LIST OF EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS

1. Title of the project: All India network project on soil biodiversity-biofertilizers
Name of PI: Dr K.K. Pal
Co-PI: Dr R. Dey
Funding Agency: ICAR, New Delhi
Date of start and end: 1st April 2017 – 31st March 2020
Total budget of the project: 11.00 Lakhs

2. Title of the project: Exploring the diversity of extreme halophiles by functional and comparative genomics for isolating novel genes and alleles for affording salinity tolerance to crop plants
Name of PI: Dr K.K. Pal
Co-PI: Dr R. Dey
Funding Agency: ICAR, New Delhi through AMAAS project
Date of start and end: 1st April 2017 – 31st March 2020
Total budget of the project: 31.64 Lakhs

3. Title of the project: Modelling insect pests and diseases under climate change and development of digital tools for pest management (2017-2020) under the thematic area Pest Dynamics in Relation to Climate Change in the National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)
Name of PI: Dr P.P. Thirumalaisamy
Co-PI: Dr Harish G.
Funding Agency: ICAR-NCIPM, New Delhi
Date of start and end: 1st April 2017 – 31st March 2020
Total budget of the project: 18.00 Lakhs

4. Title of the project: ICAR Seed Project on Seed Production in Agricultural Crops
Name of Nodal Officer: Dr Narendra Kumar
Name of co-PI: Mr. Ghous Ali, Scientist, (ARC)-ICAR-CSWRI, Bikaner
Funding Agency: ICAR
Date of start and end: 1st April 2017 – 31st March 2020
Total budget of the project: 9.25 Lakhs/year

5. Title of the project: Central sector scheme for protection of plant varieties and farmers right authority
Name of Nodal Officer: Dr S. K. Bera
Funding Agency: PPV& FRA, DAC
Date of start and end: 2002 – continuing till date
Total budget of the project: 6.5 Lakhs/year