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College of Agriculture / School of Agricultural Biotechnology / Current Projects

Sr. No. PI of the project Name of project Duration Funding agency
1 Dr. Inderjit Singh Yadav Application of Bioinformatics & computational Biology in Agriculture- BIC at Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana 2021-2026 DBT, New Delhi
2 Dr. Pooja Manchanda  Development of resistant Starch Potato using nanomaterial mediated genome editing technology 2021-2024 DBT, New Delhi
3 Dr. Nitika Sandhu Elucidating the genetic Architecture of tillering in wheat through CRISPR/CAS based editing of Ideal plant Architecture Gene (IPAI) & Teosinte Branched 1 (TBI) 2022-2025 DBT, New Delhi
4 Dr. Satinder Kaur Enriching the rust resistance of wheat by mapping the novel leaf rust and stripe rust resistance from multiple wild progenitor and non-progenitor species” 2024-2027 DBT, New Delhi
5 Dr. Satinder Kaur Genome-wide introgression of tetraploid non-progenitor Aegilops peregrina (UUSS) in hexaploid wheat background and mapping of multiple disease resistance 2022-2027 DBT, New Delhi
6 Dr. Parveen Chhuneja  DBT Postgraduate Teaching Program: M.Sc. Biotechnology at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana” 2021-2026 DBT, New Delhi
7 Dr. Yogesh Vikal Mapping and identification of candidate genes for Fusarium ear rot resistance and fumonisin contamination in maize” 2024-2027 DST, New Delhi
8 Dr. Tanu Sari/ Dr. Parveen Chhuneja Fine mapping and cloning of novel leaf and stripe rust resistance genes derived from emmer wheat Triticum dicoccoides” 2024-2026 DBT, New Delhi
9 Dr. Satinder Kaur Molecular mapping and introgression of lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica) resistance from wild wheat Ae. tauschii derived synthetic wheat” 2024-2027 DST, New Delhi
10 Dr. Satinder Kaur Engineered evolution of key yield traits: seed size and rust resistance in wheat” 2023-2025 SPARC
11 Dr. Nitika Sandhu New insight in understanding genomic footprints of nutrient    uptake under direct seeded rice cultivation system” 2023-2026 DBT, New Delhi
12 Dr. Parveen Chhuneja Cambridge –India Network for translational Research in Nitrogen-2 2023-2026 DBT, New Delhi
13 Dr. Navraj Kaur Genetic transformation of PAP1 gene in American cotton accessions Coker 312 and PAU Bt 1 for developing coloured cotton 2019-2025 Nippon Steel Trading Co. Ltd Japan
14 Dr. Pawan Kumar Malhotra Transgene free gene editing in high value vegetatively propagated crops – Sugarcane and Banana” 2025-2028 DBT, New Delhi
15 Dr. Yogesh Vikal NextGenRice: Genome edited transgene free value added indica rice” 2025-2028 DBT, New Delhi
16 Dr. Kumari Neelam Incentivizing Research in Agriculture Project-IV-Molecular genetic analysis of resistance/tolerance to different stress (Rice)” 2014-2026 ICAR, New Delhi
17 Dr. Kumari Neelam Molecular breeding for improvement of tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, yield and quality traits in crops-Rice” 2015-2026 ICAR, New Delhi