Nitya Anand (born 1 January 1925 in Layallpur,

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) is a medicinal chemist who was the director of

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from 1974 to 1984. In 2005,

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(IPC) appointed him chairman of its scientific committee. In 2012, he was awarded the

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by the Indian government.

Education

Anand earned his Bachelor's of Science degree from the

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in 1943 and his Master's degree in Chemistry from St. Stephen's College in 1945. In 1948, Anand was awarded a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the

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in Mumbai. He received his second Ph.D. from St. John's College at Cambridge University. He was a post-doctoral researcher at

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in 1958.

Career

Anand joined

in Medicinal Chemistry Division in 1951 and later became director of the Institute. Anand was chairman of Ranbaxy Science Foundation (RSF). His overall research interest has always been in the design, discovery and development of new drugs using synthetic chemistry approaches. This mainly involved consideration of factors such as drug-receptor interaction and metabolism in drug design. He published over 400 research articles and holds over 130 patents. He is joint author with Jasjit S. Bindra Ph.D. of the book "Art in Organic Synthesis" which was published in 1969. Anand is also a Fellow of the

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References

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