Research Grants

ONGOING:

    1. Cell-based studies for management of mastitis and agalactia. Funding Agency: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Govt. of India. Amount: INR 2,34,51,440. Duration: 3 Years. Co-workers: Prof. RK Choudhary (GADVASU), Prof. N Sharma (SKUASJ-J), Prof. Sudersan Kumar (NDRI).
    2. Fast clotting clinical grade hemostatic agent for emergency care. Funding Agency IMPRINT, Govt. of India. Amount INR 1,29,64,480.00. Duration Three Years. Co-workers Prof. D Verma, Prof. RK Choudhary (GADVASU), Prof. D Pathak (GADVASU)
    3. Creation of Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) for the promotion of biology teaching through bioinformatics (BTBI) scheme of BITSnet. Funding Agency : Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India. Amount : INR 1,13,77,420. Duration : 2012-2020. Co-workers : None.
    4. FIST Program – 2017 to strengthen the post-graduate teaching and research facilities. Funding Agency Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Amount INR 1,15,00,000.00. Duration Five Years. Co-workers BM Department
    5. Development of a point-of-care diagnostic kit for detection of bacterial in biological fluids. Funding Agency: TEQIP-III, MHRD-NPIU. Amount: INR 2,00,000. Duration: 1 Year. Co-worker: None.
    6. In vitro spermatogenesis from cryopreserved testicular tissue for restoration of fertility in males. Funding Agency Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India. Amount INR 9,50,400. Duration Three Years. Co-workers None.
    7. Design and fabrication of 3D scaffolds and tissue engineered testicular construct for in vitro spermatogenesis. Funding Agency Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India. Amount INR 13,56,000. Duration Three Years. Co-workers None.
    8. Molecular mechanism of pluripotency in testicular stem cells – an in silico approach. Funding Agency Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India. Amount INR 17,12,000. Duration Two Years. Co-workers None.

COMPLETED :

    1. Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) and Polycaprolactone based matrices for cardiac tissue engineering applications. Amount: INR 43,12,000. Funding Agency: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India and Erasmus+, European Commission. Duration: Three Years. Co-workers: None.
    2. Testicular stem cell-mediated transgenesis for production of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India. Amount : INR 63,83,400. Duration : Three Years. Co-workers : Prof. LB Singh (RVC, Ranchi) and Prof. BP Nayak as Co-Is.
    3. In vitro spermatogenesis as a method to bypass pre- and post-meiotic barriers to spermatogenic process and restoration of fertility. Funding Agency : Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India. Amount : INR 33,79,388. Duration : Three Years. Co-workers : Nil.
    4. Analysis of spermatozoal RNA and its functional relevance to fertility. Funding Agency : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India. Amount : INR 11.5 Lakhs. Duration : Three Years. Co-workers : None
    5. Creation of Center of Excellence (CoE) in Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering and Rehabilitation. Funding Agency : Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase-II (Sub-component 1.2.1). Amount : INR 500,00,000. Duration : 5 Years. Co-workers : Prof. K Pramanik (Coordinator & PI), Prof. SK Sarangi, Prof. S Panda, Prof. DP Mohapatra, Prof. BC Ray, Prof. A Thirugnanam, Prof. A Biswas, Prof. S Dasgupta, Prof. SS Ray, Prof. I Banerjee, Prof. K Pal.
    6. Using testicular cells and cellular components for enhancing the development potential of cloned embryos. Funding Agency : Rural Development Administration (RDA), Govt. of South Korea. Amount : ~INR 160,00,000. Duration : June 2011 – May 2015. Co-workers : Nil
    7. Observation and analysis of developmental process of cloned fetus in pregnant sows. Funding Agency : Rural Development Administration (RDA), Govt. of South Korea. Amount : ~INR 100,00,000. Duration : April 2007 – Dec. 2011. Co-workers : Sang Jun Uhm.
    8. Role of Mitochondrial Genome in Oocytes. Funding Agency : Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (IBST), South Korea. Amount : ~INR 180,00,000. Duration : July 2007 – June 2010. Co-workers : None.