Professor Divakar Goli

Divakar Goli, PhD, is currently the Campus Director of Acharya Institutes and Professor & Principal at the Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in Karnataka, India. He is the Editor of Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the oficial scientific publication of The Indian Pharmaceutical Association. He was the editor of RGUHS Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He holds or has held many prestigious roles, including Honorary President and Director at M/s. Du Laboratories Limited and Iphar Pharmaceuticals Limited; Secretary of the Education Division and Associate Secretary of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association; Chairman of the 50th Golden Jubilee Celebration Committee of National Pharmacy Week in 2011; Secretary of the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), Bangalore chapter, and member of many academic bodies. In 2014, Dr. Goli received the coveted Principal of the year award from the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India. He is also the recipient of the prestigious fellowship of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association, and fellow of Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, and Institution of Chemists (India).

Dr. Goli has earned PhDs in both Pharmaceutical Sciences and Commerce and Management Studies from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and well as a degree in computer applications and he has been the FIRST academician to be a member of Indian Drugs Manufacturers' Association (IDMA) and Karnataka Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers Association (KDPMA).

Active in his field of specialization, pharmaceutical biotechnology and management studies, he is a member of many professional organizations and has presented at numerous national and international conferences. Dr. Goli has published more than 100 research articles in professional publications and is also coauthor of the book Pharmaceutical Marketing Management and Leishmaniasis: Biology, Control and New Approaches for its Treatment.