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RESEARCH
School of
Biotechnology engages in all the diverse arena of basic and
applied biotechnology for student projects and faculty research.
The following ongoing projects include:
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1. |
Title
of the Project |
Establishment of Bioinformatics Infrastructure (BIF) for
he promotion of Biology Teaching through Bioinformatics. |
|
Funding
Agency |
Apex Bioinformatics Centre, Deptt. of Biotechnology, New
Delhi. |
|
Coordinator |
Prof. (Dr.) V.Verma, Dean,COS |
|
Grant
amount |
Rs.
20 Lakhs |
|
|
2. |
Title
of the Project |
Establishment of Herbal Garden Trikuta Hills at SMVDU
University. |
|
Funding
Agency |
National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi. |
|
Coordinator |
Prof. (Dr.) V.Verma, Dean,COS |
|
Principal Investigator |
Dr.
Sharada M. Potukuchi, Asstt. Prof. |
|
Grant
amount |
Rs.
10 Lakhs |
|
|
3. |
Title
of the Project |
Fermentative production of lactic acid from Mahua
flowers |
|
Funding
Agency |
TRIFED, New Delhi |
|
Principal Investigator |
Prof. (Dr.) V.Verma, Dean,COS |
|
Co-Investigator |
Dr.
Preeti Sharma |
|
Grant
amount |
Rs.
14.95 Lakhs |
RESEARCH PROGRAMME
The School of
Biotechnology offers Ph.D. to limited number of candidates
preferably in the areas of Biotechnology, Microbiology,
Molecular Biology and plant Biotechnology. Admission to Ph.D.
programme is possible any time in the year through College
Research Committee (CRC). Limited number of Research
Assistantships for Ph.D. students is available which is decided
on merit by the CRC, subject to the rules of the University.
RESEARCH SCHOLARS
-
Mr. Munish
Sharma
-
Mr. Venkatesham K.
-
Ms. Reena
Singh
-
Mr. Feroz
Raja
-
Mr. Ch.
Pradeep Reddy
-
Mr. P.
Elisha
-
Mr. Amit
Kumar Pradan
-
Mr.
T.Jitender Reddy
The
following ongoing Investigational Projects:
|
S.No |
Investigational Project Title |
IBT, Students (Sem. VIII) |
Faculty Concerned |
|
1 |
''Identification of Bacillus thuriengenesis
insecticidal endotoxin gene sequence from the local
bacterial source in J&K state.'' |
Parmeshwar N. Sharma |
Prof.
V.Verma |
|
Supal
Sharma |
|
Venika
Saini |
Dr.
Ratna Chandra |
|
Mithilesh Kumar |
|
|
2 |
'''Production of Plant Secondary metabolites with the
potential for Industrial and medicinal applications.'' |
Payal Dhar |
Dr.
Sharada Potukuchi |
|
Shreya Sharma |
|
Imteyaz Ahmed |
|
Shurbhi Dubey |
|
|
3 |
''Generating DNA fingerprints in selected plant genera
for species differentiation /sex diagnostics.'' |
Dhruv
R. Srivastava |
Dr. S.
Vaishnavi |
|
Ashish
Gupta |
|
Krishan
Kant Singh |
|
S.
Kaushik |
|
|
4 |
''Biofuel
(Cellulosic ethanol) production from unexplored
lignocellulosic material.'' |
Dheeraj
Mahajan |
Mr.
P.S. Slathia |
|
Aakriti
Sharma |
|
Saakshi
Gupta |
|
Rishiv
Chandan |
|
|
5 |
''Bioremediation of wastes using microbes.'' |
Mayank
Gupta |
Dr.
Preeti Sharma |
|
Sahil
Mahajan |
|
Vishal
V.S. Jamwal |
|
|
6 |
''Screening of local microflora for enzymes of
Industrial importance.'' |
Vivek
Kapoor |
Dr.
Anil Kumar |
|
Seher
Khosla |
|
Subika
Jamwal |
Dr.
Indu Bhushan |
|
Sheetal
Kumar |
|
|
7 |
''Gene
mining of metagenomes for novel ORF's.'' |
Dhanak
Gupta |
Dr.
Shafaq Rasool |
|
Robinka
Khajuira |
|
Nikita
Gupta |
|
Vijay
Kumar |
Faculty has
already submitted several research projects for funding to
various agencies such as DST, DBT, MoEF, UGC etc. individually
and in collaboration with Indian Institute of Integrative
Medicines {Earlier RRL} (CSIR), Jammu. |
