Funded Projects

ONGOING PROJECTS
S.No. Name of the Investigator Project No. Funding Agency Title of the Project and Duration Amount Sanctioned Start Date End Date
1 Evaluation and design of novel synthetic microbial consortia for bioprocessing of rubber and plastic waste to industrial biomolecules SERB Dr. Tulika P Srivastava (PI), Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli (Co-PI) 41,51,400 3 Years 19.02.2020 20.02.2023
2 Sustainable irrigation advisories for mid- himalayan farmers using smart satellite image analytics DST Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli, Dr. Ramna Thakur (CoPI's), Dr.Manas Thakur (PI) Prof.Yvonne Dittrich (PI) from IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark 99,29,444 3 Years 09.03.2021 08.03.2024
3 Engineering design improvisation of packaging material leading to market friendly prototypes that retains fruits quality
H.P State Agriculture Marketin g Board
Dr Shyam Kumar Masakapalli, Dr. Mohammad Talha 17,88,000 18 Months 06.05.2021 05.11.2022
4 Drug discovery and folding mechanism against RNA dependent RNA polymerase of Japanese encephalitis virus ICMR Dr. Rajanish Giri 5,66,500 3 Years 24.02.2021 23.02.2024
5 Implications of disordered regions in Zika virus capsid folding and functions DBT- IYBA Dr. Rajanish Giri 57,08,800 3 Years 31.01.2019 30.01.2022
6 Understanding the role of miRNAs and pattern recognition receptors mediated modulation of innate immune cells in neurocysticercosis DBT Dr. Amit Prasad 53,31,550 3 Years 3 years 11.12.2021
7 Function and mechanisms of sorcin in diet induced fatty liver diseases and lipid metabolism SERB Dr. Prosenjit Mondal, Dr. Subrata Ghosh (Co-PI), Dr. Mohan Kamthan (Co-PI) 43,60,000 3 Years 25.02.2020 24.02.2023
8 The role of ectopic liver derived systemic factors in regulating betacell function DBT Dr. Prosenjit Mondal 50,63,000 3 Years 18.03.2019 17.03.2022
9 Targeted Mass- Spectrometry based approach to measure plasma acetylated High Mobility Group Box 1 level as a surrogate marker of hyperinsulinemia DHR Dr.Prosenjit Mondal (PI), Dr Trayambak Basak (Co-PI) 45,19,450 3 Years Sep-2021 Aug-2024
10 Unraveling the role of inter-tissue stress communication in maintaining organism-wide proteostasis during stress and aging DBT Dr. Prasad Kasturi 42,50,000 5 Years 01.02.2021 31.01.2026
11 High-resolution plasma proteomic and lipidomic analyses for fibrosis- related metabolic assessment in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients in India: A Multi- Center based study ICMR Dr Trayambak Basak 90,00,000 3 Years 15.06.2021 14.06.2024
12 Flavivirus RNA interacting stress granule complex as determinants of host adaptation and infectivity. SERB Dr Baskar Bakthavachalu 38,40,000 3 Years 2021 2024
13 How does Ataxin- dependent stress- granule assembly contribute to neurodegenerative disease?
DBT- Wellcome India Alliance
Dr Baskar Bakthavachalu 3,60,73,321 5 Years 2020 2025
14 Wearable NIR triggered on demand drug release skin patch containing microneedles loaded with gold nanocapsules for localized cancer treatment SERB Dr. Amit Jaiswal (PI), Dr. Sanyog Jain (co-PI) NIPER Mohali 46,88,729 3 years 28-01-2022 27-01-2025
COMPLETED PROJECTS (LAST 5 YEARS)
S.No. Name of the Investigator Project No. Funding Agency Title of the Project and Duration Amount Sanctioned Start Date End Date
1 BioPEC: Cellulosic waste to high value products by integrating microbial bioprocessing and pyrolysis techniques DBT- BMBF Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli (PI) Dr. Neil Mackinnon (PI)Dr. Swati Sharma (Germany) 45,46,000 2 years 01.06.2017 31.05.2019
2 Vigyan Jyoti- A new initiative of DST for women DST Dr. Arti Kashyap (PI) Co-PI's:Dr.Bindu Radhamany, Dr. Amit Prasad, Dr. Aditya Nigam 16,57,900 1 year 13.03.2018 12.03.2019
3 Development of a hand held molecular point-of care test device for infectious diseases DBT-IC Dr. Rajanish Giri Prof. Daman Saluja (University of Delhi) Prof. James Mahony (Canada) 98,25,000 2 years 02.06.2017 01.06.2019
4 Development of a hand held molecular point-of care test device for infectious diseases DBT-IC Dr. Rajanish Giri Prof. Daman Saluja (University of Delhi) Prof. James Mahony (Canada) 98,25,000 2 years 02.06.2017 01.06.2019
5 Development of a hand held molecular point-of care test device for infectious diseases DBT-IC Dr. Rajanish Giri Prof. Daman Saluja (University of Delhi) Prof. James Mahony (Canada) 98,25,000 2 years 02.06.2017 01.06.2019
6 Systems analysis of photoautotrophic metabolic phenotypes of plants in response to stress SERB Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli 50,92,560 3 years 30.03.2017 29.03.2020
7 Systems analysis of photoautotrophic metabolic phenotypes of plants in response to stress SERB Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli 50,92,560 3 years 30.03.2017 29.03.2020
8 Systems analysis of photoautotrophic metabolic phenotypes of plants in response to stress SERB Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli 50,92,560 3 years 30.03.2017 29.03.2020
9 Smart Agriculture: Farmer Zone DBT Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli (Co-PI), Dr.Srikant Srinivasan (PI), Dr. Renu M.R, Dr. Siddhartha Sarma, Dr. A.D.Dileep, (Co-PI's) from IIT Mandi AND Dr. S.K.Chakrabarti (PI) from CPCRI, Shimla, Dr. Tina Barsby (PI) from NIAB(UK) AND Dr. Andre Laperriere (PI) from GODAN (USA) AND Dr.David Hughes (PI) from University of Pennsylvania 9,47,76,400 3 years 23.03.2018 22.03.2021
10 Mapping cellular metabolism of agricultural and industrial relevant Xanthomonas spp SERB Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli (Mentor) Dr. Tanmoy Samanta (PI) 19,20,000 2 years 09.04.2018 08.04.2020
11 Developing novel strategies to capture Phytopathogen- agricultural host metabolic crosstalk by cell type specific MHRD- SPARC Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli as Principal Investigator (PI), 46,81,775 2 years 15.03.19 14.03.21
13 C metabolic phenotyping Prof. Suvendra Kumar Ray and Dr. Siddhartha Sankar Satapathy (Co- PI's) from Tezpur University, and collaboration with Prof. Nicholas Kruger (Co-PI) from University of Oxford, UK
12 Farming of unexplored herbs of mid-himalayan region and develop a sustainable supply model involving local farmer in the mid-himalayan region
Himalaya n Drug Company
Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli 5,68,800 1 year 26.03.20 25.03.21
13 Deciphering the molecular mechanisms governing the direct Aβ aggregation inhibition with the serum protein- Transferrin: Implication for Alzheimer's disease DBT Dr. Rajanish Giri (PI, IIT Mandi) Dr. Tamir Tripathi (Co-PI, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong) 70,33,000 3 12.01.17 11.01.20
14 Understanding intrinsically disordered proteins: Transactivation domains of cMyb and p53 from single molecule to ensemble and disease perspectives DBT Dr. Rajanish Giri (PI) Dr. Chayan K Nandi (Co-PI) 70,29,200 3 years 02.03.2017 01.03.2020
15 Biophysics of Zika virus envelope protein, membrane fusion and inhibitor discovery MHRD- SPARC Dr. Rajanish Giri (PI), Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh (Co-PI) from Alagappa University, and collaboration with Prof. Indira U. Mysorekar (PI) from Washington University in ST. Louis and Dr. Vladmir N Uversky (Co-PI) from University of Florida 97,23,515 2 years 15.03.19 14.03.21
16 Immunotyping of Taenia solium functional secretome and their proteomic identification SERB Dr. Amit Prasad 53,85,397 3 years 30.03.2017 29.03.2020
17 Translational research on cell-free DNA (cf-DNA) sensing pathways for early diagnosis and development of biomarker for sepsis SERB Dr. Amit Prasad (Mentor) Dr.Avinash Singh (PI) 19,20,000 2 years 02.04.2018 01.04.2020
18 A microfluidic based point of care testing device for measuring urine albumin using a novel organic dye
MHRD- IMPRIN T
Dr. Prosenjit Mondal (Co-PI) Dr. Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury (PI) 73,20,000 3 years 08.02.2017 07.02.2021
19 Novel NIR-1 and NIR-2 dyes and their functionalised nanoparticles for non-invasive imaging, tracking and target delivery of theranostic in progressive liver disease prognosis and therapy DBT Dr. Prosenjit Mondal (PI) Dr. Subrata Ghosh (Co-PI) 60,25,600 3 years 13.07.2017 12.07.2020
20 Stimuli Responsive Smart Nanocarriers for Theranostic Applications SERB Dr. Amit Jaiswal 22,56,000 3 years 27.11.2015 22.12.2018
21 Engineering novel plasmonic nanocapsules for cancer therapy and diagnostics DBT Dr. Amit Jaiswal 19,31,000 2 years 05.07.2016 04.07.2018
22 Nanoplasmonic SERS substrate design for trace analysis and detection DAE- BRNS Dr. Amit Jaiswal 24,99,400 3 years 22.04.2017 21.03.2020