Curriculum Vitae

Dr. NIYAZ AHMAD

Department of Pharmaceutics,
College of Clinical Pharmacy,
University of Dammam, Dammam, KSA
+91-9911123191, +966-501625406, niyazpharma@gmail.com, nanhussain@ud.edu.sa

Objective
To apply best of my skills and efforts, to excel in the field of Pharmaceutical Research and Development.

Summary
 More than 3 ½ years of teaching experience as UPLC-MS/MS Lecturer, Department of
Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi-110062,
India.
 One year Research Experience in field of CPU department, handling of instruments like LC-
MS/MS, HPLC, UPLC, DSC, UV, Rotary Evaporator, HPTLC, XRD, Zetasizer (Nano-ZS,
Malvern Instruments, UK) Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Noida, U.P.
 One year M.Pharm. Project experience in Bioanalysis on LC-MS, Ranbaxy Research Laboratories,
Gurgaon, Haryana.
 ½ year Research Experience in Bioanalysis on LC-MS/MS, Fortis Clinical Research Laboratories,
Faridabad, Haryana.
 Two year experience as a Project Manager in Abridge Clinical Research Pvt. Limited, Dadar,
Mumbai-400028.
 More than 3 ½+ 2 ½+2 years Research Experience in field of Clinical, Analytical, Bioanalytical,
Formulation, Herbal Research, Nanoformulation.
 Have worked on major research projects as principal and co-investigator.

Research efficiency
 Formulation of Targeted Nano-delivery of Natural and Synthetic Drugs (Brain, Breast, Vaginal, etc.).
 Analysis and Bioanalysis of New Chemical Entities (NCEs) and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
(API) by Instruments like UPLC-MS/MS,DSC, XRD, UPLC, HPLC, LC-MS, UPLC-MS/MS,
NMR, UV, PDA Zetasizer (Nano-ZS, Malvern Instruments, UK), etc.
 Formulation of New Chemical Entities (NCEs) and Synthetic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
and Development.
 Chemical Research and Development.
 Extraction, Purification, and Characterization of Phytoconstituents.
 Novel in vivo animal models, especially for Cerebral Ischemia, Alzheimer, Epilepsy and Depression
activity.

Current Research Projects (Dammam University Projects)

 “Formulation, Characterization and Evaluation of Meloxicam - Cyclodextrin - Alkali ternary complex
incorporated novel In-Situ gels for effective oral delivery of meloxicam”, Funded by University of
Dammam, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
 Monitoring and Assessment of pharmaceutically active compounds as environmental emerging
contaminants in wastewater in Dammam, Funded by University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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Completed Research Projects
 “Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic studies of Novel Formulation of some herbal drugs in
Cerebral Ischemia”, funded by Counsel of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Pusa Road, New
Delhi, India.
 “Development and Evaluation of A Nano-Emulsion Gel for A Topical Anti-Arthritic Unani
Formulation” funded by Ayush Scheme, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare(CCRUM), Govt. of
India in Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi.
 “Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic studies of Rasagiline in human”, funded by
Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurgaon, India.
 More than thirty projects completed based on bioavailability and bioequivalence studies in Ranbaxy
Research Laboratories, Gurgaon, India.

Grants and Awards

 High Impact Factor award given by Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India in 2013.
 GATE-UGC Fellowship awarded during Master of Pharmacy 2007-2009.
 UGC-JRF Fellowship awarded in PhD.
 CSIR-SRF Fellowship awarded in PhD.
 Certificate of Merit in Bachelor of Pharmacy.
 Grant for Development and Evaluation of A Nano-Emulsion Gel for A Topical Anti-Arthritic Unani
Formulation from funded by Ayush Scheme, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (CCRUM), Govt.
of India.
 GATE percentile in 2007 conducted by IIT Kanpur with 93.5%.
 MAT percentile in 2007 with 74.05%.
 Selected in Future & Science Group as a Bioanalysis Young Investigator Award organized by
Waters in U.K., 2011.
 Delivered an International seminar and poster presentation in Germany October 2011 on
“Isolation of Curcuminoids by Flash Chromatography and Quantification by UPLC-MS/MS Q-
TOF”.
 Department of Science & Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology Technology (DBT), &
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India Travel Award For International
Symposium of AOAC Europe Section, Germany, held on October 2011, University of Erlangen-
Nuremberg, Germany.
 Best paper award “Indian National Science Day”

List of Research Publications

1. Kamran Ashraf, Mohd Mujeeb, Altaf Ahmad, Sayeed Ahmad, Niyaz Ahmad, Mohd Amir.
Determination of Curcuminoids in Curcuma longa Linn. by UPLC/Q-TOF–MS:An
Application in Turmeric Cultivation. Journal of Chromatographic Science. 2015; 0:1–7
(Impact Factor: 1.026).

2. Niyaz Ahmad, Iqbal Ahmad, Sadiq Umar, Zeenat Iqbal, Mohd Samim, Farhan Jalees Ahmad.
PNIPAM nanoparticles for targeted and enhanced nose to brain delivery of curcuminoids:
UPLC/ESI-Q-TOF-MS/MS based Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamic evaluation in
cerebral ischemia model. Drug Delivery. 1-20 (2014). (Impact Factor: 2.2).

3. Sadiq Umar, Khalid Umar, Abu Hasnath Md. Golam Sarwar, Altaf Khan, Niyaz Ahmad.
Boswellia serrata extract attenuates inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress in collagen
induced arthritis. Phytomedicine. 2014. (Impact Factor: 3.258).

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 4. Kamran Ashraf, Mohd. Mujeeb, Altaf Ahmad, Sayeed Ahmad, Niyaz Ahmad, Mohd. Amir.
2014. Determination of Gingerols in Ginger by Ultra-High Performance Liquid
Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectroscopy. Analytical Letters, 47: 2120–2128, 2014
(Impact Factor: 0.965).

5. Md Aftab Alam, Sushama Talegaonkar, Niyaz Ahmad, Farhan J Ahmad, Amulya K. Panda,
Zeenat Iqbal. Development and validation of UPLC-MS/MS, ESI-Q-TOF for Tamoxifen
citrate nanoparticles in Experimental Female Mice: Stability effects and application in plasma
pharmacokinetics of mannitol based polymeric nanoparticle formulation. Journal of Liquid
Chromatography & Related Technologies. 2014.

6. Niyaz Ahmad, Warsi M.H., Iqbal Z., Samim M., Ahmad F.J. Quantification of Curcumin,
Demethoxycurcumin and Bisdemethoxycurcumin in rodent brain by UHPLC/ESI-QTOF-
MS/MS after intranasal administration of Curcuminoids loaded PNIPAM nanoparticles. Drug
Testing and Analysis. 2013. (Impact Factor: 3.3)

7. Haneef J., Shaharyar M., Husain A., Rashid M., Mishra R., Parveena S., Niyaz Ahmad, Pal M.,
Kumar M.. Application of LC-MS/MS for quantitative analysis of glucocorticoids and
stimulants in biological fluids. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis. 2013; 3(5),341–348.

8. Niyaz Ahmad, Sahu K. Siddiqui A.A. Siddiqui N.A., Sharyar M., Ahmad F.J. Chromatographic
separation of piracetam and its metabolite in a mixture of microsomal preparations, followed by
a MS/MS analysis. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2013, 65, 94-101. (Impact
Factor: 3.5)

9. Niyaz Ahmad, Iqbal Z., Samim M., Ahmad F.J. A comparative study of PNIPAM nanoparticles
of Curcumin, Demethoxycurcumin, Bisdemethoxycurcumin and their effects on oxidative stress
markers in experimental stroke. Protoplasma. 2013, 250, 1327–1338. (Impact Factor: 3.2)

10. Sadiq Umar, Abu Hasnath Md. Golam Sarwar, Khalid Umar, Niyaz Ahmad, Sayeed Ahmad,
Chandra Kant Katiyar, Haider A. Khan. Piperine ameliorates oxidative stress, inflammation
and histological outcome in collagen induced arthritis. Cellular Immunology. 284 (2013) 51–
59. (Impact Factor: 2.070).

11. Faiyazuddin M., Niyaz Ahmad, Bhatnagar A., Khar R.K., Ahmad F.J. Stabilized terbutaline
submicron drug aerosol for deep lungs deposition: Drug assay pulmonokinetics and
biodistribution by UHPLC/ESI-q-TOF-MS method. International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
2012, 434, 59– 69. (Impact Factor: 3.867)

12. Mustafa G., Niyaz Ahmad, Baboota S., Ali J., Ahuja A. UHPLC/ESI-Q-TOF-MS method for
the measurement of dopamine in rodent striatal tissue: A comparative effects of intranasal
administration of Ropinirole solution over Nanoemulsion. Drug Testing and Analysis. 2012.
(Impact Factor: 3.3)

13. Faiyazuddin M., Niyaz Ahmad, Iqbal Z., Talegaonkar S., Bhatnagar A., Khar R.K., Ahmad
F.J. Development and Validation of UHPLC/ESI-Q-TOF-MS Method for Terbutaline
Estimations in Experimental Rodents: Stability Effects and Plasma Pharmacokinetics. Current
Pharmaceutical Analysis. 2012. 8. (Impact Factor: 1.754)

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14. Mustafa G., Niyaz Ahmad, Baboota S., Ali J., Ahuja A. Stressed Kinetics of Nanoemulsion
Formulation Encapsulated Ropinirole with a Validated Ultra High Performance Liquid
Chromatography–Synapt Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS ESI-Q-TOF). Journal of the
Chinese Chemical Society.2012, 59, 1021-1030. (Impact Factor: 0.773)

15. Rashid M., Husain A., Mishra R., Niyaz Ahmad. Siddique N.A. 1-(1H-Benzimidazol-2-yl)-3-
[5-(trichloromethyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl]propan-1-one. Journal of Molbank. 2012, M766;
doi: 10.3390/M766.

16. Warsi M.H., Jain G. K., Niyaz Ahmad, Talegaonkar S., Ahmad F. J., Khar R. K., (2011).
UPLC/Q-TOF-MS/MS Method for Evaluation of Moxifloxacin Loaded Nanoplexes as
Vehicles for Ocular Drug Delivery. Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related
Technologies. 2012, 35:1826–1841 (Impact Factor: 0.984)

17. Niyaz Ahmad, Ahmad F.J., Ahmad S., Iqbal Z., Shamim M., Khar R.K. Isolation of
Curcuminoids by Flash Chromatography and Quantification by UPLC-MS/MS Q-TOF. J.
AOAC International published. 2011 (Impact Factor: 1.229).

18. Khan H., Ali M., Ahmad S., Niyaz Ahmad, Ahuja A., Baboota S., Ali J.,( 2011) Validated
UPLC/Q-TOF-MS Method for Simultaneous Determination of Aceclofenac, Paracetamol,
and their Degradation Products in Tablets. Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related
Technologies. 2012, 35, 1–20 (Impact Factor: 0.984)

19. Husain A., Siddiqui N., Sarafroz M., Khatoon Y., Rasid M., Niyaz Ahmad. Synthesis,
Anticonvulsant And Neurotoxicity Screening of Some Novel 1, 2, 4-Trisubstituted-1h-
Imidazole Derivatives. Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica -Drug Research.2011, 68,5, 657-663.

20. Mirza M.A., Niyaz Ahmad, Agarwal S.P., Mahmood D., Anwer M.K., Iqbal Z. Comparative
evaluation of humic substances in oral drug delivery. Results in pharma sciences. 2011,1, 16-
26.

21. Faiyazuddin M., Rauf A., Niyaz Ahmad, Ahmad S., Iqbal Z., Talegaonkar S., Bhatnagar A.,
Khar R.K., Ahmad F.J. A validated HPTLC method for determination of terbutaline sulfate
in biological samples: Application to pharmacokinetic study, Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal.
2011, 19,185-191. (Impact Factor: 0.954)

22. Mirza M.A., Agarwal S.P., Rahman M.A., Rauf A., Niyaz Ahmad, Alam A., Iqbal Z. Role of
humic acid on oral drug delivery of an antiepileptic drug. Drug Development and Industrial
Pharmacy. 2011, 37, 3, 310-319. (Impact Factor: 1.6)

23. Jain G. K., Pathan S. A., Akhter S., Niyaz Ahmad, Jain N., Talegaonkar S., Khar R. K.,
Ahmad F. J. Mechanistic study of hydrolytic erosion and drug release behaviour of PLGA
Nanoparticles: Influence of chitosan. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 2010, 95, 2360-
2366. (Impact Factor: 2.769)

24. Faiyazuddin M., Ali J., Ahmad S., Niyaz Ahmad, Akhtar J., Baboota S. Chromatographic
Analysis of trans and cis-Citral in Lemongrass Oil and in a Topical Phytonanocosmeceutical
Formulation, and Validation of the Method. Journal of Planar Chromatography. 2010,23,3,

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 233–236. (Impact Factor: 1.247)

25. Siddiqui A.A., Mishra R., Sharma S., Rashid M., John S.P., Khaidem S., Karvekar M. D.,
Niyaz Ahmad. Synthesis, spectral characterization and In vitro antimicrobial screening of
(Benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)cyclohexanecarboxamide/carbothioamide derivatives. Der Pharmacia
Lettre. 2010, 2, 3, 52-58. (Impact Factor: 1.021)

Paper presentation
1. Niyaz Ahmad, Ahmad F.J., Ahmad S.., Iqbal Z., Shamim M., Khar R.K. Isolation of
Curcuminoids by Flash Chromatography and Quantification by UPLC-MS/MS Q-TOF.
International Symposium of AOAC Europe Section-Quality Control of Botanicals, TCM,
Herbal Food Supplements and Herbal Medicinal Products, October 10-12, 2011. University
Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
2. Tanwir Athar, Niyaz Ahmad, Mallick M.N., Mujtaba S.M., Baboota S., Ali J., Ahmad S.
Finger Print of Neem oil Extract by using UPLC/Q-TOF-MS, The convention of Society of
Pharmacognosy. 2010.
3. Abdul Rauf, Niyaz Ahmad, Mohd Aamir Mirza, Shaheen Sultana, Sushma Talegaokar,
Zeenat Iqbal, Aseem Bhatnagar, Roop K Khar, Farhan J. Ahmad. Development and In Vitro
evaluation of Budesonide submicron drug particles: An approach to improve lungs deposition
and dissolution for pulmonary delivery. The Aerosol Society-Drug Delivery to Lungs 22, 7th
to 9th December 2011.
4. Tanwir Athar, Ahmad S., Niyaz Ahmad, Baboota S., Mujeeb M., Validated UPLC/MS
Method for the Determination of salannin in Nimbatiktum (anti psoriatic herbal formulation).
20th Annual Leadership Conference, Missipi U.S. Presented on Friday June 4, 2010.

Reviewer of Journals: 11
1. Drug Testing and Analysis
2. Journal of AOAC
3. Drug Research
4. Biomedical Chromatography etc.
5. Journal of Drug Targeting
6. Neurology

Experience

Dammam University 17 July 2013-till date

Department of Pharmaceutics,
Faculty of Clinical Pharmacy,
Dammam University, Dammam, KSA
Lecturer

Department of Pharmaceutics,
Faculty of Pharmacy,

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Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
UPLC-MS/MS Lecturer 07 December 2009-30 June 2013

 Executing theory and Practical Classes of Instrumentation like UPLC-MS/MS, UPLC, HPLC,
UV, Zetasizer (Nano-ZS, Malvern Instruments, UK), XRD, etc.
 Executing theory and Practical Classes of Pharmaceutics.
 Executing theory and Practical Classes of Formulation.
 Executing research on Nanoformulation.
 Provided assistance to faculty members and staff with laboratory research.
 Demonstrated use of laboratory equipment, and enforced laboratory rules.
 Provided assistance to library staff in maintaining library collections.
 Evaluated and graded examinations, assignments, and papers, and recorded grades.
 Developed teaching materials such as syllabi, visual aids, answer keys, supplementary notes, and
course websites.

CPU department Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Noida, U.P.

Research Chemist 16 July 2006 to 20 July 2007

 Analysis samples on Instruments based like UPLC-MS/MS, XRD, LC-MS/MS, HPLC, UPLC,
DSC, UV, Rotary Evaporator, HPTLC, Zetasizer (Nano-ZS, Malvern Instruments, UK) etc.
 Method Development and Validation of any API on LC-MS/MS, HPLC, UPLC, UV, HPTLC.
 Submitted reports of compounds in Production Management and Pharmaceutical Regulatory
Affairs in Master in Pharmacy.
 Executed daily operations of delivering seminars on Instruments based and their techniques in
the help of new development of Nanoformulation and formulation.
 Provided assistance to industry members and staff with laboratory research.
 Demonstrated use of laboratory equipment, and enforced laboratory rules.

CPP department Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurgaon, Haryana

Research Associate 05 August 2008 to 20 May 2009
 Bioanalysis of Matrixes like Plasma, urine, saliva, brain, liver, kidney, brain homogenate samples
on LC-MS/MS, UPLC-MS/MS, HPLC etc.
 Bioanalytical Method Development and Validation, and their pharmacokinetic study of Matrix
samples.
 Analysis samples on Instruments based like UPLC-MS/MS, XRD, LC-MS/MS, HPLC, UPLC,
DSC, UV, Rotary Evaporator, HPTLC, Zetasizer (Nano-ZS, Malvern Instruments, UK) etc.
 Method Development and Validation of any API on LC-MS/MS, HPLC, UPLC, UV, HPTLC.
 Submitted reports of compounds in Production Management and Pharmaceutical Regulatory
Affairs in Master in Pharmacy.
 Executed daily operations of delivering seminars on Instruments based and their techniques in
the help of new development of Nanoformulation and formulation.

Analysis department Fortis Clinical Research Laboratories, Faridabad, Haryana

Research Officer 06 June 2009 to 02 December 2009

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  Bioanalysis of Matrixes like Plasma, urine, saliva, brain, liver, kidney, brain homogenate samples
on LC-MS/MS, UPLC-MS/MS, HPLC etc.
 Bioanalytical Method Development and Validation, and their pharmacokinetic study of Matrix
samples.
 Analysis samples on Instruments based like UPLC-MS/MS, XRD, LC-MS/MS, HPLC, UPLC,
DSC, UV, Rotary Evaporator, HPTLC, Zetasizer (Nano-ZS, Malvern Instruments, UK) etc.
 Method Development and Validation of any API on LC-MS/MS, HPLC, UPLC, UV, HPTLC.
 Submitted reports of compounds in Production Management and Pharmaceutical Regulatory
Affairs in Master in Pharmacy.
 Executed daily operations of delivering seminars on Instruments based and their techniques in
the help of new development of Nanoformulation and formulation.

Abridge Clinical Research Pvt. Limited Dadar, Mumbai-400028

Project Manager (Contact Basis) 01 June 2010 – 28 June 2012

 Auditing of Bioanalysed of Matrixes like Plasma, urine, saliva, brain, liver, kidney, brain
homogenate samples on LC-MS/MS, UPLC-MS/MS, HPLC etc on the site and their
reports.
 Auditing of Bioanalytical Method Development and Validation, and their pharmacokinetic
studied of Matrix samples on the site and their reports.

Education

Department of Pharmaceutics
PhD (Pharmaceutics) 2015
Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India

PhD Thesis title “Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Studies of Novel Formulation of

Curcuminoids in Cerebral Ischemia” under the supervision of Dr. Farhan Jalees Ahmad

Department of Pharmaceutics, Jamia Hamdard New Delhi, India

Master in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) 2009
M.Pharm. Research Project Topic “Development and Validation of Bioanalytical method using Liquid
Chromatography and Mass Spectrometric (LCMS/MS) for Rasagiline in human plasma” under the
supervision of Dr. Alka Ahuja, securing first division with 76.7%

Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs, Jamia Hamdard New Delhi, India
Secured first division with 60.5% 2007

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India

Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers 2007
Qualified with 93.5 percentile.

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MAT New Delhi, India
Management Aptitude Test 2007
Qualified with 74.05 percentile.

Jamia Hamdard New Delhi

Bachelor of Pharmacy 2006
Secured first division with 66.67%

Lucknow University Lucknow, U.P.

Bachelor of Science 2002
Secured first division with 52%

A. Islamia Post Graduate College Lucknow, U.P., India

Senior Secondary School (12th) 1999
Secured First Division from Uttar Pradesh board with 62%

Mumtaz Post Graduate College Lucknow, U.P., India

High School (10th) 1997
Secured First Division from Uttar Pradesh board with 69.2%

Symposium, Conferences, and Workshops:

 Essential Skills of Health Professions Education (Teaching and Learning). 17 CME hours 18-20
Nov. 2014, University of Dammam, Dammam, KSA.
 First Annual Scientific Research Update: Medicine and Biomedical Research 2015,22 CME hours
5-7 April 2015, University of Dammam, Dammam, KSA.
 Attended Indian Pharma Convention organized by Udyog Development Foundation, DIPSAR,
held at New Delhi, India on 12th February 2012.
 Attended three day International Symposium titled “Quality Controle Botanical,
TCM, Herbal Food Supplements, and Herbal Supplement Products” organized by
AOAC International, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, on 10-12 October
2011.
 Attended 50th National Pharmacy week , 20-27 November 2011 organized by Indian
Pharmaceutical Association (Delhi Branch), Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy,
Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-11062, India.
 Attended One-day workshop on “Impurity Profiling” Organized by Indian
Pharmaceutical Association (Delhi Branch), Convention Centre, Jamia Hamdard, New
Delhi-11062, India on 19 February 2011.
 Attended one day conference entitled with “Pharmaceutical opportunities and Challenges of New
Decades” organized by Indian pharmacy Graduate Association (IPGA), New Delhi, India on 2 nd
April 2011.
 Attended one day seminar on “National symposium on Epilepsy: Recent advances in drug
discovery and treatment” organized by Pharmacy Faculty in Jamia Hamdard sponsored by UGC
on 13 February 2010.

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  Attended 60th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress entitled “Pharma vision 2020, Pharmacist
Regulation for better Healthcare” held at New Delhi, India on 12,13,14 December 2008.
 Attended 60th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress entitled “Pharmacy, Medicine /management and
the National Health Policy” held at New Delhi, India on 12-14 December 2008.
 Attended one day seminar titled “Synthesis and characterization of Nanomaterials” organized by
Department of Chemistry, Jamia Hamdard with Indian society of analytical scientist-Delhi chapter
on 17th November 2007.
 Attended one day conference entitled with “Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
(SPER)” organized by Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India on 9th March 2013.

License
Registered Pharmacist Delhi Pharmacy Council, Government of India
Registration No. 17459

Membership
Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association (IPGA). April 2011
Life Time Member

Passport No.: F8375654

Personal Information
Date of birth 01\06\1982
Nationality Indian
Sex Male
Marital status Married with one kid (son)
Religion Islam (Muslim)

Declaration:

I do hereby declare that all the Informations given above are true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.

Date: (Niyaz Ahmad)

Place: New Delhi