Photograph Name Dr KAPIL BOHRA
Email Id kapchembohra@gmail.com Date Of Join 31/07/2014
Designation Assistant Professor Mobile No
Address
Web Page http://dducollegedu.ac.in/ViewProfile.aspx?fId=kapchembohra@gmail.com
Educational Qualifications
Degree Institution Year
B.Sc Hons Chemistry Hansraj College, University of Delhi 2006
B.Ed Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi 2007
M.Sc Chemistry Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi 2009
Ph.D Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi 2014
Career Profile

Assistant Professor: 31/07/2014 - till date

Administrative Assignments

Year 2014-15

  • Member- Sports Committee
  • Deputy Coordinator- Central Evaluation Centre (Dec-14)

Year 2015-16

  • Member- Sports Committee
  • Member- Dramatic Society (Yavanika)
  • Member- Joint admission committee

Year 2016-17

  • Member- Dramatic Society
  • Member- Spic Macay

Year 2017-18

  • Member- College festival committee
  • Member- Joint Admission Committee

Year 2018-19

  • Member- College festival committee
  • Member- Spic Macay

Year 2019-20

  • Member- Garden Committee 
  • Member- Attendance Committee
  • Member- Floorwise Discipline Committee
  • Member- Floorwise campus maintenance Committee
  • Nodal Officer- Department of Chemistry

Year 2020-21

  • Nodal Officer- Department of Chemistry

Year 2021-22

  • Admission Committee - member
  • Debating Society - member
  • Nodal Officer - Chemistry 
Areas of Interest / Specialization
  • Organic Synthesis
  • Modified Nucleic Acid Research
  • Carbohydrate Modification Research
  • Biotransformation 
Subjects Taught

Chemistry/ Organic Chemistry to B.Sc (H) Chemistry, B.Sc Physical Science and B.Sc Life science Courses

Research Guidance
Publications Profile

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1.      Chemoenzymatic Modifications on D-Glucose: Towards Synthesis of Bicyclonucleosides of Therapeutic Importance

Raman K. Sharma, Divya Mathur, Sukhdev Singh, Kapil, Rajendra K. Saxena, Virinder S. Parmar, Ashok K. Prasad Trends Carbo. Res. 2010, 2, 1-9.

2.      Biocatalytic Deacylation Studies on Tetra-O-acyl-β-D-xylofuranosyl Nucleosides: Synthesis of xylo-LNA Monomers

Sunil K. Singh, Vivek K. Sharma, Kapil Bohra, Carl E. Olsen, Ashok K. Prasad J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 7556-7562.

3.      Diastereoselective Acetylation Studies on 4-C-Hydroxymethyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-3-O-alkyl-β-L-threo-Pentofuranose: Key Precursor for Biocompatible Sugar-PEG Copolymers

Divya Mathur, Kapil Bohra, Sumati Bhatia, Manish Kumar, Priyanka Verma, Rajendra K. Saxena, Virinder S. Parmar, Ashok K. Prasad Trends Carbo. Res. 2011, 3, 42-50.

4.      Sugar-PEGylated Polymers for Drug Delivery Applications

Sumati Bhatia, Kapil Bohra, Manish Kumar, Chandrakant Mukesh, Ashok K. Prasad Trends Carbo. Res. 2012, 4, 1-9.

5.      Multi-component One Pot Synthesis of Novel Coumarinyldihydropyridines Under Solvent Free Conditions.

Kapil Bohra, Deepti Sharma, Banty Kumar, Carl E. Olsen, Virinder S. Parmar, Ashok K. Prasad Journal of Indian Chemical Society 2013, 90, 1885-1891.

6.      Design and Synthesis of LNA-Based Mercaptoacetamido-Linked Nucleoside Dimers

Vivek K. Sharma, Sunil K. Singh, Kapil Bohra, Chandra Shekar Reddy L., Vinod Khatri, Carl E. Olsen, Ashok K Prasad Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids 2013, 32, 256-272.

7.      Synthesis of Triazole-linked LNA-based Non-ionic Nucleoside Dimers Using Cu(I)-catalyzed ‘Click’ Reaction.

       Singh, S. K.; Sharma, V. K.; Kapil Bohra; Olsen, C. E.; Prasad, A. K.         Curr. Org. Syn. 2014,    11, 1-10.

8. Synthesis of Sugar-modified Triazole-linked Nucleoside Dimers.

       Kapil Bohra; Srivastava, S.; Olsen, C. E.; Prasad, A. K.; Trends                Carbo. Res. 2014, 6, 27-32.

       9. Smriti Srivastava, Devla Bimal, Kapil Bohra, Balram Singh, Prija               Ponnan, Ruchi Jain, Mandira Varma-Basil, Jyotirmoy Maity, M.                   Thirumal, Ashok K. Prasad, 2018. Synthesis and            anti-      mycobacterial         activity of 1-(b-D-Ribofuranosyl)-4- coumarinyloxymethyl- / -coumarinyl-1,2,3-triazole, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 150, 268-281, Impact Factor 4.816 (UGC Reference Number 28767).

 

10. Smriti Srivastava, Vipin K. Maikhuri, Rajesh Kumar, Kapil Bohra, Harbansh Singla, Jyotirmoy Maity, Ashok K. Prasad, 2018. Synthesis and Photophysical Studies on N1-(2′-O,4′-C-Methyleneribofuranonucleoside-3′-yl)-C4-(coumarin-7-oxymethyl)-1,2,3-triazoles, Carbohydrate Research, 470, 19-25, Impact Factor 1.929 (UGC Reference Number 5036).

11. Click synthesis of N 1 -(β-D-ribofuranosyl)-C 4 - (coumarin-4″-yl)-1,2,3-triazoles.

Vipin K. Maikhuri, Kapil Bohra, Smriti Srivastava, Kavita & Ashok K. Prasad, 2019. Synthetic Communications, 49, Issue 22, Pg 3140-3147.

 

 

 

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

1. Four Week Orientation Programme from 12th February to 12th March, 2019 organized by UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

2. Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) held on 28th August 2018 organized by Department of Chemistry under the aegis of DBT Star College Scheme Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi.

3. Participation: National Conference on “Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences” and RSC Workshop on “Periodic Table: Boon for Mankind” from 30th August to 1st September 2019 jointly organized by Green Chemistry Network Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi and Hindu College, University of Delhi.

4. Participation: Two week (online) FDP on “Transformation in Higher Education: Issues and Road Ahead” from 28th September to 12th October 2020 organized by Govt. Degree College for Women, Anantnag in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre Hansraj College, University of Delhi.

5. Participation: One week (online) FDP on “Moving Towards New Normal through Effective Online Teaching” from 1st December to 7th December 2020 organized by Kalindi College, University of Delhi in collaboration with Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre Hansraj College, University of Delhi.

6. Participation: One week (online) FDP on “Enhancing Quality of Chemistry Education in India” from 25th February to 3rd March 2021 organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, S.G.T.B Khalsa College, University of Delhi.

7. Participation: One week (online) FDP on “Essentials of Entrepreneurship” from 30th March to 3rd April 2021 organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, S.G.T.B Khalsa College, University of Delhi and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi.

 

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Title of Project: Facile access to nucleobase-modified nucleosides via Diels-Alder reaction

Project Name: UGC BSR Start-Up Grant

Funding Agency: University Grant Commission.

Duration: 2018 to 2020

Awards and Distinctions
  • Fellowships awarded during research work of PhD:

Cleared CSIR-National Eligibility Test (December 2008) in Chemical Sciences.

May 2009 – June 2011 worked as junior Research Fellow awarded by CSIR.

July 2012 - March 2014: Working as senior Research Fellow awarded by CSIR.

  • Best poster award for the poster entitled “Synthesis of Phosphate backbone modified Nonionic Triazole-linked Dimers of Biological Importance” in the Conference “Emerging Trends in development of drugs and devices” organized by University of Delhi on 21st – 23rd January 2013.
Association With Professional Bodies

Lifetime Membership of "Association of Carbohydrate Chemists and Technologists of India", India.

Other Activities
Assignment, Notes for Students