• Gender: Male
• Age: 44
• Designation: Senior Executive
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 18.3 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D in Bio-Organic Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Chemistry From Delhi University in 2014

Master of Science in Organic Chemistry From Osmania University, Hyderabad in 2005

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics From Osmania University, Hyderabad
in 2002

H.S.C. in Science From Board of Intermediate Education, Hyderabad in 1999

Skill Sets

Working knowledge of MS word, excel Chemdraw, ISIS Draw, Scifinder

Planning and Execution of experiments
Multi-step organic synthesis, handled various hazardous reagents like Rani-Ni,Pd/C, Et2Zn, Di-BAL, LDA, NaH, LAH, BuLi, PhMgBr, PBr3, BBr3, NBS etc.
Knowledge and experience in isolation, separation, purification techniques and
study of purity and impurity profile. Knowledge of systematic process development
from feasibility to plant validation and knowledge of literature search.
Characterization of compounds by NMR, Mass, IR and UV, DSC and ability to
coordinate multiple projects and perform multiple tasks at the same time.

Work Experience

Senior Scientific Associate
Since Aug 2014
Company Profile: Leading life sciences service organizations

Research Associate: Jan 2014 to Aug 2014
Research Scholar : July 2008 to July 2013
Company Profile : Leading university 

IISER-PDF
Sept 2013 to Jan 2014
Company Name: IISER

Chemist API
Feb 2007 to July 2008
Company Name: Aptuit Laurus Pvt. Ltd.
Job Profile:
Projects Handled and Completed Successfully.
Efavirenz: Project has been successfully completed from feasibility to plant validation with cost effective process.
Atazanavir bi sulphate: Worked for Development of an improved cost effective process.

Lecturer
July 2005 to Feb 2007
Company Name: Organic Chemistry
Job Profile:
Part Time Lecturer Under Graduate Section at Jagruti Degree College

Honors/Awards:
02/07: Qualified GATE-2007 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)
Reg. No: CY164292, All India Rank: 974
06/11: Qualified National Eligibility Test –Lecturer Ship (NET-LS) Joint
CSIR-UGC Test for JRF and LS-2011, H.T. No.114433, All India Rank: 13

04/12-10/12: USA-Internship with Polnox Carporation, USA Synethesis of Novel antioxidants for oils and plastics. (NSF funded project) 

Projects Handled and Completed successfully so far in Ph.D
Synthesis of biologically important Heterocyclic Compounds
Synthesis of Biologically Important Base Modified Nucleosides.
Bio-Transformation of Seco-Uridine, Unlocked Nucleic Acid (UNA).
Synthesis and Bio-Transformation of Novel Carbohydrate Analogs.
Synthesis of Novel Sugar-PEG Based Bio-Molecule for biocompatible Drug Delivery Studies.
Synthesis of novel 5'-Thiodinucleoside Disulfide
Extraction and isolation of biologically active Natural Products from naturally available Indian Medicinal Plants. i.e. 6 different Piper Plants we collected from Kerala (Trivandrum) and Assam hill regions of India

List of Publication:
Facile Access to 5-S-(4,4-Dimethoxytrityl)-2,5-Dideoxyribonucleosides via Stable
Disulfide Intermediates
Vivek K. Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, Ankita Singh, Virinder S. Parmar, Yogesh S. Sanghvi, and Ashok K. Prasad. Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry. 2015 (1.34- 1.34.9) (Wiley book chapter Unit).

Revisiting a protocol for efficient extraction of mycobacterial lipids
Pooja Singh, Rajesh Sinha, Rashmi Tandon, Gaurav Tyagi, Preeti Khatri, Chandra Shekhar Reddy L., Neeraj K Saini, Rakesh Pathak, Mandira Varma-Basil, Ashok K Prasad, Mridula Bose* International Journal of Micobacteriology 2014, 3, 168-172.

Design and Synthesis of LNA-based Mercaptoacetamido-Linked Nucleoside Dimers
Vivek K. Sharma, Sunil K. Singh, Kapil Bohra, Chandra Shekhar Reddy L., Carl E. Olsen, Ashok K. Prasad. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, 2013, 32, 1-17

Selective Biocatalytic Acylation Studies on 5-O-(4,4-Dimethoxytrityl)-2,3-
Secouridine:An Efficient Synthesis of UNA Monomer
Sunil K. Singh, Chandra Shekhar Reddy L., Smriti Srivastava, Carl E. Olsen, Yogesh S. Sanghvi, Niels Langkjær, Jesper Wengel, Virinder S. Parmar, Ashok K. Prasad. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, 2012, 31, 831–840

Aryl-alkyl ketones, benzophenones, desoxy benzoin’s and chalcones inhibit TNF-a induced expression of ICAM-1 on human endo thelial cells; Structure activity analysis
Sarvesh kumar, Chandra Shekhar Reddy L., Brajendra K.Sing, Shashwat Malhotra, Mukesh K.Pandey, Carleta Joseph, Rajesh Thimmulappa, Ashok K. Prasad, Syam Biswal, Anthony L. DePass, Erik Vander,Eycken, Balaram Ghosh* and Virinder S. Parmar Archiv der Pharmazie Chemistry in Life Sciences. 2012, 345, 368–377.

Chemical Constituents of the Genus Prunus and their Medicinal Properties
Poonam, Raunak, Gaurav Kumar, Chandra Shekhar Reddy L., Rajni Jain, Sunil K. Sharma, Ashok K Prasad, Virinder S Parmar* (Review Article) Current Medicinal Chemistry Vol.18, No.25, September 2011, 3758-3824.

Synthesis and regioselective deacylation studies on peracylated 2'-azido arabinoand ribo-thymine nucleosides: Towards 5'-O,2'-N-linked oligonucleotides
Deepti Sharma, Anuj Khandelwal, Raman K Sharma, Sumati Bhatia, Chandra Shekar Reddy L., Carl E Olsen, Jesper Wengel, Virinder S Parmar & Ashok K Prasad Indian journal of chemistry Vol. 48B, 2009, 1712-1720.

Synthesis and Candida antarctica Lipase B (CAL-B)-Catalyzed Highly Efficient Diastereoselective Acylation Studies on Novel Carbohydrate precursors
Chandra Shekhar Reddy L, Kuldeep Mahiya, Virinder S. Parmar and Ashok K. Prasad. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 2015 (Under Communication)

Synthesis of 2-Alkylamino-arabinofuranosyl Pyrimidine derivatives Chandra Shekhar Reddy L, Yogesh S. Sanghvi,b Virinder S. Parmara and Ashok K.
Prasad. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, 2015, (Under Communication)

Conferences/Symposia Participated And Poster Presentations:
National:
National Seminar on Reaction Mechanisms Department of Chemistry
RBVRR Women’s College Narayanguda, Hyderabad, India. 16th and 17th December 2005.

National workshop on Green chemistry-2006
Department of Chemistry Osmania University Hyderabad-007, Jan 24-25th, 2006.

National Workshop on Frontiers Of Organic Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, St.pious Xdegree And P.g.college For Women, Nacharam, Hyderabad-76.1-2 September, 2006.

National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences (NCRACS) Govt. Dungar College –Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, 3rd -5th October, 2008.
(Poster Presentation)

National Seminar on Confluence of Supra Molecular Chemistry and Nanoscience. Department of Chemistry, Gujarat University, Ahmadabad 22nd January 2010.
(Poster Presentation)

Symposium on Carbohydrates at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology (Carbo XXVI). Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Kolkata-23-25th November 2011.
(Poster Presentation)

International:
Indo-Italian Seminar on Green Chemistry and Natural Products, Department of Chemistry,Delhi University,Delhi-110007. 5-6December 2008
(Poster Presentation)

4th Indo-Italian Workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants. Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi-110007, 7th December 2008

13th ISCB International Conference on Interplay on Chemical and Biological Science Impact on Health and Environment Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi-110007, 26th February-1st March
2009. (Poster Presentation)

Indo-Japan Seminar on Polymeric Advanced Materials.
Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi -110007, 26th February 2009.

DU-NERI (AU) Workshop on Atmospheric Science and Climate Change. Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi -110007, 27th Feb 2009.

Indo-Danish Symposium on Bio-Organic Chemistry.
Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi -110007, 2nd march 2009.

Indo-French Symposium on Biomolecular Chemistry.
Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi-110007, 4th march 2009.

7th Indo-Italian Workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants. Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi-110007, 16th November 2010

4th Indo-Italian Seminar on Green Chemistry and Natural Products Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi-110007, 17th November 2010.
(Poster Presentation)

Frontiers in Pharmaceutical Science Conference 2012.
College of Pharmacy, The University of Rhode Island USA. 28th September-2012

20th ISCB International Conference on Interplay on Chemical and Biological Science Impact on Health and Environment Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, 1-4th March 2014

Future Goals

Seeking a position and opportunity where I can maximize my scientific skills and develop a rational perspective to deal with the modern-day problems in science with an eco-friendly process