Mr. Damodar Nayak A

• Neuropharmacology
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Cancer Biology

• Recipient of Bharath Shiksha Ratan Award in the year 2019 by Global Achiever’s Foundation in association with Iconic Achiever’s Council
• Recipient of Annual Exemplary Faculty Award on the occasion of Teacher’s Day celebration – 06-September-2021
• Translator of course content to regional language (Kannada) for the courses delivered by – SWAYAM/NPTEL
• Mentored Short Film won 2nd place in the Suicide 2.0 - Buddies for Suicide prevention competition organized by NIMHANS
• Mentored Short Film Thathwamasi won Best Short Film award in the 1st Annual Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations of Gokula Education Foundation and bagged cash prize.
• Mentored an Innovation challenge project “Keto kokum cookies” organized by Institutional innovation Council – the first-ever edible form of kokum, based on Ketogenic diet was well appreciated and bagged a cash prize.
• Conferred with The Silver Jubilee Fund Award by Pharmaceutical society of GCP for scoring highest marks in M.Pharm (Pharmacology), during the year 2016 with cash prize.
• M.Pharm proposed project was recognized and awarded GCP’s Prestigious AAGCPA STARS Award 2015-16 (American Association of Government College of Pharmacy Alumini) and bagged cash prize.
• Conferred with “Kannada Sri Rajya Prashasthi” – State Award
• Served as President - Pharmaceutical society of Government college of Pharmacy for the Academic year 2014-15.
• Qualified in GPAT-2013 with ALL INDIA RANK 237.
• Qualified in GPAT-2014 with ALL INDIA RANK 378.
• Qualified in PGET-2014 with Rank 4.
• Certified handwriting analyst from Handwriting University International, USA

National Journal Papers:

• Anbu, J., Mahendra, S.A., Sundar, L.M., Reddy, R.P. and Nayak, D., 2019. Evaluation of antifertility potential of Ketoconazole and assessment of its reversible effect on concomitant treatment with Metformin and Hydroxytyrosol in rats. Asian Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 5(1), pp.1-15.
• Ravishankar, C., Roy, J., Ammunje, D.N., Anbu, J. and Azamthulla, M., 2019. A brief review on Pleiotropic effects of Pirfenidone-novel and ongoing outcomes. International Journal of Research and Development in Pharmacy & Life Sciences, 8(1), pp.06-14.

International Journal Papers:

• Kalimuthu, A.K., Panneerselvam, T., Pavadai, P., Pandian, S.R.K., Sundar, K., Murugesan, S., Ammunje, D.N., Kumar, S., Arunachalam, S. and Kunjiappan, S., 2021. Pharmacoinformatics-based investigation of bioactive compounds of Rasam (South Indian recipe) against human cancer. Scientific reports, 11(1), p.21488.
• Kalimuthu, A.K., Parasuraman, P., Sivakumar, P., Murugesan, S., Arunachalam, S., Pandian, S.R.K., Ravishankar, V., Ammunje, D.N., Sampath, M., Panneerselvam, T. and Kunjiappan, S., 2022. In silico, in vitro screening of antioxidant and anticancer potentials of bioactive secondary metabolites from an endophytic fungus (Curvularia sp.) from Phyllanthus niruri L. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(32), pp.48908-48925.
• Palanichamy, C., Pavadai, P., Panneerselvam, T., Arunachalam, S., Babkiewicz, E., Ram Kumar Pandian, S., Shanmugampillai Jeyarajaguru, K., Nayak Ammunje, D., Kannan, S., Chandrasekaran, J. and Sundar, K., 2022. Aphrodisiac Performance of Bioactive Compounds from Mimosa pudica Linn.: In Silico Molecular Docking and Dynamics Simulation Approach. Molecules, 27(12), p.3799.
• Kunjiappan, S., Theivendren, P., Pavadai, P., Govindaraj, S., Sankaranarayanan, M., Somasundaram, B., Arunachalam, S., Ram Kumar Pandian, S. and Ammunje, D.N., 2020. Design and in silico modeling of Indoloquinoxaline incorporated keratin nanoparticles for modulation of glucose metabolism in 3T3‐L1 adipocytes. Biotechnology Progress, 36(1), p.e2904.
• Kamnoore, D., Mukherjee, D., Nayak Ammunje, D., Parasuraman, P., Teja, B.V. and Radhika, M., 2021. Hydroxyapatite nanoparticle-enriched thiolated polymer-based biocompatible scaffold can improve skin tissue regeneration. Journal of Materials Research, 36, pp.4287-4306.
• Kunjiappan, S., Panneerselvam, T., Govindaraj, S., Kannan, S., Parasuraman, P., Arunachalam, S., Sankaranarayanan, M., Baskararaj, S., Palanisamy, P. and Ammunje, D.N., 2020. Optimization and analysis of ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive polyphenols from Garcinia indica using RSM and ANFIS modeling and its anticancer activity. Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, 17, pp.789-801.
• Rajeshkumar, R.R., Kumar, B.K., Parasuraman, P., Panneerselvam, T., Sundar, K., Ammunje, D.N., Pandian, S.R.K., Murugesan, S., Kabilan, S.J. and Kunjiappan, S., 2022. Graph theoretical network analysis, in silico exploration, and validation of bioactive compounds from Cynodon dactylon as potential neuroprotective agents against α-synuclein. BioImpacts, 12(6), pp.487-499.
• Saravanan, G., Panneerselvam, T., Kunjiappan, S., Parasuraman, P., Alagarsamy, V., Udayakumar, P., Soundararajan, M., Joshi, S.D., Ramalingam, S. and Ammunje, D.N., 2019. Graph theoretical analysis, in silico modeling, prediction of toxicity, metabolism and synthesis of novel 2‐(methyl/phenyl)‐3‐(4‐(5‐substituted‐1, 3, 4‐oxadiazol‐2‐yl) phenyl) quinazolin‐4 (3H)‐ones as NMDA receptor inhibitor. Drug Development Research, 80(3), pp.368-385.
• Ramu, S., Anbu, J., Ammunje, D.N. and Krishnaraj, K., 2022. Fucoidan isolated from Sargassum wightii Greville ameliorates intracerebro-ventricular streptozotocin induced cognitive deficits, oxidative stress and amyloidosis in Wistar rats. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, 27, p.100309.
• Pavadai, P., Ramalingam, S., Panneerselvam, T., Kunjiappan, S., Perumal, P., Mani, V., Saravanan, G., Alagarsamy, V., Ammunje, D.N. and Chimakurthy, J., 2020. Synthesis of piperidine-4-one Derivative Containing Dipeptide: An Acetyl cholinesterase and β-secretase Inhibitor. Anti-infective agents, 18(2), pp.160-168.

• Life Member - Laboratory Animal Scientists' Association (India)
• Life Member - Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments
• Life Member - Indian Pharmacological Society
• Life Member - Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India
• Member - Research Animal Training (RAT), Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

• Nanocomposite Functionalized Polymeric Scaffold for Skin Tissue. File number: 201941054263, December 27, 2019.
• Rutin Entangled Folic Acid Conjugated Carboxyl Functionalized Multi -Walled Carbon Nanotubes Against Breast Cancer. File Number: 202341005276, January 27, 2023.