Course Name: Medicinal Chemistry

Course abstract

The main objective of this course is to familiarize students with the fundamental concepts of drug discovery and development. The course is intended for students who have a background in chemistry and interested in the process of drug discovery. The intended outcome is to train students on various aspects of new drug discovery/development, drug screening, target identification, lead discovery, optimization and the molecular basis of drug design and drug action.


Course Instructor

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Prof.Harinath Chakrapani

Harinath Chakrapani completed his undergraduate and post-graduate studies in Chemistry from Loyola College and Indian Institute of Technology Madras, respectively. He moved to Duke University, USA to pursue his doctoral studies and after post-doctoral research stints at Wake Forest University and the National Cancer Institute, USA, he joined IISER Pune in July 2009 and is currently Associate Professor. His research interests are in organic chemistry and chemical biology. His laboratory works on developing new tools to study effects of oxidative stress responses in cells and antibiotic resistance. He has over eight years of teaching experience at IISER Pune.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

T ANAND KUMAR

M. S. (Pharm) Medicinal Chemistry (NIPER-Hyderabad), B.Pharmacy (RGUHS, Bangalore)

 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-Nov-2018 to 28-Jan-2019
 Exam registration : 28-Jan-2019 to 19-Apr-2019
 Exam Date : 27-Apr-2019, 27-Apr-2019

Enrolled

1523

Registered

216

Certificate Eligible

191

Certified Category Count

Gold

9

Silver

54

Elite

94

Successfully completed

34

Participation

0

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Medicinal Chemistry - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

DURBHAKA SAI PADMINI 92%

RAGHAVENDRA INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

DEEPAK KUMAR 91%

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN

VENU. S 91%

SREE NARAYANA COLLEGE, CHENGANNUR


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

DR. SOUMAVA SANTRA 90%

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY

SUDHA SINHA 90%

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR

GOPAL KRISHNA PADHY 90%

MAHARAJAHAS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

N. RAMALAKSHMI 90%

C.L.BAID METHA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

KALLURI RAMBABU 90%

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN

VALIVETI TARUN KUMAR 90%

K. R. MANGALAM UNIVERSITY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

SUMAN ADHIKARI 88%

NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY, CHAKDAHA, NADIA, PIN-741222

SANTHOSH KUMAR M 88%

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DHARMAPURI

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1523

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 216

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.