Education
1993MS*Computer ScienceUniv. Alabama at Birmingham (USA)
1990Ph.D.Applied Theoretical ChemistryUniv. of Hyderabad, India
1984M.Sc.Organic ChemistryVisva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
UGC Net cleared in 1984
1982B.Sc.Chemistry, Maths, PhysicsAndhra University, Waltair, India
*Non-degree
Area of Expertise
1.Computer Aided Modeling of Drug Molecules: Electronic structure prediction, molecular electro static surface prediction, predicting the complementarity between drugs and receptors; Substrates and Enzymes, etc.
2.Computer Aided Design of New Leads: Using 2D QSAR, 3D QSAR, pharmacophore mapping, Molecular docking, virtual screening
3.Computer Aided Lead Optimization: Using molecular field analysis, de novo design, Induced fit analysis, molecular dynamic simulations
4.Computer Aided Prediction of Toxicology: Using toxicological descriptors, QSTR, toxicophore mapping
5.Computer Aided Design of Nanoparticles: Especially the design of dendrimeric drug delivery systems.
6.Computer Aided Analysis of Drug Disposition: In terms of oxidation using CYPs, Molecular docking in the active site of CYPs.
Experience
2006-to dateProfessor, NIPER
2001-2006Associate Professor, NIPER
2000-2001Reader, G.N.D. University, Amritsar
1993-2000Lecturer, G.N.D. University, Amritsar