Dr. Pamita Awasthi

Associate Professor

Research interests/Areas- • Synthesis and Biological evaluation of analogues of mitoxantrone – As a potential Anticancer Agents • Interaction of mitoxantrone and its synthesised analogues with DNA sequences using 2D NMR, UV-Visible spectroscopy, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Cyclic voltametery, Viscosity and Molecular Modeling tools in order to design and develop new class of anticancer drugs. • Synthesis, Structural Study (using 1D NMR, FT-IR, Mass etc. spectroscopic tools), Biological study and field evaluation of Juvenile Hormone Analogues (Insect Growth Regulators) containing diverse structural features as a potential environment friendly green pesticides. • Computer Aided Molecule Design using DISCOVERY STUDIO (DST-SERB young scientist project), AUTO DOCK, GAUSSIAN, AMBER .18 (gifted by Dr. Davis Case Rutgers University) etc.

Name	:	Dr. Pamita Awasthi
Designation	:	Associate Professor
Department	:	Chemistry
Qualification	:	Ph.D
Phone	:	254140
Email ID	:	pamita@nith.ac.in
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General Information

Name	:	Dr. Pamita Awasthi
Designation	:	Associate Professor
Department	:	Chemistry
Qualification	:	Ph.D
Date of Birth	:	10/03/1972
Date of joining	:	27/07/2007

Contact Details

Phone	:	254140
Email ID	:	pamita@nith.ac.in

Specialization

Position Held

Position	Department Name	Institute Name	Time Period

Educational Qualification

Name of the Degree	Year of Passing	Institute/University
Ph.D	2000	Chemistry Department, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
M.Sc	1994	Chemistry Department, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
B.Sc (Hons.)	1992	St. Bede's Collage Shimla
Post Doctoral	2003	Department of Biotechnology, IIT- Roorkee

Honors & Recognitions Achieved

Sr.No.	Title	Activity	Given By	Year
1	Merit fellowship	Fifth position in Merit B.Sc(Hons.)	H.P. University	1992
2	Post-Doctoral fellowship	Research associate	CSIR-HRD	2006

Research Experience

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Journal Publications

Year	Author(s)	Title & Vol. No.	Journal Name	Indexing (SCI) Web of Science/Scopus
2020	Pamita Awasthi ∗, Anjali Sharma , Manu Vatsal	Spectroscopic, viscometric and computational binding study of 1 and 2 substituted anthraquinone analogs to be potential anti-cancer agents 1223 (2021) 129293	Journal of Molecular Structure Elsevier	SCI
2020	Manpreet Singh Pamita Awasthi Virender Singh	Iodine Catalysed Synthesis of Luminescent β‐Carboline Tethered Thiazolo[4,5‐c]carbazole and Naphtho[2,1‐d]thiazole Derivatives and Estimation of their Light Emitting Properties	Eur. Journal of Organic Chemistry Wiley	SCI
2019	Pamita Awasthi, Kirna Devi	Structural characterization, photoluminescence, computational studies and bioassay of newly synthesized N-(3-oxo-3-morpholino-1-phenyl-propyl) benzo sulfonamide with multifunctional application	Research on Chemical Reaction Intermediates Springer	SCI
2019	Kirna Devi and Pamita Awasthi	Sulfonamide phenylalanine (SPA) series of analogues as an antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer agents along with p53 tumor suppressor-DNA complex inhibitor – part 1	Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, TAYLOR & FRANCIS	SCI
2021	Devi, K., & Awasthi, P.	Isoleucine with secondary sulfonamide functionality as anticancer, antibacterial and antifungal agents. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2021.1893818	Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, T&F	SCI
2022	Vandna Devi, Pamita Awasthi	• Synthesis, structural, DFT and bio-assay of novel ethyl 3-(2-(4-chlorophenoxy)acetamido) propanoate on Galleria mellonela (wax moth) –a juvenile hormone mimic as potential insect growth regulator (IGR) (1248)2022 131464 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131464	ournal of Molecular Structure Elsevier	SCI
2021	Sharma, P., & Awasthi, P.	Synthesis, Characterization, In vivo, Molecular Docking, ADMET and HOMO-LUMO study of Juvenile Hormone Analogues having sulfonamide feature as an Insect Growth Regulators. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1231, 129945.	Journal of Molecular Structure	SCI
2021	Awasthi, P., Sharma, A., & Vatsal, M.	Spectroscopic, viscometric and computational binding study of 1 and 2 substituted anthraquinone analogs to be potential anti-cancer agents. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1223, 129293.	Journal of Molecular Structure	SCI
2022	Harsh Kumar, Jasmeet Kaur, Pamita Awasthi	Investigation of Aggregation and Surface Active Properties of Cationic Gemini Surfactants in the Presence of Antidepressant Drug	Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects	SCI
2021	Harsh Kumar, Jasmeet Kaur, Pamita Awasthi	Scrutinizing the Micellization Behaviour of 14-2-14 Gemini Surfactant and Tetradecyltrimethylammonium Bromide in Aqueous Solutions of Betaine Hydrochloride Drug	Journal of Molecular Liquids	SCI

Conference Publications

Year	Author(s)	Title	Conference name with place	Indexing (SCI/Web of science/Scopus)

Research Projects

Role	Project Type	Title	Funding Agency	From	To	Amount	Status	Co-Investigator	Sanction Order	Sanction Date
Principal Investigator	Young Scientist	“Juvenile harmone Analogues as potential pesticides: Designing, synthesis, characterization, biological evaluation and field testing”	DST-SERB	31/08/2009	31/07/2013	13 lacs	complete	nil	Anx	31/07/2013
Scientist mentor	DST-WOS-A	Synthesis, Characterization, Biological and Computational study of series of 1-[1-oxo-3-phenyl-2(benzosulfonamide)-propylamido]-anthracene-9,10-dione analogs-Anthraquinone based anticancer drugs	DST	31/05/2017	30/06/2020	24 lacs	completed	Nil	Anx	31/05/2017
Scientist mentor	Research Project	Field Efficacy of JH mimics as Nano Pesticides: A new generation Nanocides	DST	08/10/2021	08/10/2024	31,36, 222/-	on-going	Dr. Priyanka	DST/WOS-B/AFE-29/2021 (G)	08/10/2021

Research Supervision

Programme Name	Scholar Name	Research Topic	Status	Year	Co-Suprivisor(s)
Ph.D	Shilpa Dogra	Studies on interactions of anthraquinone based anticancer drug mitoxantrone with different DNA sequences	Completed	2015	Dr. Nayar
Ph.D	Priyanka Sharma	Computational designing, synthesis and biological evaluation of juvenile hormone analogues as a potential pesticide	Completed	2016	None
Ph.D	Nitesh Kumar	Synthesis, characterization, cytotoxic and DNA binding studies of Titanium complexes	Completed	2016	Dr. Raj Kaushal
Ph.D	Manu Vatsal	Synthesis, characterization, biological and computational studies of anthraquinine based drugs to be potential anticancer agents	Completed	2020	None
Ph.D	Ar. Veenu Shree	Study of ventilation and indoor paints in primary school classrooms of composite climate for monitoring its indoor air quality - Case study hamirpur (H.P.)	Completed	2020	Dr. Bhanu Marwah
Ph.D	Anjali Sharma	Drug-DNA interactions of synthesized analogues of anthracycline class of anticancer drugs using spectroscopic and computational tools- A novel approach to develop new class of drug candidates.	Ongoing	0	None
Ph.D	Nitika Bali	Synthetic, computational and biological study of analogues of Juvenile hormone analogues to be potential Insect Growth Regulators	Ongoing	0	None
Ph.D	Kirna Devi	Synthesis, characterization, biological screening and computational studies of sulphonamide analogues to be multifunctional agents	completed	2021	None
Ph.D	Vandana Devi	Synthesis, Characterization, computational and bioassay of juvenile hormone analogues to be insect growth regulators	Ongoing	0	None

Patents

Title	Reg./Ref.No.	Date of Award/Filling	Awarding Agencies	Status
Juvenile Hormone Mimics for silk moth(bombex mori): Green Approach to enhance silk production	201911047685	23/11/2019	DST	Filled
Sulfonamide analogues to be anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, antimicrobial, carbonic anhydrase inhibitor and antidiabetic agents	201711028145	31/07/2017	DST	Filled

Teaching Experience

Position Held	Department and Organization	From	To	Total Experience
Lecturere	Department of Applied Sciences, NIT-Hamirpur	17/07/2005	27/07/2009	4
Assistant Professor or Reader	Department of Chemistry, NIT-Hamirpur	09/07/2009	09/07/2012	3
Associate Professor	Department of Chemistry, NIT-Hamirpur	09/07/2012	28/10/2020	8

Administrative Experience

Position Held	Department and Organization	From	To
Faculty In-charge	Central Library, NIT-H	10/04/2010	10/11/2012
Chairperson	ICC (women cell)	11/09/2015	19/02/2019
warden	Ambika Girls Hostel and Parbati Girls Hostel, NIT-H	27/07/2013	01/05/2018
Head of the Department	Department of Chemistry, NIT-H	15/10/2014	30/08/2016
Head of the Department	Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT-H	27/04/2016	23/04/2018
Member (Senate Nominee)	Board of Governess, NIT-Hamirpur	01/07/2016	01/07/2018
Local Coordinator	GIAN-MHRD	09/08/2015	21/02/2019
Member, BOG	NIT Hamirpur	01/07/2016	31/07/2018
Associate Dean (FW)	NIT Hamirpur	01/05/2018	31/05/2019
Member Secretary	Chief Minister Star-up project	01/09/2017	28/10/2020
Nodal Officer	Chief Minister Star-up project	01/12/2017	28/10/2020

Book/Chapters Written

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Expert Talks

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Consultancy

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International and National Exposure

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Profile Summary

Last Update: 22/02/2022 06:12pm

Name	:	Dr. Pamita Awasthi
Designation	:	Associate Professor
Department	:	Chemistry
Qualification	:	Ph.D
Phone	:	254140
Email ID	:	pamita@nith.ac.in
Profile URL	:	https://portfolios.nith.ac.in/index.php?/nith/dr-pamita-awasthi145
Date of Birth	:	10/03/1972
Date of Joining	:	27/07/2007