Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology, 

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Recent News

New Papers

Master's thesis work published as a collaborative work with IIT Bhubaneswar in Journal of Molecular Liquids, Feb 2024 Link and International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Apr 2024 LinkPerspective article on 'Research Methodology published in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, Feb 2024 Link

Congratulations Sheetal

For best oral presentation in the International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology - ICANN, Dec 2023. Twitter Link 

Congratulations Rajan, Shweta, and Jyoti

For publishing your work in the Journal of Chemical Education, Nov 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00605 

Investigator-Initiated Research Proposal from ICMR, Govt. of India

Approved for 2023-2026.  Aug 2023

Book: Lantibiotics as Alternative Therapeutics in now online

Elsevier-Academic Press.  https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99141-4.00013-8 Feb 2023

Welcome Sonia as JDP scholar!

Sonia joined as Joint Degree Program Scholar between IIT Guwahati and IIT-BHU for PhD, Aug 2023. 

Welcome Amit as TWAS-DBT fellow!

Amit joined as international student (Nepal citizen) with prestigious TWAS-DBT fellowship for PhD, Aug 2023. https://twas.org/opportunity/twas-dbt-postgraduate-fellowship-programme 

Congratulations Rajan

For publishing your work in Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Aug 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04469 

Invited Lecture

Quantum mechanics for Quantitative Description of Fundamental Processes, International Society for Computational Biology - Student Council Dated 05th Aug 2023.https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7089204487470391296/ 

Invited Lecture

Quantum Information and Quantum Technology 2023, IISER Kolkata, Dated 07th Jun 2023.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bixZpkr_fk 

Invited Lecture

Research and Industrial Conclave-2023, IIT Guwahati, Dated 15th May 2023.

Scheduled Lecture

FDP, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Warangal. Dated 9th May 2023.

Two papers accepted in one week!!

One in  Journal of Biological Chemistry and another in Computers in Biology and Medicine May 2023.

Book: Lantibiotics as Alternative Therapeutics in now online

Elsevier-Academic Press.  https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99141-4.00013-8 Feb 2023

Start-up Research Grant from SERB, DST, Govt. of India

Sanction funding of ₹ 30 lakhs for 2022-2024.  Nov 2022



Dr. Rajiv K. Kar

Assistant Professor, JBM School of Health Sciences and Technology, IIT Guwahati.

Associate Faculty, Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati.

Member, Royal Society of Biology (MRSB), London, UK.




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Room 305, J-Block (Above School of Energy)

Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology (JBMSHST)

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati - 781039

Assam, India

Tel: +91-361-258 3676 (O)

Email: rajivkar@iitg.ac.in and rajivkarpharma@gmail.com

News Archive

Second cover page this year!

Drug Discovery Today.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2022.103374 Nov 2022

First paper from Lab got accepted!

Paper accepted in Drug Discovery Today  Sep 2022

Joined Plos One Editorial Board

 Jul 2022

Invited Lecture

AICTE Sponsored, Short-Term Training Program - NER, Guwahati. Dated 24th Jun 2022.

It's on the cover page now!

WIREs Computational Molecular Science https://doi.org/10.1002/wcms.1613 Mar 2022

New information added to Flavin knowledge-base @ACSComp

Our new work in J. Phys. Chem B  Nov 2021. 

First research article as a corresponding author accepted!

Paper accepted in ACS Central Science  Sep 2021

Three American Chemical Society (ACS) papers in a row

Two first author papers in  Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ACS Chemical Neuroscience and one co-author paper in ACS Omega Jul 2021.

Insights on retinal isomerization

Featuring different isomerization mechanisms of retinal in WIREs Computational Molecular Science Jul 2021.

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