Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Ongoing or Approved
1. Core Research Grant, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2023-2026) (PI). Exploring epigenetic regulation of Shelterin proteins and their role in Cardiovascular Diseases. (Total Cost: 64.1 lakhs).
2. Grant-in-Aid, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2023-2026) (Co-PI). Identification and characterization of novel long non-coding RNAs in AKI-to-CKD transition using CRISP/Cas9-based epigenome editing: Revealing the potential of the long non-coding RNAs as a biomarker and therapeutic strategy. (Total Cost: 41 lakhs).
3. DBT-Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments for Education and Research Programme, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India (2021-2026) (PI). "DBT-BUILDER -University of Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and Education in Epigenetics and Genome editing". (Total Cost: 9.01 Cr)
4. Advanced Research Translation (ART) Program, BITS BioCyTiH Foundation (2025-2026) (Co-PI). Validation of Portable Methanol Detector Developed by Dielectric Sensing Technology. (Total Cost: 15 lakhs)
5. Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework, BITS Pilani (2025-2027) (PI). In silico design, synthesis, and preclinical studies on a new class of inhibitors for KDM6B for the treatment of chronic kidney disease. (Total Cost: 20 lakhs)
6. Competitive Research Grant, Department of Biotechnology (2025-2028) (Co-PI). Deciphering molecular crosstalk between cancer and endothelial cells crucial to mesenchymal to epithelial transition (MET) and colonization of circulating tumor cells. (Total Cost: 53 lakhs)
7. CEFIPRA Indo-French Workshop, Indo-French Centre For The Promotion Of Advanced Research. Mechanobiology of circulating tumor cells and microfluidics: A new frontier for cancer research (2025) (Co-PI) (Approved)
Completed
1. BITS, Research Initiation Grant (2017-2019) (PI). "Studying the epigenetic of high glucose mediated endothelial dysfunction during diabetic nephropathy". (Total Cost: 2 lakhs)
2. BITS, Additional Competitive Research Grant (2018-2020) (PI). " Understanding the role of long non coding RNA in glomerular endothelial cell dysfunction during diabetic nephropathy." (Total Cost: 8.5 lakhs)
3. Early Career Research Award-Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2019-2022) (PI). "Epigenetics of Endothelial Dysfunction during Cardiovascular Disease". (Total Cost: 45 lakhs).
4. Competitive Research Grant, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (2019-2022) (Co-PI). " Development of 1-D nanomaterials based selective sensor system for non-invasive detection of complications of diabetes mellitus and asthama by breath analysis technique". (Total Cost: 46.5 lakhs)
5. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2019-2022) (PI). “Studying the Efficacy of ADAM Inhibitors in Treating Diabetic Nephropathy”. (Total Cost: 33 lakhs)
6. Grants in Aid, Life Sciences Research Board (LSRB) of Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) (2019-2022) (Co-PI). "High altitude-hypoxia mediates thrombosis in soldiers; modulation of autophagy as a strategy to combat high altitude-hypoxia induced thrombosis”. (Total Cost: 42.36 lakhs)
7. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2019-2022) (Co-I). “Antisense, Sense and Epigenetics in Severe Malaria”. (Cost: 142.5 lakhs)
8. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2019-2022) (Co-PI). “Repurposing of CNS accumulating drugs as autophagy modulators for potential treatment against glioblastoma: an in-silico, in-vitro and in-vivo study.” (Total Cost: 33.5 lakhs)
9. National Supercomputing Mission, Department of Science and Technology (DST-NSM) (2021-2023) (Co-PI) In silico genome wide prediction of human gut microbiota derived microRNA and exploring their association with altered gene expression in host cells during cancer and cardiovascular diseases". (Total Cost: 20.41 lakhs)
10. Competitive Research Grant, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (2020-2023) (PI) “Enhancer of Zeste Homolog-2 role in Glomerular Endothelial Dysfunction during Diabetic Nephropathy”. (Total Cost: 33.5 lakhs)
11. Strategic Research Project, BITS BioCyTiH Foundation (2022-2024) (PI) “Development of detection system of pre-validated salivary biomarkers to determine the stages and type of cardiovascular disease”. (Total Cost: 24.46 lakhs)
12. Competitive Research Grant, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (2021-2024) (Co-PI) “Rapid, low cost fluorescent AIE-based detection of renal dysfunction from urine samples and fabrication of portable and real time device”. (Total Cost: 80 lakhs)
13. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2021-2024) (Co-PI). “Targeting chromatin modifiers- Jumonji Histone Demethylases in tumor cells surviving acute drug stress: an in vitro and in vivo study”. (Total Cost: 44.14 lakhs)
14. Extramural Research Grant, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2021-2024) (Co-PI). “Design and synthesis of inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigma factor-RNAP protein-protein interaction as potential antimycobacterial agents”. (Total Cost: 52.86 lakhs)
15. Core Research Grant, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2021-2024) (Co-PI). ““Neuronal” regulation of tumor cell migration- understanding the role of semaphorins in tumor cells undergoing EMT and subjected to differential flow dynamics”. (Total Cost: 54 lakhs).
16. Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE), sponsored by Department of Science & Technology (DST)-PURSE, Govt. of India (2021-2025) (Co-PI). “2D materials based sensor systems for rapid diagnosis of human diseases through analysis of exhaled breath”, (Total Cost: 11 Cr)
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