List of projects sanctioned in various Depts.

Sponsored Research ongoing projects list department wise as on October, 2012.

Department of Biology:

Sl. No	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	Polymorphism studies of the malarial vacine candidate serine repeat antigen (SERA) in Indian isolates	Dr. Vidya Rajesh	DST-Fast Track	Biological Sciences	1900600.00	2009-2012
2	Characterization of the prenatal and perinatal risk factors of autism spectral disorder in Indian population	Dr. Vidya Rajesh	UGC	Biological Sciences	651800.00	2010-2013
3	Molecular studies on T3 binding domain of the thyroid hormone receptors in autistic individuals	Dr. Vidya Rajesh	DST (CSI)	Biological Sciences	2374400.00	2011-2014
4	Functional mutations in the opiate and their impact on immune cell function	Dr. Suman Kapur	ICMR-MOR	Biological Sciences	2651760.00	2009-2013
5	Identification of genetic loci associated with predisposition for Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Indians from Rajasthan	Dr. Suman Kapur	ICMR-T2DM	Biological Sciences	2310000.00	2009-2012
6	Development of an indigenous chip for testing antibiotic sensitivity of pathogens found in human urinary tract	Dr. Suman Kapur	NPMASS-DRDO	Biological Sciences	6480000.00	2008-2012
7	Developing low cost POC device for detection of blood glucose levels	Dr. Suman Kapur	ICMR (POC)	Biological Sciences	2614048.00	2011-2013
8	Loop Modelling in nucleic acid structure	Dr. G. Savitha; B. D. Gupta	DBT	Biological Sciences	2777600.00	2010-2013
9	Exploring sequence and structural features of the catalytic b/x loops in TIM barrel proteins: Implications for protein engineering.	Dr. Ramakrishna Vadrevu	UGC	Biological Sciences	826800.00	2011-2014
10	Consequences of cellular crowding in struture stability and folding of a TIM barrel protein	Dr. Ramakrishna Vadrevu	DST	Biological Sciences	3737000.00	2012-2015
11	Novel Molecular Mechanism Involving Adenosine and Adenosine Receptors in Acceleration of Alcohol Induced Hepatic Fibrosis	Dr. Palash Mandal	CSIR	Biological Sciences	2407000.00	2012-2015
12	Novel Biomarker responses to validate acute toxicity of engineered nanoparticles and their physicochemical interactions in earthworm as a model bioindicator of nano (eco) toxicology.	Dr.Sankar Ganesh	DBT (RGYI)	Biological Sciences	5129000.00
13	Role of adipose in ethanol-induced tissue injury	Dr. Palash Mandal	DST	Biological Sciences	2371000.00

Department of Chemical Engineering:

Title of the Project

Principal Investigator

Funding Agency

Department

Santioned Amount Rs

Duration

Addressing ruthenium crossover in Direct Methanol fuel cells

Dr. Balaji Krishna Murthy

ABG

Chemical Engg

1200000.00

2011-2013

Department of Chemistry:

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Novel Heterocyclic Compounds for the Treatment of Schizophrenia	Dr. K.V.G. Chandrasekhar	DST-Fast Track	Chemistry	1828800.00	2010-2013
2	Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of bishomo (hetero) arylpiperazines as atypical antipsychotic agents	Dr.KVG.Chandra sekhar	UGC	Chemistry	644300	2011-2014
3	Synthesis of some selected nitrogen based heterocycles as Potential Anti-tubercular agents	Dr. Anupam Bhattacharya	DST-Fast Track	Chemistry	1878000.00	2010-2013
4	Investigation on synthetic and catalytic reactions of unsaturated organo-phosphonates with oxaziridines	Dr.Manab Chakravarthy	DST-Fast Track	Chemistry	1993000.00	2011-2014
5	Optical and Semiconducting molecular materials based on tetrathiafulvalene, tetracyanoquinodimethane and their polymer templates	Dr. Jayanty Subbalakshmi	DST-Fast Track	Chemistry	2225000.00	2010-2013
6	Novel Synthetic routes to p-type (Nano) Transparent Semiconducting Oxides of Delafossite type structure by soft chemistry routes and the study of it's properties	Dr. R. Srinivasan	DST-Fast Track	Chemistry	2180000	2010-2013
7	Absorption and freezing of heteropolymers on disordered surfaces: a model for biomimetic recognition	Dr. K Sumithra	DST	Chemistry	3362400	2011-2014
8	Ultracold chemistry in the early universe	Dr.Subhas Ghosal	DST FT	Chemistry	2160000	2012-2015
9	Laboratory investigation ad field application towards the effective defluoridation of water using appropriately tailored sorbents	Dr. N Rajesh	DST	Chemistry	2667000	2012-2015
10	Chemically modified polymeric adsorbents for the removal and recovery of precious metal palladium from industrial wastes	Dr. N Rajesh	UGC	Chemistry	470000	2012-2015
11	Development of suitably customized polymers and clay based adsorbents for the effective removal of chromium from e-waste	Dr.N Rajesh	DST	Chemistry	3206000
12	Photocurable organic-inorganic hybrid precursors for the fabrication of metal oxide micro/nanostructures	Dr.Ramakrishan Ganesan	DST FT	Chemistry	3000000
13	Synthesis & Biological activity of various triazoles as effective antifungal agents	Dr.K V G Chandrasekhar	DBT	Chemistry	1372400	2012-2015

Department of Civil Engineering:

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	Experimental and numerical investigations on sandwiched modular multilayer self compated cement concrete pavements	Dr.V. R. Vinayaka Rao & Dr. M. V. N. Sivakumar	ABG	Civil Engg	1000000	2011-2013
2	Multiobjective reservoir optimisation using swarm intelligent algorithms	Dr.A Vasan	CSIR	Civil Engg	1117000	2011-2014
3	Fourier analysis and development of two-dimensional finite element schemes for shallow water equations and transport related systems	Dr. Jagdeesh Anmala	DST	Civil Engg	1100000	2012-2015
4	Multicriterion Analysis for ranking of Various General circulation models to study water Resources of India	Dr. K Srinivasa Raju	CSIR	Civil Engg	1622000	2012-2015

Department of Computer Science:

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	Efficient Peer-2-Peer overlay infrastructure for secured computing over the internet	Dr.Chittaranjan Hota	UGC	Computer Science	1038800	2010-2013
2	Automated Detection of security and privacy threats in peer to peer networks	Dr.Chittaranjan Hota	DIT	Computer Science	6195000	2012-2015

Department of Electrical Engineering:

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	Variable Data Rate Digital Demodulator for 64QAM on virtex -5 FPGA	Dr. MB Srinivas	DRDO	Electrical	990000	2011-2012
2	MATLAB MODELLING OF A NOVEL BATTERY SYSTEM FOR HYDERABAD BATTERIES LIMITED	Dr. U. M. Rao	HBL Power Systems Ltd	Electrical	200000	2012-2012

Department of Mathematics:

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	Study of cosmological models in bimetric theory of graavitation	Dr. Pradyumn Kumar Sahoo	UGC	Mathematics	180000	2012-2014

Department of Economics:

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	An evaluation of Development Policies for Tribals in Andhrapradesh and Dahod Tribles in Gujarat	Dr. Meera Lal	ICSSR	Economics	620000	2012-2013

Department of Mechanical Engineering:

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	Dynamic Strain Ageing Behavior in Austenitic Stainless Steel	Dr. A. K. Gupta	DAE	Mechanical Engg	1164000	2009-2012
2	Rapid incremental forming of EDD steel sheet metal parts with asymmetric Geometry	Dr. S.P. Regalla	UGC	Mechanical Engg	973000	2011-2014
3	Understanding Material Properties and Possible Forming Behavior (Using FEM) of titanium Grade-5 materail at Elevated Temperatures	Dr. A.K.Gupta	DST	Mechanical Engg	1015000	2012-2015
4	Development of electrostatic Nano-Solid Lubricant Coated Tools for Sustainable Machining	Dr. N Suresh Kumar Reddy	CSIR	Mechanical Engg	1852000	2012-2015

Department of Pharmacy:

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Santioned Amount	Duration
1	Structure-guided Design of New Antibacterial Agents against Dormant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis	Dr.D.Sriram	DBT (Indo-Sweden)	Pharmacy	9688000	2010-2014
2	Development of novel antitubercular drugs ASTRA ZENECA	Dr.D.Sriram	ASTRA ZENECA	Pharmacy	1111111	2010-2013
3	Structure based rational design and synthesis of mycobacterium tuberculosis pantothenate synthetase inhibitors	Dr.D.Sriram	DST-SERC	Pharmacy	2380000	2010-2013
4	Development of Novel DNA Gyrase Inhibitors Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other Non-tubercular Mycobacterial Infections	Dr.D.Sriram	CSIR	Pharmacy	1676000	2010-2013
5	Development, synthesis and testing of novel HIV drugs	Dr. D. Sriram	DST-IBSA	Pharmacy	3184500	2011-2014
6	Development of Newer Isoniazid Derivatives for the Treatment of Tuberculosis and Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis	Dr. D. Sriram	ICMR	Pharmacy	1712474	2011-2014
7	Drug discovery of inhibitors of the Protease of Peripheral Macrophages and Microglial cells in spinal cord for the treatment of neuropathic pain	Dr.P.Yogeeswari	DST	Pharmacy	3978300	2012-2015
8	Discovery of Novel Modulators of NAD(+) Dependent Protein Deacetylase SIRT 1 for the treatment of Various Human Disorders	Dr.P.Yogeeswari	DBT (Sirt)	Pharmacy	2977000	2011-2014
9	Structure-guided design of novel non-peptidic noncovalent selective inhibitors of the spinal micgorglial cathepsins for the treatment of neuropathic pain	Dr. Yogeeswari	DBT(Neuro)	Pharmacy	3112000	2011-2013
10	Design, Characterization and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Nanocarriers for Antiretroviral Drug Delivery in the Effective Treatment of HIV/AIDS	Dr Punna Rao R	DST FT	Pharmacy	2310000	2012-2015
11	Quality Control studies and standardization of safflower petals of different Indian cultivars as per World Health Organisation (WHO) requirement	Dr. Sajeli Begum	UGC	Pharmacy	944800	2011-2014
12	Design, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic evaluation of nanocarriers for selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) delivery in the effective treatment of post-menopausal osteoporosis.	Dr.Punna Rao	UGC	Pharmacy	783000	2011-2014
13	Design and synthesis of pharmacophoric hybrids as potential leads for the treatment of neuropathic pain	Dr.P.Yogeeswari	CSIR	Pharmacy	2028000	2012-2015
14	Development of Novel anti-inflammatory agents, Incozen Therapeutics Ltd., Hyderabad.	Dr. P. Yogeeswari	IncozeN	Pharmacy	2100000	2012-2015
15	Transcutaneous delivery of macromolecules using layer-by-layer asembl;y to treat skin conditions	Dr. Vamsi Krishna Venuganti	DST FT	Pharmacy	2300000	2012-2015
16	Structure Based Rational Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors for Various Enzymes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Dr.D.Sriram	ABG	Pharmacy	1800000	2011-2013
17	Development of new antiepileptic leads to suppress hippocampal leads to suppress hippocampal epileptic seizures	Dr P Yogeeswari	DST-INDO-UKARINE	Pharmacy	774000	2012-2015
18	Investigation of Natural Coumarinolignans and Their Newer Synthetic Analogs as Cyclooxygenase (COX-2) and Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-a) inhibitory agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis	Dr.Sajeli Begum	CSIR	Pharmacy	2102000	2012-2015
19	Non -Invasive Delivery od siRNA to treat Melanoma	Dr. VVS Vamsi Krsishna	DBT (RGYI)	Pharmacy	3119000
20	Development and analysis of novel inhibitors against M. tuberculosis GImU.	Dr. D. Sriram	CSIR-OSDD	Pharmacy	3956820	2012-2015
21	STRUCTURE BASED RATIONAL DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF INHIBITORS FOR VARIOUS ENZYMES OF HIV	Dr. Sriram	DBT	Pharmacy	5617400	2012-2015
22	Fund for the improvement of S&T infrastructure in higher educational institutions (Department of Pharmacy)		DST FIST	Pharmacy	3000000

Department of Physics:

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	Investigations into the Influence of Rare Earth Ion Doping on Structural and Dielectric Properties of Layered Ferroelectric Ceramics by Adopting Molten Salt Synthesis Route	Dr. Harihara Venkatraman	DST FT	Physics	1993000	2010-2013
2	Site-specific immobilization of a single DNA molecule	Dr. Souri Banerjee	DAE-BRNS	Physics	1950500	2011-2014
3	Development of magnetoimpedance sensor for biocells detection	Dr. V Satyanarayana Murthy	DST FT	Physics	2268000	2012-2015
4	Investigation of magneto-optical effects in composite magneto plasmonic nanostructures for sensing application	Dr.Kannan Ramaswamy	DST	Physics	3500000

Sl No.	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Department	Sanctioned Amount (Rs)	Duration
1	TBI			Institute	50000000

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