DEPARTMENTS
DEAN R & D OFFICE
The Office of the Dean of Research and Development (R&D) is dedicated to nurturing a robust research landscape within the institute. Committed to advancing R&D activities and fostering innovation, the office deals with various activities such as:
R&D Infrastructure Planning & Management: The office is responsible for the strategic planning, development, and maintenance of research infrastructure, ensuring state-of-the-art facilities that meet the evolving needs of researchers.
Project Grant Management and Review: Overseeing the lifecycle of research projects, the office manages the acquisition of funding, monitors project progress, and ensures compliance with grant requirements, facilitating successful project execution.
Project Staff & Project PDF Recruitment: The office handles the recruitment of skilled research personnel and Post-Doctoral Fellows (PDFs), ensuring that projects are supported by top-tier talent.
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): Supporting researchers in protecting their innovations through filling and managing patents.
Technology Business Incubation (TBI): TBI, IISER Mohali, nurtures startups and entrepreneurs by providing the resources, guidance, and platforms to develop and showcase the technologies that are needed to transform innovative ideas into
successful businesses. More than 35 Startups have been incubated in the last years through the TBI, IISER Mohali.
Research and Academic Collaborations: Enabling interdisciplinary research and academic collaborations at national and international levels.
Annual Report: The office compiles and presents the annual report, showcasing research and academic activities, ongoing projects, achievements, and future plans, which is essential for transparency and strategic planning.
Central Analytical Facilities: Managing central analytical facilities equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and expertise, the office supports researchers in conducting cutting-edge analyses and experiments.
Additionally, the office administers fellowships/scholarships and various other activities to support academic and scientific pursuits, fostering an environment where research and innovation can thrive.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
PATENTS & PUBLICATIONS
PROJECTS
Projects
| S. No. | Name of Project | Principal Investigator | Funding Agency | Duration |
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| 1 | PHASE TRANSITIONS OF AN INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED VIRAL PROTEIN: FROM MOLECULAR GRAMMAR TO NANOSCALE AND MESOSCALE PROPERTIES | DR. S. MUKHOPADHYAY | CEFIPRA | 2023-2026 |
| 2 | COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF ALTERNATVIE SPLICING IN CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION TISSUE REGENERATION DISEASES AND EVOLUTION | DR. SHASHI BHUSHAN PANDIT | DBT | 2023-2028 |
| 3 | EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER (EET) IN EXTREMOPHILES: UNRAVELING THE EET PATHWAY OF A METABOLICALLY VERSATILE NOVEL HALOALKALIPHILIC GEOALKALIBACTER HALELECTRICUS STRAIN CAPABLE OF RESPIRING ON INSOLUBLE ELECTRON ACCEPTORS | DR. SUNIL ANIL PATIL | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 4 | UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF RALF27 PEPTIDE IN REGULATION OF THE PLANT IRON DEFICIENCY RESPONSES IN ARABIDOPSIS AND TOMATO: BASIC AND APPLIED INSIGHTS | DR. SANTOSH B. SATBHAI | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 5 | INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF DOPAMINE IN GROUP I MGLUR TRAFFICKING AND MGLUR-DEPENDENT AMPA RECEPTOR ENDOCYTOSIS | DR. SAMARJIT BHATTACHARYYA | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 6 | VALIDATION OF THE MICROBIAL ELECTRO-ACETOGENESIS TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOGAS UPGRADATION | DR. SUNIL A PATIL | BIRAC | 2023-2025 |
| 7 | CHARACTERIZATION OF HOST GENETIC AND METABOLIC FACTORS THAT MODULATE THE EFFICACY OF THE CANCER DRUG FLOXURIDINE | DR. JOGENDER SINGH | STARS-MHRD | 2023-2026 |
| 8 | DESIGNING LOW-COORDINATE SINGLE-ION MAGNETS FOR HIGHER BLOCKING TEMPERATURES | DR. VIGNESH KUDUVA RADHAKRISHNAN | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 9 | SURFACE GROUPS AND GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES | DR. K. GONGOPADHYAY | DST | 2023-2025 |
| 10 | SERB RESEARCH SCIENTIST | DR. SHARMILA BHATTACHARYA | DST-SERB | 2023-2025 |
| 11 | METAL-FREE MULTICHROMOPHORIC FRET MACROCYCLES AS MULTISTIMULI RESPONSIVE SMART MATERIALS FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL SENSING AND VISIBLE AND NIR PHOTOCATALYSIS | DR. SANCHITASEN GUPTA | STARS-MHRD | 2023-2026 |
| 12 | CHEMICAL AND GENETIC SCREENS FOR IMPROVING ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM PROTEOSTASIS | DR. JOGENDER SINGH | CSIR | 2023-2026 |
| 13 | CYCLOPROPENIUM-BASED CHIRAL ORGANO-SUPERBASES AND THEIR CONJUGATE ACIDS FOR ENANTIOSELECTIVE TRANSFORMATIONS | DR. R VIJAYA ANAND | STARS-MHRD | 2023-2026 |
| 14 | A MECHANISTICALLY-DRIVEN, PHOTOCHEMICAL APPROACH TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF HYDROGEN FEEDSTOCKS AND CARBON-DIOXIDE | DR. DEBASHIS ADHIKARI | STARS-MHRD | 2023-2026 |
| 15 | A NOVEL MODEL FOR WATER QUALITY PREDICTION ON SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS, SATELLITE IMAGING AND MACHINE LEARNING | DR. YUNUS ALI PULPADAN | KWEF | 2023-2024 |
| 16 | LITHOGRAPHICALLY PATTERNABLE MESOSCOPIC OXIDE ELECTRONICS ON SURFACE DOPED SRTIO3 | DR. ANANTH VENKATESAN | STARS-MHRD | 2023-2026 |
| 17 | ASSEMBLING THE CITY: GENDER AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURES IN NORTHERN INDIA | DR. ANU SABHLOK | MoE-SPARC | 2023-2025 |
| 18 | SERB RESEARCH SCIENTIST | DR. ARU BERI | DST-SERB | 2023-2025 |
| 19 | SMALL TOWN AQ: RESEARCH, COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND AIR | DR. ANU SABHLOK | GVF | 2023-2025 |
| 20 | DECIPHERING THE ROLE OF MAJOR VAULT PROTEIN (MVP) IN INFLUENZA A VIRUS INFECTION | DR. INDRANIL BANERJEE | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 21 | PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES DERIVED FROM METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR PHOTO-THERANOSTIC APPLICATIONS | DR. SAMIR KUMAR BISWAS | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 22 | ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPROGRAMMING OF AN SCF UBIQUITIN LIGASE COMPLEX | DR. JOGENDER SINGH | DBT | 2023-2026 |
| 23 | J C Bose Fellowship | PROF. S MUKHOPADHYAY | DST-SERB | 2023-2028 |
| 24 | RAINFALL INDUCED SOIL AND BEDROCK LANDSLIDES: VOLUME ESTIMATES AND UNCERTAINTIES WITH THE EXISTING SCALING EXPONENTS | DR. YUNUS ALI PULPADAN | IIRS-ISRO | 2023-2026 |
| 25 | POLARITRONICS: CONTROLLING ELECTRON/ENERGY TRANSPORT THROUGH STRONG LIGHT-MATTER COUPLING” | DR. JINO GEORGE | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 26 | LIGHT MODULATION OF CATALYSIS: TOWARDS TEMPORAL AND STEREO CONTROL OF THE REACTIONS AND RECOVERABLE CATALYSTS USING AZOHETEROARENE PHOTOSWITCHES | DR. SUGUMAR VENKATARAMANI | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 27 | MICROBIAL DIET-MEDIATED LIFESPAN ENHANCEMENT VIA HOST LIPID METABOLISM | DR. JOGENDER SINGH | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 28 | MOLECULAR GENETIC DISSECTION OF THE INTERORGAN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE HEART AND FAT CELLS IN REGULATING OBESITY IN DROSOPHILA | DR. SUDIP MANDAL | STARS-MHRD | 2023-2026 |
| 29 | STUDY OF INFLAMMATORY CELL DEATH MECHANISM INDUCED BY THE PORE-FORMING TOXIN VIBRIO CHOLERAE CYTOLYSIN AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR THE CELL-KILLING PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF THE TOXIN | DR. KAUSHIK CHATTOPADHYAY | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 30 | RIGIDITY PROPERTIES OF HENON MAPS | DR. RATNA PAL | DST-SERB | 2023-2025 |
| 31 | RIGIDITY PROPERTIES OF HENON MAPS | DR. RATNA PAL | DST-SERB | 2023-2026 |
| 32 | FREQUENCY TUNABLE HIGHER ORDER HARMONIES WITH ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM USING IR-IR PULSES | DR. NIKITA DHANKHAR | DST | 2023-2026 |
| 33 | SSR | DR. TAMANNA/ PROF. SSV RAMASASTRY | DST-SERB | 2023-2025 |
| 34 | NPD | DR. SUMIT CHABDRA MISHRA/ DR. AMIT KULSHRESTHA | DST-SERB | 2023-2025 |
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Prof. Sudip Mandal
Dean R & D
dord@iisermohali.ac.in
Dr. Sharvan Sehrawat
Associate Dean R & D
adord@iisermohali.ac.in
Dr. Sumit Chhangani
Technical Officer
sumitchhangani@iisermohali.ac.in
