Dr. Jignasa Ketan Savjani

Biography

Dr. Jignasa K. savjani is presently serving as an assistant professor at Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, from June 2007. She obtained her Ph D from Nirma University in the year 2011. Subsequently she was a lecturer at A.P.M.C. College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, North Gujarat University from 2003 to 2005 and Arihant School of Pharmacy and Bioresearch Institute, Gujarat University from 2005 to 2007. She published research and review articles in internationally repute journals. She received financial assistant from CSIR to attend and present research work at 16th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference held at Washington DC, USA, in June 2012. She has received financial assistance from CSIR and Sybyl X, Tripos for conducting a CSIR sponsored workshop on “Hands on Training on Software Related to Computer Aided Drug Design” at Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad in the year 2013. She has also contributed as a reviewer for prestigious peer-reviewed journals including Medicinal Chemistry Research and Analytical Chemistry Letters. She delivered various guest lectures on topics related to medicinal chemistry. She received research grant worth rupees 3.5 lacs from GUCOST for minor research project. In recent year she focused on the Computational drug design of anti-tubercular agents, Co-crystal chemistry and synthesis of small molecules. She filed two patents which was published in the official journal of Indian patent office.

Research Interest

Synthesis of small molecules Computer Aided Drug Design Co-crystal chemistry