• Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi (28 Feb 2025 to date)
• Research Fellow at Chiba University, Japan (Apr 2024 to  Feb 2025)
• Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan (2020-2024)
• Assistant Manager, Cipla R&D Centre, Mumbai, India (Jun 2018 to Oct 2019)

Molecular Pharmaceutics, Formulation and drug delivery

1. Recipient of postdoctoral presentation award at 49th Pharmaceutical Technology and Drug discovery seminar, The Academy of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Japan.
2. Recipient of Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarship (Embassy Recommended) for doctoral studies.
3. Recipient of “IDMA J.B.Mody Best Student Award” for the academic year 2016.

1. Umino. M.; Kundu, S.; Higashi, K.; Fujimoto, T.; Sugawara, H,; Ueda, K.; Mitsumoto, D.; Masu, H.; Moribe, K. “Structural Analysis of Anhydrate Salt Cocrystal of Ibuprofen and Loxoprofen Sodium with Fructose by Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction and Solid-State NMR", Cryst. Growth Des., 2025, 25, 4769–4782.
2. Pandey, N.; Tiwari, A.; Kundu, S.;Mondal, K.S.; Michalchuk, L.A.; Kumari, N.; Roy, Parag.; Higashi, K.; Jain, A.; Ghosh, A. “Elucidating theMechanistic Shortcomings of Acetazolamide Cocrystals in Harnessing the Anticipated Solubility and Permeability Advantages", Cryst. Growth Des. 2025, 25, 3425-3440.
3. Kundu, S.; Higashi, K.; Takamizawa, M.; Ueda, K.; Limwikrant, W.; Yamamoto, K.; Moribe, K. “Controlled Sublimation Rate of Guest Drug from Polymorphic Forms of a Cyclodextrin-Based Polypseudorotaxane Complex and Its Correlation with Molecular Dynamics as Probed by Solid-State NMR", Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2024, 21, 1504-1514.
4.  Kundu, S.; Higashi, K.; Takamizawa, M.; Ueda, K.; Moribe, K. “Vapor-Phase-Mediated Encapsulation of Guest Drug Molecules in the Hexagonal Columnar Form Structure of Polyethylene Glycol/gamma-Cyclodextrin Polypseudorotaxane”, Cryst. Growth Des. 2023, 23, 6119–6129.
5.  Ranjan, S.; Devarapalli, R.; Kundu, S.; Saha, S.; Deolka, S.; Vangala V. R.; Reddy, C. M. “Isomorphism:‘molecular similarity to crystal structure similarity’ in multicomponent forms of analgesic drugs tolfenamic and mefenamic acid”, IUCrJ, 2020, 7, 01–11.
6. Kundu, S.; Kumari, N.; Soni, S. R.; Ranjan, S.; Kumar, R.; Sharon, A.; Ghosh, A. “Enhanced Solubility of Telmisartan Phthalic Acid Cocrystals within the pH Range of a Systemic Absorption Site”, ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 15380-15388.
7. Ranjan, S.; Devarapalli, R.; Kundu, S.; Vangala, V. R.; Ghosh, A.; Reddy, C. M. “Three new hydrochlorothiazide cocrystals: Structural analyses and solubility studies”, J. Mol. Struct., 2017, 1133, 405-410.