Motivated and innovative medicinal chemist with demonstrated research experience in medicinal chemistry, especially natural product-driven drug discovery for Alzheimer's disease and cancer. Worked on projects like IND filing of anticancer lead IIIM-290, Phytopharmaceutical mission, drug re-purposing and further medicinal chemistry for SARS-CoV-2 at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu. Worked on the design and synthesis of TRPM8 inhibitors for the treatment of cold mediated pain at the School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh. Currently working as an Assistant professor at the GITAM School of Pharmacy, Hyderabad. Research interests: Drug discovery for Alzheimer's disease and cancer via medicinal chemistry, natural products chemistry, and computational chemistry.