Dr. Shrinivas D. Joshi, born on September 23, 1976 did his B. Pharm, 1998, from SET’s College of Pharmacy, Dharwad (Karnataka University, Dharwad), M. Pharm, 2000, from KLES’s College of Pharmacy, Belgaum (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore) and Ph.D, 2008, from Kuvempu University, Shimoga. He began his teaching career as Lecturer in 2001 at SET’s College of Pharmacy, Dharwad, where he is presently the Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

Dr. Joshi has published 244 research papers, presented 88 research papers, both in India and abroad. He has co-authored 5 books. He has 5 patents to his credits. His 9 projects worth more than 1.2 crore rupees are funded by government agencies (ICMR, CSIR, BRNS, VGST, RGUHS) . He has guided 43 M. Pharm students, 5 Ph D students and guiding 4 for their doctoral thesis. He has travelled widely in Australia, Dubai and Malaysia to present his research findings. He is a reviewer/editorial board member of many national and international journals. Dr. Joshi is presently working as Associate Editor, RGUHS Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and member, Board of studies (PG), RGUHS, Bangalore.

He has been honored with nine prestigious awards, including STARS Award 2014 for Teachers by American Association of Government College of Pharmacy (Bengaluru) Alumni, New York, USA and “APTI Young Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award - 2015” and "Bharathi Vidyapeeth Deemed University Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award 2020" from Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India.

Dr Shrinivas D. Joshi is an innovative, enthusiastic and committed teacher. He uses modern tools and technology for teaching and assessment. He is taking enormous interest in training the undergraduate and postgraduate students in the routine practicals, using microwave technology as Green Chemistry Method, hands on training of instruments, documentation, interpretation of data, validation etc. Students are trained to use Drug Design software, statistical software etc.

1) Dr. Kalirajan Rajagopal, Mr. Kannan R, Dr. B Gowramma, Dr. Srikanth Jupudi, Mr. Dhinesh Kumar M, Mr. Krutheesh, Miss. Anuj, Miss. Shuvashree Meher, Dr. Rajeev Ranjan, Mr. Ankur Patel, Dr. Pranshu Tangri, Dr. Shrinivas Dattatraya Joshi. IOT enabled laboratory ultrasonicator for nanoparticle synthesis. 2023, Indian Patent grant No. 398361-001 dated 25/10/2023.

2) Theivendren Panneerselvam, Kunjiappan Selvaraj Sivakumar Arumugam, Shrinivas D. Joshi, Sankarganesh Arunachalam. Substituted indolo[3,2-b]quinoxaline compounds. 2018, Indian Patent No. 201741024523 A dated 09/02/2018.

3) Joshi Shrinivas D, Kulkarni Venkatrao H, Dambal H V. Heterocyclic compounds for the treatment of microbial infections. 2018, Indian Patent No. 201841017929 A dated 06/07/2018.

4) Dr. Theivendren, Panneerselvam Mr. Anand Ramasamy Dr. Singaram Kathirvel Dr. Joshi Shrinivas D. Synthesis of 3-substituted benzylidene-1,2-diphenyl-4-(2-phenylhydrazono)azetidine. 2018, Indian Patent No. 201841030578 A dated 30/11/2018.

5) T PANNEERSELVAM, Dr. Shrinivas D Joshi, Dr. R. Sundhararajan, Dr. G. Murugananthan. Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of N-(2-(substituted phenyl)-1-phenylvinyl)pyridin-4-amine. Indian Patent No. 202241067251 A dated 02/12/2018.

1. “Laboratory Manual of Medicinal Chemistry-III” for B. Pharmacy 6th Semester, As per PCI regulations, Trinity Publishing House, Satara, 2024 (ISBN 978-81-965694-5-7)

2. "Computer Aided Drug Design” Text book for B. Pharmacy 8th Semester, As per PCI regulations

3. "Biostatistics and Research Methodolgy” for B. Pharmacy 8th Semester, As per PCI regulations, Paging Publishers, Delhi, 2023, (ISBN 976-93-93226-10-7)

4. "Biological activities of Fused Imidazole Derivatives" – A Review Biologically Important Benzimidazoles. Published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (ISBN 978-3-8473-3000-4)

5. “Medicinally Important Five Membered N-Heterocyclic Derivatives” published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (ISBN 978-3-659-55577-0).