Mr. Amit Kumar

Mr. Amit Kumar

Technical Assistant

Quality Management & Instrumentation Division

CSIR – Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu – 180001
Email: amitkumar@iiim.res.in

Profile

Bio Sketch

Analytical professional with expertise in analytical techniques such as LCMS-MS,GCMS-MS,HPLC,HRMS-MS, Prep HPLC, FT-IR, CHN analyser etc. Analytical method development for qualitative and quantitative analysis, method validation (as per standard guideline), mass specific mode SIM (single ion monitoring) and MRM) based quantification, Mass data elucidation, structural elucidation of molecule through HPLC,LCMS-MS,GCMS-MS. Management of Col.R.N.Chopra chemical repository

Education

Degree Subjects University Qualifying Year
M.S.(pharm) Natural Products NIPER-Mohali 2008
B-Pharmacy Pharmaceutical sciences PTU 2006
A.I.C. diploma Analysis of Drugs & pharmaceuticals Institute of Chemist, Kolkata 2017

Position Held

Position Held

Position Held Period Organization
Technical assistant III (2) 27th Dec-2012 to present CSIR-IIIM
Assistant professor 12th Nov 2008 to 24th May 2012 PCTE Institute of Pharmacy, Ludhiana

Area of Expertise

Area of Expertise

  • Analytical techniques such as LCMS-MS,GCMS-MS,HPLC,HRMS-MS, Prep HPLC, FT-IR, CHN analyser etc.
  • Managing & handling of Col.R.N.Chopra chemical repository & Liq. Nitrogen plant of the institute

Project Involved / Ongoing Projects

Projects

  • Cannabis germplasm evaluation and its phytocannabinoids study
  • CSIR-Aroma mission
  • CSIR-Phytopharmaceuticals mission
  • Sun-Pharma Project
  • Sickel-Cell anaemia mission
  • Drug testing Lab as analyst
  • Chemical repository project

 

 

 

 

Publications and Patents

Publications

Authors Title Journal
R.V. Singh  H. Sharma  A. Ganjoo  A. Kumar  V. Babu Novel amidase catalysed process for the synthesis of vorinostat drug Journal of Applied Microbiology, june 2020
Sougata Sarkar, Pooja Saraswat,  Amit Kumar,  Palvi Anand,  Indrapal Verma,  V P Rahul et al Allelopathy as a tool to influence essential oil quality profile of mentha  piperita l., Journal Of Medicinal And Aromatic Plant Sciences 42(1-2), 2020; 94-101
Rather G, Sharma A, Kumar A , Lattoo S. et al Molecular characterization and overexpression analyses of secologanin synthase to understand the regulation of camptothecin biosynthesis in Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb. Protoplasma, pp 1-15, Sep 2019.
Singh A, Kumar A , Singh G.D. et al Rohitukine inhibits NF-κB activation induced by LPS and other inflammatory agents International Immunopharmacology, 69, april 2019, Pp 34-49.
Majid I, Kumar A et al. A basic helix loop helix transcription factor, AaMYC2-Like positively regulates artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua L. Industrial Crops & Products, 128, 2019, 115-125
Sharma, Vishal,Kumar A  et al Valproic Acid Induces Three Novel Cytotoxic Secondary Metabolites in Diaporthe sp., an Endophytic Fungus from Datura inoxia Mill Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 28 (2018),2217-2221
Singh A, Thatikonda T, Kumar A , Wazir P, Singh G.D. et al Determination of ZSTK474, a novel Pan PI3K inhibitor in mouse plasma by LC–MS/MS and its application to Pharmacokinetics J.  Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 149, 2018, Pp 387-393.
Singh A, Kumar A et al Re-Validation of New Develop Highly Sensitive, Simple LCMS/MS Method for the Estimation of Rohitukine and its Application in ADME/Pre-Clinical Pharmacokinetics Mass Spectrom Purif Tech 2017, 3:2.
Arora D,  Kumar A , Gupta P, Chashoo G, Jaglan S. Preparation, characterization and cytotoxic evaluation of bovine serum albumin nanoparticles encapsulating 5-methylmellein: A secondary metabolite isolated from Xylaria psidii” Bioorganic Med Chem. Lett. 27 (2017), pp 5126–5130.
Wani ZA, Kumar A, Sultan P, Bindu K, Riyaz-Ul-Hassan S, Ashraf N Mortierella alpina (CS10E4), an oleaginous fungal endophyte of Crocus sativus L. enhances apocarotenoid biosynthesis and stress tolerance in host plant, Sci. Rep.  2017, 7,8598.

Patents

Investors/Contributors Title Description Year
Vikash Babu, Rahul Vikram Singh, Hitesh Sharma, Amit Kumar, Shaista Sultan, Varun Pratap Singh, Bhahwal Ali Shah, Parvinder Pal Singh Enzymatic Process for the Preparation of Vorinostat Filed (IN 201911047261) 2019

Awards / Honours

Awards and Honours

Allam Raja Mani Award-2017 by Institute of Chemist(India).

Group

Students