Research Projects

1) Development and testing the effectiveness of a multifunctional nanotherapeutic to overcome antimicrobial resistance among pathogenic bacteria associated with recalcitrant mastitis infections in dairy cows , Role: PI  Funding: SPARC, MHRD, Government of India (2023-2025)

2) Nanoparticle assisted wettability tailored hemostatic cotton gauze, Role: PI, Funding: MAHE (2022)

3) Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of wettable and anti-microbial contact lenses , Role: PI  Funding: SERB, DST  (2021-2024)

4) Nanostructured Contact Lenses for Improved Wettability and Antimicrobial Activity, Funding: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Role: PI, (2020-2023) 

5) Liquid Biopsy for Oral Cancer Screening using superhydrophobic Surface Enhanced Plasmonic Droplet Assay, Role: PI, Funding: BDTD (2019-2022)

6) Nanostructures assisted Laser-induced crystallization, Role: Co-PI, Funding: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (2019-2022)

7) Dr. T M A Pai Endowment Chair in Applied Nanosciences, Funding: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (2017-2019)

8) Design, Development and Applications of microchannel assisted Thermal Lens Microscope for chemotaxis and heavy metal detection, Role: PI,  Funding: BRNS (2017-2020)

9) Cellular temperature probing of an optically trapped biological cell using an optical thermometer , Role -PI, Funding: SERB, DST (2017-2020)

10) Design, Assembly, Testing and Multi-Centre Evaluation of a Miniature and Portable LIF System for Screening of Oral Malignancy , Role: Co-PI, Funding: DST  (2015-2018)

11) Microwave-assisted synthesis of spinel oxide phosphors for display applications and white light generation, Role:Co-PI, Funding: SERB, DST (2015-2018)

12) Fund for improvement of S&T infrastructure in universities and higher education institutions (FIST) – Nanobiophotonics, Role: Group Leader, Funding: DST-FIST  (2013-2018)

13) Trace Element Analysis for Environmental and Biomedical Applications - Development of  Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technique, Role: PI (later changed to Dr. Santhosh C due to non-availability in the country) (2006-2009)

14) Development of a device for early detection of oral cancer using fluorescence, Role: Co-I, Funding: Philips Research Systems (2006-2007)

15) Detection of tumor marker in saliva using HPLC-LIF technique, Role: Co-I, Funding: Philips Research Systems (2006-2007)

Funding: 31.9 Million INR (PI) and 58.2 Million INR (Total)