Ongoing Projects

Functional analysis of the triparticle interaction

May 1, 2021

| Sustainable Agriculture

AABs may play many functional roles in rhizosphere or for AMFs function and such functions may also be a way by which mitigation or adaptation to environmental changes taking place since millions of years and may take place in future as well. Bacterial communities and regulation of critical genes influenced by them can be a decisive factor in successful AMF colonization of plant roots.

Hybrid microbial and chemical catalysis to develop high-volume, high-value biopolymers from lignin-rich bio-residue generated in rice straw bio-refinery' under Start-up

December 17, 2020

| Sustainable Agriculture

A novel bioprocess development for lignin-rich bio-residue valorization to produce high-value/high-volume biochemicals and bioproducts. The model developed here will improve the sustainability of the 2G ethanol technology and offer an alternative solution to mitigate environmental pollution from rice straw burning in the fields. The detailed LCA and TEA of the optimized bench-scale bioprocess will evaluate the carbon footprint and economic viability of the technology.

Impact evaluation of Pashu Bhagya Scheme (2015-16 to 2018-19) on livelihood security of marginal and small farmers, agricultural labourers, widows, devadasis and distressed women

June 1, 2020

The main purpose of the assignment would be: (1) Assessment of farmers eligibility to access encouraging opportunities and avail benefits of the scheme in terms of increasing the farmers’ income, employment, skills and its penetration across cow/buffalo, goat/sheep, piggery and poultry sectors with fulfillment of aim/objectives, as well as its efficacy and efficiency.

Molecular breeding to develop resistance against anthracnose (fruit rot) in chilli

February 20, 2020

| Sustainable Agriculture

Chilli anthracnose is one of the most devastating fungal diseases affecting the quality and yield production of chilli. In India, primarily, C. capsici and C. gleosporoides are the main Colletotrichum species causing major damage on the green as well as red ripe stages of chilli fruits. Although, these fungi can also cause lesions on the leaves and stems, the most economically important damage results from the fruit rot symptoms.

Exploiting beneficial algal-microbial interactions to increase cultivation yield

February 4, 2020

| Sustainable Agriculture

The main objectives of the project are: (1) Optimize nutrients supply strategies in algae bacterial culture; (2) Enhance crop protection and stability using biological control; (3) Develop predictive, quantitative model to extrapolate from short-term bench scale experiments to temporal and spatial scales relevant to the biofuel industry; (4) Demonstration and validation of model in pilot scale cultivation systems.  

Conducting third party evaluation of NERTPS schemes on silk sector and apparel and garmenting units

December 31, 2019

The objectives of this project are to review the degree of impact on the beneficiaries in terms of income, employment generation, economic improvement, socio economic upliftment, evaluation of the present status of the project, effectiveness of the present monitoring mechanism, suggestions for improvement, analyze the project deliverance, milestones achieved, etc. under the sericulture projects.

The Impact of Per Drop More Crop component of PMKSY on coverage of area under MI, incentivisation of suitable Crop Pattern, crop productivity, cost savings and water use efficiency

December 24, 2019

The objectives of this project are to: (1) Increase the area under micro irrigation technologies to enhance water use efficiency in the country; (2) Increase productivity of crops and income of farmers through precision water management; (3) Promote micro irrigation technologies in water intensive consuming crops like sugarcane, banana, cotton etc.

Refurbishment of computer laboratories and existing market infrastructures

October 30, 2019

The project aims in providing the local communities safe and sustainable market places, which will subsequently boost their business to a great level. The existing market spaces are not structured and 90% of the vendors put up their stalls by the roadside, thereby making it very unsafe for trade. The project thereby aims to provide two concrete market infrastructures at Rani Development Block.

Income generation programme for rural women farmers through commercial production of some high value medicinal plants in Garhwal and Kumaon regions of Uttarakhand

September 1, 2019

| Sustainable Agriculture

The main objective of this project is to promote medicinal and aromatic plants in Garhwal and Kumaon regions of Uttarakhand for the rural economic upliftment of the poor living in these regions.

Integrated development of four VP in Goa through Convergence of Government Schemes

July 15, 2019

The National Rural Livelihood Mission’s (NRLM) main objective is to organize the poor into SHGs (self-help groups) and make them capable for self-employment.  The challenge is to unleash their capabilities to generate meaningful livelihoods and enable them to come out of poverty. The main objective of the project is to assess the enhancement of livelihoods among the beneficiaries under NRLM.