Present position:

Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur

Education

Research Highlights

Broad Area: Biophysical Chemistry
Specific Area: Protein-protein and Protein-small molecule interactions
Publications: Journals: 56
Citations: 500+
Supervision:  Completed: 7 Ph.D., 23 M. Sc.    Ongoing: 10 Ph.D., 1 M. Sc.
Research Grants: DST, CSIR, MHRD & others since 1998 (Total amount ~1.5 crores)

Achievements

• Visiting Professor, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. May-July 2008.

• Research work highlighted in Nature India.  doi:10.1038/nindia.2009.293

• Editorial Board Member, Protein and Peptide Letters (www.bentham.org/ppl). 

• Proficiency Prize for the Best Project Work in Chemistry for Master's Project at IIT Kanpur in 1987. Adjudged the best outgoing student in the Master's degree for the year 1987.

• Kunja Behari Basak Medal in B.Sc. (Hons.) Part I - Presidency College, Calcutta.

Professional

Life Member:  Chemical Research Society of India, Indian Council of Chemists

Member:    

• Women Scientist Committee (WOS-A) in Chemical Sciences, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2008- present).
• National Screening Committee for Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral and Professional Research Fellowships

Reviewer: Biomacromolecules; Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics; Journal of Molecular Structure; Biophysica Biochimica Acta: Proteins and Proteomics; International Journal of Biological Macromolecules; The Protein Journal 
 
Interviewer: Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS), Kolkata

Teaching

At the undergraduate level: First year Chemistry, Biochemistry, Numerical Methods and Computational Chemistry, other Physical Chemistry theory and laboratory courses.

At the postgraduate level: Bioinformatics, Biophysical Chemistry.

Biochemistry course available as a Video course from:

NATIONAL PROGRAMME ON TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING (NPTEL)

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

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