Ram Asrey Vishwakarma

Background

Vishwakarma was born on July 1, 1960 in Orai, Uttar Pradesh, India; the son of Ram Adhar Vishwakarma and Yamuna-Devi Vishwakarma.

Education

Vishwakarma received a Bachelor of Science degree from Bundelkhand University in 1978. Two years later he earned his Master of Science from the same university. In 1985, Ram was given a Ph.D. from Central Drug Research Institute.

Career

Vishwakarma began his career as a research fellow at the Central Drug Research Institute in 1981 and held the position for fourteen years. In 1986, he became a scientist at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Also Ram served as a research associate of the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University from 1991 to 1993.

In 1994, he was appointed a staff-scientist-IV at National Institute of Immunology and held the position for six years. In 2001, Ram became a staff-scientist-V at that institute. In 2005, he was a staff-scientist-VI at National Institute of Immunology. The same year Vishwakarma took a position of a vice-president and head of Piramal Life Sciences at Piramal Life Sciences Limited. Since 2009 he has been a director of Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine.

Achievements

• Vishwakarma is known for his publications, including "Metal-free oxidative cyclization of acetophenones with diamines: a facile access to phenylpyridines", "Metal-Free Approach for the Synthesis of N-Aryl Sulfoximines via Aryne Intermediate" and others.

Membership

Vishwakarma is a member of Royal Society of Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of India and Research Council of Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology.

Interests

• literature, music, sports

Connections

On May 28, 1988 Ram Vishwakarma married Sarala Balachandran.

Father:

Ram Adhar

Mother:

Yamuna-Devi Vishwakarma

Spouse:

Sarala Balachandran