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Dr. Ram Vishwakarma
Director, CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu (India)
Ram Vishwakarma is Director of the CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu (India) since March
2009. Prior to joining IIIM Jammu, he worked (2005-2009) as Vice-President (Medicinal Chemistry) at Piramal
Life Sciences Ltd, Mumbai on NCE discovery projects on cancer, inflammation and drug-resistant infections.
Prior to this, he was a staff-scientist at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi (1994-2005) working
on the chemical-biology of GPI anchors. He did his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from Central Drug Research
Institute, Lucknow and post-doctoral work at the University of Cambridge on biosynthesis of cyanocobalamin
(vitamin B12). He has over 28 years of experience in new drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis,
chemical biology and glycobiology. He has worked in England, Canada and USA and has over 200 research
publications and 40 patents to his credit. He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India.
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Director, CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu (India)
Ram Vishwakarma is Director of the CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu (India) since March
2009. Prior to joining IIIM Jammu, he worked (2005-2009) as Vice-President (Medicinal Chemistry) at Piramal
Life Sciences Ltd, Mumbai on NCE discovery projects on cancer, inflammation and drug-resistant infections.
Prior to this, he was a staff-scientist at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi (1994-2005) working
on the chemical-biology of GPI anchors. He did his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from Central Drug Research
Institute, Lucknow and post-doctoral work at the University of Cambridge on biosynthesis of cyanocobalamin
(vitamin B12). He has over 28 years of experience in new drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis,
chemical biology and glycobiology. He has worked in England, Canada and USA and has over 200 research
publications and 40 patents to his credit. He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India.
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