Garikapati Narahari Sastry
Garikapati Narahari Sastry is currently working as the Director of CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat. Prof. Sastry is a chemist, working in the interdisciplinary areas spanning chemistry, biology, modeling, and informatics. Prof. Sastry has been effective in employing computational and theoretical methods to solve problems in chemistry, biology, and allied areas. These efforts are embedded not only to provide a robust platform for carrying out research in CADD but also to inculcate the culture of developing software packages. He has made fundamental contributions in the areas of a) computational and theoretical chemistry; b) theoretical organic chemistry and reaction mechanism; c) software and data base development for drug discovery (Molecular Property Diagnostic Suite), d) non-covalent interactions, e) cooperativity of non-covalent interactions, f) computer-aided drug design. Under his guidance 29 people were awarded Ph.D., 20 Post-doctoral fellows, 235 students have done internship or short-term projects. In his career, he has delivered more than 480 lectures in international and national conferences/workshops/seminars. His research work was published in more than 330 research papers and reviews, which received over 12,554 citations, with an h-index of 55.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, CSIR – North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India