Education

2016-2022 Dibrugarh University, Assam, Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science

• Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Thesis title: Evaluation for potential biological activity with special emphasis on the anti-amoebic activity of Homalomena aromatica Schott. and Rubus moluccanus L.
• Supervisor: Dr. Hemanta Kumar Sharma

2012-2014 Dibrugarh University, Assam, M. Pharm in Pharmacognosy

• Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Thesis title: Investigation of pharmacognostic parameters and screening of analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity of Coptis teeta Wall. on rodents
• Supervisor: Dr. Anshul Shakya

2007-2011 Dibrugarh University, Assam, B.Pharm

• Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Professional Experience

18.04.2022 - 28.02.2024: Asst. Professor of Pharmacognosy

• Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Guwahati

05.10.2020 - 13.04.2022: Asst. Professor of Pharmacognosy

• Regional College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati

01.02.2019 - 30.11.2019: Teaching Assistant

• Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University

01.08.2017 - 30.09.2020: Young Scientist Fellow

• Dept. of Health Research, Govt. of India

27.08.2014 - 31.01.2015: Asst. Professor of Pharmacognosy

• Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Jaipur

Research

• Standardization of traditional health practices of communities residing in north-east India.
• Drug discovery from natural sources.
• Phytochemistry.
• In silico drug discovery.

Academic

• Teaching students in under-graduation (B.Pharm) post-graduation (M.Pharm).
• Implementation of academic guidelines of Pharmacy Council of India.

Achievements
Award

1. Dr. P.D. Sethi National Awards, 2022: 2nd Prize, Research Publication For the paper titled “Validated High-Performance Thin-layer Chromatography-Mass spectrometry method and stability study of linalool in the volatile oil of the rhizomes of Homalomena aromatica Schott.”

Grants

1. Scheme: International Travel Scheme for Young Scientist (Grant ID: ITS/2022/000816)
   Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
   Grant Amount (in INR): Rs 1,54,416/- (Rs. One lakh fifty-four thousand four hundred and sixteen only)
   Amount Sanctioned to attend the 25th International Symposium for High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography, Slovenia
2. Scheme: Human Resource Development Scheme of Dept. of Health Research for Young Scientist (Grant ID: R. 12014/02/2017-HR)
   Agency: Dept. of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
   Grant Amount (in INR): Rs. 28,87,992/- (Rupees twenty-eight lakh eighty-seven thousand nine hundred ninety-two only).
   Amount sanctioned for the project, “Evaluation for antiamoebic activity of the secondary metabolites of Homalomena aromatica Schott. and high-throughput screening of the derivatives of isolated compound(s) targeting thioredoxin reductase of Entamoeba histolytica.”
3. Scheme: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council and Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (BIRAC-SRISTI) Appreciation Award. (BIRAC SRISTI PMU-2016/0011)
   Agency: Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions.
   Grant Amount (in INR): Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees One lakh only).
   Amount sanctioned for the project, “Practice of dysentery from Shodh Yatra 33rd Haryana by Santosh- Evaluation of anti-dysenteric activity of plant extracts based on ethnomedicinal practices.”

Other achievements:

1. Qualified All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2013 with All India Rank of 873.
2. Dibrugarh University Research Fellowship (DURF) for the session 2016-2017.

Patent Granted:

Title of Invention: A method for evaluating the antimalarial activity of the methanol extracts of Coptis teeta.

Patent Office: Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

Publish Date: 25.05.2022

Patent number: 2022/03092.

Workshops/Training

• Five days training on CAMAG HPTLC Systems at India Specific HPTLC Applications Research Laboratory in Mumbai, India, 2019.
• National Workshop on Research Paper and Project Proposal Writing at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, 2016.
• Workshop on Application of NMR for Structural elucidation of Organic Compounds, at SAIF, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 2016.
• Workshop on LaTeX, at Centre for Computer Studies, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, 2016.
• One-day Workshop on Patent Search, at Intellectual Property Right Cell, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, 2015.

Conferences

• 25^th International Symposium for High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography, Slovenia
• National Conference on Current Research in Drug Discovery and Development, at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, 2019.
• International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases, at IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 2019.
• National Seminar on Emerging Global Trends in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, 2018.
• National Conference on Ethno-medicine and Traditional Health Practices in North-east Region of India, at NIPER Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 2018.
• National Seminar on Natural Resources for Drug Discovery and Development, at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, 2019.
• National Seminar on Recent Trends in Theoretical and Applied Statistics-II, at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 2017.
• International Conference on Harnessing the Sub-Himalayan Plant Diversity for Human Welfare, at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 2015.
• 4^th Indian National Seminar of Asian Network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants- Plants in Diabetes: Prospects and Challenges, at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 2015.
• International Conference cum Exhibition on Drug Discovery and Development from Natural Resources, at RIPANS, Aizwal, Mizoram 2014.
• National Conference on Indigenous Health Practices with Special Reference to the Tribes of North East India, at Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 2013.

Publications:

1. Gogoi, Neelutpal, Ashis Kumar Goswami and Dipak Chetia. “Quantitative assessment of an antimalarial flavonoid in the Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. hydroalcoholic root extract using HPTLC densitometric analysis.” Chemistry Africa 6 (2023), 2871–2878.
2. Goswami, Ashis Kumar, Neelutpal Gogoi and Hemanta Kumar Sharma. “Validated High-Performance Thin-layer Chromatography-Mass spectrometry method and stability study of linalool in the volatile oil of the rhizomes of Homalomena aromatica Schott.” Journal of Chromatographic Science 61.3(2023), 269-278.
3. Gogoi, Neelutpal, Purvita Chowdhury, Ashis Kumar Goswami, Aparoop Das, Dipak Chetia and Bhaskarjyoti Gogoi. “Integrated computational approach towards repurposing of antimalarial drug against SARS-CoV-2 main protease.” Structural Chemistry 33.5 (2022), 1409-1422.
4. Das, Sagarika, Suman Hazarika, Himangshu Sarma, Ashis Kumar Goswami, Hemant Kumar Sharma. “Green extraction and in vitro anti-mycobacterial activity of Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam. and Carica papaya L. leaves collected from Assam, India. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources. 13.1 (2022), 60-66.
5. Gogoi, Neelutpal, Purvita Chowdhury, Ashis Kumar Goswami, Aparoop Das, Dipak Chetia and Bhaskarjyoti Gogoi. “Computational guided identification of a citrus flavonoid as potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 main protease.” Molecular Diversity 25.3 (2021), 1745-1759.
6. Goswami, Ashis Kumar, Hemanta Kumar Sharma, Neelutpal Gogoi, Ankita Kashyap, Bhaskar Jyoti Gogoi. “In vitro evaluation and molecular dynamics, DFT guided investigation of antimalarial activity of ethnomedicinally used Coptis teeta Wall.” Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening 25.2 (2022), 292-306.
7. Goswami, Ashis Kumar, Neelutpal Gogoi, Bhaskar Jyoti Gogoi and Hemanta Kumar Sharma. “Network-pharmacology and DFT based approach towards identification of leads from Homalomena aromatica for multi-target in-silico screening on Entamoeba histolytica proteins”. Current Drug Therapy 15.3 (2020), 226-237.
8. Goswami, Ashis Kumar, Neelutpal Gogoi, Anshul Shakya, and Hemanta Kumar Sharma. “Development and validation of High-Performance Thin-layer Chromatographic method for quantification of berberine in rhizomes of Coptis teeta Wall, an endangered species collected from Arunachal Pradesh, India”. Journal of Chromatographic Science 57.5 (2019), 411-417.
9. Laldinsanga, Himangshu Sarma, Taslima Jahan, Ashis Kumar Goswami, Hemanta Kumar Sharma. “Traditional anti-malarial drugs from Serchhip and Lunglei districts of Mizoram”. Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Research 6.1 (2019): ISSN: 2319-4820. 76-104.
10. Goswami, Ashis Kumar, Hemanta Kumar Sharma, Anshul Shakya. “Evaluation of analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity of standardized methanolic extract of Coptis teeta Wall. rhizomes.” Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Research 4.1 (2017):1-15.
11. Goswami, Ashis Kumar, Zartaj Wasmin Banu, Hemanta Kumar Sharma. “CNS effects of Homalomena aromatica based on linalool content: A review.” Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Research 3.2 (2016): ISSN: 2319-4820. 20-38.
12. Baruah, Geetanjali, Dev Jyoti Kalita, Ashis Kumar Goswami, Dibya Jyoti Baishya, and Nabajit Deka. “Free radical scavenging potential and antibacterial activity of leaves of Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) R.N. Parker”. European journal of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences 3.8 (2016):309-313.ISSN : 2349-8870.
13. Saikia, Rahul, Ashis Kumar Goswami, and Hemanta Kumar Sharma. "Drug delivery to brain and bone marrow: a review". European journal of Biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences 3.4 (2016): 604-616. ISSN: 2349-8870.
14. Bora, Nilutpal Sharma, Bibhuti Bhusan Kakoti, Barnali Gogoi, and Ashis Kumar Goswami. "Ethno-medicinal claims, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Spondias pinnata: a review". International Journal of Pharmaceutical sciences and Research 5.4 (2014): ISSN (Online): 0975-8232, ISSN (Print): 2320-5148. 1138-1145.
15. Gogoi, Barnali, Bibhuti Bhusan Kakoti, Nilutpal Sharma Bora, Ashis Kumar Goswami. "Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Phlogacanthus Thyrsiflorus Nees: A Review". International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research 23.2 (2013): ISSN: 0976-044X. 175-179.
16. Shakya, Anshul, Neha Sharma, Deepali Gupta, and Ashis Kumar Goswami. "Anti-depressant activity of Ficus religiosa L.". Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Research 2.1 (2013): ISSN: 2319-4820.32-44.

Book Chapters:

1. Das, Bhrigu Kumar, Anupam Sarma and Ashis Kumar Goswami. “Gut-health pharmacology: Integrating microbiota insights with natural product based therapies”. Biochemical and Molecular Pharmacology in Drug Discovery Drug Discovery Update. Mithun Rudrapal, Chukwuebuka Egbuna and William Chi Shing Cho. 1^st Elsevier, 2024. 377-399. ISBN: 9780443160134. eBook ISBN: 9780443160141.
2. Saikia, Ananta and Ashis Kumar Goswami. "A Review On The Genus Zanthoxylum With Special Reference To Its Phytochemistry And Traditional Uses". The Marvel Plant Of Meghalaya: Zanthoxylum Acanthopodium DC. Hemanta Kumar Sharma and Kamruz Zaman. 1st ed. Deutschland: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016. 1-17. ISBN: 978-3-659-88413-9. Print.
3. Sharma, Pallavi, Ashis Kumar Goswami, and Kamruz Zaman. "In-Vitro Antehelmintic And Cytotoxic Activity Of The Aqueous Extract Of Zanthoxylum Acanthopodium". The Marvel Plant Of Meghalaya: Zanthoxylum Acanthopodium DC. Hemanta Kumar Sharma and Kamruz Zaman. 1st ed. Deutshland: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016. 27-33. ISBN: 978-3-659-88413-9.
4. Sonowal, Bhairabi, Ashis Kumar Goswami, and W Lyngdoh. "Phytochemical Screening And Evaluation For Antimicrobial Activity Of N-Hexane Extract Of The Fruits Of Zanthoxylum Acanthopodium Collected From Meghalaya, India.". The Marvel Plant Of Meghalaya: Zanthoxylum Acanthopodium DC. Hemanta Kumar Sharma and Kamruz Zaman. 1st ed. Deutschland: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016. 39-50. ISBN: 978-3-659-88413-9.
5. Goswami,Ashis Kumar, Dolly Das, and Pallavi Sharma. "TLC, HPTLC And FTIR Analysis Of Various Extracts Of The Seeds Of Zanthoxylum Acanthopodium Of Meghalaya". The Marvel Plant of Meghalaya: Zanthoxylum Acanthopodium DC. Hemanta Kumar Sharma and Kamruz Zaman. 1st ed. Deutschland: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016. 71-83. ISBN: 978-3-659-88413-9.