Niranjan Kumar, [hidden]

Personal Profile

I am looking for a teaching position with research. I have excellent communication skills and look for a bigger picture while solving a problem. I am strong, independent, and flexible to work in any kind of environment as required. My research focuses on virtual screening and free energy estimation for identifying potential inhibitors against mycobacterium tuberculosis. I am good in structural bioinformatics and also have experience of working with AI/ML for public healthcare and drug discovery. I am a highly dynamic, motivated, and multitasking person, and I know how to perceive any project from beginning to end.

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India
• [hidden] in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (SC&IS) 2016-2021
• Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India
• Master of Technology, Computational & Systems Biology 2012-2014
• [hidden] Central University, Sagar ([hidden]) Madhya Pradesh,India
• Master of Science, Biotechnology, 2009-2011
• Magadh University, A N College, Patna Patna, India
• Bachelor of Science (Biotech.) 2005-2008

Research Experience

• JNU, New Delhi, India – Research Fellow-University Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. of [hidden] Scholar 2016-2021
• DRDO (INMAS), New Delhi, India – [hidden] Dissertation (Jan. 2011-July 2011)

Awards/Academic Achievements

• DBT-fellowship during [hidden] awarded by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
• ASRB-NET (equivalent to CSIR-UGC-NET), Qualified-2014
• GATE (XL), Qualified -2011

[hidden] Publications

1. Niranjan Kumar, Rakesh Srivastava, Amresh Prakash, Andrew M. Lynn. “Structure-based virtual screening molecular dynamics simulation and MM-PBSA towards identifying the inhibitors for Two-component regulatory system protein NarL of Mycobacterium tuberculosis”, Journal of Biomolecular Structure Dynamics, 2019
2. Niranjan Kumar, Rakesh Srivastava, Amresh Prakash, Andrew M. Lynn. “Virtual screening and free energy estimation for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis flavoenzyme DprE1 inhibitors”, Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling, 2020
3. Deep Bhowmik, Rajat Nandi, Rahul Jagadeesan, Niranjan Kumar, Amresh Prakash, Diwakar Kumar. “Identification of potential inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 by targeting proteins responsible for envelope formation and virion assembly using docking based virtual screening, and pharmacokinetics approaches” Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2020
4. Niranjan Kumar, [hidden] “Identifying the novel inhibitors against the mycolic acid biosynthesis pathway target ‘mtFabH’ of Mycobacterium tuberculosis”, Frontier in Microbiology, 2022
5. Niranjan Kumar, Rakesh Srivastava. “Deep Learning in Structural Bioinformatics: Current Applications and Future Perspectives”, Briefing in Bioinformatics, 2024

Presentations in International Conferences/Workshops

1. Niranjan Kumar, High Throughput Virtual Screening and simulation studies to identify potential inhibitors for flavoenzyme decaprenylphosphoryl-β-D-ribose epimerase (DprE1) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (Incob 2018), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi ([hidden] 28, 2018)
2. Niranjan Kumar., Hybrid approach to screen chemical libraries against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. International Conference on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (BSB 2018), Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (27-28 October 2018)
3. Niranjan Kumar, Rakesh Srivastava, Ambresh Prakash, Andrew M Lynn., Identification of potential drug candidates for flavoenzyme decaprenyl- β-D-ribose epimerase (DprE1) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using silico approaches. In ISCBSC-RSG Indian student symposium 2019 on Computational Biology: Connecting domain of science held on 22nd 2019 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Referees

1. Dr. Naveen Kango
   Professor & Head
   Department of Microbiology
   Dr. [hidden] Gour Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
2. Dr. Vineet Kumar Kamal
   Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, AIIMS, Kalyani
3. Dr. Basant Kumar Tiwary
   Professor, Department of Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry

Contact

[hidden]: 15/June/1984
Contact: [hidden]

Skills (Keywords)

Structural Bioinformatics, Virtual Screening, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Free Energy Estimation, AI/ML, Public Healthcare, Drug Discovery

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Cover Letter:

I double-majored in biotechnology and computational and systems biology at Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi. I spent a year at an ICGEB, and then moved to IIIT Delhi where I worked on AI/ML in healthcare.