CURRICULUM VITAE
Name
Designation
Dr.Sachidananda Adiga M.N., MD(Pharmacology)
Associate Professor, IGMC, Puducherry since March
2010
Qualification:
MBBS: Karnataka Medical College, Hubli.1996
MD:
Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, 2001
Teaching Experience:Tutor in Pharmacology: Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 1998-2001
Assistant Professor (Pharmacology): Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
12/10/2001- 11/10/2006
Associate Professor (Pharmacology): Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
12/10/2006 to 27-03-2010
Associate Professor ((Pharmacology): IGMC & RI, Pondicherry
29-03-2010 to till today
Involved in undergraduates and postgraduate students of following courses
(MBBS, MD, M Sc, BDS, Biotechnology, Allied health science specialties and
guided postgraduates in dissertation work )
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Clinical trials: Worked as study coordinator / sub investigator in Phase II and Phase III
multicentric RCT .
1. Efficacy and Tolerability of Dianex in Type 2 Diabetes.
2. Efficacy and Tolerability of Glucosamine- Chondroitin Sulphate –Methyl
Sulfonyl Methane in Ostearthritis of Knee in Indian Patients.
3. Efficacy and tolerability of Trandolapril versus Enalapril in mild to moderate
hypertension- A Randomized Double Blind Multicentric Comparative Clinical
Trial- A Randomized Double Blind Multicentric Comparative Clinical Trial.
4. Efficacy, safety and tolerability of FK463 versus liposomal Amphoterecin B in
Candidemia- A Randomized Double Blind Multicentric Comparative Clinical
Trial.
5. Efficacy and tolerability of Caspofungin versus Micafungin in candidemia and
invasive candidiasis- A Randomized Double Blind Multicentric Comparative
Clinical Trial.
6. Efficacy and tolerability of Oxcarbazepine CR versus Oxcarbazepine IR
preparation in simple and partial complex seizures- A Randomized Double Blind
Multicentric Comparative Clinical Trial.
7. Efficacy and tolerability of Aliskerin alone or Aliskerin with atenolol in mild
hypertension – A Phase III Double blind Randomized Dose escalation Multicentre
clinical trial.
8. Efficacy and safety of WSA (Water Soluble Azole) – Isovoconazole versus
Voriconozole in aspergillosis- A Randomized Double Blind Multicentric
Comparative Clinical Trial.
9. Efficacy and safety of Abatacept in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis- A
Randomized Double Blind Placebo control Multicentric Comparative Clinical
Trial.
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10. Efficacy and safety of Golimumab in ulcerative colitis- A Randomized Double
Blind Placebo control Multicentric Comparative Clinical Trial.
11. Efficacy and safety of doripenam in hospital acquired pneumonia – An open label
Phase II Multicentric Clinical Trial
12. Efficacy and Safety of Enoxaparin versus placebo in addition to graduated elastic
stockings in assessing overall mortality in acutely ill medical patients- A Double
blind Phase III multicentric clinical trial.
13. A randomized double blind, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy of
Apixaban in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis.
Clinical Research:1. Pattern of antimicrobial agents use in hospital deliveries: A prospective comparative
study.
2. Safety and radiosensitizing efficacy of Sanazole (AK2123) in oropharyngeal
cancers: Randomized controlled double blind clinical trial.
3. Evaluation of fixed dose combination drugs in tertiary care hospital.
4. Evaluation of efficacy and tolerability of adjuvant chemotherapeutic regimens
used in colorectal carcinoma in a tertiary care hospital – A retrospective study.
5.
Evaluation of efficacy and tolerability of adjuvant chemotherapeutic regimens
used in breast cancer in a tertiary care hospital – A retrospective study.
6. Evaluation of fixed dose combination drugs in tertiary care hospital.
Basic research:
1. Wound healing property of various extracts of Areca catechu on different animal
wound models.
2. Wound healing property of alcoholic extract of Kaempferia galanga root in
dexamethasone suppressed animal wound model.
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3. Evaluation of effect of water stored in copper vessels on experimentally induced
gastric ulcer in rats.
4. Percutaneous absorption and comparative irritability of clobetazole propionate in
presence of various zinc salts in male wistar rats.
5. Effect of betamethasone valerate biopolymer on skin inflammatory models in
albino mice and wistar rats.
6. Comparative effect of sodium fusidate,framycetin and calcium mupirocin on
experimentally induced burn wound healing.
Research Interests:1. Innovative approaches in medical education.
2. Pharmacoviogilance
Publications:
1. Sudha V, Prabhu Mukhyaprana, Shashikiran U, Adiga Sachidananda,
Sharath Rao, K Laxminarayana Bairy, Shalini Adiga and B. Jayaprakash.
Efficacy and Tolerability of Glucosamine- Chondroitin Sulphate –Methyl
Sulfonyl Methane in Ostearthritis of Knee in Indian Patients. IJPT 2004; 3: 61-65.
2. Sudha V, Bairy KL, Adiga Sachidananda, Shashikiran U, Shalini Adiga. Efficacy
and Tolerability of Dianex in Type 2 Diabetes. Mellitus patiens –A Randomized
Open Label Non Comparative study. Med J Malaysia 2005; Vol 60 (2): 204-211 1-7.
3. KL Bairy,SB Ganesh,MS Adiga &A Shalini.Impaired wound healing due to
Cyclophosphomide (CLP) alleviated by supplemental Ginkgo biloba(GB).Journal of
Natural Remedies; 2006 Vol 6/1: 31-34.
4. Shanbhag TV, Sharma Chandrakala,Adiga Sachidananda,Bairy Kurady
Laxminarayana ,Shenoy Smita, Shenoy Ganesh, Bairy KL. Wound healing activity
of alcoholic extracts of K. galanga extracts in Wistar rats. Indian J Physiol
Pharmacol 2006;50(4) : 384-390
5. Pinakini S, Sudha V, Adiga Sachidananda, Naidu MUR, Usha Rani P, Dayasagar
Rao, Bairy KL,Nair Sreekumaran,Jayaprakash B, Shashikiran U and Prabhu
Mukhyaprana .Efficacy and tolerability of Trandolapril in mild to moderate
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Hypertension- A Double Blind Comparative Multicentre Clinical Trial with
Enalapril in Indian Population.Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 2006; 50 (4): 421-426
6. Ullal SD, Shenoy KK, Pai MRSM, Chowta MN, Adiga SMN, Dinesh M, Kamath A,
Kotian MS, Pai DK. Safety and radiosensitizinf efficacy of Sanazole (AK2123) in
oropharyngeal cancers: Randomized controlled double blind clinical trial. Indian
Journal of Cancer 2006; 43(4) 151-155.
7. Shamina Azeez, Senthil Amudhan, Adiga Sachidananda Adiga, Rao Namita,
Rao Nirmala, Laxminarayana L. Udupa.Wound Healing Profile of Areca Catechu
Extracts on different wound models in Wistar Rats. Kuwait Medical Journal
2007; 39(1) : 48-52
8. Ashwin KA, Bairy KL, Sudha Vidyasagar, Muralidhar Varma, Prashanth CK,
Sachidananda A. Aspirin Resistance. India J Physiol Pharmacol 2007; 51(2): 109117.
9. Bairy KL, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian P, Sivagnanam G, Saraswathi S,
Sachidananda A, Shalini A. Bullying among trainee doctors in Southern India: A
questionnaire study. Journal of Postgraduate Med 2007; 53(2) 87-90.
10. Usha S Adiga, Sachidananda Adiga .Antioxidant Activity in old age Biomedical
Research 2008; 19(3):191-193.
11. Eesha BR, Shanbhag TV, Adiga Sachidananda Shenoy Smitha. Evaluation of fixed
dose combination drugs in tertiary care hospital. Biomedical Research 2009; 20 (3) :
106-109.
12. Usha Adiga, Sachidananda Adiga. Antioxidant activity in normal pregnancy.
Online journal of health Sciences.2009; 4
13. Chogtu Bharti, Adiga Sachidananda, Prabhu Mukhyaprana, Bairy KL. Evaluation
of efficacy and toxicity of different treatment regimens in plasmodium falciparum
malaria.JPRHC July 2009; 1(1): 134-140.
14. Adiga MNS, Alwar MC, Pai MRSM, Adiga US. Pattern of antimicrobial agents use in
hospital deliveries: A prospective comparative study. Online journal of health Sciences,
2009; 8(4) :10
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15. Adiga Sachidananda, Adiga Usha. PBL –A learning method of pharmacology in
medical school Biomedical Research 2010 (1).
16. Prashant BM, Praful BD, Swapnil JD, Kranti BT, Shriram MP, Adiga MNS,
Krishnamurthy B, Nayanabhirama U and Bairy KL. High Performance Liquid
Chromatographic Method for Determination of Clobetasol in Rat Plasma and its
Application to Skin Penetration JBABM 2010; 2(1): 01-07.
17. Adiga Sachidananda, Meena Kumari, Bairy KL, Mohan A, Vadhiraj BM,
Vidyasagar MS. The Effect of using combination chemotherapy in colorectal cancer
in India: a single institute survey. Pharmacologyonline, 2010; 1: 518-529.
18. Adiga Sachidananda, Adiga Usha. Comparative study of different modalities of
assessment in self directed learning. Pharmacologyonline, 2010; 1: 245-251
(newsletter).
19. Usha Adiga, Sachidananda Adiga, Dyslipedimia in pregnancy induced
hypertension. J Global Pharm Therapeutics; 2010; 2 (5): 69-72.
20. Sachidananda Adiga, Jennie Tan Usha Adiga. Health care cost incurred by
patients of Type 2 diabetes in a tertiary care hospital in coastal Karnataka. J Global
Pharm Therapeutics. 2010; 2(6): 8-12.
21. Sachidananda Adiga, Jennie Tan, Usha Adiga. Glycemic control and
complications of diabetes mellitus. J Global Pharm Therapeutics. 2010; 2(7): 60-63.
22. Satish Kumar MC, Sachidananda Adiga, Avin D’Souza, Purnima Sirigiri, Deepa
Ayappa, Veena Nayak, Bharti Chogtu, KL. Bairy. Effect of betamethasone valerate
biopolymer on skin inflammatory models in albino mice and wistar rats” Int J Pharm
Sci Bio. 2010; 4(2): 173-175.
23. Vasudha Devi, Reem R Abraham, Sachidananda Adiga, Ramnarayan K. Mentored
student project for inculcating research skills. Medical Education, 2010; 44(5): 496
24. KL. Bairy, Veena Nayak, Satish Kumar MC, Sachidananda Adiga, Avinash Holla,
Pawan Kumar, Rajesh CS, Chandrashekhar BR, Bharti Chogtu.Comparative effect of
Sodium fusidate, Framycetin and Calcium mupirocin on experimentally induced burn
wound healing.Int J Pharm Sci Bio 2010;1(2): 100-102
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Workshops & CME Attended:
1. National Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology organized by PGIMER
Chandigarh, 2002, Feb
2. 3rd ICMR training course on clinical pharmacology of Traditional Medicine,
organized by TNMC &BYL Nair Hospital Mumbai, 2002.
3. CME on Recent trends in Pharmacogenomics held in KMC Manipal, Sep 2002.
4. Workshop on “Clinical Trial –Design and Analysis” conducted by Community
Medicine Department, KMC Manipal, Dec 2002.
5. CME on Biotechnogy &Genetics in Medicine held in KMC Manipal, Nov 2003.
6. CME on “Laboratory Medicine: Towards more effective practices” by Melaka
Manipal Medical College, International Centre for Health Sciences in Aug 2004.
7. CME on “Path physiology of Neurodegenerative Diseases” held in NIMHANS
Bangalore on Dec 2004.
8. Workshop on Orientation to “Clinical Trials and GCP Guidelines” conducted by
KMC AcuNova in KMC Hospital Mangalore ON June 2005.
9. Workshop on E-learning held in Manipal on June 2005.
10. Workshop on Bioethics and role of human subjects in clinical trials organized by
ICMR, New Delhi on 13-08-05 in Manipal.
11. Attended workshop on “Research Methodology and Biostatistics” in Manipal on
18-19, September 2008.Awareness programme on
12. Attended workshop on “Introduction to Evidence Informed Health Care” in
Manipal on 5-12-2008.
13. Various investigator’s meetings of clinical trial held in Singapore, Malaysia,
London, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad during 2002-2008.
14. Workshop on Pharmacovigilance held on 30-31, March at JIPMER,
Pondicherry,2011
15. Awareness programme on Pharmacovigilance programme at JIPMER On Jan
2011.
16. CME on Antimicrobial Resistance held on October 26th ,2010 at MGMC & RI,
Pondicherry
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Papers presented in Conferences:
1. Drug utilization pattern of antimicrobial agents in hospital deliveries at Southern
Regional Conference of Pharmacology held at Trivandrum, India in Aug 2001.
2. Efficacy and tolerability of Dianex in Type 2 Diabetes in Southern Regional
Conference of Pharmacological Society, Mangalore, India, in Aug 2002.
3. Critical evaluation of antimicrobial agent utilization in hospital deliveries in the
35th Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society at Gwalior, India in
Nov 2002.
4. Wound healing profile of Areca catechu extracts on different wound models in
male Wistar rats at Golden APPICON 2004 NIMHANS , Bangalore, India,2004.
5. Prescription auditing of adjuvant chemotherapeutic agents in colorectal carcinoma
in Kasturba Hospital Manipal at Chennai, India –Annual conference of Indian
Pharmacological Society, 2005.
6. Attended annual conference of 38th Association of Clinical Biochemists of India,
2005 at Patna, India.
7. Attended and presented a poster on “ Changing pattern of learning method of
pharmacology in Medical school” in Annual Conference of Indian
Pharmacological Society in Chandigarh, 2007
8. Attended and presented a poster on “Comparative study of different modalities of
assessment in self directed learning process in pharmacology” in Annual
APPICON, in Mangalore, Dec 2008.
9. Attended International Conference on Emergency Relief Activities in SAARC
Countries organized by AMDA India Chapter on 13-14th, Feb 2008 in Manipal.
10. Presented a paper on Students perception on different components of problem
based learning in pharmacology in a medical school at Kaula Lumpur on April 13, 2009.
11. Glycolic control and complications of diabetes mellitus in ACBICON at Cochin
on 5-7 Nov , 2009
12. Resource person for the workshop conducted by Department of Community
Medicine , IGMC &RI, on Diabetes Mellitus for medical officers of Puducherry
in 2011.
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Guest Lecture:
1. Delivered a guest lecture on Hypertension –“How to live with it” at CPCRI
(regional) vital Karnataka on July 16, 2004.
2. Delivered a speech on Randomizing, Blinding, Drug preparation and dispensing
according ICH-GCP Guidelines in a double blind clinical trial at a Workshop
organized by ACUNOVA. KMC Manipal in Manipal October 2005.
3. Delivered guest lecture on “Role of Biomarkers in the management of breast
cancer” in MCOPS, Manipal on 23-08-2008 as a part of QIP –Program.
4. Delivered guest lecture on “Recent advances in the management of Inflammatory
Bowel Disease” in MCOPS, Manipal on 05-02-2009 as a part of QIP –Program.
5. Delivered guest lecture on “Recent advances in the Neurotransmission” in
MCOPS, Manipal on 23-06-2009 as a part of QIP –Program.
6. Delivered a guest lecture on “What an ethics committee will ask during the
submission of research protocol” in the workshop held on “Ethics in clinical
research” at Manipal University on 06-02-2010 at Manipal.
7. Delivered a guest lecture on SLOT- A novel method in teaching pharmacology
for medical undergraduates in IPS Conference- 2011, Pondicherry Chapter at
JIPMER
Trainer:
1. Resource person in training programme of International Qualifying Examination
(UK) for graduates and practicing dentists of India at Manipal since Feb 2005.
2. Resource person for USMLE tutorial Classes organized by Manipal Universal
Learning.
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