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Ongoing Research Projects

PI / Co-PI, project title, duration and funding agency as listed in the supplied ongoing-project document.

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Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Sasmita Nayak

Call for Proposal on Hydrogen Valley Innovation Cluster.

Duration2026-2028
Funding agencyOdisha Hydrogen Valley Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
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Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Sankha Chakraborty

Design-to-Scale Framework for Solar-Assisted Membrane Systems for Lithium and Water Recovery from Lithium mine Aqueous Streams: A Proof-of-Concept Study with Industry-Supported Deployment Strategy.

Duration2026-2028
Funding agencyAnusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
03
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Gopal Chowdhury (PI), Dr. Mrunmay Kumar Giri (Co-PI)

Characterization of a probable vesicle-dependent peroxisome targeting pathway for purple acid phosphatase protein and evaluating its role in imparting multiple abiotic Stress tolerance to tomato by CRISPR/Cas9d mediated genome editing.

Duration2026-2027
Funding agencyDepartment of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India
04
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Prof. Gopal Ch. Kundu

Functional Characterization of Clinically Actionable Mutations in Gall Bladder Cancer using Patient-Derived Xenograft Organoid (PDXO) Based Platforms and to Evaluate Their Role in Immune Evasion, Distant Metastasis and Tumor Heterogeneity using Single cell RNA Seq.

Duration2025-2027
Funding agencyGovt of India, Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology.
05
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr Sandeep Kumar Panda

Rainbow Diet Campaign for Odisha Development and Scaling of Customised Rainbow Diet Food Matrices for Combating Malnutrition Among Children in Keonjhar District, Odisha, Govt. of Odisha.

Duration2025-2029
Funding agencyDistrict Mineral Foundation, Keonjhar, Govt. of Odisha.
06
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Rajani Kanta Mahapatra

A deep learning-based genome mining strategy for identification of biosynthetic/chemotherapeutic gene clusters in the marine actionobacteriaSalinisporaand its validation study through data analytic approach.

Duration2025-2027
Funding agencyMOES
07
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr.Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra

Targeting downstream of tryptophan catabolism to overcome immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) resistancein Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas

Duration2025-2028
Funding agencyICMR
08
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Nikhil Kumar

Deciphering the role of CDK5 on pancreatic cancer growth by tweaking the communication between the tumor and the stroma around it.

Duration2025-2028
Funding agencyANRF
09
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr Harekrishna Panigrahi

Fluorescent anti-corrosion coatings for early detection of failure via modelling and simulation

Duration2025-2028
Funding agencySERB
10
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar & Dr Suresh Verma

Development of Green and Sustainable Nanobiosensor Technology for the dignosis of H Pylori

Duration2025-2028
Funding agencyANRF
11
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Vishakha Raina

Exploring the Marine Ecosystems for Novel Bioresources with Human Health and Industrial Significance.

Duration2024-2026
Funding agencyMinistry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India
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Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Gulab Chand Arya

Understanding molecular mechanism of Blast resistance in foxtail millet (Setaria Italica) through screening diversity of plant lipophilic barrier

Duration2024-2027
Funding agencyDBT
13
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Vishakha Raina

Exploring the Marine Ecosystems for Novel Bioresources with Human Health and Industrial Significance

Duration2024-2026
Funding agencyMOES
14
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Vishakha Raina

Bioprospecting and Ecological Survey of Chilika Lake Metagenome for Identification of New Biocatalyst for Industrial Application

Duration2024-2026
Funding agencyMOEFC
15
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar

MSME Innovative Scheme

Duration2024-2025
Funding agencyMSME
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Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr Luna Goswami

Natural Polysaccharides Derived Bicompatible Hydrogels for effective wound healing and skin tissue engineering

Duration2024-2027
Funding agencySERB
17
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr Sanjukta Das

AML data curation

Duration2024-2025
Funding agencyNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
18
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar

Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) Project

Duration2024-2028
Funding agencyDST
19
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr Atul Anand Bajoria & Dr Srinivas Patnaik

Development of First Ever Zingibain Containing Mucco Adhesive buccal patch for management of Oral Submucous fibrosis

Duration2024-2027
Funding agencyDBT
20
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr K sony Reddy

A Novel Multi-Targeting Approach to Develop Immune Antimalarials

Duration2024-2028
Funding agencyICMR
21
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr.K Sony Reddy

A novel multi-targeting approach to develop resistance immune antimalarials

Duration2024-2028
Funding agencyICMR
22
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Harekrishna Panigrahi

Fluorescent anti-corrosion coatings for early detection of failure via modelling and simulation

Duration2024-2026
Funding agencySERB, Govt. of India
23
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Srinivas Patnaik  (Co- PI)

Novel Chmopreventive buccal self-disintegrating strip:A phytopharmaceutical mucoadhesive for management of oral potentially malignant disorder

Duration2024-2027
Funding agencyICMR
24
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr Srinivas Patanaik

Comparative and synergistic studies of Biogenic Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles loaded in combination with 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) and its mechanism in cell death pathways in colon cancer

Duration2024-2027
Funding agencySERB
25
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Suraj Kumar Tripathy

DST Fist

Duration2023-2028
Funding agencyDST
26
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Harekrishna Panigrahi

White Hydrogen from scrap aluminum dross: transforming industrial waste into a fuel source for the future

Duration2023-2026
Funding agencyMinistry of Mines, Government of India
27
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Suraj Tripathy

Setting up of pilot cum demonstration plant for recovery of alumina and value-added products from fly ash

Duration2023-2026
Funding agencyMinistry of Mines, Government of India
28
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Prof. Gopal Ch. Kundu

An integrated assessment to improve the efficacy of gene expression based PAM50 classifier with additional miRNA and Epigenetic signature to improve prognostication in Breast Cancer using PDX based platform

Duration2023-2027
Funding agencyICMR, Govt. of India
29
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Rajani Kanta Mahapatra

Development of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) registry and AI (Artificial Intelligence) model for prediction of mortality in liver cirrhosis using hepatic biomarkers and clinical data

Duration2023-2026
Funding agencySERB, Govt. of India
30
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Santosh Kumar

An ultrastructural study on the development of rice silica cells at micro- and nano-scale

Duration2023-2026
Funding agencyDST SERB
31
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Prof. Srinivas Patnaik (Co- PI)

Development of novel muco-adhesive buccal patch for management or oral submucous fibrosis

Duration2022-2025
Funding agencyICMR, Govt. of India
32
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

PI:Suraj Tripathy,Co-PI Shirsendu Banerjee

Advanced recovery of the battery materials and REE from ores and wastes

Duration2022-2025
Funding agencyDST
33
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

P.I-Prof. M.Suar, CoPI- Dr. Nirmal Mahakud, Prof. Gopal C Kundu, Dr. Namarta Mishra, Prof. Khorod Jena. Dr. V. Raina, Dr. Selva Kumar Elangvon

Support to establish DBT-Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life sciences Departments for Education and Research (DBT-Builder ) programme

Duration2021-2026
Funding agencyDBT, Govt. of India
34
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr.M.Suar

Establishing Technology Enabling centres in University systems

Duration2020-2023
Funding agencyDST, Govt of India
35
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr Kumar Nikhil

Understanding the role of PIM1 kinase in modulating tumor-stroma crosstalk in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Duration2020-2025
Funding agencyDBT
36
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Srinivas Patnaik  (Co- PI)

Understanding the enigma of interconnection between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and neurodegeneration utilizing genetically predisposed IBD mice model

Duration2020-2023
Funding agencyDHR, Govt. of India
37
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar

DST-FIST

Duration2018-2023
Funding agencyDST, Govt of India
38
Principal Investigator / Co-PI

Dr. Snehasis Mishra

Biogas Development & Training Centre

Duration2009-2022
Funding agencyMNRE, Govt. of India, New Delhi
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