Dr. Ajay Kumar Srivastava

Scientist
Medicinal & Process Chemistry
Central Drug Research Institute
India

Scientist Chemistry
Biography

Dr. Srivastava completed his MSc (Chemistry) form Delhi University and PhD (Chemistry) from CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow India. Thereafter, he worked as Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. S. B. Park at Seoul National University, South Korea. In 2011, he started working as Scientist at MCP Division of CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad. His current research interests include asymmetric synthesis, development of enantioselective multicomponent reactions, total synthesis and anticancer drug development. Dr. Srivastava has authored 21 research papers published in the peer‐reviewed international journals and is currently supervising six PhD students. Dr Srivastava is also involved in several network projects.

Research Intrest

Development of novel post-IMCR modifications for the synthesis of alkaloid mimicking polycyclic skeletons with sp3-rich character, one-pot tandem protocols and asymmetric synthesis, Development of focused small molecule libraries with antiobesity and lipid lowering properties.

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