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Dr. Pawan Kumar Maurya

Dr Pawan Kumar Maurya


 

General Information
Name Dr Pawan Kumar Maurya
Designation Scientist C
Division Analytical Chemistry
Specialization Biostatistics
Date of joining ICMR 6thFebruary, 2017
Date of joining the present post 01st September, 2022.
Email : maurya.pk@icmr.gov.in, maurya_pawan@yahoo.com   
Ph. D: Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology/Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2012
Post Graduation : .Sc, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2006

Profile

Research Experience

Sr. No. Organisation Position Duration Particulars of work done
1 Scientist-C ICMR-National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections, Kolkata 04/04/2025 to present Chemistry,
Biochemistry
 
2 Scientist-C ICMR-Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, Kolkata 01/09/2022 to 03/04/2025 Drug of Abuse, Bioanalytical methods, Sensors, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Biomarkers
3 Scientist-C ICMR-NIOH, Ahmedabad, ICMR-NIOH Regional Occupational Health Centre (Eastern) , Kolkata/ICMR-Centre on Non-Communicable Diseases; Kolkata/ICMR-Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, Kolkata 06/02/2017 to 31/08/2022 Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health
4 Assistant Manager/Manufacturing Technology Development Bharat Biotech International Ltd., Hyderabad 14-03-2016 to 31/01/2017 Chemical analysis of Vaccines
5 Assistant Manager/Quality Control AMRI India (P) Ltd., Aurangabad 29-12-2014 to 16/11/2015 Quality Control of Drugs
6 Research Scientist Adventus Laboratories, Vadodara 14-10-2014 to 28/11/2014 Analytical R&D
7 Research Officer Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Navi Mumbai 28-07-2014 to 10/10/2014 Analytical R&D
8 Associate Research Scientist Analytical R&D / Sai Life Sciences, Hyderabad 13/08/2012 to 24/07/2014 Chromatography, Impurity profiling of drugs.
9 Senior Research Fellow Analytical Chemistry Division/ CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad 08/06/2009 to 07/06/2012 Dried blood spots,
Chromatography
 
10 Junior Research Fellow Analytical Chemistry Division/ CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad 08/06/2007 to 07/06/2009 Chromatography, Impurity profiling of drugs.

Research Interests

Dr. Maurya's current research interests span drug discovery, bioanalytical methods, biosensors, molecularly imprinted polymers, nanomaterials and molecular interaction studies. A significant focus lies in the design and synthesis of nanomaterial based molecularly imprinted polymers for applications in field of bioanalysis. His work also investigates natural compounds and biomolecular interactions through spectroscopic, docking, and in vitro approaches for clinical applications and bacterial research. His research interests highlighting a multidisciplinary approach bridging bioanalysis, drug design and public health.

Memberships

Name of the Society Date of Start Valid till Remarks
Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (Delhi Chapter) 28/02/2022 Life Member Member ID:
LM-2021/24

 
International Association of Therapeutic Drug monitoring and Clinical Toxicology: Kingston, Ontario, CA 15/06/2023 21/02/2025 NA
American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C., US 30/10/2024 29/10/2025 Member ID: 30667171

Awards

  1. Junior Research Fellow awarded by University Grants Commission New Delhi, 2007-2009.
  2. Senior Research Fellow awarded by University Grants Commission New Delhi, 2009-2012
  3. Awarded by. Innocentive Inc. USA for Technology Transfer in the field of Chromatographic Separations.

Projects

Completed

  1. Health effects of chromium exposure among tannery workers in Kolkata-A pilot study (Duration: 2018-2019, Funded by: Intramural Project, Role: Principal Investigator)
  2. A paper based analytical tool for the detection of N-acetyl-beta=D=glucosaminidase biomarkers and creatinine in urine for the diagnosis of kidney diseases due to occupational exposure to nephrotoxic agent. (Duration: 2020-2022, Funded by: Indian Council of Medical Research, Role: Co-Investigator)
  3. Clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of pharmacogenomics-assisted treatment versus standard of care in patients with schizophrenia attending a tertiary care hospital in eastern India. (Duration: 2024-2025, Funded by: Indian Council of Medical Research, Role: Nodal Officer for West Bengal)

Ongoing

  1. Molecularly ImprintedFluorescent Test Strip for Direct, Rapid, and Visual Δ-9 -Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Detection in Tiny Amount of Biofluid. (Duration: 2022-2025, Funded by: Department of Health Research, Govt. of India, Role: Principal Investigator)
  2. Development of point of care molecularly imprinted fluorescent test strip for detection of urinary ethanol metabolites to assist in management of alcohol use disorder.(Duration: 2023-2026, Funded by: Indian Council of Medical Research, Role: Principal Investigator).
  3. Pathways To Resilience And Mental-Health [PARAM]. (Duration: 2023-2026, Funded by: Indian Council of Medical Research, Role: Co-Investigator)
  4. Clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of pharmacogenomics-assisted treatment versus standard of care in patients with schizophrenia attending a tertiary care hospital in eastern India. (Duration: 2023-2026, Funded by: Indian Council of Medical Research, Role: Co-Investigator)

Students

  1. Ms. Diya Sutradhar (Pre Doctoral)
  2. Mr. Sourav Pakrashy (Pre Doctoral)

Publications

2025

  1. Majhi, A, Pakrashy, S., Paul, S., Misra, S., Sutradhar, D., Maurya, P. K., (2025). Design and synthesis of novel triazole based small molecules mimicking HDAC as new modular drugs candidate against Omicron and Future variants of SAES-COV-2.Indian Journal of Chemistry (Article in Press).

2024

  1. Basu, A., Dutta, A. K., Bagepally, B. S., Das, S., Cherian, J. J., Roy, S., Maurya, P. K., Saha, I., Sukumaran, D., Rina, K., Mandal, S., Sarkar, S., Kalita, M., Bhowmik, K., Saha, A., & Chakrabarti, A. (2024). Pharmacogenomics-assisted schizophrenia management: A hybrid type 2 effectiveness implementation study protocol to compare the clinical utility, cost-effectiveness, and barriers. PLoS ONE, 19(4 April), e0300511-e0300511.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300511
  2. Misra, S., Pakrashy, S., Paul, S., Maurya, P. K., Sardar, P. S., Bose, A., & Majhi, A. (2024). Interaction of a new triazole compound with Serum albumins and Proteolytic enzyme Bromelain by Steady state fluorescence and Molecular docking techniques. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 61(5), 305-313. https://doi.org/10.56042/ijbb.v61i5.6123
  3. Pakrashy, S., Chakraborty, S., Manna, S., Nanda Goswami, J., Bhattacharya, B., Emmerling, F., Mandal, J., Misra, S., Maiti Choudhury, S., Okla, M. K., Bose, A., Maurya, P. K., Majhi, A., & Dolai, M. (2024). Inhibition of Human Colorectal Cancer by a Natural Product 7-Acetylhorminone and Interactions with BSA/HSA: Multispectral Analysis and In Silico and In Vitro Studies. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 7(5), 3414-3430. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c00335
  4. Pakrashy, S., Majhi, A., & Maurya, P. K. (2024). Embelin as an alternative reference standard for Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannibinol. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 63(4), 390-393. https://doi.org/10.56042/ijc.v63i4.7084

2023

  1. Maurya, P. K., Chakrabarti A, & Saha A. (2023). Chromium toxicity among leather industry workers in Kolkata-a Pilot Study. Int. J. Occup. Safety Health, 13(2), 140-145. https://doi.org/10.3126/ijosh
  2. Maurya, P. K., Yadav, A., & Maurya, P.K. (2023). HPLC analysis of biomarkers of Toluene and Xylene in human urine samples. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 13(3), 331-337. https://doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v13i3.46615
  3. Misra, S., Paul, S., Pakrashy, S., Ghosh, S., Naskar, S., Maurya, P. K., Sardar, P. S., Venkateswarlu, K., Bose, A., & Majhi, A. (2023). DE-NOVO DRUG DESIGN OF NOVEL 1,2,3-TRIAZOLE-NAPHTHAMIDE AS AN INHIBITOR OF SARS-COV-2 MAIN PROTEASE: SYNTHESIS, BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 62(10), 1001-1011. https://doi.org/10.56042/ijc.v62i10.1578

2020

  1. Zhang, Y., Vaidya, N., Iyengar, U., Sharma, E., Holla, B., Ahuja, C. K., Barker, G. J., Basu, D., Bharath, R. D., Chakrabarti, A., Desrivieres, S., Elliott, P., Fernandes, G., Gourisankar, A., Heron, J., Hickman, M., Jacob, P., Jain, S., Jayarajan, D., ... Bhavana, B. R. (2020). The Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (c-VEDA): an accelerated longitudinal cohort of children and adolescents in India. Molecular Psychiatry, 25(8), 1618-1630. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-020-0656-1

2012

  1. Nageswara Rao, R., Maurya, P. K., & Guruprasad, K. (2012). Evaluation of polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases in quality control of (S)-mirtazapine. Biomedical Chromatography, 26(2), 142-146.  https://doi.org/10.1002/bmc.1638

2011

  1. Nageswara Rao, R., Guru Prasad, K., Gangu Naidu, C., & Maurya, P. K. (2011). Development of a validated liquid chromatographic method for determination of related substances of telmisartan in bulk drugs and formulations. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 56(3), 471-478.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2011.05.043
  2. Nageswara Rao, R., Vali, R. M., Ramachandra, B., & Maurya, P. K. (2011). Rapid determination of rifaximin on dried blood spots by LC-ESI-MS. Biomedical Chromatography, 25(11), 1201-1207. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmc.1591
  3. Rao, R. N., Bompelli, S., & Maurya, P. K. (2011). High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of anti- hypertensive drugs on dried blood spots using a fluorescence detector - method development and validation. Biomedical Chromatography, 25(11), 1252-1259. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmc.1599
  4. Rao, R. N., Maurya, P. K., & Khalid, S. (2011). Development of a molecularly imprinted polymer for selective extraction followed by liquid chromatographic determination of sitagliptin in rat plasma and urine. Talanta, 85(2), 950-957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2011.05.002
  5. Rao, R. N., Maurya, P. K., Kuntamukkala, R., Vitthal, W. D., & Talluri, M. V. N. K. (2011). Molecularly imprinted polymer for selective extraction of 3-methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid from human urine followed by its determination using zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography. Journal of Separation Science, 34(22), 3265-3271.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jssc.201100560
  6. Rao, R. N., Maurya, P. K., Shinde, D. D., & Agwane, S. B. (2011). Reversed-phase liquid chromatographic determination of tramiprosate in rat plasma using evaporative light scattering detector. Biomedical Chromatography, 25(8), 925-929.  https://doi.org/10.1002/bmc.1546
  7. Rao, R. N., Maurya, P. K., Shinde, D. D., & Khalid, S. (2011). Precolumn derivatization followed by liquid chromatographic separation and determination of tramiprosate in rat plasma by fluorescence detector: Application to pharmacokinetics. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 55(2), 282-287.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2011.01.013

2010

  1. Rao, R. N., Maurya, P. K., Ramesh, M., Srinivas, R., & Agwane, S. B. (2010). Development of a validated high-throughput LC-ESI-MS method for determination of sirolimus on dried blood spots. Biomedical Chromatography, 24(12), 1356-1364. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmc.1450
  2. Rao, R. N., Maurya, P. K., & Shinde, D. D. (2010). Development of a validated LC method for enantiomeric separation and determination of adrafinil and its related substances on a Chiralcel OJ-H column connected to PDA and polarimetric detectors in series. Biomedical Chromatography, 24(11), 1228-1233.  https://doi.org/10.1002/bmc.1432

2009

  1. Nageswara Rao, R., Maurya, P. K., & Narasa Raju, A. (2009). Isolation and characterization of a potential process related impurity of phenazopyridine HCl by preparative HPLC followed by MS-MS and 2D-NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 49(5), 1287-1291.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2009.03.004
  2. Rao, R. N., Talluri, M. V. N. K., & Maurya, P. K. (2009). Separation of stereoisomers of sertraline and its related enantiomeric impurities on a dimethylated β-cyclodextrin stationary phase by HPLC. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 50(3), 281-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2009.04.038