Area of Interest in Teaching
Pharmaceutical Engineering, Noval Dosage forms

Achievements

• Acting as consultant to Star Pharma International for Research in Innovative Technologies, (SPIRIT) Bangalore.
  
• Established research collaboration with Prof. Dr. Christa Mueller, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany for carrying our radioligand binding studies.
  
• Contributed a chapter entitled "NMR - A Gate way to Drug Discovery" to E-BOOK "Drug Design and Discovery by NMR" edited by Prof. Attah-Ur-Rehman and published by Bentham Series.

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of Grant-in-Aid [01(2346)/09/EMR-II] (Rs. Sixteen Lakhs) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi under Research Scheme in the year 2009.
  
• Recipient of Major Research Grant [01(2205)/07/EMR-11] (Rs. Ten Lakhs) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi in the year 2007.
  
• Recipient of Fast Track Fellowship for Young Scientists (SR/FTP/CS-59/2007) from Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi under Research Scheme in the year 2007. This comprises a research grant of Rs. Twenty lakhs.
  
• Recipient of Career Award for Young Teachers from All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi in the year 2004 (F.No.1-51/RID/CA(011)/04-05). This comprises a research grant of Rs. 10, 50,000 (USD 25,000).
  
• Recipient of Junior Research Fellowship from AICTE, New Delhi for postgraduate studies (1995-1997).
  
• Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, for Doctoral studies (1998-2002).
  
• Recipient of Gold Medal from Vasavi Union Trust for academic excellence and significant contribution in the research in the year 2003.

Research Area

• Design, synthesis and binding studies of some novel P1 and P2 receptors.
• Synthesis of various heterocyclic compounds for antibacterial, antifungal, antiasthmatic, anticancer, antitubercular, CNS, CVS activities.
  
• Design, synthesis and binding studies of some novel P1 and P2 receptors.

Publications

• M. Raghu Prasad, U. S. Pathak, A. R. Rao, Synthesis and Analgesic activity of some novel 2-substituted-1,3,4-thiadiazolo[2,3-b]disubstituted/tetra substituted thieno[3,2-e]pyrimidin-5[4H]-ones. Arzneim-Forsch./Drug. Res. 50(II), 904-909, 2000.
  
• M. Raghu Prasad, A. R. Rao, P. Shanthan Rao, K. S. Rajan, Microwave assisted synthesis of novel 5-substituted-imidazolo[1,5-c]thieno[3,2-e] pyrimidines, Synthesis, 14, 2119-2123, 2001.
  
• M. Raghu Prasad, A. R. Rao, P. Shanthan Rao, K. S. Rajan, A facile route for the synthesis of thienopyrimidines. J. Chem. Res. (S and M) 1, 5-6, 2002.
  
• K. S. Rajan, A. R. Rao, K. Mogilaiah, M. Raghu Prasad, 1,2,4-Triazolo[1,5-c] quinazolines- A one pot synthesis, J. Chem. Res. (S and M) 490-492, 2002.
  
• K.A. Nirmala, Vasu, Chopra Deepak, S. Mohan, M. Raghu Prasad Ethyl 2-amino-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-cyclohepta[b]thiophene-3-carboxylate, Acta Crystallographica, E61, 1, o1541-o1543, 2005.
  
• M. Raghu Prasad, Prashanth John, Shilpa S. Kalghatgi, Prankishore Deb Synthesis and antibacterial activity of some novel triazolothienopyrimidines Chem. Pharm. Bull. 55, 557-560, 2007.
  
• M. Raghu Prasad, Pran Kishore Deb. Multistep, Microwave Assisted, Solvent Free Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of 6-Substituted-2,3,4-trihydropyrimido[1,2-c]9,10,11,12-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thieno[3,2-e]pyrimidines Chem. Pharm. Bull. 55, 776 - 779, 2007.
  
• M. Raghu Prasad, A. Raghuram Rao P. Shanthan Rao, K. S. Rajan, S. Meena, K. Madhavi Synthesis and Adenosine Receptor Binding Studies of Some Novel Triazolothienopyrimidines European J. Med. Chem. 43, 614 - 620, 2008.
  
• K. S. Rajan, M. Raghu Prasad, D. Harikrishna, M.C. Prabhakar, D. R. Krishna,A. Raghuram Rao Synthesis and bronchodilator studies of some novel 6-alkyl/aryl-1,2,4-triazino[4,3-c]quinazolines The Open Med. Chem. Journal 2, 101-111, 2008.
  
• B. Shireesha, K. Uma Shankar, A. Raghuram Rao, K. S. Rajan, M. Raghu Prasad. Design, synthesis and H1-antiasthmatic activity of novel thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidinones. Intl. J. Pharm. Sci. Nanotech. 1, 136-143, 2008.