Dr. Srinivasa Reddy appointed as Director of CSIR-IIIM Jammu

Jammu, 15 July 2020: Dr. Srinivasa Reddy, a scientist from the Organic Chemistry Division of CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune has been appointed as the director of CSIR – Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu. He is taking charge in the next few days.

Dr. Reddy’s group research interests are application oriented organic synthesis, in particular, total synthesis of biologically active natural products, medicinal chemistry and crop protection are the major areas of areas in his group. Efforts on macrocyclic natural products and silicon incorporation in known drug scaffolds with an ultimate aim of discovering drugs are the special interests of his group.

Dr. Reddy graduated in 1991 from Osmania University and completed his master’s degree in organic chemistry from the same University in 1993. He joined Prof. Goverdhan Mehta’s lab at the University of Hyderabad for doctoral studies and got Ph.D. in the year 2000. After the post-doctoral work at the laboratories of Sergey A. Kozmin of the University of Chicago and Jeffrey Aubé of University of Kansas, USA, he worked in pharmaceutical companies in India. He moved to CSIR-NCL in the year 2010 and is currently working as a Senior Principal Scientist.

Dr. Reddy has authored more than 100 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals and is an inventor in 35 patents. He is recipient of the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize in chemical sciences. Other recognitions include CDRI Award for excellence in drug discovery research, CRSI Bronze Medal in chemical science, NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award, Sun Pharma Research Award, OPPI award for contributions in pharmaceutical sciences, fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India. He is a nominated member of the scientific body of Indian Pharmacopoeia. He also serves as an editor of Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, an Elsevier journal.