Divya Vohora

Alternate Email :

divyavohora@gmail.com

Designation :

Professor

Department & School :

Pharmacology, SPER

Qualifications :

M. Pharm, Ph.D., FAMS, FBPhS, FIPS, FRSB

State Of Domicile :

Delhi

Research Thrust Areas :

Neuropharmacology mainly Epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, Depression and Behavioural research; Bone Research mainly Secondary Osteoporosis; Ethics & Metrics in Research

Details Of Courses Taught

B. Pharm; M. Pharm (Pharmacology); M. Pharm (Pharmacy Practice); Ph.D. (Pharmacology); Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Medicine)

Number Of Books Published By National Publisher :

1

The Name Of The Publisher :

Excel Books Ltd., New Delhi

Number Of Books Published By International Publisher :

5

The Name Of The International Publisher :

CRC Press (Taylor and Francis group), Boca Raton, Florida (2),

Humana Press, Springer Nature, New York (1),

Academic Press, Elsevier, San Diego, CA (1),

Springer Nature, Singapore (1)

Number Of Book Chapters In Edited Books Of National Publishers :

1

The Name Of The Publisher:

Vallabh Prakashan, New Delhi

Number Of Book Chapters In Edited Books Of International Publishers :

16

The Name Of The Publisher :

Elsevier, USA (4)

Springer Nature, USA (3)

CRC Press, USA (3)

Springer Nature, Singapore (3)

Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands (1)

Nova Science, USA (1)

VWB, Berlin, Germany (1)

Number Of Research Grants From Govt. Funding Agencies As PI/Coordinator :

13

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

Rs 401.4 lakh generated through 7 ICMR (159.4 lakh), 2 UGC (108 lakh), 2 DST (111.5 lakh) and 2 AICTE (22.5 lakh)

Number Of Research Grants From Govt. Funding Agencies As Co-PI :

04

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

Rs 150.65 lakh generated through UGC (65 lakh), ICMR (54.4 lakh), AYUSH (24 lakh) and AICTE (7.25 lakh)

Number Of Research Grants From International And Private Sources As PI :

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

Number Of Consultancy Projects :

• Member, Ethics Committee, National Heart Institute, New Delhi, 2025.
• Expert Member, SUBJECT EXPERT COMMITTEES (SEC), Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), Ministry of Health & FW, Govt. of India in SEC (Neurology) and SEC (Antimicrobial) category, 2024.
• EXPERT MEMBER in the Collaborative group for Identification of PG Thesis Topics by Dept. Health Research DHR and ICMR, Ministry of Health & FW, Govt. of India, 2024. 
• EXPERT MEMBER, PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE, DRDO, GOVT. OF INDIA – Expert committee member for reviewing internal research grants in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Govt. of India, 2023. 
• Empanelment as an ADVISOR and SUBJECT EXPERT for UPSC (Union Public Service Commission), Govt. of India, 2017. 
• Member, Selection Committee of Professors and Associate Professor at NIPER, CCSU and other Universities in various years
• Member, Research Advisory Committee, CSVTU, 2019.
• Member, DSRC, DPSRU, 2020-2024
• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER, International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), India chapter, 2014.
• MEMBER, Dissection Monitoring Committee, DPSRU, New Delhi, 2014.
• ADVISOR to the Interview board for the selection of Drug Inspectors by Staff Selection Commission, Govt. of India, 2013.
• REVIEWER for research grants submitted to DST SERB and ICMR from time to time in various years.

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

Name Of The Award :

• Elected Fellow, Indian Pharmacological Society (FIPS), 2023.
• Elected Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS), 2022.
• Dr. B. K. Anand Oration Award, Nat Acad Med Sci., 2022.
• Distinguished Woman Scientist Award, ISCB, 2022.
• Pharm Innova Award, sponsored by DST, 2019.
• Elected Member, Nat Acad Med Sci., 2018.
• Dr. Vinod Kumar Bhargava Award, NAMS, 2018.
• Dr. D. N. Prasad Memorial Oration Award, ICMR, 2013.
• Dr. P. D. Sethi Research Paper Annual Award, 2009.
• Career Award for Young Teachers by AICTE, 2005.
• Fast Track Award for Young Scientists, DST, 2004.
• Chandra Kanta Dandiya Prize by Dr. PCD Endowment Trust, Jaipur, 2001.
• CSIR SRF Award, 1999. 

Granting Agency :

Year Of Award :

Name Of The Award :

• Elected Fellow, British Pharmacological Society (FBPhS), UK, 2022.
• Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), London, UK, 2021.
• Fellow Member, Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP), Scotland, UK, 2008.
• Top 10 Most Web Assessed Papers By Blackwell Sciences, 2007.  

Granting Agency :

Year Of Award :

Title :

As Organizing Secretary/Organizing Chairman/Coordinator 

• Alumni Entrepreneurs’ Conclave during SPER Golden Jubilee Celebrations, 18 January 2023, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. 
• Indian Pharmacological Society (IPS) National Webinar on Real World Evidence (RWE)and Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR), 6th March 2021, organized in collaboration of IPS with Jamia Hamdard, Eversana and Iqvia.
• UGC-SAP DRS-II Sponsored Seminar on Recent Advances in Pharmacotherapeutics, March 28, 2019 organized by Department of Pharmacology at School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.
• Workshop on Nanomedical Sciences and its impact on healthcare: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Directions on 7th January 2019 during 6th World Congress on Nanomedical Sciences jointly organized by Jamia Hamdard and University of Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
• National Conference on Current Trends in Translational Medicine and Pharmacovigilance: Stress on Skill Development,October 5-6, 2018 organized by Department of Pharmacology at Hamdard Convention Centre, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.
• National Symposium on Research Methodology, March 7, 2018 organized by Department of Pharmacology at Hamdard Convention Centre, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.
• Session on Epilepsy at BIT 1st Annual Meeting of Neurotalk, June 25-28, 2010, Singapore
• UGC-SAP sponsored National Symposium on Epilepsy: Recent Advances in Drug Discovery & Treatment, 13th Feb 2010 at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi

Duration :

Sponsoring Agency :

• Member, Ethics Committee, National Heart Institute, New Delhi, 2025.
• Expert Member, Subject Expert Committees (SEC), Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), Ministry of Health & FW, Govt. of India in SEC (Neurology) and SEC (Antimicrobial) category, 2024.
• Expert Member in the Collaborative group for Identification of PG Thesis Topics by Dept. Health Research DHR and ICMR, Ministry of Health & FW, Govt. of India, 2024. 
• Expert Member, Peer Review Committee, DRDO – Expert committee member for reviewing internal research grants in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Govt. of India, 2023. 
• Empanelment as an Advisor and Subject Expert for UPSC (Union Public Service Commission), Govt. of India, 2017. 
• Member, Selection Committee of Professors and Associate Professor at NIPER, CCSU and other Universities in various years
• Member, Research Advisory Committee, CSVTU, 2019.
• Member, DSRC, DPSRU, 2020-2024
• Executive Committee Member, International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), India chapter, 2014.
• Member, Dissection Monitoring Committee, DPSRU, New Delhi, 2014.
• Advisor to the Interview board for the selection of Drug Inspectors by Staff Selection Commission, Govt. of India, 2013.
• Reviewer for research grants submitted to DST SERB and ICMR from time to time in various years.

• Member, International Advisory Group, British Pharmacological Society, UK, 2017-continuing.
• Expert Reviewer for reviewing research grants submitted to an executive government agency: National Science Centre, Krakow, Poland.
• Member,  La Caixa Team of Experts for reviewing research grants in biomedicine and health by La Caixa Foundation, Spain, 2020-continuing.
• Invited to evaluate Ph.D. thesis of Monash University, Australia and Malaysia campus (2019, 2014).
• Member, Science Advisory Board (SAB), BIT 1st Annual Meeting of Neurotalk, June 25-28, Singapore, 2010.
• Member, Publications Committee for International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, USA for the period 2003-2008.

Present 

• Chairperson, Institutional Academic Integrity Panel (IAIP), 2025 – continuing
• Chairperson, Student Grievance Redressal Committee (E Samadhaan) and Ugc Nodal Officer, 2021 – continuing.
• Chairperson, CAS committee for promotion of Asst. Professors (Stage 1 to 2), 2024-continuing
• Member, Academic Council of the University
• Member, School Board, SPER and Board of Studies, Dept. Pharmacology 
• Member, School level Academic Integrity Panel SAIP, 2023-continuing
• Member, Pharmakon, Placement and Alumni Committee, SPER 

Past

• Head, Dept. Pharmacology (2018-2021)
• In-charge, Pharmaceutical Medicine (Ph.D. program in collaboration with Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd., 2012-2020).
• Director, DODL, 2016-17
• Ass. Dean, Student’s Welfare (2014-2017)
• Member, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee IAEC Proposal Screening Committee (IPSC), 21/10/2021 to 31/3/2023.
• Member, Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) (4/3/2013 to 3/3/2016). 
• Member, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), 3/4/2017 for 2 years
• Member, PBAS/API Score Committee for promotion of teaching staff, 3/4/2017 to 2/4/2019
• Member, Academic Audit Committee, Dept. Pharmacology, SPER
• Member, Committee to look after discrimination/complaints received from SC/ST students & staff, 26/12/2016 to 25/12/2017.
• Chairman/Member/Convener, BoS and Doctoral Committee, Department of Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Medicine; Member, BRS, SPER in various years
• Member, Board of Research Studies (BRS), Faculty of Nursing; BoS, Dept. Clinical Research, Faculty of Science; Member, Ph.D. Research Committee, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences in various years.
• Other Miscellaneous Committees: Chairman, NAAC Visit Committee for Display of Criteria Wise Achievements;  Member, Science Day Committee, 2018; Member, NAAC & NIRF Ranking/AISHE committee for SPER; Cultural & Sports Committee in various years; Member, Faculty Admission Committee, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Dept. of Clinical Research; Member, Purchase Committee, SIST; etc.