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Dr. Gita Chawla

Email : gchawla@jamiahamdard.ac.in

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Alternate Email :

gita.chawla@yahoo.in

Designation :

Professor & HOD

Department & School :

Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SPER

Qualifications :

M.Pharm., PhD

State Of Domicile :

Delhi

Research Thrust Areas :

Synthetic medicinal chemistry and Pharmaceutical analysis, Design and synthesis of bioactive molecules with special reference to heterocyclic moieties in the field of anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antidepressant, antianxiety and antidiabetic activities

Details Of Courses Taught

B.Pharm.-Inorganic medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, Pharmaceutical Organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry including practical. Practice school, Project work M.Pharm.- Advanced organic chemistry-1, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Practical-1, Advanced Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmaceutical Analysis Practical 1,Food analysis, Herbal and cosmetic analysis, Seminar, Research work, PhD- Course work- Research guidance

PUBLICATIONS

Google Scholar :https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=UcxCtPsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Scopus Author ID : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603782838
ORCID :0000-0003-1745-9697
VIDWAN :https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/292462

BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS PUBLISHED

Number Of Books Published By National Publisher :

The Name Of The Publisher :

Number Of Books Published By International Publisher :

The Name Of The International Publisher :

Number Of Book Chapters In Edited Books Of National Publishers :

The Name Of The Publisher:

Number Of Book Chapters In Edited Books Of International Publishers :

 

1. Chawla G, Pradhan T, Gupta O. The Challenges of Developing Norovirus Vaccines and Therapies. Emerging Infectious Disease: Unravelling Norovirus and Pandemic Dynamics. 2026 Apr 21:359-78.

2. Chawla G, Gupta O, Pradhan T. Role of AI in molecular cancer pharmacology. InEmerging Trends in Cancer Pharmacology 2026 Jan 1 (pp. 209-233). Academic Press.

3. Chawla G, Pradhan T. 2 lead-hit-based methods for drug design and ligand identification. Computational Drug Discovery: Molecular Simulation for Medicinal Chemistry. 2024 Oct 7:23.

 

The Name Of The Publisher :

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Academic Press, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

Number Of Research Grants From Govt. Funding Agencies As PI/Coordinator :

2 as PI.

  1. SERB, DST funded project, File No. CRG/2020/002630 Dated 16 February 2021 titled “Development of some novel thiazolidine-4-one analogs as potential PPAR-γ agonists for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes: in silico studies, synthesis and biological evaluation”, Total cost of project- Rs 3598360, start date- 01/03/2021, duration-3 years.
  2. ICMR funded project, project ID IIRP-2023-5527 (Dec 2023-Dec 2026) titled “Development of New Quinoxaline based 2-Pyrazolines as Potent and Selective MAO-A Inhibitors: In silico Studies, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation”, Total cost of project- Rs 54,40,081

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

ICMR and DST-SERB (Rs. 90,38,441/-)

Number Of Research Grants From Govt. Funding Agencies As Co-PI :

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

Number Of Research Grants From International And Private Sources As PI :

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

Number Of Consultancy Projects :

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Number Of Master’s Theses/DissertationsGuided :

31


Number Of Ph.D. Guided :

2 (completed), 3 (ongoing)

Number Of Master’s Theses/DissertationsGuided :

2

Number Of Co-supervisorPhd :

2

PATENTS

Number Of Patents Granted :
Specify National/International :
Number Of Patents Applied For :
Specify National/International :

PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES AS SPEAKER/ RESOURCE PERSON

Number Of Presentations In National Or International Conferences In India :

more than 30

1

Please Specify Invited/Oral/Poster :

Poster presentation

Presented work on ‘1, 2, 4-oxadiazole incorporated ketoprofen analogues in search of safer non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents: design, syntheses, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies’ at the “International conference on challenges in drug discovery and delivery (ICCD3)” BITS Pilani, Pilani campus, Rajasthan, India, March 2-4, 2017.

Number Of Presentations In International Conferences Abroad :

1

Please Specify Invited/Oral/Poster :

Presented work on ‘Design, synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of some novel derivatives of 1-{[3-(furan-2-yl)-5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-4-yl]}-4-methyl piperazine’ at the “International conference on Pharmaceutical Chemistry” held during September 05-07,2016 in Frankfurt, Germany.

NATIONAL AWARDS, HONOURS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED

Name Of The Award :

Felicitated with Certificate of Appreciation on National Science Day, February 27th 2026, for publishing a research article in high impact journal. 

Felicitated with Certificate of Recognition on National Science Day, February 28th 2024, for an article published in Open Chemistry Journal with citation more than 100.

Felicitated with Certificate of Appreciation on National Science Day, February 28th 2024, for receiving a Research grant from ICMR, New Delhi.

Felicitated with Certificate of Recognition on National Science Day, February 28th 2017, for publishing a research paper in the Arabian Journal of Chemistry with an impact factor more than 3 by Jamia Hamdard

Secured 2nd position as research paper presenter in 26th Annual conference of IPGA held on 2nd April 2011, New Delhi.

Senior Research Fellowship by UGC in 1992.

Junior research fellowship by UGC in 1990.

 

 

Granting Agency :

Jamia Hamdard

 

Jamia Hamdard

 

Jamia Hamdard

Jamia Hamdard

IPGA

UGC

UGC

Year Of Award :

2026

2024

2024

2017

2011

1992

1990

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS, HONOURS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED

Name Of The Award :

Granting Agency :

Year Of Award :

STAFF DEVELOPMENT/REFRESHER/SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME/WEBINARS ORGANIZED

Title :

Coordinated lecture series 2021 of SPER.

Organized one-day online workshop on “Cloud-based Hands-on Workshop: Rational Computational Drug Design Approaches” in collaboration with Schrodinger, May 4, 2022.

Organized a two-day Cloud-based Hands-on Workshop on “Computationally Driven Drug Design Workflows” in collaboration with Schrodinger on 29-30th March 2023.

Organized a one-day workshop on “Infrared Spectroscopy Unleased: Workshop on Bruker Alpha II Operation” on 6th September 2023 in collaboration with Lab India Analytical Instruments Pvt. Ltd.

Organized a two-day Cloud-based Hands-on Workshop on “Computational Drug Design Approaches” in collaboration with Schrodinger on 18-19 July 2024.

Duration :

 

1 day

 

2 day

 

1 day

 

2 day

 

 

 

Sponsoring Agency :

 

 

MEMBER(S) OF NATIONALCOMMITTEES

Life member of Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association (IPGA), Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), Asian Polymer Association (APA), Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (Delhi chapter) (ISAS), Society of Pharmacognosy and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

MEMBER(S) OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES

ADMINISTARTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES/ PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES OF JAMIA HAMDARD

  1. Acting as Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SPER.
  2. Acting as Chairperson, ISGRC (Institutional Students Grievance Redressal Committee)
  3. Acting as Chairperson, EOC (Equal Oportunity Cell)
  4. Chairperson, Program committee M.Pharm.
  5. Chairperson, Program committee B.Pharm.
  6. Worked as team leader to coordinate flying squad work assigned by the University many times.
  7. Acted as convenor and Deputy superintendent to conduct various examinations such as DODL, Medical entrance, PhD examinations, etc.
  8. Acted as a member of the admission committee and admission promotion committee.
  9. Acted as member of faculty-level anti-ragging committee.
  10. Acting as a teacher in charge to conduct sessional examinations of B. Pharm and M. Pharm courses and conducted PhD examinations also.
  11. Acted as a member of the convocation organizing committee.
  12. Acted as tabulator of examination work.
  13. Acted as member of the board of research studies, board of studies and academic council.

ANY OTHER

  1. Appointed as panel member for interviews and external examiner in different universities/ institutes (DIPSAR, DPSRU, MSIP Janakpuri, Rajasthan University, University of Gwalior, Panjab University, Chandigarh, MDU Rohtak, SGT University, Gurgaon, Pt. B.D. Sharma University Rohtak, Guru Jambheshwar University Hisar).
  2. Acted as a reviewer for many manuscripts in different referred journals (Springer Journals, Bentham Journals, Wiley Journals, Chronicles of Young Scientist, Elsevier and J. of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences).
  3. Shared views on published article with India Science Wire (ISW) for their news article.
  4. Contributed as a content reviewer for ten modules under the ePathshala program.
  5. Member of editorial board of Journal of Pharmacy and Bio-allied Sciences since 2009. ISSN Print: 0976-4879, Online: 0975-7406.
  6. Member of editorial board of International journal of Pharmaceutical chemistry and analysis from 2015-2018. ISSN 2394-2789 (Print), e-ISSN 2394-2797(Online).
  7. Contributed as Resource person in different scientific programmes.
  8. Evaluator of M.Pharm and PhD theses.
  9. Reviewed chapters on pharmaceutical organic chemistry of Pearson education.

Dr. Gita Chawla

Email : gchawla@jamiahamdard.ac.in

View Google Scholar

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Alternate Email :

gita.chawla@yahoo.in

Designation :

Professor & HOD

Department & School :

Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SPER

Qualifications :

M.Pharm., PhD

State Of Domicile :

Delhi

Research Thrust Areas :

Synthetic medicinal chemistry and Pharmaceutical analysis, Design and synthesis of bioactive molecules with special reference to heterocyclic moieties in the field of anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antidepressant, antianxiety and antidiabetic activities

Details Of Courses Taught

B.Pharm.-Inorganic medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, Pharmaceutical Organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry including practical. Practice school, Project work M.Pharm.- Advanced organic chemistry-1, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Practical-1, Advanced Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmaceutical Analysis Practical 1,Food analysis, Herbal and cosmetic analysis, Seminar, Research work, PhD- Course work- Research guidance

PUBLICATIONS

Google Scholar :https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=UcxCtPsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Scopus Author ID : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603782838
ORCID :0000-0003-1745-9697
VIDWAN :https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/292462

BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS PUBLISHED

Number Of Books Published By National Publisher :

The Name Of The Publisher :

Number Of Books Published By International Publisher :

The Name Of The International Publisher :

Number Of Book Chapters In Edited Books Of National Publishers :

The Name Of The Publisher:

Number Of Book Chapters In Edited Books Of International Publishers :

 

1. Chawla G, Pradhan T, Gupta O. The Challenges of Developing Norovirus Vaccines and Therapies. Emerging Infectious Disease: Unravelling Norovirus and Pandemic Dynamics. 2026 Apr 21:359-78.

2. Chawla G, Gupta O, Pradhan T. Role of AI in molecular cancer pharmacology. InEmerging Trends in Cancer Pharmacology 2026 Jan 1 (pp. 209-233). Academic Press.

3. Chawla G, Pradhan T. 2 lead-hit-based methods for drug design and ligand identification. Computational Drug Discovery: Molecular Simulation for Medicinal Chemistry. 2024 Oct 7:23.

 

The Name Of The Publisher :

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Academic Press, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

Number Of Research Grants From Govt. Funding Agencies As PI/Coordinator :

2 as PI.

  1. SERB, DST funded project, File No. CRG/2020/002630 Dated 16 February 2021 titled “Development of some novel thiazolidine-4-one analogs as potential PPAR-γ agonists for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes: in silico studies, synthesis and biological evaluation”, Total cost of project- Rs 3598360, start date- 01/03/2021, duration-3 years.
  2. ICMR funded project, project ID IIRP-2023-5527 (Dec 2023-Dec 2026) titled “Development of New Quinoxaline based 2-Pyrazolines as Potent and Selective MAO-A Inhibitors: In silico Studies, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation”, Total cost of project- Rs 54,40,081

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

ICMR and DST-SERB (Rs. 90,38,441/-)

Number Of Research Grants From Govt. Funding Agencies As Co-PI :

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

Number Of Research Grants From International And Private Sources As PI :

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

Number Of Consultancy Projects :

Name Of The Agency And Amount Of Funding Generated :

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Number Of Master’s Theses/DissertationsGuided :

31


Number Of Ph.D. Guided :

2 (completed), 3 (ongoing)

Number Of Master’s Theses/DissertationsGuided :

2

Number Of Co-supervisorPhd :

2

PATENTS

Number Of Patents Granted :
Specify National/International :
Number Of Patents Applied For :
Specify National/International :

PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES AS SPEAKER/ RESOURCE PERSON

Number Of Presentations In National Or International Conferences In India :

more than 30

1

Please Specify Invited/Oral/Poster :

Poster presentation

Presented work on ‘1, 2, 4-oxadiazole incorporated ketoprofen analogues in search of safer non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents: design, syntheses, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies’ at the “International conference on challenges in drug discovery and delivery (ICCD3)” BITS Pilani, Pilani campus, Rajasthan, India, March 2-4, 2017.

Number Of Presentations In International Conferences Abroad :

1

Please Specify Invited/Oral/Poster :

Presented work on ‘Design, synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of some novel derivatives of 1-{[3-(furan-2-yl)-5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-4-yl]}-4-methyl piperazine’ at the “International conference on Pharmaceutical Chemistry” held during September 05-07,2016 in Frankfurt, Germany.

NATIONAL AWARDS, HONOURS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED

Name Of The Award :

Felicitated with Certificate of Appreciation on National Science Day, February 27th 2026, for publishing a research article in high impact journal. 

Felicitated with Certificate of Recognition on National Science Day, February 28th 2024, for an article published in Open Chemistry Journal with citation more than 100.

Felicitated with Certificate of Appreciation on National Science Day, February 28th 2024, for receiving a Research grant from ICMR, New Delhi.

Felicitated with Certificate of Recognition on National Science Day, February 28th 2017, for publishing a research paper in the Arabian Journal of Chemistry with an impact factor more than 3 by Jamia Hamdard

Secured 2nd position as research paper presenter in 26th Annual conference of IPGA held on 2nd April 2011, New Delhi.

Senior Research Fellowship by UGC in 1992.

Junior research fellowship by UGC in 1990.

 

 

Granting Agency :

Jamia Hamdard

 

Jamia Hamdard

 

Jamia Hamdard

Jamia Hamdard

IPGA

UGC

UGC

Year Of Award :

2026

2024

2024

2017

2011

1992

1990

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS, HONOURS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED

Name Of The Award :

Granting Agency :

Year Of Award :

STAFF DEVELOPMENT/REFRESHER/SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME/WEBINARS ORGANIZED

Title :

Coordinated lecture series 2021 of SPER.

Organized one-day online workshop on “Cloud-based Hands-on Workshop: Rational Computational Drug Design Approaches” in collaboration with Schrodinger, May 4, 2022.

Organized a two-day Cloud-based Hands-on Workshop on “Computationally Driven Drug Design Workflows” in collaboration with Schrodinger on 29-30th March 2023.

Organized a one-day workshop on “Infrared Spectroscopy Unleased: Workshop on Bruker Alpha II Operation” on 6th September 2023 in collaboration with Lab India Analytical Instruments Pvt. Ltd.

Organized a two-day Cloud-based Hands-on Workshop on “Computational Drug Design Approaches” in collaboration with Schrodinger on 18-19 July 2024.

Duration :

 

1 day

 

2 day

 

1 day

 

2 day

 

 

 

Sponsoring Agency :

 

 

MEMBER(S) OF NATIONALCOMMITTEES

Life member of Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association (IPGA), Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), Asian Polymer Association (APA), Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (Delhi chapter) (ISAS), Society of Pharmacognosy and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

MEMBER(S) OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES

ADMINISTARTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES/ PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES OF JAMIA HAMDARD

  1. Acting as Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SPER.
  2. Acting as Chairperson, ISGRC (Institutional Students Grievance Redressal Committee)
  3. Acting as Chairperson, EOC (Equal Oportunity Cell)
  4. Chairperson, Program committee M.Pharm.
  5. Chairperson, Program committee B.Pharm.
  6. Worked as team leader to coordinate flying squad work assigned by the University many times.
  7. Acted as convenor and Deputy superintendent to conduct various examinations such as DODL, Medical entrance, PhD examinations, etc.
  8. Acted as a member of the admission committee and admission promotion committee.
  9. Acted as member of faculty-level anti-ragging committee.
  10. Acting as a teacher in charge to conduct sessional examinations of B. Pharm and M. Pharm courses and conducted PhD examinations also.
  11. Acted as a member of the convocation organizing committee.
  12. Acted as tabulator of examination work.
  13. Acted as member of the board of research studies, board of studies and academic council.

ANY OTHER

  1. Appointed as panel member for interviews and external examiner in different universities/ institutes (DIPSAR, DPSRU, MSIP Janakpuri, Rajasthan University, University of Gwalior, Panjab University, Chandigarh, MDU Rohtak, SGT University, Gurgaon, Pt. B.D. Sharma University Rohtak, Guru Jambheshwar University Hisar).
  2. Acted as a reviewer for many manuscripts in different referred journals (Springer Journals, Bentham Journals, Wiley Journals, Chronicles of Young Scientist, Elsevier and J. of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences).
  3. Shared views on published article with India Science Wire (ISW) for their news article.
  4. Contributed as a content reviewer for ten modules under the ePathshala program.
  5. Member of editorial board of Journal of Pharmacy and Bio-allied Sciences since 2009. ISSN Print: 0976-4879, Online: 0975-7406.
  6. Member of editorial board of International journal of Pharmaceutical chemistry and analysis from 2015-2018. ISSN 2394-2789 (Print), e-ISSN 2394-2797(Online).
  7. Contributed as Resource person in different scientific programmes.
  8. Evaluator of M.Pharm and PhD theses.
  9. Reviewed chapters on pharmaceutical organic chemistry of Pearson education.

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