Research Grants

Received funding from DST on the project entitled “Connecting communities to science and innovative technologies for wastewater treatment and renewable sources of energy: strategies to achieve environmental sustainability”- 24 lakh (2025-2026)

Received funding from Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited for “Investigations on Prototype Development for on Laser based Large Area Cleaning of Biofouling from Ship hulls” (2023-25) 

Received funding under the National Post Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF) scheme from SERB with Project entitled “Biotechnological Advancement for Greener production of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) for Biomedical-Nutraceutical Application: Upscaling and Commercialization Strategies” (2022-2025) to host Dr. Bikash Kumar

Received funding under the National Post Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF) scheme from SERB with project entitled “Effect of growth modulators on biomass and phycobiliproteins from cyanobacteria” (2022-2024) to host Dr. Tonmoy Ghosh  

Received funding under the Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE) scheme from SERB with a project entitled “Isolation, purification and therapeutic evaluation of novel peptides and bioactive compounds as DPP-IV inhibitors from magneto-primed soybean seeds and algae species for diabetes treatment” (2021-2024) to host Dr. Anand Krishna 

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) funded project for LUH-IIT Indore Partnership under the “A New Passage to India Program" (2019-2023) 

MoES, Delhi funded project entitled, "Innovative and efficient algae-based system to reduce carbon dioxide emissions: A possible remedy to climate change" (2018-2021) 

SERB, Delhi funded project entitled "An innovative approach for development of an efficient and integrated algae bioenergy production system using biosynthesized nanoparticles" (2018-2021) 

DBT funded project entitled "Demonstration of sustainable algal biomass production in outdoor environment for cost-effective biofuel production" (2017-2018) 

Under INSPIRE programme funding received on the Project entitled “Integration of Biodiesel production with wastewater treatment using cyanobacterial species” from DST. (2012-2017)