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School of Bio Sciences & Technology (SBST)

Projects

The faculty members of SBST have attracted several research grants from various funding agencies like AYUSH, BRNS, CSIR, DST, DBT, ICMRan others. School has ongoing 44 projects worth of 16.3 and successfully completed 97 projects worth of 16.7 crores.

SPONSORED PROJECTS – ONGOING
SPONSORED PROJECTS –COMPLETED

S.NO.	PROJECT TITLE	NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOLLOWED BY CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR	FUNDING AGENCY	PERIOD	SANCTIONED AMOUNT (RS)	CURRENT STATUS
1	NPDF	Dr. Eniyan Kandasamy & Dr. N. Ramesh	DST-SERB (NPDF)	2018 – 2020	1920000	Ongoing
2	Small molecules modulators for antophagy.	Dr. Ravanan Palaniyandi	DST-SERB	01-Aug-16	5296720	Ongoing
3	Bye-carbonate: Engineering “Pro” chloroccus to tackle oceanAcidification.	Dr. R. Siva	DBT-iGEM	2018 March	1000000	Ongoing
4	DST – FIST Programme, SBST	Dr. Anil Kumar Gopinath	DST-FIST	2013-2018	8400000	Ongoing
5	Characterizing the neuroprotective pathway of synthetic delta poiodagonists in rodent neuronal models with a focus on neurotrophinsignaling and identifying the micro (mi) RNA signature in the process.	Dr. Dwaipayan Sen	DST-SERB	2015-2018	2414000	Ongoing
6	Comparative Genomics: A tool for identification and experimentalvalidation of genes involved in Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress.	Dr. Priti Talwar	DST-SERB	2015-2018	2561000	Ongoing
7	Development of Magnetosome Based Biosensor for the detection ofPathogenic Bacteria in food Samples.	Dr. K. Suthindhiran	DBT	2015-2018	2584600	Ongoing
8	Gene therapy for leukocyte adhesion deficiency type – l in a murinemodel.	Dr. Everette Jacob Remington Nelson	ICMR	2015-2018	1994800	Ongoing
9	Unravelling the role of collagen cryptic peptides in cellular activity.	Dr. C. Shanthi, Dr. Alka Mehta & Dr. Tamizhselvi R	DST	2015-2018	2543000	Ongoing
10	Identification of novel peptide based inhibitors for T cell receptorsignalling.	Dr. M. Anbalagan	DST-SERB	2015-2019	4521000	Ongoing
11	NanoToF: Toxicological evaluation and risk assessment onNanomaterialsin Food	Dr. C Ramalingam & Dr. K. Ramanathan	DBT	2015-2019	7635600	Ongoing
12	Development of anti-Quorum sensing coated catheters to reduce deviceassociated urinary tract infection	Mr. Prasanth Rathinam & Dr. Pragasam Viswanathan	DBT	2016-2018	4645000	Ongoing
13	Seminal plasma exosomal micromal microRNA signatures in males withinfertility disorders.	Dr. E. Nalini & Dr. T.B. Sridharan	BACC- Health	2016-2018	600000	Ongoing
14	Construction of Polyketite Synthase, Non Ribosomal synthetase genelibrary and natural product library from cultivable and uncultivablemarine actinoycetes for Bioprospecting.	Dr. Suthindhiran & Dr. M.A.Jayasri	DBT	2016-2019	1872600	Ongoing
15	Dendrimer Capped Hollow Gold Nanostructures for Label-free BiosensorApplication.	Dr. Jitendra Satija	DST-SERB	2016-2019	2857000	Ongoing
16	Identification of novel micro RNAs involved in the modulation of lungcancer related genes by tea polyphenols.	Dr. A.K. Azad Mandal	NTRF	2016-2019	2583240	Ongoing
17	In-silico gene and protein network analysis of B-lactamases.	Dr. Sudha Ramaiah & Dr. Anand Anbarasu -11468	ICMR	2016-2019	1926220	Ongoing
18	DCMP: Database of Cancer mutant protein domains.	Dr. Arnold Emerson Isaac	DST-SERB	2017-2019	1495500	Ongoing
19	Bacteriostatic-Polymer/Antibiotic Combination based Bi-modal Strategyfor in situ Management of Diabetic Osteomelities: An in vitro and AnimalModel based Study.	Dr. Debasish Mishra	DST-SERB	2017-2020	3559600	Ongoing
20	Bioactivity of furanones and its derivates isolated form streptomycessp. On biofilms formed from clinical isolates.	Dr. Jayanthi Abraham & Dr. Sudandira doss	ICMR	2017-2020	2448000	Ongoing
21	In vitro and in vivo Anticlastogenic potentil constitutents ofactinobacteria against mammary carcinogenesis.	Ms. Ajitha Gomathi	DST (Women Scientist Scheme)	2017-2020	1750000	Ongoing
22	Over expression of exogenous and endogeneous phyoene synthase (PSY) genein Dunaliella salina for the enhanced production of carotenoids.	Dr. K. M. Gothandam	DBT	2017-2020	2934600	Ongoing
23	Study of floral diversity in Tamil Nadu coastal region andidentification of climate change indicators.	Dr. C. Rajasekaran & Dr. T. Kalaivani	DST	2017-2020	7101195	Ongoing
24	Tackling Lung Cancer Drug Resistance in INDIA: An integrated DrugRepurposing Strategies.	Dr. V. Shanthi & Dr. Ramanathan	DST-SERB	2017-2020	1617000	Ongoing
25	Understanding the machanism of multi-drug resistance in pathogenicbacteria and identificatrion of potential drug targets: A systemsbiology approach.	Dr. Sudha Ramaiah & Dr. Anand Anbarasu –	DST-SERB	2017-2020	1796000	Ongoing
26	Hospital-associated ESKAPE pathogens: Unraveling novel regulatory layerscontrolling virulence and persistence.	Dr. Shankar Manoharan & Dr. Karthikeyan. S	WellcomeTrust /DBT India Alliance	2017-2022	16820100	Ongoing
27	Development and validation of signature peptide-proteome biomarkers forimproved and precise detection of root wilt infection in coconut	Dr. S. Babu & Dr. Vino S	DST – SERB	2018 to 2021	4174010	Ongoing
28	Recycling of chrome shavings, a solid waste from leather industry, forproduction of dehairing protease by Bacillus cerus VITSN04: A scale-upstandardization for industrial use.	Dr. C. Shanthi & Dr. G. Kalaichelvan	DST – Transfer Division	2018-2019	2257000	Ongoing
29	Development and evaluation of cellulose based hydrogels for the repairof Articular cartilage Defects in animal models.	Dr. I. Manjubala	DST-SERB	2018-2021	3544200	Ongoing
30	Development of Commercially viable organic fertilizer cum biofungicidefrom marine algae.	Dr. M.A. Jayasri& Dr. Subramanian Babu	DBT	2018-2021	2652200	Ongoing
31	Development of Electrochemical immuno sensor based detection method forwhitespot syndrome virus (WSSV) of penaeid shrimp.	Dr. R. Sudhakaran & Dr. A. Senthilkumar	DBT	2018-2021	3069600	Ongoing
32	Development of Escherichia coli based heavy metal biosorbents byexpressing a metal binding and evaluating its potential against tanneryeffluents through numerical modeling and experimental approaches.	Dr. Sudandiradoss & Dr. Aslam Abdullah	DST-SERB	2018-2021	3165000	Ongoing
33	Economic non-food sugar from variable mixed solid waste for high valuechemical products	Dr S Venkat Kumar (Co-PI)	DBT	2018-2021	26,20,000	Ongoing
34	Exploring the therapeutic mechanism of Majoon chobchini, a unanimedicinein the management of rheumatoid arthritis (Waja-ul-mafasil) animmunlological investigation.	Dr. M. Rasool	AYUSH	2018-2021	3370000	Ongoing
35	Isolation prrification and structural characterization of superoxidedismutase (SOD) extracted from Indian mud crabs.	Dr. Manu Asthana & Dr. C. Shanthi	DST-SERB(NPDF)	2018-2021	1980000	Ongoing
36	Management of intestinal oxalate by probiotic prepration by oxalatedegrading bacterial consortium.	Dr. Pragasam Viswanathan	ICMR	2018-2021	1711080	Ongoing
37	Modulatory Mechanism of Narigenin on Autophagy.	Dr. Kavitha Thirumurugan	ICMR	2018-2021	2150488	Ongoing
38	Quality Assurance and Testing of Tissue Culture Plant Materials.	Dr. S. Babu	DBT	2018-2021	12779000	Ongoing
39	Unraveling the molecular basis os cyanidin, a natural flavonoid on IL-17mediated signaling and Th17 and treg cell axis in rheumatoid arthritispathogenesis.	Dr. M. Rasool	DST-SERB	2018-2021	3632100	Ongoing
40	Digital Health Technology to improve Tuberculosis control in Indiia.	Dr. Anand Anbarasu	School of Public Health & Community Medicine / UNSW Medicine	2018-2019	513496	Ongoing
41	Potent and selective PDE4B inhibitors for the potential treatment ofarthritis. (In collaboration with Dr. Reddy?s Institute of LifeSciences, Hyderabad)	Dr. M. Rasool	DBT	2018-2021	5999000	Ongoing
42	Genomic and systems biology studies to understand the mechanism of multidrug resistant pathogenic bacterial spp of clinical importance	Dr. Anand Anbarasu, PI, Dr. Balaji Veeraraghavan – CMC&H, Vellore, Co PI, Dr. Sudha Ramaiah , Co PI	ICMR	July 2019 – July 2022	11459700	Ongoing
43	Study of Hemoglobinopathies and G6PD Deficiency among Tribals of Vellorehills, Tamilnadu.	Dr.V.G.Abilash, Dr. Sundara Rajan C R	ICMR	2019-2022	59,35,162	Ongoing
44	To identify a novel target compound to inhibit the OXA β-Lactamases causing extremely drug-resistant hospital-acquired infections	PI: Dr. George Priya Doss C, Co-Investigators: Dr. Thirumal Kumar D, Dr. Balaji Veeraraghavan (Department of Clinical Microbiology) & Dr. Abi Manesh (Department of Infectious Diseases), CMC&H, Vellore	Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)	2021-2024	92,49,230	Ongoing
45	Development of alginate-silver nanocomposite embedded with adipose-derived stem cells for the healing of deep burn wounds	Dr. Everette Jacob Remington Nelson, Dr. Priyanka Srivastava, & Dr. Raunak Kumar Das	LSRB, DRDO	2021-2024	38,12,000	Ongoing
46	Bioinformatics and Molecular Approaches to Characterize the Mechanism of Multi-drug Resistance in Salmonella typhi recovered from Children(<15years)with Typhoid at a Pediatric Specialty Teaching Hospital	PI: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah, Co-PIs:Dr. Anand Anbarasu, Dr. Anand Manoharan	ICMR	2020-2023	47,93,160.00	Ongoing
47	Targeted gene delivery into CD117+ haematopoietic stem cells usingcapsid modified targeting Adeno associated virus (AAV) vectors	Dr. Balaji Balakrishnan	DST- SERB (SRG)	2022-2024	2500000	Ongoing
48	Designing and development of rational based peptide inhibitors again stalpha-synuclein aggregates for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease	Dr. Rajasekaran R Dr. George Priya Doss C, Co- PI	ICMR	2021-2023	1483000	Ongoing
49	Significance of Sulfur Signaling in Hepato-Pancreas protection of Alcoholics, An observational preclinical animal model study of Organ-protective	Dr. Venkatraman M	ICMR	2021- 2024	978000	Ongoing
50	Elucidation of the molecular mechanistic role of platelet NLRP3 on platelet activation, platelet-mediated neutrophil extracellular trapformation, and endothelial dysfunction in mediating systemicinflammation	Dr.Everette Jacob Remington Nelson Dr. Venkatraman Co- PI	ICMR	2021- 2024	5675448	Ongoing
51	Retargeting Lentiviral Integration Into Heterochromatin For Safer GeneTherapy Applications.	Dr.Everette Jacob Remington Nelson Dr. Rajasekaran R, Co- PI	ICMR	2021- 2024	7930624	Ongoing
52	Evaluation and Efficacy of alcohol free and Alcohol based sanitizers cum aerosols against opportunities pathogens during pandemic situations.	Prof. Dr Suneetha Vuppu Dr.KV.Bhaskararo, Co- PI	ICMR	2023-2026	1587237	Ongoing

S.NO.	PROJECT TITLE	NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOLLOWED BY CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR	FUNDING AGENCY	PERIOD	SANCTIONED AMOUNT (RS)	CURRENT STATUS
1	Enzyme catalyzed biodiesel production from non-edible oils	Dr. David K. Daniel	IE(I)	2006	35,000	Completed
2	A study on silver nanoparticle impregnated dressing material on wound healing	Dr. N. Chandrasekaran	Tamil Nadu State Council For Science And Technology	2009	99,000	Completed
3	Study on genetic markers related to diabetic neuropathy	Dr. Radha Saraswathy	Inno Med UK Ltd	2010	60,100	Completed
4	Designing a bio-reactor for biosorption of heavy metals (lead cobalt nickel aluminium and mercury ) by egg shell	Dr. Anand Prem Rajan	Institute of Engineers	2011	50,000	Completed
5	Treatment of effluent containing heavy metals using sugar beet pulp in a packet bed reactor as a bio-sorbent	Dr. Anand Prem Rajan	Institute of Engineers	2011	50,000	Completed
6	Immunological Biochemical and Gene-expression analysis of probiotics from Organica Biotech in Tilapia fishes experimentally infected with Vibrio species	Dr. R. Sudhakaran	Organica Biotech	2016	100,000	Completed
7	Hydrodynamic studies in a liquid solid circulating fluidized bed	Dr. P. Kumar	DST	2003-2008	481904	Completed
8	Molecular cytogenetic analysis of normal and radiation induced chromosomal aberrations in precancerous and cancer syndromes	Dr. Radha Saraswathy	DRDO	2004-2008	1481000	Completed
9	Development of a Biosensor for detection of Organophosphorous Compounds	Dr. Lazar Mathew & Dr. David K. Daniel	DRDO	2006-2008	899000	Completed
10	Design and development of speech enhancer	Dr. Lazar Mathew & S.Vidhya	DEBEL	2006-2009	2100000	Completed
11	Development of affordable nutritive enhancement of dairy fermented products for the rural population through the intervention of biotechnology	Dr. Kunthala Jayaraman & KarthikeyanS.	DRDO	2006-2009	1412000	Completed
12	Investigation of anticancer properties of Picrorhiza kurroa Acorus calamus and Oroxylum indicum	Dr. Ashok Kumar, Dr. Kalaivani T & Dr. Lazar Mathew	LSRB-DRDO	2006-2009	2458000	Completed
13	Studies on the effect of radiation on mussel meat	Dr. Anil Kumar Gopinathan	DAE	2006-2010	1275000	Completed
14	Metabolic fingerprinting of monoterpene biosynthesis in aromatic grasses of genus Cymbopogon using 1-13 C-glucose and in combination of quantitative NMR spectroscopy	Dr. Deepak Ganjewala	DST	2007-2009	528000	Completed
15	Phenotype – Genotype correlation of the Genetic disorder Mucopolysaccharidosis type I using Bioinformatics tools	Dr. K. Mahalingam & Dr. Lazar Mathew	DBT	2007-2009	1052000	Completed
16	Studies on Screening of wild mushrooms and bioadsorbent of heavy metal – a novel biotechnological approach towards control of environmental pollution & health hazards of rural people	Dr. Nilanjana Mitra Das	DST	2007-2009	996000	Completed
17	Exploring the Structure-Activity Relationship of Basic Polypeptides from Elapidae Snake Venom.	Dr. G. Jayaraman	DST	2007-2010	1540930	Completed
18	Biomethanization of waste food from VIT mess	Maitri C. Trisha Namrata Dr. K.V. Bhaskara Rao	L-RAMP	2008-2009	48,000	Completed
19	Characterization of Novel Streptomyces sp as a potential antidermatophytic compounds producer from marine soil of east coastal region of Tamil Nadu.	Dr. K. Kannabiran	IFS Sweden	2008-2009	400000	Completed
20	A study on interaction of ground water arsenic species with zero valent iron nanoparticles	Dr. Amitava Mukherjee & Dr. Badal Kumar Mandal	DST	2008-2010	550,000	Completed
21	Design & development of low repetition rate and high pulse energy fiber laser based on large mode area fiber and photonic crystal fiber for laser clearning application.	Dr. S.K. Sudheer	DST	2008-2010	1879000	Completed
22	Bioremediation of chromium using bacterial biofilm	Dr. Amitava Mukherjee & Dr. N. Chandrasekaran	DST	2008-2011	3218161	Completed
23	Functional Analysis of the Gene encoding zeta-carotene desatrase by over expression and gene slicing in tomato.	Dr. K.M. Gothandam	DST	2008-2011	1709000	Completed
24	A case study on ecotoxicological impact of engineered nanoparticles used in defense applications	Dr. N. Chandrasekaran, Dr Lazar Mathew & Dr. Amitava Mukherjee	LSRB-DRDO	2009-2012	1,500,000	Completed
25	Ecotoxicological Study of Engineered Oxide Nanoparticles : Microcosm Approach”	Dr. Amitava Mukherjee & Dr. N. Chandrasekaran	MoEF	2009-2012	1128000	Completed
26	Hexavalent chromium detoxification by microbial isolates from a specific chromium mining site and bioremediation application potential: A laboratory based study	Dr. Amitava Mukherjee & Dr. N. Chandrasekaran	DST	2009-2012	3447328	Completed
27	Impact of Environment Radiation on Aquatic and Semi Aquatic Organisms.	Dr. Anil Kumar Gopinath	DAE	2009-2012	1887652	Completed
28	Study on trophic transfer of engineered nanoparticles used in defence applications.	Dr. Amitava Mukherjee & Dr. Lazar Mathew	DRDO	2009-2012	1491600	Completed
29	Synthesis of nanoparticles from marine organisms for biomedical-applications	Dr. N. Chandrasekaran & Dr. Amitava Mukherjee	Department of Ocean Development Ministry of Earth Science	2009-2012	2600000	Completed
30	Development of PC based fully automatic batch analyser for clinical chemistry	Dr. Padma Thiagarajan, J.B.Jeeva, M.Sasikumar & R.Sudha	DeitY- CSIR	2009-2014	1,950,000	Completed
31	Identification processing and genetic manipulation studies on polyhydroxy butyrate (PHB) producing marine blue algae (Cyanobacteria) for the production of biodegradable plastics	Dr.K. Gothandam, Dr.Muthuvelan, Dr. T.B.Sridharan & Dr.S. Karthikeyan	DBT	2009-2014	2453000	Completed
32	Bioremediation of pesticides from agricultural soil using microbial consortia and preparation of appropriate formulation	Dr. Jayanthi Abraham	DST	2010 -2014	1500000	Completed
33	A bitter solution for a better cause	Jyotsnaa Pillai Binithamol K. Polakkattil (S.Mythili)	Villgro	2010-2011	25,000	Completed
34	Cysteine and other amino acids as byproducts in microbial Keratinase production from poultry waste.	Avinash Srivastava, Anshul Sharma & Dr. V. Suneetha	Villgro	2010-2011	27,500	Completed
35	Design and development of electro mechanical arm for amputees and paralysed patients	Debika Khanra & Dr. S.Sudesh	Villgro	2010-2011	30,000	Completed
36	Neutraceutical from banana peel: a novel approach for rural development	Abhishek Prakash Shukla and Priyanka (Chitra Kalaichelvan)	Villgro	2010-2011	25,000	Completed
37	Ready to eat curd-A step towards rural transformation	Gowri Sukumar & Dr. Asit Ranjan Ghosh	Villgro	2010-2011	25,000	Completed
38	Genetic analysis of myopia	Dr. Radha Saraswathy	Sankar Foundation	2010-2012	50,000	Completed
39	Nanoparticles in the prevention of calcium oxalate crystal formation and retention in renal epithelium	Dr. Pragasam Viswanathan	DST	2010-2012	1452000	Completed
40	Screening of extra cellular matrix protein derived cryptic bioactive peptides involved in regulation of cell activity.	Dr. C. Shanthi & Dr. Alka Mehta	DST	2010-2014	2037200	Completed
41	Screening Characterisation and Bioinformatic Structure analysis of pectinase produced from actinomycetes.	Dr. V. Suneetha	DST	2010-2015	1328000	Completed
42	Bio-sorption of Heavy Metal (Lead Cobalt Nickel Aluminum) by Coconut Coir in a Bio-reactor.	Dr. Anand Prem Rajan	Institute of Engineers	2011-2012	50000	Completed
43	Fucntional role of heat shock proteins and Ubiquitin E3 ligase under hypoxic stress conditions	Dr. Pravir Kumar	LSRB-DRDO	2011-2012	1500000	Completed
44	Halotolerant bacteria for biodegradation	Arpita D. Chaitra S. Lavanya V Teena J & Dr. Jayaraman G	Villgro	2011-2012	24,000	Completed
45	Overview of microbiology and bioinformatics tools	Dr. V. Suneetha	CSIR	2011-2012	100000	Completed
46	Sex determination in Garcinia cambogia aided by molecular marker technology	Tharachand C & Dr. C. Immanuel Selvaraj	Villgro	2011-2012	24,000	Completed
47	Application of Nanotechnology for Improvement of Bioefficacy of Tea Polyphenols	Dr. Abul Kalam Azad Mandal & Dr. Jameel Shaik	National Tea Research Foundation (NTRF)	2011-2014	1111820	Completed
48	Development of Sol-Gel Based Sensor for Early Diagnosis of Oral Cancer by Centre for Biomedical Research.	Dr. Bhaskar Mohan Murari	DST	2011-2014	2378000	Completed
49	Studies on the molecular aspects of Schizophrenia with special reference to hormone receptor genes and variant serotype alleles	Dr. Anil Kumar Gopinath	DBT	2011-2014	872000	Completed
50	Biochemical and Molecular Investigation of Plant Dyes.	Dr. R. Siva	CSIR	2011-2015	1476000	Completed
51	Gene therapy for leukocyte adhesion deficiency using lentiviral vectors	Dr. Everette Jacob Remington Nelson	DBT	2011-2017	7450000	Completed
52	Development of single stage reversible flow bioreactor for simultaneous removal of COD and ammonia from wastewaters	Dr. P.C. Sabumon & Dr. Alka Metha	DST	2012-2013	1800000	Completed
53	Design and Development of optical tomography system for soft tissue imaging	Prof. J.B. Jeeva	DST – Seed Division	2012-2014	1234706	Completed
54	A Study on in vitro Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Indian Ayurvedic Herbal Formulation Triphala and its Mechanism of Action	Dr. M. Rasool	ICMR	2012-2015	1130000	Completed
55	A Study on trophic transfer of engineered nanoparticles used in defence applications	Dr.Amitava Mukharjee & Dr. N. Chanderasekaran	DRDO-LSR	2012-2015	1998700	Completed
56	Deciphering the novel genes involved in pathogen recognition receptor mediated signaling pathways in penaeid shrimp	Dr. R. Sudhakaran	SERB	2012-2015	1,700,000	Completed
57	Differential membrane lipid profile and fluidity of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans during the process of adhesion to minerals”GIS Based early warning landslide susceptibility model using data mining classification approach”	Dr. Anand Prem Rajan	DST	2012-2015	2856208	Completed
58	Diversity & exploration of marine magnetotactic bacteria from southern Indian coast for the production of magnetosomes	Dr. K. Suthindhiran	DST	2012-2015	1800000	Completed
59	Inhibitory effect of Cinnamomum zeylanicum on a α-glucosidase activity and postprandial hyperglycemia	Dr. Kavitha Thirumurugan	DST	2012-2015	2250000	Completed
60	In-Silico Approaches for Designing B-Lactamase Inhibitors	Dr. Anand Anbarasu	ICMR	2012-2015	1293170	Completed
61	Isolation and Identification of Antidiabetic Compounds from Marine Algae	Dr. M.A. Jayasri	DBT	2012-2015	2426440	Completed
62	Phylogenetic and functional analysis of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase(CCD) of Bixa Orellena with special reference to bixin synthesis	Dr. R. Siva	DST	2012-2015	2326000	Completed
63	Targeted proteonmics-based discovery and over expression of a key cross-talking protein for multiple stress tolerance in rice	Dr. S. Babu	DST	2012-2015	2406000	Completed
64	Structure and function of TRIOBP a novel actin bundling protein involved in hearing	Dr. Kavitha Thirumurugan	DBT	2012-2015	2,180,000	Completed
65	Production of phytoene by inhibition of phytoene desaturase gene (pds) in Dunaliella sp.	Dr. K.M. Gothandam & Dr. S Babu	CSIR	2012–2015	2162000	Completed
66	Structure and function of TRIOBP a novel actin bundling protein involed in hearing	Dr. Kavitha Thirumurugan	DBT-Bio-Care	2012-2016	2180000	Completed
67	Antimicrobial and Immunstimulatory Activities of Actinomycetes for Aquatic Animal Health Management	Dr. K. Kannabiran	DBT	2012-2017	2036700	Completed
68	Database of drug resistance mutations and virtual compounds for Leprosy	Dr. V. Shanthi, Dr. K. Ramanathan & Dr. R. Rajasekaran	ICMR	2013-2014	1128170	Completed
69	Elucidation of mechanism of adriamycin mediated male reproductive toxicity and recovery by restoration of epididymal adipose tissue.	Dr. Sankarganesh Arunachalam	DST-SERB	2013-2016	1700000	Completed
70	Enhanced production of anthraquinones through gamma irradiation in root cultures of oldenlandia umbellata L. and rubia cordifolia L	Dr. R. Siva & Dr. C. Rajasekaran	DAE-BRNS	2013-2016	2288000	Completed
71	Identification of p38 MAPK interacting proteins involved in inflammation mediated cell death	Dr. M Anbalagan & Dr. K M Gothandam	DBT	2013–2016	1981000	Completed
72	Exploration of effects of emodin on levels of efflux transporter protein mRNA and intracellular emodin due to possible LRP-1 mediated endocytosis of efflux transporters in cancer cells.	Dr. Vidhya V. Iyer	DST-SERB	2013-2017	2415122	Completed
73	Investigation of efficient bacteriophages for against to NDM -1 producing isolates of Escherichia coli & Klebesiella pneumoniae.	Dr. N. Ramesh	DST-SERB	2013-2017	2470000	Completed
74	Small molecule inhibitors targeting endoplasmic recticulum stress response pathways as potential therapeutic agents for neurodegenerative diseases.	Dr. Ravanan Palaniyandi	DST-SERB	2013-2017	2400000	Completed
75	Development of novel cellulose based calcium phosphate porous scaffolds with improved osteogenesis for bone regeneration	Dr. I. Manjubala	DST-SERB	2014-17	2093000	Completed
76	Speech as surrogate marker for acute/chronic stress – screen and validation of voice with biological samples.	Dr. Pragasam Viswanathan	3GS Wellness PVT LTD	2014-2015	850000	Completed
77	Cellular Modelling of Human Gouad sex – defermination.	Dr. Radha Saraswathy	ESPE – RU GRANT	2014-2016	4800000	Completed
78	Designing packed bed reactor for lactose hydrolysis by B Galactosidase from Lactobacillus sp. Immobilized on TiO2 nanoparticles.	Dr. Mohanasrinivasan	ICMR	2014-2016	177000	Completed
79	Enzymatic and hormonal profiling with isoenzymes analysis in relation to flowering in early mid and late varieties of date palm in United Arab Emirates	Dr. K M Gothandam (External collaborator)	UAEU program for advanced research grant	2014–2016	6030000	Completed
80	Effect of gamma radiation and elicitors on hairy rooys of kurroo royle and production of gentiopicrin in bioreactor.	Dr. C. Rajasekaran Dr. R. Siva & Dr. T. Kalaivani	DAE-BRNS	2014-2017	2461500	Completed
81	Efficacy of majoon Ushba a Unani formulation with reference to biochemical and immunological paramenters in the management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (Waja-ul-mafasil)- an experimental study.	Dr. M. Rasool	AYUSH	2014-2017	576000	Completed
82	Enhancement of psychotropic effects of tea L-theanine using nanotechnology and its molecular mechanism.	Dr. A.K. Azad Mondal & Dr. Zaved Ahmed Khan	NTRF	2014-2017	1874960	Completed
83	Putative drug target identification and insilico approaches for desiging inhibitors for claudin-4.	Dr. S. Jayanthi	DST-SERB	2014-2017	2090000	Completed
84	Removal of toxic compounds in textils dye effluents from polluted site of Tripur district; a phyto and rhizoremediation approach.	Dr. W. Jabez Osborne	DST-SERB	2014-2017	2090000	Completed
85	Studies on the diversity and adaptive strategies of the microbial flora inhabiting the HBRA in Chavara – Neendakara placer deposits (Kerala).	Dr. Anilkumar Gopinathan & Dr. Jayanthi Abraham	Ministry of Earth Sciences	2014-2017	2776835	Completed
86	Investigating the delivery of withaferin-A a steroidal lactone and dexamethasone palmitate using mannosylated liposomes to macrophages in vitro and during experimental arthritis for its effective antiinflammatory action	Dr. M. Rasool	DBT – NANO PLATFORM	2014-2017	3017000	Completed
87	A comparative study of improved nano stealth delivery system for Luteolin to mediate caspase 14 induction in HaCaT and its subpopulations with cancer stem cell potential.	Dr. P.K. Suresh	DST-SERB	2014-2018	1125000	Completed
88	Decolorization and Degration of AZO Dyes by using Indigenus Bacteria and Their Mediated Nanoparticles.	Dr. K. V. Bhaskara Rao & Dr. V. Suneetha	CSIR	2014-2018	2000000	Completed
89	Inhibition of intracelluar signaling pathways and proinflammatory cytokines as a possible target for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by p-coumaric acid a common dietry polyphenol an experimental study.	Dr. M. Rasool	DST-SERB	2014-2018	3359000	Completed
90	Next-generation dynamic Scheimpflug imaging and biomechnical analytics for in VIVO quantification of corneal viscoelasticity (SIBAC).	Dr. Everette Jacob Remington Nelson	Indo-German Science & Technology Centre	2015-	3400000	Completed
91	SALINO.	Ms. Devlina Das & Dr. Nilanjan Mitra	RELX group	2015-	1620000	Completed
92	Ecology biochemical appects of the regulation of growth and reproduction in anostracan and decapod crustaccans for revaluation of their potentials in aquaculture.	Dr. Anilkumar Gopinathan	Indo- Belarus	2015-2017	658000	Completed
93	Reduching bleed related joint damage in hemophilia by modulating inflammatory responses.	Dr.Dwaipayan Sen	Baxalta US Inc	2015-2017	9800000	Completed
94	Pre-clinical studies on the role of green tea polyphenols/EGCG nanoparticles for cancer therapy	Dr. Abul Kalam Azad Mandal & Dr. Zaved Ahmed Khan	National Tea Research Foundation (NTRF)	2015-2018	2712960	Completed
95	Behavior of differently coated silver nanoparticles on cellular and a cellular blood components: an in vitro and in vivo analysis	Dr. Priyanka Srivastava	DBT	2016-2018	3,720,000	Completed
96	Control of White spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) and Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHHNV) of Shrimp using Nano-Formulated DsRNA.	Dr. S. Vimal & Dr. K.Kannabiran	DST-SERB (NPDF)	2016-2018	1920000	Completed
97	Development of organic amended liquid and solid bioformulations for effective management of phomopsis canker disease in tea plantations.	Dr. Manjukarunambika Kolandasamy & Dr. A.K.A. Mandal	DST (WS)	2016-2018	2601550	Completed

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