Projects & Funding

Outreach grant: 2025. From the Society for the Study of Evolution. Small Grants Program for Local and Regional Outreach Promoting the Understanding of Evolutionary Biology. 1000USD.

Principal Investigator on ICMR ad-hoc grant for COVID-19 (2021-11289), titled "Role of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 genes for host genetic susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 in South Asia". Total funding 31.6 lakhs.

Principal Investigator on ICMR ad-hoc grant for COVID-19 (2021-6389), titled "Spatial and temporal distribution of viral loads and epidemiological dynamics". Total funding 44.3 lakhs.

Principal Investigator on National Geographic Society Grant (HJ3-182R-18) for peopling of Bangladesh 32,600 USD for 2 years (2018-2019) 'Reconstructing the genomic history Bangladesh: a genetic 'blank spot'.

Principal Investigator of the team grant 'The role of South Asia in peopling of old world: from modern to ancient genomes' PRG213. 2018-2022. Funding 1 Million Euro (surrendered due to transfer to India, BHU).

Principal Investigator of the grant "Human genetic diversity in South Asia, genesis and implications" PUT-766. 2015-2016. Funding 112,800.00 Euro.

Co-Principal Investigator on Core Research Grant (CRG/2018/001727), titled 'Understanding genetic structure of the aboriginal Lepcha tribe from Darjeeling Hills'. Total funding 46 lakhs.

Participant- The dawn of whole genomic era in archaeogenetics IUT24-1 (01.01.14 - 31.12.19).

Participant- Genome diversity and biological history of mankind SF0182474As03 (01.01.03 - 31.12.07).

Participant- Global structuring of human populations: migrations, drift and selection SF0270177As0 (01.01.08 - 31.12.13).

Participant- Neolithic Revolution in the Fertile Crescent and its influence to the population genetic structuring in the spread areas: the matrilineal perspective ETF7858 (01.01.09 - 31.12.11)

Participant- Y-chromosomal phylogeny of the Volga-Ural and Siberian populations ETF5574 (01.01.03 - 31.12.06).