Approved externally funded project as PI

1. “Designing Metallo(salen) polymers for detection of phosphorylated peptides and proteins: Amplification of Signal via Disassembly Strategy” under SERB-SRG grant (project ID: SRG/2022/000031), Budget: 33 Lakhs (started on November 2022).
2. “Design and development of portable acidosis kit for the rapid, trace-level detection of Ketone bodies in biological samples” under ICMR-ITR grant (project ID: 2021-8350), Budget: 35 Lakhs (started on April 2023).
3. “Designing Near-infrared Fluorescent Probes for Detection of Mycotoxins in Agricultural Crops and Food Items” under DST-SYST (project ID: SP/YO/2021/1632), Budget: 24.5 Lakhs (started from December 2023).
4. “Real-time Monitoring of Lysosomal ATP: A generalized Biomarker for Point-of-Care Testing of Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs)” under MOE-STARS (project ID: MoE-STARS/STARS-2/2023-0300), Budget: 35 Lakhs (started from February 2024).

Approved Externally-funded project as co-PI

1. “Integrated droplet microfluidic device for ultra-high throughput biochemical applications” under SERB-SURE grant (SUR/2022/001977), Budget: 18.5 Lakhs (started from December 2023)

 Approved Internally (BITS Pilani) funded project as PI/ coPI

1. Compare Analytical Performances of Microenvironment-Sensitive Optical Probes in Micelles of Different Shapes and Sizes. Research Initiation Grant, BITS-Pilani (Hyderabad campus), Budget: 2 Lakhs
2. Design Low-cost Portable Optical Kit for On-location, Rapid Analysis of Glyphosate Herbicide. Additional Competitive Research Grant, BITS-Pilani (Hyderabad campus), Budget: 6 Lakhs
3. "Precursor Design and Optimization for Atomic Layer Deposition of Two-dimensional Semiconductors on Different Inorganic Oxide Surfaces an Ab initio Theoretical Calculation and Experimental Realization based Complementary Approach" CDRF grant, BITS Pilani, Budget: 10 Lakhs

Research Interest

Laboratory for Supramolecular Chemistry and Biomaterials

•   Optical Sensing of heavy metal pollutants, toxic anions, biomolecules, food toxins and volatile organic compounds etc.
• Study photophysical and photochemical processes in confined media (vesicle, micelle, microemulsion)
• Design responsive softmaterials and organic-inorganic hybrid materials for sensing and drug delivery applications 
• Template mediated dynamic self-assembly, Supramolecular polymers etc.
• Sustainable and agricultural chemistry
• Luminescent nanomaterials, quantum dots and nanoclusters for sensing and catalysis applications.