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Externally Funded Research Projects

Bacteriology & Mycology

  • Development and evaluation of novel SERS-based lateral flow Immunoassay for point-of-care detection of Antigens and Antibodies againt Leptospirosis in Humans and Animals
    Project InvestigatorDr. Sabrinath Thankappan
    Funding AgencyICMR Sactioned Budget30.39
    Start Date01-01-2024 Completion01-01-2027
  • Estimates of Risk and Assessment of Burden of Zoonotic TB in India (ERAzTB)
    Project InvestigatorDr. Premanshu Dandapat
    Funding AgencyBMGF Sactioned Budget28
    Start Date01-09-2024 Completion31-03-2026

Biological Products

  • Establishment of Agri - Business Incubator (R-ABI) in Animal Science sector
    Project InvestigatorDr. Bablu Kumar
    Funding AgencyICAR Sactioned Budget133
    Start Date01-02-2016 Completion31-03-2029
  • Identification of quorum-sensing inhibitory, anti-biofilm and anti-virulence plant essential oils and components for developing novel intervention against drug-resistant microbes.
    Project InvestigatorDr. Ravi Kant Agrawal
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget33.58
    Start Date18-02-2022 Completion28-02-2025

Biological Standardization

  • Development and evaluation of Oral Bait vaccine for classical swine fever in pigs
    Project InvestigatorDr. Pronab Dhar
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget36.6
    Start Date21-10-2023 Completion21-10-2026
  • Development of recombinant fowlpox virus vector based avian infectious laryngotrachetis (ILT) vaccine candidate
    Project InvestigatorDr. Vikramaditya Upmanyu
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget28.78
    Start Date23-02-2024 Completion23-02-2027
  • National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP-FMD and Brucellosis)
    Project InvestigatorDr. Pronab Dhar
    Funding AgencyDAHD Sactioned Budget
    Start Date01-01-2020 Completion31-01-2025
  • National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP-PPR&CSF)
    Project InvestigatorDr. Pronab Dhar
    Funding AgencyDAHD Sactioned Budget
    Start Date01-04-2022 Completion31-03-2029

CADRAD

  • Establishment of consortium for One Health to address Zoonotic and Transboundary Diseases in India , including the north-east region
    Project InvestigatorDr. Pronab Dhar
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget132.02
    Start Date01-08-2020 Completion01-08-2024
  • Epidemiology studies and development of Antiviral Therapeutics against Coronaviruses
    Project InvestigatorDr. Gaurav Kumar Sharma
    Funding AgencyICAR Sactioned Budget44.28
    Start Date01-05-2021 Completion01-05-2024

Centre for Wildlife

  • Patho-epidemiology of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus infections affecting Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in India
    Project InvestigatorDr. Mathesh Karikalan
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget44.45
    Start Date01-12-2020 Completion01-12-2024
  • Assessing the safety to vultures (Gyps species) of non steoridal anti-inflammatory drugs in veterinary use in India
    Project InvestigatorDr. Mathesh Karikalan
    Funding AgencyMoEF Sactioned Budget271.28
    Start Date01-04-2012 Completion01-03-2025

CIF

  • Integrated Magneto - Acousto - Dielectrophoresis based Microfluidics for the sorting of Bovine Spermatozoa
    Project InvestigatorDr. Praveen Singh
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget141.02
    Start Date01-10-2024 Completion01-10-2026

Immunology

  • Harnessing trained immunity to enhance vaccine mediated immune response and resistance against heterologous infections in chickens
    Project InvestigatorDr. Mithilesh Kumar Singh
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget28.58
    Start Date10-05-2023 Completion10-05-2026
  • Nanodelivery and evaluation of adjuvant effect of synthetic TLR4 and TLR7 agonists combination in chicken.
    Project InvestigatorDr. R Saravanan
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget49.53
    Start Date01-01-2022 Completion23-07-2025

Medicine

  • DNA Aptamer based sirtuin-I nano formulation for iron deficiency anemia
    Project InvestigatorDr. Akhilesh Kumar
    Funding AgencyICMR Sactioned Budget43.56
    Start Date01-03-2024 Completion31-03-2027
  • Formulation and evaluation of Ethosomes : a novel trans-dermal delivery system for enhanced antimicrobial and antidermatophytic effect of essential oils
    Project InvestigatorDr. Akhilesh Kumar
    Funding AgencyUPCAR Sactioned Budget14.96
    Start Date01-10-2020 Completion07-04-2024

Parasitology

  • Deciphering the role of exosomes of haematophagous pathogen, Haemonchus contortus in host – pathogen interactions and possibilities of its therapeutic use.
    Project InvestigatorDr. M. Sankar
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget30.63
    Start Date01-03-2023 Completion01-03-2026
  • Diagnosis of insecticides resistance in tick population in Uttarakhand and promote a strategies for the control of tick infection and tick born disease
    Project InvestigatorDr. M. Sankar
    Funding AgencyICMR Sactioned Budget
    Start Date01-04-2020 Completion30-04-2024
  • Development, standardization and optimization of Microbial and botanical pesticides and their formulation as efficient delivery systems for the management of agricultural stored grain oests, nematodes and ticks parasites
    Project InvestigatorDr. M. Sankar
    Funding AgencyNASF Sactioned Budget26.81
    Start Date01-03-2024 Completion01-02-2027

Pathology

  • Strengthening and upgradation of the diagnostic infrastructural facility for rapid and precise diagnosis of emerging and re-emerging animal diseases to enhance livelihood of farmers
    Project InvestigatorDr. Vidya Singh
    Funding AgencyRKVY Sactioned Budget245
    Start Date26-07-2022 Completion31-03-2029
  • Molecular characterization of small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLVs) and development of multiple antigenic construct based diagnostics for SRLVs using computational biology tools
    Project InvestigatorDr. Pawan Kumar
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget44.98
    Start Date01-02-2023 Completion01-02-2026

Pharmacology & Toxicology

  • Targeting RIG-1 protein in abortions and preterm labor
    Project InvestigatorDr. Subhashree Parida
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget42.22
    Start Date23-09-2023 Completion26-09-2026
  • Elucidation of the role of leptin signaling in macrophage switching and its therapeutic exploitation in pathogenic abortions and preterm labor
    Project InvestigatorDr. Subhashree Parida
    Funding AgencyICMR Sactioned Budget43.84
    Start Date01-03-2024 Completion27-09-2027

Surgery

  • Development of a novel elastic intramedullary nailing system for long bone fracture management in growing dogs
    Project InvestigatorDr. Kiranjeet Singh
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget26.04
    Start Date16-06-2023 Completion16-06-2026

Veterinary Biotechnology

  • Transgenic chicken for expression of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) : A potential cytokine in stem cell biology and therapy
    Project InvestigatorDr. Sujoy Kumar Dhara
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget32.19
    Start Date01-01-2022 Completion01-01-2025
  • Artificial Intelligence and IoT based Smart Vet Ecosystem for Animal Health, Patient Care and Precision Livestock Farming
    Project InvestigatorDr. Sameer Shrivastava
    Funding AgencyNASF Sactioned Budget44.85
    Start Date01-01-2023 Completion31-03-2025
  • Studies on host pathogen interaction and development of vaccine against zoonotic coronaviruses
    Project InvestigatorDr. Madhan Mohan Chellappa 
    Funding AgencyICAR Sactioned Budget60.59
    Start Date01-06-2021 Completion01-05-2024
  • Developing novel therapeutic strategies for mitigating antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens and ivermectin resistance in parasites
    Project InvestigatorDr. Sameer Shrivastava
    Funding AgencyNASF Sactioned Budget79.25
    Start Date01-06-2022 Completion31-05-2025
  • Identification of Avian Reovirus (ARV) vaccine candidates for development of efficacious, miRNAs adjuvanted live attenuated vaccine
    Project InvestigatorDr. Deepak Kumar
    Funding AgencyICAR Sactioned Budget35
    Start Date03-09-2021 Completion03-09-2024
  • Generation and evaluation of a live vectored vaccine against porcine circo virus infection of swine
    Project InvestigatorDr. Sohini Dey
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget60.65
    Start Date01-01-2021 Completion01-07-2024

Veterinary Public Health

  • Development of Immuno chromatographic strip assay for onsite sero- diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis in Swine
    Project InvestigatorDr. Himani Dhanze
    Funding AgencyUPCAR Sactioned Budget18.48
    Start Date01-11-2020 Completion01-04-2024

Animal Genetics

  • Molecular genetic techniques – A way forward to conserve and improve local Gurez cattle, priority germplasm of Himalayan Range for sustainable livelihood of tribals
    Project InvestigatorDr. Sheikh Firdous Ahmad
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget2.4
    Start Date01-07-2022 Completion01-07-2025
  • Identification of unique signatures of selective sweeps in indigenous dairy cattle breeds
    Project InvestigatorDr. Manjit Panigrahi
    Funding AgencyNASF Sactioned Budget75.16
    Start Date01-05-2022 Completion01-04-2025
  • Decoding evolutionary genomic footprints in Indian goat breeds across diverse climatic zones
    Project InvestigatorDr. Manjit Panigrahi
    Funding AgencyNLM Sactioned Budget123.0
    Start Date15-01-2025 Completion15-01-2028

Animal Nutrition

  • Assessment of Spatio - Temporal variation in Enteric Methane emissions and development of primary data based inventory
    Project InvestigatorDr. Lal Chandra Chaudhary
    Funding AgencyILRI Sactioned Budget0
    Start Date01-04-2023 Completion31-03-2026

Livestock Production and Management

  • Engineered nanosorbents for removal of antibiotic residues from livestock farm wastewater
    Project InvestigatorDr. Ayon Tarafdar
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget43.32
    Start Date01-02-2024 Completion01-02-2027

Livestock Products Technology

  • Development of Shelf-Stabe Ready To Eat (RTE) meat products by Standardizing the retorting methods for Entrepreneurial opportunities and skill development
    Project InvestigatorDr. I Prince Devadason
    Funding AgencyDAHD Sactioned Budget105.56
    Start Date13-06-2022 Completion13-06-2026
  • Development of smart sensor probe based method for rapid detection of freshness of dressed chicken
    Project InvestigatorDr. Suman Talukder
    Funding AgencyBureau of Indian Standard (BIS) Sactioned Budget10
    Start Date01-04-2024 Completion31-03-2025

Physiology & Climatology

  • Assessing the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cell laden bioactive injectable hydrogel for osteoarthritis
    Project InvestigatorDr. Yasotha T
    Funding AgencyCST(UP) Sactioned Budget18.86
    Start Date01-10-2023 Completion31-10-2026

Biochemistry

  • Evaluation of Immune responses and vaccine potential of multi-methionine sulfoxide reductases gene deletion strain of Salmonella Typhimurium
    Project InvestigatorDr. Manish Mahawar
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget63
    Start Date20-03-2023 Completion20-03-2026
  • Role of Ethanolamine utilisation transcriptional regulator (EutR) on colonization of salmonella Typhimurium
    Project InvestigatorDr. Ajay Kumar
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget19.16
    Start Date28-08-2023 Completion28-08-2026
  • Identification and evaluation of small molecule inhibitors targeting P2RX7-cholesterol interaction in cancer cells
    Project InvestigatorDr. Mukesh Kumar
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget41.78
    Start Date18-01-2023 Completion18-01-2026
  • Elucidating the role of chaperone mediated autophagy on hepatic stellate cells phenotypic switch in liver fibrosis
    Project InvestigatorDr. Irungbam Karuna Devi
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget104.28
    Start Date01-02-2023 Completion01-01-2028

Extension Education

  • Facilitating a Learning Lab on Climate-smart Gender-responsive Livestock-based Socio-Technical Innovation Bundling for Women's Resilience and Empowerment in India
    Project InvestigatorDr. Mahesh Chander
    Funding AgencyIRRI Sactioned Budget16.65
    Start Date01-05-2023 Completion01-03-2029

JDEE

IVRI (RS), Hebbal

  • Development of genome edited BHK-21 cells line to rescue Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Asia1 mutants
    Project InvestigatorDr. Dechamma H J
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget54.12
    Start Date01-01-2022 Completion01-07-2024
  • Molecular basis of immune response to FMD vaccination in Mithun (Bos Frontails)
    Project InvestigatorDr. Dechamma H J
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget97.97
    Start Date01-09-2023 Completion01-09-2026
  • Structure guided enhancement of capsid stability of foot and mouth disease virus serotype O Indian Vaccine strain
    Project InvestigatorDr. Suresh H Basagoudanavar
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget44.96
    Start Date14-08-2023 Completion14-08-2026
  • Quality control and quality assurance of FMD vaccine under National Animal Disease Control program for FMD & Brucellosis (LHDCP)
    Project InvestigatorDr. V Bhanuprakash
    Funding AgencyDAHD Sactioned Budget69
    Start Date01-08-2020 Completion31-03-2029
  • Quality control of PPR vaccine under National Animal Disease Control program for PPR & CSF (LHDCP)
    Project InvestigatorDr. V Bhanuprakash
    Funding AgencyDAHD Sactioned Budget80.3
    Start Date01-04-2022 Completion31-03-2029
  • Elucidating the functions of epitranscriptomic modifications in Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) infections
    Project InvestigatorDr. Basavaraj Sajjanar
    Funding AgencyDBT Sactioned Budget141.93
    Start Date01-01-2019 Completion01-09-2024
  • Foot and Mouth Disease vaccination of cows during gestation: Evaluation of pregnancy-induced immunosuppression on antibody response in dam and calf
    Project InvestigatorDr. K Narayanan
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget32.98
    Start Date01-01-2022 Completion01-01-2025
  • Development of Novel adjuvanted vaccine for foot and mouth disease
    Project InvestigatorDr. Suresh H Basagoudanavar
    Funding AgencyDBT-University of California Sactioned Budget90.79
    Start Date01-08-2022 Completion01-08-2025
  • The combinatorial effect of memory T-Cell, Neutralizing B-Cell epitopes and inactivated FMD virus on the duration of immunity against foot and mouth disease virus
    Project InvestigatorDr. Sanjeev Kumar Bhure
    Funding AgencyDST Sactioned Budget29.74
    Start Date06-03-2024 Completion06-03-2027

IVRI ERS Kolkata

  • Unraveling the resistant signature of priority poultry pathogens for an integrated approach to address antimicrobial resistance
    Project InvestigatorDr. Samiran Bandyopadhyay
    Funding AgencyDAHD Sactioned Budget130.1
    Start Date01-06-2023 Completion01-06-2026
  • Effect of Ghee from indigenous cow milk on congnition and neuro-protection against Alzheimer’s disease
    Project InvestigatorDr. Arun Kumar Das
    Funding AgencyICAR Sactioned Budget5
    Start Date01-04-2023 Completion01-04-2026