Sponsored research projects of last ten years –
Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in the Sundarbans by application of phototrophic biofilms
Sponsored by: Department of Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal
Amount: Rs. 24,84,020/-
Duration: 2018-2021
Production of organic fertilizer by utilizing slaughterhouse wastes and its application for the cultivation of potato and vegetables
Sponsored by:Department of Science & Technology, Government of West Bengal
Amount: Rs. 22,99,600/-
Duration: 2018-2021
Application of membrane distillation to reduce the cost of the desalination component of polyhydroxybutyratevalerate (bioplastic) production by Haloferaxmediterranei utilizing rice-based ethanol industry waste (stillage)
Sponsored by: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, in collaboration with Prof. Raja Ghosh, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Amount: Rs. 10,00,000.00
Duration: 2017-2019
Mining the genome and metagenome of marine microbiome for pks-nrps biosynthetic gene clusters and bioactive small molecules.A coordinated R&D initiative in marine genomics.
Sponsored by: Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
Amount: Rs.17642800.00 (in collaboration with Dr. J. Selvin and Dr. P. K. Vemula)
Duration: 2016-2019
Identification of eight obligately halophilic cyanobacteria of the Sundarbans and molecular characterization of the antimicrobial compounds therefrom
Sponsored by: Ministry of Earth Sciences (Government of India) sponsored national research programme “Drugs from Sea”
Amount : Rs. 50,00,000.00 (Jointly with Dr. Jaisankar of IICB, Kolkata)
Duration : 2013-2016
Taxonomy, collagenolytic enzyme characterization and identification of virulence genes of a marine sponge pathogen
Sponsored by : Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
Amount : Rs. 25,00,000.00
Duration : 2012-2015
Application of halophilic and halotolerant bacteria for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from vinasse
Sponsored by : Department of Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal
Amount : Rs. 19,00,000.00
Duration : 2011-2014
Establishing the ultra low speed rotating disk bioreactor (RDBR) as a niche-mimic reactor for cultivation of biofilm-forming marine/estuarine microorganisms
Sponsored by: Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
Amount : Rs. 34,50,000.00
Duration : 2009-2012