Dr Ashoke Sharon

Dr. Ashoke Sharon

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

Ranchi, Jharkhand, India-835215

 Office: 91-651-2275444 (Extn. 4476); 91-651-2276531

asharon@bitmesra.ac.in

Complete Publication/Citation Link:  http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-3916-2009 

Curriculum Vitae

Academic/Professional/Position:

• 2020- Continue: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India.

• 2011-2020        Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India.

• 2009-2011               Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India.

• 2004-2008              Post-doctoral Associate, Drug Discovery Group, University of Georgia, USA. (Adviser: Prof. David C. K. Chu)

• 2001-2004               Ph.D. in Chemistry, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India (Adviser: Dr. P. R. Maulik)

• 1999-2001                Research Associate, Organic Synthesis Division, Lupin Lab Ltd., Mandideep, Bhopal.

Research Interest:

• Medicinal Chemistry: Nucleoside & Natural Product Mimetic Synthesis, Novel Heterocyclic Scaffold Synthesis.

• Computational Biology and Drug Design

• Antiviral Drug Discovery

Academic Teaching Interest

1. Theory: Organic Chemistry (Reaction Mechanism, Stereochemistry, Pericyclic Reaction, Asymmetric Synthesis, Retrosyntheis), Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Design

2. Practical: Organic Chemistry Lab, Computational Chemistry (Software: ChemBioOffice, Schrodinger) & Computational Biology (Software: Schrodinger, AutoDock & Desmond) 

Summary of Research Activity

No of International Publication: 75

Total number of Citation: 600 (Web of Science)

h-index: 14

Number of Japanese Patent (Filed): 3

Number of Book Chapter: 2

Number of Extramural Research Grant Completed: 5 (DST:1, DBT:3 & UGC:1)

Number of Ph.D Student Thesis Awarded: 07

Number of Ph.D. Student Thesis Submitted: 

Number of Ph.D. Students: 03 (Ongoing)

No of PG Student Project Dissertation Completed: 10

No of UG Student Project Dissertation Completed: 02

Fellowships and Awards:

• 2001                           Research Fellowship, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow

• 2002                           CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow

• 2004                           Post-doctoral Fellowship, Drug Discovery Group, University of Georgia, GA, USA

• 2007                           First Prize Poster Award-Post-doctoral Category, 20th ICAR, Palm Spring, CA, USA

• 2008                           Certificate of Excellence, Drug Discovery Group, University of Georgia, GA, USA

• 2009                           DST-Young Scientist Research Grant

• 2010                           DST-International Travel Grant

• 2013                           ICAR-ISAR International Travel Grant Award

• 2013                           Short-gun oral lecture, 26th ICAR, San Fransicso, CA, USA, 

• 2014                           DST-International Travel Grant Award

Memberships in Organisations:

• Publication Committee Member, ICAR-ISAR, Since 2007

• Member of International Society of Antiviral Research (ISAR)

• Life Member of Indian Society of Chemists and Biologist (L.F. No.. 353/2003)

• Life Member of Association of Microbiologist of India

• Mentor in National Network for Mathematical and Computational Biology (NNMCB), Funded by SERB, Government of India. 

Journal Editorial Participation:

• Publication Committee Member in ICAR, International Society of Antiviral Research

• Associate Editor: GERF Bulletin of Biosciences, The official journal of Green Earth Research Foundation.

• Advisory Board Member: Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry

Departmental/University Administrative Services:

• Admission Coordinator, BIT Mesra (since 2013)

• DST-SERB-FIST: Member in Project Implementation Group (since 2012-)

• Departmental Webpage Administration (since 2009 )

• Member in Departmental Policy Committee (since 2014)

• Integrated M.Sc. Chemistry Course Coordinator (since 2011)

• Member in Departmental Academic Committee (DAC) (since 2009)

• Serve as a Doctoral Committee Member in more than 20 Ph.D. Students of Institute

Invited/Plenary Lecture:

1. Nov 06, 2014:" A modeling approach in antiviral molecular design and understanding" at Indo-US conference on Molecular Modeling and Informatics in Drug Design, NIPER, Chandigarh.

2. May 09, 2014:" Simulation based understanding towards structural perspectives of antiviral target protein and implication in new drug development" at College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, GA, USA.

3. March 03, 2014: "Simulation based understanding towards structural perspectives of antiviral target protein in drug design" at National Workshop on Drug Design and Discovery, Institute of Life Science (ILS), Bhubaneswar. Odisha.

4. Sep 28, 2013: “Structural Perspective in Antiviral Resistance” at Department of Biotechnology, BIT Mesra, Ranchi on Brain storming Session on Interdisciplinary Microbiology by Association of Microbiologists of India.

5. Oct 09, 2012: “3D-Structure, Computational Chemistry and Modeling” at Department of Applied Chemistry and Department of Nanotechnology, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi.

6. April 07, 2012: "In-silico approach towards antiviral drug design" AICTE sponsored National Conference on "Biopolymers, Bioactive Agents & Delivery Strategies" at Gupta College of Technological Sciences, Asansol, West Bengal.

7. Sep 19, 2012: Invited Talk at AICTE sponsored QIP on the theme “Impetus to organic synthesis: Approaches for Pharmaceutical Chemistry” Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, BIT Mesra.

8. Dec 03, 2011: " In-Silico biology towards understanding the structural impairment by the disease causing mutations" at Workshop and National Seminar on Biotechnology in Pharma ceutical Sciences: Recent Avenues, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

9. Nov 21, 2011.Invited Lecture at Quality Improvement Program, "Recent trends in discovery, development and pharmacological screening of novel therapeutics" Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, BIT Mesra.  

10. July 22, 2011,  "Drug, disease and therapy: A recent advancement" Refresher Course: Quality Improvement Program held at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. 

11. Aug 30, 2010: AICTE QIP program on Lead Discovery Approaches from Natural and Synthetic Sources, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

12. Aug 01, 2010: Targeting drug discovery catalyzed by 3D HIV-Integrease model at 3rd World Summit of Antivirals (WSA-2010), Busan, South Korea.

13. Sep 05, 2009: "Drug Discovery as lucrative career: Global Opportunities" at the meeting by Association of Microbiologists of India on "Current R & D Status and career opportunities in Biotechnology: study scope and objectives" at Department of Biotechnology, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

14. June 09, 2009: "Hep Direct and Prodrug Approaches for  Site Specific Drug Delivery" at AICTE QIP Program on Advances in Targeted Drug Delivery Systems, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

15. June 02, 2009: "Structure Based Approach Towards Antiviral Drug Discovery." at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow: 

16. May 06, 2009: "Structure based drug design" at AICTE QIP Program on Drug Discovery Approaches", Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

Resource Person or Chairperson or Co-Chairperson:

1. 17-09-2013, Chairperson in Recent Advances in Computational Drug Design (RACDD), JN Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bangalore.

2. 09-04-2010, Co-chairperson in PHARMACON-2010 held at Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

Conference/Workshop Attended/Participated:

1. May 11 - 16, 2014:  27th International Conference of Antiviral Research, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

2. May 11 - 15, 2013:  26th International Conference of Antiviral Research, San Francisco, CA, USA.

3. April 16 - 19 2012: 25th International Conference of Antiviral Research, Sapporo, Japan.

4. July 31 - Aug 03, 2010: 1st World Congress of Virus and Infections (WCVI 2010), Busan, South Korea.

5. April 29 - May 03, 2007: 20th International Conference of Antiviral Research, Palm Spring, CA, USA.

6. March 26 - 30, 2006: 231st National American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, Atlanta,USA.

7. May 19 - 20, 2005: Bridging the Sciences: HIV Vaccine Research and Drug Development” at Emory University Conference Center Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 

8. Feb 17 - 20, 2004: International Symposium on Current Trends in Drug Discovery Research, CDRI, Lucknow, India, 

9. Jan 23 - 25, 2003: International Symposium on Drug Discovery and Process Research, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India,

10. Nov 18 - 21, 2001: Fourth meeting of the Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA’01), IISc Bangalore.

11. June 3 - 4, 2001: National Symposium on Chemical Science: Advancing Frontiers”, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow.

12. Nov 16 1998: “National Symposium on Potential of Natural Products in Drug Research and Young Scientists Awareness Program”, Department of Chemistry, Lucknow University, Lucknow.

Conference/Workshop Organized:

1. Oct 03, 2103: TEQIP sponsored One day workshop on “Software in Chemical Science Education & Research SCR 2013” by Department of Chemistry, BIT Mesra, Ranchi on Oct 03, 2013. Coordinator: Dr. A. Sharon