IIT-K professor bags Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

For his outstanding contribution in the field of drug design,Professor Sandeep Verma of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has been named for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2010 in chemical sciences.

For his outstanding contribution in the field of drug design,Professor Sandeep Verma of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) has been named for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2010 in chemical sciences.

Verma (44) is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at IIT-K since 1997. His major achievements include the development of artificial chemicals to model biological proteins. The artificial chemicals help in identifying the root cause of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimers and Parkinsons.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for outstanding contribution in chemistry,biology,physics,engineering,geology,mathematics and medicines. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award is a major achievement in my life and will vastly boost my efforts, Verma told The Indian Express.

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Born in Kanpur,Verma did his schooling from Varanasi. He studied organic chemistry in Banaras Hindu University,where he came first in MSc (1989) and was awarded the Vice-Chancellors Gold Medal. He did his PhD from University of Illinois in Chicago,postdoctoral work at Johns Hopkins University in the US and Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine in Germany.

Other significant awards bagged by Verma include CDRI Award for Excellence in Drug Research,Rajib Goyal Young Scientist Prize in Chemical Sciences,Swarnajayanti Fellowship in Chemical Sciences and Bronze Medal of Chemical Research Society of India.

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