Current Sponsored Projects

For On-going Projects

1 Novel laccases for degradation of complex dyes for textile waste water treatment (Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt of India), PI.
2 Molecular basis of asphaltene biotransformation by a microbial consortium (Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt of India) as a co-PI.
3 Engineered bioremediation approaches for onsite treatment of soil contaminated with crude oil (Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt of India) as a co-PI.
4 Gene expression pattern of wood decaying fungus on different woody substrates. SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship to Dr. Sumbul Afreen under my supervision.
5 Development of an integrated bioprocess for synthesis and purification of Galacto- oligosaccharides. DST Post-Doctoral Fellowship to Dr. Anita Srivastava under my supervision.

Partial List of Sponsored Projects handled earlier

Title Funding Agency Co-workers
Enzymology and molecular biological investigations of -glucosidase from thermophilic yeast Pichia etchellsii Department of Biotechnology, GOI Self – P.I.Prof. V.S. Bisaria (Co-Investigator)
Large scale production of conessine by plant cell culture of Holarrhena antidysenterica Department of Biotechnology, GOI Self – P.I. Prof. V.S. Bisaria (Co-Investigator)
Prebleaching of Kraft pulp by xylanases and ancillary enzymes Department of Science and Technology, GOI and Indian Agro Paper Mills Association Self – P.I. Prof. V.S. Bisaria and Dr. T.R. Sreekrishnan (Co-Investigator)
Cloning and characterization of ligninases/laccase genes from white rot fungus Department of Biotechnology, GOI Multi-Institutional Project Self- P.I. at IIT Delhi
Gene expression data analysis using clustering Department of Biotechnology, GOI PI-Prof. B. Chandra, Maths Dept. Self- Co-PI
Enzyme catalyzed synthesis of alkyl glucosides and polyglucosides using β–glucosidase in microaqueous/organic medium Defence Research and Development Organization, GOI-Life Science Division Self-PI Prof. S. Chand-Co-PI
Decolorization/detoxification of waste-waters using physico-chemical/biological routes Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India Self-PI Prof. T.R. Sreekrishnan, Co-PI.
Engineering of β –glucosidases for improved yield of glycoconjugates Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India) Self-P.I. Prof. Vijaylaxmi, Vellore Institute of Technology, Co-PI
Bioprocess development for cost-effective and environment friendly production of cellobiose dehydrogenase and lactobionic acid. Department of Biotechnology (Govt. of India) Self-P.I. Dr. V. Sahai (Co-PI) Dr. S. Pandey, Chem. Dept. (Co-PI)
Production of high value therapeutic proteins using Pichia system IIT Delhi under `High Impact Research Proposals’ Self-P.I.
Design of novel laccases for degradation of complex dyes Department of Biotechnology (Govt. of India) Self-P.I. Dr. P. Srivastava (co-P.I.)
Whole cell catalyzed biotransformation for synthesis of fructo-oligosaccharides Department of Biotechnology (Govt. of India) Self-P.I. Prof. G. P. Aggarwal (Co-PI) Prof. S. Chand (Co-PI).
Development of an integrated bioprocess for synthesis and purification of Galacto-oligosaccharides DST Young Scientist award Dr. A. Srivastava