Research Projects

Completed Projects

Extramural Projects
S.No	Title	Duration	Funding Agency	Principle Investigator
1	Regional brain volumetric and spectroscopic associations with essential fatty acids in outcome of schizophrenia	July 2004 - June 2011	University of Georgia, USA (9.12)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
2	Investigations on long term effects of maternal folic acid supplementation for reducing risks associated with non-communicable diseases in adult offspring using rat model	January 2006 – December 2008	Department Biotechnology (19.54)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
3	Role of maternal micronutrients on brain neurotrophic factors and cognitive development in Wistar rat offspring	March 2010 – February 2013	Department Biotechnology (34.26)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
4	Comparison of plasma & placental proteomic patterns in pregnancy complications	May 2010 – April 2013	Department Biotechnology (45.21)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
5	Role of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, neurotrophins and vascular endothelial growth factor in mothers with pre-eclampsia and their association with infant growth	December 2010 – November 2012	Indian Council of Medical Research, India (19.72)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
6	Fatty Acid Metabolism in non-pregnant women	August 2010 – July 2013	Wellcome trust UK (114.37)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
7	Gene Specific Methylation Patterns of Angiogenic Factors in Preeclampsia	July 2011 – December 2012	Indian Council of Medical Research, India (23.37)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
8	Multigenerational effects of vitamin B 12 deficiency /supplementation on brain development and metabolic syndrome variables in a rat model.	June 2012 – May 2015	Department of Science and Technology (40.05)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
9	Understanding the Risk of Metabolic and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Infants Born to Mothers with Pregnancy Complications	August 2012 – October 2013	Wellcome trust UK (30.55)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
10	Maternal micronutrient status, inflammatory markers and Risk for non- communicable diseases in the offspring in a preeclamptic rat model	February 2013 - January 2016	Department Biotechnology (37.62)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
11	Epigenetic regulation of matrix metalloproteinases in preterm placenta	February 2012 – January 2015	Department of Science and Technology (52.74)	Dr. Preethi Chavan
12	Regulation of fatty acid desaturases and transport protein in pregnancy	April 2013 – March 2014	Indian Council of Medical Research (16.90)	Dr. Asmita Joshi
13	Regulation of tumor growth through nutritional intervention involving omega-3 fatty acids	December 2009 – Jan 2012	Department of Biotechnology (37.24)	Dr. Ruchika Kaul - Ghanekar
14	Development of a standardized herbal anti- inflammatory product for management of osteoarthritis	June 2010 – May 2012	Department of Biotechnology (43.96)	Dr. Ruchika Kaul - Ghanekar
15	A Value Chain on Linseed: Processing and Value Addition for Profitability - Production to Consumption System (PCS)	June 2009 – March 2014	ICAR-NAIP II (87.16)	Prof. M. V. Hegde
16	Sustainable Rural Livelihood Security in Backward Districts of Maharashtra	July 2007 – March 2014	ICAR-NAIP III (235.04)	Prof. M. V. Hegde
17	Characterization of bioactive secondary metabolites for anti-inflammatory activity from selected medicinal plants	February 2008- January 2009	Department of Biotechnology (0.8)	Dr. Suresh Jagtap
18	Medhya activity of Jatamansi, Nardostachys jatamansi (D.Don) DC. with respect to its adultrants and substitutes as evaluated by ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) model funded by NMPB	January 2010 - December 2013	National Medicinal Plant Board (20.00)	Dr. Suresh Jagtap
19	Bioprospecting of Amarkand, traditionally used tubers as a functional food	August 2012 – July 2015	Department of Science and Technology (23.27)	Dr. Suresh Jagtap
20	Bioresourcing of flax for enhanced omega-3 nutrition	April 2004 – March 2008	Department of Biotechnology (39.22)	Prof. Abhay Harsulkar
21	Microbial production of omega -3 fatty acids	August 2008 – March 2010	Department of Biotechnology (63.00)	Prof. Abhay Harsulkar
22	Identification of genes involved during disease development by gall forming rust fungi in Acacia burnean and Jasminum malbaricum	April 2009 – March 2012	Department of Biotechnology (46.00)	Prof. Abhay Harsulkar
23	Towards improvement of flax for oil and agronomic traits	April 2010 – March 2013	Indo-Canada, Department of Biotechnology (59.03)	Prof. Abhay Harsulkar
Industry Sponsored Projects
1	Effect of Leucronil® tablets in the patients with Leucorrhea: An open clinical trial	Baidyanath Bhavan Pvt. Ltd. (2.46)	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao	August 2014 – March 2015
2	Pharmacological evaluation of IBIS on streptozotocin induced diabetic complications in laboratory animals	Indus Biotech Pvt. Ltd. (3.50)	Prof. Abhay Harsulkar	January 2012 – December 2013

Ongoing Projects

Extramural Projects
S.No	Title	Duration	Funding Agency	Principle Investigator
1	Regional differences in neurotrophin regulation of vascularization in preeclamptic placentae	March 2015 – February 2017	Indian Council of Medical Research (15.12)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
2	Disturbed maternal one carbon cycle in preeclampsia increases risk for cardio-metabolic variables in children	May 2015 – June 2018	Department Biotechnology (49.82)	Dr. Sadhana Joshi
3	Exploring the efficacy of omega 3 fatty acid supplementation to a maternal high fat diet deficient in vitamin B12 in ameliorating the risk for impaired brain development and metabolic syndrome in the offspring.	December 2013 – November 2016	Indian Council of Medical Research (20.78)	Dr. Anvita Kale
4	Evaluation of Triphala & Trimad for their effects on adipocytes biology and Lipid metabolism	2016 - 2019	Ministry of AYUSH (28.32)	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao
5	Evaluating the anti- neoplastic potential of Panchavalkala, an Ayurvedic formulation, in cervical cancer-an in vivo study	November 2014 – October 2016	Bharat Seva Sansthan (3.00)	Dr. Ruchika Kaul - Ghanekar
6	Developing high oleic safflower genotypes through functional genomics	July 2015 – June 2018	ICAR-NASF (46.44)	Prof. M. V. Hegde
7	Direct beta thalassemia carrier detection kit	December 2014 – June 2016	DBT-BIRAC (44.64)	Prof. M. V. Hegde
8	ICAR-AICRP- Linseed Value Addition Centre	April 2015 onwards	ICAR (15.74 Lakh received as on today).	Prof. M. V. Hegde
9	Chemical Diversity and Nutraceutical Potential of Indian Propolis	December 2016 – January 2018	Department of Science and Technology (39.12)	Dr. Suresh Jagtap
Industry Sponsored Projects
1	Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of Capsule Longvida® Optimized Curcumin in knee osteoarthritis: A randomized double-blind controlled clinical study	May 2015 – December 2016	Pharmanza Herbal Pvt. Ltd. (8.97)	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao
2	Clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Herbal Formulation for Obesity (HFO-O2) in overweight individuals	February 2016 – December 2016	Baidyanath Bhavan Pvt. Ltd. (2.89)	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao
Synthesis and characterization of cinnamaldehyde-FITC- Folate conjugatedFe3O4 nanoparticles for targeted delivery in breast cancer (12.76 Lakhs; DSTNanomission)
Evaluation of anticancer potential of extracts derived from marine organisms incancerous and non-cancerous cell lines.(10 lakhs, IISER)
Evaluating the anticancer activity of different higher homeopathic potencies (200C, 1M,10M, 50M, CM) of Terminalia chebula (TC) in breast cancer cell lines and analyzing thebest potency for activity against in vivo breast cancer model (42.98 Lakhs; CCRH, AYUSH)