Projects

Ongoing/Approved Project(s):

Title: Anti-sense, Sense and Epigenetics in Severe Malaria
Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research
Status: Ongoing
Co-I: Dr. Syamantak Majumder (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus)
Co-PI(s): Prof. Sanjay Kochar (Sardar Patel Medical College & Hospital, Bikaner)
Dr. Dinesh Gupta (International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Delhi)
Title: 28S Ribosomal RNA Capture Assay for the Sensitive Detection of Plasmodium falciparum
and Plasmodium vivax
Funding Agency: Malaria Elimination Research Alliance, India
Status: Ongoing
Co-PI(s): Prof. Sunil Bhand (BITS Pilani, Goa Campus)
Prof. Sanket Goel (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus)
Prof. Arunansu Talukdar (Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata)
Title: Exosome Cargo in Severe Malaria Disease: Prognostic or Diagnostic Markers for Severe
Disease or Pathogen Detection
Funding Agency: BITS BioCyTiH Foundation, India
Status: Ongoing
Co-PI(s): Prof. Shilpi Garg (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus)
Prof. Anupama Mittal (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus)
Title: DBT-BUILDER - Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and Education in Epigenetics and Genome Editing
Role: Coordinator
Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, India
Status: Ongoing
Title: Understanding vir Genes: Potential Mediators of Cyto-adherence in Severe Malaria from
Plasmodium vivax
Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research
Status: Technically Approved
Co-PI(s): Prof. Shilpi Garg (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus)
Dr. Balakumaran Chandrasekar (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus)

Projects (PI): (Completed)

Title: Development of a Comprehensive Diagnostic System for P. falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae and its evaluation
Funding Agency: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India.
Title: Prokaryotic Vector Design using Cryptic Plasmids from Leuconostoc sp., Lactococcus species and Cyanobacteria
Funding Agency: Dabur Research Foundation, India
Title: Cloning and Characterization of the regions of the Apicoplast genome from Plasmodium vivax
Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, India
Title: A Systems Biology approach towards understanding Severe Malaria with special reference to the Transcriptome and Proteome of the Parasite and the Host
Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, India
Co-PI(s): Prof. Utpal Tatu (Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore)
Prof. Dhanpat Kochar/Prof. Sanjay Kochar (Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner)

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Projects (PI): (Completed)

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