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Projects sanctioned – 2000 - 2001

1.        

Investigations of magnetization of spacer layers, vibration amplitudes of ions and iron-irradiation effects in iron based magnetic multilayers

Prof HC Verma

Physics

IIT (K)

Kanpur.

2.        

Novel layered perovskite type oxide for ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) applications

Dr K Sreedhar

NCL

Pune.

3.        

Syntheses and studies on sosme cutic ferrites

Dr J Ghose

IIT

Kharagpur.

4.        

Maping of active lineaments using IRS-IC data and GIS

Dr RP Singh

IIT

Kanpur.

5.        

Electrochemical Impedance studies on chemically modified electrodes (CME)

Prof CK Mitra

University of Hyderabad

Hyderabad.

6.        

The effect of strong magnetic field on dense stellar hadronic and exotic matter

Prof S Chakrabarty

Physics

University of Kalyani

Kalyani.

7.        

Spherulite growth rate, fractionated crystallization and crystallization kinetics of blends of nitrile rubber with isotactic polypropylene

Prof S Thomas

Chemistry

Mahatma Gandhi University

Kottayam.

8.        

Studies on the influence of structural and microstuctural tuning on the physical properties of manganates

Prof D Bahadur

IIT (B)

Mumbai.

9.        

Epididymis as target tissue for the toxic manifestation of drugs, pesticides and industrial chemicals

Dr MA Akbarsha

Bharathidasan University

Tiruchirappalli.

10.    

Mosquito fauna diversity in Garhwal Region

Dr RK Jauhari

D.A.V.(PG) College

Dehradun.

11.    

Catalytic activites and folding of Multimeric proteins

Dr D Bhattacharyya

IICB, Kolkata.

12.    

Computer Modeling of Angiogenin-ligand interactions

Dr S Vishveshwara

IISc, Bangalore.

13.    

Coordinaton compounds of Copper(II) as functional/spectral mimics of multicopper center's in Biology

Dr P Mathur

Chemistry

University of Delhi

Delhi.

14.    

Diversity and distribution of pteridophytic flora of Kumaon Himalaya with special referene to threatened taxa

Dr S Chandra

NBRI

Lucknow.

15.    

Spin fluctuations and high temperature superconductivity in Bilayer cuprates

Dr SK Joshi

NPL

Delhi.

16.    

Photoinduced superconductivity and non-equilibrium states

Prof KP Sinha

IISc

Bangalore.

17.    

Photoinduced superconductivity and non-equlibrium states

Dr AV Narlikar

NPL

Delhi.

18.    

Electro-optic, dielectric and other physical studies on organosiloxane liquid crystals

Prof KK Raina

Thapar Instt. of Engg. & Technology

Patiala.

19.    

Development of ultrathin magnetic films for engineering applications in magnetic recording and sensing

DrVK Sankaranarayanan

NPL

Delhi.

20.    

Growth, structure and characterization of a new group of fast ionic conductors

Prof GS Gopalakrishna

Physics

Mysore University

Mysore.

21.    

Association of Excessive Levels of ATP in cells: An Investigation into the obligatory Energetic requirements of Malignancy and Possible Control by lead compound methylglyoxal

Dr Manju Ray

IACS

Kolkata.

22.    

Significance of programmed cell death in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Dr PK Kumary

Regional Cancer Centre

Thiruvananthapuram.

23.    

Preparation characterization and properties of Ba[B'(1/3)]O(3}[B'= Mg,Zn; B"= Ta,Nb,]microwave ceramic dielectric resonators

Dr MT & P Sebastian & Mohanan

RRL & CUSAT

Thiruvananthapuram & Cochin.

24.    

Synthesis of Natural products and related compounds by Radical cyclization of epoxides using a transition-metal radical source

Dr SC Roy

IACS

Kolkata.

25.    

New approach towards carbon-carbon bond formation Organometallic Engg. of Novel Redox-Switchable receptors

Prof S Roy

IIT

Kharagpur.

26.    

Design and development of catalysts for NOx abatement

Dr BM Reddy

IICT, Hyderabad.

27.    

Design and development of metallic oxide films for electrode applications by pulsed laser deposition

Prof MS Hegde

IISc

Bangalore.

28.    

Calculations on collision interactions of charged particles in atomic molecular and cluster physics

Prof KN Joshipura

Sardar Patel University

Vallabh Vidyanagar.

29.    

Electrochemical deposition of magnetic multilayers and their investigation

Profs.RK Pandey & SK Kulkarni

Physics

Barkatullah & Univ. of Poona, Bhopal & Pune.

30.    

Investigations on Gallium Nitride

Prof J Kumar

Crystal Growth Centre

Anna University

Chennai.

31.    

Optical and transport properties of quantum wire systems and quantum DOTT systems

Prof AC Sharma

Physics

MS University of Baroda

Vadodara.

32.    

Synthesis, Structure and reactivity of Nanoparticles of Transition metals and alloys

Prof MS Hegde

IISc

Bangalore.

33.    

Computer simulation of Sol-Gel processes: Ceramic membrane formation and spray drying

Dr J James

RRL

Thiruvananthapuram.

34.    

Synthesis of industrially important esters using ultralarge pillaredlayered smectites (PLS) as catalysts

Dr BS Jai Prakash

Chemistry

Bangalore Instt. Of Technology

Bangalore.

35.    

Quantum Pharmacology as probe of a drug's structure, activity, potency and mechanism-Applications to HIV-protease inhibitors

Dr A Yadav

Chemistry

Instt. of Engg. & Tech.,Shri Shahuji Maharaj Univ., Kanpur..

36.    

Systematics of Whiteflies (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera:Insect)of Eastern and Western Ghats

Dr RWJ Jesudasan

Madas Christian College

Chennai.

37.    

Gonadotropin releasing hormone induced apoptosis in corpus luteum of rat influence of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)

Dr GH Philip

Sri Krishnadevaraya University

Anantapur.

38.    

Modulation of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and pituitary gonadotropins (GtH) in conjunction with offactory system in two carps

Dr PD Prasada Rao

Zoology

Nagpur University

Nagpur.

39.    

Development of LEED-AES system for the study of surfaces and thin films

Prof SS Major

Physics

IIT (B), Mumbai.

40.    

Noise and mm-wave properties of some heterojunction and superlattice IMPATTS

Prof GN Dash

Physics

Sambalpur University

Sambalpur.

41.    

Magneto optical properties of some Rare Earth compounds

Dr SK De

IACS, Kolkata.

42.    

Study of Nuclear fusion-fission time scales and level densities using neutron detectors

Prof IM Govil

Physics

Panjab University

Chandigarh.

43.    

Study of Nuclear fusion-fission time scales and level densities using neutron detectors

Dr SK Datta

NSC

Delhi.

44.    

Petrogenesis of enclaves hosted in late proterozoic to early Ordovician granitoids of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Dr S Kumar

Geology

Kumaon University

Nainital.

45.    

Stress Modelling for the Rifted Eastern Continental Shelf of India using bore-hole breakouts

Dr R Chatterjee

Indian School of Mines

Dhanbad.

46.    

Segmentation of Central Indian Ridge (CIR)...Across CIR

Dr RK Drolia

NGRI, Hyderabad.

47.    

Chemistry of acid deposition at a semiarid background site

Mrs M Kumari

Dayal Bagh Educational Institute, Agra.

48.    

Hamilton cycle decompositions and path factorizations of graphs

Dr A Muthusamy

Mathematics

Sri Vasavi College,

Erode.

49.    

Fe Mossabauer Spectroscopic Studies of Organic rich sediments

Prof RP Tripathi

JNV University

Jodhpur.

50.    

Molecular genetics of olfactory sense organs-Gain of function identification of genes that can affect specific cellular events

Dr V Rodrigues

TIFR

Mumbai.

51.    

Genetic and molecular characterisation of synaptic vesicle recycling

Dr KS Krishnan

TIFR

Mumbai.

52.    

Molecular genetics of axonal transport in Drosophila-looking for potential regulatory molecules

Dr K Ray

TIFR

Mumbai.

53.    

Analysis of upstream regulatory elements of a plant calmodulin gene

Prof KC Upadhyay

School of Life Sciences

JNU, New Delhi.

54.    

Developmentt of Non-Toxic latex formulation for biomedical applications

Dr PV Mohanan

SCTIMS&T

Thiruvananthapuram.

55.    

Post Transcriptional regulation of intestinal lactase in lactose malabsorption

Dr S Mahmood

PGIMER

Chandigarh.

56.    

Regulation of the Calcium ion-sensitive GTP-binding phosphoprotein Dynamin 1.

Dr R Mittal

TIFR

Mumbai.

57.    

Empirical Investigation of Adaptation to different light regimes in Laboratory populations of Drosopthila melanogaster

Dr A Joshi

JNCASR

Bangalore.

58.    

Swift heavy ion induced modification in magneto-transport properties of Mn-O perovskite based CMR/GMR materials

Dr R Kumar

NSC

Delhi.

59.    

Regorous Studies of Angular Distribution and Spin-Polarization Parameters of Photoelectrons from atoms and ions

Prof PC Deshmukh

Physics

IIT (M)

Chennai.

60.    

Viability of extra U(i) superstring-inspired unified models for doing physics beyond standard model

Prof NK Sharma

Physics

University of Rajasthan

Jaipur.

61.    

Stochastic resonance studies in pendulum systems and two parameter maps

Dr G Ambika

Maharajas College

Cochin.

62.    

Laser acceleration of electrons in vacuum

Prof VB Asgekar

Physics

University of Poona

Pune.

63.    

Can Solvophobicity Explain the Remarkable Rate and Stereoselectivity Enhancement and Decrease in Diels-Alder Reactions in Ionic Solutions? A Physico-Chemical Approach

Dr A Kumar

NCL

Pune.

64.    

Some fuzzy theoretic models of computation and their topological and categorical aspects

Dr AK Srivastava

BHU

Varanasi.

65.    

Parallel data structures and algorithms for network optimization problems

Prof P Gupta

Mathematics

IIT (K)

Kanpur.

66.    

Phenomenology of perovakite oxides exhibiting colossal magnetoresistance

Dr A Taraphdar

Physics

IIT (Kh)

Kharagpur.

67.    

Evolution of specialization and organization in economic systems

Prof G Rangarajan

Mathematics

IISc, Bangalore.

68.    

Phtoacoustic spectroscopy of fungal diseases of wheat with special reference o leaf blight

Dr AK Rai

Agricultural Botany

GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology

Pantnagar.

69.    

Comparative role of genetic and environmental factors in the process of cervical carcinogenesis

Dr AB Mitra

Instt. of Cytology & Preventive Oncology

Delhi.

70.    

Micropropagation and induction of variability in Gerber  cultivars

Prof A Srivastava

Botany

University of Lucknow

Lucknow.

71.    

Proteins of the cell wall synthesis and cell division machinery of Mycobacteria-potential drug target sites

Dr J Basu

Bose Institute

Kolkata.

72.    

Screening, isolattion, characterisation and therapeutic potential of antienteric microbial agents from local plants

Dr N Khullar

Central Instrumentation Lab.,Panjab Univ.

Chandigarh.

73.    

Biochemical and genetic analysis of protein interacting with mismatch repair protein MLH1p during mammalian spermatogenesis

Prof MRS Rao

Molecular Biophysics Unit

IISc

Bangalore.

74.    

Isolation and molecular characterisation of a plasmid from clinical isolate of Mycobacterium eniumintracellulare

Dr M Bose

VP Chest Institute

Delhi.

75.    

Investigation on langmuir-blodgett thin films of processible conducting polymers

Prof TN Misra

IACS

Kolkata.

76.    

Investigation on langmuir-blodgett thin films of processible conducting polymers

Prof D Sarkar

Physics

Gauhati University

Gawahati.

77.    

Novel chiral lewis acids for asymmetric synthesis

Dr NN Joshi

NCL

Pune.

78.    

The synthesis and reactions of transition metal nitrene complexes

Dr S Iyer

NCL

Pune.

79.    

Intramolecular functionalisation of Olefins by a pendant sulfoxide: Synthesis of bioactive molecules

Dr S Raghavan

IICT

Hyderabad.

80.    

New Chiral ligand based on Bis-Amino acid ester: Synthesis, metal complexes and asymmetric induction

Prof B Basu

Chemistry

University of North Bengal

Darjeeling.

81.    

New approaches for the assembly of Si-O and P -N based inorganic rings and polymers

Prof V Chandrasekhar

Chemistry

IIT (K), Kanpur.

82.    

Molecular cloning and functional analhysis of hsp60 and hsp70 genes in Lucilia cuprina

Dr PK Tiwari

Jiwaji University

Gwalior.

83.    

Microwave imaging of biological objects for medical applications using free space complex permittivity measurements

Prof KT Mathew

Cochin University of S&T

Cochin.

84.    

Investigation of the solid state reactivity of cyclitol derivatives: Synthesis, X-Ray crystallography and mechanism

Dr MS Shashidhar

NCL

Pune.

85.    

Development and Utilization of Novel T-Ansetherification Strategies for Polyether Synthesis

Prof S Ramakrishnan

IISc

Bangalore.

86.    

Understanding the diastereoselectivity of substituted cyclohexanones and related derivatives in reactions with nucleophiles. An ab initio approach

Prof VK Yadav

Chemistry

IIT

Kanpur.

87.    

Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Nonlinear Optical properties of Novel Organic and Metal-Organic Molecular Materials

Dr BM Choudhary

IICT

Hyderabad.

88.    

Synthetic approaches to bicyclic and spirocyclic nucleosides and analogues using carbohydrates as chiral precursors

Dr SB Mandal

IICB

Kolkata.

89.    

A novel mycotoxin from lasiodiplodia theobromae-Characterisation and selection of a resistant coleus forskholii plant through tissue culture

Prof RB Subramanian

Botany

Sardar Patel University

Vallabh Vidyanagar.

90.    

Effect of high dietary sodium intake and inhibition of Sodium-postassium Adenosine Triphosphatase on induction of Asthma in Guinea Pigs

Dr SK Chhabra

VP Chest Institute

Delhi.

91.    

Determination of heterozygosity of intragenic markers and detection of mutations in factors IX gene in Indian popultion

Dr K Ray

IICB

Kolkata.

92.    

Germplasm collection and establishment of germplasm bank of citrus species in Arunachal Pradesh

Dr B Singh

North Eastern Reg.Instt of S&T

Itanagar.

93.    

Stereospecific cycloaddition and chiral inducttion in chromone, Indole and phyrimidine derivatives

Dr JS Sandhu

RRL

Jorhat.

94.    

Mono-and Bis-Vinyl sulphones derived from carbohyrates: Versatile and General Intermediates for the Stereocontrolled synthesis of Heterocycles, Carbocycles, Modified Nucleosides and Amino Acids

Dr T Pathak

NCL

Pune.

95.    

Angiogenic ability of metastatic squamous carcinoma in the cervical lymph nodes from an unknown primary

Dr AM Borges

Tata Memorial Hospital

Mumbai.

96.    

A Molecular diagnosis of hepatitis G virus infection in patents with acute and chronic liver diseases

Dr P Kar

Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi.

97.    

Estimation of prevalence of hyperinsulinemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity and glucose intolerance and their correlation to nutrition status (with special reference to amount and type of dietary fat ......... ......young adult population

Prof A Misra

AIIMS

Delhi.

98.    

Humoral and cellular control of testicular function in wall lizard, Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Prof U Rai

Zoology

University of Delhi

Delhi.

99.    

Induction of secondary defense in testticular metabolism and its use in detection of carcinogenesis

Dr K Thyagaraju

Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati.

100.           

Application of Computer Techniques in Algebraic Topology: Functional Coding and effective Homology

Prof SS Khare

NEHU

Shillong.

101.           

Public funding of Research in India: What has it achieved? The case study of Life Science Projects during 1991-95

Dr S Arunachalam

M.S.Swaminathan Res. Foundation

Chennai.

102.           

Research support facility for ferromagnmetic fluids (Feffofluids)

Prof RV Mehta

Physics

Bhavnagar University

Bhavnagar.

103.           

Comparative analysis of M. tuberculosis gene expression and host cytokine response in pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB

Dr JS Tyagi

AIIMS

Delhi.

104.           

Characterisation of the new secretogenic toxin produced by Vibrio Cholerae Non 01 0139 using panel of monoclonal antibodies

Dr DV Singh

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology

Thiruvananthapuram.

105.           

Characterisation of an acidic glycoprotein from arthritic rat serum

Dr BR Lokesh

CFTRI, Mysore.

106.           

Neonatal vaccination against leishmania infection: Characterization of Memory T Cell Response

Dr B Saha

National Centre for Cell Science, Pune.

107.           

Perpetuation and regulation of immunoligcal Memoray through interaction of idiotypic and antidiotypic B and T cells in the absence of antigen

Dr R Nayak

IISc

Bangalore.

108.           

Glycoside synthesis

Dr AT Khan

Chemistry

IIT, Guwahati.

109.           

Biocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of medicinal plant constituents of a novel deracemisation reaction

Dr Anju Chadha

Chemistry

IIT, Chennai.

110.           

New dimensions in the baylis-Hillman reaction

Prof D Basavaiah

Chemistry

University of Hyderabad

Hyderabad.

111.           

Non-covalent synthesis of nanostructures

Prof A Nangia

Chemistry

University of Hyderabad

Hyderabad.

112.           

Synthesis of Polycyclic heterocycles through intramolecular hetero diels alder reaction in LPDE medium

Prof R Raghunathan

Chemistry

University of Madras

Chennai.

113.           

New Polymers by Single-Site Catalysts: Studies in Matathesis and vinyl addition polymerisation

Prof G Sundararajan

Chemistry

IIT

Chennai.

114.           

Quark-antiquark potentials and heavy quark (antiquark) bound states

Dr AC Sharma

Physics

GGS Indraprastha University

Delhi.

115.           

Evaluation of anembryonic pregnancy and earlier missed abortion products for chromosomal aneuploidy and uniparental disomy by molecular techniques

Dr A Halder

SGPIMS

Lucknow.

116.           

Processing and presentation of targeted antigens

Dr S Rath

NII

Delhi.

117.           

Effects of Cationic amino Acid and manipulation on cellular (Hybridoma) growth and secretion in vitro

Dr D Datta

IIT

Mumbai.

118.           

Automation and scale-up of synthetic dendritic building blocks and dendrimers

Dr A Kumar

IIT

Mumbai.

119.           

Hybridisation and raciattion in Drosophila-II Phase

Prof HA Ranganath

University of Mysore

Mysore.

120.           

Evaluatioon of Biotic Potential of Diaeretiella rapae(McIntosh) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the biological control of the brassica aphids

Dr R Singh

Gorakhpur University

Gorakhpur.

121.           

Larval development in Rock lobsters

Dr DE Babu

Andhra Universitty

Visakhapatnam.

122.           

Conservation of Butterflies in Tamil Nadu through inventtorying, Monitoring, Mapping and Farming

Dr  Gunathilagaraj

TN Agricultural University

Coimbatore.

123.           

Biochemical Identification of Fish species by parvalbumins

Dr G Neti

Dr Ambedkar Open University

Hyderabad.

124.           

Design of Novel photoinitators for visible lightt-induced cationic polymerization reactions

Dr RP Singh

NCL

Pune.

125.           

Investigations into diffusion of Molecules through porous Media

Dr S Yashonath

IISc

Bangalore.

126.           

Studies on heparan sulfate changes during diabetes and their modulation by dietary fibre and butyric acid

Dr PV Salimath

CFTRI

Mysore.

127.           

Cellular and Molecular mechanisms of immunosuppression in visceral leishmaniasis

Dr AC Ghose

Bose Institute

Kolkata.

128.           

Regulation of uterine endometrial apoptosis during cyclicity, implantation and decidualization in nonhuman primates

Dr SD Kholkute

Instt. for Res. in Reproduction

Mumbai.

129.           

The Pathogenesis of non-insulin-dependent dietetes in the young role of islet of cell autoimmunity and mutations of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1

Dr E Bhatia

SGPGIMS

Lucknow.

130.           

Identification and characterization of differentially expressed genes in human esophageal cancer

Prof Ranju Ralhan

AIIMS

Delhi.

131.           

Site-specific incorporation of a- aminoisobutyric acid(Aib) in sickle hemoglobin(HBS; B6Gli-Val)

Dr RP Roy

NII

Delhi.

132.           

Tumor Metastasis: role of gangliosides in relation to laminin, fibronectin and type IV collagenase

Dr S Saha

Chittaranajan National Cancer Instt.

Kolkata.

133.           

Beyong LDL Cholesterol-Is is necessary to modify NCEP guide lines for diseases susceptibility

Dr S Thanikachalam

Sri Ramchandra Med. College & Res. Instt

Chennai.

134.           

Studies on Ruthenium Chemistry with Aroylhydrazones

Dr S Pal

University of Hyderabad

Hyderabad.

135.           

Carbohydrate modifications for therapeutic applications

Dr BK Patel

IIT, Guwahati.

136.           

Novel Cobaloximes with different equatorial ligands: synthesis, characterization, molecular insertions and cis influence studies

Dr BD Gupta

IIT

Kanpur.

137.           

Approaches to complex Inorganic materials through colloidal self-assembly

Dr R Seshadri

IISc

Bangalore.

138.           

Development of stripping voltammetric method for monitoring of early prophylactic cancer screening of high-risk groups of people

Dr NY Sreedhar

Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati.

139.           

Synthesis and catalytic applications of transition metal grafted mesoporous molecular sieves of the M 415 type

Dr (Ms)AJ Chandwadkar

NCL

Pune.

140.           

Ligand recognition by calreticulin and Calnexin-protein outfitters of endoplasmic reticulum

Prof A Surolia

IISc

Bangalore.

141.           

Electrical, Optical and Thermodynamical properties of liquid crystal mixtures

Prof SL Srivastava

Allahabad University

Allahabad.

142.           

Cloning and characterisation of collagense genes of Entamoeba hystolytica

Dr P Das

National Instt. of Cholera and Enteric Diseases

Kolkata.

143.           

Identification of active site amino acid residue of eukaryotic L-myo-inositol-1phosphate synthetase-a biochemical and molecular approach

Dr AN Lahri Majumdar

Bose Institute

Kolkata.

144.           

Generation of Polymorphs using shpae selective additives: Towards the design of futuristic materi