Residence India Name Garikapati Sastry | Nationality Indian | |
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Known for Molecular Modeling and Computer Aided Drug Design Doctoral advisor Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis Fields |
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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- DDH 2020 Training Program closing address by Dr G N Sastry
- Education and Early works
- Prizes and honours
- Research highlights
- References
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

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
Research highlights
References
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