Sanctioned Project - Area Wise 13-14

DEPARTMENT OF BIO TECHNOLOGY
List of Projects Sanctioned

Sanctioned From Date: 01/04/2013
S.No.
Title
Sanctioned To Date: 31/03/2014

Project Investigator/Institute
Date of
Sanction
Duration
Total Cost
(In Rs.)
1 Molecular marker-assisted introgression of two

major blast resistance genes and a major QTL
for grain yield under drought stress in rice
[BT/PR6580/AGII/106/886/2012]
Dr. Yadla Hari

Agri Biotech Foundation Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh-500030
09/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3544429.00
2 Symmetric somatic hybridization for late blight

resistance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
[BT/PR4291/AGR/2/838/2011]
Dr. Jagesh Kumar Tiwari

Central Potato Research Institute
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh-171012
01/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2575000.00
24/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
11680000.00
4 Genetics and molecular tagging of drought

tolerance gene(s) in lentil
[BT/PR3584/AGR/2/828/2011]
Dr. Dharmendra Singh

06/06/2013
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi, Delhi-110012
3 Years 0 Month
5455950.00
5 Metabolic engineering for production of

terpenoids in tobacco plants
[BT/PR5746/AGII/106/861/2012]
Dr. V Siva Reddy

International Centre for Genetic
Engineering & Biotechnology New
Delhi, Delhi-110067
14/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
9246429.00
6 Development of rice varieties for kerala with

pyramided genes for Resistance to BLB by
marker assisted selection
[BT/PR13469/AGR/02/703/2010]
Dr. Jayalekshmy V G
Kerala Agricultural University
Thrissur, Kerala-680656
02/08/2013
5 Years 0 Month
6169662.00
7 In vitro culture of Capsicum chinense Jacq. cv.

Umorok for capsaicin production
[BT/PR6387/AGII/106/876/2012]
Dr. K Sanatombi
05/06/2013
Manipur University Imphal, Manipur795003
3 Years 0 Month
4889950.00
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6413053.00
9 Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Dr. Ravinder Singh

05/06/2013
(SNPs) for Brassica juncea.
Sher-E-Kashmir University of
[BT/PR3946/AGR/2/839/2011]
Agricultural Sciences & Technology of
Jammu Jammu, Jammu And
Kashmir-180009
3 Years 0 Month
5843101.00
Agriculture Biotechnology II
3 Cloning and Characterization of Genes Expressed Prof. Pushpendra Kumar Gupta

in Response to Leaf Rust Infection in Bread
Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Wheat [BT/PR3337/AGR/2/819/2011]
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh-250004
8 Development of haploid-inducer lines of Brassica Dr. Shripad R Bhat

juncea through genetic engineering of
National Research Centre On Plant
centromere histone protein
Biotechnology New Delhi, Delhi[BT/PR4534/AGR/2/843/2012]
110012
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Title
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Sanction
Duration
Total Cost
(In Rs.)
Agriculture Biotechnology II
10 Genetic engineering of sugarcane for water
deficit stress tolerance
[BT/PR6377/AGII/106/882/2012]
Dr. Narayanan Subramonian

Sugarcane Breeding Institute
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu-641007
18/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
8021972.00
11 Marker assisted selection for Phytophthora and

powdery mildew resistance and effective
nodulation in soybean (Glycine max L.Merr.)
[BT/PR14097/AGR/02/729/2010]
Dr. J Ramalingam
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
30/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2705000.00
23/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4361782.00
13 Marker assisted improvement of popular

Dr. Senguttuvel P
maintainer and restorer lines of rice for tolerance Directorate of Rice Research
to abiotic stresses
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500030
[BT/PR7488/AGIII/103/865/2013]
11/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2582600.00
14 Secondary metabolism and pathogenesis in rice

blast fungus [BT/PR4100/AGR/2/844/2012]
Dr. Subhankar Roy Barman

National Institute of Technology,
Durgapur Durgapur West Bangal,
West Bengal-713209
17/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4067000.00
15 Identification and Mapping of QTLs associated

with Zinc deficiency tolerance in Rice
[BT/PR4698/AGIII/103/859/2012]
Dr. M Dhandapani
Tamilnadu Agricultural University
23/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2191600.00
16 DESIGNING, SYNTHESIS AND

CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL
PEPTIDES [BT/PR7237/AAQ/1/528/2012]
Dr. DHRUBA JYOTI KALITA

College of Veterinary Science
Guwahati Assam, Assam-781022
27/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4749200.00
17 ELUCIDATING THE GENE NETWORK(S) AND

IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL GENE(S)
UNDERLYING HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION IN
PPRV INFECTION [BT/PR7729/AAQ/1/542/2013]
Dr. Gandham VPPS Ravi Kumar

INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH
INSTITUTE- UTTAR PRADESH
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh-243122
19/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4810000.00
18 Expression of copper chaperones and

transporters in copper deficient sheep
[BT/PR5749/AAQ/1/505/2012]
Dr. Dintaran Pal

11/04/2013
National Institute of Animal Nutrition
And Physiology Bangalore,
Karnataka-560030
3 Years 0 Month
3597800.00
12 Developing rust resistant genotypes in JL 24 and Dr. Ramesh S Bhat

TMV 2 varieties of groundnut by marker assisted University of Agricultural Sciences,
transfer of QTL [BT/PR4195/AGR/2/836/2011]
Dharwad Dharwad, Karnataka580005
Agriculture Biotechnology III
ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Title
Date of
Sanction
Duration
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(In Rs.)
ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
19 Transcript profiling and functional significance of
molecular determinants of follicular and oocyte
competence under metabolic stress
[BT/PR7131/AAQ/1/526/2012]
Dr. Sumanta Nandi

10/09/2013
National Institute of Animal Nutrition
And Physiology Bangalore,
Karnataka-560030
4 Years 0 Month
6669200.00
20 Development of Animal cartilage for surgical

implantation in Microtia and
Rhinoplasty of human patient
Development of Animal cartilage for surgical
Development of Animal cartilage for surgical
DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMAL CARTILAGE FOR
SURGICAL IMPLANTATION IN MICROTIA AND
RHINOPLASTY IN HUMAN PATIENT
[BT/PR7292/AAQ/1/534/2012]
Dr. SAMIT KUMAR NANDI

W.B. University of Animal And
Fishery Sciences, kolkata Kolkata,
West Bengal-700037
16/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4466000.00
Dr. Gopal Ramdasji Gowane

Central Sheep & Wool Research
Institute Tonk, Rajasthan-304501
04/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5214800.00
22 Comprehensive Analysis of Cyanobacterial

Glutathione S-Transferases: new Insights and
Prespectives. [BT/PR6666/AAQ/3/607/2012]
Dr. L Uma
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu-620024
29/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4940411.00
23 Intensive indoor and outdoor pilot scale

production of marine copepod Oithona rigida
[BT/PR5856/AAQ/3/598/2012]
Dr. Perumal Santhanam

29/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5471457.00
24 Development of white spot syndrome virus free

shrimp brooders for seed production: using
indigenous shrimp, Penaeus indicus as a model
[BT/PR6275/AAQ/3/603/2012]
Dr. Subhendu Kumar Otta

Central Institute of Brackishwater
Aquaculture Chennai, Tamilnadu600028
17/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7461166.00
25 Transcriptome profiling of immune responsive

genes in Golden mahseer (Tor putitora)
[BT/PR7162/AAQ/3/614/2012]
Dr. Ashoktaru Barat

Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries
Research Nainital, Uttarakhand263136
11/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3378700.00
ANIMAL DIAGNOSTIC AND VACCINE

21 Genetic characterisation of variability in immune
responses of sheep and goat for PPR and ET
vaccine elicited immune response
[BT/PR7198/ADV/90/139/2012]
AQUACULTURE AND MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Sanction
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AQUACULTURE AND MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

26 DNA BARCODING OF MARINE ASCIDIANS
[BT/PR6801/AAQ/3/609/2012]
27
Dr. ABDUL JAFFAR ALI

07/11/2013
Islamiah College Vellore, Tamilnadu635752
Whole Genome sequencing and development of Dr. NS Nagpure

Allied genomic research in two commercially
National Bureau of Fish Genetic
important Fish - Labeo rohita and Clarias
Resources (ICAR) Lucknow, Uttar
batrachus [BT/PR3688/AAQ/3/571/2011]
Pradesh-226002
3 Years 0 Month
2611479.00
10/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
53160116.00
28 High throughput selection and production of

Poly-hydroxy Alkanoates (PHA) from the
metagenome of marine sponge(s)
[BT/PR4882/AAQ/3/588/2012]
Dr. G Seghal Kiran

Pondicherry University Pondicherry,
Pondicherry-605014
17/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5087050.00
29 Study of neurotrophic factors in relation to

calcium binding proteins
during fish brain development
[BT/PR4688/AAQ/3/585/2012]
Dr. Arun Govindraoji Jadhao

RASHTRASANT TUKDOJI MAHARAJ
NAGPUR UNIVERSITY Nagpur,
Maharashtra-440001
03/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4958659.00
30 Studies on Immuno-prophylactic and therapeutic Prof. Dinakaran Michael

03/12/2013
potentials of the hemi-parasitic mistletoe,
Vels Institute of Science,Technology
Dendrophthoe falcata for application to disease
and Advanced Studies,Vels University
control in Asian sea bass, Lates calcarifer
Chennai, Tamilnadu-600117
[BT/PR7726/AAQ/3/634/2013]
3 Years 0 Month
3310875.00
3 Years 0 Month
8850600.00
05/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4685200.00
33 In vitro study of input-output robustness of

MprAB signaling pathway in Mycobacterium
tuberculosis [BT/PR5270/BRB/10/1066/2012]
Dr. Suman K Banik

24/06/2013
Bose Institute Kolkata, West Bengal700054
3 Years 0 Month
4095800.00
34 Bioluminescence Emissions of Fireflies

[BT/PR4855/BRB/10/1030/2012]
Prof. Anurup Gohain Barua

24/12/2013
Gauhati University Guwahati, Assam781014
3 Years 0 Month
1918200.00
3 Years 0 Month
4645000.00
BASIC RESEARCH IN MODERN BIOLOGY

31 A Systems Approach to Understand Quorum
Sensing in Serratia marsescens
[BT/PR5106/BRB/10/1073/2012]
Prof. Gautam Pennathur

30/12/2013
Anna University Chennai, Tamilnadu600025
32 Involvement of Rab11 in Drosophila

Prof. Jagat K Roy
morphogenesis [BT/PR5043/BRB/10/1045/2012] Banaras Hindu University Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh-221005
35 Understanding the Roles of Duplicated MEL1

Dr. Meenu Kapoor
Argonautes in Reproductive Development of Rice Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha
[BT/PR4305/BRB/10/1017/2011]
University Delhi, Delhi-110075
25/07/2013
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36 Invivo imaging of structural correlates of remote Mr. balaji jayaprakash

and recent events
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
[BT/PR4414/BRB/10/1035/2012]
Bangalore, Karnataka-560012
17/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4828800.00
37 TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION BY MXR1P IN

PICHIA PASTORIS
[BT/PR3889/BRB/10/996/2011]
Prof. PUNDI NARASIMHAN

RANGARAJAN
03/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7171498.00
38 Understanding the biology and functions of Heat Prof. Utpal Tatu

Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90) in Giardia Lamblia
[BT/PR3640/BRB/10/978/2011]
06/01/2014
3 Years 0 Month
4336000.00
39 Use of heterologous factors from human

mitochondria to understand the mechanism of
initiation and ribosome function in Escherichia
coli and mammalian cells
[BT/PR4165/BRB/10/1031/2012]
25/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7682800.00
40 Origin of plasma membrane polarity during

Dr. Richa Rikhy
23/08/2013
embryogenesis [BT/PR4148/BRB/10/1006/2011] Indian Institute of Science Education
and Research (IISER), Pune Pune,
Maharashtra-411021
3 Years 0 Month
4399200.00
41 Systems Modelling and Experimental Testing of

Cytoskeletal Polarization in Cellular Pattern
Formation [BT/PR1595/BRB/10/1043/2012]
Dr. Chaitanya Anil Athale

03/09/2013
Indian Institute of Science Education
Maharashtra-411021
3 Years 0 Month
6794200.00
42 Interplay between patterning regulators and

polar auxin transport to
control lateral organ polarity in Arabidopsis
[BT/PR3632/BRB/10/977/2011]
Dr. Kalika Prasad

18/06/2013
and Research, West Bengal
Ranaghat, Kerala-741252
3 Years 0 Month
7358400.00
43 Mechanisms of E. coli group 1 capsular

polysaccharide translocation: An NMR and
computational investigation
[BT/PR5153/BRB/10/1062/2012]
Dr. Thenmalarchelvi Rathinavelan

Indian Institute of Technology
Hyderabad Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh-502205
01/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6282600.00
44 Molecular Chaperones mediated protein folding

using time resolved single molecule Forster
Resonance Energy Transfer
[BT/PR4067/BRB/10/1128/2012]
Dr. Chayan kanti Nandi

30/12/2013
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Mandi, Himachal Pradesh-175001
3 Years 0 Month
6958200.00
45 Mechanism of DNA unwinding in large eukaryotic Dr. Kiran Kondabagil

17/10/2013
DNA viruses [BT/PR4808/BRB/10/1029/2012]
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
BOMBAY Mumbai, Maharashtra400076
3 Years 0 Month
5061000.00
Prof. Umesh Varshney

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46 P. falciparum TGS1: Functional analysis in
splicing and telomere biology, role of insertions
and C-terminal domain
[BT/PR4239/BRB/10/1005/2011]
Prof. Swati Patankar

13/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4040200.00
47 Genotyping Single Nucleoside Polymorphisms

(SNPs) with Fluorescently Modified
Nucleoside/Oligonucleotide Probes
[BT/PR5169/BRB/10/1065/2012]
Dr. Subhendu Sekhar Bag

27/11/2013
GUWAHATI Guwahati, Assam-781039
3 Years 0 Month
8212000.00
48 Deciphering the BMP signaling network in

developing bone: An
interdisciplinary approach combining
bioinformatic data mining tools along with
molecular genetic and developmental biology
strategies [BT/PR14857/BRB/10/891/2010]
Dr. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

14/06/2013
KANPUR kanpur, Uttar Pradesh208016
3 Years 0 Month
6850000.00
49 Translational control of maternal mRNAs in

germline stem cells
[BT/PR4421/BRB/10/1008/2011]
Prof. K Subramaniam
17/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5132800.00
50 Metabolic network analysis of pathogenic

organisms for designing novel therapeutic
intervention strategies
[BT/PR4949/BRB/10/1048/2012]
Dr. Karthik Raman

17/06/2013
MADRAS Chennai, Tamilnadu-600036
3 Years 0 Month
2436800.00
51 Structural studies of globulin from the seeds of

Wrightia tinctoria, a medicinal plant.
[BT/PR3989/BRB/10/990/2011]
Dr. Pravindra Kumar

24/12/2013
ROORKEE Roorkee, Uttarakhand247667
3 Years 0 Month
2598800.00
52 Identification of Molecular Links between Amyloid

Precursor Protein(APP) na Alzheimer's Disease
Related Biomarkers in An Experimental Model
with SHSY5Y Cells.
[BT/PR768/BRB/10/933/2011]
Prof. Sasanka Chakrabarti

INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE
MEDICAL EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH, KOLKATA Kolkata, West
Bengal-700020
13/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6174000.00
53 Effect of Narciclasine on induced inflammatory

responses and outcomes in neonatal sepsis rat
models [BT/PR5025/BRB/10/1053/2012]
Dr. Vishnu Bhat

Jawaharlal Institute of P.G. Medical
Education & Research Pondicherry,
Pondicherry-605006
18/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2394800.00
54 Effects of perturbation of pRb-Fzr1-Skp2 axis on

mammalian cell cycle regulation
[BT/PR4444/BRB/10/1023/2012]
Dr. Swati Tiwari

Jawaharlal Nehru University New
Delhi, Delhi-110067
25/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4597600.00
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55 Investigations into sulfate assimilation pathway
in E. histolytica.
[BT/PR5463/BRB/10/1094/2012]
Dr. Samudrala Gourinath

Delhi, Delhi-110067
30/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4543800.00
56 Regulation of biogenesis of telomeric RNA

(TERRA) and its role in telomere length
maintenance [BT/PR4809/BRB/10/1028/2012]
Dr. Utpal Ghosh

Kalyani University Kalyani, West
Bengal-741235
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4431600.00
57 Involvement of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase in

Dictyostelium discoideum development
[BT/PR4383/BRB/10/1014/2011]
Prof. Rasheedunnisa Begum

M.S. University of Baroda Baroda,
Gujarat-390002
25/09/2013
2 Years 0 Month
1947500.00
58 Exploring stationary phase genome dynamics in

E. coli using next-generation sequencing
[BT/PR3695/BRB/10/979/2011]
Dr. Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee

National Centre For Biological
Sciences Bangalore, Karnataka560065
04/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7970309.00
59 PUNE MICROBIOME STUDY-Molecular analysis of Dr. Yogesh S Shouche

human microbiome
National Centre For Cell Science
[BT/PR3461/BRB/10/968/2011]
Pune, Maharashtra-411007
17/06/2013
2 Years 0 Month
6205600.00
60 Identification and characterization of novel

Dr. Rapole Srikanth
potential biomarkers for breast cancer using gel- National Centre For Cell Science
based (2-D DIGE) & LC-based (iTRAQ-LCPune, Maharashtra-411007
MS/MS) proteomic approaches and bioinformatics
tools [BT/PR4152/BRB/10/1003/2011]
24/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3063200.00
61 Systems Analysis of Glioblastoma,

Medulloblastoma and Neuroblastoma Pathways
and Protein Interaction Networks
[BT/PR4599/BRB/10/1042/2012]
Dr. Sanjeeva Srivastava

National Institute for Research in
Tuberculosis Chennai, Maharashtra600031
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7765600.00
62 Effect of iNOS Deficiency on Plasma Cell

Generation In vitro and In vivo
[BT/PR5138/BRB/10/1064/2012]
Dr. Anna George

National Institute of Immunology
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4973200.00
63 Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation Dr. Pushkar Sharma

of apoptosis of neurons as a result of cell cycle
reentry [BT/PR5658/BRB/10/1089/2012]
30/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5706400.00
64 Functional analyses of novel variants of DNA

polymerase beta that express specifically in
ovarian cancer [ BT/PR851/BRB/10/942/2011]
Prof. Nandan Bhattacharyya

Panskura Banamali College East
Medinipur, West Bengal-721152
26/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4248200.00
65 MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF DRUG RESISTANCE

IN COLORECTAL CANCER: EVIDENCE OF TUMOR
STEM LIKE CELLS IN MINIMAL RESIDUAL
DISEASE. [BT/PR3223/BRB/10/964/2011]
Dr. S ASHA NAIR

Rajiv Gandhi Centre For
Biotechnology Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala-695014
25/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6535200.00
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66 Study on differential proteome profiling to

decipher novel signaling molecules with special
reference to VDAC-1 and GRP-78 proteins in
etiologically different cardiac disease forms
[BT/PR3709/BRB/10/980/2011]
Dr. Sagartirtha Sarkar

University of Calcutta Kolkata, West
Bengal-700073
14/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3690000.00
67 Fundamental understanding of activity and

stability of proteins in nontoxic ionic liquids
[BT/PR5287/BRB/10/1068/2012]
Dr. Pannuru Venkatesu

University of Delhi, North Campus
Delhi, Delhi-110007
30/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3509800.00
68 Transport of pre-folded proteins in

Brevundimonas diminuta: Identification and
characterization of organophosphate hydrolase
(OPH) interactome and elucidation of its
dependence on Twin Arginine Transport (Tat)
machinery for membrane targeting.
[BT/PR4480/BRB/10/1020/2011]
Dr. Dayananda Siddavattam

University of Hyderabad Hyderabad,
25/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4833200.00
69 Microbial control of methane turnover in rice

fields [BT/Bio-CARe/06/840/2011-12]
Dr. Monali C Rahalkar

Agharkar Research Institute Pune,
Maharashtra-411004
19/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4828132.00
70 Marker Aided Back Cross breeding for

introgression of sugar enhancer (se) gene from
sweet corn to normal maize inbred lines for
enhancing the sugar content [BT/BioCARe/02/360/2011-12]
Dr. A Thanga Hemavathy

30/09/2013
Agricultural College And Research
Institute Madurai, Tamilnadu-625104
3 Years 0 Month
2286000.00
71 The novel strategy of influenza virus for escaping

anti-viral mechanism: Interaction of Influenza
virus proteins with host nuclear protein ND10.
[BT/Bio-CARe/03/585/2011-12]
Dr. Rakhi Sharma Dey

Barrackpore Rashtraguru
Surendranath College Kolkata, West
Bengal-700120
11/02/2014
3 Years 0 Month
2561548.00
72 Molecular and biochemical characterization of

three fruit pigment enhancing mutant genes
(hp,dg,ogc) and introgression of these genes
with the fruit shelf-life enhancing mutant gene
rin in respective dihomozygote condition to
develop breeding line with extended shelf-life
and elevated carotenoids in the fruits of tomato
(Solanum lycopersicum) [BT/BioCARe/02/315/2011-12]
Dr. Harshata Pal

04/10/2013
Bidhan Chandra Krishi
Viswavidyalaya West Medinipur, West
Bengal-741252
3 Years 0 Month
2460000.00
BIOCARE
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BIOCARE
73 Comparative proteomics of ubiquitylated proteins Dr. SRIRUPA DAS
17/07/2013
to understand the resistance response of Sinapis Bose Institute Kolkata, West Bengalalba against the necrotrophic pathogen Alternaria 700054
brassicicola. [BT/Bio-CARe/01/130/2011-12]
3 Years 0 Month
4518074.00
74 Enzyme-based biological control of insect pests

and diseases using a new, potential, chitinolytic
insecticidal strain of Brevibacillus laterosporuselucidating chitinase synergism for
developmental approach of a novel biocontrol
technology for sustainable management of
agricultural and horticultural crops, natural
forests and forest plantations of industrial use
[BT/Bio-CARe/02/626/2011-12]
Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna

19/12/2013
Centre For Cellular And Molecular
Biology Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh500007
3 Years 0 Month
2215000.00
75 Identification and functional characterization of

immune response genes in silkmoths [BT/BioCARe/01/561/2011-12]
Dr. V V Satyavathi
Centre For DNA Fingerprinting and
Diagnostics Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh-500001
27/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4520082.00
76 Siderophore monoxygenase- A potent drug

target for tuberculosis and other bacterial
diseases. [BT/Bio-CARe/01/842/2011-12]
Dr. saroja narsing rao

Dayananda Sagar College of
Engineering Bangalore, Karnataka560078
25/02/2014
3 Years 0 Month
2907945.00
77 Chitosan based hydrogel nanoparticles for

applications in wound healing. [BT/BioCARe/08/169/2010-11]
Dr. Kavita Anirban Pal

Defence Institute of Advanced
Technology (DIAT) Pune,
Maharashtra-411025
21/01/2014
3 Years 0 Month
1045000.00
78 Ab Initio Design of Anti-Cancer Drugs [BT/BioCARe/07/424/2011-12]
Dr. Namita Misra

30/09/2013
Dr. Vijay Kumar Foundation Gurgaon,
Haryana-122001
3 Years 0 Month
2694358.00
79 Characterization of a DexD/H family helicase

towards stress response in plants. [BT/BioCARe/02/816/2011-12]
Dr. Deepali Singh

Gautam Buddha University, Greater
Noida Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh201308
30/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3523007.00
80 Microbial production of bioactive compound

Stilbenes: Resveratrol, Viniferin ,Picied and
Ampelopsin [BT/Bio-CARe/03/420/2011-12]
Dr. Chetana Roat

Gujarat University Ahmedabad,
Gujarat-380009
03/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2999750.00
81 Structure-function analysis of an essential

exported parasite protein [BT/BioCARe/01/482/2011-12]
Dr. Rachna Hora

17/07/2013
Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar,
Punjab-143001
3 Years 0 Month
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82 Biochemical and molecular characterization of
salinity induced responses in pigeon pea
(Cajanus cajan L.) - towards the salinity
tolerance [BT/Bio-CARe/02/45/2011-12]
Dr. Archana Singh

19/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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83 Studies on inhibition of mutant p53 oncogenic

gain of
function by p53 tetramerisation domain peptide
on
tumor malignancy. [BT/Bio-CARe/07/883/201112]
Dr. Shampa Mallick

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL
BIOLOGY Kolkata, West Bengal700032
10/01/2014
3 Years 0 Month
3719000.00
84 Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic
cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen production
from wastewater [BT/Bio-CARe/06/463/2011-12]
Dr. K Arunasri
TECHNOLOGY Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh-500007
26/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3605880.00
85 Multidimensional investigation on Aprostocetus

purpureus, a resurgent parasitoid of Indian lac
insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr.) for devising lac crop
management strategies. [BT/BioCARe/02/544/2011-12]
Dr. Archana Saini

19/07/2013
Indian Institute of Natural Resins and
Gums Ranchi, Jharkhand-834010
3 Years 0 Month
2630000.00
86 An approach to block Hepatitis C virus entry by

monoclonal antibodies [BT/BioCARe/01/889/2011-12]
Dr. Soma Das

11/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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87 UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTIONAL RELEVANCE

OF TWIST
PARALOGS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH
DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS DURING DERMIS
FORMATION USING ZEBRAFISH AS A MODEL
ORGANISM. [BT/Bio-CARe/01/709/2011-12]
Dr. Tressa Panikulangara Jacob

17/10/2013
Maharashtra-411021
3 Years 0 Month
4762700.00
88 Biodegradation of pesticides under changing

climate and metagenomic profiling of functional
microbes [BT/Bio-CARe/06/175/2011-12]
Dr. Kollah Bharati

17/10/2013
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh-462038
3 Years 0 Month
2389350.00
89 Probing the role of DNA triplex in cellular

pathways: Saccharomyces
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cerevisiae Stm1 protein - triplex interaction
[BT/Bio-CARe/01/55/2011-12]
Dr. Thenmalarchelvi Rathinavelan

Pradesh-502205
3 Years 0 Month
4859000.00
17/07/2013
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90 Potential of Crop Plants to Generate Metal
Nanoparticles [BT/Bio-CARe/02/604/2011-12]
Dr. P Sharmila
26/09/2013
DELHI New Delhi, Delhi-110016
3 Years 0 Month
4831195.00
91 Silk protein mediated surface modification of NiTi

alloy based stent material, for improved
endothelialization and reduced thrombogenicity
[BT/Bio-CARe/01/817/2011-12]
Dr. Tuli Dey

11/09/2013
KHARAGPUR Kharagpur, West
Bengal-721302
3 Years 0 Month
3405692.00
92 Structure Function Relationship in Human Protein Ms. Tanusree Sengupta

19/07/2013
Z, a Regulator of Blood
Coagulation. [BT/Bio-CARe/01/88/2011-12]
3 Years 0 Month
4595362.00
93 Development of recombinant sheep pox vectored Dr. Bina Mishra

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccine for
small ruminants [BT/Bio-CARe/04/439/2011-12] INSTITUTE- UTTAR PRADESH
17/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4832000.00
94 North-East origin silk based co-culture 3-D model Dr. Nandana Bhardwaj
12/09/2013
for cartilage tissue repair [BT/BioINSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN
CARe/05/637/2011-12]
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Guwahati,
Assam-781035
3 Years 0 Month
2660000.00
95 nNOS & iNOS gene polymorphism & expression

in Zebrafish model of AD. [BT/BioCARe/04/802/2011-12]
Dr. Deepika Sharma

Institute of Human Behaviour &
Allied Sciences Delhi, Delhi-110095
25/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2460000.00
96 Protein engineering of recombinant human

granulocyte colony
stimulating factor to improve its therapeutic
efficacy. [BT/Bio-CARe/01/517/2011-12]
Dr. Sonal Datta

INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL
TECHNOLOGY Chandigarh,
Chandigarh-160036
30/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4908681.00
97 Role of Molecular Chaperones and p53 in

Targeting of Client Proteins to Autophagy.
[BT/Bio-CARe/01/478/2011-12]
Dr. Snober Shabnam Mir

Integral University, Lucknow
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh-226026
17/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3022250.00
98 Development of vaccines and diagnostics against Dr. Amina Kausar

hospital acquired infections:
De novo synthesis of repeat units of capsular
Delhi, Delhi-110067
polysaccharide antigens of
Staphylococcus aureus type 5. [BT/BioCARe/07/634/2011-12]
22/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4188298.00
99 Structural investigations of Human Interferon

Regulatory Factor 6: Implications in
Development and Cancer [BT/BioCARe/07/351/2011-12]
13/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2570000.00
Dr. Tara Kashav

Delhi, Delhi-110067
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100 Structural Biology of CysE from pathogenic
organisms Potential for rational drug design
[BT/Bio-CARe/01/79/2011-12]
Dr. Vibha Gupta

Jaypee Institute of Information
Technology, Noida Noida, Uttar
Pradesh-201307
11/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4050000.00
101 Wnt and Hedgehog interaction: a novel

therapeutic approach for Hepatocellular
carcinoma [BT/Bio-CARe/07/567/2011-12]
Dr. Ratna Kumari

Kalinga Institute Of Industrial
Technology Bhubaneswar, Orissa751024
24/02/2014
3 Years 0 Month
4168697.00
102 Studies on Orbivirus epidemiology and

pathogenicity determinants using molecular and
reverse genetics approaches [BT/BioCARe/04/261/2011-12]
Dr. Sushila Maan

Lala Lajpat Rai University of
Veterinary & Animal Sciences Hisar,
Haryana-125004
15/01/2014
3 Years 0 Month
3195000.00
103 Impact of global climatic warming on stress

adaptation in wild Drosophilids [BT/BioCARe/06/868/2011-12]
Dr. Bhawna Kalra

Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak, Haryana-124001
19/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2180000.00
104 Ceramide and fatty acids-induced Raft

Disassembly/Assembly [BT/BioCARe/01/909/2011-12]
Dr. Annapoorna R Sapuri Butti

mahatma gandhi university,
nalgonda, A.P. Nalgonda, Andhra
Pradesh-508001
17/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3832940.00
105 Understanding the role of Poly (ADP-ribose)

polymerase on tight junctions functioning during
carcinogenesis. [BT/Bio-CARe/01/491/2011-12]
Dr. Jyotika Rajawat

26/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2540000.00
106 Exploring host-pathogen interactions in dicoccum Dr. Ramya Prashant

wheat-spot blotch using omics approaches
National Chemical Laboratory Pune,
[BT/Bio-CARe/02/275/2011-12]
Maharashtra-411008
19/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2510000.00
107 Cloning and molecular characterization of buffalo Dr. Aasma Turan

milk lactadherin for augmenting animal fertility
National Dairy Research Institute,
[BT/Bio-CARe/04/611/2011-12]
Karnal Karnal, Haryana-132001
26/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3935863.00
108 Mechanistic evaluation of probiotics on gut

satiety hormones in human cell lines to combat
obesity [BT/Bio-CARe/07/622/2011-12]
Dr. Monica Puniya

National Dairy Research Institute,
Karnal Karnal, Haryana-132001
19/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2660000.00
109 Waste to Wealth: Development of green process

for the production of second generation biofuel
from crop wastes. [BT/Bio-CARe/06/890/201112]
Dr. R Sindhu
National Institute For
Interdisciplinary Science And
Technology (NIIST) Trivandrum,
Kerala-695019
17/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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110 Mechanism of JMJD6 mediated gene regulation
[BT/Bio-CARe/01/71/2011-12]
Dr. Kartiki V Desai

National Institute of Biomedical
Genomics Kalyani, West Bengal741251
17/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3659611.00
111 A study of neuroprotective aspects of Klotho

biology [BT/Bio-CARe/01/112/2012]
Ms. Vijaya Majumdar

National Institute of Mental Health &
Neuro Sciences Bangalore,
Karnataka-560029
28/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2465000.00
112 Possible involvement of nuclear factor kappa B

Dr. Mahua Gupta Choudhury
(NF?B) and mitogen activated protein kinases
North-Eastern Hill University
(MAPKs) in the expression of inducible nitric
Shillong, Meghalaya-793022
oxide synthase during exposure to high
environmental ammonia and desiccation stresses
in the air-breathing catfish, Heteropneustes
fossilis. [BT/Bio-CARe/04/654/2011-12]
19/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2570000.00
113 Biochemical and molecular characterization of

Dr. Manjeet Kaur Sangha
lectins from Brassica species and wild crucifers
Punjab Agricultural University
and to assess their anti-aphid potential. [BT/Bio- Ludhiana, Punjab-141004
CARe/02/519/2011-12]
03/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4160400.00
114 Biochemical and proteomic studies to reveal

Dr. Rachana D Bhardwaj
drought tolerance mechanisms in wheat [BT/Bio- Punjab Agricultural University
CARe/02/371/2011-12]
Ludhiana, Punjab-141004
10/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2045000.00
115 Development of a high-throughput system for

scaled up doubled haploid production in wheat.
[BT/Bio-CARe/02/227/2011-12]
Dr. Puja Srivastava

01/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2092000.00
116 Genetic enhancement of mungbean through

interspecific hybridization and molecular
interventions [BT/Bio-CARe/02/473/2011-12]
Dr. Ranjit Kaur Gill

03/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1979344.00
117 Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation Dr. Nagashree N Rao

and Overexpression of Arabidopsis thaliana
R.V. College of Engineering
PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE2 (ATPAL2) in Bangalore, Karnataka-560059
Decalepis hamiltonii. [BT/Bio-CARe/02/764/2011
-12]
09/01/2014
3 Years 0 Month
3454413.00
118 Evaluation of Molecular Targets in Gallbladder

Cancer [BT/Bio-CARe/07/450/2011-12]
17/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4553000.00
Dr. Anu Behari

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate
Institute of Medical Sciences
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119 Isolation and Characterization of Genes

Dr. Jaspreet Kaur
Expressed during Florigenesis in Orchids [BT/Bio- Shaheed Udham Singh College of
CARe/02/647/2011-12]
Engineering and Technology Mohali,
Punjab-140306
26/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1915300.00
120 Isolation and identification of bioactive

compounds from wild mushrooms for new drug
discovery. [BT/Bio-CARe/03/50/2011-12]
Dr. Astha Tripathi

Shoolini University of Biotechnology
and Management Sciences Solan,
Himachal Pradesh-173229
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1580000.00
121 Exploring potentials of probiotic bacteria as a

potential source of phytate degrading enzymes
and bacteriocin production [BT/BioCARe/03/636/2011-12]
Dr. Preeti Sharma

11/11/2013
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
Jammu, Jammu And Kashmir-182320
3 Years 0 Month
3708780.00
122 Controlled delivery of biological molecules using

biodegradable micro-needles [BT/BioCARe/05/461/2011-12]
Dr. Shiny Velayudhan

02/01/2014
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for
Medical Sciences & Technology
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695012
3 Years 0 Month
4380000.00
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123 Identification of Molecular markers linked to high Dr. R Chandirakala

oleic content and development of high oleic cms Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
line in sunflower [BT/Bio-CARe/02/664/2011-12] Coimbatore, Tamilnadu-641003
02/01/2014
3 Years 0 Month
1611600.00
124 Marker Assisted Breeding for improving salinity

tolerance in popular rice varieties of Tamil Nadu
[BT/Bio-CARe/02/203/2011-12]
Dr. S Banumathy
30/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3442800.00
125 Towards developing nutrient rich antidiabetic rice Dr. R Valarmathi

genotypes through molecular breeding [BT/Bio- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
CARe/02/336/2011-12]
19/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2546000.00
126 Comparative analysis of miRNA expression

profiles during fibre development stages in
allotetraploid and diploid cotton species. [BT/BioCARe/02/835/2011-12]
26/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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127 Morphological, Biochemical and Molecular

Dr. N M Shakuntala
Characterization of Linseed Germplasm. [BT/Bio- University of Agricultural Sciences,
CARe/02/533/2011-12]
Raichur Raichur, Karnataka-584101
25/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2912500.00
128 Epidemiology and molecular characterization of

tospoviruses infecting important horticultural
crops [BT/Bio-CARe/02/290/2011-12]
03/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3516911.00
Dr. K V PADMALATHA
University of Agricultural Sciences,
Bangalore Bangalore, Karnataka560065
Dr. Amruta S Bhat

University of Horticultural Sciences,
Bagalkot Bagalkot, Karnataka587102
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129 in vitro propagation and ecorestoration of two
endangered, medicinal orchids of Kashmir
Himalayas,Malaxismuscifera(Lindl.) Kuntze and
Listera ovata (Linn.)R.Brown. [BT/BioCARe/02/689/2011-12]
Dr. Seema Singh

University of Kashmir Srinagar,
Jammu And Kashmir-190006
17/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2995575.00
130 Molecular and biotechnological explorations of

bioactive flavonoid
pathway from medicinally important rare tree
Oroxylum indicum [BT/Bio-CARe/07/320/201112]
Dr. Vaijayanti Abhijit Tamhane

University of Pune Pune,
Maharashtra-411007
30/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3870622.00
131 Molecular mechanisms of translation regulation

of the Heme-Regulated Eukaryotic Initiation
Factor 2a Kinase (EIF2AK1) [BT/BioCare/01/120/2011-12]
Dr. Sangeeta Chatterjee

University of Rajasthan Jaipur,
Rajasthan-302039
27/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2583000.00
132 Development of novel peptide imaging

biomarker/s for early detection of cisplatinresistant ovarian cancer
[BT/PR8052/MED/32/298/2013]
Dr. Pritha Ray

Advanced Centre For Treatment
Research & Education In Cancer
Mumbai, Maharashtra-410210
11/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6160600.00
133 DNA based Molecular Electronics

[BT/PR5699/MED/32/239/2012]
Prof. Rajiv Prakash

Banaras Hindu University Varanasi,
13/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3447200.00
134 Development of Novel Computational Methods

for Optical Molecular Tomographic Imaging.
[BT/PR7994/MED/32/284/2013]
Dr. Phaneendra Kumar Yalavarthy

11/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2226000.00
135 Novel 3D Nanocomposite Scaffolds for Tissue

Engineering [BT/PR5977/MED/32/242/2012]
Dr. Kaushik Chatterjee

20/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6199600.00
136 Characterization of macromolecular structure of

decellularized cornea for Tissue engineering
[BT/PR5717/MED/32/244/2012]
Dr. Sourabh Ghosh

05/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6005200.00
137 High Resolution Holographic Microscope for 3D

Imaging of Live Biological Cells
[BT/PR8008/MED/32/306/2013]
Dr. Kedar B Khare

16/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3836000.00
138 Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)

based Sensing and Imaging systems for early
diagnosis of breast cancer
[BT/PR8093/MED/32/293/2013]
Dr. Anuj Dhawan

07/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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BIOENGINEERING
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139 Development of Photoacoustic Imaging technique Dr. Srivathsan Vasudevan
01/08/2013
for non-invasive imaging of Solitary Thyroid
Nodules [BT/PR5879/MED/32/241/2012]
INDORE Indore, Madhya Pradesh452017
2 Years 6 Month
6186000.00
140 Development of MRI compatible nerve stimulator

to understand the underlying mechanism in
neuro-modulation
[BT/PR6650/MED/32/256/2012]
Dr. Parthasarthi Sensarma

17/10/2013
2 Years 0 Month
1704200.00
141 Development of Porous Bio-active Ti-based

Composite for Bio-implant Application
[BT/PR5870/MED/32/240/2012]
Prof. Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar

28/11/2013
Bengal-721302
3 Years 0 Month
5774800.00
142 Sorting of deformable objects in microchannels

for biomedical applications
[BT/PR7276/MED/32/267/2012]
Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen

12/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4835000.00
143 FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR BIOSENSING

APPLICATIONS [BT/PR8014/MED/32/296/2013]
Dr. Jayamurthy P
National Institute For
Interdisciplinary Science And
Technology (NIIST) Trivandrum,
Kerala-695019
17/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4881700.00
144 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW

GENERATION CASPASE SENSOR FRET PROBE
EXPRESSING STABLE CANCER CELLS FOR
ANTICANCER DRUG SCREENING: FROM IN
VITRO HTS SCREEN TO WHOLE ANIMAL
IMAGING [BT/PR8087/MED/32/292/2013]
Dr. Santhosh kumar TR

Kerala-695014
11/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
9100000.00
145 Alternate approaches to antitubercular drug

discovery [BT/PR5341/BID/7/398/2012]
Prof. Debnath Pal

24/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4057000.12
146 In silico structural and functional investigations

of isozymes of carbonic anhydrase family.
[BT/PR7054/BID/7/422/2012]
Dr. Parag Arvind Deshpande

07/06/2013
Bengal-721302
5 Years 0 Month
3610000.12
147 Investigating protein aggregation using structural Prof. Michael Gromiha

23/05/2013
analysis, prediction methods and molecular
dynamics study with applications to an eye
disease, corneal dystrophy
[BT/PR7150/BID/7/424/2012]
3 Years 0 Month
3753000.24
BIOINFORMATICS R&D PROJECTS
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148 Probing the conformational changes of
monomeric FtsZ in GTP-bound, GDP-bound, and
nucleotide-free states
[BT/PR5984/BID/7/409/2012]
Dr. Sanjib Senapati

24/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4775000.44
149 Computational and experimental characterization

of stage specific arginine methylation (posttranslational modifications) in Plasmodium
falciparum proteome
[BT/PR6963/BID/7/427/2012]
Dr. Dinesh Gupta

Delhi, Delhi-110067
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7886000.64
150 Structural insight into the interactions of the heat Dr. Rakhi Dasgupta
shock proteins and heat shock transcription
Kalyani University Kalyani, West
factor s32 in E. Coli
Bengal-741235
[BT/PR6869/BID/7/417/2012]
24/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1695000.24
151 Impact of correlation between pixels intensities

on estimated uncertainty and on statistical
inferences of gene expression levels
[BT/PR6614/BID/7/415/2012]
Prof. Sreekumaran Nair

Manipal University Manipal,
Karnataka-576104
16/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
955200.00
152 Drug Discovery of Potent Inhibitors for Epigenetic

Marker, BRD2 bromodomains by Rational
Structure Based Approach
[BT/PR7079/BID/7/426/2012]
Dr. B Padmanabhan
Karnataka-560029
20/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4640000.20
153 Integrative Computational Analysis to Drive

Discovery of
microRNA- mediated Regulatory Networks in
HPV Induced
Cervical Cancer [BT/PR5890/BID/7/407/2012]
Prof. Radhakrishna M Pillai

Kerala-695014
23/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2218000.20
154 Redesigning DBT's Bioinformation Web Portal and Dr. R Gopichandran

to Enhance the Department's Focused Outreach Vigyan Prasar Noida, Uttar PradeshProgram [BT/DBT/DBT-Website/2013/01]
201309
01/10/2013
4 Years 0 Month
15409900.80
BIOPESTICIDES AND CROP MANAGEMENT

155 Occurrence and diversity of the
entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium in the
soils of varied eco-climatic forest habitats of
South India [BT/PR/13913/AGR/05/507/2010]
Dr. T O Sasidharan
Ashoka Trust For Research In
Ecology and The Environment
(ATREE), Bangalore Bangalore,
Karnataka-560064
22/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3075900.00
156 Control of tea mosquito((Helopeltis theivora) in

tea using Semio chemicals .
[BT/PR6046/AGR/5/602/2012]
Dr. NARASIMHAN SRINIVASAN

03/06/2013
Asthagiri Herbal Research Foundation
Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu-600059
3 Years 0 Month
3781400.00
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157 Field trials of pheromones for the control of
Chilo sacchariphagus indicus
[BT/PR4510/AGR/5/574/2012]
Dr. NARASIMHAN SRINIVASAN

16/08/2013
Asthagiri Herbal Research Foundation
3 Years 0 Month
1818200.00
158 Targeting microbial quorum sensing to

demonstrate potential application of cell-cell
signaling molecules from Xanthomonas group of
plant pathogen in disease control
[BT/PR7329/AGR/5/604/2012]
Dr. Subhadeep Chatterjee

Pradesh-500001
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5675600.00
159 Development and multi-location testing of

Prof. KURUBA GOPAL
biocontrol technology against major soil borne
Dr. Y.S.R. Horticulture University
diseases in citrus [BT/PR6358/AGR/5/591/2012] West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh534101
11/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2675400.00
160 Studies on the diversity of entomopathogenic

Prof. Bhupendra Nath Tiwary
fungi of Chattisgarh: Understanding the
Guru Ghasidas University Bilaspur,
molecular mechanism of entomopathogenesis for Chhattisgarh-495009
bioprospecting [BT/PR4484/AGR/5/570/2012]
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3364000.00
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Dhillon

08/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4140700.00
162 Genetic diversity and Potential of ACC Deaminase Dr. K Annapurna

03/06/2013
producing rhizobia of soybean and their role in
drought stress [BT/PR7405/AGR/5/609/2013]
3 Years 3 Month
6121808.00
163 Development of Biopesticide Formulation by

Utilization of Apple pomace as Substrate for Mass
Production of Native Strains (s) of
Entomopathogenic Fungus, Lecanicillium lecanii
for the Management of Aphids and Whiteflies
[BT/PR5810/AGR/5/585/2012]
Dr. Eswara Reddy

Institute of Himalayan Bioresource
Technology Palampur, Himachal
Pradesh-176061
15/04/2013
1 Years 6 Month
2717800.00
164 Molecular characterization and development of

potential formulations of Biopesticides for the
management of wilt disease in tomato and
pepper grown in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu
[BT/PR14736/AGR/05/529/2010]
Dr. V R Prabavathy
M.S. Swaminathan Research
Foundation Chennai, Tamilnadu600113
24/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4015000.00
161 Genetic diversity of chilo partellus populations in

relation to augumentative biocontrol with
Trichogramma chilions
[BT/PR7649/AGR/5/606/2013]
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165 STUDIES ON EXTENDING THE SHELF-LIFE AND
IMPROVING THE DELIVERY METHODS OF
TRICHOGRAMMATHID EGG PARASITOIDS FOR
PROMOTING THEIR COMMERCIAL MASS
PRODUCTION IN INDIA
[BT/PR3339/AGR/5/558/2011]
Dr. Chandish R Ballal

National Bureau of Agriculturally
Important Insects Bangalore,
Karnataka-560024
04/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4546000.00
166 Broad Spectrum Biocontrol of Pests and

Pathogens in Agriculture Using Hydrolytic
Enzymes: From Laboratory to Field
[BT/PR6416/AGR/5/594/2012]
Dr. Mukund V Deshpande

Maharashtra-411008
17/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3617600.00
167 Exploration of chemically mediated tritrophic

Dr. Nalini Ramiah
interactions as induced by insect herbivory in rice Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
ecosystem for biointensive insect pest
management. [BT/PR7246/AGR/5/603/2012]
05/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2545000.00
168 Development of oil based formulation of

entomopathogenic fungi for the management of
major thrips spp. infesting vegetable crops
[BT/PR5297/AGR/5/575/2012]
Dr. S Jeyarani
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1951000.00
169 Survey, Identification, Development and

Utilization of
Paenibacillus popilliae Dutky for the
Management of Arecanut White Grubs in
Karnataka [BT/PR14663/AGR/05/524/2011]
Dr. AR V Kumar
24/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2826600.00
170 Suppression of pomegranate blight and wilt

syndrome: Validations and development of
delivery systems for field evaluations of identified
bio-agents [BT/PR6332/AGR/5/590/2012]
Dr. Girigowda Manjunath

University of Horticultural Sciences,
Bagalkot Bagalkot, Karnataka587102
11/04/2013
4 Years 0 Month
3570400.00
171 Capacity building and awareness generation

towards combating microbial zoonotic infections
through community participation in Kamrup and
Lakhimpur Districts of Assam
[BT/PR5762/SPD/24/631/2012]
Dr. Durlav Prasad Bora

27/11/2013
Assam Agricultural University Jorhat,
Assam-785013
3 Years 0 Month
5039130.00
172 Dissemination of polyhouse vegetable production

technology through promotion of F1 hybrids of
high value vegetable crops among farmers of
selected 4 districts of Uttarakhand
[BT/PR6471/SPD/24/637/2012]
Dr. Dinesh Kumar Singh

11/06/2013
G.B. Pant University of Agric. & Tech.
Pantnagar Pant Nagar, Uttarakhand263128
3 Years 0 Month
8673722.00
BIOTECH BASED PROGRAMMES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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BIOTECH BASED PROGRAMMES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

173 Inland Seed Production in Fish Hatchery and
Rearing for Livelihood Development of
economically backward and rural poor in the
vizianagaram and srikakulam districts of
Andhrapradesh. [BT/PR6874/SPD/24/640/2012]
Dr. K GOPAL RAO

15/04/2013
Godavari Rural Development Society
Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh535501
3 Years 0 Month
2283000.00
174 Production and marketing of fermented dairy

products: A demonstration project for the rural
women Development in Gulbarga district
[BT/PR1812/SPD/24/577/2011]
Dr. Kelmani Chandrakanth R

Gulbarga University Gulbarga,
Karnataka-585106
07/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2363200.00
175 Development of Technologies to control and

utilize Weeds for employment generation
activities in three states.
[BT/PR6455/SPD/24/636/2012]
Dr. Kumar Rakesh

05/09/2013
Himalayan Environmental Studies &
Conservation Organisation Dehradun,
Uttarakhand-248001
3 Years 0 Month
5412400.00
176 Rehabilitation of flash flood affected area through Prof. Anil P Joshi
11/11/2013
biotechnological intervention
Himalayan Environmental Studies &
[BT/PR9632/SPD/24/698/2013]
Conservation Organisation Dehradun,
Uttarakhand-248001
3 Years 0 Month
26450000.00
177 STATUS OF PREVALENCE AND AWARENESS

AMONG THALASSEMIA POPULATION: SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO VARIOUS TRIBES BELONGING TO
DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF WEST BENGAL
[BT/PR4325/SPD/24/610/2012]
2 Years 0 Month
1324000.00
11/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
26759400.00
30/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2046862.00
Dr. Ashis Mukhopadhyay

04/06/2013
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Cancer
Research Institute Kolkata, West
Bengal-700016
178 REHABILITATION PROGRAMME THRU BIODr. D Raghunandan

RESOURCES BASED INTERVENTIONS IN 5
Society For Economic And Social
DISASTER-AFFECTED GRAM PANCHAYATS (GP)
Studies New Delhi, Delhi-110017
IN THALISAIN BLOCK, PAURI DT.,
UTTARAKHAND WITH DEMONSTRATION OF
DISASTER-RESILIENCE MEASURES IN AFFECTED
LOCATION [BT/PR9070/SPD/24/696/2013]
BIOTECH BASED PROGRAMMES FOR SC/ST
179 Training and Demonstration on Cultivation of Cut Dr. S M Gopinath
Flowers, Anthurium and Orchids for Economic
Acharya Institute of Technology
and Entrepreneurship Development of Rural
weaker Population and SC/ST women of Tumkur
and Bengaluru Rural Districts
[BT/PR14594/SPD/09//1059/2010]
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180 Socio-Economic upliftment of the Rural and Peri

Urban SC/ST Population of Srikakulam District
through Agri Biotechnologies
[BT/PR7648/SPD/9/1203/2013]
Dr. Ali SkZ

Agri Biotech Foundation Hyderabad,
07/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3491206.00
181 Propagation of High-Value Hybrid Orchids for

Commercial Farming Through Technology
Diffusion Among Young Tribal Farmers and SHGs
in Five Districts of the North-Eastern Region as
an Alternative Livelihood for Socio-Economic
Upliftment [BT/PR7490/SPD/9/1201/2013]
Dr. A N Rao
Foundation for Envrionment and
Economic Development Services
Imphal, Manipur-795129
31/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
11013200.00
182 Training & capacity building to Educate the

Dr. Satyajeet Salunkhe
17/10/2013
SC/ST and Rural Population of Koraput District of Kalyani, Orissa Bhubaneswar, OrissaOdisha for Treating Malnutrition & menstrual
751031
disorders by Nutritional/Functional Food and
Primary Health care Program
[BT/PR7199/SPD/9/1200/2013]
3 Years 0 Month
3233200.00
183 Production Of Quality Seeds Of Some Important

Vegetable Crops (Tomatos, Brinjal and Okra) By
Self Help Groups Of ST And SC Population In
Bishnupur District Of Manipur For Sustainable
Economic Development
[BT/PR6043/SPD/9/1174/2012]
27/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3186900.00
184 Socioeconomic upliftment of rural women

through development of value added meat
products. [BT/PR6966/SPD/11/1422/2012]
Dr. Sunil Kumar

21/10/2013
Sher-E-Kashmir University of
Agricultural Sciences & Technology of
Jammu Jammu, Jammu And
Kashmir-180009
3 Years 0 Month
1322000.00
185 Empowerment of Rural Women through Natural

Dyeing Technology
[BT/PR6732/SPD/11/1425/2012]
Dr. Jyoti V Vastrad

Dharwad Dharwad, Karnataka580005
18/10/2013
2 Years 0 Month
2954000.00
Dr. Rajababu Vasantray Vyas

15/04/2013
Anand Agricultural University Anand,
Gujarat-388110
3 Years 0 Month
3788200.00
BIOTECH BASED PROGRAMMES FOR SC/ST
Dr. RK Imotomba Singh

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Manipur
Bishnupur, Manipur-795134
BIOTECH BASED PROGRAMMES FOR WOMEN
BIOTECHNOLOGY OF BIOFERTILISERS
186 Fortified formulations of PGPR consortium and
PGPR metabolites micronutrients followed by
efficacy on Rice, Wheat and Bajra.
[BT/PR6140/AGR/21/357/2012]
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187 Diversity studies in Indian earthworms using

DNA barcodes [BT/PR/7998/AGR/21/366/2013]
Dr. SHWETA YADAVA

DR. H.S. GOUR UNIVERSITY Sagar,
Madhya Pradesh-470003
20/08/2013
5 Years 0 Month
13822000.00
188 Efficacy and Risk Assessment of Bioinoculants in

Cajanus cajan: Impact on plant growth,
rhizospheric microbial diversity, and genes
involved in N turnover
[BT/PR5499/AGR/21/355/2012]
Dr. Shilpi Sharma

04/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4921000.00
189 Gene Targeting of microbial isolates to

demonstrate potential Plant Growth Promoting
(PGP) traits by third generation sequencing
[BT/PR4683/AGR/21/353/2012]
Dr. Jibu Thomas

Karunya University Coimbatore,
Tamilnadu-641114
18/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2760000.00
190 Bio-formulation containing Mycorrhiza and micro- Dr. Alok Adholeya

encapsulated nodulating Rhizobacteria species to The Energy And Resources Institute,
meliorate its usage as Biofertilizer
New Delhi New Delhi, Delhi-110003
[BT/PR8857/AGR/21/370/2013]
12/03/2014
3 Years 0 Month
5292200.00
191 SECOND GENERATION GERMPLASM BANK FOR

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA FUNGI AND
ECTOMYCORRHIZA FUNGI
[BT/PR6974/AGR/21/361/2012]
03/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
8537400.00
192 Metabolic Engineering of Lactococcus lactis for

the Production of Propionic Acid
[BT/PR5903/PID/6/693/2012]
Dr. Ramalingam Subramanian

26/06/2013
Anna University Chennai, Tamilnadu600025
3 Years 0 Month
4980000.00
193 Study on pervaporative stripping of acetone,

butanol and ethanol (ABE) for improved ABE
fermentation [BT/PR5757/PID/6/709/2012]
Dr. Samit Kumar Roy

Calcutta University Kolkata, West
Bengal-700073
04/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2157800.00
194 Developing fungal strains for enzyme production Dr. B S Chadha

07/10/2013
through mutagenesis, protoplast fusion and over- Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar,
expression using A. niger citrate synthase
Punjab-143001
promoter [BT/PR4827/PID/6/647/2012]
3 Years 0 Month
10096800.00
195 Protein Stabilization and Prevention of Protein

Aggregation by fugal sucrase from Termitomyces
clypeatus and application in biotechnology and
biomedical research
[BT/PR4805/PID/6/644/2012]
2 Years 0 Month
1616400.00
BIOTECHNOLOGY OF BIOFERTILISERS
Dr. chaitali bhattacharya

The Energy And Resources Institute,
BPPD- MICROBIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Dr. Suman Khowala

BIOLOGY Kolkata, West Bengal700032
15/05/2013
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196 Biocatalytic keto-reduction: A green and efficient Dr. Adari Bhaskar Rao
synthesis of enantio pure alcohols of biological
interest. [BT/PR5849/PID/6/666/2012]
Pradesh-500007
04/06/2013
2 Years 0 Month
2112000.00
197 Bioprocess development for the L-asparaginase

production by recombinant strain and its
evaluation as food additive for acrylamide free
products [BT/PR6653/PID/6/710/2012]
Dr. Prakasham Reddy Shetty

Pradesh-500007
09/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6068600.00
198 Stereoselective synthesis of chiral alcohols of

pharmaceutical importance via microbial
oxidoreductases: Process development and
scale-up [BT/PR4807/PID/6/645/2012]
Dr. Pramod P Wangikar

24/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
11997225.00
199 Design and Application of a Robust Process

Analytical Technology (PAT) Platform for Realtime Monitoring and Control of Hyaluronic Acid
Production [BT/PR5789/PID/6/680/2012]
Dr. Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam

30/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7834800.00
200 BIOPROCESS OPTIMIZATION OF RECOMBINANT

EXPRESSION OF XYLOSE REDUCTASE FROM
DEBARYOMYCES NEPALENSIS IN E. COLI
[BT/PR6157/PID/6/701/2012]
Prof. Sathyanarayana N Gummadi

18/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3992800.00
201 Development and Characterization of Alternative Prof. Arvind M Lali

Affinity Adsorbent for Purification of Therapeutic Institute of Chemical Technology
Antibodies [BT/PR5912/PID/6/704/2012]
(Formerley UDCT) Mumbai,
Maharashtra-400019
26/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6846800.00
202 Characterization and Immobilization of banana

peel protease to incorporate in wound dressing
material for genital warts
DRESSING MATERIAL FOR GENITAL WARTS
[BT/PR5052/PID/6/652/2012]
Dr. R Baskar
Kumaraguru College of Technology,
Coimbatore Coimbatore, Tamilnadu641049
02/05/2013
2 Years 0 Month
3287400.00
203 Production and improvement of bacterial

keratinase and Demonstration of feather waste
management by keratin hydrolyzing bacteria at
pilot scale [BT/PR4799/PID/6/642/2012]
Dr. Jeyaprakash Rajendhran

Madurai Kamraj University Madurai,
Tamilnadu-625021
21/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6950000.00
204 Developing a Scalable Platform for a Biopolymer

Polylactic Acid using Systems Metabolic
Engineering approach.
[BT/PR5922/PID/6/685/2012]
Dr. Anu Raghunathan

Maharashtra-411008
26/07/2013
2 Years 0 Month
4650800.00
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205 Recombinant Expression of Lactobacilli
Aminopeptidases for the Production of Bioactive
Peptides [BT/PR5873/PID/6/691/2012]
Dr. Jai K Kaushik

National Dairy Research Institute
Karnal, Haryana-132001
10/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4548200.00
206 Rare sugar production using isomerases and

epimerase [BT/PR5795/PID/6/664/2012]
Dr. Darshan H Patel

P.D. Patel Institute of Applied
Sciences Anand, Gujarat-388421
25/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3151600.00
207 Development and scale up of a bioprocess for

production of higher chain length
chitooligosaccharides using cloned bacterial
chitinases [BT/PR5800/PID/6/681/2012]
Prof. Appa Rao Podile

16/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4632400.00
09/12/2013
2 Years 0 Month
3022800.00
208 PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION OF LACCASE

Dr. Kisan M Kodam
AND ITS APPLICATION FOR THE SYNTHESIS AND University of Pune Pune,
BIOTRANSFORMATION OF ORGANIC
Maharashtra-411007
COMPOUNDS [BT/PR5859/PID/6/696/2012]
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
209 Function of the multiple long noncoding
transcripts of the hrsw gene of Drosophila &
Drosophila Stock Repository
[BT/PR6150/COE/34/20/2013]
Prof. S C Lakhotia
05/09/2013
5 Years 0 Month
19281000.00
210 Programme Support for research in HIV-TB Coinfection [BT/01/CEIB/12/III/09]
Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam

24/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
61939200.00
211 Centre of Excellence for Research on Hepatitis C

Virus Phase II [BT/01/COE/06/02/10-IISc]
Prof. Saumitra Das

02/09/2013
5 Years 0 Month
51957296.00
212 Molecular dissection of and inhibitor discovery

against motors associated with protein
translation in malaria parasites
[BT/PR6303/COE/34/18/2013]
Dr. Amit Sharma

Delhi, Delhi-110067
26/08/2013
5 Years 0 Month
23000002.00
213 Centre of Excellence on Translational Research

on Eye Diseases [BT/01/COE/06/02/10]
Dr. D Balasubramanian
10/09/2013
L.V. Prasad Eye Institute- Hyderabad
Eye Research Foundation Hyderabad,
5 Years 0 Month
69896096.00
214 Program Support in Head and Neck Oncology

Research [BT/01/CEIB/11/IV/05]
Dr. Moni Abraham Kuriakose

Narayana Hrudayalaya Foundation
(Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre)
5 Years 0 Month
35471640.00
21/08/2013
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26/08/2013
5 Years 0 Month
17105024.00
216 Biotechnological approaches to improve

Prof. Asis Datta
nutritional and post-harvest quality, drought
National Institute of Plant Genome
tolerance and pathogen resistance in edible crops Research New Delhi, Delhi-110067
[BT/01/CEIB/12/II/01]
26/07/2013
5 Years 0 Month
24998144.00
217 Centre of Excellence on Germplasm

Prof. Surinder Singh Banga
Enhancement for Crop Architecture and
Defensive Traits in Brassica juncea L. Czern and Ludhiana, Punjab-141004
Coss. [BT/01/CEIB/12/I/03]
25/09/2013
5 Years 0 Month
44636048.00
218 Programme Support on the effect of amino acids, Dr. Aruna V Kurpad
vitamin A and oxidative stress on foetal growth, St. John's Research Institute
placental function and low birth weight
[BT/01/CEIB/12/III/06]
26/09/2013
4 Years 0 Month
24041032.00
219 LAB SCALE BIOREFINERY FOR CONCOMITANT

PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL(s) ALONG WITH
OTHER IMPORTANT PRODUCTS USING
AGRICULTURAL WASTE
[BT/PR7122/PBD/26/369/2012]
Dr. Debarati Paul

24/05/2013
Amity University, Noida Noida, Delhi201303
3 Years 0 Month
2714000.00
220 Extractive fermentation with surfactants to

enhance butanol production
[BT/PR5886/PBD/26/304/2012]
Dr. Pradip Babanrao Dhamole

Birla Institute of Technology and
Science-Pilani Hyderabad
24/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2917000.20
221 DEVELOPMENT OF SEAWEEDS BIOREFINERY

AND PILOT DEMONSTRATION OF BIOETHANOL
PRODUCTION [BT/PR6895/PBD/26/363/2012]
Prof. Ramesh Chander Kuhad

23/05/2013
Delhi University, South Campus New
Delhi, Delhi-110021
3 Years 0 Month
7482000.64
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
215 Molecular genetics of intracellular calcium
signaling in neurons with application to
neurodegeneration and lipid metabolism in
humans [BT/PR6371/COE/34/19/2013]
Prof. Gaiti Hasan

ENERGY BIOSCIENCES - BIOFUELS
222 "STUDIES ON CHEMOENZYMATIC TREATMENT OF Dr. P K GUPTA

BLACK LIQUOR FOR RECOVERY OF REDUCING
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
SUGARS FOR BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION"
Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248006
[BT/PR6211/PBD/26/308/2012]
24/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1551988.00
223 Study of plant origin additives for Vegetable oil

(Indian) based eco-friendly cutting fluid to
improve the cutting fluid Properties.
[BT/PR5293/PBD/26/299/2012]
10/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2985000.00
Prof. Satish Vasu Kailas

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ENERGY BIOSCIENCES - BIOFUELS

224 Process development for the concomitant
production of bioemulsifier, lipid, biodielsel,
glycerol and biomass as animal/fish feed using
industrial waste water in a renewable yeast
feedstock based biorefinery model
[BT/PR6909/PBD/26/391/2013]
Prof. Ramkrishna Sen

21/03/2014
Bengal-721302
3 Years 0 Month
9760000.60
225 Integrated bio-hydrogen production from

Dr. Anjana Pandey
28/03/2014
renewable biomass and biological wastes using
Motilal Nehru National Institute of
microbial strains [BT/PR8674/PBD/26/389/2013] Technology Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh211004
3 Years 0 Month
4819000.00
226 Detailed Evaluation of Renewable Substrates

available in India for use in the preparation of
Bio-fuels and Chemicals
[BT/PR6863/PBD/26/345/2012]
Dr. Rajnish Kumar

Maharashtra-411008
19/09/2013
2 Years 0 Month
2455000.00
227 BIOREFINERY FOR COST EFFECTIVE

BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM
BIODEGRADABLE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE:
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND ITS
VALIDATION AT PILOT SCALE
[BT/PR6875/PBD/26/349/2012]
Dr. S K Soni
Panjab University Chandigarh,
Chandigarh-160014
15/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
10542000.52
228 Economic Utilization of Cotton Wastes from

Textile Mills for Bioethanol Production through
Microbial Fermentation
[BT/PR4267/PBD/26/294/2012]
Dr. R Rajendran
PSG College of Arts & Science,
06/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5264000.44
229 Economic Utilization of Cotton Wastes from

Textile Mills for Bioethanol Production through
Microbial Fermentation
[BT/PR4267/PBD/26/294/2012]
Dr. R Rajendran
PSG College of Arts & Science,
17/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5264000.44
230 Algal biorefinery for biodiesel and bioethanol

using rubber processing factory wastewater
discharge [BT/PR6851/PBD/26/335/2012]
Dr. Swapan Kumar Sinha

Guwahati Guwahati, Assam-781036
17/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7456484.00
231 Identification of QTLs linked to important traits in Dr. Shashi Bhushan Tripathi
Jatropha using interspecific BC2 hybrid
populations [BT/PR6220/PBD/26/309/2012]
12/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7425024.00
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ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
232 Developing bio-restoration technology using the Dr. R Anandham
03/12/2013
microbial consortium for restoration of
Agriculture College And Research
profoundly degraded Orathupalayam dam due to Institute Madurai, Tamilnadu-625104
accumulation of xenobiotics from textile
processing units in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu
[BT/PR7518/BCE/8/994/2013]
3 Years 0 Month
3354800.00
233 Design of pilot scale for extraction of protease

Dr. Jayapriya J
from the fish processing waste and its application Anna University Chennai Chennai,
in dehairing. [BT/PR7556/BCE/8/1013/2013]
Tamilnadu-600025
22/01/2014
3 Years 0 Month
2083600.00
234 Bioremediation of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon

Dr. Piyush Pandey
contaminated soil using plant-microbe interaction Assam (Central) University, Silchar
in rhizosphere [BT/PR7547/BCE/8/964/2013]
Silchar, Assam-788011
02/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2545000.00
235 Exploration of Microfauna as Biological Indicators Dr. Badal Bhattacharyya

07/11/2013
and Bioremediation of Some Degraded Soil
Ecosystems of Assam
Assam-785013
[BT/PR7507/BCE/8/984/2013]
3 Years 0 Month
2370345.00
236 BIOTRANSFORMATION OF PHOSPHOGYPSUM BY

SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA
[BT/PR7470/BCE/8/952/2013]
Dr. Srikanth Mutnuri

Birla Institute of Technology &
Sciences, Goa Goa, Goa-403726
08/10/2013
1 Years 0 Month
521000.00
237 PRODUCTION OF EMERGING PREBIOTIC

PECTICOLIGOSACCHARIDES FROM COFFEE
PULP: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR WASTE
MANAGEMENT [BT/PR7570/BCE/8/1022/2013]
Dr. Prapulla Gurudutt siddalingaiya

22/08/2013
Central Food Tech.Research Institute,
Mysore Mysore, Karnataka-570020
3 Years 0 Month
2649000.00
238 Sequential Chemical and Enzyme Assisted

Dr. Sri Bala Kameswari K
Biological Treatment Process for Tannin
Central Leather Research Institute
Containing Wastewater generated from Tanneries Chennai, Tamilnadu-600041
[BT/PR7500/BCE/8/941/2012]
02/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2875200.00
239 Extraction of metals from waste lithium battery

using chemical and biological extraction
technique (Hybrid method)
[BT/PR7467/BCE/8/954/2013]
11/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2356600.00
240 Phytostabilization of mine tailings in the Sukinda Dr. GURDEEP RASTOGI

chromite mining area: development and
Chilika Development Authority
optimization of a PGPR (plant growth-promoting Bhubaneswar, Orissa-751014
rhizobacteria) assisted technology
[BT/PR7543/BCE/8/997/2013]
02/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3922200.00
241 Design upgradation of vertical sub-surface

constructed wetland unit for treatment of dairy
waste water [BT/PR7545/BCE/8/999/2013]
19/03/2014
3 Years 0 Month
1456000.00
Dr. Deepak Pant

Central University of Himachal
Pradesh Dharamshala, Himachal
Pradesh-176215
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Sharma

Graphic Era University, Dehradun
Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248002
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242 Microbial diversity of industrial waste polluted
Dr. Harvinder Singh Saini
19/03/2014
sites of Punjab: Biogeochemical interactions for
recycling of metals and degradation of pollutants Punjab-143001
[BT/PR7535/BCE/8/960/2013]
3 Years 0 Month
5970400.00
243 Biodegradation of chlorinated organics by

extremophiles: Developing biocatalyst for
effective remediation
[BT/PR7537/BCE/8/961/2013]
Prof. Sunil K Khare

27/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4470600.00
244 Design of novel laccases for degradation of

complex dyes [BT/PR7564/BCE/8/1011/2013]
Prof. Saroj Mishra

10/03/2014
3 Years 0 Month
4111800.00
245 Exploration of microbial diversity and function in

acid mine drainage and mine tailings: An
integrated geomicrobiolgical approach for
bioremediation [BT/PR7533/BCE/8/959/2013]
Dr. Pinaki Sar

03/12/2013
Bengal-721302
3 Years 0 Month
4598600.00
246 Biosurfactant Enhanced Bioremediation of PAHs

Contaminated Soil of oil field situated at upper
Assam [BT/PR7491/BCE/8/943/2012]
Prof. Suresh Deka

04/09/2013
INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Guwahati,
Assam-781035
3 Years 0 Month
2220000.00
247 Ability of select PGPM strains to remediate

organophosphate pesticides commonly used in
agriculture [BT/PR7814/BCE/8/1031/2013]
Dr. S Krishna Sundari

Pradesh-201307
18/10/2013
1 Years 0 Month
659600.00
248 Development of a biocatalyst for dearomatization Dr. nidhi gupta

of diesel [BT/PR7574/BCE/8/1001/2013]
Pradesh-201307
05/12/2013
1 Years 0 Month
692200.00
Dr. Sudhir kumar

08/10/2013
Jaypee University of Information
Technology Solan, Himachal Pradesh173234
3 Years 0 Month
3320000.00
27/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3070000.00
Dr. Nandita Natwarlal Baxi

05/12/2013
M. S. University of Baroda Vadodara,
Gujarat-390001
3 Years 0 Month
1870000.00
249 Bioremediation of electronic waste (E-waste) for

precious metal recovery and removal of
polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
[BT/PR7478/BCE/8/951/2013]
250 Development and Optimization of Technology for Dr. Vishakha Raina

Bioremediation of Chlorpyrifos in Constructed
Wetlands [BT/PR7580/BCE/8/1009/2013]
251 Development of a native soil bacterial strain for
bioremediation of wastes containing amidexenobiotics and other application
[BT/PR7606/BCE/8/1000/2013]
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252 Bio-restoration technology based on the
management of plant microbe soil interactions
for the restoration of degraded ecosystems
[BT/PR7525/BCE/8/972/2013]
Dr. Shivesh Sharma

25/09/2013
Motilal Nehru National Institute of
Technology Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh211004
1 Years 0 Month
701400.00
253 Biodegradation of High Molecular Weight

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon by defined
Fungal culture [BT/PR7567/BCE/8/1005/2013]
Dr. Akshaya P Gupte

Nathubhai V.Patel College of Pure
and Applied Sciences Vallabh
Vidhyanagar, Gujarat-388120
09/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2435000.00
254 Performance evaluation of identified Arsenic and

Chromium hyperaccumulator plant system(s) for
As and Cr removal from contaminated water and
soil under field condition
[BT/PR7453/BCE/8/980/2013]
Dr. Bijaya Ketan Sarangi

National Environmental Engineering
Research Institute Nagpur,
Maharashtra-440020
05/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2097200.00
255 Transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Pteris

Dr. Sanjog T Thul
vittata during phytoremediation of arsenic metal National Environmental Engineering
contaminated soil [BT/PR5523/BCE/8/909/2012] Research Institute Nagpur,
Maharashtra-440020
19/03/2014
3 Years 0 Month
3802200.00
256 Molecular characterization and genetic analysis of

biofilm forming mercury resistant marine bacteria
for bioremediation of mercury
[BT/PR7480/BCE/8/945/2012]
Dr. Surajit Das

Rourkela Rourkela orrisa, Orissa769008
04/10/2013
1 Years 0 Month
792000.00
257 Bioremediation of salt affected soils using

halotolerant PGPR and cyanobacterial inoculants
[BT/PR7591/BCE/8/1006/2013]
Dr. PRAVIN RAMCHANDRA PURANIK

North Maharashtra University
Jalgaon, Maharashtra-425001
20/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4615000.00
258 Development of a bacterial consortium for

bioremediation of lead from solution
[BT/PR7766/BCE/8/1029/2013]
Dr. Santa Ram Joshi

23/08/2013
1 Years 0 Month
500000.00
259 Determining the taxonomic and conservation

status of the Forest Owlet
(Heteroglaux blewitii)
[BT/PR4812/BCE/8/898/2012]
Dr. Shomita Mukherjee

10/04/2013
Salim Ali Centre For Ornithology And
Natural History Coimbatore,
Tamilnadu-641108
3 Years 0 Month
3052000.00
260 Modification of concrete structures by Bio-waste

(Cow dung) to
enhance the durability and
anticorrosive Properties
[BT/PR7436/BCE/8/946/2012]
Dr. Vinita Vishwakarma

Sathyabama University, Chennai
25/07/2013
2 Years 0 Month
2034400.00
261 Utilization of cassava bagasse as a substrate for

the production of microbial exopolysaccharides:
xanthan and curdlan
[BT/PR7511/BCE/8/973/2013]
Dr. Ponnusami Venkatachalam

Shanmugha Arts, Science,
Technology & Research Academy
Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu-613401
14/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2105000.00
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Dr. KUMAR Krishnamurthy

25/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3635600.00
263 Microbial transformation to enhance formation of Dr. Sivakumar Uthandi

humic polymer [BT/PR4891/BCE/8/905/2012]
12/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3866400.00
264 Remediation of Se from soil through biological

route [BT/PR7540/BCE/8/1019/2013]
Dr. Manab Das

28/03/2014
1 Years 0 Month
951800.00
265 Development of a process for enzyme assisted

bioremediation of lipid (FOG:Fats, oil and
Grease) based waste
[BT/PR7523/BCE/8/955/2013]
Dr. Sanjukta Subudhi

22/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2848200.00
266 A pilot study for the bioconversion of hazardous

DEHP plasticizer in plastics into a drug by
Achromobacter denitrificans SP1
[BT/PR7521/BCE/8/1026/2013]
Prof. Sailas Banjamin

University of Calicut Calicut, Kerala673635
02/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2810000.00
267 Molecular marker based studies on the

phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic
origin of the medicinal plant genus Leucas
(Lamiaceae) [BT/PR5423/BCE/8/907/2012]
Dr. Sunojkumar P
University of Calicut Calicut, Kerala673635
17/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3400000.00
268 Biorestoration of degraded mangrove forest

along the embankment of the river Ramganga
and related molecular study for the loss of
mangrove ecosystem homeostasis
[BT/PR7501/BCE/8/982/2013]
Dr. Krishna Ray

West Bengal State University
Kolkata, West Bengal-700126
30/10/2013
5 Years 0 Month
5428600.00
269 Characterizing anuran species as indicators of

environmental quality in human dominated
landscapes [BT/PR5070/BCE/8/906/2012]
Dr. Karthikeyan Vasudevan

Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun,
Uttarakhand-248001
21/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5981400.00
Dr. Dinakur M Salunke

Regional Centre For
Biotechnology,Gurgoan Gurgaon,
Haryana-122016
30/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
69255000.00
262 Improving biomethanation and bioremediation
efficiency of cassava sago effluent by nitrogen
amendments and Spirulina cultivation under
HRAP system for safe recycling
[BT/PR7557/BCE/8/1027/2013]
INDO-JAPAN
270 DBT International lab (DAILAB) at AIST, Japan
[BT/BI/14/032/2013]
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07/05/2013
5 Years 0 Month
36980300.00
272 JNU-DBT National training facility for state of the Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar
art equipment used in Biotechnology research
[BT/PR3139/INF/22/139/2011]
Delhi, Delhi-110067
14/10/2013
4 Years 0 Month
60000000.00
273 NATIONAL CONTAINMENT/ QUARANTINE

Dr. Shashi Bhalla
FACILITY FOR TRANSGENIC PLANTING MATERIAL National Bureau of Plant Genetic
[BT/PR6493/AGII/106/877/2012]
Resources New Delhi, Delhi-110012
27/12/2013
5 Years 0 Month
10160000.00
274 Macromolecular Crystallography and Scattering

Facility at NCBS-inStem
[BT/PR5081/INF/22/156/2012]
Dr. Deepak Thankappan Nair

09/09/2013
5 Years 0 Month
72949000.00
275 Support to establish DBT- Boost to Presidency

University Interdisciplinary Life science
Departments for Education and Research
(BUILDER) program
[BT/PR11357/INF/22/197/2014]
Prof. Abhik Saha

Presidency University Kolkata, West
Bengal-700073
18/03/2014
1 Years 0 Month
49485767.00
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES
271 DBT-Boost to Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments for
Education and Research
[BT/PR7020/INF/22/172/2012]
Prof. Bhupendra Nath Tiwary

Chhattisgarh-495009
MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY - HUMAN GENETICS AND GENOME

276 National reference center for Molecular diagnosis
of CYP21A2 gene in Congenital Adrenal
Hyperplasia (CAH) affected families to establish
the appropriate disease management
[BT/PR7548/MED/12/593/2013]
Dr. A C Ammini
All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, Delhi New Delhi, Delhi110029
08/08/2013
2 Years 0 Month
3455360.00
277 Gene Expression Profile of Human

Retinoblastoma [BT/PR6603/MED/12/587/2012]
Dr. JASBIR KAUR

18/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6598472.00
278 Urinary proteome analysis in patients with

obstructive sleep apnea. [BT/MB/ProjectAIIMS/2013]
Dr. S K Sharma
20/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4761200.00
279 A study on the role of afferent signaling

mechanisms in the urothelium and their
relationship with local inhibitory effects of
disease modifying agents with respect to
neuromorbidity of urinary incontinence
[BT/PR7510/MED/12/604/2013]
Prof. Minu Bajpai

07/08/2013
3 Years 11
Month
3738800.00
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280 Genetic Screening of microdeletion of Ychromosome in Infertile patients from
Population of Eastern India
[BT/PR14671/MED/12/487/2010]
Dr. Ajit Kumar Saxena

Sciences, Patna Patna, Uttar
Pradesh-801505
15/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4487600.00
281 Association of gene mutations/polymorphisms

with therapeutic efficacy of Metformin in Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus patients of West Bengal, India
[BT/PR5917/MED/12/568/2012]
Dr. Madhusudan Das

Bengal-700073
18/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6350400.00
282 Molecular Genetics of Epidermolysis Bullosa in

Indian Patients [BT/PR6506/MED/12/571/2012]
Dr. Ravi Hiremagalore

Centre For Human Genetics
27/08/2013
2 Years 0 Month
1791000.00
283 IDENTIFICATION OF RARE VARIANTS AND COPY Prof. B K Thelma

28/10/2013
NUMBER VARIATIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA BY
AFFECTED SIB PAIR ANALYSIS USING NEXT
Delhi, Delhi-110021
GENERATION SEQUENCING TOOLS
[BT/MB/PROJECT-SCHIZOPHRENIA/2012-2013]
3 Years 0 Month
21203512.00
284 Identification of candidate gene of obesity on

chromosome number 5 in WNIN/Ob rat
[BT/PR7667/MED/12/589/2013]
Dr. RAJENDER RAO KALASHIKAM

National Institute of Nutrition
07/08/2013
2 Years 0 Month
4240600.00
285 Identification and development of DNA

methylation biomarkers for oral/oropharyngeal
cancers prevalent in the North-Eastern states of
India [BT/PR5546/MED/12/560/2012]
Dr. Srimoyee Ghosh

29/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5308000.00
286 To develop a customized resequencing array

based indigenous comprehensive cardio chip for
genetic analysis of HCM/DCM for Asian Indian
Population [BT/PR7463/MED/12/586/2012]
Ms. Madhu Khullar

20/09/2013
Post Graduate Institute of Medical
Education and Research Chandigarh,
Chandigarh-160012
3 Years 0 Month
2605200.00
2 Years 0 Month
5425200.00
287 "GENETICS OF HEART FAILURE- SCREENING OF Prof. vadlamudi raghavendra rao

INTRA-GENIC VARIANTS OF DISEASE CAUSING, University of Delhi, North Campus
DRUG METABOLIZING, DRUG RESPONSE AND
Delhi, Delhi-110007
MODIFIER CANDIDATE GENES IN VARIOUS
CARDIOMYOPATHIES"
PHASE I STUDY UNDER ABOVE TITLE.
NEXT GENERATION WHOLE GENOME TARGETED
SEQUENCING OF 25 CANDIDATE GENES IN
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY"
[BT/PR5767/MED/12/563/2012]
29/08/2013
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27/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5609920.00

288 Replication study of 8 Schizophrenia risk loci
SNPs identified from Genome Wide Association
Studies [BT/PR4820/MED/12/622/2013]
Prof. Arasamabattu Kannan

Munirajan
University of Madras Chennai,
Tamilnadu-600005
MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY - INFECTIOUS DISEASES

289 AN INEXPENSIVE AND RAPID DIAGNOSTIC
METHOD FOR DETECTION OF HEPATITIS C VIRAL
RNA BY LOOP MEIDATED ISOTHERMAL
AMPLIFICATION (LAMP
[BT/PR7708/MED/29/689/2013]
Dr. SHYAM PRAKASH

25/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2476440.00
290 Impact of transcriptional gene silencing of HIV1C

on ecto-enzymes and negative co-stimulatory
molecules expressed by T cell subsets: relevance
to chronic immune activation in HIV infection
[BT/PR9388/MED/29/794/2013]
Dr. D K Mitra
26/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7524000.16
291 In response to TB RFA - Target identification and

validation of inhibitors against Mycobacterium
tuberculosis non-classical L,D- transpeptidases.
[BT/PR5659/MED/29/564/2012]
Dr. Raja Biswas

25/07/2013
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
and Research Centre Cochin, Kerala682026
3 Years 0 Month
2552400.00
292 ASSURED-chip: an accurate, affordable and rapid Prof. Manish Biyani

microfluidics-based diagnosis of Hepatitis-C
Biyani Girls College, Jaipur Jaipur,
virus. [BT/PR7411/MED/29/670/2012]
Rajasthan-302023
30/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2462200.00
293 Designing Novel Nanobiotechnological Systems

for Effective Delivery of Select Indigenous Herbs
with Potent Antitubercular Activity.
[BT/PR5572/MED/29/534/2012]
Dr. Alka Pravin Mukne

Bombay College of Pharmacy
13/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2518600.00
294 Characterization and design of inhibitors of

Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcription.
[BT/PR5345/MED/29/648/2012]
Dr. Jayanta Mukhopadhyay

14/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7803600.00
295 Isolation and Identification of anti-HCV natural

compounds from selected Indian Medicinal
Plants. [BT/PR7400/MED/29/656/2012]
Dr. Binay Chaubey

Bengal-700073
06/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3545000.00
07/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6852710.00
296 An approach towards identification and synthesis Dr. Anuradha Dube

of antigenic epitopes of potential L. donovani Th1 Central Drug Research Institute
stimulatory proteins for the development of
synthetic vaccine against Visceral Leishmaniasis.
[BT/PR7299/MED/29/678/2012]
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297 Modulation of host immune responses by a PPE
protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis:
Understanding its role in host-pathogen crosstalk [BT/PR5496/MED/29/512/2012]
Dr. Sangita Mukhopadhyay

Pradesh-500001
06/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6949600.00
298 Development of reagents for simple

immunochemical tests for the detection of
Chikungunya infection
[BT/PR10903/MED/29/829/2014]
Dr. Vijay K Chaudhary

20/03/2014
Delhi, Delhi-110021
3 Years 0 Month
14128590.00
299 Isolation and Characterization of anti-tubercular

principle from contaminating bacterial strain.
[BT/PR5428/MED/29/510/2012]
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Gupta

03/06/2013
2 Years 0 Month
2974800.00
300 Establsihment of Human Ectopic Liver Tissue in

Mice [BT/PR7376/MED/29/669/2012]
Prof. Anjali A Karande

02/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7232800.00
301 Exploration of AMPylation, a novel posttranslational signaling mechanism, in

Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
[BT/PR5012/MED/29/419/2012]
Dr. AVADHESHA SUROLIA

28/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
12109600.00
302 Rational Design and Functional Analysis of

Inhibitors for the Essential Cell Division Protein,
FtsZ, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
[BT/PR3787/MED/29/649/2012]
Dr. Ajitkumar Parthasarathi

13/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3939600.00
303 Enterovirus 3A: Identification of novel interacting Dr. C Durga Rao

partners and study of their role in virus
replication [BT/PR7348/MED/29/681/2012]
23/04/2013
3 Years 3 Month
4867000.00
304 Deciphering the role and architecture of

CRISPR/Cas defense system in Leptospira
interrogans [BT/PR6837/MED/29/632/2012]
Dr. MANISH KUMAR

04/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4795000.00
305 Structural and Functional Characterization of

Adaptation Stage of CRISPR-Cas System in
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
[BT/PR5511/MED/29/631/2012]
Dr. B Anand
21/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5918200.00
306 NANOCOS: Chitosan oligosaccharide-siRNA

nanoplexes for inhibiting intracellular
mycobacteria [BT/PR5372/MED/29/480/2012]
Dr. Prajakta Dandekar Jain

Institute of Chemical Technology
Maharashtra-400019
2 Years 0 Month
1999600.00
03/06/2013
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307 Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of

novel FtsZ inhibitors as potential anti tubercular
agents [BT/PR5430/MED/29/566/2012]
Dr. Tushar Kant Beuria

INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES,
Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar, Orissa751023
09/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
9110000.00
308 Development of HCV genotype 3a replicon

system and infectious molecular clones
[BT/PR7404/MED/29/658/2012]
Prof. S K Sarin
INSTITUTE OF LIVER & BILIARY
SCIENCES New Delhi, Delhi-110070
04/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7167400.00
309 To study the role of HCV proteins in

immunoregulation and hepatocarcinogenesis
[BT/PR7414/MED/29/661/2012]
Prof. S K Sarin
29/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
13417800.00
310 Molecular insights into the identity and

Dr. Dibyendu Sarkar
functionality of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PhoP INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL
regulon [BT/PR4663/MED/29/360/2012]
Chandigarh-160036
06/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6690000.00
311 Biology of Hepatitis B virus of genotype D in an

integrated clinico-virological perspective
[BT/PR7807/MED/29/693/2013]
26/09/2013
3 Years 3 Month
4371400.00
312 Development of improved therapeutics with

Dr. Abhinav Mehta
05/06/2013
combination of immunotherapy and
ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga Moga
chemotherapy for the treatment of drug resistant Punjab, Punjab-142001
tuberculosis. [BT/PR5237/MED/29/641/2012]
2 Years 0 Month
4259800.00
313 Characterization of the fungal specific Dam1

complex as an attractive target for safer and
more potent antifungal drug to treat candidiasis.
[BT/PR7383/MED/29/679/2012]
10/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7586800.00
314 INHIBITORS OF ANTIFUNGAL EXPORT PROTEINS Prof. Rajendra Prasad

AND MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE IN INDIAN
FUNGAL ISOLATES
Delhi, Delhi-110067
[BT/PR7392/MED/29/652/2012]
18/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6494200.00
315 Identification and characterization of novel

promoters of Salmonella enterica serovar
Enteritidis contributing in virulence phenotype
[BT/PR7515/MED/29/673/2012]
09/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4215600.00
Prof. ABHIJIT CHOWDHURY

INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE
MEDICAL EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH, KOLKATA Kolkata, West
Bengal-700020
Prof. Kaustuv Sanyal

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For
Advanced Scientific Research
Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar

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03/06/2013
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6485000.00
05/06/2013
2 Years 0 Month
2593200.00
318 Immuno-pathogenesis of ocular tuberculosis

[BT/PR5539/MED/29/521/2012]
Dr. Soumyava Basu

03/06/2013
L.V. Prasad Eye Institute- Hyderabad
Eye Research Foundation Hyderabad,
Orissa-500034
3 Years 0 Month
4641200.00
319 Analysis of pathogenicity related secretory

proteins in Candida glabrata
[BT/PR8100/MED/29/707/2013]
Prof. B B Chattoo
Gujarat-390002
24/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7085800.00
320 Characteristics of cellular effector mechanisms

against HIV at cervicovaginal level in Indian
women.
Dr. Madhuri Rajeev Thakar

National Aids Research Institute
12/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7542840.00
321 Implementing Proteomic approach to understand Dr. Anirban Basu

the Etiology of Neuropathogenesis induced by
National Brain Research Centre
Chandipura Virus infection.
Gurgaon, Haryana-122050
[BT/PR7907/MED/29/702/2013]
19/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3740000.00
322 DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS BY Dr. Mukund V Deshpande

EMPLOYING MULTIFACETED STRATEGIES
[BT/PR7442/MED/29/680/2012]
Maharashtra-411008
17/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
8448600.00
323 Identification of the factors associated with

susceptibility/ resistance to heterosexual HIV
transmission among serodiscordant couples using
proteomics [BT/PR5219/MED/29/474/2012]
Dr. taruna madan

Reproductive Health (ICMR) Mumbai
26/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2850000.00
324 Inhibition of host-induced mycobacterial efflux

pumps as a novel strategy to counter drug
tolerance and virulence of pulmonary
tuberculosis [BT/PR5591/MED/29/539/2012]
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

Tuberculosis Chennai, Tamilnadu600031
19/09/2013
1 Years 0 Month
6680000.00

316 Identification and testing of cationic antimicrobial
peptides from human granulocytes against
mycobacteria and delivery of peptides using
nanobead technology: an implication on
polypeptide based therapy for the treatment of
Dr. Avinash Sonawane

317 Effect of Ultraviolet-A/Riboflavin Corneal Collagen Dr. SUJATA DAS

Cross-linking on the Virulence Factor of Fungi.
L.V. Prasad Eye Institute,
[BT/PR5148/MED/29/432/2012]
Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar, Orissa751024
Characteristics of cellular effector mechanisms

against HIV at cervicovaginal level in Indian
women. [BT/PR4885/MED/29/567/2012]
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325 Leukocyte transcriptome signature of outcome of Dr. Saroj Kant Mohapatra

severe sepsis/septic shock
National Institute of Biomedical
[BT/PR5548/MED/29/571/2012]
Genomics Kalyani, West Bengal741251
24/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6564000.00
326 Identification and characterization the role of

Dr. Amitabha Mukhopadhyay
Retromer-complex in haemoglobin endocytosis in National Institute of Immunology
Leishmania. [BT/PR4705/MED/29/705/2013]
12/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7702800.00
327 Synthesis and Development of Antitubercular 1,4

-Naphthoquinone Congeners as Mycobacterium
tuberculosis Methionine Aminopeptidases
Inhibitors [BT/PR5597/MED/29/569/2012]
Dr. Anita Mahapatra

National Institute of Pharmaceutical
Education and Research (NIPER) Ahmedabad Ahmedabad, Gujarat380054
12/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4100360.00
328 Development of HCV genotype 3 infectious

molecular clones and subgenomic replicons;
identification of adaptive mutations and
understanding their role in virus replication
[BT/PR7413/MED/29/672/2012]
Dr. Kavita S Lole

National Institute of Virology, Pune
27/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5435920.00
329 Studies on aptamer based electrochemical

biosensor for the detection of Mycobacterium
Dr. Nirmal Prabhakar

Panjab University Chandigarh,
Chandigarh-160014
24/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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330 Biochemical characterization of SarA and SarR

regulators in S. aureus to study molecular
genetics. [BT/PR7897/MED/29/703/2013]
Prof. Adhar Chandra Manna

Bengal-700073
27/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4294160.00
331 Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization of

Efflux Protein-Mediated Drug Resistance in M.
Dr. Bairagi Charan Mallick

07/10/2013
Ravenshaw College, Cuttack Cuttack,
Orissa-753003
3 Years 0 Month
4640000.00
332 Studies on -lactamase Inhibiter(s) from

Streptomyces sp SBRK-1 and its effect on
Staphylococcus aureus infected zebrafish
embryos. [BT/PR8451/MED/29/789/2013]
Dr. RAJESH KANNAN RAJARETINAM

06/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4230000.00
333 IL28B Polymorphism and Interferon IFN

gammaInducible Protein10 (IP-10) estimation
in Hepatitis C patients of Kashmir Valley and
their impact on treatment.
[BT/PR7401/MED/29/654/2012]
Dr. Shoukat Ali Zargar

Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical
Sciensce Srinagar, Jammu And
Kashmir-190011
12/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3293600.00
334 Characterization of hepatitis E virus RNAdependent RNA polymerase and its associated
proteins in the replicase complex
[BT/PR8171/MED/29/706/2013]
Dr. Ranjith Kumar CT

Translational Health Science And
Technology Institute Gurgaon,
Haryana-122016
26/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7706300.00
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335 In Response to TB RFA: Molecular Cloning and
immunological validation of three hypothetical
proteins of M.tuberculosis with strong T-cell
epitopes for possible subunit vaccine
[BT/PR5638/MED/29/580/2012]
Dr. Sadhna Sharma

University of Delhi, North Campus
Delhi, Delhi-110007
06/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6648000.00
336 Development of aminocoumarins as candidate

drugs for the treatment of multi-drug resistant
(MDR) tuberculosis (TB-RFA)
[BT/PR5576/MED/29/576/2012]
Prof. Mandira basil

26/09/2013
V.P. Chest Institute New Delhi, Delhi110007
2 Years 0 Month
8777200.00
337 "In response to TB RFA". "High-throughput

genetic screen in Dictyostelium discoideum for
identification of novel drug targets for
tuberculosis treatment."
[BT/PR5646/MED/29/559/2012]
Dr. Nandkumar Krishna Khaire

Vidya Pratishthan's School of
Biotechnology Pune, Maharashtra413133
10/09/2013
2 Years 0 Month
2260800.00
338 A study on clinical significance of PTEN regulated Prof. Shyam S Chauhan

genes in human primary glioblastoma
[BT/PR7146/MED/30/900/2012]
30/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4722000.00
339 To study clinical and biological significance of

mutations in mitochondrial DNA regulatory region
in acute myeloid leukemia
[BT/PR7197/MED/30/899/2012]
Dr. Sameer Bakhshi

25/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4575000.00
340 Unraveling glioma development and progression

through whole-exome sequencing
[BT/PR5264/MED/30/807/2012]
Prof. Chitra Sarkar

02/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
16485000.00
341 Assessment of the anti apoptotic property of

Dr. Madhumita P
lithium used as lithium chloride in combination
Amity University, Noida Noida, Uttar
with Coenzyme Q and Vitamin E and its effect on Pradesh-201303
preventing retinal ganglion cell degeneration and
progression of glaucoma.
[BT/PR3433/MED/30/647/2011]
26/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2766000.00
342 Genetic and molecular studies on Parkin

interactors associated with mitochondrial
dysfunction in Parkinsons disease
[BT/PR6712/MED/30/873/2012]
21/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY - NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Dr. Saripella Srikrishna

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343 Elucidating the role of p53 and DNA damage
response pathway in anti-cancer activity of a
novel coumarin-chalcone hybrid.
[BT/PR5918/MED/30/851/2012]
Dr. JAYANTA SARKAR

Central Drug Research Institute
03/06/2013
1 Years 6 Month
3330000.00
344 Evaluation of therapeutic potential of glycogen

synthase kinase 3 in chewing tobacco mediated
oral cancer [BT/PR4624/MED/30/701/2012]
Dr. Rajakishore Mishra

Central University of Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jharkhand-835205
13/06/2013
2 Years 0 Month
6880000.00
345 Dissecting the molecular regulators of blood

induced joint damage to develop
targeted gene transfer strategies for haemophilia
[BT/PR5021/MED/30/757/2012]
Dr. Jayandharan Giridhara Rao

Christian Medical College Vellore
Association Vellore, Tamilnadu632004
13/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3388000.00
346 Identification of Molecular Pathways in Alveoli

Regeneration in an Established Emphysematous
Lung: All Trans Retinoic Acid - A Way to Novel
Therapy Option [BT/PR5373/MED/30/819/2012]
Dr. jai prakash muyal

10/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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347 Role of metadherin in breast cancer metastasis

and its molecular regulation
[BT/PR4477/MED/30/692/2011]
Dr. Srigiridhar Kotamraju

Pradesh-500007
07/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5076000.00
348 Targeting Akt 1-Par-4 axis: a new approach of

developing anticancer agents in k-ras mutated
pancreatic cancer
[BT/PR6768/MED/30/893/2012]
Dr. Anindya Goswami

14/08/2013
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE
MEDICINE (CSIR) Jammu, Jammu
And Kashmir-180001
3 Years 0 Month
5490000.00
349 Role of Centrosomes in Cell Fate Determination

in Granule Neuron
Precursors during Cerebellar Development
[BT/PR7372/MED/30/912/2012]
Dr. Shyamala Mani

01/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7272000.00
350 Investigating the role of gelsolin as a common

cellular player for modulating amyloid load and
neurodegeneration
[BT/PR5474/MED/30/824/2012]
Dr. Bishwajit Kundu

26/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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351 Diagnosis of cancer using fluorescence lifetime

imaging [BT/PR4497/MED/30/706/2012]
Prof. Asima Pradhan

05/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
8204000.00
352 Actomyosin-dependent transfer of RNA from glia

to axons [BT/PR4990/MED/30/786/2012]
Dr. John Mercer

10/06/2013
INSTITUTE FOR STEM CELL BIOLOGY
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
3 Years 0 Month
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Prof. Purnima Dhanraj Amin

Maharashtra-400019
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4578000.00
354 Evaluation of Neuroprotective potential of Fisetin Dr. Deepak sharma

in ageing and experimental model of epileptic rat Jawaharlal Nehru University New
brain [BT/PR4993/MED/30/914/2012]
Delhi, Delhi-110067
12/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4078000.00
355 Role of Brain Insulin receptor in phenotypic

plasticity of white matter progenitor cells
[BT/PR5033/MED/30/797/2012]
Prof. Sarita Sharadchandra Gupta

26/09/2013
M. S. University of Baroda Vadodara,
Gujarat-390001
3 Years 0 Month
6089000.00
356 Identification of MeCP2 transcriptional targets in

the developing brain and its role in myelination
[BT/PR4974/MED/30/773/2012]
Dr. Prakash Prabhakaran Pillai

Gujarat-390002
10/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5991000.00
357 Group II Introns as Gene Delivery Vehicle for

Development of Novel Biological Containment
Recombinant Probiotics (Lactic acid bacteria) to
Deliver Therapeutically relevant Protein in Kidney
stone forming Rats
[BT/PR4203/MED/30/681/2011]
Prof. GOVINDAN SADASIVAM

SELVAM
Tamilnadu-625021
02/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2712000.00
358 Role of chromatin remodelers in regulating genes Dr. Ellora Sen

associated with resistance to apoptosis under
inflammatory and hypoxic conditions in glioma
cells [BT/PR5818/MED/30/839/2012]
25/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3675000.00
359 Characterizing biomarkers of Alzheimers

disease: A longitudinal multi-modal brain
imaging study [BT/PR7361/MED/30/953/2013]
Dr. Pravat Kumar Mandal

25/09/2013
5 Years 0 Month
10268000.00
360 The role of phospholipase D in regulating

neuronal vesicular transport
[BT/PR4833/MED/30/744/2012]
Prof. Raghu Padinjat

25/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6322000.00
361 Investigating the role of gap junctions at an

identified glutamatergic synapse in a developing
vertebrate. [BT/PR4983/MED/30/790/2012]
Dr. Vatsala Thirumalai

18/04/2013
5 Years 0 Month
8436000.00
362 Identification of biomarkers of endometriosis

using a mouse model.
[BT/PR6587/MED/30/886/2012]
Dr. Deepak Modi

25/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3112000.00

353 Development and Evaluation of Fixed Dose
Combination (FDCs) for
Tuberculosis using Hot Melt Extrusion Technology
[BT/PR5630/MED/30/930/2012]
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363 Understanding Molecular Pathology of
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in
India [BT/PR5893/MED/30/850/2012]
Dr. Manisha Rajan Madkaikar

National Institute of
Immunohaematology (ICMR)
14/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3758000.00
364 A Study of Cognitive Functions and Biochemical

Correlates in Traumatic Brain Injury
[BT/PR3437/MED/30/654/2011]
Dr. Jamuna N
06/12/2013
Neuro Science Bangalore, Karnataka560029
3 Years 0 Month
6068000.00
365 Analysis of the neuroprotective properties of

natural compounds and their derivatives/prodrugs in experimental models of Parkinsons
disease with potential therapeutic applications
[BT/PR4908/MED/30/745/2012]
Dr. MM Srinivas Bharath

30/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
9348000.00
366 Electrophysiological and Neuropsychological

correlates of the treatment outcome in Attention
Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) children
[BT/PR4966/MED/30/771/2012]
Dr. ROOPESH B N
Karnataka-560029
11/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3034000.00
367 Vitamin A metabolic pathway on region-specific

adipose tissue development and its relevance to
insulin resistance: A proteomic approach to
sexual dimorphism
[BT/PR3484/MED/30/655/2011]
Dr. S M Jeyakumar
22/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5446000.00
02/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3514000.00
Dr. Liza Suri Rajasekhar

31/07/2013
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences
3 Years 0 Month
5491000.00
370 To explore the cell death pathways in cancer cells Dr. Alka Bhatia
05/12/2013
exhibiting chromosomal instability
[BT/PR5813/MED/30/838/2012]
Chandigarh-160012
2 Years 0 Month
1502000.00
371 Evaluation of human recombinant and other

forms of insulin for reduction of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis proliferation in in vitro cell culture
system - a step towards novel antitubercular
drug discovery [BT/PR3236/MED/30/644/2011]
3 Years 0 Month
2020000.00
368 Inhibition of mitochondrial Dynamin related

Dr. Rajanikant G K
protein-1 activity confers neuroprotection against National Institute of Technology,
ischemia [BT/PR4660/MED/30/789/2012]
Calicut Calicut, Kerala-673601
369 Optimization of Cyclophosphamide therapy in
patients with Lupus nephritis using
pharmacogenomic approaches
[BT/PR4633/MED/30/843/2012]
Dr. Dibyajyoti Banerjee

04/06/2013
Chandigarh-160012
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372 Identification and characterization of target
Dr. Yashwant Kumar
06/12/2013
antigens on biliary epithelial cells and in blood in Post Graduate Institute of Medical
patients of biliary atresia using a proteomic
approach. [BT/PR5768/MED/30/898/2012]
Chandigarh-160012
3 Years 0 Month
4396000.00
373 Deregulation of micro RNA in cell and animal

Prof. Nitai Pada Bhattacharyya
models of Huntingtons disease: role of altered
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
micro RNA in neuronal differentiation and cell
Kolkata, West Bengal-700064
cycle regulation [BT/PR7185/MED/30/910/2012]
02/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
14014000.00
374 GENETIC ALTERATIONS IN THYROID CANCER IN Prof. Syed Mudassar

KASHMIRI POPULATION
Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical
[BT/PR4626/MED/30/702/2012]
Sciensce Srinagar, Jammu And
Kashmir-190011
07/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5437600.00
Dr. Jayasree R S
06/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
8502000.00
375 Detection of Zinc in epileptic condition using

ratiometric fluorescent
molecular probes
[BT/PR6584/MED/30/867/2012]
376 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) Dr. Ramkumar Kunka Mohanram
activators on the survival of pancreatic islet graft SRM University, Kattankulathur
in type 1 diabetic mice
[BT/PR7149/MED/30/903/2012]
07/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4295000.00
377 Proteomic evaluation of milk in bovine

tuberculosis for milk based biomarkers
[BT/PR5601/MED/30/929/2012]
Dr. Palanisamy Selvaraj

Tamilnadu Veterinary & Animal
Science University Chennai,
Tamilnadu-600051
13/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5081800.00
378 Gene Environment interaction and identification

of high risk phenotypes in the etiology of
Epithelial Ovarian cancer
[BT/PR7913/MED/30/964/2013]
Prof. BASU DEV BANERJEE

26/09/2013
University College Of Medical
Sciences & GTB Hospital Delhi, Delhi110095
3 Years 0 Month
5394000.00
379 Mechanism of Neuroinflammation in Parkinsons

disease: Putative Role of Estrogen and Nf-kB
[BT/PR3986/MED/30/677/2011]
Dr. Arindam Bhattacharyya

University of Calcutta Kolkata, West
Bengal-700073
18/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
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13/09/2013
5 Years 0 Month
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380 Anticipation in genes: Molecular, physiological

Prof. Vinod Kumar
and behavioral correlates of response of circaUniversity of Delhi, North Campus
annual clocks to seasons in night-migratory song Delhi, Delhi-110007
birds [BT/PR4984/MED/30/752/2012]
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Dr. Khalid Majid Fazili

13/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4030000.00
382 Effect of stress on cellular Localization and

Prof. Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi
expression profiling of stress response proteins in University of Kashmir Srinagar,
human oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
[BT/PR6620/MED/30/879/2012]
25/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2949000.00
383 EXPLORING THE MECHANISM OF VIPER VENOMS Dr. Kemparaju K

INDUCED PERSISTENT LOCAL TISSUE
University of Mysore Mysore,
DESTRUCTION: INHIBITION BY
Karnataka-570005
PHYTOCHEMICALS
[BT/PR5323/MED/30/818/2012]
02/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1949000.00
384 TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF CALRETICULIN

TRANSACETYLASE MEDIATED HISTONES
HYPERACETYLATION INDUCED EPIGENETIC
MODULATION BY POLYPHENOLIC ACETATES IN
GENES IMPLICATED IN LUNG TUMORIGENESIS
[BT/PR6350/MED/30/861/2012]
Dr. Vishwajeet Rohil

Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute
Delhi, Delhi-110007
26/09/2013
1 Years 6 Month
3216000.00
385 Dissecting the role of Sfrp1 (Secreted frizzledrelated protein 1) in hair follicle stem cell
regulation [BT/PR7526/MED/31/209/2013]
Dr. SANJEEV KASHINATH

WAGHMARE
19/03/2014
3 Years 0 Month
7320000.00
386 Treatment of Large Segmental Bone Defects with

Custom Made Triphasic Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds
Loaded with Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells
in Children. [BT/PR5424/MED/31/162/2012]
Dr. Vrisha Madhuri

13/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5687000.00
387 Basic characterization and analysis of growth

factors secreted by Wharton's jelly mesenchymal
stem cells under conditions of hypoxia.
[BT/PR7932/MED/31/211/2013]
Dr. Malancha Ta
19/03/2014
Ranaghat, West Bengal-741252
2 Years 0 Month
3275200.00
388 Isolation and characterization of EpCAM+ cell

populations in Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular
Carcinoma (HCC) to target cancer stem cells
[BT/PR5343/MED/31/157/2012]
Dr. Nirupma Trehanpati

2 Years 0 Month
4061600.00

381 A STUDY OF NATURAL OSMOLYTES AS
POTENTIAL THERAPEUTICS FOR Z a1ANTITRYPSIN (ZAT) INDUCED CHRONIC
OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
AND LIVER CIRRHOSIS
[BT/PR7240/MED/30/915/2012]
MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY - STEM CELL BIOLOGY
17/05/2013
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MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY - STEM CELL BIOLOGY

389 Possible utility of human umbilical cord blood or
placenta derived Mesenchymal Stem cells for
toxicity studies [BT/PR6036/MED/31/170/2012]
Dr. Balakrishna Murthy Prakhya

25/07/2013
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
1 Years 0 Month
3312000.00
390 Establishment of an assay using human

embryonic stem cell derived cardiac precursors
from KIND2 cells for cytotoxicity testing
[BT/PR5391/MED/31/159/2012]
Dr. Simran Tandon

25/04/2013
1 Years 6 Month
4566800.00
391 National Mouse Research Resource (NaMoR)

[BT/PR5981/MED/31/181/2012]
Dr. Sumantra Chattarji

19/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
333500000.0
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392 Studying the Effect of oral feeding of

nutraceuticals belonging to the class of
polyunsaturated fatty acids on hematopoiesis
and Thrombopoiesis of mice.
[BT/PR4930/MED/31/150/2012]
Dr. Lalita S Limaye

23/04/2013
2 Years 0 Month
2808400.00
393 Identification and development of a potential

stem cell growth factor from the peri-vitelline
fluid of the fertilized eggs of the Indian
horseshoe crab for its application in stem cell
research [BT/PR8183/MED/31/217/2013]
Dr. taruna madan

21/03/2014
3 Years 0 Month
3908200.00
394 Designing And Assessment Of A Dynamic

Perfusion Bioreactor For Polymer Guided Bone
Regeneration By Using Mesenchymal Stem Cells
[BT/PR8056/MED/31/215/2013]
Dr. Parcha Sreenivasa Rao

21/03/2014
warangal Warangal, Andhra Pradesh506004
1 Years 6 Month
1110200.00
Dr. Smita Kulkarni

National Aids Research Institute
3 Years 0 Month
6264200.00
3 Years 0 Month
3963548.00
Medical Biotechnology -HIV/AIDS and Microbicides

395 Identification of Anti-HIV leads from plant
sources and determination of mechanism of
action. [BT/PR7827/MED/108/16/2013]
24/05/2013
MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY- HUMAN DEVELOPMENTAL AND DISEASE BIOLOGY (HDDB)

396 Role of maternal fatty acids on angiogenic factors Dr. Sanjay Basak
in the first trimester placenta and their invasive National Institute of Nutrition
properties: implication to feto-placental growth
and development [BT/PR6946/MED/97/89/2012]
25/07/2013
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12/12/2013
5 Years 0 Month
488532596.2
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MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY- HUMAN DEVELOPMENTAL AND DISEASE BIOLOGY (HDDB)

397 Inter Institutional Program for Maternal,
Neonatal and Infant Sciences-A translational
approach to studying Preterm Birth
[BT/PR9983/MED/97/194/2013]
Dr. Shinjini Bhatnagar

Haryana-122016
MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY-VACCINE RESEARCH AND DIAGNOS

398 Indo-US Program on Human Immunity to
Chikungunya Virus [BT/MB/IndoUS/VAP/06/2013]
Dr. Pratima Ray

10/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
20821832.00
399 B and T cell responses to rotavirus infection and

vaccination in Indian infants [BT/MB/INDOUS/HIPC/01/2013]
Dr. Gagandeep Kang

06/09/2013
2 Years 0 Month
10406008.00
400 Host determinants in the eicosanoid pathway

modulate the inflammatory response, disease
outcome, and treatment responsiveness in TB
[BT/MB/INDO-US/RePORT/06/2013-2014]
Dr. Devasahyam Jesudas Christopher 25/03/2014

3 Years 0 Month
24253960.00
401 Development of virus-like particle (VLP) of

Dr. Niraj Kumar Singh
Japanese encephalitis virus as a potential vaccine Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and
candidate [BT/PR7236/MED/15/94/2013]
Animal Science University Ludhiana,
Punjab-141001
28/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3827600.00
402 Innate Predictors of Adaptive BCG and HBV

Vaccine-induce Responses in Bangalore
Adolescents [BT/MB/Indo-US/HIPC/04/2013]
Prof. Annapurna Vyakarnam

18/10/2013
2 Years 0 Month
16016192.00
403 Development of Novel Targeted Nanotherapeutics against HIV-1 [BT/MB/Indo-US/II/01/2013]
Prof. Rinti Banerjee

21/10/2013
2 Years 0 Month
4974000.00
404 Biomarkers for Risk of TB and for TB Treatment

Failure and Relapse
[BT/PR8941/MED/15/108/2013]
Dr. Gautam Roy

Pondicherry-605006
18/10/2013
5 Years 0 Month
22552900.00
405 Identify immunologic markers of persons at

highest risk of progression of latent tuberculosis
infection to tuberculosis
[BT/PR9622/MED/15/109/2013]
Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi Valluri

Lepra - Blue Peter Research Centre
18/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
14859552.00
406 Effects of Diabetes on Tuberculosis Serverity.

[BT/MB/INDO-US/REPORT/03/2013-14]
Dr. VIJAY VISWANATHAN

M.V.Hospital for Diabetes (P) Ltd
18/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
14566624.00
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407 Cohort for TB Research by the Indo-US Medical

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
Partnership [BT/MB/INDO-US/REPORT/01/2013- National Institute for Research in
14]
Tuberculosis Chennai, Tamilnadu600031
14/10/2013
5 Years 0 Month
54262520.00
408 Neonatal immune profiles: infections and

toxicants [BT/MB/INDO-US/HIPC/05/2013-14]
03/03/2014
2 Years 0 Month
8808576.00
409 Immune signatures of responses to infection with Prof. Ravi Vasanthapuram

Dengue virus [BT/MB/Indo-US/HIPC/02/2013]
Karnataka-560029
25/03/2014
2 Years 0 Month
6548800.00
410 Development of Maturation Inhibitors as a

Globally Effective Class of Antiretroviral
[BT/MB/Indo-US/I-I/02/2013]
Dr. Ritu Gaur

South Asian University New Delhi,
Delhi-110021
07/10/2013
2 Years 0 Month
3947600.00
411 Development of standardized, efficacious and

safe herbal preparation for visceral leishmaniasis
(Kala-Azar) and study of its chemistry, biology
and toxicity [BT/PR4712/PBD/17/785/2012]
Dr. Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur

Balaji Utthan Sansthan, Kala-Azar
Research Centre Patna, Bihar800001
07/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5566424.00
412 Macrophage-mediated inflammation and its

regulation by food substances and Ayurvedic
rasayana(s) [BT/PR6013/PBD/17/838/2012]
Dr. Rajavashisth Tripathi

20/03/2014
3 Years 0 Month
2765000.16
413 ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTIVE Dr. A Abdul Rahuman

ANTIMALARIAL COMPOUNDS FROM SOUTH
C. Abdul Hakeem College Vellore,
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS
Tamilnadu-632509
[BT/PR936/PBD/17/740/2011]
07/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4030048.00
414 Prophylactic potential of the extract of the bark

of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.ex.Dc.) Wight & Arn.
in preventing osteoporosis
[BT/PR7658/PBD/17/842/2013]
Prof. Balanehru Subramanian

Central Inter-Disciplinary Research
Facility Pondicherry, Pondicherry607402
23/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3180016.80
415 Chemical Profiling of essential oils from

Cymbopogon distans and Cupressus torulosa and
developing anti-dermatophytic herbal formulation
from essential oil of Trachyspermum ammi
[BT/PR10813/PBD/17/889/2014]
Prof. Shailja Pant

Dolphin Institute of Biomedical And
Natural Sciences Salem,
Uttarakhand-248007
24/02/2014
3 Years 0 Month
3721000.32
416 Development of oral bioavailability enhancer(s)

for selected anti-HIV drug(s) using Indian herb
(s) by KADME approach
[BT/PR4849/PBD/17/780/2012]
Dr. Sachin S Bhusari

DR. Babasaheb Ambedkar
Marathwada University Aurangabad,
Maharashtra-431003
14/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1913016.00
MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY-VACCINE RESEARCH AND DIAGNOS
Dr. Satyajit Rath

MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS
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417 Comparative Phytochemical and Pharmacology

studies of Medicinal Plant Substitute for Meda
and Mahameda Two Endangered Astavarga
Drugs of Ayurveda
[BT/PR5906/PBD/17/805/2012]
Dr. Padma Venkat

FOUNDATION FOR REVITALISATION
OF LOCAL HEALTH TRADITIONS
27/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2243000.24
418 Development of herbal product for urolithiasis

from Tribulus terrestris
[BT/PR7290/PBD/17/853/2013]
Prof. Chanderdeep Tandon

24/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5223024.00
419 Effect of Risperidone and Withania somnifera

treatment alone and in combination on
behavioral and molecular parameters in a
modified Valproic Acid induced model of Autistic
Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and experimentally
induced epilepsy in rats.
[BT/PR7555/PBD/17/845/2013]
Dr. Bikash Medhi

27/12/2013
Chandigarh-160012
3 Years 0 Month
4952000.00
MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS
420 Development of standardized herbal drug against Prof. Rabindranath Padhy

urinary tract bacterial infections
Siksha O Anusandhan University
[BT/PR8214/PBD/17/863/2013]
Bhubaneswar, Orissa-751030
11/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2845002.40
421 Ecotyping, chemotyping and genotyping of some Prof. sanghamitra Nayak

important drug yielding plants of Eastern India
for authentic identification,selection and
conservation of elites
[BT/PR7953/PBD/17/855/2013]
04/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
7646002.88
422 Molecular marker based assessment of genetic

diversity of some threatened medicinal tree
species of Eastern Ghats and their ex situ
conservation [BT/PR10650/PBD/17/882/2013]
18/03/2014
3 Years 0 Month
3846000.32
423 Investigation of signaling mechanisms involved in Dr. Meriga M Balaji

12/09/2013
adipogenesis and obesity from bioactive factors
Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati,
isolated from selected piper species
[BT/PR7799/PBD/17/849/2013]
3 Years 0 Month
2476006.00
424 Studies on the anti-inflammatory and

immunomodulatory effects of Solanum
xanthocarpum and Albizia lebbeck in
experimental models of bronchial asthma
[BT/PR9222/PBD/17/886/2013]
3 Years 0 Month
4114000.12
Dr. Manoj Kumar Panda

Dr. Kavita Gulati

Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute
Delhi, Delhi-110007
10/03/2014
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09/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
9134600.00
426 Nanoparticle based siRNA delivery for in vivo

Dr. Nimai Chand Chandra
21/10/2013
silencing of oxidized-LDL-receptor (LOX-1) on
monocyte/macrophage cells by specific siRNA
Sciences, Patna Patna, Bihar-801505
and its impact on the plasma level of
proinflammatory cytokines ---- a study in animal
model. [BT/PR5573/NNT/28/596/2012]
3 Years 0 Month
16085216.00
427 Gold nanoparticles based dipstick system for

quick detection of mushroom toxins
[BT/PR6709/NNT/28/624/2012]
Dr. Robin Chandra Boro

24/05/2013
Assam-785013
3 Years 0 Month
3471400.00
428 INTERACTION OF CARBON-BASED

NANOMATERIALS WITH BLOOD PLATELETS:
DEVELOPMENT OF BIOSENSOR AGAINST
HYPERACTIVE PLATELETS IN CIRCULATION
[BT/PR13748/NNT/28/477/2010]
Dr. Debabrata Dash

01/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
8630000.00
429 Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of

Dr. Biswajit Ray
Novel Aliphatic Polyketal Based Amphiphilic Block Banaras Hindu University Varanasi,
Copolymers [BT/PR889/NNT/28/570/2011]
13/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
11238900.00
430 Development of plant virus-like particles (VLPs)

as nanocarriers and study of their structural
dynamics [BT/PR6711/NNT/28/622/2012]
Prof. Handanahal S Savithri

01/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
16558300.00
431 Engineering lipid-peptide conjugated nanoscale

delivery system for delivering siRNA
[BT/PR6761/NNT/28/619/2012]
Dr. Rituparna Sinha Roy

04/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4998400.00
432 Colorimetric detection of UCHL1 using gold

nanoparticles for rapid diagnosis of brain injury
[BT/PR6663/NNT/28/627/2012]
Dr. Anindya Roy

Pradesh-502205
09/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2670000.00
433 Direct Detection of enteric fever in blood by

evanescent-wave optical illumination
[BT/PR6773/NNT/28/672/2013]
Dr. Ravikrishnan Elangovan

10/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
8319000.00
434 Synthesis, Characterization and Delivery of

Nanoparticles Containing Peptide Inhibitors of
Polyglutamine Aggregation in Huntingtons
disease [BT/PR7705/NNT/28/656/2013]
Prof. Ashwani Kumar Thakur

24/06/2013
2 Years 0 Month
3506000.00
NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATION IN BIOL

425 Development of novel nanoparticle based
hepatitis B (HBV) vaccine with enhanced antigen
presentation and prolonged immunity
[BT/PR6686/NNT/28/626/2012]
Dr. Amit Kumar Dinda

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435 Mitigation of Microbial Induced Corrosion by
Dr. A K Singh
03/07/2013
Nanobioproducts [BT/PR4131/NNT/28/575/2011] INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
ROORKEE Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh247667
3 Years 0 Month
2698600.00
436 Early Translational Study Of Orally Administered

Nanoparticulate Carriers For Pulmonary Targeting
Of Anti-Tubercular Drug Combinations
[BT/PR6736/NNT/28/652/2013]
15/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
10149680.00
437 Developing and validating a single protocol based Dr. Pushkar Kulkarni
24/06/2013
zebrafish model for preclinical safety assessment Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad
of nanotherapeutics.
[BT/PR7048/NNT/28/635/2012]
3 Years 0 Month
4812000.00
438 Development and evaluation of green tea

catechins based intravaginal nanoemulsion gel
for the treatment of urinary tact infections
[BT/PR7215/NNT/28/654/2013]
Dr. Shweta Dang

Technology University, Solan Solan,
01/07/2013
1 Years 6 Month
1599400.00
439 Targeted Delivery of Nanoparticle to Enhance

DR5-DDX3 Mediated Apoptosis in Tumor
Environment [BT/PR6743/NNT/28/614/2012]
Dr. Mahendran Botlagunta

21/06/2013
Koneru Lakshmaiah College of
Engineering Guntur, Andhra Pradesh522502
3 Years 0 Month
4295100.00
Prof. Padma V Devarajan

Maharashtra-400019
440 Optimization and identification of cellular targets Dr. G Kumaresan

of potential cancer therapeutic drug candidates
by nanoparticle mediated capture assays
Tamilnadu-625021
[BT/PR6769/NNT/28/616/2012]
14/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4839600.00
441 Functionalization of Gold Electrode with Self

Assembled Monolayer (SAM) and Single walled
Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) for recognition of
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
[BT/PR4069/NNT/28/572/2011]
Dr. N K Shukla
Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate
College Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh273001
05/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5858120.00
442 Phospholipid Based Nanomaterials as Novel

Therapeutics for Cancer
[BT/PR6668/NNT/28/625/2012]
Prof. Avinash Bajaj

Regional Centre For
Haryana-122016
04/10/2013
1 Years 6 Month
2972400.00
443 Fabrication of Neurospecific nanogels for

targeted drug delivery, molecular imaging and
analysis in APO-E-GFP Zebrafish model
[BT/PR6765/NNT/28/618/2012]
Dr. RAJESH KANNAN RAJARETINAM

06/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3593800.00
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444 Development of Biomimetic Strontium
Incorporated Nanostructured Ceramic Coatings
on Cp-Titanium for Orthopaedic Implants
[BT/PR3171/NNT/28/564/2011]
Dr. P V Mohanan
08/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5613000.00
445 Gold nanoparticles based simple, quick and

onsite early diagnostic kit for apple scab disease
[BT/PR6793/NNT/28/631/2012]
Dr. Subhash Chandra Yadav

12/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6876700.00
446 Genome-wide survey of lipases from Yarrowia

lipolytica: cloning, expression, biochemical
characterization and applications
[BT/PR4294/NDB/39/248/2012]
Prof. Rani Gupta

13/03/2014
Delhi, Delhi-110021
3 Years 0 Month
4443000.00
447 Validation of a screen for the identification of

Inhibitors of Carbapenemases from Microbial
Biodiversity [BT/PR5801/NDB/39/242/2012]
Dr. Rama Vaidyanathan

26/09/2013
DR. M. G. R. Educational & Research
Institute Chennai, Tamilnadu-600095
2 Years 0 Month
3311600.00
448 In vitro production of doubled Haploids in Tea

[BT/PR3952/NDB/39/243/2012]
Dr. Rakhi Chaturvedi

03/03/2014
3 Years 0 Month
6458000.00
449 Development and Validation of High Throughput

Methods for Screening of Antimicrobial Peptides
from Lactic Acid Bacteria
[BT/PR8911/NDB/39/423/2013]
Dr. Santosh K Tiwari

Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak, Haryana-124001
11/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4460000.00
450 Screening of Mosquito Larvicidal Toxin

Producing Microbes
[BT/PR5828/NDB/39/246/2012]
Dr. Satish Vitthal Patil

North Maharashtra University
Jalgaon, Maharashtra-425001
27/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3686200.00
451 Biofortification of Selenium in Edible Mushrooms

from Se-rich Crop Residues
[BT/PR6741/NDB/39/251/2012]
Dr. Tejo Prakash Nagaraja

Thapar University Patiala, Punjab147004
22/08/2013
2 Years 0 Month
2425600.00
452 Molecular analysis of fruit development and

ripening of Hippophae salicifolia of Sikkim
Himalayas using high throughput sequencingbased gene profiling.
[BT/PR7206/NDB/39/258/2012]
Dr. Raju Bharalee

Guwahati Guwahati, Assam-781036
07/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5804700.00
NATIONAL BIO-RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD - BIOPROSPECTING
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PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
453 Evaluation of cytogenetic diversity in some
genera of Cucurbitaceae and characterization of
sex linked genes in Coccinia through SCAR
marker approach.
[BT/PR3919/PBD/16/959/2011]
Prof. Sumita Jha

Bengal-700073
01/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4318200.00
454 GENETIC DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT,

PROPAGATION AND CONSERVATION OF
MARWAR TEAK [TECOMELLA UNDULATA (SM.)
SEEM] AN IMPORTANT TIMBER TREE OF ARID
DESERT HEADING TOWARDS EXTINCTION
[BT/PR6558/PBD/16/998/2012]
Dr. Rajwant Kaur Kalia

Central Arid Zone Research Institute
Jodhpur, Rajasthan-342003
31/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4747600.00
455 Delay of fruit ripening of tomato by expression of Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma
25/06/2013
mutant etr1-1 gene encoding ethylene receptor
of Arabidopsis [BT/PR3550/PBD/16/947/2011]
Delhi, Delhi-110021
3 Years 0 Month
2684600.00
456 Biotechnological interventions for establishment

of own rooted progeny orchard of some stone
fruits. [BT/PR5807/PBD/16/993/2012]
Dr. Manisha Thakur

Dr. YS Parmar University of
Horticulture and Forestry Solan,
01/07/2013
5 Years 0 Month
2873040.00
457 Development of an on-site diagnostic kit for

Cardamom mosaic virus
[BT/PR5967/PBD/16/991/2012]
Dr. Jebasingh Tennyson

Tamilnadu-625021
01/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2892800.00
458 Functional genomics approaches in

Prof. Nikhil Kumar Chrungoo
understanding the regulation of synthesis and
accumulation of apocarotenoids in saffron crocus Shillong, Meghalaya-793022
(Crocus sativus L.)
[BT/PR5397/PBD/16/974/2012]
18/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
29215600.00
459 Developing Cold Tolerant Tomato by Expression

of Novel Cold Induced Gene From Brassica
Oleracea [BT/PR4865/PBD/16/972/2012]
02/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4239600.00
460 Enzymatic approach to control celiac disease

leading to an alternative treatment strategy
[BT/PR7141/FNS/20/696/2012]
Dr. Chitrangada Das Mukhopadhyay 09/01/2014

Bengal Engineering And Science
University, Shibpur Howrah, West
Bengal-711103
1 Years 0 Month
1942800.00
461 Development of indigenous hypoimmunogenic

wheat based food products targeting Celiacs
[BT/PR7033/FNS/20/684/2012]
Dr. PICHAN PRABHASANKAR

24/07/2013
Mysore Mysore, Karnataka-570020
2 Years 0 Month
4741200.00
Dr. Riffat John

PUBLIC HEALTH FOOD AND NUTRITION
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462 Probiotics for Antigen Delivery
[BT/PR7274/FNS/20/712/2012]
Dr. Rajagopal kammara

29/08/2013
Mysore Mysore, Punjab-570020
3 Years 0 Month
4145400.00
463 Development of gluten free wheat foods using

potential indigenous Lactobacillus spp.
[BT/PR7089/FNS/20/734/2013]
Dr. Gayathri Devaraja

Davangere University Davangere,
Karnataka-577002
14/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2300000.00
464 Ascertaining Immunoreactivity of gliadin isolated Prof. Dalbir Singh Sogi

23/07/2013
from North Indian Wheat Cultivars, Probiotic
Fermented Dough and Gluten free products
Punjab-143001
[BT/PR7138/FNS/20/694/2012]
3 Years 0 Month
4250000.00
465 Development of Process Technology for the

Extraction and Purification of Ergothioneine from
Dried Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
[BT/PR7317/FNS/20/724/2012]
Dr. Prem Prakash Srivastav

30/09/2013
Bengal-721302
2 Years 0 Month
771200.00
466 To study the additive predictability of Non-HLA

markers in first degree relatives of children with
celiac disease. [BT/PR6635/PFN/20/767/2013]
Dr. Seema Kapoor

Maulana Azad Medical College New
Delhi, Delhi-110002
21/10/2013
1 Years 0 Month
1198000.00
467 Identification of celiac disease epitopes in Indian Dr. MONIKA GARG

wheat cultivars and their modulation by RNAi and National Agri - Food Biotechnology
breeding approaches
Institute Mohali, Punjab-160071
[BT/PR7356/FNS/20/706/2012]
30/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2565000.00
468 Nutrigenomic approach to understand the role of Dr. Mahendra Bishnoi

Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channel
National Agri - Food Biotechnology
activating Food components in adipose tissue
Institute Mohali, Punjab-160071
inflammation [BT/PR7674/FNS/20/736/2013]
05/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3900000.00
469 Anti-diarrheal mechanism of Zinc: Effect on

epithelial ion transport and barrier function
[BT/PR6462/FNS/20/669/2012]
Dr. Mirajul Hoque Kazi

National Institute of Cholera And
Enteric Diseases Kolkata, West
Bengal-700010
23/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5150000.00
470 "Proteasome Inhibitory Potential of cinnamon

extract in prostate cancer: In vitro and In vivo
studies". [BT/PR7173/FNS/20/698/2012]
Dr. Ayesha Ismail

23/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4020000.00
471 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTATION OF DIETARY

RICH COWPEA ISOFLAVONES AS A NATURAL
SOURCE ON BONE FORMATION AND ITS
INTRACELLULAR ROLE IN THE DIET INDUCED
RAT MODEL OF OSTEOPOROSIS
[BT/PR7367/FNS/20/705/2012]
Dr. challa suresh

05/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2535000.00
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472 Identification of species specific peptide
biomarkers using high throuhgput proteomic
approaches [BT/PR7825/FNS/20/742/2013]
Dr. Naveena Basappa Maheswarappa 21/10/2013

National Research Center on Meat
3 Years 0 Month
3407400.00
473 Characterization of probiotics of non-dairy origin

from Northeast Characterization of probiotics of
non-dairy origin from Northeast India
[BT/PR7343/FNS/20/738/2013]
Dr. Santa Ram Joshi

30/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4535000.00
474 Diet, inflammation and cardio-metabolic

outcomes in a longitudinal birth cohort
[BT/PR6172/FNS/20/609/2012]
Dr. Preet Kaur Dhillon

Public Health Foundation of India
29/08/2013
1 Years 0 Month
2814440.00
475 Process optimization for recovery and purification

of Zein and xanthophylls (resp. valuable maize
proteins and pigments) and its stability
application in food products.
[BT/PR5884/FNS/20/680/2012]
Dr. Dinesh Kumar

21/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1620000.00
476 Wheat flour modification by bacterial, enzymatic, Dr. Adil Gani

and chemical interventions to combact coeliac
disorders [BT/PR7311/FNS/20/717/2012]
23/07/2013
1 Years 0 Month
639200.00
477 Food-derived glycotoxins and their effect on

inflammation: protective role of natural
antioxidants-gallic acid and curcumin
[BT/PR6259/FNS/20/587/2012]
21/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3168000.00
Dr. R Anandham
14/08/2013
Agriculture College And Research
Institute Madurai, Tamilnadu-625104
3 Years 0 Month
1613000.00
Dr. Elangovan Vellaichamy

University of Madras Chennai,
Tamilnadu-600005
RAPID - GENERAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

478 Manipulation of the gut bacteria of extremely
polyphagous species of
mealybug - Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera:
Pseudococcidae) to develop a novel pest
management strategy. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6430/GBD/27/412/2012]
479 Molecular identification and DNA barcoding of fish Dr. M Thangaraj

larvae in Vellar estuary (RGYI)
Annamalai University Cuddalore,
[BT/PR6419/GBD/27/434/2012]
Tamilnadu-608002
31/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1536600.00
480 Elucidation of the degradation mechanism of a

mixture of four reactive azo dyes by
Comamonas sp. VS-MH2: A unique strategy
towards water pollution abatement (RGYI)
[BT/PR6598/GBD/27/448/2012]
31/07/2013
2 Years 0 Month
941800.00
Dr. Kishor Kishor Chauhan

Ashok And Rita Patel Institute Of
Integrated Study And Research In
Biotechnology And Allied Sciences
Vallabh Vidhyanagar, Gujarat388121
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31/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4001600.00
Dr. Akhil Ranjan Baruah

18/10/2013
Assam-785013
3 Years 0 Month
3673000.00

481 Molecular mechanisms underlying neurotoxicity
Dr. Anupom Borah
of L-DOPA- induced endogenous molecule in
Assam (Central) University, Silchar
Parkinsons disease- Effect if antioxidants.(RGYI) Silchar, Assam-788011
[BT/PR6806/GBD/27/480/2012]
482 Molecular Breeding for Early heading Date in
Boro Rice of Assam.(RGYI)
[BT/PR6877/GBD/27/484/2012]
483 Strain Improvement of Fungal Cell Factory Pichia Dr. Himanshu Kishore prasad
pastoris Using Functional Genomics Approaches. Assam University Silchar, Assam(RGYI) [BT/PR6808/GBD/27/481/2012]
788011
04/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3515000.00
484 Biomethanation and bioconversion of

marine weeds (Ulva sp. and Laminaria
sp.) under natural and halophilic condition
[BT/PR9050/GBD/27/502/2013]
Dr. S Rajkumar
24/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2366200.00
485 Development of efficient bioleaching process for

the metal recovery from
spent catalysts.(RGYI)
[BT/PR6362/GBD/27/408/2012]
Dr. Saroj Sundar Baral

Birla Institute of Technology &
Sciences, Goa Goa, Goa-403726
07/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2656600.00
486 Non-Invasive Delivery of siRNA to Treat

Melanoma. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6543/GBD/27/449/2012]
Dr. Venkata Vamsi Krishna Venuganti 30/12/2013

3 Years 0 Month
2284800.00
487 Novel biomarker responses to validate acute

toxicity of engineered nanoparticles and their
physicochemical interactions in earthworm as a
model bio indicator of nano(eco)toxicology
(RGYI) [BT/PR6592/GBD/27/446/2012]
Dr. P Sankar Ganesh

07/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1407800.00
488 Biophysical and Structural Aspects of Oncogenic

G-Quartets bound to Drugs: Screening, High
Resolution NMR and Low Resolution
Spectroscopy. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6627/GBD/27/440/2012]
Dr. Subhrangsu Chatterjee

08/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3055000.00
489 Integrating Genomics and Plant Breeding to

Develop Nutritionally Enhanced Chickpea (Cicer
arietinum L.) (RGYI)
[BT/PR6477/GBD/27/428/2012]
Dr. J Aravind Kumar

Central Arid Zone Research Institute
Jodhpur, Rajasthan-342003
3 Years 0 Month
2785000.00
23/01/2014
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490 Characterization of the role of human DNA ligase Dr. Dibyendu Banerjee
I in lagging strand DNA synthesis and DNA
replication (RGYI)
[BT/PR6421/GBD/27/436/2012]
24/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3738000.00
491 CHARACTERIZATION, TRANSMISSION AND

CYTOPATHOLOGY
OF INFECTIOUS FLACHERIE AND
CYTOPLASMIC POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS IN MUGA
SILKWORM, ANTHERAEA ASSAMENSIS HELFER
(RGYI) [BT/PR6564/GBD/27/455/2012]
Dr. Mahananda Chutia

Central Muga Eri Research& Training
Institute Jorhat, Assam-785700
18/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2635000.00
492 Understanding host pathogen interaction in

Aquilaria malaccensis and molecular mechanism
of agarwood formation. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6346/GBD/27/405/2012]
Dr. Sofia Banu

13/05/2013
Gauhati University Guwahati, Assam781014
3 Years 0 Month
3920000.00
493 Development of meganuclease for targeted

genome engineering in rice.(RGYI)
[BT/PR6553/GBD/27/452/2012]
Dr. Vikrant Nain

05/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1857800.00
494 Investigations on the role of Hepatitis B virus X

protein (HBx) in cancer stem cell-mediated
initiation and progression of hepatocellular
carcinoma. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6356/GBD/27/407/2012]
Dr. Savneet kaur

03/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3278400.00
495 EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS/METALLOIDS

Dr. santosh kumar prajapati
CONTAMINATION OF SEWAGE ON
MICRONUCLEUS INDUCTION IN Allium cepa AND Chhattisgarh-495009
ON MICROBIAL ENZYME ACTIVITIES. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6388/GBD/27/410/2012]
27/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2690000.00
496 Cloning, expression and structural studies on

purine salvage pathway enzymes from
Leishmania
donovani (RGYI) [BT/PR6495/GBD/27/417/2012]
Dr. Anju Pappachan

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED
RESEARCH Gandhinagar, Gujarat382007
27/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2192800.00
497 Modulation of TLR5 mediated T regulatory

functions in cholera vaccine
reactogenicity.(RGYI)
[BT/PR6611/GBD/27/443/2012]
Dr. Reena Agrawal Rajput

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED
RESEARCH Gandhinagar, Gujarat382007
07/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2535000.00
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498 Analysis and Identification of key proteins/
factors involved in self/non-self recognition in
Oryza sativa (RGYI)
[BT/PR6718/GBD/27/462/2012]
Dr. Anjana Devi Tangutur

Pradesh-500007
23/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2040000.00
499 Isolation and Screening of Biodegradable

polyhydroxyalkanoates from Bacteria and
Archebacteria for the Production of Bio-plastics
(RGYI) [BT/PR6606/GBD/27/445/2012]
Dr. Vikash Babu

18/09/2013
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE
MEDICINE (CSIR) Jammu, Jammu
And Kashmir-180001
3 Years 0 Month
1927200.00
500 Accelerating diffuse optical tomographic image

reconstruction using Graphics Processing Units
and Multi-core Architectures (RGYI)
[BT/PR6494/GBD/27/415/2012]
Dr. Phaneendra Kumar Yalavarthy

04/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1833800.00
501 Chemical methodology hinged on peptide-protein Dr. Vishal Rai

22/11/2013
interaction for site-selective
protein labeling. (RGYI)
and Research (IISER), Bhopal
[BT/PR6417/GBD/27/432/2012]
3 Years 0 Month
1945000.00
502 Functional Characterization of the operating

Hs40:Hs70 chaperone network in Plants (RGYI)
[BT/PR6885/GBD/27/488/2012]
Dr. CHANDAN SAHI

01/08/2013
and Research (IISER), Bhopal
3 Years 0 Month
3397200.00
503 Developmental Control of Mitochondrial

Morphology [BT/PR4167/GBD/27/461/2012]
Dr. Richa Rikhy

04/09/2013
Maharashtra-411021
3 Years 0 Month
2500000.00
504 Molecular Motor Driven Centrosomal

Microtubule Motility: Mechanics and Spatiotemporal Organization (RGYI)
[BT/PR6715/GBD/27/463/2012]
Dr. Chaitanya Anil Athale

03/09/2013
Maharashtra-411021
3 Years 0 Month
1392200.00
505 Engineered Novel Lipopeptide Detergents for

Structural Studies of
Integral Membrane Proteins (RGYI)
[BT/PR6458/GBD/27/418/2012]
Dr. Rituparna Sinha Roy

23/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4658000.00
506 Functional study of drosophila -glucuronidase

for developing a fly
model of mucopolysaccharidosis VII (RGYI)
[BT/PR6423/GBD/27/437/2012]
Dr. Rupak Datta

03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1599000.00
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507 Molecular determinants of catalytically inactive
variants, MMS2 and UEV1A, for specificity of
UBC13-E3 ligase interaction in signaling innate
immune response and post-replication DNA
repair.(RGYI) [BT/PR6313/GBD/27/400/2012]
Dr. Raghavendra Nidhanapati

Karanam
Pradesh-502205
04/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2667800.00
508 Characterization of Cell Penetrating Peptides as

antimicrobials against Plant Pathogens (RGYI)
[BT/PR6167/GBD/27/368/2012]
Dr. Archana Chugh

18/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2330000.00
509 Understanding the role of cellular cross talks for

cartilage tissue repair using a 3D co-culture
tissue model (RGYI)
[BT/PR6889/GBD/27/490/2012]
Dr. BIMAN B MANDAL

07/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3706000.00
510 Development of An Improved Biobleaching

Combination For Application In Paper Industry.
(RGYI) [BT/PR6343/GBD/27/404/2012]
Dr. Abhay Raj

Indian Institute of Toxicology
Research Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh226001
23/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2147200.00
511 Enteric bacterial pathogens: Molecular

epidemiology and development of rapid
screening assays
[BT/PR15148/GBD/27/339/2011]
Dr. Deepak Bhiwa Rawool

INSTITUTE- UTTAR PRADESH
22/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3377000.12
512 Mechanism Underlying Hsp70 Mediated

Regulation of Hsp90 Function (RGYI)
[BT/PR6463/GBD/27/420/2012]
Dr. Deepak Kumar Sharma

INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL
Chandigarh-160036
22/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3797800.00
513 STUDY OF GENETIC FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE Dr. Medha Rajappa

PATHOGENESIS OF
PSORIASIS VULGARIS (RGYI)
[BT/PR6033/GBD/27/373/2012]
Pondicherry-605006
27/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2970000.00
514 Development of a multicompartment in vitro

Dr. Gunjan Goel
model of the human gastrointestinal tract (RGYI) Jaypee Institute of Information
[BT/PR6119/GBD/27/370/2012]
Technology University, Solan Solan,
22/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3096600.00
Dr. Harish Changotra

22/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1780000.00
515 Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

in the transcriptional regulatory
region of autophagy gene, UKL1 and their role in
susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B
virus infection (RGYI)
[BT/PR6784/GBD/27/466/2012]
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24/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3935000.00
517 Physiological and molecular approaches to water Dr. Hrishikesh Upadhyaya

stress tolerance and
Karimganj College, Assam
recovery in Rice: Role of Zn nanoparticles.
Karimganj, Assam-788710
(RGYI) [BT/PR6760/GBD/27/465/2012]
15/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3101600.00
518 Preparation and evaluation of in-situ forming

alginate
hydrogel curcumin as bioactive wound dressing
material (RGYI) [BT/PR6705/GBD/27/464/2012]
Dr. Saraswathy Nachimuthu

Kumaraguru College of Technology,
22/04/2013
2 Years 0 Month
1040000.00
519 Crosstalk between axon and glial cells: Role of

MeCP2 (RGYI) [BT/PR6081/GBD/27/492/2012]
Dr. Prakash Prabhakaran Pillai

Gujarat-390002
07/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1883000.00
520 Exploring a novel biomarker and drug

target: Role of Sestrin, a TOR (Target of
Rapamycin) inhibitor, in diabetic dyslipidemia
(RGYI) [BT/PR6550/GBD/27/451/2012]
Dr. Balachandar Venkatesan

Madras Diabetes Research
Foundation Chennai, Tamilnadu600086
26/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2792800.00
521 Biophysical Investigation on the Folding and

Aggregation of Homo-Asparagine Peptide
Repeats in Plasmodium falciparum Proteome
(RGY) [BT/PR6835/GBD/27/483/2012]
Dr. K Muruga Poopathi Raja

Tamilnadu-625021
03/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2731400.00
522 Precursor Feeding and Agrobacterium

Dr. KARUPPAN THANGAVEL
rhizogenes Mediated Transformation Strategies Madurai Kamraj University Madurai,
for Improved Production of Bioactive Principles
Tamilnadu-625021
from Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6305/GBD/27/397/2012]
14/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2620000.00
523 Transgene stacking and selectable marker

Dr. R Sripriya
elimination to engineer insect and fungal
resistance in South Indian variety of rice. (RGYI) Tamilnadu-625021
[BT/PR6255/GBD/27/395/2012]
04/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2681000.00
524 Genomics-assisted introspection of green-ear

formation due to downy mildew pathogen
infection in pearl millet (RGYI)
[BT/PR6237/GBD/27/394/2012]
31/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3805000.00

516 Zinc pyrithione-induced cardioprotection in
ischemia/reperfusion injury: Role of unfolded
protein response and proteasome function in
regulating ErbB2 protein expression.(RGYI)
[BT/PR6316/GBD/27/401/2012]
Dr. SREEDHAR BODIGA

Kakatiya University Warangal,
Dr. Dipnarayan Saha

National Bureau of Plant Genetic
Resources New Delhi, Delhi-110012
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525 Metabolomic profiling for identification of novel
potential
biomarkers in breast cancer using mass
spectrometry
and bioinformatics. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6384/GBD/27/409/2012]
Dr. Rapole Srikanth

27/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3130000.00
526 Understanding the role of FBXO31 in replicative

senescence. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6690/GBD/27/475/2012]
Dr. Manas Kumar Santra

23/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3610000.00
527 Study of the role of CD4+ regulatory T cells

(Treg) in HIV- infected immunologically
discordant individuals undergoing anti-retroviral
therapy (ART). [BT/PR6202/GBD/27/383/2012]
Dr. Vainav Vikram Patel

National Institute For Research In
Reproductive Health Mumbai,
Maharashtra-400012
22/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3240000.00
528 Determining sensitivity and specificity of Event

Related Potentials for its
use as cognitive function biomarker in
Schizophrenia (RGYI)
[BT/PR6789/GBD/27/479/2012]
Dr. Devvarta Kumar

08/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1029000.00
529 Design, synthesis, screening and evaluation of

reduced forms of amino/imino/thio 1,4naphthoquinone derivatives for anti-proliferative
properties (RGYI)
[BT/PR6565/GBD/27/456/2012]
Dr. Venkata Sai Badireenath

Konkimalla
National Institute of Science
Education And Research
09/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3348000.00
530 Genetic diversity and alternate biological function

of quinolone resistance dterminants in gram
negative opportunistic bacterial isolates. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6391/GBD/27/419/2012]
Dr. Harapriya Mohapatra

13/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2951600.00
531 Interaction between nitric oxide and TRH in the

anterior parvocellular subdivision of the
hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVNa):
Implication in regulation of food intake. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6325/GBD/27/402/2012]
Dr. Praful S Singru

10/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3771400.00
532 Cell based suspension array on magneticupconversion barcodes (RGYI)

[BT/PR6230/GBD/27/391/2012]
Dr. Supratim Giri

10/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2550000.00
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533 CONFORMATIONAL, AMYLOIDOGENIC AND
CYTOTOXIC
PROPENSITY OF HUMAN PROIAPP (RGYI)
[BT/PR6490/GBD/27/429/2012]
Dr. Suman Jha

18/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3157200.00
534 Microfluidics based interstitial-flow-mimetics for

lineage specific differentiation of human
mesenchymal stem cell. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6227/GBD/27/390/2012]
Dr. Indranil Banerjee

18/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1525000.00
535 Stability, mutagenesis and functional studies on

Fibroblast Growth Factor Homologous Factors
(RGYI) [BT/PR6073/GBD/27/377/2012]
Dr. Nandini Sarkar

23/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2808000.00
536 Structural impact of SNPs on miRNA-mediated

regulation and its
implication in cancer (RGYI)
[BT/PR6772/GBD/27/468/2012]
Dr. Bibekanand Mallick

04/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2951000.00
537 Novel Energy Production from Distillery Effluent

Treatment by Bio-electrochemical Method
[BT/PR6080/GBD/27/503/2013]
Dr. Matheswaran Manickam

Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli,
Tamilnadu-620015
21/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2280000.00
538 Investigating the effect of co-digestion and

Dr. P Venkateswara Rao
04/09/2013
advanced sludge pre-treatment
methods on the anaerobic conversion potential of warangal Warangal, Andhra Pradeshthe organic wastes.(RGYI)
506004
[BT/PR6328/GBD/27/387/2012]
3 Years 0 Month
2742800.00
539 Identification and functional characterization of

Dr. Rhitu Rai
key virulence determinants
NRC on Plant Biotechnology New
from Indian strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv
Delhi, Delhi-110012
oryzae knocking down xa13 mediated resistance.
(RGYI) [BT/PR6636/GBD/27/460/2012]
22/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3930000.00
540 Elastin Like Polypeptide (ELP) Tagged Amylase

and Xylose Isomerases: Alternative Purification
and Immobilization Technology
[BT/PR9727/GBD/27/505/2013]
22/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1193600.00
541 Cripto 1: Evaluation as a potential tumor marker Dr. Arnab Pal

04/06/2013
in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (RGYI)
[BT/PR6139/GBD/27/366/2012]
Chandigarh-160012
3 Years 0 Month
3027600.00
Dr. Darshan H Patel

P.D. Patel Institute of Applied
Sciences Anand, Gujarat-388421
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542 Exploring the utility of urine based cell culture in
the management of bladder cancer (RGYI)
[BT/PR6554/GBD/27/458/2012]
Dr. Smita Pattanaik

04/06/2013
Chandigarh-160012
3 Years 0 Month
1890000.00
543 Molecular dissection of polyamine mediated

hyper-osmotic stress tolerance
in cultivars of indica rice (RGYI)
[BT/PR6031/GBD/27/374/2012]
Dr. Bhaskar Gupta

Bengal-700073
22/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1775800.00
544 Development of Interspecific Rootstocks in Citrus Dr. Krishan Kumar

Using Embryo Rescue and DNA Marker
Technology [BT/PR7928/GBD/27/500/2013]
05/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2670400.00
545 Elucidating vitellogenin gene functions for

management of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (RGYI)
[BT/PR6513/GBD/27/426/2012]
Dr. Vikas Jindal

23/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4941800.00
546 Genetic transformation of sugarcane and

Dr. Pawan Kumar Malhotra
molecular characterization of putative transgenic Punjab Agricultural University
sugarcane plants having DREB1A gene (RGYI)
[BT/PR6518/GBD/27/425/2012]
04/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2502600.00
547 Molecular tagging of gene governing male

sterility in Gossypium arboreum L. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6524/GBD/27/431/2012]
Dr. Dharminder Pathak

23/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3702600.00
548 How Neurons Respond to Biomechanical Forces:

Implications to Brain Functions and
Neurodegeneration (RGYI)
[BT/PR6331/GBD/27/403/2012]
Dr. Rashmi Mishra

Kerala-695014
10/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3856000.00
549 Molecular Basis for Silencing of the Spindle

Assembly Checkpoint. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6420/GBD/27/435/2012]
Dr. Sivaram VS Mylavarapu

Regional Centre For
Haryana-122016
22/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3557400.00
550 Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy for RealTime Breath Analysis: a Next-Generation

Diagnostics in Modern Medicine (RGYI)
[BT/PR6683/GBD/27/477/2012]
Dr. Manik Pradhan

S.N. Bose National Centre For Basic
Sciences Kolkata, West Bengal700098
14/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3510000.00
551 Novel amphiphilic polymer drug conjugates for

RNA targeting [BT/PR7703/GBD/27/493/2013]
Dr. Jinu George

20/09/2013
Sacred Heart College Cochin, Kerala682013
3 Years 0 Month
1472200.00
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552 Early Biomarkers Identification of Urological
Cancer In Blood Samples Using
Proteometabolomic Method. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6547/GBD/27/450/2012]
Dr. Ashish Gupta

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate
Institute of Medical Sciences
07/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3652600.00
553 Identification and characterization of

hypovirulence factors from Rosellinia necatrix
causing white root rot on apple (RGYI)
[BT/PR6464/GBD/27/430/2012]
Dr. saurabh Kulshreshtha

30/12/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2785000.00
554 Functional and Structural Characterization of

Ribosome Inactivating
Protein with Lectin Activity from Momordica
dioica (RGYI) [BT/PR6783/GBD/27/487/2012]
Dr. Navneet Singh Chaudhary

Sir Padampat Singhania University,
Udaipur Udaipur, Rajasthan-313601
18/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1836600.00
555 Antimicrobial resistance in enteric fever causing

and gastroenteritis causing Salmonella spp.
(RGYI) [BT/PR6525/GBD/27/427/2012]
Dr. Godfred Antony Menezes

04/06/2013
Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital
3 Years 0 Month
1257800.00
556 Complete chloroplast genome sequencing and

transcripts analysis of major edible oil
seed crops from India. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6394/GBD/27/422/2012]
Dr. N Purushothaman
SRM University, Kattankulathur
15/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3445000.00
557 Screening of environmental estrogens (EE2)

using zebrafish brain aromatase gene
(cyp19a1b) as a biomarker (RGYI)
[BT/PR6503/GBD/27/423/2012]
Dr. S Winkins Santosh

SRM University, Kattankulathur
22/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1276600.00
558 Bioprospecting of coumarins obtained from

medicinal plants and their synthetic derivatives
for the anti-microbial, anti-feedant and anticancer activity. [BT/PR6274/GBD/27/497/2013]
Dr. vichangal priduldi

santhanakrishnan
26/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1617200.00
559 Ecotoxicological Assessment of Engineered

Metaloxide Nanoparticles on PGPR
Microorganisms -Pseudomonas sp.
[BT/PR6156/GBD/27/498/2013]
Dr. M Senthilkumar
18/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1666200.00
560 AUTOLOGOUS PLATELET RICH PLASMA SEEDED

ON BIODEGRADABLE EXTRA CELLULAR MATRIX
FOR THE REGENERATIVE THERAPY OF
MUSCULO-SKELETAL DISORDERS IN
COMPANION ANIMALS (RGYI)
[BT/PR6132/GBD/27/411/2012]
Dr. Arun Prasad

Tamilnadu-600051
10/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2327800.00
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561 Development of Novel Diagnostic Assays for
Avian Mycoplasmosis
[BT/PR6379/GBD/27/495/2013]
Dr. Manimaran Kaliyaperumal

Tamilnadu-600051
03/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3533000.00
562 Synthesis of novel quinolone derivatives and the

evaluation of its generic mode of action and
toxicity. (RGYI) [BT/PR6562/GBD/27/454/2012]
Dr. Mandira Kochar

14/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3805000.00
563 Genetic requirement of Mycobacterium

tuberculosis growth in cholesterol under
hypoxia using high-density mutagenesis. (RGYI)
[BT/PR6556/GBD/27/459/2012]
Dr. Amit Kumar Pandey

Haryana-122016
18/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4600000.00
564 To identify novel therapeutic compounds that

inhibit the interaction between
Hepatitis E Virus ORF3 protein and TSG 101 and
to explore the molecular mechanisms
controlling the release of Hepatitis E virions from
infected cells.(RGYI)
[BT/PR6566/GBD/27/457/2012]
Dr. Milan Surjit

Haryana-122016
18/07/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3205000.00
565 Myristica swamp associated economically

important, endemic and endangered tree
species:
Molecular characterization, analyzing response to
climate change and restoration (RGI)
[BT/PR6594/GBD/27/444/2012]
Dr. Bhausaheb Tambat

05/09/2013
3 Years 0 Month
2180000.00
566 Molecular mapping of loci conferring resistance to Dr. Priya Panjabi Massand
Albugo candida race 2V in two different cultivars University of Delhi, North Campus
of Brasssica rapa - A step towards durable
Delhi, Delhi-110007
resistance against white rust in B. juncea (Indian
Mustard) (RGYI) [BT/PR6775/GBD/27/467/2012]
22/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3805000.00
567 Emerging role of Cdc42 Interacting Protein 4

(CIP4) in tumor progression (RGYI)
[BT/PR6208/GBD/27/388/2012]
Dr. Suresh Koduru

22/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4546000.00
568 miR-9/Runx1 mediates developmental regulation Dr. Ravi Kumar Gutti

of distinct megakaryocytopoiesis
[BT/PR4065/GBD/27/472/2012]
22/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3325000.00
569 Structural studies of H. pylori virulence factors

and understanding the basis of molecular
interaction with host proteins (RGYI)
[BT/PR6561/GBD/27/453/2012]
03/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3340000.00
Dr. Mohd Akif

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570 Uncovering the role of Rab family GTPases on

alpha-Synuclein
toxicity in the Drosophila Parkinsons disease
model (RGYI) [BT/PR6597/GBD/27/447/2012]
Dr. Madhubabu Gajula Balija

07/10/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3992000.00
571 UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF RUNX2

TRANSCRIPTIONAL DEREGULATION IN
DIABETES-INDUCED SECONDARY
COMPLICATIONS (RGYI)
[BT/PR6658/GBD/27/478/2012]
Dr. Aramati Bindu Madhava Reddy

25/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3590000.00
572 Biophysical Characterization of glycosylated and Dr. Tanveer Ali Dar

non-glycosylated forms of Withania somnifera
glycoprotein, a therapeutically important protein Jammu And Kashmir-190006
from Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha). (RGYI)
[BT/PR6307/GBD/27/399/2012]
26/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3495000.00
573 Gene tagging for Fusarium wilt resistance in

safflower [BT/PR4010/GBD/27/380/2012]
Dr. Sarika Shankarrao Shende

Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi
Vidyapeeth Parbhani, Maharashtra413512
22/11/2013
3 Years 0 Month
1776600.00
574 A facile agricultural waste mediated green

synthesis of palladium and nickel nanoparticles
and its biological studies (RGYI)
[BT/PR6891/GBD/27/491/2012]
Dr. Mohana Roopan

Vellore Institute of Technology
(Deemed University) Vellore,
Tamilnadu-632014
08/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
965000.00
575 Molecular modeling and Docking simulation

studies of functional domains of
Toxoplasma.gondii RON-4, RON-2, and RON5 to
understand the Moving Junction complex
formation towards design of novel Peptide and
Chemical inhibitors and validation through pilot
invitro studies [BT/PR6476/GBD/27/496/2013]
Dr. umashankar vetrivel

23/08/2013
Vision Research Foundation Chennai,
Tamilnadu-600006
2 Years 0 Month
1419200.00
Dr. Amit Dutt

04/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
9687800.00
577 Targeted Silencing of Cancer Stem Cell Signaling Dr. Manzoor K

24/10/2013
Using Novel nano-siRNA conjugates
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
[BT/PR2413/AGR/36/699/2011]
and Research Centre Cochin, Kerala682026
3 Years 0 Month
7124100.00
RNAi TECHNOLOGY
576 Genome-wide RNAi screen with human pooled
tyrosine kinase shRNA libraries in head and neck
squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cell lines
[BT/PR2372/AGR/36/696/2011]
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578 Design and evaluation of novel polymer-lipid

Dr. Manngal S Nagarsenker
hybrid nanocrriers for inproved systemic delivery Bombay College of Pharmacy
of siRNA. [BT/PR12880/AGR/36/615/2009]
09/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
9252000.00
579 : Role of miRNAs responsible for bone mass

reversal at the time of weaning
[BT/PR1867/AGR/36/680/2011]
Dr. Ritu Trivedi

09/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4647200.00
580 Deciphering the role of Neddylation in Dendritic

cell activation during Mycobacterium tuberculosis
infection by RNA Interference
[BT/PR5995/AGR/36/726/2012]
Prof. Krishnamurthy Natarajan

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre For
Biomedical Research, University of
Delhi Delhi, Delhi-110007
24/05/2013
3 Years 0 Month
6508000.00
581 Regulation of the novel catecholaminemetabolizing enzyme Renalase by microRNAs.

[BT/PR4928/AGR/36/713/2012]
Dr. Nitish R Mahapatra

22/04/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5107500.00
RNAi TECHNOLOGY
582 Productions of bacterially expressed double stand Dr. G R Prabu

RNA (dsRNA) for Sugarcane viral disease control- Karpagam University, Coimbatore
an Simple, intexpensive RNA interference (RNAi) Coimbatore, Tamilnadu-641021
approach [BT/PR2402/AGR/36/698/2011]
07/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3487200.00
583 Studies on the expression profiles and functions

of micro RNAs in Geminivirus infected plants
[BT/PR2061/AGR/36/707/2011]
Dr. Gopal Pandi

Tamilnadu-625021
25/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
5866600.00
584 Small RNAs with reversible protection: Stable,

show high cellular uptake and target specific
[BT/PR2277/AGR/36/691/2011]
Dr. Nagendra K Sharma

12/08/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4628500.00
12/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
4564200.00
586 Implication of microRNA 182 in hepatocellular

carcinoma development
[BT/PR5728/AGR/36/728/2012]
Dr. Jyotdeep Kaur

12/08/2013
Chandigarh-160012
3 Years 0 Month
6453200.12
587 Identification of RNA silencing mechanism in

sugarcane against RNA viruses and
characterization of virus suppressor proteins
[BT/PR4978/AGR/36/712/2012]
Dr. R Viswanathan
Sugarcane Breeding Institute
3 Years 0 Month
6423000.00
585 Antibody and RNAi-based resistance to rice blast Dr. Subhankar Roy Barman
fungus [BT/PR1929/AGR/36/682/2011]
Durgapur Durgapur West Bangal,
West Bengal-713209
30/08/2013
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Sanction
Duration
Total Cost
(In Rs.)
SERIBIOTECHNOLOGY
588 Sustaining mulberry yields: Identification of QTLs
conferring resistance to root rot disease by
Linkage Disequilibrium mapping and trait
introgression [BT/PR5811/PBD/19/238/2012]
Dr. GIRISH VORKADY NAIK

Central Sericultural Research &
Training Institute, Mysore Mysore,
Karnataka-570008
05/06/2013
5 Years 0 Month
2294016.00
589 Molecular Cloning and Heterologous Expression

of Antheraea mylitta Cocoonase
[BT/PR5375/PBD/19/233/2012]
Dr. Jay Prakash Pandey

Central Tasar Research & Training
Institute Ranchi, Jharkhand-835303
07/06/2013
3 Years 0 Month
3249016.00
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DEPARTMENT OF BIO TECHNOLOGY

List of Projects Sanctioned

Sanctioned To Date: 31/03/2014

1 Molecular marker-assisted introgression of two

Dr. Yadla Hari

2 Symmetric somatic hybridization for late blight

Dr. Jagesh Kumar Tiwari

4 Genetics and molecular tagging of drought

Dr. Dharmendra Singh

5 Metabolic engineering for production of

Dr. V Siva Reddy

6 Development of rice varieties for kerala with

7 In vitro culture of Capsicum chinense Jacq. cv.

9 Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Dr. Ravinder Singh

3 Cloning and Characterization of Genes Expressed Prof. Pushpendra Kumar Gupta

8 Development of haploid-inducer lines of Brassica Dr. Shripad R Bhat

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Dr. Narayanan Subramonian

11 Marker assisted selection for Phytophthora and

13 Marker assisted improvement of popular

14 Secondary metabolism and pathogenesis in rice

Dr. Subhankar Roy Barman

15 Identification and Mapping of QTLs associated

16 DESIGNING, SYNTHESIS AND

Dr. DHRUBA JYOTI KALITA

17 ELUCIDATING THE GENE NETWORK(S) AND

Dr. Gandham VPPS Ravi Kumar

18 Expression of copper chaperones and

Dr. Dintaran Pal

12 Developing rust resistant genotypes in JL 24 and Dr. Ramesh S Bhat

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Dr. Sumanta Nandi

20 Development of Animal cartilage for surgical

Dr. SAMIT KUMAR NANDI

Dr. Gopal Ramdasji Gowane

22 Comprehensive Analysis of Cyanobacterial

23 Intensive indoor and outdoor pilot scale

Dr. Perumal Santhanam

24 Development of white spot syndrome virus free

Dr. Subhendu Kumar Otta

25 Transcriptome profiling of immune responsive

Dr. Ashoktaru Barat

ANIMAL DIAGNOSTIC AND VACCINE

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AQUACULTURE AND MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Dr. ABDUL JAFFAR ALI

Whole Genome sequencing and development of Dr. NS Nagpure

28 High throughput selection and production of

Dr. G Seghal Kiran

29 Study of neurotrophic factors in relation to

Dr. Arun Govindraoji Jadhao

30 Studies on Immuno-prophylactic and therapeutic Prof. Dinakaran Michael

33 In vitro study of input-output robustness of

Dr. Suman K Banik

34 Bioluminescence Emissions of Fireflies

Prof. Anurup Gohain Barua

BASIC RESEARCH IN MODERN BIOLOGY

Prof. Gautam Pennathur

32 Involvement of Rab11 in Drosophila

35 Understanding the Roles of Duplicated MEL1

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