Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal's
INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY, DHULE
Approved by PCI, AICTE, DTE
Affiliated to DBATU, Lonere & MSBTE Mumbai
INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY, DHULE
Approved by PCI, AICTE, DTE
Affiliated to DBATU, Lonere & MSBTE Mumbai
Associate Professor
Qualification: M. S. (Pharm), Ph.D. From NIPER, Mohali
Specialization: Computer Aided Drug Design and Discovery
Email ID: pawan.gupta@svkm.ac.in
Experience: 10 Years
1. Shree S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat University, Mehsana, Gujarat.
2. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab.
3. CNS, Active Compound Laboratory, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis Riga, Latvia, Europe.
4. Centre for Computational Sciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India.
5. Research Associate-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Pharmacoinformatics, NIPER, Mohali, India.
Interest Areas: Ligand based and Structure based drug design, Protein modelling, Computational Chemistry, Chemo-Bioinformatics, etc.
Research:
Industry Projects:
Conferences/Workshops/Seminars/FDPs/STTP attended: 52
Academic Activities:
PhD Registered: 03
M.Sc. Guided: 06
B. Pharm Guided: 15
Awards/workshop grants/fellowships:
1. DST-SERB sponsored 7 days Vigyan Karyashala entitled "SERB Sponsored Workshop on "Hand on training on computer aided drug design and discovery tools", from 11th to 17th July 2022 Shree S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat University, Mehsana, Gujarat [Rs. 5 lakhs (AV/KAR/2021/0019)].
2. GUJCOST Sponsored Two Days Online National Workshop on "In-vitro and in-vivo models in neuropsychological screening", on 7th to 8th August 2021, Shree S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat University, Mehsana, Gujarat [Rs. 25,000 (GUJCOST/Sem-Symp 3385(1)/2021-22/1367)].
3. Research Excellency Award and Research Appreciation Award by Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India (2019).
4. International Travel Award: Department of Science and Technology (DST)-SERB, Govt. of India (2010 and 2018).
5. International Travel Grant: Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, (2011).
6. International Travel Grant : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS) (2010)
7. PhD fellowship, NIPER, Mohali, India (2007-12).
8. CSIR-Research Associate, CSIR, New Delhi, India (2012-13)
Professional Membership:
Recent Publications:
1. Pawan Gupta*, Swati Gupta, Sukrat Sinha, Shanthy Sundaram, Vishnu K. Sharma, Anjana Munshi, In silico phytochemical repurposing of natural molecules as entry inhibitors against RBD of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 using molecular docking studies, International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design, 2022 (Just accepted, Scopus indexed).
2. Nancy Bhura, Pawan Gupta*, Jeena Gupta, "Target-based in-silico screening of basil polysaccharides against different epigenetic targets responsible for breast cancer” Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction, 2022 (IF= 2.09).
3. Neha Handa, Pawan Gupta*, Kanika Khanna, Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Renu Bhardwaj*, Parvaiz Ahmad*, "Aquaporin Mediated Transport: Insights into Metalloid Trafficking” Physiologia Plantarum, 2022, 174(3), e13687 (IF= 5.08).
4. Devesh Tewari, Vikas Chander, Archana Dhyani, Sanjeev Sahu, Pawan Gupta, Pooja Patni, Lindsay S. Kalick, Anupam Bishayee, "Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: Phytochemistry, structure-activity relationship, and Anticancer Potential”, Phytomedicine, 2022, 153949 (IF= 6.65).
5. Devesh Tewari#*, Pawan Gupta#, Sweta Bawari, Archana N. Sah, Davide Barreca, Maryam Khayatkashani, Hamid Reza Khayat Kashani*, "Himalayan Ficus palmata L. Fruit Extract Showed In Vitro Central and Peripheral Analgesic Activity Involving COX-2 and Mu Opioid Receptor", Plants, 2021, 10(8), 1685 (IF= 4.65).
6. Shagufta Habib, Pawan Gupta, Sana Shafi Bhat, Jeena Gupta, "In silico, in-vitro and in vivo screening of biological activities of citral”, International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 2021, 91(3-4), 251-260 (IF = 2.56).
7. Sukhchain Singh, Pawan Gupta#, and Jeena Gupta, "Virtual structural similarity elucidates bioactivity of Fenchone: Enriched phytochemical in fennel essential oil”, Current Drug Discovery Technologies, Current Drug Discovery Technologies, 2020, 16, 619-630 (Scopus indexed).
8. Shamini Sharma, Jeena Gupta, Pranav Kumar Prabhakar, Pawan Gupta*, Preeti Solanki, and Anuradha Rajput, "Phytochemical repurposing of natural molecule: Sabinene for identification of novel therapeutic benefits using in-silico and in vitro approaches”, Assay and Drug Development Technologies, 2019, 17(8), 339-351 (IF = 2.47).
9. Sana Shafi, Pawan Gupta#, Gopal L. Khatik and Jeena Gupta, "PPARγ: Potential therapeutic target for ailments beyond diabetes and its natural agonism”, Current Drug Targets, 2019, 20(12), 12811294 (IF=2.93).
10. Anmol Sharma, Pawan Gupta#, Pranav Kumar Prabhakar, "Endogenous Repair System of Oxidative Damage of DNA”, Current Chemical Biology, 2019, 13(2), 110-119 (Scopus indexed).
11. Aishwarya Laxmi, Pawan Gupta# and Jeena Gupta, "CCDC6, a gene product in fusion with different protoncogenes, as a potential chemotherapeutic target”, Cancer Biomarkers, 2019, 24(4):383-393 (IF = 3.82).
12. Shagufta Kar, Pawan Gupta#, and Jeena Gupta, "Essential Oils: Biological Activity Beyond Aromatherapy”, Natural Product Sciences, 2018, 24(3), 139-147 (Scopus indexed).
13. Pawan Gupta* and Aleksandrs Gutcaits, "Development and validation of a robust QSAR model for benzothiazole hydrazone derivatives as Bcl-XL inhibitors”, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 2019, 16, 11-20 (IF =1.09).
14. Navnidhi Chhikara, Ragni Kour, Sundeep Jaglan, Pawan Gupta, Yogesh Gat and Anil Panghal, Citrus medica: Nutritional, phytochemical composition and health benefits-a review, Food and Function, 2018, 9, 1978-1992 (IF = 6.31).
