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Spice Pharmacology Grant Awardee
Mechanism-based systems-level characterization of Indian culinary spices using network pharmacology approach
Lead Principal Investigator
- Prof. Mohit Kumar Jolly, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
Other Co-Principal Investigator
- Dr. Nikhil R Gandasi, Co-Principal Investigator Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
Cancer Research Grant Awardee
Fusobacterium-driven EMT spatial mapping in OSCC lymph node metastasis using low-cost combinatorial transcriptomics
Lead Principal Investigator
- Dr. Amit Dutt, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi.
Other Co-Principal Investigator
- Dr. Ishaan Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology. IIT Delhi, New Delhi
Climate Resilient Agricultural Grantee
Introgressing bruchid (Callosobruchus analis) resistance from Vigna radiata var. sublobata into MYMD-resistant Mungbean
Lead Principal Investigator
- Dr. Sudarshan Patil, t – Legume improvement, World Vegetable Centre – SCA, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Other Co-Principal Investigator
- Dr. Ramakrishnan M. Nair, Global Plant Breeder – Legumes, World Vegetable Center – SCA, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Dr.Thanga Suja Srinivasan, Associate Scientist-Entomology, World Vegetable Center – SCA, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Dr. Ya-Ping Lin, Omics breeder, World Vegetable Center, Headquarters, 60 Yi-Min Liao, Shanhua, Tainan 74151, Taiwan
- Dr. Asmitha Sirari, Plant Pathologist (Pulses), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Climate Resilient Agricultural Grantee
Harnessing Mycorrhizosphere Synergies to Regulate Carbon–Nitrogen Balance and GHG Emissions in Maize–Wheat Cropping Systems.
Lead Principal Investigator
- Dr. Seema Sangwan, Senior Scientist, Division of Microbiology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Other Co-Principal Investigator
- Dr. Arti Bhatia, Principal Scientist, Division of Environmental Sciences, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi
- Dr. Ram Swaroop Bana, Division of Agronomy, ICAR–IARI, New Delhi
- Dr. Ekta Narwal, Division of Microbiology, ICAR–IARI, New Delhi,
- Dr. Mahesh C. Meena, Division of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, ICAR–IARI, New Delhi.
- Dr. Richa Agnihotri (CC-PI), Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Engineering Centre, IIT Palakkad.
- Dr. Himani Priya (CC-PI), Scientist, ICAR–IARI, Hazaribagh.
Climate Resilient Agricultural Grantee
Pre-breeding for climate-resilient and disease-resistant wheat by harnessing genes from Triticale × Wheat-derived rye chromatin
Lead Principal Investigator
- Dr. Niranjana Murukan, Scientist (Senior scale), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, New Delhi
Other Co-Principal Investigator
- Dr. Dharam Pal, Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Regional Station, Shimla
- Dr. OP Gangwar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR) Regional Station, Shimla