university of calcutta

SPONSORED SCHEMES & PROJECTS

SL. No. Sponsored Schemes with Project Titles PI Amount Sanctioned in INR
DST
1 Studies on Multifunctional Nano-heterostructures Dr. Gobinda Gopal Khan 35,00,000
2 “Novel Nano-materials for Energy and Nano-electronics” Dr. Gobinda Gopal Khan 8,00,000
3 Targeting p53/p63-miRNA axis cancer cells Dr. Arghya Adhikary 35,00,000
4 “Sensitization of Lanthanide Luminescence Semiconductor Nanoparticles” Dr. Prasun Mukherjee 53,65,000
5 “Effect of Supercritical Fluid on Ultrathinnest Polymer Films” Dr. Jayanta Kumar Bal 35,00,000
State Govt. (W.B.E.I.D.C.)
6 Design & implementation of medical application Prof. Susanta Sen 39,50,000
Govt. of INDIA (DIT)
7 Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes State Lighting Dr. Anirban Bhattacharyya 68,00,000
UGC
8 “Post-synthetic Modification of Semiconductor Nanoparticles” Dr. Prasun Mukherjee 6,00,000
Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
9 “Evaluation of the involvement of mir205 in metastasis of p53-mutated breast cancer” Dr. Prasun Mukherjee 6,00,000

CRNN FUNDED PROJECTS 2008 TO 2014

Sl. No. PI Department Project Title
1. Dr. Arghya Adhikary CRNN Synthesis of bamine functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticle for delivery of miRNA to cancer cells to restrict cancer metastasis.
2. Dr. Sumita Sengupta (nee Bandyopadhyay) Biophysics& Molecular Biology Synthesis of gold nanoparticles using diallyl disulfide: Characterization and study of its biological activity.
3. Dr. Prasun Mukherjee CRNN Development of Lanthanide containing semiconductor nanoparticles and probing the spatial location of the dopant by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.
4. Dr. Sudip Kumar Das Chemical Engineering Development of Glass-Ceramics using nano materials.
5. Dr. Soma Barman (Mondal) Radio Physics & Electronic Electrical Circuit Model of DNA/RNA Strings and Their Simulation in a SPICE Framework
6. Dr.Tanushree Sanyal (Bala) Chemistry Water based synthesis of Ni-Au core-shell nanomaterials
7. Prof. D. J. Chattopadhyay Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Development of Assay for Nanosized Biomolecular Interaction Emphasizing a Lectin-Glycoprotein Interaction Using Flowcytometry
8. Dr. Salil Kumar Biswas Physics Impact of High-k Gate Dielectrics on III-V Semiconductors for Future Nano MOSFET Applications
9. Prof. Arup Mukherjee Chemical Technology Betulinic Acid and Andrographolide Nanoparticles in Cancer Chemotherapy
10. Dr. Rajen Haldar Physiology Studies on Interaction of Nanoparticles with Hemoglobin and its Biological Implications: Biophysical and Biochemical Approach.
11. Prof. S.N. Sarkar Electronic Science Electromagnetics and Modeling of Photonic Crystal Fibers with comparison to those of Conventional Fibers
12. Prof. Krishanu Chakrabarti Biochemistry Nano –activators for metal ion activated enzymes : Effects on catalysis and stability
13. Dr. Roshnara Mishra Physiology Nanoparticle based oral delivery of antivenom for early intervention in snake envenomation
14. Dr. Sreya Chattopadhyay Physiology Evaluation of in vivo Anti-tumor Activities of nano-encapsulated EGCG
15. Dr. Pubali Dhar Home Science Formulation and development of nanoemulsion with functional food
16. Dr. A.S. Chakraborty Bio-Physics Application of nanoparticles in treatment of diabetes mellitus with flavonoids
17. Dr. Mahua Ghosh Chemical Technology Nanoencapsulation of Bioactive Lipids
18. Dr. Samit Kumar Ray Polymer Science & Technology Studies of Pervaporative Separation By Mixed Matrix Membranes made by asymmetric incorporation of nano size particles in polymer
19. Dr. Bratati Mukhopadhyay Radio Physics& Electronics Physics and Modeling of some Emerging Nanophotonic Devices
20. Dr. Abhijit Biswas Radio Physics & Electronics Modeling and studies of nano CMOS devices based on strained Si, Ge and their alloys including novel device architecture
21. Dr. Anirban Siddhanta Biochemistry Determination of lesihmanicidial potential; of metal nanoparticles and their conjugates
22. Dr. Sanjay Ghosh Biochemistry Microbial Synthesis of Silver & Gold nanoparticles and their application
23. Prof. Antony Gomes Physiology Toxicological evalution of gold nanoparticle in experimental animal models
24. Dr. Krishnendu Acharya Botany Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using phytopathogenic fungi and evaluation of its antimicrobial activity
25. Dr. Gopal Chakraborty Biotechnology Production and characterization of a tubulin-microtubule targeting anti-cancer drug paclitaxel loaded solid lipid nano-particle for delivery through oral route
26. Dr. Soumya Pandit Radio Physics & Electronics Statistical Modeling, Design & Optimization of Nano CMOS Analog/RF Circuits
27. Dr. Ena Ray Banerjee Zoology Development of novel format of stable single chain nanobodies for therapeutic, diagnostic & cosmetic use
28. Dr. Anirban Bhattacharyya Radio Physics & Electronics Development of solar blind phodetectors based on AIGaN nanostructures for flame sensing
29. Dr. Dipa Ray Polymer Science & Technology Preparation of bionanocomposites and study of their biodegradation behaviour
30. Dr. Geetanjali Sundaram Biochemistry Investigation of the Cytotoxic effects of carbon nanoparticles in an yeast model System
31. Dr. Sudipta Kundu Biophysics& Molecular Biology Understanding the design principle of protein structure – a building block of.
32. Dr. Aritra Banerjee Physics Transport property study of nano-structured Bismuth alloy based materials
33. Dr. Abhijit Bandyopadhyay Polymer Science & Technology Synthesis and characterization of high performance single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) based polymer Nanocomposites
34. Prof. Debobrata Chakraborty Polymer Science & Technology Synthesis of nanocellulose from baggase (Cane Sugar) and biocomposites from it for packaging
35. Prof. Anita Mukherjee Botany Genotoxicity investigation on human peripheral blood cells treated with silver nanoparticles
36. Dr. Alok Sil Microbiology To study the nanoparticle mediated enhancement of microbial activity of an anti-mycobacterial agent
37. Prof. Sunanda Dhar Electronic Science Growth and characterization of Si and Ge nanowires on Si substrates
38. Dr. Sriparna Dutta Chemical Technology Novel Fundtionnalized Nano-Biomateiral for Drug Delivery, Bioremediation and Sensing Application
39. Dr. Sanjit Dey Physiology  

Radiatio Protection using Nano Compounds of Moringa Oleifera principles

40. Prof. Ajay Ghosh Applied Optics & Photonics Feasibility Study of the Fabrication of Nanocrystalbased Optical Amplifiers and Lasers
41. Prof. Sekhar Bhattacharyya Chemical Engineering Preparation and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles for Durg delivery and visualization applications
42. Dr. Rajib Chakraborty Applied Optics & Photonics Diamond-Like Nanocomposites (DLN) as Protective Coating of Optical Components
43. Dr. Urmi Chatterjee Zoology Delivery of antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) to the androgen receptor of prostate Cancer cells by nanoparticles: a Prospective aulitumoral Strategye
44. Dr. Nikhil Guchhait Chemistry Competitive photoinduced charge transfer, electron transfer and proton transfer reactions of some synthetic fluorescence probes in micelles, lipid vesicles and cyclodextrin confined nano-cavities
45. Dr. Mina Ray Applied Optics & Photonics Studies On Plasmonic Propagation in Nanostructures.
46. Dr. Kamal Bhattacharyya Chemistry Quantum Confinement in Nanomaterials
47. Dr. Dipankar Chattopadhyay Polymer Science & Technology Preparation of Transparent Conducting Flixible Coatings using Polyaniline Nanoparticals and Flexible Film Forming polymers
48. Dr. Debasis Das Chemistry Functional Supramolecular Assemblies derived from Metal-Organic Building Blocks
49. Dr. Debasis Mukhopadhyay Chemistry Study of role of exciton and vibronic interaction in NLO properties of nanomaterials made from conjugated systems
50. Dr. Pinaki Chowdhury Chemistry A Theretical study of structure and spectroscopy of Halide Ion molicula clusters.
51. Dr. Swapan Chakraborty Chemistry Theoretical investigation on condunction in nanoscale wires
52. Dr. Chaitali Mukhopadhyay Chemistry Studies on the Effect of Nanosized vesicles (e.g., Micelles, Bicelles, Membrane Bilayer) on Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
53. Prof. T.K. Parya Chemical Technology Synthesis and Characterization of Nano clay-Polymer Composites
54. Prof. P.P. Kundu Polymer Science & Technology Modified Chitosan as non viral vector in gene therapy.
55. Dr. Animesh Pramanik Chemistry Design of nano-biomaterials through self-assembly of synthetic peptides
56. Dr. Sampa Chakraborty Chemical Engineering Utilization of zinc oxide nanoparticales for wastewater treatment in presence of sunlight.
57. Dr. Sudipta Bandyopadhyay Physics Study of ZnO based Nanostructured Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor
58. Dr. Sasanka Sekhar Mohanto Chemistry Design, Synthesis and characterization of Nanomaterials
59. Prof. Priyabrata Sarkar Polymer Science & Technology Smart Nano- Sensors Using Innovative Polymeric Materials
60. Dr. Sanatan Chattopadhyay Electronic Science Modeling and Characterization of process induced Strain to Study its impact on Nano-CMOS devices
61.   Prof. Anjan Dasgupta Bio-Chemistry Platelet Response to Nanoparticle: Agonist Map Disease Correlation and Risk Assessment.
61. Dr. Uttam Roychowdhury Chemical Technology Development of Nano Porous catalysts for applications in Petroleum and Petrochemicals industry
63. Dr. Dilip Kumar Maity Chemistry Synthesis of new chiral Surfactants and their novel application as nanoreactors and nanotemplate: Synthesis of nanomaterials and their application.