Profile

Research Experience

9th Oct 2022-16th Oct 2022: Visiting Professor, Hiroshima Univ, Japan

1st March 2020-1st June 2020: JSPS-Bridge Invited Professor at Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

26th Sept., 2011-25th July, 2012: JSPS Invitation Fellowship at IMS, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan

2007 (for three months): Indian National Science Academy, India - DFG, Germany Programme with Prof. Matthias U. Kassack, at Heinerich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany

22.02.2021-todate: Chief Scientist at Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

21.02.2015-21.02.2021: Senior Principal Scientist & Professor at Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

22.02.2010-21.02.2015: Principal Scientist & Associate Professor

22.02.2006-21.02.2010: Senior Scientist & Assistant Professor

22.02.2002-21.02.2006: Scientist, Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

2001 (August)-2002 (Jan.):  Research Associate, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore

2000 (Jan)-2001 (June): NSERC Fellow, with Prof. Howard Alper, Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa and Dr. Prabhat Arya, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada

1999 (August)-1999 (Oct.): Visiting Fellow, National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan, with Prof. Tse Lok Ho, Taiwan

1993 (August)-1999 (May):  Doctoral Research, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; India with Prof. Goverdhan Mehta 

M. Sc. (Chemical Sciences 1993): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India

B. Sc. (Chemistry Hons 1990): Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur (Calcutta University), India

Teaching, Coordinating and Administrative Experience 

Teaching for the course work under Chemical Science for the candidates working at CDRI, Lucknow and registered for Ph.D. either in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi or Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi as part of the Ph.D. program.

Courses being taught: a) Conformational Analysis b) Reactive Intermediates c) Chemistry and Biology of Heterocycles d) Selected reagents for organic synthesis e) Methods for stereoselective synthesis f) Selected name reactions g) structure based drug design h) Introduction and Advances in Chemical Biology i) Green and Sustainable Chemistry j) Natural products and drug discovery

Teaching on “Logic in Organic Synthesis-I (MC-520, 3 credits) in Semester-I and “Logic in Organic Synthesis-II (MC-620, 3 credits) in Semester-II at NIPER, Raebareli from 2010 to 2014

Course Coordinator from 2002 to 2009 for candidates registered for Ph.D. in JNU

Coordinator of Tuberculosis and Microbial Infection in CDRI from 2009-2020

Coordinator of Online CSIR-CDRI and Hiroshima University Workshop in 2021

Nodal Scientist of all chemists of CDRI for R & D projects under 'Chemical Theme' to CSIR