Team - Office of International Affairs and Collaborations (OIAC)

Dr Anup Naha, Professor of Pharmacy is the Director of International Collaborations at MAHE. He holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, MBA in Human Resource and is also a Certified Black belt in Lean Six Sigma.

Dr Anup is involved in initiating and facilitating multiple strategic collaboration for MAHE across its Manipal, Mangaluru, Bengaluru, Jamshedpur and Dubai Campus with emphasis to Global South-South collaboration and Indo-Pacific region partnerships. Dr Naha continuously practices Innovation for globalization and believes that internationalization to individualization can bring sustainability in international partnership.

He was the architect for getting full membership of International Pharmaceutical Student Federation (IPSF) for MAHE, making it the first institution from India to receive the affiliation for student exchange and professional development programme. He has been actively facilitating student mobility through IASTE, AIESEC, IPSF. Dr Naha has been instrumental in applying lean six sigma principles at international office and brought a digital shift to the processes which resulted in increase of process efficiency, decrease the turn around time and further increased the compliance.

Dr. Anup Naha, an Alumni of MAHE is a core researcher specialized in novel drug delivery, Liquid crystals technology and has published 60+ research papers in peer reviewed journals and received multiple research grants from ICMR, AICTE etc. He has delivered 23 guest lectures as resource persons, presented 36 research papers in national and international conferences and attended 64 seminars and workshops and contributed 1 book chapter. He has guided 34 PG students for their research work and presently guiding 7 doctoral students (+4 awarded).

He has 5 copyrights to his credit and 3 patents which are provisionally submitted. He has published a book “Hawk Eye of Doping” in collaboration with Mr Robin Singh, former Indian Cricketer.

He was the recipient of Global Excellence Award 2024 by Anexas Europe, Best Audio Visual Teaching Material of MCOPS (twice), Best Research Poster Award in Professional Category in DUPHAT, Dubai, APTICON India and at Nirma University, APJ Abdul Kalam University, Nitte University. He was the University Coordinator for the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

Dr Anup was the Founding Chief Coordinator of Volunteer Services Organization (VSO), the social unit of Manipal Academy of Higher Education which involves more than 7000 student volunteers for community development work. As Chief of VSO, he was instrumental in the organization structuring & digitalization of volunteering from its inception and further its expansion to Mangalore, Bengaluru and Jamshedpur campus along with launching numerous sustainable community campaigns. He was also the University Founding Program Coordinator of NSS Cell of MAHE with 10 units across institution of MAHE.

He is the Founding Coordinator of Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Skill Development at MAHE. He is a life member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), Drug Delivery Association (DDA) and reviewer for peer reviewed Journals.

He is a Daan Utsav national volunteer and Core Committee Member for Inclusion of Joy of Giving as Part of Curriculum, Higher and Technical Education, Govt of Rajasthan for 2019-20.