Research Interests and Completed/Ongoing Sponsored Research Projects As Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-
Principal Investigator (Co-PI):
1. Research Initiation Grant (RIG) : 2 lakhs.
Sponsored by : BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.
Project Title : Development of New Synthetic Methodologies for Fluoroalkylation
Reactions by Visible-light Photoctalysis: Access to New Classes of Potent Molecules.
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration : 24 months; April, 2018 - April, 2020. (Completed)
2. Additional Competitive Research Grant (ACRG) : 8 lakhs.
Sponsored by : BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.
Project Title : Synthesis of Highly Functionalized and Medicinally Potential Bioactive
Heterocycles through Trifluoromethylative Cyclization Strategy.
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration : 24 months; September, 2019 - September, 2021. (Completed)
3. Industry Project (Research and Development) : 10.07 lakhs.
Sponsored by Chanceux Labs LLP, Hyderabad.
Project Title : Synthesis and Development of Pharmaceuticals (Code: CXL-001).
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration : 24 months; December, 2020 - December, 2022. (Completed)
4. CSIR - Extra Mural Research Grant (CSIR-EMR) : 26.79 lakhs.
Sponsored by : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India.
Project Title : Development of Cost-effective, Electrophilic Trifluoromethylating Reagents and Their Application to the Syntheses of New Classes of Medicinally Potential Trifluoromethylated Heterocycles.
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration : 3 years; July, 2021 - July, 2024. (Completed)
5. SPARKLE (Student Program for Advancing Research, KnowLedge, and Entrepreneurship) Grant (CSIR-EMR) : 2 lakhs.
Sponsored by : BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.
Project Title : Development of Green Synthetic Strategies to Access Biologically-Active N-Heterocycles and Their Analogues.
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration : 2 years; October, 2023 - October, 2025. (Ongoing)
6. SERB - Core Research Grant (SERB-CRG) : 43.48 lakhs.
Sponsored by : Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India.
Project Title : Electrochemical green synthesis of medicinally potential organo-chalcogenides and chalcogenoxides and evaluation of their anti-cancer activities in search of novel anti-cancer agents.
Role: Principal Investigator (Co-PI: Prof. Balaram Ghosh)
Duration : 3 years: 25th January 2024 - 24th January 2027 (Ongoing)
7. Cross-Disciplinary Research Funding (CDRF) : 20 lakhs.
Sponsored by : BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.
Project Title : Small molecule-based therapeutic intervention to cure Huntington’s disease (HD) and related neurodegenerative diseases via improving mitochondrial health. (Joint collaborative project with Prof. Shuvadeep Maity)
Role: Joint Principal Investigator with Prof. Shuvadeep Maity
Duration : 2 years (Project is Sanctioned but yet to start)
8. Cross-Disciplinary Research Funding (CDRF) : 20 lakhs.
Sponsored by : BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.
Project Title : Phenanthrene-based new fluorescent molecules for probing protein-surfactants interactions, DNA detection, gene delivery to cells, and bioimaging. (Joint collaborative project with Prof. Subit K. Saha and Prof. S. Murugesan)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Duration : 2 years (Project is Sanctioned but yet to start)
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