Prof. Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty
Present Designation:
Director, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-GuwahatiAreas of Interest:
Bioinformatics, Pharmacoengineering, Medical Devices, Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields
Specialisation:
Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields
Major Professional Contributions:
§ Centre by Ministry of Commerce Quality Assessment & value addition centre for herbal industry in the North Eastern States of India as a Principal Investigator with a sanctioned amount of Rs. 1500 lakhs from 2019 to 2022.
§ DBT-BIRAC Centre for North-Eastern Societal aspect for Translational (NEST) Phytopharmaceutical / Herbal Research Incubation Centre sanctioned by DBT BIRAC as a Principal Investigator with a sanctioned amount of Rs. 300 lakhs from 2019 to 2022.
§ DST funded National Centre for Pharmaco-engineering (State-of-the-art-facility) sanctioned by DST-DPRP as a Principal Investigator with a sanctioned amount of Rs. 490 lakhs from 2019 to 2023
§ Centre by Ministry of Tribal Welfare : To study and access the knowledge of traditional healthcare practices and traditional medicines used in tribal population and revitalizing by scientific validation Centre sanctioned by Ministry of Tribal Welfare as a Principal Investigator with a sanctioned amount of Rs. 300 lakhs from 2019 to 2022.
§ DBT funded Establishment of GMP accredited Pilot Scale extraction facilities for development of Herbal or phytopharmaceutical products from the Medicinal Plants of NE India as a Principal Investigator with a sanctioned amount of Rs. 663.50 lakhs from 2020 to 2023.
§ GLP accredited Biological Screening & Animal Breeding Facility sanctioned by Ministry of DoNER, Govt. of India as a Principal Investigator with a sanctioned amount of Rs. 1750 lakhs from 2020 to 2023
§ Advanced Centre for Computer-aided Drug Design (ACAD) sanctioned by MeITY, Govt. of India as a Principal Investigator with a sanctioned amount of Rs. 167 lakhs from 2021 to 2024
§ Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) Monitoring Centre sanctioned by PvPI, Indian Pharmacopoeial Commission (IPC), Govt. of India as a Principal Investigator.
§ ATAL-Incubation Centre (AIC) sanctioned by Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog, Govt. of India as a Principal Investigator with a sanctioned amount of Rs. 10 crores from 2022 to 2025.
§ Supercomputing Facility and AI/ML facility at NIPER-G Funded by National Supercomputing Mission, DST New Delhi.
§ Established Supercomputing facility PARAM 10000 and PARAM PADMA at CSIR IICT for the Bioinformatics course (Advanced Course in Bioinformatics) jointly organized by CSIR IICT, JNTU Hyderabad and CDAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) Pune and Hyderabad.
§ Established Supercomputing facility PARAM EMBRYO at NIPER Guwahatii for the Bioinformatics application and drug discovery in North East and other parts of India.
Consultancy Areas:
Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields
Sector Associated With:
Bio/Pharmacoinformatics
Pharmacoengineering
Drug Delivery Engineering
Medical Devices
PersonalizedMedicines
Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields
Sectors Interested to Offer Service:
Bio/Pharmacoinformatics
Pharmacoengineering
Drug Delivery Engineering
Medical Devices
PersonalizedMedicines
Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields
Professional Experience
Keywords
Bio/Pharmacoinformatics
Pharmacoengineering
Drug Delivery Engineering
Medical Devices
PersonalizedMedicines
Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields
Education
Ph.D., , Osmania University, 1990
M.Sc., , Andhra University, 1980
B.Sc., , Andhra University, 1978
Awards and Recognitions
Ø Visiting Professor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Guwahati
Ø Honorary Professor of the Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology at IIT Guwahati
Ø Awarded "State Science Award-2024 for promoting Scientific Research in the state of Assam"
Ø ICMR Prize for Biomedical research conducted in underdeveloped areas for the year 2010.
Ø Received Gold Medal and Citation from Zoological Society of India (ZSI) (established in 1938) for the contributions to the science and society on 28th December 2012.
Link to Website
https://www.niperguwahati.ac.inINAE Section Affiliated
X: Interdisciplinary and Special Engineering Fields and Leadership in Academia, R&D and Industry
Year of Election to Fellowship
2025
Year of Birth
1957
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