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Dr Srivari new IICT director
Dr Srivari Chandrasekhar has been appointed as the director of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dr Srivari was born in 1964 in Hyderabad and pursued his higher education here. He joined the IICT in 1986 as junior research fellow to his Ph. D programme.
Dr Srivari Chandrasekhar has been appointed as the director of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dr Srivari was born in 1964 in Hyderabad and pursued his higher education here. He joined the IICT in 1986 as junior research fellow to his Ph. D programme.
After completing his Ph. D in 1991 with the then director Dr AV Rama Rao, he moved to the USA for a post doctoral position with Prof. JR Falck. Srivari later joined the IICT as a Scientist C in 1994 and grew up to the level of chief scientist in 2010. Since then he has been leading Natural Products Chemistry at IICT.
He is a Fellow of all the three Indian Science academies, i.e., National Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences and Indian National Science academy. Srivari has made significant contributions in diverse areas of organic chemistry with a special emphasis on chiral chemistry, total synthesis of biologically active natural products and pharmaceutical products.
He has developed polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a novel, environmentally benign solvent medium. He has also developed technologies for synthesis of latest anti-tuberculosis drug, bedaquiline; anti-tumour and abortive drug, mesoprostol; anti-platelet molecule, beroprost; antidepressive compound, sertralin and drug for treatment of schizophrenia, asenapine.
Srivari has more than 250 publications with 5,000 citations. 50 students have already been awarded Ph.D degrees under his guidance and 20 post doctoral associates have worked in his group. He has received several accolades including CNR Rao National Prize for Chemical Research 2012, CSIR Technology Award 2014 and Infosys prize in Chemical Sciences 2014 for his contributions in process development and applied sciences.
