Research Interest

The primary objective of the group is to develop simple strategies for various carbohydrate transformations and synthesizing biologically active oligosaccharides of plant and bacterial origins. Design and synthesis of sugar-heterocycle hybrid molecules towards development of novel anti-tubercular agent is the major thrust area of the group in recent time.

The group is equally engaged in developing carbohydrate based anti-cancer agents through rational designing. Presently the Department of science and Technology, New Delhi, India (FastTrack grant for young scientists) is funding the work in this area. In parallel to the activities in the area of synthetic carbohydrate chemistry, the group is developing simple technique for making carbohydrate-modified nanoparticles (AuNPs and glyco-quantum dots) for the detection of bacteria in biological samples utilizing the carbohydrate-lectin interactions.

  Academic Qualification

1. Ph.D. (Chemistry), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science/Jadavpur University, 2001
2. M.Sc. (Chemistry), Burdwan University, 1996
3. B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons.), Bankura Christian College, Burdwan University, 1994

  Positions

1. Post Doctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (2001-2005)
2. Scientist-C, Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, (2005 - 2007)
3. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (2008 - )

  Other Professional Services

1. Editor: Trends in Carbohydrate Chemistry (www.trendscarbo.com)
2. Reviewer: Journal of Organic Chemistry
3. Reviewer: Tetrahedron Letters
4. Reviewer: Carbohydrate Research
5. Reviewer: Synthetic Communications

  Ongoing Research Projects

1. Synthesis of Biologically Active Resin Glycosides and Evaluation of their Anti-cancer Properties (SR/FTP/CS-110/2005) Department of Science and Technology (SERC-FAST Track)
2. Synthesis of galactose-hetereocycle hybrids as novel anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor agents and of glyconanoparticles as galectin-targeting tumor markers (Dnr 348-2007-6856) Swedish Research Council

  Students Graduated

1. Dr. Vishal Kumar Rajput (August 2009)

      Present Address: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Organic Chemistry Department, Lund University, Sweden

2. Dr. Bimalendu Roy (September 2009)

     Present Address: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Unité de Recherches en Biocatalyse (FRE-CNRS 2230), Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, B. P. 92208, 44322 Nantes cedex 3, France

3. Somnath Dasgupta (Thesis submitted, March 2009)

     Present Address: Post-Doctoral Research Associate,Department of Chemistry, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S3H6, Canada

  Current Students

1. Mr. Santanu Mandal (CSIR-NET-SRF)

2. Ms. Priya Verma (UGC-SRF)

3. Mr. Prashant Ranjan Verma (IISER-JRF)