VJ

Venkatesan Jayaprakash

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Birla Institute of Technology, University of Hyderabad, Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-9724-4153

About

Basically a synthetic medicinal chemist, completed PhD in Pharmacy from Birla Institute of Technology in the Title "Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological Screening of Mycobactin Analogues"
Area of interest includes Molecular modeling and drug design and synthesis of small molecule heterocycles against targets of therapeutical importance. Molecular modeling includes Structure Based Drug Design (SBDD), Fragment Based Drug Design (FBDD), High-throughput Virtual Screening (HTVS) and Molecular Dynamics (MD). Targets under investigation are (i) Biosynthetic enzymes in the pathway of Mycobactin synthesis-target for anti-tubercular drug design; (ii) Histone deacetylase and Ribonucleotide-anti-cancer; (iii) protease, methyl-transferase & E-protein-anti-viral and (iv) MAO-neurodegenerative disorder. Chemical scaffolds designed: pyrazolines, aminothiazoles, thiosemicarbazones and piperazines.

Employment

  • Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Professor
    2021 - Present
  • Birla Institute of Technology Associate Professor
    2016 - 2021
  • Birla Institute of Technology Assistant Professor
    2007 - 2016
  • Birla Institute of Technology Lecturer
    2004 - 2007

Education

  • Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ph. D.
    2005 - 2012
  • University of Hyderabad PGDCAQM
    2003 - 2004
  • Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University M. Pharmacy
    1997 - 1999
  • Madras Medical College Bachelor of Pharmacy
    1993 - 1996
  • Coimbatore Medical College D. Pharmacy
    1991 - 1992

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (110)