K.B. Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

A constituent college of Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar

Accredited 'A' Grade by NAAC and NBA

Ms. Palak Shah joined KBIPER in July 2004 as a lecturer in the department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy. She did her industrial training in Fluid Therapy Division (FTD) in Core Pharmaceuticals. She was promoted to Assistant Professor in September 2009. At KBIPER, Ms. Shah is involved in teaching Clinical Pharmacy, General and Clinical Pharmacology, Good Clinical Practice and Anatomy Physiology to B. Pharm and M.Pharm students. She has good hand over GCP and Clinical trials Design. Apart from teaching, she has successfully co-ordinated several committes like (Internal Examination Committee and GATE Committee) and Time-table and Academic Calender Committee. She has guided number of UG and PG students. She has been awarded for best poster presentation and her several paper have been nominated for awards. She has remained as member of several Human Ethics Committee (as a Pharmacologist) for approval of clinical trials.

Clinical Pharmacy, General and sytemic pharmacology, Clinical Trials, Pharmacovigilance, Good Clinical Practice, Inflammatory disorders of joints, Thyroid disorders

1. Oral presentation titled "Cardioprotective effect of quercetin in doxorubicin induced cardiomyopathy".Paper was nominated for S. C. Verma prize at 18th Annual conference of IPS (Gujarat Chapter) (Feb 2004) at Anand Pharmacy College, Anand. (Shah PA*, Desai P, R. Balaraman)
2. Oral presentation titled “Effect of adrenergic receptor modulators on angiogenesis using mice mesenteric window model” is selected for OD Gulati Award at 43rd Indian Pharmacological Society conference, Dec 2010 held at National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad. (Shah PA*, Patel P, Shah GB)
3. The 1st prize in poster presentation was awarded to Shah PA*, Patel VP, Shah GB. for “Role of a7 nAChR in Complete Freund’s Adjuvant induced arthritis: A novel target for rheumatoid arthritis?” in 28th Annual conference of IPS (Gujarat Chapter) (January 2010) held at Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad.

• Life time member of Indian Pharmacological Society (Registration No: LS 583)
• Life time member of KBIPER Alumni Association
• Member of Sangini Hospital Ethics Committee (Basic Medical Scientist), Ahmedabad

1. Shah PA*, Parmar A. Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Hemidesmus indicus R. Br. & its sub-fractions In Complete Freund’s Adjuvant Induced arthritis. Paper presented at: International Conference on folk and Herbal Medicine, 2010 November 25-27, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
2. Shah PA*, Patel P, Shah GB. Effect of adrenergic receptor modulators on angiogenesis using mice mesenteric window model. Paper presented at: 43rd Indian Pharmacological Society Conference; 2010 December 13-16, Hyderabad, India
3. Shah PA* (Desai P), R. Balaraman. Cardioprotective effect of quercetin in doxorubicin induced cardiomyopathy. Paper presented at: 18th Annual conference of IPS (Gujarat Chapter); 2010 January 24 ; Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
4. Shah PA, Upaganlawar A, Balaraman R. Combined cardioprotective effects of quercetin and curcumin on doxorubicin induced cardiotoxicity in rats. Pharmacognosy Magazine. 2008;16(4):246- 50 (Suppl.).
5. Shah PA*, Patel VP, Shah GB. Role of a7 nAChR in Complete Freund’s Adjuvant induced arthritis: A novel target for rheumatoid arthritis. Paper presented at: 28th Annual conference of IPS (Gujarat Chapter); 2004 February 24 ; Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
6. Shah PA* (Desai P), R. Balaraman. Cardioprotective effect of quercetin and curcumin in doxorubicin induced cardiomyopathy. In: Pharmacognosy Magazine. 2008;16(4):246- 50 (Suppl.). 18th Annual conference of IPS (Gujarat Chapter); 2003 December 5-7; Karamsad, Gujarat, India.