Grants (In Progress)

As Principal Investigator

  • A novel safe strategy to generate integration-free human induced pluripotent stem cells using Newcastle Disease Virus as a gene delivery vector

    Cost in Lakh: 59.50

    Duration: 3 years (02/2023-02/2026)

    Agency: DBT

  • Investigating the role of UTF1 in the generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells

    Cost in Lakh: 52.34

    Duration: 3 years (12/2021-12/2024)

    Agency: DST-SERB

Grants (Completed)

As Principal Investigator

  • Direct reprogramming of human fibroblasts to functional cardiomyocytes for cell therapy

    Cost in Lakh: 40.12

    Duration: 3 years (06/2016-06/2019)

    Agency: DST-SERB

  • Generation of transgene-free human induced pluripotent stem cells using non-genetic approaches for cell therapeutic applications

    Cost in Lakh: 85.28 (51.31 for IITG & 33.97 for NCCS)

    Duration: 3 years (11/2016-11/2019)

    Agency: DBT

  • Establishment of a cell-permeant recombinant protein toolbox for the conversion of adult human somatic cells to insulin producing β-cells

    Cost in Lakh: 15.99 (10.55 for NIPER-Guwahati and 2.31 for IITG)

    Duration: 2.5 years (04/2019-09/2021)

    Agency: NECBH (DBT)

As Co-Principal Investigator

Funding Agencies