Ms. Dipika Shashikant Pawar is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Gahlot Institute of Pharmacy, Navi Mumbai. She has completed her Master of Pharmacy (M. Pharm) Specilization in Pharmaceutics from Savitribai Phule Pune University. She brings a combined experience of over five years, including four years in academics and one year as a Patent Analyst in the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) department at Vadodara. During her tenure in the IPR field, Ms. Pawar was actively involved in drafting several patent projects, gaining valuable expertise in pharmaceutical innovations and patent documentation. In the academic domain, she has contributed to scientific literature with few original research paper and five review articles published in reputed national and international journals.