Interest areas

• Development of microparticulate system for long term preservation of probiotic,
• Solubility enhancement of poorly soluble drug,
• Development of In-situ gelling system of probiotic for periodontitis,
• Pulsatile drug delivery and site-specific drug delivery
• Novel Drug Delivery based formulation development etc
• Nutraceutical formulations

Research

• Publications – 55 (International- 40, National-15)
• Presentations- 04 (International- 01, National- 03)
• Government-funded projects – 02
• Patent-03 (International-02, National-01)
• Recognized PG guide, Ph. D guide of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)
• Guided M. Pharm students (25 completed and 04 ongoing) and 01 student pursuing for Ph. D

Awards

• Received funding of Rs.1560784 under AICTE under scheme MODROB for the year 2019-2021 Project title: “Modernization of F &D facilities in Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli for nutraceutical to meet RDA requirement of nutrients in the tribal area”
• Received funding of Rs.120000 under BCUD, SPPU financial grant for the research project ‘’Development of microencapsulation delivery system for long term preservation of probiotic as a biotherapeutic agent” (2016-2019).

Conferences/Workshops/Seminars attended

• Twenty-nine conferences are attended including national and international.

Recent Publications

• H Solanki, N Ladkat, D Thakur, S Deshmane, Role of graphene nanodots cancer in diagnosis and treatment
  Nanodots for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, 2026
• Siddique N, Shah P, Solanki H, Parlekar B, Prajapati BG. Macular Degeneration and Ocular Drug Delivery System: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment. InMacular Degeneration 2026 (pp. 99-121). Apple Academic Press.
• Prajapati, V.D., Maheriya, P.M., Jani, G.K. and Solanki, H.K., 2014. RETRACTED: Carrageenan: A natural seaweed polysaccharide and its applications. Carbohydrate polymers, 105, pp.97-112.
• Deshmane S, Chavan V, Nagpure S, Jain S, Solanki H, Sarode R, Bagade S, Gangane P. Quality by design optimization of zolmitriptan nanostructured lipid carriers for nose-to-brain delivery in migraine. BioNanoScience. 2026 Jan;16(1):3.
• Solanki Himanshu., Shah Virag, Patel Jayvadan, Evaluation of Brain Targeting Efficiency of Intranasal Solid Lipid Nanosuspension Containing Doxorubicin in Wistar Rat: Pharmacokinetic and Biodistribution Consideration, Journal of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 2021 55;1(III), pp-46
• Solanki, H.K., Patel, H.R. and Prajapati, V.D., 2020. An Experimental Design Approach to Evaluate the Influence of Penetration Enhancers on Trans Ungual Drug Delivery of Fluconazole for the Management of Onychomycosis. Sensor Letters, 18(7), pp.576-586.
• Solanki, H., Desai, H., Singh, S. and Naik, J., 2024. Development of Sustained Release Oral Floating Tablet Formulation of Cinnarizine using 32 factorial designs., Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (AJPRes.) 25(31), p.20.
• N Siddique, H Solanki, B Parlekar, B Prajapati, Role of Various Cancer Vaccine Adjuvants in Cancer Management, Cancer Vaccination and Challenges, 2024
• H Solanki, M Gondhalekar, B Prajapati, Magnetic triblock copolymer nanoparticles in colon targeting
  Nanocarriers Based Colon Targeting, 2025
• V Patel, PN Vaishnavi, A Thakare, H Solanki, Prolonging Gastric Retention: An In-Depth Study of Gastro-Retentive Delivery Systems, Drug Delivery Letters, 2025

Book Chapters

• “Encapsulation Process in Granulation Technology” Handbook of Encapsulation and Controlled Release, Edited by Munmaya Mishra, CRC Press Taylor francis Group, 978-14-822323-2-5, year of Publication 2015
• Role of Various Cancer Vaccine Adjuvants in Cancer Management, Cancer Vaccination and Challenges, 2-volume set Volume 1: Strategies for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Development / Volume 2: Delivery Strategies for Cancer Vaccine and Immunotherapy in Management of Various Carcinomas, Editors: Rishabha Malviya, Apple academic press, ISBN: 9781774916728, publication date: April 2024

Books

• Pharmaceutics: A Concise Practical Manual, Education Book centre-Mumbai ISBN no: 978-81-903626-1-5, year of Publication 2011
• Pharmaceutics I: The theory and practices of pharmacy, Unicorn publication Pvt, Ltd, pune
  ISBN 978-81-931266-5-3, year of Publication 2015
• Probiotic Emerging therapeutic agent, LAP LAMBERT Academic publishing ISBN: 978-613-9-98256-1, year of Publication 2018

Professional Memberships

• Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) – Life Membership