Title: Anti-sense, Sense and Epigenetics in Severe Malaria Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research Status: Ongoing Co-I: Dr. Syamantak Majumder (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus) Co-PI(s): Prof. Sanjay Kochar (Sardar Patel Medical College & Hospital, Bikaner) Dr. Dinesh Gupta (International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Delhi)
Title: 28S Ribosomal RNA Capture Assay for the Sensitive Detection of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Funding Agency: Malaria Elimination Research Alliance, India Status: Ongoing Co-PI(s): Prof. Sunil Bhand (BITS Pilani, Goa Campus) Prof. Sanket Goel (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus) Prof. Arunansu Talukdar (Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata)
Title: Exosome Cargo in Severe Malaria Disease: Prognostic or Diagnostic Markers for Severe Disease or Pathogen Detection Funding Agency: BITS BioCyTiH Foundation, India Status: Ongoing Co-PI(s): Prof. Shilpi Garg (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus) Prof. Anupama Mittal (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus)
Title: DBT-BUILDER - Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and Education in Epigenetics and Genome Editing Role: Coordinator Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, India Status: Ongoing
Title: Understanding vir Genes: Potential Mediators of Cyto-adherence in Severe Malaria from Plasmodiumvivax Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research Status: Technically Approved Co-PI(s): Prof. Shilpi Garg (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus) Dr. Balakumaran Chandrasekar (BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus)
Projects (PI): (Completed)
Title: Development of a Comprehensive Diagnostic System for P. falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae and its evaluation Funding Agency: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India.
Title: Prokaryotic Vector Design using Cryptic Plasmids from Leuconostoc sp., Lactococcus species and Cyanobacteria Funding Agency: Dabur Research Foundation, India
Title: Cloning and Characterization of the regions of the Apicoplast genome from Plasmodium vivax Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, India
Title: A Systems Biology approach towards understanding Severe Malaria with special reference to the Transcriptome and Proteome of the Parasite and the Host Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, India Co-PI(s): Prof. Utpal Tatu (Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore) Prof. Dhanpat Kochar/Prof. Sanjay Kochar (Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner)