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Rucha Upadhayay E-Mail: *****.********@*****.***

Professional Qualification: PhD, MNNIT Allahabad, India

Work Experience

• August 2005 to July 2007: Research Associate at Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jamia Hamdad, New Delhi, India (Responsibilities: Synthesis and characterized (by spectroscopic techniques ie. UV, FTIR, NMR, GCMS) new and novel antihepatoprotective and antimicrobial chemical constituents)

Advisor: Prof. Bahar Ahmad

• August 2007 to December 2010: Senior Research Associate at Department of Chemistry, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad India. (Responsibilities: Isolate (by HPLC and other chromatographic techniques) and characterized (by spectroscopic techniques ie. UV, FTIR, NMR, GCMS) the chemical constituents form medicinal plants and develop antihepatotoxic drugs)

Advisors: Dr. S.S.Narvi , Prof. N.D.Pandey .

• March 2007 to April 2010: Teaching Assistance ship at Department of Chemistry, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India.

Education

• Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (Phytochemical Investigation of Some Indian

Medicinal Plants and their Possible Anti-hepatotoxic Activity), Year Dec. 2010.

• MS in Material Science (one year course work in Ph.D.)

• M.Sc. in Chemistry with specialization in Organic Chemistry from University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India Year 2005.Scholastic Average: 77%

• Bachelor in Science from University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India. Year 2003. Scholastic Average: 70%

Technical Skills

• Instruments Handed: UV-Visible spectrophotometer; Fourier Transform Infrared spectrophotometer; Differential Scanning Calorimeter; Gas Chromatography; High speed centrifuge; vacuum oven; Digital pH meter; Rotary vacuum evaporator; HPLC; Hot air oven, lyophilizer.

• Techniques: Colum chromatography; Thin layer chromatography and other chromatographic techniques.

• Characterization and Identification of chemical constitutes by the help of spectroscopic data (UV, FTIR, NMR, GCMS, LCMS).

• Strong knowledge of GMP's, GLP's, and environmental regulations.

• Computer Software: Extensive knowledge of chemical modeling tool Chemdraw and ChemWindow for drawing chemical structures; Origin for plotting graphs; mercury and Diamond for crystal structure, Microsoft office.

Seminar Delivered

• Chromatographic Techniques” at Department of Chemistry, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad.

• “Infrared Spectrophotometry” at Department of Applied Mechanics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad.

• “Mass Spectrometry” at Department of Chemistry, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad.

Paper Presented in Conferences

• Rucha Upadhyay, S.S.Narvi, N.D.Pandey; Hepatoprotective activity of root of Feronia limonia against paracetamol intoxication in rats;40th Annual Conference of Indian Pharmaceutical Society; November 1-3,2007 at NIPER Chandigarh, INDIA.

• Rucha Upadhyay, S.S.Narvi, N.D.Pandey, Bahar Ahmed; Antihepatotoxic effect of Hygrophila auriculata against CCl4 -induced hepatic damage in albino rats; 12th International Conference on “The Interface of Chemistry-Biology in Biomedical Research” (February 22-24, 2008) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, INDIA.

• Amita Verma, Neetu Soni, Bahar Ahmed, Rucha Upadhyay; Nymphasterol, a new steroid from nymphaea stellata; 4th International Symposium on “Current Trends in Drugs Discovery Research” (February 17-21, 2010) at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001 (INDIA) Abstract Published in Medicinal Chemistry Research, 19(1/6), 2010, page S47.

• Amita Verma, Rucha Upadhyay, Bahar Ahmed, Neetu Soni; Isolation of Glochidon from Phyllanthus debelis; “Natinal Seminar on Emerging Trends in Future of Pharmacy” (March 28,2010) at Institute of Pharmacy, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi-284128, INDIA

Publication

• Rucha Upadhyay, S.S.Narvi, N.D.Pandey, Bahar Ahmed; “The Possible Hepatoprotective Activity of Eclipta Alba Whole Plant Extract against CCl4 “Natural Products: An Indian Journal" (Volume & Issue: 5(3), 2009).

• Rucha Upadhyay, S.S.Narvi, N.D.Pandey, Bahar Ahmed, Amita Verma; “Antihepatotoxic Effect of Feronia limonia Fruit against Carbon Terachloride induced Hepatic Damage in Albino Rats” Journal of Chinese Medicine (Vol.1 No.1, 2010).

• Amita Vermaa, Bahar Ahmed, Rucha Upadhyay, Neetu Sonia, “Nymphasterol, a new steroid from Nymphaea stellate”; Medicinal Chemistry Research (Accepted).

• Rucha Upadhyay, S. S. Narvi, N. D. Pandey; “Antihepatotoxic Activity of Ferolactone, a new Furanocoumarin from Feronia Limonia”. Journal of Ethnopharmacology; (Communicated).

• Rucha Upadhyay, S. S. Narvi, N. D. Pandey; “Antihepatotoxic effect of Hygrophila auriculata Seed against CCl4-induced Hepatic Damage in Albino Rats”; Fitoterapia (Communicated).

I hereby declare that all the above mentioned information is true to the best of my knowledge.

Date: March 13, 2011 Rucha Upadhyay

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