Academic Writing

Dr. Ajay Semalty, is Course Coordinator of India's most popular SWAYAM MOOC- Academic Writing and working as a faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central University) Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand for the last 17.5 years with Academic, research, and industrial experience of more than 18 yrs. He is also University SWAYAM Coordinator and SPOC NPTEL Local chapter of Garhwal University. He is M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics), MBA (Operations Management); Ph. D., PDF Meijo University, Nagoya Japan. He has been included in the World's top 2 % Scientist of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (by Stanford University research, 2020). He has completed 11 research projects funded by various agencies; He has published 80 papers, 6 books (including the best seller Essentials of Pharmaceutical Technology by Pharma Med Press), 2 patents (01 granted) and more than 150 conference papers. He is a highly cited researcher of the field (h index 26). He was awarded: Daiko Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship and invited by Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan; prestigious national Research Award by UGC, New Delhi, and Young Scientist Award of the year 2007 by Uttarakhand Council of Science & Technology (UCOST). He is expert reviewer of Iceland Research Foundation Iceland; Israel Science Foundation, Israel and Scientific Expert (REPRISE) for Ministry of Institution and University Research (MIUR), Italy, Elsevier Books; Member of The Asian Council of Science Editors, APTI and IPA; Editorial Board Member and Peer reviewer of various national and international reputed journals. He has supervised 28 M. Pharm research projects and supervising 02 Ph.D. candidates. He has delivered more than 200 invited lectures in various training programs in Faculty Development Centers (FDCs), Human Resource Development Centres (HRDCs) and other institutions. He has developed more than 100 hrs. of e-content for SWAYAM, SWAYAMPRABHA, and ARPIT courses. He has developed 20 online courses including two SWAYAM Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Academic Writing (listed in top 30 world MOOCs and appreciated by Ministry of Education; ranked #1 in exam registration in 2019 and 2020) and Industrial Pharmacy - I (First and only Pharmacy MOOC in India) with more than 48000 learners from more than 95 countries.