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INVITED LECTURES INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TALKS AT VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES/ INSTITUTES

  1. Invited Talk on “Topoisomerase I Inhibitors as Antibiotics against MDR Bacteria” at Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Long Island University – Brooklyn , NY, USA on 4th May 2021.
  2. Invited talk on “Multi-Scale Approach to Combat the Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance through PPEF, a Bacterial Topoisomerase IA Inhibitor” in the 61st Annual International Conference of The Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) & 5th International Conference of Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR) organized in association with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), University of Delhi (DU), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) & Indian National Science Academy (INSA) from 3rd- 5th February, 2021 entitled “Microbial World: Recent Developments in Health, Agriculture & Environmental Sciences.
  3. Invited talk on “Cu (II)-catalyzed Sulfonylation of 7-azaindoles using DABSO as SO2-Source and its mechanistic study” in a conference namely RTGAST -2021 organized by Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh-244001, India on 12th February, 2021.
  4. Invited talk on “Drug Repurposing and Drug mechanism of Action based on Genomics & Proteomics” in 19th Drug Discovery Hackathon Training Programme organized by CSIR –NEIST, Jorhat, Assam on 10thSeptember 2020.
  5. Invited talk on “Multi-Scale Approach to Combat the Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance through PPEF, a Bacterial Topoisomerase IA Inhibitor” at Department of Chemistry. Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha in a conference on “Women in Organic Chemistry (WOC 2020)” on 28thAugust 2020.
  6. Invited talk on “Benzimidazoles Differentially Inhibit E.coli. Topoisomerase as Compared to Human to Elicit Bactericidal Effect on MDR Bactericidal Strains” at 106th Indian Science Congress, Agricultural University Bangalore, Bangalore on 6th January 2020.
  7. Chaired the Poster Session at India International Science Festival of Young Scientists’ Conference-20 held from 5th-7th November, Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata.
  8. Invited talk on “Repurposing of drugs suggested by informatics for targeting KRAS: A potential Drug Target for Cancer Radiotherapy” at 22nd National Symposium on Radiation Physics, 8-10 November 2019, JNU, New Delhi.
  9. Invited talk on “Benzimidazoles Differentially Inhibit E.coli. Topoisomerase IA as Compared to Human to Elicit Bactericidal Effect on MDR Bactericidal Strains” at Organic Chemistry Symposium (OCS 2019) held at Hyatt Regency, Lucknow during 13th -14th September2019.
  10. Invited talk in Innovators cum Entrepreneurs Meet at CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat on May8-11, 2019.
  11. Invited talk on “Repurposing of drugs suggested by informatics for targeting KRAS: A potential Drug Target for Cancer Radiotherapy” at Convention Centre, Organized by Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.
  12. Invited talk on “Repurposing of drugs suggested by informatics for targeting KRAS: A potential Drug Target for Cancer Radiotherapy” at 11th Symposium Cum Workshop on Recent Trends In Structural Bioinformatics And Computer-Aided Drug Design at Alagappa University, Karaikudi, during 12th – 15th February,2019.
  13. Invited talk on “Benzimidazoles Differentially Inhibit E. coli. Topoisomerase as Compared to Human to Elicit Bactericidal Effect on MDR Bactericidal Strains” 6th World Congress on Nano-medical Sciences’ (ISNSCON 2018), along with Chemistry-Biology Interface: Synergistic New Frontiers (CBISNF-2019) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India, during 7- 10 January2019.
  14. Invited talk on “PPEF a Minor Groove Binding Ligand Deferentially inhibits DNA. E. Coli Topoisomerase complex as compared to Humans to elicit Bactericidal effect on MDR bacterial strains” at National Bio-Organic Chemistry Conference (NBCC-2018), 22-24 December 2018, NISER, Bhubaneswar, India.
  15. Invited talk on “Repurposing of drugs suggested by informatics for targeting KRAS: potential Drug Target for Cancer Radiotherapy” at 6th BIENNIAL International Conference on Drug Discovery from Natural Products and Traditional Medicines (DDNPTM-2018), 15- 17 November 2018, NIPER, Mohali, India.
  16. Invited talk on “International Conference on Radiation Biology advances in Radiation Biology Radiotherapy and radiation Counter-measures” October4 to 6, 2018, Deralakatte, Manguluru.
  17. Invited talk on “Repurposing of drugs suggested by informatics for targeting KRAS; a potential drug target of cancer radiotherapy” at 7th National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences, 26th March 2018, Department of Chemistry Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab.
  18. Invited talk on “Repurposing of drugs suggested by informatics for targeting KRAS; a potential drug target of cancer radiotherapy” at 16th annual meeting of society for free Radical Research in India (SFRRI), 20th February 2018, AIIMS, New Delhi.
  19. Invited talk on “Repurposing of drugs suggested by informatics for targeting KRAS; a potential drug target of cancer radiotherapy” at Emerging Trends in Drugs Development and natural Products (ETDDNP), 12thJanuary 2018, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi
  20. Invited talk on Structure-activity relationship of bis-benzimidazole as E.Coli Topoisomerase IA inhibitor targeting MDR bacterial strains” at CMTPI, Goa, 29th October2017, Goa.
  21. Invited talk on “Study on radiomodulating effects of a progestin steroid, Anthracenediones and prochlorperazine in cancer radiotherapy at School of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad 3rd February 2018, University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
  22. Invited talk on “Ser/Thr Akt1 kinase activation by bisbenzimidazole confers selective radioprotection to intestinal epithelium in cancer radiotherapy at 86th Annual Conference of Society of biological chemist (SBC), 17 November 2017, School of life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi.
  23. Present poster on “EMBO | EMBL Symposium: New Approaches and Concepts in Microbiology” June 27-30- 2018, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.
  24. Invited talk on“Akt1/NF-кB signaling pathways activations by a small molecular DNA, confers radioprotection to intestinal epithelium in Xenograft model” at “Prof. Mohd. Amin Memorial Lecture”. 31st March 2017, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
  25. Invited talk on “Bisbenzimidazole a selective Topoisomerase IA inhibitor, act against MDR bacterial strains” at Seminar on “Recent Advances in Chemistry 2017 (RAC-17)” under UGC DRS Phase-II Special Assistance Program (SAP). 28th March 2017, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
  26. Invited talk on “An odyssey of bisbenzimidazoles as therapeutic agent for human well-being” at Conference on “Chemistry Interfacing with Biology and Physics (CIBP)”. 27th-28th January 2017, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata.
  27. Invited talk on “Ser/thr Akt1 activation by a small molecule DMA confers selective radioprotection to intestinal epithelium in xenograft model” at Conference on “ Basic and Applied Aspects of Health Management using Radiation, Antioxidants and Neutraceuticals” 11th January 2017, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
  28. Invited talk on “Ser/thr Akt1 activation by a small molecule DMA confers selective radioprotection to the intestinal epithelium in xenograft model” at International Conference on Radiation Biology, 9th-11th November2016, SRM University, Chennai.
  29. Invited talk on “Synergistic effect of bisbenzimidazole and carbonyl cyanide 3- chlorophenyl hydrazone in combination against MDR ESKAPE bacterial strains” at International Conference on Trend Setting Innovations in Chemical Sciences & Technology-Nature Inspired Chemistry & Engineering.TSCST-NICE2016. 4th- 6th October 2016, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.
  30. Invited talk on “Women in Science” at the 4th J&K Women Science Congress. 1st – 3rd September 2016, Government College for Women, Jammu.
  31. Invited talk at 3rd International Conference on Herbal and Synthetic Drug studies. 7th – 9th January 2016, Inter-disciplinary Science and Technology Research Academy, Pune.
  32. Chaired a session during 52nd Annual Convention of Chemists. 29th-30thDecember 2015, JECRC University, Jaipur.
  33. Poster-cum-oral presentation on “Novel smart C2-symmetrical NDI derivatives as G-quadruplex stabilizing ligand with a potential to differentiate between topological structure at Albany 2015, The 19th Conversation. 9th-13th June 2015, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA.
  34. Invited talk on “DMA, a bisbenzimidazole confers radioprotection to intestinal cells through Akt/IκB mediated NFκB Activation in Mice”. 16th June 2015,Cancer Centre in University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA.
  35. Invited talk on “An Odyssey of Bisbenzimidazoles as Therapeutic Agent for Human Well Being”.17thJune 2015, Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kansas City.
  36. Invited talk on “DMA (3, 4 –di-methoxy-bisbenzimidazole) a cytoprotective small molecule provides radioprotection through IκB mediated NF-κB activation” at International Conference on Translation Medicine in 21st Century “Stem Cell Transplantation: Current Status”. 11th – 14th April 2015, Barkatullah University, Bhopal.
  37. Invited talk at 20th Refresher course in Environmental sciences organized by SES, JNU. 23rd April 2015, JNU Staff College, New Delhi.
  38. Invited talk on “Odyssey of bisbenzimidazole as therapeutic agent for human well-being” at Faculty Development Program (FDP) entitled “Next Generation Drugs and Drug Delivery System: Future Prospective”. 11th March 2015, Chandigarh College of Pharmacy, Landran, Mohali, Chandigarh.
  39. Invited talk on “Activation of PTEN/ Akt/ TNF alpha/ NFκB pathway triggered by DMA, a bisbenzimidazole provides protection against ionizing” at International Symposium on Current Advances in Radiobiology, Stem Cells and Cancer Research, 19th- 21st February 2015, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  40. Invited talk on “Novel smart C2-Symmetrical NDI derivatives as G- Quadruplex stabilizing ligand with a potential to differentiate between topological structures” at National Symposium on Biophysics and Golden Jubilee Meeting of the Indian Biophysical Society. 14th- 17th February 2015, Jamia Milia Islamia , New Delhi.
  41. Invited talk on “Bisbenzimidazole as therapeutic agent for human well- being at Annual Convention of Chemist, Indian Chemical Society Meeting, 9th – 12th December 2014, Kurukshetra University, Haryana.
  42. Invited talk on “Co-activation of AKT/NF-kB triggered by DMA, a bisbenzimidazole confers protection against ionizing radiation induced apoptosis at International Conference on Molecular Signalling: Recent Trends in Biomedical and Translational Research. 17th- 19th December 2014, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
  43. Invited talk on “Bisbenzimidazole as therapeutic agent for human well-being at DDNPTM an International Conference. 21st- 24th November 2015, NIPER Chandigarh.
  44. Invited talk on “Bisbenzimidazole as therapeutic agent for human well-being at National Conference, UMCCD – 2014, 30th December 2014, Rajguru College, Delhi University.
  45. Invited Talk on “DMA; a novel bisbenzimidazole confers protection against ionizing radiation through PTEN/AKT/NFκB” in an International Conference of Radiation Biology 2014; Frontiers in Radiobiology: Immunomodulation, Countermeasures & Therapeutics; 12th Biennial Meeting of Indian Society for Radiation Biology (ISRB) during silver jubilee year of ISRB New Delhi. 12th- 15thNovember 2014, INMAS, New Delhi.
  46. Invited talk on “DMA; a novel bisbenzimidazole confers protection against ionizing radiation through PTEN/AKT/ NFκB” at Indo-French conference- 2015. 10th-12th November 2014, IFFCOS Puducherry University, Puducherry.
  47. Invited Special Lecture at Sensitization Meeting of Women Scientist Scheme of DST. 13th September 2014, Sophitorium Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar.
  48. Invited talk on “An odyssey of bisbenzimidazole as therapeutic agent for human well- being” at Perspective of Natural Products. 16th -17th June 2014, CMMRI, Bhavnagar, Gujarat.
  49. Invited talk on “An odyssey of cytoprotective bisbenzimidazole as therapeutic agent for human well-being” at International Conference of XIV National Organic Symposium Trust– 2014. 6th April 2014, Jaypee Hotel, New Delhi.
  50. Invited talk at “An odyssey of bisbenzimidazole as therapeutic agent for human well- being” in BIOSPARKS – 2014. 20th – 22nd March 2014, SLS, JNU, New Delhi.
  51. Invited talk on “DMA a bisbenzimidazole: An odyssey of a small molecule as Radioprotectant” at 20th ISCB International Conference on “Chemistry and Medicinal Plants in Translational Medicine for Healthcare”. 1st – 4th March 2014, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.
  52. Invited talk on “Novel bisbenzimidazole a potential radioprotector mitigates DNA damage in radiotherapy” at SFRR–India–2014. 25th 28th February 2014, Free radical Society of India & BARC, Lonavala.
  53. Special Lecture on “Development of novel bisbenzimidazoles as antibacterial agents, preferentially inhibiting bacterial topoisomerase I”. 9th April2013, Division of Medicinal and Natural Product Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA.
  54. Special Lecture on “Co-activation of AKT/ NF-kB triggered by DMA: A bisbenzimidazole provides protection against ionizing radiation-induced apoptosis” 12th April 2013, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, USA.
  55. Invited talk on “Bisbenzimidazole mitigates radiation-induced damage through activation of AKT/ NF-kB signaling pathways in cells during radiotherapy” in a two days Symposium on “Trends in Chemoprevention & Cancer” 30th-31st May 2013, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
  56. Special Lecture on “Novel bisbenzimidazole – DMA; a potential radioprotector mitigates DNA damage in radiotherapy”. 3rd July 2013, Centre for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
  57. Invited Talk on “3, 4 -dimethoxy bisbenzimidazole (DMA); a radiomodulator prevents radiation induced apoptosis via activation of PI3K/ Akt/ IKK/ NF-ĸB pro-survival pathway in mammalian cells” at 3rd Biennial International Conference on Drug Discovery and Natural Products and Traditional Medicines (DDNPTM -2012). 22nd – 24th November 2012, NIPER, Chandigarh.
  58. Invited talk on “Cytoprotector bisbenzimidazole and its derivatives offer radioprotection in cells during radiotherapy in cancer treatment promoting NF-kB transactivation through NIK/IKK in mammalian cells” at Annual Convention of Chemist convened by Indian Chemical Society. 5th November 2011, Allahabad University, U.P.
  59. Invited talk on “Effect of metal toxicity on human health” in a Workshop on Defining the role of Women Scientists and Teachers in Promotion and Application of Science and Technology – 2011. National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Allahabad.
  60. Invited talk “Cytoprotector bisbenzimidazole and its derivatives offer radioprotection in cells during radiotherapy in cancer treatment promoting NF-ĸB transactivation through NIK/IKK in mammalian cells: An underlying mechanism is activation of MAP kinase and Wnt signalling pathway in irradiated cells after treatment with bisbenzimidazole” in a conference of Chemical Research Society of India, North Zone Meeting – 2011, University of Jammu, Jammu.
  61. Invited talk “Modulation of hybridizing properties of PNA with modified nucleic acid bases and their biological evaluation against HIV-1” at International conference on Nucleic Acids in Disease & Disorder, 7th- 9th December 2011, Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, IIT Delhi.
  62. Invited talk on “A systematic study of benzimidazoles in search of selective antimicrobials targeting topoisomerase I: Development of E.coli inhibitors” at International Conference of Society of Chemists and Bio-chemists. 5th February 2011, Rajkot.
  63. Invited talk on “Molecular investigations of the antidiabetic effects of Cinnamomum zeylenicum, Brassica nigra and Ricinus communis in experimental diabetes” in an International Conference on Drug Discovery and Natural Products and Traditional Medicine. 22nd – 25th November 2010, NIPER, Chandigarh.
  64. Member of Indian Scientific Delegation sent to Thailand and Indonesia by DST under scientific cooperation between these countries and India. 17th – 24th October 2010.
  65. An invited talk in Training Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at SCFBIO Facility of IIT Delhi 21st September 2009.
  66. A talk delivered on “Different Approaches of HIV-1inhibition” as member of Indian Delegation sent to Pretoria, South Africa under Indo-South Africa. 28th February – 2nd March 2009.
  67. Invited talk on “Inhibition of HIV–1 using antisense approach” in 2nd Indo– South Africa workshop. 2009, INMAS, Delhi.
  68. Invited talk “Differential regulation of protein expression in benzimidazole treated mammalian cells under ionizing radiation” at Conference on Translational Research in Molecular Oncology. December 2008, Punjab University.
  69. Invited talk on “Systematic investigation of twenty-one medicinal plants or their anti-gonorroheal activity (Sexually Transmitted Disease) in search of lead compound” at Drug Discoveries in Natural Products and Traditional Medicine. November 2008, NIPER, Mohali.
  70. Invited talk on “Elucidation and evaluation of mechanisms of action of novel benzimidazoles as radio-protectors” at International Conference on Radiation Biology and Molecular Oncology. 13th November 2008, Rajasthan University, Jaipur.
  71. Invited talk on “Synthesis and characterization of modified peptide nucleic acid (PNA) having pyrazolo (3, 4-d) pyrimidine as base analogue and its antisense effect” at SERC Summer School in Modelling and Informatics in Drug Design. 14th July 2008, NIPER, Mohali.
  72. Poster-cum-oral Presentation on “Identification and functional characterization of cellular proteins interacting withHIV-1integrase and its inhibition by specific DNazyme” at Albany 2007, Conversation 15 (Nucleic Acids Symposium). 19th- 23rd June 2007, University of Albany, NY, USA.
  73. Invited talk on “Evaluation of twenty one medicinal plants for anti-gonorroheal activity leading to structural identification of a single active compound against Neisseria gonorrhea” at Indo- US conference on New Bioactive Molecule in Pharmaceutical Research: Contribution of Natural Products 13th-14th November 2006, IICT, Hyderabad.
  74. An invited member of “National Organic Symposium Trust”. 2005, Goa.
  75. Oral presentation on “Interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis nucleoside- diphosphate kinase and DNA involves the formation of a covalent protein-DNA complex” at Fifth International Congress of the Genetics, Biochemistry and Physiology of NDP Kinase/ NM23/ AWD.13th-15th 2003, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
  76. Oral presentation on “Minor groove binding ligands interactions with repetitive sequences and their role in nucleosome remodeling and gene expression” at Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Developmental Biologists. 17th – 20th 2002, IIT Kanpur.
  77. A paper presented on “Design and synthesis of a sequence-specific novel Hoechst 33258 analog: Physico-chemical and biological studies” at 5th world conference on SCI. 22nd– 25th July 2001.
  78. Participated in National Symposium of Green Chemistry. January 1999, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.
  79. Invited talk on “Current status of oral and implantable contraceptive agents” at Frontiers in Biomedical Research. November 1998, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi.
  80. Oral presentation on “Current Status of oral and implantable contraceptive agents” at Frontiers in Biomedical Research. November 1998, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi.