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{{Infobox scientist
| name = D. Srinivasa Reddy
| image = http://academic.ncl.res.in/ep_admin/webroot/files/page/ds.reddy/image/PRONAY/HOME/DSReddy.jpg link title
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|4|10}}
| birth_place = [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
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| residence = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Organic chemistry]] | [[Medicinal chemistry]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Dr. Reddy's Laboratories]] | Advinus Therapeutics | [[National Chemical Laboratory]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Osmania University]] | [[University of Hyderabad]] | [[Indian Institute of Science]] | [[University of Chicago]] | [[University of Kansas]]}}
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| [[Goverdhan Mehta]] | Sergey A. Kozmin | Jeffrey Aubé }}
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Silicon-switch approach
| awards = {{ublist | 2013 [[Central Drug Research Institute]] Research Excellence Award | 2015 [[Chemical Research Society of India|CRSI]] Bronze Medal | 2015 [[National Academy of Sciences, India|NASI]]-[[Reliance Industries]] Platinum Jubilee Award | 2015 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}
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'''Dumbala Srinivasa Reddy''' (born 1971) is an Indian organic and medicinal chemist and a senior scientist at [[National Chemical Laboratory]].<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=140 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> He is known for the application of ''Silicon-switch approach'', a management protocol for treating diseases affecting the central nervous system in his researches<ref name="Research details">{{Cite web |url=http://academic.ncl.res.in/ds.reddy/research |title=Research details |date=2016 |publisher=National Chemical Laboratory}}</ref> and is a recipient of the Bronze Medal of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]], [[National Academy of Sciences, India|NASI]]-[[Reliance Industries]] Platinum Jubilee Award<ref name="NCL’s D Srinivasa Reddy has been selected for this year’s NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee award">{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/NCLs-D-Srinivasa-Reddy-has-been-selected-for-this-years-NASI-Reliance-Industries-Platinum-Jubilee-award/articleshow/48668680.cms |title=NCL's D Srinivasa Reddy has been selected for this year's NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee award |date=29 June 2016 |website=Times of India}}</ref> and the Drug Research Excellence Award of the [[Central Drug Research Institute]].<ref name="CDRI AWard">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdri.res.in/pdf/CDRI_Awards_Notification.pdf |title=CDRI AWard |date=2016 |publisher=Central Drug Research Institute |access-date=7 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220063006/http://www.cdri.res.in/pdf/CDRI_Awards_Notification.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2015, for his contributions to chemical sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:Ncl-pune.jpg|thumb|left|235px|National Chemical Laboratory]]
Born on 10 April 1971 in the south Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], D. Srinivasa Reddy graduated in chemistry in 1991 from [[Osmania University]] and completed his master's degree from the same institution in 1993.<ref name="Biography">{{Cite web |url=http://academic.ncl.res.in/ep_admin/webroot/files/page/ds.reddy/DSReddy-CV-Sep%202015%20_3_.pdf |title=Biography |date=2016 |publisher=National Chemical Laboratory}}</ref> Enrolling for his doctoral studies under the guidance of [[Goverdhan Mehta]], a noted chemist and former vice chancellor of [[University of Hyderabad]], he moved to [[Indian Institute of Science]] when Mehta took up the position as the head of the department of organic chemistry at IISc. His PhD came from Hyderabad University in 2000, and he proceeded to the US where he did his post-doctoral work at the laboratories of Sergey A. Kozmin of the [[University of Chicago]] and Jeffrey Aubé of [[University of Kansas]] during 2001–03.<ref name="Reddy on CSIRReddy on CSIR">{{Cite web |url=http://oasis.csir.res.in/pidcv/OSDD_PI_DCV_91.pdf |title=Reddy on CSIR |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research}}</ref> He started his career in 2003 as a principal scientist at [[Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories]] and became a research investigator in 2006 but a year later, he moved to Advinus Therapeutics as the group leader of their ''Discovery Chemistry'' research wing. In 2010, he was promoted as the section head; soon after, he left for [[National Chemical Laboratory]] where he works as a senior scientist.<ref name="Professional Experience">{{Cite web |url=http://academic.ncl.res.in/ds.reddy/profile |title=Professional Experience |date=2016 |publisher=National Chemical Laboratory}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Reddy's researches have been focused on total organic synthesis of molecules with a view to their applications in agricultural and medicinal uses.<ref name="Dr. Srinivasa Reddy of CSIR-NCL bags the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.biospectrumindia.com/biospecindia/news/222486/dr-srinivasa-reddy-csir-ncl-bags-prestigious-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize |title=Dr. Srinivasa Reddy of CSIR-NCL bags the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |date=30 September 2015 |publisher=BioSpectrum |access-date=7 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075103/http://www.biospectrumindia.com/biospecindia/news/222486/dr-srinivasa-reddy-csir-ncl-bags-prestigious-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is credited with the total synthesis of over 20 [[agro-chemicals]] which includes a [[mealy bug]]-attracting [[sex pheromone]] that has reported use in crop protection.<ref name="NCL’s D Srinivasa Reddy has been selected for this year’s NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee award" /> He has also developed several other products that has potential uses as cell-adhesion inhibitors, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory as well as anti-cancer agents and as insect repellents.<ref name="Research details" /> He employs the ''Silicon-switch approach'' for developing drug strategies for diseases affecting the central nervous system and his work has assisted in the drug discovery for the treatment of some infectious diseases as well as [[diabetes]]. His researches have been documented by way of a number of peer-reviewed articles;<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Srinivasa_Reddy10 |title=On ResearchGate |date=2016 }}</ref> [[Google Scholar]], an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed 123 of them respectively.<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=He8P9awAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2016 |publisher=Google Scholar}}</ref> He has also applied for 30 patents<ref name="Biography" /> based on his researches.<ref name="List of Patents">{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=pts&hl=en&q=ininventor:%22Dumbala+Srinivasa+Reddy%22 |title=List of Patents |date=2016 |publisher=Google patents}}</ref><ref name="Breaking and Making of Rings- A Method for the Preparation of 4Quinolone3carboxylic Acid Amides and the Expensive Drug Ivacaftor">{{Cite journal |author1=N. Vasudevan |author2=Gorakhnath R. Jachak |author3=D. Srinivasa Reddy |title=Breaking and Making of Rings |journal=European Journal of Organic Chemistry |publication-date=December 2015 |volume=34 |pages=7433–7437 |doi=10.1002/ejoc.201501048 |year=2015}}</ref><ref name="Design, Synthesis, and Identification of Silicon Incorporated Oxazolidinone Antibiotics with Improved Brain Exposure">{{Cite journal |author1=B. Seetharamsingh |author2=Remya Ramesh |author3=Santoshkumar S. Dange |author4=Pankaj V. Khairnar |author5=Smita Singhal |author6=Dilip Upadhyay |author7=Sridhar Veeraraghavan |author8=Srikant Viswanadha |author9=Swaroop Vakkalanka |author10=D. Srinivasa Reddy |title=Design, Synthesis, and Identification of Silicon Incorporated Oxazolidinone Antibiotics with Improved Brain Exposure |journal=ACS Med. Chem. Lett. |publication-date=October 2015 |doi=10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00213|pmc=4645245 |pmid=26617962 |volume=6 |year=2015 |issue=11 |pages=1105–10}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
[[File:Group PIcture.jpg|thumb|Dr. D. Srinivasa Reddy of NCL receives the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize ( Group picture) New Delhi, India]]
Reddy received the Award for Excellence in Drug Research of the [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2013 and the Scientist of the Year Award of the National Chemical Laboratory the same year.<ref name="Awards and Recognition">{{Cite web |url=http://academic.ncl.res.in/ds.reddy/awards |title=Awards and Recognition |date=2016 |publisher=National Chemical Laboratory}}</ref> He received three awards in 2015, starting with the [[National Academy of Sciences, India|NASI]]-[[Reliance Industries]] Platinum Jubilee Award,<ref name="NCL’s D Srinivasa Reddy has been selected for this year’s NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee award" /> followed by the Bronze Medal of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]].<ref name="Dr. Srinivasa Reddy of CSIR-NCL bags the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize" /> The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, also in 2015.<ref name="Chemical Sciences">{{cite web | url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | title=Chemical Sciences | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012851/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | archive-date=2012-09-12 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Goverdhan Mehta]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://oneorganichemistoneday.blogspot.ae/2015/02/dr-d-srinivasa-reddy.html |title=D. Srinivasa Reddy |date=2016 |publisher=One Organic Chemist One Day|work=Scientist Profile}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://newdrugapprovals.org/2015/12/10/dr-srinivasa-reddy-gets-nasi-reliance-industries-platinum-jubilee-award-2015-for-application-oriented-innovations-in-physical-sciences/ |title=D. Srinivasa Reddy |date=2016 |publisher=New Drug Approvals|work=Various links}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.allfordrugs.com/2016/09/29/dr-d-srinivasa-reddy-of-ncl-receives-the-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize-from-pm-narendra-modi-i-ndia/ |title=D. Srinivasa Reddy |date=2016 |publisher=All For Drugs|work=Various links}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://orgspectroscopyint.blogspot.in/2016/01/silico-linezolid-silinezolid.html |title=D. Srinivasa Reddy |date=2016 |publisher=Organic Spectroscopy International|work=Product links,Silico Linezolid, Silinezolid, NDS 10024}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://in.linkedin.com/in/d-srinivasa-reddy-dsreddy-13975a1 |title=D. Srinivasa Reddy |date=2016 |publisher=Linkedin |work=Personal profile }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Srinivasa_Reddy10 |title=D. Srinivasa Reddy |date=2016 |work=Personal profile}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/srinivas.reddy.9003 |title=D. Srinivasa Reddy |date=2016 |publisher=Facebook|work=Personal profile}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://newdrugapprovals.org/2016/11/24/wo-2016181414-ivacaftor-new-patent-council-of-scientific-industrial-research/ |title=D. Srinivasa Reddy |date=2016 |publisher=New Drug Approvals|work=Patent highlight}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://oneorganichemistoneday.blogspot.in/2015/02/dr-d-srinivasa-reddy.html |title=D. Srinivasa Reddy |date=2016 |publisher=One Organic Chemist One Day|work=Various links}}

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