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Dr. Vijayapandi Pandy, M.Pharm., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences & Technology, MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), Pune, India. He earned his M.Pharm. in Pharmacology with first rank and subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology from BITS Pilani. With more than 25 years of teaching and research experience across India, Malaysia, Libya, and Ethiopia, he has established an extensive academic career in pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences.
His principal research interests include neuropsychopharmacology, substance use disorders, neuropsychiatric diseases, psychoactive natural products, and experimental and alternative animal models. His work particularly investigates novel therapeutic strategies for alcohol, nicotine and drug dependence, depression, anxiety, psychosis, and related neurobehavioral disorders. Dr. Pandy has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, supervised several Ph.D. and M.Pharm. scholars, and received research funding from DST-SERB, Government of India, as well as Malaysian research programs. Notably, two of his publications have been cited in a World Health Organization report on drug dependence, reflecting the translational relevance of his research.