Rajendra Prasad Roy

Rajendra Prasad Roy
Born	(1962-01-26) 26 January 1962 (age 62) India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Science
Known for	Studies in protein engineering
Awards	2005 N-BIOS Prize
Scientific career
Fields	Synthetic protein chemistry Chemical biology
Institutions	National Institute of Immunology

Rajendra Prasad Roy (born 26 January 1962) is an Indian chemical biologist, biochemist and a scientist at the National Institute of Immunology.[1] Known for his studies in protein engineering, Roy has developed several chemo-enzymatic strategic processes[2] for which he has a patent assigned to him.[note 1] He holds a PhD from the Indian Institute of Science[3] and is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies namely Indian National Science Academy,[4] Indian Academy of Sciences,[5] and National Academy of Sciences, India.[6] The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for him contributions to biosciences in 2005.[7] Currently he is the dean of Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad.[8]

Patents

• Roy, Rajendra Prasad; Samantaray, Sharmishtha. "US Patent for Bioconjugates as therapeutic agent and synthesis thereof". patents.justia.com. Patent # 8,148,321 issued 3 April 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

See also

• Bioconjugate Chemistry

Notes

1. For details, please see Patents section

References

1. "INSA - Indian Fellows Elected 2015". insaindia.res.in. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
2. "Patents Assigned to National Institute of Immunology". patents.justia.com. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
3. "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
4. "Indian fellow - RP Roy". Indian National Science Academy. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
5. "Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences". www.ias.ac.in. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
6. "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
7. "Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
8. "Welcome to Regional Centre for Biotechnology".

External links

• Appaiahgari, Mohan Babu; Vrati, Sudhanshu (2007). "DNAzyme-mediated Inhibition of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Replication in Mouse Brain". Molecular Therapy. 15 (9): 1593–1599. doi:10.1038/sj.mt.6300231. PMID 17579579.