Computer-Aided Drug Design has been employed as a rational drug design tool. Drug discovery is mostly employed to save the time and money spent on drug discovery. CADD is the most efficient tool employed in Chemoinformatics, Bioinformatics, Agriculture for the discovery of chemicals, fertilizers insecticides, and in the Pharmaceutical Industry for drug discovery. The learners of the course need a thorough understanding of Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Pathophysiology, and Computer applications to understand the course content.

The Course contents include detailed theoretical perspectives of the following topics:

1. Drug Design
2. Computer-Aided Drug Design
3. Types of SBDD
4. Steps in CADD
5. Pharmacophore Modelling
6. QSAR
7. Combinatorial Chemistry

Although Combinatorial Chemistry is not a part of Computer-Aided Drug Design, it is a rational drug design approach and includes some principles in a combinatorial sense for the development of molecules in a wet actual synthesis laboratory.

Who should take this course?

The course is well suited for the graduates of Science, Biology, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Medicine, etc.