Gadvasu

1.

Modeling of indigenous diagnostics and immuno-potent vaccine candidates to combat African Swine Fever in India

1. Dual gene targeted real-time qPCR methods for detection and confirmation of ASFV

2. Development of protein-based diagnostics for detection of ASF at field and laboratory condition

CC PI: Dr. YPS Malik

CC Co-PI:

Dr. BV Sunil Kumar

Dr. NK Singh

Dr. Ratan K Choudhary

92.82 Lakh

(CC GADVASU: 39.56 Lakh)

DBT-NER

2021-2023

2.

Parentage determination vis-à-vis breed identification of indigenous canine through scanning the molecular signature panels

1. Parentage determination in Indian dog breeds using SSR-markers

2. Determining breed purity using microsatellite allele mining in indigenous dog-breeds

3. Molecular characterization through signature-paneling of indigenous canines

PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay

Co-PI:

Dr. Neeraj Kashyap

Dr. Shashikant Mahajan

Dr. Asmita Narang

89 Lakh

DBT

2022-25

3.

Investigating the role of adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fractions (SVFs) combined with Xanthosine in veterinary regenerative medicine

1. To establish adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fractions (AT-SVFs) in dog.

2. To develop in vitro skin equivalent model of dog.

3. To evaluate effects of AT-SVFs in the presence/absence of xanthosine in skin equivalent.

4. To evaluate effects of AT-SVFs in the presence/absence of xanthosine in dog's surgical wounds.

PI: Dr. Ratan K Choudhary

Co-PI:

Dr. Yashpal Singh Malik

Dr. Devendra Pathak

50 Lakh

DBT

2022-25

4.

Enhancement of production and productivity potential of livestock poultry and fisheries sector for socio economic upliftment of the farmers of Punjab (2019-20) (RKVY-12-B1).

Establishment of Centralized Research Laboratory at GADVASU

Dr. Yashpal Singh Malik

256.0 Lakh

RKVY- 2020-21

2021-22

5.

Capacity Building in Veterinary Diagnostics and Specialized Services

RKVY-13B-1

Establishment of Centralized Research laboratory at GADVASU

Dr. Yashpal Singh Malik

44.0 Lakh

RKVY- 2020-21

2022-23

6.

Institutional Development Plan for Improved Learning Outcome, Skill, and Entrepreneurship at GADVASU

To support Participating Agricultural Universities and ICAR in providing more relevant and higher quality education to Agricultural University students

PI: Dr. P. S. Brar, Later Dr. SPS Ghuman

Member:

Dr. C.S. Mukhopadhyay

30 Crore

ICAR, Govt. of India

2018-23

1.

Elucidating the role of Cas6, Cas7 and Cas8 in spirochetes CRISPR adaptive immunity against alien genetic elements

1. Collection of serum and isolation of Leptospira for molecular epidemiology using CRISPR array from animals suspected for leptospirosis.

2. Generation of antibodies against recombinant Cas6, Cas7 and Cas8 proteins.

CPI: Dr. Ratan K Choudhary

Co-PI:

Dr. Satparkash Singh

68.72 Lakh (CC GADVASU 13.0 lakh)

DBT - NE Twinning

2018-2021

2.

Parentage Determination and Cytogenetic Profiling in Dogs

1. To determine the cytogenetic profiles of the three common dog breeds in India.

2. To identify a set of microsatellite and SNP markers that can be used to determine parentage and breed specific SNP/haplotypes in three most important dog-breeds.

PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay

Co-PI:

 Dr. JS Arora,

Dr. RK Choudhary (Later Dr. RS Sethi),

Dr. S Mahajan,

Dr. CS Randhawa,

Dr. S Kota (TRPBV, Chennai)

Rs. 39.12 Lakh

DBT, India

2018-2021

3.

TLR-Ligands: To Design Novel Vaccines Adjuvants Against Newcastle Disease in Indigenous Chicken

1. To investigate the effect of TLR ligand (Poly I: C, LPS, and CpG ODN) on enhancing the immune response against Newcastle disease in indigenous chicken (Aseel Breed).

2. To study the impact of the alum based as well as an emulsion-based delivery system to be used with the TLR ligands on immune response against Newcastle disease

3. To study the longevity of the immune response following administration of the TLR ligands

CC-PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay

CC-Co-PI:

Dr. NK Singh

Dr. JS Arora

26 Lakh

DBT, in collaboration with CAU, Imphal

2014-2018

4.

Xanthosine treatment: A novel strategy to increase milk production and mammary stem cells

1. Evaluate the effect of xanthosine in increasing total milk production in goat.

2. Evaluate the role of xanthosine in increasing stem cell population in goat mammary tissue.

3. Analyze changes in global gene expression of goat mammary tissue induced by xanthosine, way towards identifying pathways of increased milk production and stem cell population.

PI: Dr. Ratan K Choudhary

Co-PI:

Dr. Ramneek Verma,

Dr. RS Sethi

Dr. Dipak Deka

66.3 Lakh

DBT, India

2014-17

5.

Construction of miRNA Library Associated with Disease Resistance in Buffalo

1. To screen and characterize the array of endogenous miRNA (associated with disease resistance in Murrah buffalo) by high throughput sequencing of total RNA in cultured cells.

2. To construct miRNA library in buffalo for comparative bioinformatic analysis between healthy and disease susceptible ones.

3. Cloning, sequencing vis-à-vis to study the bubaline Dicer Enzyme.

PI: Dr. CS Mukhopadhyay

Co-PI: NA

20.77 Lakh

DST-SERB, India

2012-15