Profile

Chief Scientist (CSIR) and Professor (AcSIR)

Educational Qualifications:

1. Ph.D.* 1998 Lucknow University (worked at the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow) Bio-organic and Medicinal Chemistry

2. M.Sc. 1992 Lucknow University, Lucknow Organic, Chemistry

3. B.Sc. 1990 Lucknow University, Lucknow Chemistry, Physics, Maths

* Title of Thesis: Synthesis of Novel Heterocycles as Biodynamic Agents

Academic/Research Experience/Employment:

1. R&D Scientist Lupin Laboratories Ltd., Mandideep, Bhopal, Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds as anti-tubercular agents 23-10-1998 to 04-05-1999

2. Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA (with Dr. Ettore Appella), Design and synthesis of NCp7 inhibitors as anti-HIV agents 01-05-1999 to 31-10-2001

3. Scientist C, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Design and synthesis of new medicinal compounds and their bioactivities (Diabetes area), 05-11-2001 to 04-11-2005

4. Scientist E-I, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, Design and synthesis of new medicinal compounds and their bioactivities (Diabetes), 05-11-2005 to 04-11-2009

5. Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow (Under Experienced Researcher category) University of Wuerzburg, Germany (with Prof. Gerhard Bringmann) 01-07-2008 (Deputation) 31-03-2009

6. Principal Scientist (E-II), Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 05-11-2009 to 04-11-2014, Design and synthesis of nature-inspired new compounds and their bioactivities (Bone Health: Osteoporosis, Fracture Healing)

7. Senior Principal Scientist (F), Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 05-11-2014 to 2019, Design and synthesis of nature-inspired new compounds and their bioactivities (Bone Health: Osteoporosis, Fracture Healing; Obesity: 5-HT2c Ago PAM)

8. CSIR Raman Research Fellow Cardiff University, Wales, UK with Prof. Thomas Wirth 25-03-2015 (Deputation) 24-07-2015

9. Chief Scientist (G), Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 05-11-2019 to till date, Design and synthesis of fluorescent dyes/probes for biomedical research and diagnostics