1. Ongoing and Approved  

 

1.1 Key Grants

 

1. Competitive Research Grant, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (2020-2023) (PI) “Enhancer of Zeste Homolog-2 role in Glomerular Endothelial Dysfunction during Diabetic Nephropathy”. (Total Cost: 33.5 lakhs)

 

2. Competitive Research Grant, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (2021-2024) (Co-PI) “Rapid, low cost fluorescent AIE-based detection of renal dysfunction from urine samples and fabrication of portable and real time device”. (Total Cost: 80 lakhs)

 

3. Strategic Research Project, BITS BioCyTiH Foundation (2022-2024) (PI) “Development of detection system of pre-validated salivary biomarkers to determine the stages and type of cardiovascular disease”. (Total Cost: 24.46 lakhs)

 

4. Core Research Grant, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (PI). Exploring epigenetic regulation of Shelterin proteins and their role in Cardiovascular Diseases. (Approved, 2023)

 

1.2 Other Grants

 

1. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2021-2024) (Co-PI). “Targeting chromatin modifiers- Jumonji Histone Demethylases in tumor cells surviving acute drug stress: an in vitro and in vivo study”. (Total Cost: 44.14 lakhs)

 

2. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2021-2024) (Co-PI). “Design and synthesis of inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigma factor-RNAP protein-protein interaction as potential antimycobacterial agents”. (Total Cost: 52.86 lakhs)

 

3. Core Research Grant, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2021-2024) (Co-PI). ““Neuronal” regulation of tumor cell migration- understanding the role of semaphorins in tumor cells undergoing EMT and subjected to differential flow dynamics”. (Total Cost: 54 lakhs).

 

4. Grant-in-Aid, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2023-2026) (Co-PI). “Identification and characterization of novel long non-coding RNAs in AKI-to-CKD transition using CRISP/Cas9-based epigenome editing: Revealing the potential of the long non-coding RNAs as a biomarker and therapeutic strategy”. (Total Cost: 41 lakhs).

 

1.3 Cross-disciplinary Infrastructure Grants

 

1. DBT-Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments for Education and Research Programme, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India (2021-2026) (PI). "DBT-BUILDER -University of Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and Education in Epigenetics and Genome editing". (Total Cost: 9.01 Cr)

 

2. Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE), sponsored by Department of Science & Technology (DST)-PURSE, Govt. of India (2021-2025) (Co-PI). “2D materials based sensor systems for rapid diagnosis of human diseases through analysis of exhaled breath”, (Total Cost: 11 Cr)

 

2. Completed

 

1. BITS, Research Initiation Grant (2017-2019) (PI). "Studying the epigenetic of high glucose mediated endothelial dysfunction during diabetic nephropathy". (Total Cost: 2 lakhs)

 

2. BITS, Additional Competitive Research Grant (2018-2020) (PI). " Understanding the role of long non coding RNA in glomerular endothelial cell dysfunction during diabetic nephropathy." (Total Cost: 8.5 lakhs)

 

3. Early Career Research Award-Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2019-2022) (PI). "Epigenetics of Endothelial Dysfunction during Cardiovascular Disease". (Total Cost: 45 lakhs). 

 

4. Competitive Research Grant, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (2019-2022) (Co-PI). " Development of 1-D nanomaterials based selective sensor system for non-invasive detection of complications of diabetes mellitus and asthama by breath analysis technique". (Total Cost: 46.5 lakhs)

 

5. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2019-2022) (PI). “Studying the Efficacy of ADAM Inhibitors in Treating Diabetic Nephropathy”. (Total Cost: 33 lakhs)

 

6. Grants in Aid, Life Sciences Research Board (LSRB) of Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) (2019-2022) (Co-PI). "High altitude-hypoxia mediates thrombosis in soldiers; modulation of autophagy as a strategy to combat high altitude-hypoxia induced thrombosis”. (Total Cost: 42.36 lakhs)

 

7. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2019-2022) (Co-I). “Antisense, Sense and Epigenetics in Severe Malaria”. (Cost: 142.5 lakhs)

 

8. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2019-2022) (Co-PI). “Repurposing of CNS accumulating drugs as autophagy modulators for potential treatment against glioblastoma: an in-silico, in-vitro and in-vivo study.” (Total Cost: 33.5 lakhs)