External Funded Projects


ON-GOING RESEARCH PROJECTS
EXTERNALLY FUNDED

Sr. No. Title Team From To
1 National One Health Program on Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases (NOHPPCZ)

Project: Regional Coordination center under program for Inter-Sectoral Coordination for prevention and control of Zoonotic Diseases

Bacterial Diseases:  Harisankar Singha,   Shanmugasundaram K, Anubha

Viral Diseases: Riyesh T.

June, 2019 March, 2026
2 Development of ML and ANN-based breed and individual identification system for equine population differentiation T.R. Talluri*, T.K. Bhattacharya, Yash Pal, R.A. Legha, (Anuradha Bhardwaj was PI upto 12.06.25) July. 2020 June, 2025
3 DBT Network Programme on Anthrax Diagnosis and Control in India R.K. Vaid*, B.C. Bera, K. Shanmugasundaram Sept., 2021 July, 2025
4 Optimisation of procedures for non-surgical recovery and bio-banking of Marwari breed horse embryos T.R. Talluri*, TK Bhattacharya, Yash Pal, RA Legha & RK Dedar April 2022 March, 2025
5 Utilization of desert plants for the treatment of skin diseases of Horses R.K. Dedar*, RA Legha, Yash Pal, TR Talluri April 2022 March 2025
6 Translation of Nano based quinapyramine sulphate formulation into product and its evaluation against Trypanosoma evansi in animals Anju Manuja*, Rajender Kumar and Balvinder Kumar April, 2022 Extended  upto March., 2026
7 Development of vaccine against animal’s haemoprotozoan parasites for mitigating biotic stress Sanjay Kumar*, Rajender Kumar & K. Shanmugasundaram Oct., 2022 May, 2025 extended upto Nov., 2025
8 Development and evaluation of genetically engineered vaccine candidates for  African swine fever, Equine Herpes virus-1 and Equine Influenza (clade 1 & 2)’ Nitin Virmani*Sanjay Barua, BC Bera & Taruna Anand June 2022 May, 2025 extended upto Nov., 2025
9 CRP on Vaccine and Diagnostics: “Development and validation of multiplex assays for laboratory diagnosis of emerging equine herpesviruses (EHV2 & EHV5)” Nitin Virmani*, BC Bera & Taruna Anand Jan., 2021 March  2025
10 CRP on Vaccine and Diagnostics “Development of antigen detection point-of-care diagnostics for haemoprotozoan diseases of equines” Sanjay Kumar* & Rajender Kumar Jan.,2021 Extended  upto Dec., 2025
11 CRP on Vaccine and Diagnostics: Development of point of care diagnostics for strangles in equines Balvinder Kumar*, RK Vaid, Anju Manuja, K Shanmugasundaram & Harisankar Singha Jan., 2021 March

2025

12 Developing novel therapeutic strategies for mitigating antimicrobial resistance Taruna Anand*, Nitin Virmani, B.C. Bera, R.K. Vaid June, 2022 May, 2025
13. National Fellow Project:

“Bacteriophage based interventions for therapy and prophylaxis against” Campylobacteriosis, Colibacillosis, Salmonellosis and other diseases as an alternative to antibiotics in poultry.

Taruna Anand* Oct., 2022 Oct., 2027
14. Development of novel semen extender for the enhancement of post thaw semen quality in equines T.R. Talluri* Yash Pal, RA Legha, RK Dedar, Anuradha Bhardwaj and TK Bhattacharya Feb., 2023 Feb., 2025
15. Integrated analysis for the ultra-deep compositional characteristics of donkey colostrum and mature milk TR Talluri*, Yash Pal, Legha and TK Bhattacharya (Anuradha Bhardwaj was PI upto 12.06.25) Feb., 2023 Jan., 2026
16. Development and evaluation of immunotherapy and vaccine constructs against Rhodococcus equi infection to protect foals from pneumonia H. Singha* and K. Shanmugasundaram Sept., 2023 Aug., 2026
17 Histone acetylation/ deacetylation: Potential target for therapeutic intervention and vaccine development Riyesh T.*, Naveen Kumar Sept., 2023 Aug., 2026
18. One-Health approaches to understand the burden and threat of zoonotic tuberculosis, melioidosis and glanders in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Haryana states. Shanmugasundara K*, Harisankar Singha and Riyesh T March, 2024 March, 2027
19 Demonstration of Equine dung management through biomethanation in a pilot-scale anaerobic baffled reactor R.K. Dedar & M Kutty Jan., 2025 Jan., 2028
20. ASEAN-India Collaborative research Project

The anti-haemoprotozoan activity of isolated bioactive molecules from selected medicinal plant extracts against Theileria species and Trypanosoma evansi and elucidation of their mechanisms of action

Sanjay Kumar*  and Shanmugasundaram

Karuppusamy

June, 2024 June, 2026
21. Network Project on AnGR : Conservation of Halari Donkey SC Mehta* M. Kutty & T. K. Bhattacharya Sept., 2023 Sept., 2026
22. Recombinant Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) viral-vectored multivalent vaccine to control and combat foot-and-mouth disease in livestock B.C. Bera*, Nitin Virmani & Taruna Anand June, 2024 March, 2026
23. Genome editing platform: Establishment of a herpes virus vector platform and identification of vaccine candidates by gene editing for emerging and exotic diseases of livestock and poultry Nitin Virmani* BC Bera, Taruna Anand, Balvinder Kumar, Rajender Kumar and H. Singha June, 2024 March, 2026
24 NP-GET: Centre of Excellence in the Genome Editing B.C.Bera*, Nitin Virmani & Taruna Anand June, 2024 March, 2026
25. All India Network Project on One Health Approach to zoonotic diseases Nitin Virmani* and B.C. Bera June,2024 June, 2026
26. All India Network Project on Antimicrobial Resistance (AINP-AMR) in Fisheries and Livestock R. K. Vaid*, Taruna Anand and H S Singha June, 2018 March, 2025
27 Creation of a national network of existing and upcoming high-risk pathogen laboratories (BSL-3/4) labs across departments and keeping their inter-linkages functional for use during outbreak response across sectors H. Singha* & Riyesh T April, 2024 Renewed yearly basis
28. AINP on Challenging and Emerging Diseases of Animals (Hemoprotozoan Disease of Livestock). Rajender Kumar* & Sanjay Kumar Nov., 2024 March, 2026