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Prof. Thyageshwar Chandran

PhD (Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bangalore))

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Biotechnology

Room No: 408, Department of Biotechnology   +91-870-2464208
thyagesh@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Biomechanics 

 Computational Drug discovery and dynamics 

 Molecular Biophysics 

 Molecular Dynamics of Macromolecules 

 Structural dynamics of ribosomes 

 Structural Proteomics (X-ray Crystallography and Cryo-EM) 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Computational Methods in Drug Discovery(BT403)
  • Design Thinking(BT1101)
  • Principles of Biosafety, Bioethics & Intellectual Property Rights(BT464)
  • Analytical Biotechnology(BT354)
  • Structural Biology(BT305)
  • Drug and Vaccine Informatics(BT5166)
  • Entrepreneurship, IPR, Biosafety & Bioethics(BT5172)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-7504-1371
  • SCOPUS ID: 35794369200
  • Google Scholar ID: DtKf5mUAAAAJ


  • In-silico structural studies on anti-inflammatory activity of phytocompounds from the genus Andrographis, By Kizhakedathil, M.P.J., Madasu, P. K., Deepa S. V and Chandran, T , Taylor & Francis , J. Biomol. Str. & Dyn, vol., pp.0739-1102, 2023
  • Insights into the microevolution of SARS-ACE2 interactions: in silico analysis of glycosylation and SNP pattern, By Madasu, P. K, Maity. A, Ghosh, S. K, and Chandran, T, Taylor & Francis , J. Biomol. Str. & Dyn, vol.41(13), pp.6442-6449, 2023
  • Betacoronaviral lectins: Identification through a genomic search—A structural and evolutionary biology perspective, By Madasu, P. K, Maity. A, Patra D, and Chandran, T , Taylor & Francis , Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, vol.42, pp.112-134, 2023
  • Selection of start codon during mRNA scanning in eukaryotic translation initiation, By Basu, I., Chandran, T., Gorai, G., Maiti, P.K., and Hussain., T , Nature portfolio, Comm. Biol, vol.5(1), pp.587, 2022
  • Ligand binding and retention in snake gourd seed lectin (SGSL). A crystallographic, thermodynamic and molecular dynamics study, By Chandran, T., Sivaji, N., Surolia, A and Vijayan, M, Oxford University Press, Glycobiology, vol.28(12), pp.968-977, 2018
  • Structural Insights into the Toxicity of type II Ribosome Inactivating Proteins (RIPs): A Molecular Dynamics Study, By Madasu, P. K and Chandran, T , Taylor & Francis , J. Biomol. Str. & Dyn, vol.Accepted, pp., 2024
  • In silico structural characterization and mechanistic insights of the alpha kinase (EIF2AK3) mediated translation regulation, By Madasu, P. K and Chandran, T, Springer, J. Mol. Model., vol., pp., 2024

Mathematical modelling and simulation of blood flow in sickle cell disease

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB, DST, Govt. of India.
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 660000
  • Status Ongoing

Computational structure-based drug design: Identifying antivirals from natural products targeting SARS-CoV-2

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 5000000
  • Status Completed


Devaki Sethi

  • Area of Research: Structural biology

Madasu Pavan Kumar

  • Area of Research: Structural biology of eukaryotic initiation factors

Umasree Gudipati

  • Area of Research: Structural Bioinformatics
  • Editorial Board–BMC Mol & Cell Biol, Springer
  • PhD Coordinator, Department of Biotechnology (Continuing from March, 2024)
  • Member of NITW-Media Team (Continuing from November, 2023)
  • Tinkering Laboratory coordinator from Dept. of Biotech. (Continuing from July, 2023)
  • Institute Ranking committee member (June, 2023 - September, 2024)
  • Departmental MoU In charge (Continuing from May, 2023)
  • Faculty Coordinator, SPIC MACAY -NITW Chapter (March, 2023 - March, 2025)
  • iGeM Faculty advisor (January, 2022 - February, 2024)
  • Faculty Coordinator, Photography club-NITW (March, 2021 - March, 2023)
  • Member of NIT-Warangal Learning Management System Technical Committee (June, 2020 - July, 2022)
  • Member of NIT Warangal Teaching Learning and Resources Working Group (TLRWG) (June, 2020 - November, 2024)