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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Pravindra Kumar
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| birth_place = India
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| residence = [[Rourkee]], [[Uttarakhand]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Biophysics]] | [[Bioinformatics]] | [[Biochemistry]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Chaudhary Charan Singh University]] | [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi]] | [[Purdue University]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on [[protein-protein interactions]], [[protein engineering]] and [[structure-based drug design]]
| awards = {{ublist| 2015 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] }}
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'''Pravindra Kumar''' is an Indian [[biophysicist]], [[bioinformatician]], [[biochemist]] and professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]]. He is known for his work on [[protein-protein interactions]], [[protein engineering]] and [[structure-based drug design]]. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]] in 2015, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:Admin Block IIT-R.JPG|left|thumb|IIT Roorkee]]
Pravindra Kumar, after completing his master's studies at [[Chaudhary Charan Singh University]] in 1995, did his doctoral studies in biophysics at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi]] while working as a senior demonstrator there.<ref name="Department of Biotechnology,Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Index">{{Cite web |url=https://www.iitr.ac.in/departments/BT/pages/People+Faculty+kumarfbs.html |title=Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Index |last=Roorkee |first=Information Management Group, IIT |date=2018-05-15 |website=www.iitr.ac.in |access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref> He earned his PhD in 2001 and proceeded to the US where he did his post doctoral studies at [[Purdue University]].<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://people.iitr.ernet.in/facultyresume/kumarfbs_1.pdf |title=Faculty profile |date=2018-05-15 |website=IIT Roorkee |access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref> Returning to India in 2005, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]] as an assistant professor and holds the position of an associate professor since 2012. At IIT Roorkee, he has held several positions such as those of associate dean (corporate interaction), chief advisor (sports), deputy chief advisor (students club) and warden.<ref name="Department of Biotechnology,Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Index" />

== Professional profile ==
[[File:Coffee Flowers.JPG|thumb|Coffee Flowers]]
Kumar focuses his interest on [[protein engineering]] and interactions as well as [[drug design]] and leads a team of researchers.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> In 2017, his team worked on [[Chlorogenic acid]], an aromatic compound found naturally in plants like [[coffea]] and their biochemical and structural studies using [[x-ray crystallography]] techniques revealed that the compound had anti-bacterial properties.<ref name="A new class of antibiotics from coffee? - Nature India">{{Cite journal |url=https://www.natureasia.com/en/nindia/article/10.1038/nindia.2017.121 |title=A new class of antibiotics from coffee? - Nature India |date=20 September 2017 |website=Nature India |doi=10.1038/nindia.2017.121 |doi-broken-date=31 May 2021 |access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref> The discovery is reported to have opportunities in the development of a new class of [[antibiotics]]<ref name="IIT Roorkee discovered the antibacterial mechanism of a natural compound obtained from plant species">{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/iit-roorkee-discovered-the-antibacterial-mechanism-of-a-natural-compound-obtained-from-plant-species-1176144-2018-02-23 |title=IIT Roorkee discovered the antibacterial mechanism of a natural compound obtained from plant species |date=23 February 2018 |work=India Today |access-date=2018-05-15 |language=en}}</ref> as the compound clings to the [[chorismate mutase]] enzyme in the [[shikimate pathway]] which assists in the synthesis of [[aromatic amino acids]] and this could inhibit the growth of bacteria.<ref name="IIT-Roorkee study finds coffee compound may lead to new class of antibiotics - Times of India">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/iit-r-study-finds-coffee-compound-may-lead-to-new-class-of-antibiotics/articleshow/63049030.cms |title=IIT-Roorkee study finds coffee compound may lead to new class of antibiotics - Times of India |date=25 February 2018 |work=The Times of India |access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref> His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YnykEfsAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2018-05-15 |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 117 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pravindra_Kumar4 |title=On ResearchGate |date=2018-05-15 |access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
The [[Department of Biotechnology]] (DBT) of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2015.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |last1=Narwal |first1=Manju |last2=Singh |first2=Harvijay |last3=Pratap |first3=Shivendra |last4=Malik |first4=Anjali |last5=Kuhn |first5=Richard J. |last6=Kumar |first6=Pravindra |last7=Tomar |first7=Shailly |date=2018 |title=Crystal structure of chikungunya virus nsP2 cysteine protease reveals a putative flexible loop blocking its active site |journal=International Journal of Biological Macromolecules |volume=116 |pages=451–462 |doi=10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.05.007|pmid=29730006 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Sharma |first1=Rajesh |last2=Kesari |first2=Pooja |last3=Kumar |first3=Pravindra |last4=Tomar |first4=Shailly |date=2018 |title=Structure-function insights into chikungunya virus capsid protein: Small molecules targeting capsid hydrophobic pocket |journal=Virology |volume=515 |pages=223–234 |doi=10.1016/j.virol.2017.12.020|pmid=29306785 |doi-access=free }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Pratap |first1=Shivendra |last2=Dev |first2=Aditya |last3=Kumar |first3=Vijay |last4=Yadav |first4=Ravi |last5=Narwal |first5=Manju |last6=Tomar |first6=Shailly |last7=Kumar |first7=Pravindra |date=2017-07-25 |title=Structure of Chorismate Mutase-like Domain of DAHPS from Bacillus subtilis Complexed with Novel Inhibitor Reveals Conformational Plasticity of Active Site |journal=Scientific Reports |language=En |volume=7 |issue=1 |page=6364 |doi=10.1038/s41598-017-06578-1|pmid=28743924 |pmc=5526877 }}

== See also ==
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* [[Chikungunya]]
* [[Bacillus subtilis]]
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{{portal|India|Physics|Chemistry|Medicine}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite news |url=http://indiaeducationdiary.in/iit-roorkee-unravel-antibacterial-mechanism-natural-compound-obtained-plant-species-including-coffee/ |title=IIT Roorkee unravel the antibacterial mechanism of a natural compound obtained from plant species including Coffee - India Education Diary |last=Parida |first=Rashmi R |date=2018-02-23 |work=India Education Diary |access-date=2018-05-15 |language=en-US}}

{{N-BIOS Laureates 2010–2019}}
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