Funding

Running Projects:

Ø Identifying genetic factors involved in the interplay between sleep quality and well-being: comprehensive study in representative West Bengal population ~ supported by Indian Council of Medical Research, Govt. of India. Amount sanctioned: 36.6275 lakhs in Rupees. Duration: 2022-2025.

Ø Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and Education under RRSFP-BUILDER (Level III); DBT, Govt. of India. Amount sanctioned: 8.17 crores in Rupees (recommended) ~ as a Co-investigator of one of the 7 participating departments; Duration: 2021-2026.

Ø Molecular Genetic Analysis to Identify Uncharacterized Hidden Mutations among Wilson Disease Patients of West Bengal: In Search of Novel Genetic Loci ~ supported by Dept. of Science, Technology and Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal. Amount sanctioned: 23 lakhs in Rupees. Duration: 2021-2024.

Ø Developments in Indian Genetic Disease Database: updation, analysis and inclusion of complex diseases ~ supported by the DBT, Govt. of India. Amount sanctioned: 31.355 lakhs in Rupees; Duration: 2020-2023.

Ø A molecular genetic approach to identify and characterized hidden mutations in Oculocutaneous Albinism (OCA) in Indian population ~ supported by Science and Engineering Research, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Amount sanctioned: 27 lakhs in Rupees; Duration: 2020-2023.

Ø Molecular Genetic studies of cognitive function among Wilson’s disease patients of India ~ supported by Department of Science and Technology (CSRI), Govt. of India. Amount sanctioned: 59.96 lakhs in Rupees; Duration: 2019-2022.

Completed Projects:

Ø UGC UPE II grant: Focus area 1. Modern Biology Group C1: Investigating mechanistic approaches for delineating proliferative diseases. Amount sanctioned: 6 lakhs in Rupees, as a Co-investigator; Duration: 2017-2019.

Ø Expanding the knowledge of the genetic and molecular bases of Albinism in West Bengal: estimation of carrier frequency among ethnic populations ~ supported by the West Bengal State Council of Science & Technology as Research Grant Award (Rabindranath Tagore Award). Amount sanctioned: 15 lakhs in Rupees; Duration: 2016-2019.

Ø Elucidating the role of mitochondrial F1F0-ATPase in melanogenesis~ supported by Science and Engineering Research, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India as Start Up Research Grant. Amount sanctioned: 25 lakhs in Rupees. Duration: 2014-2017.

Ø In silico and functional assessment of FVIII mutations to identify the determinant(s) of Haemophilia A severity ~ supported by UGC Start-Up Research grant. Amount sanctioned: 6 lakhs in Rupees; Duration: 2014- 2016.