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Extramural Research Projects and Support

Active Support

Sl	Title of the Project	Amount of Support (in INR Lacs)	Sponsoring Agency	Period	Role
30	Engineering microbes for production of biologics	75.15	Biocon	01/08/2024 to 31/07/2029	Co-PI
29	Establishment of a Centre for Disease Genomics, Bioinformatics and Big Data Analysis in Biology and Healthcare	162	DBT, Govt. of India	19/12/2022 to 18/12/2027	PI
28	DBT-BUILDER Interdisciplinary Life Science Program to Advance Research and Education (Level I)	231	DBT, Govt. of India	08/03/2022 to 07/03/2027	PI
27	Genomelndia: Cataloguing the Genetic Variation in Indians a) Project webpage b) CBR webpage c) Release of GenomeIndia data by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India (PIB Press Release) (Jan 09, 2025) d) Message of Prime Minister of India (Jan 09, 2025) e) Message of President of India (Jan 25, 2025) f) Announcement of “Completion of sequencing of 10000 Genomes of Indian Population” (PIB Press Release) (Feb 27, 2024) g) Announcement of “Completion of sequencing of 10000 Genomes of Indian Population” (Link to YouTube video - the program commences at 37 minutes 10 seconds) (Feb 27, 2024) h) Coffee Table Book that was launched (Feb 27, 2024) i) News in THE HINDU (Apr 07, 2023) j) Coverage in India Science k) PIB Press Release (Mar 06, 2020) l) News in THE HINDU (Aug 05, 2019)	140	DBT, Govt. of India	16/01/2020 to 15/07/2025	PI

Completed Projects

Sl	Title of the Project	Amount of Support (in INR Lacs)	Sponsoring Agency	Period	Role
26	Fund for Improvement in S&T Infrastructure (FIST)	86	DST, Govt. of India	07/01/2020 to 06/01/2025	PI
25	A pre-clinical in vivo study for evaluating anti-biofilm FDA-approved drugs in reducing treatment duration of anti-TB drugs	36	ICMR, Govt. of India	02/12/2021 to 01/12/2022	PI
24	DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine (DAILAB) - expansion to DAICENTER	1998	DBT, Govt. of India	12/07/2018 to 11/01/2022	PI
23	Unit of Excellence (UOE) in Cancer Research	355	DBT, Govt. of India	16/05/2016 to 20/03/2022	PI
22	Investigating role of ayurvedic medicinal plan Boerhavia diffusa as a therapeutic drug for treatment of Jaundice	32.78	DST, Govt. of India	01/12/2015 to 30/05/2019	Co-PI
21	Elucidation of pathologically relevant miRNAs responsible for disease progression and resistance to chemotherapy in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)	15.00	DBT, Govt. of India	06/01/2015 to 05/07/2018	PI
20	Next generation sequencing (NGS)-based de novo assembly of expressed transcripts and genome information of Orchids in north-east India	21.14	DBT, Govt. of India	07/08/2014 to 06/08/2018	PI
19	DBT National Bioscience Award	9.0	DBT, Govt. of India	02/09/2013 to 01/09/2016	PI
18	DuPont Young Professor Award	US$ 75000	DuPont, USA	01/08/2013 to 31/07/2016	PI
17	Metabolic engineering for production of terpenoids in tobacco plants	23.49	DBT, Govt. of India	30/05/2013 to 29/05/2016	PI
16	2nd Asian Congress on Biotechnology	160.1	Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB), South Korea	09/05/2012 to 31/12/2014	Co-PI
15	Yield enhancement strategies for production of therapeutic compounds by cell and tissue cultures of Tinospora cordifolia (willd.) Miers ex Hook. F. & Thoms	21.51	DBT, Govt. of India	01/12/2011 to 08/05/2015	Co-PI
14	Towards modifying nature’s DNA recognition system for highly specific genome editing	38.2	Lady Tata Memorial Trust, Mumbai	01/04/2011 to 31/03/2016	PI
13	Betraying the parasite’s redox system: Studies on spermidine synthase of Leishmania donovani	16.2	DBT, Govt. of India	30/03/2011 to 29/03/2014	PI
12	MicroRNAs and AU-rich elements (ARE): deciphering the regulatory loop	22.19	DBT, Govt. of India	30/03/2011 to 29/03/2014	Co-PI
11	Program Support for Computational Genomics	30.0	DHR, Govt. of India	10/10/2012 to 23/03/2014	PI
10	Unraveling the mechanism of glucose-mediated lac expression in Escherichia coli	40.3	DST, Govt. of India	12/01/2011 to 11/01/2014	Co-PI
9	Indo-Swiss International Conference on Bioinformatics (ISBM 2010)	2.2	DBT, Govt. of India	26/10/2010 to 28/10/2010	PI
8	Challenges in Biochemical Engineering Education in the 21st Century	2.75	DBT, Govt. of India	16/04/2010 to 17/04/2010	PI
7	Ribozyme-mediated antiviral activity directed to mung bean yellow mosaic virus	29.98	DBT, Govt. of India	31/03/2009 to 30/03/2012	Co-PI
6	Production of terpenoids in normal and transformed cell, organ cultures and whole plants in tea	30.01	DBT, Govt. of India	03/04/2007 to 02/07/2010	Co-PI
5	Development of database and software tools for identifying zinc finger binding motifs in mammalian genomes	37.07	MeitY, Govt. of India	06/06/2007 to 05/06/2010	PI
4	Molecular recognition of DNA by zinc finger proteins	21.84	DST, Govt. of India	14/07/2006 to 01/03/2010	PI
3	Molecular tools for targeted genome engineering	53.05	DBT, Govt. of India	03/05/2006 to 31/03/2013	PI
2	Development of E-learning modules in Life Sciences	6.9	DBT, Govt. of India	31/03/2006 to 30/03/2009	Co-PI
1	Setting up of Distributed Information Sub-Centre at IIT Delhi under Biotechnology Information System (BTIS)	98.95	DBT, Govt. of India	01/10/1994 to 31/03/2020	PI

Completed intramural grant

Sl	Title of the Project	Amount of Support (in INR Lacs)	Sponsoring Agency	Period	Role
1	Analysis of rubber biosynthetic pathway genes	1.0	IRD, IIT Delhi	05/08/2008 to 04/03/2010	PI

Research Grants awarded to UG students

Sl	Title of the Project	Amount of Support (in INR Lacs)	Sponsoring Agency	Period	Role
10	International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) - 2023 IIT Delhi Team "Biosurf" - Coverage - IITD Research Impact Report (2018-2024)		Internal Funding	30/04/2023 to 05/11/2023	Mentor
10	International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) - 2022 IIT Delhi Team "LEADer"		Internal Funding	30/04/2022 to 28/10/2022	Mentor
9	To identify Vitamin D elements in virus genomes and their putative functions (under DISCOVER AND LEARN 1-2-3-4 scheme)	8.0	IRD, IIT Delhi	01/01/2020 to 30/06/2024	Co-PI
8	Insights into the indirect factors affecting DNA-protein interactions (under SURA scheme)	0.1	IRD, IIT Delhi	Summer 2014	Co-PI
7	Study of structural changes in DNA configuration upon binding to zinc finger proteins (under SURA scheme)	0.25	IRD, IIT Delhi	Summer 2013	PI
6	Elicitor controlled product release in an immobilized bacterial flow system (under TDP-IAS scheme)	2.0	IRD, IIT Delhi	01/02/2011 to 31/07/2011	PI
5	Finding genes in eukaryotic genomic DNA (under SURA scheme)	0.25	IRD, IIT Delhi	Summer 2011	PI
4	International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) - 2010 (a). IIT Delhi Team "Dr. Coli" (b). Video of Presentation made at MIT, USA		Internal Funding	30/03/2010 to 08/11/2010	Mentor
3	Towards understanding molecular interactions between zinc finger proteins and DNA (under SURA scheme)	0.25	IRD, IIT Delhi	Summer 2010	PI
2	Computational prediction of DNA recognition by zinc finger proteins (under SURA scheme)	0.1	IRD, IIT Delhi	Summer 2009	PI
1	Postdoctoral Fellowship to Ms. Punita Mishra from Indian Institute of Science under DBT-Postdoctoral Program	6.12	DBT, Govt. of India	01/01/2009 to 31/03/2010	Co-PI

Workshops / Conferences organized

Sl	Workshop / Conference Title	Period	Sponsoring Agency	Additional Information
21	DAILAB Workshop on Drug Discovery Technology	Feb 19-20, 2019	AIST (Japan) and DBT (Govt of India)	Photo
20	DAILAB Summit	Feb 18, 2019	AIST (Japan) and DBT (Govt of India)	Program
19	Bioinformatics Retreat	April 28, 2018	DBT, Govt of India	Flyer, Program, Photo
18	Short Term Course on Bioinformatics - Workshop on Molecular Docking, Virtual Screening and Biologics Discovery	Oct 30-31, 2017	DBT, Govt. of India	Flyer, Program
17	Indo-German Seminar on 'Modeling Chemical & Biological (Re)activity' - MCBR	Nov 07, 2015	University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg Center South Asia (HCSA) and DBT, Govt of India	Program, Photo
16	Inauguration of DAILAB and Indo-Japan Symposium on Advanced Biomedicine	Nov 04, 2015	DBT, Govt. of India	Press Release, DAILAB webpage
15	Indo-Japan Symposium on Advances in Biomedicine and Bioinformatics - PIKNIKH2015	Feb 23, 2015	DBT, Govt. of India	Flyer, Program, Photo
14	Short Term Course on Bioinformatics - Workshop on Computational Methods in Drug Discovery	July 14-15, 2014	DBT, Govt. of India
13	Training Program in Bioinformatics for Medical Research (for faculty members from Medical Colleges)	Feb 12-23, 2014	DHR, Govt. of India	Advt, Flyer
12	Asian Congress on Biotechnology (ACB2013)	Dec 15-19, 2013	AFOB	Flyer, Program
11	Short Term Course on Bioinformatics	Oct 22-23, 2012	DBT, Govt. of India
10	Indo-UK Workshop on ‘Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis for Microbial Applications’	Mar 29-30, 2012	Newcastle University and EPSRC, UK	Flyer
9	Indo-Swiss Bioinformatics Symposium	Oct 26-27, 2010	Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Embassy of Switzerland in New Delhi and DBT, Govt of India	Flyer, Program, Photo
8	Short Term Course on Bioinformatics	Mar 12-13, 2009	DBT, Govt. of India
7	Short Term Course on Bioinformatics	Jul 24-25, 2008	DBT, Govt. of India
6	National Seminar on ‘Applications of Bioinformatics in Genome Research’	Feb 13-15, 2008	DBT, Govt. of India	Program
5	National Seminar on ‘Computations in Bioinformatics’	Feb 14-16, 2007	DBT, Govt. of India	Program
4	Bi-Decennial Celebrations of Pondicherry University - Seminar Series in Bioinformatics	Oct 13, 2006	Pondicherry University
3	National Seminar on 'Bioinformatics & Functional Genomics'	Feb 15-17, 2006	DBT, Govt. of India	Program
2	National Seminar on 'Nanosciences & Nanobiotechnology'	Dec 5-6, 2005	DBT & DST, Govt. of India	Program
1	National Seminar on ‘Intellectual Property Rights in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology’	Sep 15-6, 2005	DBT, Govt. of India	Program

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