I. AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

1. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator) and Prof. (Dr.) Jyothis Mathew (Co-Investigator) Major Project (15 Lakhs) from DBT under the DBT-RGYI Scheme, titled “Molecular Exploration of Spice Associated Bacteria for Bioactive metabolites and PKS-NRPS genes” (2011-2014, completed).

2. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator) and Prof. (Dr.) Jyothis Mathew (Co-Investigator), Dr. Sheela Sugathan (Co-Investigator), titled “Molecular Studies on Biofilm formation in Coagulase Negative Staphylococci” Major Project (22 Lakhs) from ICMR (2011-2014, completed).

3. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Co-ordinator) SARD Programme support from KSCSTE to School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University (21.25 Lakhs) (2014-2017, completed).

4. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator) and Prof. (Dr.) Jyothis Mathew (Co-Investigator) Major Project from KSCSTE under Science Research Scheme SRS (25 Lakhs), titled “Studies on molecular and chemical basis of plant growth promoting and anti-phytopathogenic properties of rhizosphere microorganisms” (2015 – 2018, completed).

5. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator) Sanctioned from Kerala Biotechnology Commission, KSCSTE under the YIPB Programme (25 lakhs), titled “Phyto Immune modulatory effect of lipopeptide compounds produced by Bacillus spp. with biocontrol property” (2017-2021, completed).

6. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator) sanctioned from Kerala State Plan Fund, (90 lakhs) titled “Exploring the Indigenous Microbiome of Kerala for Natural and organic agricultural practices- an approach to green Kerala” (2018-2021, completed)

7. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator) Industry linked project in collaboration with Business Innovation and Incubation Centre (BIIC) of MG University and Agro Bio-Tech Research Centre Ltd (ABTEC) Kottayam, titled “Development of nano biopesticide formulations” (2019-2020, completed).

8. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator) Collaborative project with State Institute for Animal Diseases, TVM (30 lakhs) titled “Studies on AMR gene flux between livestock and society, risk assessment and development of management strategies” funded by Department of Animal Husbandry, Government of Kerala (2018 – 2022, completed).

10. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator), Prof. (Dr.) Nandakumar Kalarickal (Co-Investigator) and Prof. (Dr.) Jayachandran K (Co-Investigator) sanctioned from (JAIVAM) (30 Lakhs), Mahatma Gandhi University tilted “Nanofertilizers, Nanopesticides and Bio Nanoformulations for the enhancement of agricultural productivity” (2019-2021, completed).

11. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator) Collaborative project with Swakit Biotech Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore (1 lakh) titled “Agribiotech product development” (from 2021-2022,completed).

12. Dr. Radhakrishnan E K (Principal Investigator), Collaborative project with Kerala Start Up Mission, Trivandrum(1 crore) (2022-2023, completed).