Project: Exploring the Conventional and Additive Manufacturing Potential of Indigenous Assam Rice for Pharmaceutical Applications
Role: Principal Investigator
Sanctioned File Number: BT/PR51237/NER/95/1990/2023
Duration: 03 Year (2025-28)
Funding Agency: DBT-North Eastern Region Biotechnology Programme Management Cell (DBT NER-BPMC), Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 45.17 Lakhs
Project: Shape-memory Responsive Cellulosic Composites for 4D Printed Drug Delivery Devices.
Sanctioned File Number: CRG/2023/000363
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 03 Years (2024-2027)
Funding Agency: ANRF-SERB-Core Research Grant (CRG), Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 53.61 Lakhs
Project: LC-MS/MS analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance Exposure Risk in drinking water from the Kamrup Region of Assam: Mitigation Strategies by 3D-Printed Cartridges.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Sanctioned File Number: TIH/TD/0310
Duration: 02 Year (2024-26)
Funding Agency: Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP), Technology Innovation Hub, IIT-Guwahati.
Funding Amount: INR 23.20 Lakhs
Project: Establishment of Nodal Center for Marine Therapeutics.
Role: Co-Principal Investigators
Sanctioned File Number: DST/TDT/TC/KSM/2022/05(G) & DoP-50020/41/2021-NIPER
Duration: 05 Years (2023-2028)
Dual Funding Agency: Therapeutics Chemicals Programme (TCP), DST, Govt. of India. & Dept. of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), Min. of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 220.00 Lakhs
Project: Responsive encapsulation device by 4D printing for potential drug delivery applications.
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 2023-25
Funding Agency: Med Tech Innovation Call, Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone Limited (AMTZ), Vizag, A.P.
Funding Amount: INR 10.00 Lakhs
Project: Biofilament derived 3D Printed Antimicrobial Wound Dressing for Advanced Wound Care.
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 2022-23
Funding Agency: 3D Bioprinting Innovation Call, Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone Limited (AMTZ), Vizag, A.P.
Funding Amount: INR 10.00 Lakhs
Project: Prototyping of Transdermal Patches by Innovative 3D Printing Platform Technology.
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 2022-23
Funding Agency: 3D Bioprinting Innovation Call, Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone Limited (AMTZ), Vizag, A.P.
Funding Amount: INR 10.00 Lakhs
Project: Establishment of GMP accredited Pilot Scale extraction facilities for development of Herbal or phytopharmaceutical products from the Medicinal Plants of NE India.
Role: Co-Principal Investigators
Duration: 2021-2024
Funding Agency: Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 663.50 Lakhs
Project: National Centre for Pharmacoengineering for designing innovative delivery strategies to fight against neglected diseases.
Role: Co-principal Investigator cum Centre Coordinator.
Duration: 2019-2022 & 2022-23 (with Cost Extension)
Funding Agency: Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Research Programme (DPRP), DST, Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 419.00 Lakhs + 78.00 Lakhs (with Cost Extension)
Project: Generation of 3D printed multi-functional customized drug delivery systems: in vitro, and in vivo evaluations.
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 2020-2022
Funding Agency: Innovation & Translation Research, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 24.29 Lakhs
Project: Responsive Self-folding Feedstock for Pharmaceutical 4D Printing Applications.
Role: Principal Investigators
Host Institute Collaborator: Dr. Mo. Maniruzzaman, Assistant Professor, UT Austin, USA.
Duration: 03 Months (July-September, 2022)
Funding Agency: SERB-International Research Experience (SIRE), Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: Approx. INR 10.00 Lakhs
Project: Pharmacoengineered lipid core-shell nanoarchitectonics to enhance macrophages uptake for potential translational therapeutic outcome.
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 2019-2022
Funding Agency: Early Career Research Award, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 34.71 Lakhs
Project: Bioengineered bilayer 3D printlets for segregated compartmental delivery of fixed dose ATDs combinations.
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 2019-2021
Funding Agency: Sunrise Project, North East Centre for Biological Sciences and Healthcare Engineering (NECBH) Twinning Outreach, DBT, Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 11.90 Lakhs
Status: Successfully Completed
Project: Medicated skin patch to mitigate destructive pulmonary tuberculosis in six districts of Assam.
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 2019-2021
Funding Agency: Innovation, Technology Generation & Awareness (ITGA) Scheme, Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC), DST, Govt. of Assam.
Funding Amount: INR 2.90 Lakhs
Status: Successfully Completed
Project: Prophylactic transdermal patch against neurotoxin poisoning in biological warfare situations.
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 2017-2019
Funding Agency: SRISTI-GYTI Award, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC),Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 15.00 Lakhs
Status: Successfully Completed
Project: Oral lipid nanoparticle formulations (LNFs) of antitubercular drugs for chemical stabilization: Formulation & Bioavailability studies
Role: Principal Investigators
Duration: 2015-2017
Funding Agency: Young Scientist Scheme (Start-up Research Grant), SERB, Govt. of India.
Funding Amount: INR 27.50 Lakhs
Status: Successfully Completed