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Residence
  
India

Name
  
Garikapati Sastry

Nationality
  
Indian

Role
  
chemist

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Institutions
  
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Alma mater
  
Osmania University, University of Hyderabad

Known for
  
Molecular Modeling and Computer Aided Drug Design

Doctoral advisor
  
Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis

Education
  
University of Hyderabad, Osmania University

Fields
  
Chemistry, theoretical chemistry

Born
  
1966 (age 54), Andhra Pradesh

DDH 2020 Training Program closing address by Dr. G. N. Sastry


Garikapati Narahari Sastry (Telugu: గరికపాటి నరహరి శాస్త్రి) is an Indian chemist. He heads the Molecular Modeling Division at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology in Hyderabad, India. Sastry has made pioneeing contributions in the areas of computational chemistry and computational biology.

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He was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 2011, the highest science award in India, in the chemical sciences category.

Education and Early works

Dr. G. Narahari Sastry

Sastry did his B.Sc. and M.Sc in chemistry from Osmania University. He was awarded his PhD from University of Hyderabad. He did his postdoctoral work in Switzerland and Israel, before joining Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University in December 1997. He moved to IICT in 2002.

Prizes and honours

  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2011.
  • BM Birla Scientist prize for chemistry 2001
  • The Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship,
  • The Swarnajayanti Fellowship in 2005,
  • National Bioscience Award 2009
  • The CRSI Medal in 2010

    • Research highlights

  • Molecular Modeling and Computer Aided Drug Design

    • References

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