Course Name: Medicinal Chemistry

Course abstract

The main objective of this course is to familiarize students with the fundamental concepts of drug discovery and development. The course is intended for students who have a background in chemistry and interested in the process of drug discovery. The intended outcome is to train students on various aspects of new drug discovery/development, drug screening, target identification, lead discovery, optimization and the molecular basis of drug design and drug action.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Harinath Chakrapani

Harinath Chakrapani completed his undergraduate and post-graduate studies in Chemistry from Loyola College and Indian Institute of Technology Madras, respectively. He moved to Duke University, USA to pursue his doctoral studies and after post-doctoral research stints at Wake Forest University and the National Cancer Institute, USA, he joined IISER Pune in July 2009 and is currently Associate Professor. His research interests are in organic chemistry and chemical biology. His laboratory works on developing new tools to study effects of oxidative stress responses in cells and antibiotic resistance. He has over eight years of teaching experience at IISER Pune.
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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021
 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021
 Exam Date : 24-Apr-2021

Enrolled

3020

Registered

340

Certificate Eligible

196

Certified Category Count

Gold

3

Silver

50

Elite

88

Successfully completed

55

Participation

57

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Note:
We have taken best assignment score from both Jan 2020 and Jan2021 course
Medicinal Chemistry - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

SAMPURNA ROY 93%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SIKKIM

UMMEHANI ALI 91%

SAROJINI NAIDU GOVERNMENT GIRLS P.G. COLLEGE, BHOPAL (AUTONOMOUS)

HRITIK RAJ 91%

Chandigarh University


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

K GAUTAM 88%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

RUSHALI GUPTA 88%

Bansathali Vidyapith

DR SHILPA SHAH 88%


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

NIKITA DUTTA 87%

Dr.B.C.Roy College of Pharmacy and AHS

DR SUBHASH CHANDER 87%

AMITY UNIVERSITY, NOIDA

KAUSHIK DUTTA 87%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SIKKIM

JOYDEEP BANDYOPADHYAY 86%

SCDAV Public School.

EMANSI YADAV 86%

MIRANDA HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 3020

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 340

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.