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Name : Dr. P Yuvaraj
Designation : Sr. Scientist
Qualification : Ph D (Organic Chemistry)
Contact Details : Ph: +91 0385-2414481 / Fax +91 0385-2414481
Email id : yuvaraj.orgchem@gmail.com, pyuvraj@neist.res.in

Research Interest
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Asymmetric Synthesis, Total Synthesis of Natural Products, and Development of new Synthetic methodologies.
Projects
External Projects:
  • Diastereoselective synthesis of Lamellarin alkaloid natural product fused spirooxindoles and its analogues. A series of evaluation of its biological activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other bacteria. DST-SERB India. Principal Investigator
  • Synthesis of analogues of natural products having anticancer potential and investigation on their chemico-therapeutic potential to mitigate lung cancer. DBT-RA, Principal Investigator
  • Design and synthesis of polycyclic heteroarenes using Rh(III), Ru(II) or Co(III) catalyzed C- H activation/annulation and their live cell imaging applications.SERB-N-PDF. Principal Investigator
CSIR Mission mode Projects: (Member)
  • CSIR-Aroma Mission I & II
  • CSIR- Phytopharmaceuticals Mission
  • CSIR- Floriculture Mission
CSIR In-House Projects: (Member)
  • Prospecting of local bioresources of northeast India with special reference to (MLP 8000).
  • Sustainable utilization of available flora of Manipur & Arunachal Pradesh for the benefit to society (OLP-2006).
  • Bio-prospection and therapeutic evaluation of selected medicinal, aromatic, and economic plants (MAP) in Arunachal & Manipur (OLP-2016).
  • Bio-prospection and value-added products from medicinal, aromatic, and economic plant (MAP) (OLP-2024).
  • Augmentation of bioresources for environmental care andsocio-economic development (OLP-2043).
  • Bio-prospecting underutilized plants for socio-economic development (OLP-2067)
List of Publications (Most Recent Ten)

International peer-reviewed journals: 40

Awards and Fellowships
  • Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam in 2010.
  • CSIR- Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (2012 – 2015).
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Feb-2015-Nov-2015).
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Madras, Chennai, India. (Dec-2015-Mar-2016).
  • Shortlisted for the CSIR Young Scientist Award 2019 in Chemical Sciences.
Lab Members
  • Mr. Dhruba Jyoti Boruah, AcSIR Ph.D. student
  • Dr. Khumukcham Nongalleima, DBT-RA
  • Dr. S. Mayakrishnan. SERB-NPDF