Sponsored Projects

Extramural Funding

Name of Project	Duration	Funding Agency	Budget
Major Grant
Structure-function relationship in lupin leghemoglobin pertinent to a new, ubiquitous class of heme proteins with yet unknown physiological function	2008-2011	DBT	78.268 Lakhs
Spectroscopic Characterization / Screening of Hemoglobin Disorders	2008-2011	DBT	23.02 Lakhs
Structure-function relationship in Dopamine Beta hydroxylase and neuroglobin (as Co-Coordinator; part of COE grant to Prof. B.K. Thelma;)	2008-2013	DBT	32.50 Lakhs
Characterizing Novel Globins Across Species and Deciphering their Stress Response and Interacting Partners: An Integrated, Holistic Approach for Function Elucidation (as Coordinator)	2009-2012	DU-DST PURSE	252.885 Lakhs (My share: 41.52 Lakhs)
Functional properties of plant hemoglobins embedded in nanoporous silica gels	2008-2009	University of Parma, Italy	Student exchange programme
Mossbauer Spectroscopy of Mammalian and other Novel Hemoglobins	2007-2012	Research Collaboration with Ural State Technical University-UPI, Ekaterinburg, Russia	Student exchange programme and academic collaboration
Development of potent small molecule inhibitors against dopamine beta-hydroxylase to combat cardiovascular diseases (as Coordinator; co-PI Prof. N.G. Ramesh, IIT, Delhi)	15.06.2015 to 14.06.2018	DBT	Rs.51,65,500 (Total budget Rs.78,90,300)
Systems biology of complex diseases: From genetic findings to lead molecule development for Rheumatoid arthritis- Centre of Excellence in Genome Sciences and Predictive Medicine (Phase II) (as co-Coordinator;Coordinator Prof. B.K. Thelma)	21.12.2015 to 20.12.2021	DBT	Rs.60.62 Lakhs
Screening Lead Molecules Identified by Structure‐based Rational Drug Design Methods against Cytochrome b5 Reductase 3 and Dopamine Beta Hydroxylase in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Models for Antihypertensive Effects (as Coordinator;co-PI- Dr. C.C. Kartha, RGCB, Trivandrum)	22.06.2017 to 21.06.2021	DBT	Rs. 87,52,800 /- (my share – Rs. 25,60,400) + Rs.60 lacs as special grant
Development of Hemoglobin based artificial oxygen carrier: Engineering recombinant and packaged hemoglobin (as PI; Co-PI – Prof. Alo Nag)	13.06.2018 to 12.06.2021.	DRDO (Life Sciences Research Board)	Rs.65,43,392
Minor Project
Understanding the structure of Leishmania major phosphopantetheinyl transferase (LmjPPTase) and its interaction with cognate ACP (Phase II)	27.3.2015 to 31.3.2019	UGC-DAE Consortium of Scientific Research	Rs.13,17,000
Understanding the structure of Leishmaniaamajor Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase (Lmj PPTase) and its interaction with cognate ACP	1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019	UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research	Rs.2,63,400

Patents

“Engineering Enhanced Heme Retention in Hemoglobin”, Amit Tyagi, Suman Kundu, Mohd. Asim Khan, Kajal Yadav, Nidhi Mittal, Gaurav Mittal, Indian Ordinary Patent Application No 202211073665, December 19, 2022. (Applicants: Chairman, Defence Research & Development Organisation & University of Delhi; Our Ref: ERIP/IP/2101007/M/01; DRDO Ref: SKL:SKT: P_IN101243).
“Isolated Polynucleotide Molecules Corresponding to Mutant and Wild-type Alleles of the Maize D9 Gene and Methods of Use”. (2007). Lawit, Shai J.; Kundu, Suman; Rao, Aragula, G.; Tomes, Dwight T. US Patent 7,557,266; EP Patent 2,251,349; WO Patent 2,007,124, 312. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa, USA

Editing / Reviewing

Guest Editor (2022): “Symmetry in Protein Architecture: Evolution, Design, Structure-function Relationship and Applications", Topic Editors: Suman Kundu and Michael Blaber; Topic Coordinator: Sanjay Kumar Dey, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences.
External reviewer for Qatar University (QU), Internal Grants – iGrants 2022
Founder Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Proteins and Proteomics (Springer Nature)
Peer Reviewed articles for FEBS Letters, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Indian Journal of Microbiology, Indian Journal of Biotechnology, Cell and Development Biology, PLoS One, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Protein Science, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Drug Design, Development and Therapy, Indian Journal of Medical Research, Proteins: Structure, Function, Bioinformatics, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, Oncology Letters, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Letters in Drug Design and Discovery, F1000 Research, Journal of Proteomics.
Reviewed grant proposals for DBT, DST, CSIR, IIT Delhi.
Reviewed Ph.D / M/Phil Theses - ~40 (forty)

MoU / CRA

Memorandum of Agreement to “Develop a Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI) model to detect beta thalassemia trait using CBC parameters” with ICMR-National Institute of Immunohematology (NIIH), KEM Hospital Campus, Parel, Mumbai for 1 year from 8^th March, 2023. Scientists from NIIH – Dr. Manisha Madkaikar and Dr. Naveen Khargekar; Scientists from BITS Goa – Dr. Snehanshu Saha.

Collaborative Research Agreement on "Pathophysiological investigations of Sickle Cell Disease and Interventions to improve associated Hemorheological Abnormalities" with Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science and Research Hospital, Sri Sri University, Cuttack, Odisha for 5 years from December 9, 2021.

Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA or MoU) with M/s Sai Phytoceuticals Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, India for the project entitled “Pathophysiological investigations of sickle cell disease and interventions to improve associated hemorheological abnormalities”, for 5 years from 20^th October, 2021

Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA or MoU) effective from 11^th December, 2020 with M/s Sai Phytoceuticals Pvt. Ltd., Greater Kailash Part II, New Delhi 110048 (Mr Anil Bhansali) on the topic “New Drug Candidates to Combat Hypertension and Cardiac Hypertrophy Designed against an Unconventional Target and Pathway”

Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA or MoU) effective from 7^thNovember, 2017 for 5 years with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029 (Prof. S.K Maulik, Department of Pharmacology) on the topic “Scientific validation of medicinal plant extracts and their constituents in regulating pulmonary and systemic hypertension vis-à-vis catecholamine biosynthetic, NO metabolism and redox pathways”

Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA or MoU) effective from 7^thNovember, 2017 for 5 years with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029 (Prof. S.K Maulik, Department of Pharmacology) on the topic “Development and screening of potent small molecule inhibitors against dopamine beta-hydroxylase and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase to combat pulmonary hypertension”

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