Best University in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India – Indrashil University

Best University in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India – Indrashil University
POST GRADUATION - M. Sc. CHEMISTRY (ORAGANIC & ANALYTICAL)
The department of Chemistry offers Graduate Program in Chemistry. It offers 2 year M. Sc. program with focus on research in a wide range of interest from traditional physical, inorganic, organic, organometallic chemistry to new frontiers of chemical biology, material research and nano science. It has highly qualified faculty which aims to cultivate both strong academic relations and successful connection between course and research programmes.
The key academic and research areas are:
Drugs and Fine Chemicals
Specialty Chemicals
Green Chemistry
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SALIENT FEATURES OF GRADUATE PROGRAM:
Credited internship program in industries/ CSIR laboratories/ at university campus.
Flexible academic structure.
Experimental learning
Soft Skill training for enhancing placement opportunities.
Student involvement in societal activities.
Soft skill training for better placement opportunitiesEncouragement for research..
Student centric education.
CAREER
There are many job opportunities available in the public and private sector for candidates who have completed their Master's in Chemistry.
Central Government Jobs after M. Sc. Chemestry (Organic & Analytical)
There are ample research institutes in our country that require professionals in the field of chemistry. The ISRO, DRDO, Bhabha Atomic research Centre (BARC), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer etc. employ students from M. Sc. Chemistry (Organic & Analytical) very frequently via national level entrances with lucrative salaries.
On top of this, the UPSC, CSIR – UGC, SSC etc. conduct entrance exams for the recruitment of qualified candidates into the various departments of the government as Scientists.
In addition to this candidate with M. Sc. Chemistry (Organic & Analytical) can also appear in the Civil Service exams and state PCS where a sound background in chemistry provides an edge.
It is also possible for them to join petroleum companies such as the Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil Corporation, ONGC, and NTPC etc. which regularly conduct recruitment exams for officers. Sound knowledge of chemistry is necessary.
Jobs in private sector
A candidate with a Master's degree in Chemistry can get jobs with chemical industries, pharmaceutical industries such as Ranbaxy, Cipla, Glaxo etc. as quality controllers and other related profiles. They may also have opportunity in Food technology industry and Packaging industry.
Research Options
Candidates after M. Sc. are eligible for M. Tech from IITs in anyone of the fields
Nano Technology
Chemical Synthesis and Process Development
Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
Polymer Science & Technology and Textile Engineering
Modern method of Chemical Analysis
Material Science and Metallurgy
Fibre Science
Rubber Technology
Advanced Chemical Analysis
Material Sciences
INTAKE
M. Sc. Chemistry (Organic & Analytical): 150 seats
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FACULTIES
We have highly qualified PhD faculties from IIT, IISc, IISER, NCL, IICT etc.
Dr. Keshri Nath Tiwari
Professor
Head, Chemistry
Dr. Nidhi Gour
Assistant Professor
Dr. Poulomi Sengupta
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sujoy Bandyopadhyay
Assistant Professor
Dr. Shally Rana
Assistant Professor
Dr. Manas Pal
Assistant Professor
LABORATORIES
The department has well equipped laboratories with all the necessary equipments/ instruments/ infrastructure required to perform experiments in Analytical, Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry for teaching and conducting research in advanced areas of Chemistry.
Dr. Keshri Nath Tiwari
Name:
Dr. Keshri Nath Tiwari
Designation:
Professor & Head
Department:
Chemistry
Areas of Specialization:
Synthetic Organic
Chemistry/Medicinal Chemistry
Email:
keshri.tiwari@indrashiluniversity.edu.in
PROFILE
Dr. Keshri Nath Tiwari is working as a Professor & Head, Department
of Chemistry, School of Science at Indrashil University, Rajpur,
Mehsana, Gujarat. Prior to this, he has served as Associate
Professor & Head, School of Allied Health Sciences, Sanjay Ghodawat
University Kolhapur, Maharashtra and an Associate Professor & Head,
Faculty of Life, Health & Allied Health Sciences, ITM Vocational
University, Vadodara, Gujrat. He has also worked as a faculty member
in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of
Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Raebareli
(2008-2020). He finished his postdoctoral research studies from
ENSCP, Paris, France (CNRS Laboratory) in the area of
bioorganometallic chemistry with an international research grant by
Association for Cancer Research (L’ARC), Paris (2009-2012), France.
He has also experience of working as a Research Associate in a
pharmaceutical company TCG Lifesciences Ltd., Pune. He completed his
PhD from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune under the
supervision of Prof. Ganesh Pandey in the area of synthetic organic
chemistry (2008). He completed his B.Sc. (1998) and M. Sc. (2000) in
Chemistry from DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP. He has more
than 15 years of teaching and research experience in the area of
organic and medicinal chemistry.
RESEARCH
Our current research is focused on development of synthetic
methodologies for bioactive scaffolds.
Over the past few years, our group has been actively engaged in
synthetic exploration of oxindole based molecules for their
pharmaceutical applications in aqueous media or eco-friendly
conditions.
Our research group is also actively involved in development of
organosulfur compounds utilizing enaminone-based alkynyl sulfides
for screening as antibacterial and antimicrobial agents.
We are also actively engaged in development of quinazolinone class
of molecules using molecular rearrangement of indazolone
derivatives.
Completed Project: 1
Title:
Design and Synthesis of New 14‐ membered Macrolides as
Antimalarial Agents
Amount:
4.5 Lakh
Role:
Principal Investigator (PI)
Agency:
OSDD, CSIR, New Delhi
Duration:
1 Year (2013-2014)
Sanctioned Project: 1
Title:
Synthetic Exploration of Enaminone-based Alkynyl
Sulfides for Organosulfur Compounds and their Anti-bacterial
Evaluation
Amount:
26.17 Lakh
Role:
Principal Investigator (PI)
Agency:
DST-SERB SURE, New Delhi
Duration:
3 Year (2023-2026)
Received Innovators Certificate for 32 Novel Compounds by CAS
Division of American Chemical Society.
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Molecular Rearrangement of 2-Substituted Indazolones: Unorthodox
Access to 2- Carboxylate-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4-(1H)-one Scaffold
Chandran R., Abha Sharma,* K. N. Tiwari* Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022,
11, e202200396.
Aqueous NH3 Mediated Syntheses of 2-Styrylquinoline-4-carboxamides
by Domino Ring Opening Cyclization Strategy Chandran R, Ashwini
Pise, Suraj Kumar Shah, Rahul D, Anirudh Baluni, and K. N. Tiwari*
Synth. Commun. 2021, 51, 245-255.
Copper-Catalyzed Thiolation of Terminal Alkynes Employing
Thiocyanate as Sulfur Source Leading to Enaminone Based Alkynyl
Sulfides Under Ambient Conditions Chandran R., Ashwini Pise, Suraj
Kumar Shah, Rahul D, Suman V, and K. N. Tiwari* Org. Lett. 2020,
22, 6557-6561.
Krapcho Dealkoxycarbonylation Strategy of Ethyl cyanoacetate for
Syntheses of 3- Hydroxy-3-cyanomethyl-2-oxindoles and
3,3’-Dicyanomethyl-2-oxindoles in a Reaction with Isatin Chandran
R and K. N. Tiwari* Synthesis 2020, 52 (15), 2233-2240.
Approaches towards 3-Substituted-3-hydroxyoxindole and
Spirooxindole-Pyran Derivatives in a Reaction of Isatin with
Acetylacetone in Aqueous Media Chandran R, S. M. Prabhakaran,
Vaneet Kumar, Snehal Rajendra Thakar and K. N. Tiwari*
ChemistrySELECT 2019, 43, 12757-12761.
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vFYJcOEAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5079-9453
TEACHING
Chemistry of Natural Products (CH5 107)
Medicinal Chemistry (CH5 108)
Dr Vijai Singh
Name:
Dr Vijai Singh
Designation:
Associate Professor & HoD
Department:
Biosciences
Areas of Specialization:
Synthetic Biology, Genome editing, Metabolic
engineering, fermentation
Email:
vijai.singh@indrashiluniversity.edu.in
PROFILE
Dr. Vijai Singh is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Biosciences, School of
Science at Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, Gujarat, India. He was an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at Institute of Advanced Research,
Gandhinagar, India and also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the
Invertis University, Bareilly, India. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the
Synthetic Biology Group at the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Paris, France and
School of Energy & Chemical Engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and
Technology, Ulsan, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology (2009) from the National
Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India. During his
PhD, he has cloned, expressed and characterized hemolysin from Aeromonas hydrophila in
Escherichia coli. He has extensive experience in Synthetic Biology including MAGE, small
regulatory RNAs, pathway designing, CRISPR-Cas systems, and microfluidics. His research
interests are focused on design of a novel biosynthetic pathways for production of medically and
industrially important value added products. Additionally, his laboratory is working on
CRISPR-Cas9 tools for genome editing and gene regulation. His lab has developed CRISPR based
diagnostic tool for rapid detection of bacterial infections. He has 10+ years of research and
teaching experience in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, microbiology, molecular biology
and industrial microbiology. He has published more than 87 research articles, 63 chapters, 14
books (in Elsevier & Springer), and 3 patents. He serves as an associate editor, editorial board
member and reviewer of a number of peer-reviewed journals. He is also a member of the Board of
Study and Academic Council of Indrashil University and is the Member Secretary of Institutional
Biosafety Committee (IBSC) in the same University.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Our research work focuses on expanding the synthetic biology toolbox, CRISPR-Cas9 platform
for genome editing and novel biosynthetic pathways for chemicals, biofuels and biomaterials.
We seek to apply these advances to address global challenges in drugs, energy supply and the
environment. The recent advances in synthetic biology have led to the development of a
number of synthetic parts, devices and systems for a wide range of applications in disease
diagnostics, disease treatment, and production of biomaterials, biofuels and fine chemicals.
Synthetic biology toolbox plays a key role for exchanging of parts for production,
optimization and tuning of chemicals and biofuels. We have a limited number of well
characterized genetic parts and a need arises to design and standardize a library of genetic
parts such as promoters, ribosome binding sites, transcription factors, protein degradation
tags, transcription terminators, and small RNAs-to name a few. Ideally, these parts should
be easily exchangeable and used for designing of combinatorial and tuneable pathways. We are
developing a genome engineering platform (CRISPR-Cas9 and CRISPRi) for rapid editing of
genome towards the development of a fast, robust and high chemicals, fuels and materials
producing strains for industrial applications.
Completed project:1
Title:
Development of rapid, effective and ultrasensitive CRISPR based
diagnostic tool for detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Amount:
Rs. 27.87 Lacs
Role:
Principal Investigator
Agency:
Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Department of Science &
Technology, Government of Gujarat, India
Duration:
3 years (1st Dec 2019-31st March 2023) Project No. 5LY45F
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Maurya R., Gohil N., Nixon S., Kumar N., Noronha SB., Dhali D., Trabelsi H., Alzahrani
KJ., Reshamwala SMS., Awasthi MK., Ramakrishna S.,
Singh V (2023)
. Rewiring of
metabolic
pathways in yeasts for sustainable production of biofuels. Bioresource Technology, 372:
128668 (Impact Factor: 11.889).
Khambhati K., Bhattacharjee G., Gohil N., Dhanoa G., Sagona AP., Mani I., Bui NL., Chu
D-T., Karapurkar JK., Jang SW., Chung HY., Maurya R., Alzahrani KJ., Ramakrishna S.,
Singh
V* (2023)
. Phage engineering and phage-assisted CRISPR-Cas delivery to combat
multidrug-resistant pathogens. Bioengineering and Translational Medicine 8(2): e10381
(Impact Factor: 10.684).
Bhattacharjee G., Gohil J., Gohil N., Chaudhari H., Gangapuram B., Khambhati K., Maurya
R., Alzahrani KJ., Ramakrishna S.,
Singh V (2022)
. Biosynthesis and characterization
of
Serratia marcescens derived silver nanoparticles: Investigating its antibacterial,
anti-biofilm potency and molecular docking analysis with biofilm-associated proteins.
Journal of Molecular Liquids 365: 120094. (Impact Factor: 6.633).
Gohil N., Bhattacharjee G., Gayke M., Narode H., Alzahrani KJ.,
Singh V
. (2022).
Enhanced production of violacein by Chromobacterium violaceum using agro-industrial waste
soybean meal. Journal of Applied Microbiology 132(2):1121-1133. (Impact Factor: 4.059). (7
citations).
5. Gohil N., Bhattacharjee G., Kalariya R., Pandya V., Khambhati K., Gohil J., Alzahrani
KJ., Show PL., Maurya R.,
Singh V (2021)
. Biovalorization of agro-industrial waste soybean
meal for production of prodigiosin by Serratia marcescens. Biomass Conversion and
Biorefinery doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-02102-8. Impact Factor: 4.05.
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=YBwfbEQAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57222608334
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6394-4370
TEACHING
Metabolic Engineering (BIO MB 802)
Molecular Biology (BIO 408)
Molecular Biology (BIO 3 103)
Basic Life Science II (CHE 1 103)
Dr Harengiri Gosai
Name:
Dr Harengiri Gosai
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Biosciences
Areas of Specialization:
Environmental and Industrial microbial
technology
Email:
dh.haren@gmail.com
PROFILE
Dr Harengiri is working as an Asistant Professor at Department of Biosciences, School of Science
from 2018. He did his MSc in Biotechnology from Nirma University and PhD in microbiology from
Department of Life Sciences, M K Bhavnagar University. He was working as a Research Fellow in
network project sponsored by Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, New Delhi. His
current and past research focused on development of bioremediation strategies for organic
pollutants present on coastline of Gujarat using conventional and advanced biotechnology tools
i.e. rarely used “blue biotechnology”. The research has produced many scientific publications in
reputed journals with high impact factors such as Science of the total environment (IF-10.75),
Environmental pollution (IF-9.98), Current pollution reports (IF- 8.09), Ecological indicators
(IF-6.26), International journal of biological macromolecules (IF-8.02) etc. Dr Gosai is also
interested to develop technology for large scale production of industrially important chemicals
by bioprospecting of marine microorganisms using advanced biotechnology tools. It will be
helpful to gain interest of entrepreneurs who want to build start-ups. Thus, his main research
objective for next 5 years will be establishment of microbial technology for sustainable
development.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Development of in situ and ex situ bioremediation technologies for organic pollutants
Abatement of agricultural waste by converting them into value added products for various
applications
Bioprospecting of marine microorganisms focusing for novel source of biomolecules for
diverse field applications
Research grants
Project Title:
Bioremediation of PAHs in soil mesocosms through adaptive
laboratory evolution of defined bacterial consortia isolated from Gujarat coastline
Amount:
Rs. 36,80,356/-
Funding Agency:
Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, Gandhinagar
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Gosai H.B.
, Haresh Z Panseriya, Payal G Patel, Ajay C Patel, Alka Shankar, Sunita
Varjani, Bharti P Dave, 2022. Exploring bacterial communities through metagenomics during
bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated sediments. Science of
the Total Environment, 842 pp. 15679. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156794 (
IF=10.753
)
Patel A, Patel P, Shukla A, Wong J, Varjani S,
Gosai H
, 2023. Sustainable
Bioconversion
of Industrial Wastes into Bacterial Cellulose for Diverse Applications: A Way Towards
Pollution Control and Abatement. Current Pollution Reports.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-023-00257-8. (
IF- 8.097
)
Gosai, H.B.
, Sachaniya, B.K., Panseriya, H.Z. and Dave, B.P., 2018. Functional and
phylogenetic diversity assessment of microbial communities at Gulf of Kachchh, India: An
ecological footprint. Ecological Indicators 93, 65-75. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.072
(
IF-6.263
)
Gosai, H.B.
, Sachaniya, B.K., Dudhagara, D.R., Rajpara, R.K. and Dave, B.P., 2018.
Concentrations, input prediction and probabilistic biological risk assessment of polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) along Gujarat coastline. Environmental geochemistry and health,
pp.1-13. (
IF- 4.898
)
Dudhagara, D.R., Rajpara, R.K., Bhatt, J.K.,
Gosai, H.B.
, Sachaniya, B.K. and Dave, B.P.,
2016. Distribution, sources and ecological risk assessment of PAHs in historically
contaminated surface sediments at Bhavnagar coast, Gujarat, India. Environmental Pollution,
213, pp.338-346. (
IF-9.988
)
Google Scholar:
scholar.google.com/citations?user=CRKaUCgAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus:
56394453600
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1066-7146
TEACHING
Post graduate
Microbiology (diversity and systematics)
Industrial microbiology
Environmental microbiology
Genetic engineering
Microbial genetics
Enzymology laboratory
Microbial diversity and systematics laboratory
Under graduate
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Bioinformatics laboratory
Dr. Ritu B Patel
Name:
Dr. Ritu B Patel
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Bioscience
Areas of Specialization:
Molecular gene cloning, expression and
purification of proteins, biophysical and structural analysis of proteins, animal cell and
tissue, Host-microbe interaction.
Email:
ritu.choudhary@ indrashiluniversity.edu.in
PROFILE
Dr. Ritu B Patel earned her Master degree (M.Sc.) in Biotechnology from the Department of
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra and Doctoral degree from National Dairy Research Institute
(ICAR-NDRI), Karnal, Haryana in Animal Biotechnology. After her Ph.D, she gained experience as
Assistant professor at Department of Biotechnology in Sharda University, Greater Noida, U.P.
During her academics, she qualified CSIR-UGC-JRF in Life Sciences (2011) and ICAR-NET (2013 &
2014) in Agricultural Biotechnology and received Young Investigator Award in 3rd Biennial Pai
conference and International symposium on Stress, Microbiome and Probiotics (2016). She received
best paper presentation award at International Conference on Advances in Medical and Industrial
Biotechnology (ICAMIB 2019) held at Chennai, India and 3rd prize in e-poster presentation in
2021. She got Ist prize in flash talk E-symposium on recent trend in biology organized by
Charusat University, Changa, Gujarat 2021 and Ist prize in oral presentation competition at
Gujarat Vigyan Sammelan 2022 (GVS 2022) and qualified ICAR-NET in Animal Biotechnology (2022).
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Host-pathogen and host-probiotics interaction studies, Molecular gene cloning, expression
and purification of proteins (probiotics, plants and mammals), biophysical and structural
analysis of proteins, animal cell and tissue culture (Immunostaining), pathogen exclusion
assays Previously, I have done cloning, expression and purification of surface layer
proteins (Slps) of three different species of probiotic lactic acid bacteria along with
functional and physicochemical analysis of these rec. proteins. The study revealed the
possible role of Slps in mediating binding of probiotics with host tissues and that they
could be used to compete and exclude the binding of pathogens, so these proteins may find
application in the prophylaxis of mucosal infections.
Role of these proteins in adhesion and pathogen exclusion from human intestinal cells and
tissue were determined using Caco-2, HT-29 cell lines (human intestinal cell lines) and
human intestinal tissue. Binding potentials of these proteins to intestinal cell lines were
observed by immunofluorescence and pathogen exclusion ability was analyzed by pour plating
method. Biophysical analysis of Surface layer proteins was done i.e., Thermal denaturation
by UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Secondary structure determination by Circular Dichroism, pH
stability by fluorescence spectrophotometer. Immunomodulatory roles of Slps were determined
by analyzing up and down regulation of inflammatory cytokines (Real-time PCR).
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Ritu B Patel Kumar
, Siddharth Singh, Sonu Bisht, Sudarshan Kumar, Ashok Kumar Mohanty
and
Jai Kumar Kaushik. 2023. Host-microbe interaction and pathogen exclusion mediated by an
aggregation prone surface layer protein of Lactobacillus helveticus. International Journal
of Biological (Accepted) (
IF-8.02
)
Ritu B Patel
and Bhaumik B Patel 2022. An Analysis of the COVID-19 Situation in India
in
Terms of Testing, Treatment, Vaccine Acceptance and National Economic Performance.
International Journal of Public Health, 67, 1604975-1604975. (
IF – 5.1
)
P R Chandhni, Diwas Pradhan, Kandukuri Sowmya, Sunny Gupta, Saurabh Kadyan,
Ritu
Choudhary
,
Gulati Ganga, Rashmi Hogarehalli Mallappa, Jai K Kaushik and Sunita Grover. 2021.
Ameliorative Effect of Surface Proteins of Probiotic Lactobacilli in Colitis Mouse Models.
Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:679773. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.679773 (
IF – 6.06
)
Sonu Bisht, Kumar Siddarth Singh,
Ritu Choudhary
, Sudarshan Kumar, Ashok Kumar
Mohanty and
Jai Kumar Kaushik. 2018. Expression of fibronectin-binding protein of L. acidophilus NCFM
and in vitro refolding to adhesion capable native-like protein from inclusion bodies.
Protein expression and Purification. 145:07-13 (
IF – 2.02
)
Kumar Siddarth Singh,
Ritu Choudhary
, Sonu Bisht, Sudarshan Kumar, Ashok Kumar Mohanty and
Jai Kumar Kaushik. 2017. Expression of recombinant truncated domains of mucus-binding (Mub)
protein of Lactobacillus plantarum in soluble and biologically active form. Protein
expression and purification. 135:54-60 (
IF – 2.02
)
Projects
Preparation of florescent bricks - sponsored by Atal Incubation Centre (2 lakhs)
Group – Ms. Shipra Pandey and other M. Sc student
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=orvPIOwAAAAJ&hl=en
TEACHING
Cell Biology [BIO-401] [BIO 2 104]
Enzymology [BIO-405] BIO 2 201]
Genetic Engineering [BIO 403]
Recombinant DNA Technology [BIO 3 205]
Analytical Tools and Techniques [BIO-406]
Cell Biology and Enzymology Lab [BIO 1 105]
Dr. Sanjay Karn
Name:
Dr. Sanjay Karn
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Biosciences
Areas of Specialization:
Animal Physiology, Disease related to metabolic
disorder, Toxicology, Nutraceuticals and phytochemicals.
Email:
sanjay.karn@indrashiluniversity.edu.in
PROFILE
Dr. Sanjay Karn completed his Ph.D in Zoology from Sardar patel University Vallabh vidyanagar, Gujarat.
M.Sc. in Zoology from Sardar patel University Vallabh vidyanagar, Gujarat.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Worked in the field of Physiology, Metabolic disorder, Toxicology, ethno-pharmacology, nutraceuticals. Currently working on health issues related to environmental pollution related to microplastic.
PUBLICATIONS
Published 7 Reasearched Articles
Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35746530200
ORCID:
orcid.org/0000-0001-7243-9758
TEACHING
Post graduate
Physiology
Reproductive and development biology
Immunology
Neuroendocrinology and Genetics
Under graduate
Biological Diversity
Evolutionary biology
Physiology and Defence mechanisms.
Dr.Rupesh Maurya
Name:
Dr. Rupesh Maurya
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Bioscience
Areas of Specialization:
Botany
Email:
rupesh.maurya543@gmail.com
PROFILE
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
• Ph.D. (Botany), 2019, Gujarat University, School of sciences India.
• M.Phil. (Botany), 2015, Gujarat University, School of sciences India.
• M.Sc. (Botany: Taxonomy of Angiosperm), 2013, St. Xavier college (University of Mumbai),
Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Work Experience (latest first):
• Assistant Professor (09/2019 – ongoing), Department of Biosciences, Indrashil University,
Rajpur, Mehsana, India
• Senior research fellow (07/2018-07/2019), Biological and life sciences Division Ahmedabad
University, Ahmedabad.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Conservation is concerned with destruction of habitats, decline in population. Species in
ecosystem is associated with ecological characteristics and managements challenges.
management requirement of species must be based on current rules and regulations. Taxonomy
is first step towards conservation.
We are involved revision of floristic diversity and in their systematics. Our Work focuses
on Documentation of biodiversity and demonstrating evolutionary implications in plant
diversity. It also involves documentation of ethnomedicinal knowledge of indigenous people
as well as Understanding role of environmental factors in different ecosystem and their
application in forest management.
We ask basic question in different ecosystem which is going to help understanding ecosystem
and its interaction to different tropics. Role of phytochemicals in these interaction is
crucial. Phytochemistry is ecological interaction and their multispecies interactions can
help ous to understand management of ecosystem services
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Maurya, R., Gohil, N., Nixon, S., Kumar, N., Noronha, S. B., Dhali, D., ... & Singh, V.
(2023). Rewiring of metabolic pathways in yeasts for sustainable production of biofuels.
Bioresource Technology, 128668.
Verma, N. V., Shukla, M., Kulkarni, R., Srivastava, K., Claudic, B., Savara, J. Maurya, R,
... & Pandya, A. (2022). Emerging Extraction and Diagnostic Tools for Detection of Plant
Pathogens: Recent Trends, Challenges, and Future Scope. ACS Agricultural Science &
Technology, 2(5), 858-881.
Hans, S., Kumar, N., Gohil, N., Khambhati, K., Bhattacharjee, G., Deb, S. S., Maurya, R
... & Singh, V. (2022). Rebooting life: engineering non-natural nucleic acids, proteins and
metabolites in microorganisms. Microbial Cell Factories, 21(1), 1-12.
Gohil, N., Bhattacharjee, G., Kalariya, R., Pandya, V., Khambhati, K., Gohil, J. Maurya,
R, ... & Singh, V. (2021). Biovalorization of agro-industrial waste soybean meal for the
production of prodigiosin by Serratia marcescens. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-12.
Maurya, R., Swamy, K. B., Loeschcke, V., & Rajpurohit, S. (2021). No water, no eggs:
insights from a warming outdoor mesocosm experiment. Ecological Entomology, 46(5),
1093-1100.
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pBlisPsAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID:
0000-0001-7379-3994
TEACHING
Bio 1 103 :Biological diversity of Gujarat
BIO2 102: Ecology
BIO2 201: Growth and Reproduction in Plants
BIO2 203: Light and Life
BIO3 202: Defense Mechanisms
BIO1 201: Evolutionary Biology
BIO1 202: Physiology (Plant and Animal)
BIO 404: Ecology and evolution
Dr. Nidhi Gour
Name:
Dr. Nidhi Gour
Designation:
Associate Professor
Department:
Chemistry
Areas of Specialization:
Bio-organic Chemistry; Molecular self-assembly
Research Group website:
https://www.nidhigourlab.com
PROFILE
Dr. Nidhi Gour obtained her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from IIT Kanpur in 2010 and subsequently
did post-doctoral studies at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA, University of Geneva, Switzerland and CSGI,
University of Florence Thereafter she joined as an Assistant Professor in Indian Institute of
Advanced Research as in August 2015. In July 2019 she joined Indrashil University (IU) where she
is currently working as an Associate Professor. Her original research as Faculty and lead
corresponding author has been published in reputed Q1 journals like Current Opinion in Chemical
Biology, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, ACS Applied Biomaterials, New Journal of Chemistry and Soft
Matter. The research publication of her group has been cited in high impact Journals like Nature
Nanotechnology and ACS Nano. She is also serving as a Co-opted Member in SERB SURE Screening
Committee and serves as a reviewer for ACS, RSC, Elsevier and Springer Journals and for UGC FRG
Scheme and Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Grant. She has also worked as Coordinator for
conducting national and international workshops and conferences like DST INSPIRE Science camp,
IU Webinars, GujCOST Webinars and International E-conference.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
The central focus of our research is based on assessing the self-assembling behaviour of
amino acids, short peptides and heterocyclic compounds for their potential applications in
biology and material science. In this context, our group is studying the self-assembly of
single amino acids and assessing its implication in the inborn errors of metabolisms (IEMs).
We want to extend this research to other metabolites too in future to find the underlying
molecular mechanism behind pathogenesis of wide range of metabolite diseases. Further, our
research group has also studied extensively the self-assembly of modified single amino acids
under varying conditions and the research reveal modified single amino acids as very simple
and facile scaffold for the fabrication of different micro/nanostructures through bottom up
approach. Additionally, our group is also interested in assessing the self-assembling
properties of heterocyclic compounds. Our research suggests aggregation/disaggregation are
very important molecular mechanisms which govern the performance of various dyes. Finally,
our research team also endeavour to develop novel nanoparticle based assays and synthesize
new compounds which can be potentially used for sensing and detection of wide range of
analytes.
Grants
Received extramural research grant from SERB in March 2017; Grant Number: SERB-EMR/2016/003186;
Grant Amount: ~65 lakhs; Role: Principal Investigator; Project Status: Completed
Received POWER grant from SERB in March 2021; Grant Number: SPG/2021/000521; Grant Amount: 28.95
lakhs; Role: Principal Investigator; Project Status: Ongoing
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Gour N.
Kshtriya V, Khatun S, Bandyopadhyay S, Ghosh R, Koshti B, Haque A, Gangrade
A,
Singh R, Joshi K B, Bhatia D, Boukhvalov D, Nath S, Rengan A. An Isothiazolanthrone based
Self-Assembling Anticancer Color Changing Dye for Concurrent Imaging and Monitoring of Cell
Viability. Chem. Asian J. 2023, 18, e202300044 https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202300044
(Impact factor: 4.839)
.
Koshti B, Swanson H, Wilson B, Kshtriya V, Naskar S, Narode H, Tuttle T, Lau K H A,
Gour
N.
Solvent-Controlled Self-assembly of Fmoc Protected Aliphatic Amino Acids. Phys.
Chem.
Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 11522-11529 DOI: 10.1039/D2CP05938J
(Impact factor: 3.945)
.
Kshtriya V, Koshti B, Mehmood T, Singh R, Joshi K B, Bandyopadhyay S, Reddy P,
Gour
N.
A
new Aggregation Induced Emission Enhancement (AIEE) Dye which Self-Assembles to Panchromatic
Fluorescent Flowers and has Application in Sensing Dichromate ions. Soft Matter 2022, 18,
3019-3030. DOI: 10.1039/D2SM00154C
(Impact factor: 4.046)
.
Koshti B, Kshtriya V, Nardin C,
Gour N
Chemical Perspective of the Mechanism of
Action of
Antiamyloidogenic Compounds Using a Minimalistic Peptide as a Reductionist Model. ACS
Chemical Neuroscience, 2021, 12(15):2851-64. DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00221
(Impact
factor: 5.78)
Gour N
Kanth P C, Koshti B, Kshtriya V, Shah D, Patel S, Agrawal-Rajput R, Pandey MK.
Amyloid-like structures formed by single amino acid self-assemblies of cysteine and
methionine. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2018, 10(3):1230-9. DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00310
(Impact factor: 5.78)
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=XuoJoLcAAAAJ&view_op=list_works
ORCID:
0000-0003-2479-2113
TEACHING
Environmental Chemsirtry
Green Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry
Bio-Organic and Bio-inorganic Chemistry
Environmental Science
Metabolic Pathways
Physical and Analytical Chemistry
Inorganic and Organic Chemistry
Organic Qualitative Analysis Lab
Physical and Analytical Chemistry Lab
General Chemistry Lab
Dr.Poulomi Sengupta
Name:
Dr. Poulomi Sengupta
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Chemistry
Areas of Specialization:
Material Chemistry, Material Sciences
Email:
poulomi.sengupta@indrashiluniversity.edu.in, poulomisg@gmail.com
PROFILE
Dr. Poulomi Sengupta has a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Presidency College, University of Calcutta
and M.Sc. from IIT Kanpur. She pursued her MS degree in Chemistry with full fellowship and
teaching assistantship from Washington University in St. Louis, USA followed by working as an RA
in the same university for two years. She relocated to Boston for family reasons and worked in
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School as an RA-II for a couple of years. She
relocated to India with her family and joined the Physical and Material Chemistry division in
CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune as a DST Women Scientist. She completed her Ph.D. in
Chemical Sciences under the supervision of Dr. B. L. V. Prasad. Followed by this, in 2019, she
started her independent carrier as an assistant professor in the department of Chemistry,
Indrashil University. Currently, she is mentoring two Ph.D. students. She enjoys teaching basic
chemistry and Indian classical music.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Dr. Sengupta’s research orients around nanotechnology and material science. One side of her
research focuses around the development of multifunctional metallic nanoparticles dedicated
for the management of solid tumors. The conventional cancer treatment options, for example,
surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy often faces recurrence of tumor along with huge side
effects. Dr. Sengupta is exploring the efficacy of anisotropic metal nanoparticles through
drug delivery and photothermal properties for lowering the side effects of chemotherapeutic
agents. Another side of her research interest revolves around the surface modification of
synthetic polymeric scaffolds for smooth functioning inside human body. Synthetic polymers
(mostly hydrophobic polymers like HDPE) carry the advantages of optimal size, shape,
porosity, interconnection, and the desired mechanical strength to stay permanently inside
human body. Unfortunately, at the same time they are hydrophobic (dislikes water hence the
cellular system) which restricts their facile integration with living tissue. To bridge this
gap, she has made conscious effort in modifying the polymeric surface with metallic
nanoparticles. Nanoparticles, having a diverse surface chemistry impart a handle in changing
the surface property of the scaffold. As a result, along with smooth functioning inside
human body, the mechanism of cellular attachment (to a foreign body) can be well understood.
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
A cholesterol-tethered platinum II-based supramolecular nanoparticle increases antitumor
efficacy and reduces nephrotoxicity.
Poulomi Sengupta
, Sudipta Basu, Shivani Soni,
Ambarish
Pandy, Michael Oh, Kenneth T. Chin, Abhimanyu S. Paraskar, Bhaskar Roy, Sasmit Sarangi,
Yamicia O. Connors, Venkatesh Sabbisetti, Jawahar Kopparam, Chitra Amarasiriwardena,
Innocent Jayawardene, Nicola Lupoli, Daniela M. Dinulescu, Raghunath A. Mashelkar,
Shiladitya Sengupta. PNAS,
2012, 109 (28), 11294-11299. (Impact factor 12.8, cited by
143)
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1203129109
Sequential application of a cytotoxic nanoparticle and a PI3K inhibitor enhances
antitumor efficacy. Ambarish Pandey, Ashish A. Kulkarni, Bhaskar Roy, Aaron Goldman, Sasmit
Sarangi,
Poulomi Sengupta
, Collin Phipps, Jawahar Kopparam, Michael Oh, Sudipta Basu,
Mohammad Kohandel, Shiladitya Sengupta. Cancer Research.
2014
, 74(3), 675-685.
(Impact
factor: 12.7, cited by 37) https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-3783
3. Cisplatin-induced self-assembly of graphene oxide sheets into spherical nanoparticles for
damaging subcellular DNA. Aditi Nandi, Abhik Mallick, Piyush More,
Poulomi Sengupta
,
Nirmalya Ballav, Sudipta Basu. Chemical Communications,
2017
, 53, 1409-1412. (Impact
factor
6.1, cited by 17) DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09006K
4. Surface modification of polymers for tissue engineering applications: Arginine acts as a
sticky protein equivalent for viable cell accommodation.
Poulomi Sengupta
,
Bhagavatula L. V.
Prasad. ACS Omega,
2018
, 3 (4), 4242-4251. (Impact factor 4.1, cited by 18)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b00215
5. Development of a Smart Scaffold for Sequential Cancer Chemotherapy and Tissue
Engineering.
Poulomi Sengupta
, Vinay Agrawal, and Bhagavatula L. V. Prasad. ACS Omega,
2020
,
5, 20724. (Impact factor 4.1, cited by 6) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b03694
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=o_cqWGIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=49964693100
ORCID:
https://indrashiluniversity.irins.org/profile/282611 (ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6029-4846)
TEACHING
Theory
Chemical Thermodynamics B.Sc. Chemistry 3rd Semester
Chemical Equilibrium, Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis B.Sc. Chemistry 4th Semester
Electrochemistry B.Sc. Chemistry 5th Semester
Physical Chemistry I M.Sc. Chemistry 1st Semester
Physical Chemistry II M.Sc. Chemistry 2nd Semester
Practical
Organic Qualitative Analysis B.Sc. Chemistry 3rd Semester
Physical and Inorganic Chemistry Lab B.Sc. Chemistry 5th Semester
Physical Chemistry Lab M.Sc. Chemistry 2nd Semester
Dr. Sujoy Bandyopadhyay
Name:
Dr. Sujoy Bandyopadhyay
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Chemistry
Areas of Specialization:
Organic Chemistry, Functional material, Porous
Material, Catalysis
Email:
sujoy.dbandyopadhyay@indrashiluniversity.edu.in
PROFILE
Dr. Sujoy Bandyopadhyay, is a native of Panduka Purulia, India. He received his MS in Organic
Chemistry from Vidyasagar University in Midnapore, India. During his doctoral studies, he
focused on the synthesis of soluble conjugated porous organic polymers which lead to his Ph.D
from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Bhopal in 2018. Followed by this Dr.
Bandyopadhyay was awarded a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship at Hanyang University in Seoul,
South Korea. During his postdoctoral research, he worked on solar cells. Dr. Bandyopadhyay's
research has been published in several high-impact peer-reviewed journals, and he has presented
his findings at numerous national and international conferences. Currently, as an Assistant
Professor at Indrashil University, Dr. Bandyopadhyay teaches undergraduate and graduate courses
in organic chemistry and conducts cutting-edge research on the synthesis of new functional
materilas.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Design and development of functional porous materials employing multi-step synthesis
procedures, as well as their use in a variety of sectors including catalysis, solar-driven
photo-electrochemical water splitting, energy storage, magnetic separation of molecules, and
CO2 capture, are the main areas of research. I'm also interested in solid state fluorescent
compounds and their use in sensing cell imaging, and I have expertise creating,
synthesizing, and using metal complexes and their multifunctional applications.
Lead a scientific project of 19.2 Lakhs INR (NPD-F, SERB, DST, Govt. of India).
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Bandyopadhyay, S.
; Pallavi, P.; Anil, A. G.; Patra, A. Fabrication of porous
organicpolymers
in the form of powder, soluble in organic solvents and nanoparticles: aunique platform for
gas adsorption and efficient chemosensing. Polym. Chem.
2015
, 6, (20), 3775−3780.
(Featured as inside front cover page) (
I.F. 5.687
)
Bandyopadhyay, S.
; #Anil, A. G.; James, A.; Patra, A., Multifunctional porousorganic
polymers: tuning of porosity, CO2, and H2 storage and visiblelight-drivenphotocatalysis. ACS
Appl. Mater. Interfaces.
2016
, 8, (41), 27669-27678. # Equal contribution (
I.F.
7.504
)
Bandyopadhyay, S.
; Singh, C.; Jash, P.; Hussain, M. W.; Paul, A.; and Patra, A.;
Redox-active pyrene-based pristine porous organic polymers for efficient energy storage with
exceptional cyclic stability Chem. Commun.
2018
, 54, (50), 6796-6799. (
I.F.
6.164
)
Bandyopadhyay, S.
;# Kundu, S.;#Giri, A.; Patra, A design strategy for red emitting
solution
processable porous polymer: generation of reactive oxygen species with visible light Chem.
Commun.
2018
, 54, (66), 9123-9126. (Featured as inside front
cover page) (
I.F. 6.164
)
Gour, N., Kshtriya, V., Khatun, S.,
Bandyopadhyay, S.
, Ghosh, R., Koshti, B., Singh, R.,
Haque, A., Bhatia, D., Joshi, K.B. and Boukhvalov, D.W., An Isothiazolanthrone based
Self‐Assembling Anticancer Color Changing Dye for Concurrent Imaging and Monitoring of Cell
Viability. Chemistry–An Asian Journal,
2023
, p.e202300044. 9 (just accepted) (
I.F. 4.568
)
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nkkpHRoAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56643913500
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1732-3693View this author’s ORCID profile
TEACHING
CH4-102 (Organic Chemistry-I)
CH2-205 (Organic Chemistry)
CH3-101 (Organic Reaction of Carbonyl compound)
CH1-102 (Basic Chemistry-I)
CH3-201 (Hetrocycles Alkaloids, terpens, drug and pharmaceuticals)
CH2-102 (Sterochemistry of cycloalkanes conformational analysis and aromaticity )
CH4-106 (Organic Chemistry Laboratory-1)
CH4-206 (Bio-Analytical Chemistry Laboratory)
Dr. ANKIT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
Name:
Dr. ANKIT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Physics
Areas of Specialization:
Lasers and Spectroscopy
Email:
ankit.srivastava@indrashiluniversity.edu.in
PROFILE
Dr. Ankit Kumar Srivastava is presently working as an Assistant Professor of Physics at School of
Science, Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana. He has completed his doctoral degree from Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay which is one of the renowned institutes of the world. Before
joining Indrashil University, he has work experience with well reputed institutes and
universities in India such as Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT),
Surat, National Institute of Technology Warangal (NITW) and also in abroad. He has more than 5
years of teaching and research experience. He is currently involved and working on carbon
nanotube based sensors. During the doctoral program, he studied the torsional motion of some
nitrogen heterocyclic molecules using supersonic jet spectroscopy as an experimental tool while
for theoretical investigations he used ab initio calculations to optimize the molecules with the
help of Gaussian’09. He has more than 18 articles in his credentials.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Carbon Nanotube based sensors, Biosensors,
Jet Spectroscopy, Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Swasti Saxena, Ankit K. Srivastava, S K Riyazuddin, Siddhartha Samanta, Sabyasachi
Khatua, Aakash Singh and Sonika, “Single-walled carbon nanotubes patterned as aromatic
element rings through chemical refluxation method”, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023,
ISSN: 2214-7853. DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2023.01.300.
Prasenjit Chakraborty, Randhir Kumar, Sanjay Karn, Ankit K. Srivastava and Priya Mondal,
“The long--term impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on environmental health: a review study
of the bi--directional effect”, Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 47, 33, 2023,
ISSN: 2522-8307. DOI: 10.1186/s42269-023-01007-y.
Keshav Dev, Swasti Saxena, Ankit K. Srivastava, B S Bhadoria and Barish Dwivedi, “Super
material borophene: Next generation of graphene: A review”, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 34
(6), 1313–1332, 2022, ISSN: 0970–7077, DOI: 10.14233/ajchem.2022.23716
4. Ankit K. Srivastava, S. Saxena, “Effect of meta substitution of methyl group on
2-hydro-xypyridine: Spectroscopic investigation", Lith. J. Phys. 60 (1), 35–47 (2020), ISSN:
2424-3647, DOI: 10.3952/physics.v60i1.4162.
5. Ankit K. Srivastava, Swasti Saxena, “Ab initio Study of Three fold Methyl Torsion in
2-Methyl-3-Hydroxypyridine in Ground Electronic State (S0)", AIP Conference Proceeding,
2369, 020007 (2021), ISSN: 1551-7616. DOI: 10.1063/5.0061173
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=view
gtworks&sortby=pubdate
TEACHING
Under graduate
Basic Physics I (CH1 102): 2020 – 21, 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Basic Physics II (CH1 201): 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Physics III (CH2 101): 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Physics IV (CH2 201): 2022 – 23
Quantum Chemistry (CH3 203): 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Physics I (BIO1 101): 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Biomaterials (BIO3 104): 2020 – 21, 2021 -22
Labs at Under graduate level
Engineering Physics Lab (PHY 101): 2020 – 2021
Lab 2 Physics I (CH1 107): 2020 – 21, 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Lab 5 Physics II (CH1 207): 2020 – 21, 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Lab 8 Physics III (CH2 108): 2020 – 21, 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Lab 13 Physics IV (CH2 211): 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Laboratory I: Electronics and Instrumentation (BIO1 105): 2020 – 21, 2022 – 23
Laboratory I (BIO3 105): 2020 – 21, 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Post graduate
Mathematics for Chemists and Quantum Chemistry (CH4 101): 2021 -22, 2022 – 23
Dr. Randhir Kumar
Name:
Dr. Randhir Kumar
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Biosciences
Areas of Specialization:
Cancer Biology, Reproductive biology
Email:
randhir.kumar@indrashiluniversity.edu.in
randhirkumarbt@gmail.com
PROFILE
Post Doc. (Cancer biology), Department of surgical oncology, University of Illinois, Chicago,
USA.
Ph.D. (Biotechnology), Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
M.Sc. (Biotechnology), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar
B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry), Magadh University, Bodhgaya.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Application of bioconjugates in Cancer immunotherapy, Exploring the role of various
microRNAs in remodeling the tumor microenvironment.
Research grants
Funding Agency:
GSBTM, Gujarat
Title:
Synthesis and characterization of Mannose Carbon Nanoparticles
(MCN’s) as potent immuno-therapeutics regimen for ovarian cancer
Amount:
Rs. 62,80,712/-
Role:
Principal Investigator
Year:
2022-2025
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
P Chakraborty,
R Kumar
, S Karn, AK Srivastava, P Mondal (2023). The long-term impact
of
coronavirus disease 2019 on environmental health: a review study of the bi-directional
effect: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 47 (1), 1-9
Kumar R
, Haldar C, Pakrasi PL. (2018). Endocrine and paracrine interaction of growth
factors during early pregnancy: A comparative perceptiveness in mammals, Journal of
Biological Sciences and Medicine. 4 (1):27-40.
Singh J, Dwivedi A, Ray L , Chopra D, Dubey D, Srivastva AK, Smita Kumari S,
Kumar R
,
Amar
SK, Haldar C ,Ray RS. (2018) PLGA nanoformulation of sparfloxacin enhanced antibacterial
activity with photoprotective potential under ambient UV-R exposure. International Journal
of Pharmaceutics, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.02.028.
Kumar R.
, Yadav A.K., Pakrasi P.L. (2017). Expression of ER-α and ER-β during
peri-implantation period in uterus is essential for implantation and decidualization in
golden hamster. Life Science. 170: 115–122.
Ranjan B.,
Kumar R.
, Verma N., Mittal S., Pakrasi P.L., Kumar R.V. (2017) Evaluation of
the Antidiabetic Properties of S‑1708 Mulberry Variety. Pharmacogn. Mag. 13:S280-8.
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TEACHING
Post graduate
Animal Physiology (Theory and Practical)
Reproduction and Developmental Biology (Theory and Practical)
Immunology
Under graduate
Genetics
Developmental biology
Immunology (Theory and Practical)
Cell Biology
Dr. Shally Rana
Name:
Dr. Shally Rana
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
School of Science Chemistry
Email:
Shally.rana@indrashiluniversity.edu.in,
ranashally91@gmail.com
PROFILE
Dr. S. Rana has joined the chemistry department of Indrashil University as an Assistant professor
in 2022. She pursued a degree in B.Sc. (Biotechnology) from Guru Nanak Khalsa College,
Kurukshetra University in 2011 and M.Sc. Chemistry from Thapar Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Patiala in 2013. Later, She Joined as a project assistant in DRDO INMAS, Delhi. She
obtained her Ph.D. degree from University of Delhi, New Delhi in 2021 under the supervision of
Dr. Ramendra Pratap. Dr. Rana Has published 13 peer-reviewed research articles and 2 book
chapter. She worked as Assistant professor (Adhoc) in Saradar Patel University (2021-2022),
Anand, Gujarat. Apart from this, Dr. Rana has qualified CSIR-UGC Net (2014) and Gate exam
(2020).
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Dr. S. Rana research interest cascade and tandem reaction for the synthesis of novel
heterocyclic and carbocycles compounds using ketene dithioacetals, transition -metal
catalysed cross coupling reactions and their applications in medicinal chemistry as well as
study of their photophysical properties.
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Shally
; Althagafi, I.; Shaw, R.; Elagamy, A.; Kumar. A.; Pratap, R. A [5 + 1]
annulation
strategy for the synthesis of multifunctional biaryls and p-teraryls from 1,6-Michael
acceptor ketene dithioacetals. Org. Biomol. Chem.
2020
, 18, 6407–6417.
Shally
, Kumar. V.; Althagafi, I.; Kumar. A.; Singhal. D.; Gupta. R.; Pratap. R.
Design and Synthesis of New functionalized 8-(thiophen-2-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines as
turn-off chemosensors for selective recognition of Pd2+ion. New. J. Chem.,
2020
, 44,
15559-15566.
Shally
; Althagafi, I.; Singhal, D.; Panwar, R.; Shaw, R.; Elagamy, A.; Pratap, R.
Base-promoted regioselective synthesis of 1,2,3,4-terahydroquinolines and quinolines from
N-Boc-3-piperidone, Tetrahedron.
2019
, 75, 130695.
Panwar, R.;
Shally.
; Shaw, R.; Elagamy, A.; Shah. C.; Pratap, R. Substituent
dependent
chemoselective synthesis of highly functionalized benzo[h]quinolines and 4-benzylpyrans from
2-methyl-5-nitro-benzonitrile, SynOpen.
2018
, 2, 276-284.
Panwar, R.;
Shally.
; Shaw, R.; Elagamy, A.; Pratap, R. Chemoselective synthesis of
m-teraryls through ring transformation of 2H-pyran-2-ones by
2-(1-arylethylidene)-malononitriles. Org. Biomol. Chem.
2018
, 16, 8994–9002.
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&tzom=-330&user=9PCG4GQAAAAJ
Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57112659800
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6414-5178
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Pericycles and Photochemistry (CH5103)
Chemistry of d and f block elements (CH3102)
Basics chemistry 1 (CH1103)
Basic chemistry II (CH1202)
Organometallics and catalysis (CH3202)
Comunity Connect Project
Laboratory
Volumetric analysis (CH1106)
Analytical Tools (CH3107)
Organic and Physical chemistry laboratory (CH1206)
Dr. Manas Pal
Name:
Dr. Manas Pal
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Chemistry
Areas of Specialization:
Material Chemistry, Nanomaterial,
Porous Material
Email:
manas.pal@indrashiluniversity.edu.in,
manas_chem@yahoo.com
PROFILE
Dr. Manas Pal pursued his doctoral degree in Chemistry from
Banaras
Hindu University (BHU),
Varanasi. He has around 4 years of
postdoctoral research experience in Material Science/Material
Chemistry from Laboratory of Advanced Materials,
Fudan University,
Shanghai, China and CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
Thereafter he joined one of the leading research journal/book
publishing industry (Springer Nature, Pune), where he worked almost
4.5 years. Before joining to the Department of Chemistry, Indrashil
University, he worked as a
Scientist, R&D in Ashapura Minechem
Industries Ltd.
(a multi-mineral-based chemical industry) located at
Bhuj. Apart from research, he has experience in analysis and
retrieving detailed information about properties, characterization,
applications, and preparation methods of materials published by
AAAS, ACS, Elsevier, RSC, Springer Nature and Wiley. He has
published eighteen research articles
in highly reputed peer reviewed
international journals including Journal of the American Chemical
Society (JACS) and presented technical presentations in various
national and international conferences in
India, Japan, Australia
and China.
He has experience in working with cross-functional teams
in two different countries (India and China).
RESEARCH
Dr. Manas has research interest in designing and development of
1D, 2D & 3D nanomaterials/porous materials based on silica,
carbon, TiO2, graphene, metal nanoparticles using multistep
synthesis process and their applications in various fields such as
catalysis, solar-driven photoelectrochemical H2 production, energy
storage, magnetic separation of molecules, CO2 capture. Also he
has experience in synthesis and application of
interfacially-growth-thin layered Porous Covalent Organic
Framework material, including sealed-tube/mechanochemical COF
synthesis and synthesis of various inorganic nanocrystalline
metallic, semiconductors, magnetic and multicomponent
nanoparticles under moisture-free and air-sensitive conditions
with different architectures.
Lead a scientific project of
19.2 Lakhs INR (NPD-F, SERB, DST,
Govt. of India)
Received research grant from
SERB-SURE, DST, Govt. of India.
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
K. Dey‡,
M. Pal‡
, K.C. Rout, S. Kunjattu, A. Das, R.
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Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Eg45ImcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35234654200
ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1138-6119
TEACHING
Theory:
CH4-105 (Analytical Chemistry-I)
CH5-101 (Analytical Chemistry-II)
CH5-103 (Analytical Chemistry-IV)
CH1-202 (Basic Chemistry-II)
CH5-203 (Pharmaceutical Analysis)
BIO3-104 (Biomaterials)
Practical:
CH5-105 (Spectroscopy Data Analysis Lab)
CH5-106 (Analytical Chemistry Laboratory)
CH4-207 (Physical Chemistry Laboratory)
Dr. Alka Shankar
Name:
Dr. Alka Shankar
Designation:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Bioscience
Areas of Specialization:
Plant Molecular Biology
Email:
alka.shankar@indrashiluniversity.edu.in
PROFILE
Post.Doc. (NPDF), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
PhD (Plant Biotechnology), Department of Plant Molecular Biology,
University of Delhi.
M.Sc. (Biotechnology), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.
B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry), Lalit Narayan Mithila
University, Darbhanga.
RESEARCH
Area of Research
Plant Molecular Biology, Transcriptome profiling, Genomics.
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications
Gosai H.B., Kaur K., Panseriya H.Z., Patel P.G., Patel A.C.,
Shankar A.
, Varjani S., Dave B.P. (2022). Exploring
bacterial communities through metagenomics during bioremediation
of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated sediments.
The Science of the Total Environment.
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156794 (
IF-7.963
)
Srivastava A.K.,
Shankar A.
, Chandran A.K.N., Sharma M.,
Jung K.H., Suprasanna P., Pandey G.K. (2019). Emerging concepts of
potassium homeostasis in plants.
Journal of Experimental Botany.
71, 608–619. (
IF- 6.992
)
Shankar A.
, Fernandes J.L., Kaur K., Sharma M., Kundu S.,
Pandey G.K. (2017). Rice phytoglobins regulate responses under low
mineral nutrients and abiotic stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant Cell and Environment.
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13081 (
IF-7.228
)
Shankar A.
, Agarwal N., Sharma M., Pandey A., Pandey G.K.
(2015). Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in Plants.
Current Genomics
.1389-2029
(
IF-2.236
)
Yadav A.K.,
Shankar A.
, Jha S., Kanwar P., Pandey A.,
Pandey G.K. (2015). A rice tonoplastic calcium exchanger, mediates
K+-independent Ca2+/cation transport in yeast.
Scientific Reports
. DOI: 10.1038/srep17117 (IF-4.379)
Google Scholar:
Dr. Alka Shankar Google Scholar Link
TEACHING
Post graduate
Stem cell and regeneration
Cell biology
Metabolic pathways
Under graduate
Membrane biology
Basic life science
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