India Science Wire
New Delhi, Aug 04 (India Science Wire): Dr Srihari Pabbaraja, Senior Principal Scientist, working in
Department of Organic Synthesis & Process Chemistry (OSPC), CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical
Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, has been selected for the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)
Bronze medal 2021 for his contributions on the total synthesis of natural products and method
development for new chemical entities. The coveted Bronze Medal conferred by CRSI, will be
presented to him during the 27th CRSI-RSC joint symposium to be held at Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Guwahati.
Isolated natural products are available in very less quantity. “We try to make new strategy for
making these molecules in lab and while making we try to see whether we can make in a very short
approach or whether we can seek some readily available materials quickly with good yield strategy”
said Dr Pabbaraja while speaking with India Science Wire.
Dr Srihari Pabbaraja
Dr. Srihari is associated with the backward integration of hydroxychloroquine, a repurposed drug for
COVID 19, and synthesis of its key intermediates from indigenously available raw materials. He is
also involved in the application of flow chemistry technology for the synthesis of active
pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). He has supervised 12 students for Ph.D, published 115 articles in
highly reputed international journals, and has filed 10 patents to his credit. He delivered several
lectures in various National and International conferences.
Dr. Srihari is a recipient of several prestigious awards including CSIR Young Scientist Award-2009. He
also received OPPI Young Scientist Award-2009, AVRA Young Scientist Award-2014, Dr. A. K. Singh
Memorial Young Scientist Award-2016 and CDRI Award for Excellence in Drug Research-2018, among
many others. He is also an Associate Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences (FAPAS). (India
Science Wire)