Sharifa Sultana

Professional Overview

Over 15 years of extensive academic, administrative, and research experience in higher education, pharmaceutical technology, and health sciences. Background features long-standing academic leadership at Daffodil International University alongside international visiting faculty and exchange roles in India, the Philippines, and Poland. Specialized in dosage form design and evaluation, nanotechnology, structural elucidation of drug candidates from natural sources, pharmacological evaluations, and forced degradation kinetics. Holds key leadership and institutional positions including Department Head, Deputy Proctor, and Chairperson for sexual harassment prevention committees, with an active research portfolio comprising over 30 peer-reviewed articles, international conference proceedings, and patents.

Current Experience

Visiting Professor | Assam down town University (AdtU), India (April 2024 – Present)

Professor | Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (July 2025 – Present)

Head | Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (January 2025 – Present)

Chairperson & Deputy Proctor (Female) | Complaint Committee to Prevent Sexual Harassments, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (March 2022 – Present)

Previous Experience

Associate Head | Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (March 2022 – December 2024)

Associate Professor | Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (March 2021 – June 2025)

Visiting Faculty | San Pedro College, Philippines (October 2020 – November 2020)

Assistant Professor | Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (2017 – March 2021)

Senior Lecturer | Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (2014 – 2017)

Lecturer | Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (2011 – 2014)

Nanotechnology, Structural Elucidation of Drug Candidates from Natural Sources,
Pharmacological Evaluations using Animal Models, Compound isolation, separation, identification. Histopathological
Investigation, in vitro Microbial Cultures and Techniques

• Patent Grant – Received Patent Grant from Daffodil International University (2024–2025).

• Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Grant – Awarded the ACU Gender Grant, UK (2023–2024).

• Erasmus+ Staff Exchange Fellowship – Selected for the Erasmus+ Staff Exchange Program / Fellowship at Powiślański University, Poland (May 2022).

• R&D Project Funding – Awarded Research & Development Project Grant by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh (2022).