PROJECTS (YEAR, 2022-2023)
- Dr. Tarun Sharma received a grant to study Identification of antiviral agents against Henipaviruses like Nipah and Hendra from Nova Nordisk Foundation and Open Philanthropy, (2023-2025) ₹ 89.69 lakhs (Role-PI).
- Dr. Tarun Sharma received a grant for the Development of a metabolite-based point-of-care test for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in Indian women from ICMR (2023 to 2026) ₹ 60.00 lakhs (Role-PI).
- Dr. Tarun Sharma received a grant for the Development of a point-of-care (POC) biosensor for the detection of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides in environmental samples, from GSBTM, DST, Govt. of Gujarat (2023 to 2026) ₹ 55.60 lakhs (Role-PI).
- Dr. Rohini Nair received RLS fellowship and award from DBT Govt. India 2022.
- Dr. Ankit Rai received RLS fellowship and award from DBT Govt. India 2021.
- Dr. Ravindra Pal Singh is funded by DBT- India Exploring prophylatic activities of diverse structural pectin oligosaccharides: a step towards nutrigenomics. (12/2021 – Present) Approved grant: ₹ 32,00,240. (Role-PI).
- Dr. Ravindra Pal Singh received a grant to study Novel enzymatic strategy for synthesizing human milk oligosaccharides for promoting health of infants. (12/2020 – Present) Funded by DBT- India. Approved grant: ₹ 43,50,000. (Role-PI).
- Dr. Ravindra Pal Singh received a grant to explore Prophylactic health products from macroalgae and their digestion by human gut microbial communities. (06/2019 – Present) Funded by DBT- India. Approved grant: ₹ 114,10,000. (Role-PI).
- Dr. Sandeep Panda and Dr. Chirayu Desai received a grant from SURE The Science & Engineering Research Board of India (SERB), Govt. of India to investigate Closed Loop Bio-recycling of Spent Petrochemical Refinery Catalysts for Metal Recovery and Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation, (2023-2026). ₹ 30,00,000 (Role PI).
- Dr. Sandeep Panda, Dr. Balaram Mohapatra and Dr. Imran Pancha received a grant Integrated Treatment of Lignite and Acid Mine Drainage for Remediation of Pollutants and Generation of Clean Coal, Bio-Methane and Bio-Composites: A Circular Bio-Economy Approach, from GSBTM, DST, Govt. of Gujarat (2023 to 2026).
- Dr.Sudheer Pamidimarri, Dr. Imran Pancha, Dr. Sandeep and Dr. Sangram K. Lenka Panda got a grant to explore Wastewater to biofuel and bio-products: Cyanobacterial biorefinery through a green circular bioeconomy, from GSBTM, DST, Govt. of Gujarat (2022 to 2025) ₹ 360.9 lakh.
- Dr. Varun Shah received a grant to study Establishing environmental surveillance of emerging pathogens and pollutants from Gujarat using multi-omics approaches from GSBTM, DST, Govt. of Gujarat (2023 to 2025) ₹ 2,50,00,970 (PI).
- Dr. Varun Shah received grant to Engineering Hybrid Biological Systems for self-Sustainable treatment of persistent mobile chemicals in common effluent treatment plant (CETP) wastewater, from GSBTM, DST, Govt. of Gujarat (2023 to 2025) ₹ 1,08,01,616 (Co-PI).
- Dr. Jaget Rathod, Dr. Imran Pancha and Dr. Balaram Mohapatra Low-Budget received a grant to explore Natural Farming (LBNF): Underpinning the Gujarat agro-climatic zones’ soil-specific natural farming practices for sustainable and climate resilient agriculture, from GSBTM, DST, Govt. of Gujarat (2023 to 2026).
- Dr. Balaram Mohapatra and Dr. Nisha Singh awarded a grant from SURE The Science & Engineering Research Board of India (SERB), Govt. of India to investigate Microbial clean-up of polyethylene (PE) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste using organic carbon proxy and surfactants: (Meta)genomic-metabolomic insights on waste landfills of Gujarat, (2023-2026). ₹ 30,00,000 (Role PI).
- Dr. Nisha Singh awarded DST-INSPIRE Faculty received a grant to Identification of novel genes/ QTLs for seed quality and nutrition traits in pigeonpea using genome-wide association mapping from DST GoI (2020-2025). ₹ 35,00,000 (Role PI).
- Dr. Chirayu Desai received a grant to Engineering hybrid biological systems for self-sustainable treatment of persistent mobile chemicals in common effluent treatment plant (CETP) wastewater, from GSBTM, DST, Govt. of Gujarat (2023 to 2025) (Role Project Coordinator).
- Dr. Chirayu Desai received a grant to investigate wastewater to biofuel and bio-products: Cyanobacterial biorefinery through a green circular bioeconomy, from GSBTM, DST, Govt. of Gujarat (2022 to 2025) (Role PI).
- Dr. Chirayu Desai received a grant to Tracking the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the urban clusters of Narmada River, Gujarat, GSBTM, DST, Govt. of Gujarat (2022 to 2024) (Role PI).
- Dr. Sangram K. Lenka received a grant to investigate CRISPR crop network: Targeted improvement of stress tolerance, nutritional quality and yield of crops by using genome editing, from ICAR-NASF,GoI, ₹ 42.62083 Lakh (Role PI)
