{"id":3146,"date":"2026-04-11T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-bio-sciences\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2026-04-11T05:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:25:21","slug":"faculty-research-projects-funded-by-external-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-bio-sciences\/faculty-research-projects-funded-by-external-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research Projects Funded by External Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Supported by agencies such as ASTEC, DST, DBT, ICMR, SIBRI and others<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Bio-Sciences actively undertakes externally funded research projects supported by national and state-level agencies, fostering innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and societal impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>Principal Investigator<\/th><th>Co-Principal Investigator<\/th><th>Project Title<\/th><th>Scheme<\/th><th>Funding Agency<\/th><th>Amount (\u20b9)<\/th><th>Duration<\/th><th>Status<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>2026<\/td><td>Dr Arup Baruah, Department of Computer Science and Engineering<\/td><td>Dr. Jayanti Datta Roy<\/td><td>AYURLLM \u2013 A Knowledge-Augmented LLM for Evidence-Based Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants<\/td><td>AICTE Research Promotion Scheme (RPS): Lab to Market<\/td><td>AICTE<\/td><td>21,00,000<\/td><td>Mar 2026 \u2013 Mar 2029<\/td><td>Ongoing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Dr. Vedant Vikrom Borah<\/td><td>Dr. Supriyo Sen<\/td><td>Crafting a Probiotic Health Beverage from Fermented Local Millet (Konidhan) and Banana (Bhim Kol)<\/td><td>Innovation, Technology Generation and Awareness<\/td><td>ASTEC, Government of Assam<\/td><td>3,00,000<\/td><td>Nov 2024 \u2013 Nov 2026<\/td><td>Ongoing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Dr. Nazneen Hussain<\/td><td>Dr. Supriyo Sen<\/td><td>Eco-efficient Recycling of Plastic Waste to Sustainable Construction Material: An Integrated Green Solution to Plastic Waste Management<\/td><td>Innovation, Technology Generation and Awareness<\/td><td>ASTEC, Government of Assam<\/td><td>2,70,000<\/td><td>Nov 2024 \u2013 May 2026<\/td><td>Ongoing<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-bio-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/Common.jpg-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-bio-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/Common.jpg-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-bio-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/Common.jpg-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-bio-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/Common.jpg-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-bio-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/Common.jpg.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supported by agencies such as ASTEC, DST, DBT, ICMR, SIBRI and others The Department of Bio-Sciences actively undertakes externally funded research projects supported by national and state-level agencies, fostering innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and societal impact. 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