Research

Research Area:

Medicinal Chemistry: Design and synthesis of New Chemical Entities for

various therapeutic areas -

• Design and synthesis of Anti-osteoporosis,
• Anticancer agents
• Anti-tuberculosis agents
• Chemical approach to Stem cell and Regenerative Medicine

Green Chemistry: Development of green chemistry for Pharmaceutical

applications :Green Synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and intermediates

· Area Coordinator: Cancer and Related areas CSIR-CDRI

. Area Coordinator : AMR

· Nodal Scientist: Medicinal Chemistry for Stem cell and Regenerative medicine (CSIR-NWP)

· CEFIPRA (Indo- French) project Co –investigator

Administrative and Teaching

. Chairperson / Head DMPC

• Dean, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER, Rae Bareli)
• Course Coordinator: Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemistry - Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) AcSIR New Delhi

1. Area of Specialization: Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Design and Green Chemistry,

Major Achievements in area of Specialization:

• Our Anti-osteoporosis Compound CDRI-99/373 (CENTHANK) is an currently in Phase–I Clinical Trials. CSIR – Fast Track Translational (FTT project) from CDRI
• Our Anti-cancer Compound CDRI-S-007-1235 is currently in Pre-clinical stage
• CDRI-S-013-1593 is First in class H3R antagonist with in-vivo efficacy comparable to approved Drug Lorcaserine.