Ongoing Project

• Development of multimodal optical coherence tomography ultrasound MEMS technology-based microscopic-resolution photoacoustic elastography (OCT-US-MEMS-μPAE) imaging system: a validation study for ophthalmic diagnosis and therapeutic treatments 

        Nature of Project      : Multiple institutes (Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research           Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM), and L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh)

No. of investigator(s): Three (3) (Prof. Rudra Pratap, CeNSE, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore; Prof. Srinivasa Murty Srinivasula, SoB, IISER TVM; and Dr Vishal Raval, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad)

Responsibility          : Principal Investigator (PI)

        Funding Agency       : Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, India

        Amount                     : INR 4,98,61048.00 (~INR 5 crores approximately)

Period/duration         : Three (3) years (2024-2026)

Status.                      : Accepted

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Completed/Accomplished Project

• Project title: Multi-wavelength Selective Plane Illumination Microscope (mλ-SPIM) – with simultaneous magnification at multiple levels: A promising imaging technology for molecular and cellular biology (Ref. No.: BT/PR30005/MED/32/657/2018)

            Nature of Project      : Single institute

No. of investigator(s): Two (2)

Responsibility          : Principal Investigator (PI)

Co-PI                       : Prof. Srinivas Murty Srinivasula, School of Biology (SoB), IISER-TVM, Kerala, India

Funding Agency      : Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, India

Amount                   : INR 94,00,000.00

Period/duration       : Three (3) years (2019-2022)

Status                     : Completed

• Project title: Cost­-effective hand­held medical device for real­time intraoperative scanning applications at operation bedside (Ref. No.: 242016001669)

            Nature of Project       : Single institute

No. of investigator(s): One (1)

Responsibility           : Principal Investigator (PI)

Funding Agency       : SERB, DST, Govt. of India (ECRA), India

Amount                    : INR 31,74,600.00

Period/duration        : Three (3) years (2017-2020)

Status                      : Completed