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Name: Dr. N. Shankaraiah, FTAScAssociate Professor, HoD  shankar.niperhyd@gov.in shankarnbs@gmail.com 040-23074750 (Ex.2021) Google Scholar Citations |
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Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Room No. 31
NIPER Hyderabad
Hyderabad – 500037, TS, INDIA
QUALIFICATION: (REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
Post-Doctoral Associate (2007–2008), Talca University, Chile Ph.D. (2002–2007), CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, India M.Sc (1998–2000), Kakatiya University, India B.Sc (1993–1996), Kakatiya University, India
EXPERIENCE Associate Professor (July 2016 – till date), NIPER-Hyderabad Assistant Professor (August 2009 – July 2016), NIPER-Hyderabad Research Associate (March to August 2009), CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad Visiting Scientist (January to February 2008), UNICAMP, Brazil Lecturer (2000–2002), Shathavahana Degree College, Affiliated to Kakatiya University 
COURSES HANDLING(PHD/M.S(PHARM)) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Mass spectrometry (MS) Infrared (IR) spectroscopy Ultra Violet (UV) and visible spectroscopy Metal/ammonia reductions Reaction of electron-deficient intermediates Pericyclic (concerted) reactions and photochemistry Total synthesis of complex molecules Carbon-carbon coupling reactions Carbon-heteroatom coupling reactions Cross-coupling of unactivated arenes Metathesis Green chemistry Click chemistry Alkyne-azide click chemistry in the drug discovery research Multi-component & cascade reactions (MCR) Retrosynthetic analysis disconnections and reliability of reactions, synthons General synthetic reaction patterns and strategies Chemistry of protecting groups Applications of synthetic strategies in the total synthesis of selected organic
molecules 
PHD STUDENTS/MASTERS STUDENTS M.S (Pharm) Awarded: 120 PhD Awarded: 18 MS (Pharm) Ongoing: 9 PhD Ongoing: 7 
AWARDS / HONOURS Fellow of Telangana Akademi of Sciences, Year - 2021 Associate Fellow of A.P. Akademi of Sciences, Year - 2014 Best Research Scientist Award from NIPER Hyderabad, Year - 2016 OPPI Young Scientist Award, Year - 2010 from Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India 
RESEARCH AREAS/INTEREST Design and synthesis of New Chemical Entities (NCEs) of anticancer agents in
‘Drug Discovery’ Biological targets: Multi-kinase inhibitors, DNA minor groove, intercalators,
Tubuline inhibition, topo-I & II, CDK inhibitors, etc Asymmetric synthesisCombinatorial chemistry Multi-component and cascade reactions Development of alternative sustainable greener methods in pharmaceutical
chemistry Exploration of new synthetic methodologies and studying their mechanisms by “online ESI-MS/MS”
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS Young Scientist Research Grant, SERB, DST, 2015 Research Project Award: “FONDECYT INCIATION PROJECT” (1 million US$),
rated 3rd Rank, Chile SRF (2004–2007) in Chemical Sciences, CSIR, India JRF (2002–2004) in Chemical Sciences, CSIR, India
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ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Head of the DepartmentController of Examinations ANY OTHER INFORMATION
Member (from 2011), External Examiner Panel, Kakatiya University Member (from 2014), External Examiner Panel, Telangana UniversityMember of Board of Studies (BoS), Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu Board of Studies member, RIPER, Anantapur, JNTIA, India Member (CFO Committee, from 2014) in Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) Member (Task Force Committee, from 2018 to 2022) in Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) Member in Board of Studies (BoS), Department of Pharmacy, JNTUA, AnantapuramuMember in Board of Studies (BoS), Department of Pharmacy, Krishna University, Andhra Pradesh