• Environmental microbiology & Biotechnology

• Development of Bacterial Biosensor

• Molecular diagnostics and Molecular Parasitology

• Bioinformatics

• Bioprocess development and optimization

Ongoing Projects

1. Development of biosorption technology for removal of radio nuclide from nuclear industry waste
2. Biodegradation of organic pollutants.
3. Development of bioleaching technology for recovery of metal from ores.
4. Development of high affinity biosorbant by surface display of metal binding proteins

1. Development of whole cell bacterial biosensor for detection of antibiotics
2. Recombinant bacteria based biosensor for detection of bioavailability of arsenic and other heavy metals

1        PCR, dipstick or nucleic acid ELISA for species-specific detection of malarial parasites based on 18S ribosomal RNA.

2        Sequencing, analysis and characterization vaccine candidate antigens oh the malarial parasites of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.

3        Characterization of apicoplast genome in Plasmodium vivax from Indian isolates.

4        Cloning expression and characterization of cytokines including synthetic gene expression for combined synergistic cytokines.

1. Vector design strategies to generate novel prokaryotic expression vectors from naturally occurring plasmids.
2. Development of programme to detect and analyze EGF and EGF like domain from given protein sequence.
3. Analysis of codon usage pattern in Bacillus anthracis for probable heterologous gene expression studies