Interest areas

• Formulation and development
• Novel Drug Delivery Systems
• Liposomes and Nanoparticles
• Quality by Design
• Analytical method Development and Validation

Research

• Publications – 49(International- 25, National-24)
• Presentations- 15 (International- 10, National- 5)
• Patents-03
• International Travel grants – 02
• Consultancy Project: 02
• University Seed grant project :03

Awards

• Received International Travel Grant from AICTE to attend the CRS conference at Boston, MA, USA 16/07/17 to 19/717
• Received Research seed grant from NMIMS University, in 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2020-21
• Received Certificate of Excellence for scientific oral presentation on the topic “Exploring Pathways to the Pharmaceutical Market” in the World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development, 23rd -25th Nov 2016, Bengaluru, India.
• Received “outstanding teaching” from director, NMIMS Shirpur Campus. 2012-2013.
• Best Research project Award to projects guided. 2013 & 2022
• Received International Travel Grant from SVKM’S NMIMS to attend the conference at Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia on 09/12/2011-12/12/2011.
• Received AICTE Fellowship for M.Pharm (2003-05)

International Conferences

• Research paper presented in annual meeting of controlled release society held at Valencia, Spain during 21/07/19 to 24/7/19, Isoniazid Loaded, Lectin-Functionalized Chitosan Nanoparticles for Better Management of Tuberculosis
• Research paper presented in annual meeting of controlled release society held at Boston MA, USA during 16/07/17 to 19/717, Design, Optimization & Evaluation of Dual Drug Loaded Liposomes, for Breast Cancer Treatment
• Research paper presented in Asian Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference 2011“Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences in Asia: Drug Discovery and Product Development” Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Malaysia, Formulation and Evaluation of Ethosomes for Antiviral Drug Delivery, 2011

Recent Publications:

• Trivedi, R., Bonde, S., Mate, P., Umekar, M., Wankhede, N., Umare, M., … & Osmani, R. A. M. (2025). Nose-to-Brain Targeting of Pregabalin via Phospholipid Complex Nanoparticles for Facilitated Epilepsy Therapy: Design, Optimization and In vitro-In vivo Evaluations. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 138190. (IF 5.4)
• Sonawane, S., Shelke, H., & Bonde, S. (2025). A comprehensive review on natural polysaccharides based in situ gels for nasal drug delivery. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 145987. (IF 8.5)
• Shubham Sonwane, Smita Bonde*, Chandrakant Bonde, Chandani Chandarana, Advances in Gelatin-based Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications: A Review, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 106789, (IF 4.5)
• Hemant Kumar Tatapudi, Ritik Nikam, Chandrakant Bonde, Smita Bonde, Ritesh Bhole, Characterization of Forced Degradation Products of Lobeglitazone Sulfate by Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry and In Silico Toxicity Study—Development and Validation of Stability-Indicating Reverse Phase Liquid Chromatographic Method, Separation science plus, 8(3) e70020, (IF 1.3)
• Jineetkumar Gawad, Chandrakant Bonde, Smita Bonde, Mayank Sharma, Dinesh Suthar, Mahesh Palkar, Vishal Beldar, Bharat, Investigating the Impact of Acute and 28-days Oral Exposure to Decaprenyl phosphoryl-β-D-ribose 2’-epimerase (DprE1) Inhibitors on Vital Organ Function in Swiss Albino Mice, Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 59 (1s), s151-s158, (Scopus)
• Bonde, S*., Chandarana, C., Prajapati, P., & Vashi, V. (2024). A comprehensive review on recent progress in chitosan composite gels for biomedical uses. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 132723. (IF8.2)
• Bonde, S., Osmani, R. A. M., Trivedi, R., Patravale, V., Angolkar, M., Prasad, A. G., & Ravikumar, A. A. (2024). Harnessing DNA origami’s therapeutic potential for revolutionizing cardiovascular disease treatment: A comprehensive review. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 132246. (IF8.2)
• Trivedi, R., Umekar, M., Kotagale, N., Bonde, S., & Taksande, J. Design, evaluation and in vivo pharmacokinetic study of a cationic flexible liposomes for enhanced transdermal delivery of pramipexole Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2021, 61, 102313. (IF 5.062)
• Bonde, S., Osmani, R. A. M., Trivedi, R., Patravale, V., Angolkar, M., Prasad, A. G., & Ravikumar, A. A. (2024). Harnessing DNA origami’s therapeutic potential for revolutionizing cardiovascular disease treatment: A comprehensive review. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 132246. (IF8.2)
• Patil, K., Bagade, S., & Bonde, S. In-vitro and ex-vivo characterization of novel mannosylated gelatin nanoparticles of linezolid by quality-by-design approach Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2020, 60, 101976. (IF 5.062)
• Patil, K., Bagade, S., & Bonde, S. Biodistribution, pharmacokinetics and toxicity evaluation of mannosylated gelatin nanoparticles of linezolid for anti-tubercular therapy Materials Technology, 2020 1–9. (IF 3.297)
• R. P. Bhole, C. G. Bonde, S. C. Bonde, R. V. Chikhale & R. D. Wavhale Pharmacophore model and atom-based 3D quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) capsid assembly inhibitors, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2020, 718-727. DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1715258 (IF 5.)

Professional Memberships

• Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) – Life Membership
• Indian Society of Technical Education
• Indian Pharmaceutical Association