ABOUT ME

PhD Student

Prof. Partha Sarathi Mukherjee's Research Group

Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Pin: 560012

Email ID: rinshada@iisc.ac.in / rinshadva96@gmail.com

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Education:

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PhD (2019-) : Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Advisor: Prof. P. S. Mukherjee); (PhD course work : CGPA-9.3)

Integrated MSc. (2014-2019) : Institute for Intensive Research in Basic Sciences (IIRBS), M.G University, Kottayam (CGPA-9.48)

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Achievements:

Received the ACS best poster prize  at the 30th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (CRSI-NSC-30) held at JNU, New Delhi

Received the prestigious Prime Minister Research Fellowship on 2020.

Qualified Gate : 2020 (1410 th Rank) and 2019 (2017 th Rank)

Qualified CSIR JRF (Chemical Science): 2017 December (66 th Rank) and 2018 June (66 th Rank)

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Coursework Details

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IP 203: Group Theory and Molecular Spectroscopy, Grade: A+

Symmetry elements, point groups, representation theory, great orthogonality theorem,  SALCs. Time-dependent perturbation theory,. H-like atoms, etc.

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IP 311: Bio and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry, Grade: A

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Principles of biochemistry and molecular biology, role of metal ions in biology, principles of coordination chemistry, amino acids and other bioligands, proteins secondary and tertiary structure, nucleic acids, iron proteins, iron transport, role of zinc in biology zinc enzymes, biological importance of nickel, copper proteins, etc.

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IP 214: Crystallography for Chemists, Grade: A

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Crystal symmetry. Generation and properties of X-rays. Diffraction theory,  reciprocal lattice.  Experimental aspects. Rotation, Weissenberg precession and diffractometer techniques. Structure factor equation. Electron density function. Phase problem. Structure solution. Introduction to direct methods.

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MB 204: Molecular Spectroscopy and its Biological Applications Grade : A

Principles and biological applications of UV-Vis, fluorescence, vibrational and
circular dichroism spectroscopy. Mass spectrometry and basics of one- and two-dimensional NMR
spectroscopy with applications to peptide and protein structure determination.

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