Prakash Katakam is a pharmaceutical scientist working as professor and principal at Indira College of Pharmacy, Nanded, India. He has more than 27 years of professional experience as a teacher and researcher. He published over 150 research articles in indexed journals and guided 14 PhD students. His research areas are 3D printing for personalized drug delivery, pulmonary delivery of vaccines, micro/ nanoparticles, phytoformulations and drug discovery. He is the founder of a research laboratory on 3D printing, RxPrints Lab, 3DFying Inc., Hyderabad, India and Awarded for his invention, "Indigenous 3D Printer Customized Medicine and Pharmaceutics of the Year 2023", by IIT Bombay, India. His major research focus is on identifying applications of various polymers for 3D printing for patient- specific dosage forms. He has been co- principal investigator for a sponsored research project of National Tea Research Foundation, India. Recently he contributed a publication on "Navigating the Challenges of 3D Pri
