Projects: Since 2010 the center has a number of funded projects from various governmental agencies such as VGST, DST, DRDO and ICMR A typical listing of such select projects is enunciated below
Investigators | Project Titles | Funding Agencies |
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PI: Dr. Padmavathi TCI: Dr. Usha M S | Studies of interaction of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on Lycopersicon esculentum and Capsicum annum plants | DST – SERB (2011-14) |
PI: Dr. Sunil More | Purification and properties of Insect selective Na+ channel inhibitor toxin from Palamneus gravimanus Indian Black scorpion venom : Development of Potent Biopesticide | SYMSR (VGST, Karnataka)(2011-13) |
PI: Dr. Priya L | Synthesis and characterization of polymer compound semi conductor nanoparticles for opto electronic properties’ | SYMSR (VGST, Karnataka)(2012-13) |
PI: Dr. Sudha Deshmukh | Establishment of a Bioenergy research lab as a part of the Dept. Of Biotechnology, SoS | KFIST (VGST, Karnataka)(2012-14) |
CI: Dr. Bindu O.S.(Collabaoration with NIMHANS) | Multimodal approach to evaluate the efficacy of enriched environment in ameliorating early maternal separation induced changes in brain function: A morphological, biochemical and behavioral study in rats | ICMR(Sanctioned)(2013) |
PI: Dr. Varalakshmi NCo. PI: Dr. Vani R | Potential of selected microbial pigments & cancer therapeutics: an evaluation on human cancer cell lines | DST-SERB (2013-16) |
PI: Dr. Vani R | Studies on oxidative stress in erythrocytes isolated from different blood groups stored under blood bank conditions | SMYSR (VGST, Karnataka)(2012-13) |
PI: Dr K.G.L. Bhatt [CET]PI : Dr.Sudha Deshmukh CI :Dr. Aranganatahan | Development of biofuel cell test bed & prototype for MICAV applications. | DRDO (2013-15) |
PI: Dr. Kumudini Belur Satyan | Accumulation of host defense compounds during induction of resistance against ragi blast disease | DST-SERB (2016 - 2019) |