Sharada D. S. received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree (1998) in Chemistry from Osmania University, Hyderabad and was awarded Mohan Reddy Memorial Gold Medal (B.Sc, 1996) and Sadashiv Devdas Thatte Memorial Gold Medal (M.Sc, 1998). Her fascination for Chemistry in general and Organic Chemistry, in particular, was kindled during the M.Sc program, by the excellent teachers, and in particular Prof. David Krupanandam, who motivated her to pursue higher studies. After securing CSIR-JRF (1998), she had the honor to pursue her doctoral studies in Baylis-Hillman chemistry with Prof. D. Basavaiah, Hyderabad Central University (HCU) who obtained Ph.D. with Prof. Gurbakhsh Singh (belonging to the academic genealogy of R. B. Woodward) and the postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. H. C. Brown at Purdue University. Subsequently, she joined in the postdoctoral program with Prof. Jonathan S. Lindsey from North Carolina State University, USA, involving in the synthesis of tetra-pyrrolic macrocycles for molecular engineering application in biomedical and molecular electronics. Later, she moved to Drug Discovery Department, Orchid Pharma, Chennai, India as a research scientist, identifying novel small molecules, particularly for HDAC and IL6/STAT3 as therapeutic targets in cancer therapy.

 

      Her desire to start an independent research career has led to the award of DST-WOS-A fellowship, wherein after a short stay at CLRI, Chennai, she moved to Department of Chemistry, IIT Hyderabad as Assistant Professor (2011 to 2016) and  Associate Professor (2017 to 2020) currently she is Full Professor. The diverse chemical processes occurring in nature have always intrigued her moreover, the societal demand for environmentally friendly processes have motivated to focus mainly on the development of Sustainable Chemistry. In particular, her focus lies on Organo-, Bio-inspired- and Photoredox catalysis leading to valuable synthetic intermediates and molecules with interesting properties. Moreover, their interests also lie in the Bio-mimetic and enzyme-based stereoselective synthesis of chiral molecules.

 

Professional Experience:

•2021-XX: 

•2018-2020: DPGC Convener,  IIT- Hyderabad.

•2017-Present: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT- Hyderabad 

•2011- 2017:Assistant  Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT- Hyderabad 

•2010-2011: Women Scientist, Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-CLRI, Chennai.

•2005-2007: Research Scientist, Orchid Laboratories, Chennai.

•2004-2005: Post-doctoral fellow, North Carolina State University, USA. mentor: Prof. J. S. Lindsey

•1998-2003: Ph. D., School of Chemistry , University of Hyderabad, Telangana, mentor: Prof. D. Basavaiah.

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Awards:

•Associate Fellow, Telangana Academy of Sciences, Telangana, India.(2020)

•Women Scientist (WOS-A), Department of Science & Technology, India. (2011)

•Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India (2000). 

•Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India  (1997).

one among the top 10 % of the Students Qualified in CSIR-JRF.  

•Received Gold Medal (Sadashiv Devdas Thatte Memorial Gold Medal )  for Securing the University First Rank in     Master of Science (MSc) In Organic Chemistry During the Academic Years 1993-1996, Osmania University, Telangana.

•Secured 1st rank in Osmania University Common Entrance Test (OUCET)-1996 (MSc Chemistry Entrance Test).

•Received Gold Medal (Mohan Reddy Memorial Gold Medal) for Securing the University First Rank in Bachelor of Science (BSc) During the Academic Years 1993-1996, Osmania University, Telangana , India.

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Honours and Recognitions:

•Associate Fellow, Telangana Academy of Sciences

•DPGC Convener, Department of Chemistry 

•CFE Committee Member of Telangana State Pollution Control Board 

•Member Green office, IITH

•Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, Committee Member, Telangana

•Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, IITH Coordinator​

•Women Cell Convener -IITH

•Crèche Coordinator - IITH

•Institute representative for GATE and JEE examination.

•Peer Reviewer for  

1. Organic Letters (ACS), USA.

2. Journal of Organic Chemistry (ACS), USA.

3. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (ACS), USA.

4. Chemical Communication (Royal Society of Chemistry), London.

5. Green Chemistry  (Royal Society of Chemistry), London.

6. Synlett & Synthesis (Thieme Chemistry), Germany.

7. Tetrahedron Letters (Elsevier), London.

8. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry), London.

9. RSC Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry), London.

10. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry (Wiley) 

11. Applied Catalysis A (Elsevier), London.

12. Indian Journal of Chemistry, India

13. Molecular Diversity (Springer).

14. Chemistry Select (Wiley) 

 

Address:

Office: #512, Academic Block -C, 5th Floor, IIT Hyderabad, Kandi -502285, Sangareddy, Telangana, India. Cont: (040)-2301 7058

Lab 1: #316,  Academic Block -A, 3rd Floor, IIT Hyderabad, Kandi -502285, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.    

Lab 2: #.423,  Academic Block -B, 4th Floor, IIT Hyderabad, Kandi -502285, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.    

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