Extramural Projects

S/N Project Titile Date of Start Funding Agency Sanction Order No. Duration Division Name of PI/ Co-PI
1 Full spectrum Bio-Incubator for NER at IASST Guwahati 30.08.2019 BIRAC, GoI BT/BIRAC/BI-IASST/2019
Dated: 13.09.2019
5 years LSD Project Coordinator: Prof. A.K. Mukherjee, Director, IASST
2 DBT-NER Advance Level Institutional Biotech Hub at IASST (Phase-II) 01.02.2023 DBT, GoI BT/NER/143/SP44368/2021
Date:01.02.2023
3 years LSD PI: Dr. M.R. Khan
Co-PI: Prof. Jagat C Borah (Lien)
3 Preparation of an improved antivenom against other than “Big Four” venomous snakes of north-east India 01.03.2024 ICMR, GoI 58/6/3/SB-CFP/AKM/2023-NCD-II
Date:22.02.2024
3 years LSD Prof. A.K. Mukherjee, Director, IASST
4 Centre for Advanced Research (CAR) to promote Translational Studies of Regionally Relevant Unmet Needs in Hematological Malignancies with emphasis on High-risk and Relapsed/Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) 01.11.2024 ICMR, GoI EMDR/CARE/9/2022-0000430
Date:31.05.2024
5 years LSD Co-PI: Prof. M. R. Khan

PI: Dr. Smita Kayal, JIPMER, Puducherry

5 Quality Control and Quality Assurance laboratory and facilitation centre for pharmacopeal standardisation of herbals and phytopharmaceuticals in North East India 23.04.2025 DBT, GoI BT/INF/22/SP54147/2025
Date:23.04.2025
5 years LSD Project Coordinator: 1. Prof. A.K. Mukherjee, Director, IASST
Co-Coordinator:
1. Prof. Jagat C Borah (Lien)CORE GROUP:
1. Dr. Asis Bala
2. Prof. D. Thakur
6 Unraveling Host-Pathogen Dynamics and Anti-infective Therapeutics Using CRISPR-Cas9 for tackling Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. 04.06.2025 ANRF, GoI ANRF/ECRG/2024/005762/LS
Date:04.06.2025
3 years LSD Dr. Vijay Kumar Singh, Asst. Prof., IASST
7 Genomic and phylogenetic analysis of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri isolated from major citrus-growing regions in India: investigating virulence mechanisms and developing disease control strategies. 19.06.2025 ANRF, GoI ANRF/ECRG/2024/005876/LS
Date:19.06.2025
3 years LSD Dr. Sheo Shankar Pandey
8 Potential Probiotics from the fermented food and beverages of the Northeast India for better gut health and disease management 25.05.2026 DBT, GoI BT/PR51735/NER/95/2161/2024
Dt.08.05.2026
3 years LSD PI: Prof. M.R. Khan, LSD, IASST
Co-PI: 1. Prof. Ashis K. Mukherjee, Director, IASST
2. Dr. Asis Bala, LSD, IASST
3. Dr. Krishna M. Ella, Bharat Biotech International Ltd.
4. Dr. D Yogeswara Rao, BBIL
5. Dr. Raches Ella, BBIL
9 Synthesis of Nano-engineered 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide by fused hollow cathode Plasma applications in flexible pyro-phototronic nanogenerator and X-ray detector devices 17.06.2026 ANRF, GoI ANRF/ARG/2025/001452/PS
Dt.18.12.2025
3 years PSD PI: Prof. Arup R Pal, PSD, IASST

Co-PI: 1. Dr. Biswajit Choudhury, IASST
2. Dr. Jitumani Kalita, Asst. Prof., Cotton University

10 Production of soybean based functional foods using microbial resources isolated from traditionally fermented foods of North East India 03.09.2026 DBT, GoI BT/PR51789/NER/95/2052/2024
Dt.30.07.2026
3 years LSD PI: Prof. M.R. Khan, LSD, IASST
Co-PI: Dr. Asis Bala, LSD, IASSTProject Coordinator:
Dr. Santa Joshi, Dept. of Biotech & Bioinformatics, NEHU
11 Development of snake venom-inspired neurotrophin peptidomimetic formulations as a drug prototype against pesticide/herbicide-induced neurodegenerative diseases: Mechanistic understanding and translational evaluation 03.11.2026 ANRF, GoI ANRF/JBG/2026/000096/LS
Dated: 27-Jul-2026
5 years LSD Prof. A.K. Mukherjee, Director, IASST