Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Competitive extramural and other Research Grants secured at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad
Project Title: Allele mining for the epigenetic regulator NGR5 and other yield-associated genes (GID1 and GRF4) and their modulation using multiple genomic and molecular approaches to enhance rice yield under low nitrogen conditions.
Funding agency: ICAR-NASF, Govt. of India.
Duration: 3 years (2022-2025, with scope for extension).
Budget: Rs. ~1.5 crores.
Other participating institutions: ICAR-IIRR Hyderabad, ICAR-NRRI Cuttack, University of Hyderabad.
Project Title: Epigenetics of megabase-scale rRNA gene regulation and genomic instability of rDNA and telomeres.
Funding agency: SERB, Govt. of India.
Duration: 5 years (2018-2023).
Budget: Rs. 38 lakhs
Project Title: To delineate domain-specific functions of Histone Deacetylase 6 (HDA6) in gene regulation and genomic instability and- to develop a novel non-transgenic epigenetic mutagenesis tool for plant improvement via HDAC modulation.
Funding agency: Sponsored by SERB, Govt. of India,
Duration: 3 years (2021-2024)
Budget: Rs. 42,38,696 (42.38 lakhs)
Project Title: To improve the efficiency of genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9 and- to create novel sources of epigenetic variation in plants.
Funding agency: DBT, Govt. of India.
Duration: 3 years (with scope for extension).
Budget: Rs. 85 lakhs (waiting for the release of Money)
Other participating institutes (ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad, CSIR-NEIST Jorhat)
Project Title: To elucidate novel mechanisms of SnRK1-AMPK family kinases in plant antiviral defense and human metabolism regulation.
Funded by: BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus
Duration: 2 years (2019-2021).
Budget: ~ Rs.10 lakhs
Project Title: Ribosomal RNA gene regulation in Oral cancers and development of novel anticancer tools using M1GS ribozymes.
Funded by: BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus
Duration: 5 years (2018-2023).
Budget: Variable (to support the specified objectives).
Project title: To develop engineered bacterial M1GS- ribozyme mediated cleavage of 45S rRNA as a novel anti-cancer strategy”
Funding agency: ICMR, Govt. of India
Duration: 2 years (2022-2024)
Budget: 10.5 lakhs
Project Title: Epigenetics of 45S rRNA gene regulation and rDNA genomic instability”
Funded by: BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus
Duration: 1 year (2017-2018).
Budget: 2 lakhs
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