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

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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2020
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 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 03-Feb-2020
 Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 20-Mar-2020
 Exam Date : 25-Apr-2020

Enrolled

3869

Registered

92

Certificate Eligible

69

Certified Category Count

Gold

4

Silver

15

Elite

35

Successfully completed

15

Participation

7

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

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

MANIK DAS 93%

Gokaraju Rangaraju College of Pharmacy

ARATI SUHAS PRABHU 91%

SVKMs Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy

MIHIR PRAMOD KHAMBETE 91%

SVKMs Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy

DR ARUNDHATI NACHIKET ABHYANKAR 90%

SVKMs Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy

INDRANIL BHATTACHARYYA 85%

Serampore College

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 3869

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 394

Assignment Statistics



One of the best NPTEL courses I have attended. The professor is very knowledgeable and has provided really good notes. Enjoyed being a part of this course and would surely recommend it to others.


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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.