Dr. Pramod Kumar Gangwar joined as an assistant professor in the department of chemistry and chemical sciences at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh(India) in 2020. He received both his B.sc degree(2006) and M.sc degree(2009) in physical chemistry from M.J.P.R. University, Bareilly(U.P.), India. He received his P.hd degree in 2014 from the University of Delhi, India. His research interests focus on the use of various nanoparticles for application in targeted drug delivery, non-viral gene delivery, photodynamic therapy(PDT), and multimodal diagnostic imaging. He has published more than 20 articles in leading scientific journals. He has served as an assistant professor in the department of chemistry at Rajmas College University of Delhi for seven years(2014-2020). His research expertise includes the use of inorganic and gold nanoparticles for applications in targeted drug delivery, non-viral gene delivery, photodynamic therapy(PDT), photothermal therapy(PTT), in vitro diagnostics
EDUCATION
I, Dr. Pramod Kumar Gangwar (Birth July 1985). I obtained B.Sc (2006) & M.Sc (2009) in Physical Chemistry degree from M. J. P. R. University, Bareilly (U.P) India and received my Ph.D degrees (2009-2014) from University of Delhi, India. After that, I had been Former Assistant Department of chemistry, Ramjas College, University of Delhi (2014-2020).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Nanomedicine, Specialized in the use of inorganic-based and gold nanoparticles for applications in targeted drug delivery, non-viral gene delivery, photodynamic therapy (PDT), photothermal therapy (PTT), in vitro diagnostics and multimodal diagnostic imaging.
Preface New Generation Advanced Materials for Regenerative Development, 2026
Novel Materials in Water Pollutant Ion Sensors Shibashis Halder, Sudheer Kumar Yadav, Kumari Seema, Abhijeet Ghosh, Deepika Dimri, et al. New Generation Advanced Materials for Regenerative Development, 2026
Biocomposites in Craniofacial Fixations and Applications in Maxillofacial Fixations Bioabsorbable Polymers for Drug Carriers and Fixation Devices, 2025
Bioactivity and Biocompatibility of Chitosan-Based Biocomposites Bioabsorbable Polymers for Drug Carriers and Fixation Devices, 2025
New Materials in Biosensing, Bioimaging, and Biomedical Application N Jaswal¹, A Kumar, P Kumar New Generation Advanced Materials for Regenerative Development , 2026 2026
New Generation Advanced Materials for Regenerative Development P Kumar, N Saxena, P Kumar, S Singh CRC Press , 2026 2026
Engineered Biomass-Derived Biochar and Hybrid Nanocomposites: Emerging Strategies for Sustainable Wastewater Remediation N Jaswal, P Kumar Next Research, 101846 , 2026 2026 Citations: 1
Novel Materials in Water Pollutant Ion Sensors S Halder, SK Yadav, K Seema, A Ghosh, D Dimri, A Kumar, P Kumar, ... New Generation Advanced Materials for Regenerative Development, 302-323 , 2026 2026
UHPLC-PDA method for monitoring catechins and caffeine in tea samples and assessment of postharvest-associated variability across multilocation samples S Thakur, A Bhardwaj, S Awasthi, A Shrivastav, P Kumar, M Sharma, ... Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 109031 , 2026 2026 Citations: 1
Adsorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Water Resources A Kumar, A Kumar, D Dimri, N Yadav, BP Singh, R Kumar, P Kumar Ubiquitous Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contamination: Recent … , 2026 2026
Waste-derived nanocomposites powering the future: Biochar@ Fe2O3 anodes in microbial fuel cells S Pandit, P Kumar, S Chandra, E Fosso-Kankeu, R Tomar Nano Trends 12, 100161 , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
EGCG/ECG-controlled mesoporous and ultrafine TiO₂ nanoparticles for UV-driven pollutant mineralization and radical scavenging S Thakur, J Gaur, A Somvanshi, S Ballal, K Kumar, KS Abass, P Kumar, ... Scientific Reports 15 (1), 40768 , 2025 2025 Citations: 9
Biomass-Derived Activated Carbon as a Fluorescent Probe for Sensitive Detection of Mercury (II) in Wastewater N Jaswal, J Kour, P Kumar Journal of Fluorescence, 1-14 , 2025 2025
Sustainable Photocatalytic Approach: Natural Sunlight-Driven Degradation of β-Naphthol by Solution-Free CeO2-ZnO Nanocomposite P Madhu, K Dasauni, P Joshi, TK Nailwal, P Kumar, BPN Nenavathu, ... Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action, 100138 , 2025 2025
Covalent organic frameworks: Emerging frontiers in structure, synthesis, and functional applications HK Jitender Kumar, Sachin Pal, Pramod Kumar, Vishal Singh, Balaram Pani Applied Materials Today 46, 102907 , 2025 2025 Citations: 5
Multifunctional RE-MOFs in water decontamination: From detection to degradation A Kumar, V Bahadur, P Kumar Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 115280 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
Fabrication and in vitro evaluation of Dox@ FeSe Nanorods for independent photothermal and chemotherapeutic effects toward theranostic cancer treatment P Justa, N Jaswal, DK Gangwar, D Kumari, P Kumar Next Research, 100695 , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Quasi‐Solid‐State Supercapacitor Using Redox Additive V Chaurasiya, PK Yadawa, S Yadav, AK Rajput, S Badal, P Kumar, ... Macromolecular Symposia 414 (4), e70093 , 2025 2025
Microemulsion Mediated Organically Modified Silica‐Based Sensors for Electrocatalysis A Rana, N Jaswal, SK Chaurasia, MK Singh, P Kumar Macromolecular Symposia 414 (4), e70096 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Valorizing Saccharum officinarum and plastic waste biochar with Zn-Al LDH for Congo Red dye removal: kinetics and isotherms insights N Jaswal, AK Sharma, V Bahadur, P Kumar Inorganic Chemistry Communications 178, 114654 , 2025 2025 Citations: 14
Exploring regional influences on bioactive components in tea leaves and their effect on sensory quality S Thakur, P Kumar, N Gupta Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 144, 107683 , 2025 2025 Citations: 12
Synthesis, characterization of pine chir based biochar nanocomposites and their application in heavy metal ion detection MS Nitin Srivastava ,* , Abhishek Srivastava , Shivi Singh , Hemant Kumar ... Next Materials 8, 100805 2 , 2025 2025 Citations: 4
Bioactivity and Biocompatibility of Chitosan-Based Biocomposites N Jaswal, P Justa, H Kumar, SK Chaurasia, A Kumar, B Pani, P Kumar Bioabsorbable Polymers for Drug Carriers and Fixation Devices, 81-104 , 2025 2025
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Preparation and characterization of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetically guided drug delivery P Kumar, S Agnihotri, I Roy International journal of Nanomedicine 12 , 2017 2017 Citations: 63
Synthesis of dox drug conjugation and citric acid stabilized superparamagnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles for drug delivery P Kumar, S Agnihotri, I Roy Biochem Physiol 5 (194), 2 , 2016 2016 Citations: 54
Quantum dots-sensitized solar cells: a review on strategic developments S Singh, ZH Khan, P Kumar, P Kumar Bulletin of Materials Science 45 (81) , 2022 2022 Citations: 53
Ormosil nanoparticles as a sustained-release drug delivery vehicle PNP Indrajit Roy, Pramod Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Ken-Ty Yong RSC Advances 4 (4), 53498-53504 , 2014 2014 Citations: 51
Impact of ionic liquid incorporation on ionic transport and dielectric properties of PEO-lithium salt-based quasi-solid-state electrolytes: role of ion-pairing SK Chaurasia, MP Singh, MK Singh, P Kumar, AL Saroj Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 33 (3), 1641-1656 , 2022 2022 Citations: 25
APPLICATIONS OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE IR Pramod Kumar International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 8 (7) , 2016 2016 Citations: 23
In-vitro and Bioimaging Studies of Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites Encapsulated Iron-Oxide and Loaded Doxorubicin Drug (DOX/IO@Silica) as Magnetically Guided Drug Delivery System. BPPK Hemant Kumar, Jitender Kumar Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 24 (10), 1297-1306 , 2023 2023 Citations: 18
Valorizing Saccharum officinarum and plastic waste biochar with Zn-Al LDH for Congo Red dye removal: kinetics and isotherms insights N Jaswal, AK Sharma, V Bahadur, P Kumar Inorganic Chemistry Communications 178, 114654 , 2025 2025 Citations: 14
Harnessing biomass derived carbon material with heteroatoms for sensitive and selective detection of mercury (II) ions in waste water N Jaswal, VB Jaryal, R Singh, P Kumar, N Gupta Microchemical Journal 207, 111767 , 2024 2024 Citations: 13
Exploring regional influences on bioactive components in tea leaves and their effect on sensory quality S Thakur, P Kumar, N Gupta Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 144, 107683 , 2025 2025 Citations: 12
Peroxidase like activity of Prussian blue nanoparticles and visible light mediated catalytic degradation of methylene blue dye J Kumar, P Justa, N Jaswal, H Kumar, B Pani, P Kumar Chemical Physics Impact 8, 100575 , 2024 2024 Citations: 12
Microemulsion mediated multifunction of doxorubicin encapsulated Core–Shell iron oxide/Ormosil nanoparticles as efficient magnetically-guided delivery, bioimaging and In-vitro … H Kumar, S Agnihotri, I Roy, B Pani, P Kumar Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine 12 (9), 1166-1173 , 2020 2020 Citations: 12
Optically and magnetically doped ormosil nanoparticles for bioimaging: synthesis, characterization, and in vitro studies IR Pramod Kumar, Anuradha RSC Advance 4 (4), 16181-16187 , 2014 2014 Citations: 12
Synthesis of photoactive SPIONs doped with visible light activated photosensitizer P Kumar, S Agnihotri, I Roy J Nanomed Nanotechnol 7 (392), 2 , 2016 2016 Citations: 11
Perylene bisimides–advanced synthesis and photoelectric applications V Bahadur, N Yadav, M Chavali, P Kumar, BK Singh Dyes and Pigments 231, 112389 , 2024 2024 Citations: 10
Multifunctional folic acid‐coated and doxorubicin encapsulated mesoporous silica nanocomposites (FA/DOX@ Silica) for cancer therapeutics, bioimaging and invitro studies H Kumar, J Kumar, B Pani, P Kumar ChemistrySelect 7 (44), e202203113 , 2022 2022 Citations: 10
EGCG/ECG-controlled mesoporous and ultrafine TiO₂ nanoparticles for UV-driven pollutant mineralization and radical scavenging S Thakur, J Gaur, A Somvanshi, S Ballal, K Kumar, KS Abass, P Kumar, ... Scientific Reports 15 (1), 40768 , 2025 2025 Citations: 9
Structural, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of PMMA-Magnetite (Fe3O4) Composites: Role of Magneto-Conducting Filler Particles U Shankar, A Kumar, SK Chaurasia, P Kumar, FA Latif, MZA Yahya Journal of Electronic Materials 52, 4375–4387 , 2023 2023 Citations: 9
Functionalising Pinus roxburghii Biochar with Mg–Fe-LDH for Effective Organic Pollutant Mitigation in Wastewater N Jaswal, N Sarma, P Justa, AK Sharma, P Kumar, P Kumar Catalysis Letters 155 (1), 20 , 2025 2025 Citations: 8
Biomedical applications of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONS) as a theranostic agent N Jaswal, P Justa, H Kumar, B Pani, P Kumar Iron Ores and Iron Oxides-New Perspectives , 2023 2023 Citations: 7
GRANT DETAILS
Title of Projects “Microemulsion Mediated Multifunction Iron-Oxide/Ormosil Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Drug Delivery” Funding Agency, Science and Engineering Research Board (DST), Duration 2 Years (11.11.2020 to 10.11.2022) Total grant 21.15520 Lakhs, Role as PI.
STARTUP
Title of Projects “Microemulsion Mediated Multifunction Iron-Oxide/Ormosil Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Drug Delivery” Funding Agency, Science and Engineering Research Board (DST), Duration 2 Years (11.11.2020 to 10.11.2022) Total grant 21.15520 Lakhs, Role as PI.
