharmacy from The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Guindy, Chennai. She also has to her credit a Diploma in Homeopathic Medical Sciencesfrom Madras Presidency Homeopathic Association in Chennai, MD in alternative systems of medicine from Indian Board of Alternative Medicine in Calcutta. Additionally she has a postgraduate diploma in pharmaceutical selling from London College of Management. She is GATE qualified with 93.7 percentile and also ranked topper in college/university throughout her academic career. She started her research career on screening of anti-cancer potentialwith complete focus only on Siddha herbs overthe past 15+ years, which succeeded in discovery of a few herbs with potential anticancer properties. She has to her credit several national (21) and international (8) scientific publications, and lately, a Patent Cooperation Treaty - World Intellectual Property (PCT - WIPO) patent publication with global protection of her invention. The national phase of two patents for anticancer extract is commenced with USA, EU & India Her focus of research in pipeline is to bridge the gap between the pre-clinical and clinical trials of Siddha formulations under practice, which currently have no scientific backup. Another objective is to seek intellectual property protection for such tested herbs with anti-cancer potential and their commercialization leading to industrial applicability in treatment and management of cancer. She has to her credit around 17 plus years of academic experience in the field of Pharmaceutical sciences. She is also a freelance consultant to various Pharma Companies with PAN India operations She is well known for Branding / Protocol design of new products in the Nutraceutical sector. She is currently employed with Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences as Principal, Saveetha College of Pharmacy since August 2018.