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Data as on 21st April 2026
5090+
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Extramural Projects & Proposals

External funding secured by VMRF(DU) researchers

S. No. College Name PI Name Project Title Funding Agency Name Amount Sanctioned
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Project Duration
(In Months)
1 Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology Dr A Nirmala Green Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using Polyherbal Extracts for Sustainable Pest Management and Plant Growth Promotion AICTE-RPS 19.50 24
2 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College Dr.S.Venkatesan Automated manure spreader for Agriculture AICTE-RPS 17.00 36
3 Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital Dr Sushmitha Dharani Sankar Efficacy and Safety of Melatonin as an add-on Therapy to Antihistamines in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomized Controlled Trial Incorporating Urinary 6-Sulfatoxymelatonin Profiling and Inflammatory Biomarker Assessment IADVL 16.60 24
4 Vinayaka Mission’s Medical College & Hospital Dr N.V. Vinnisa Maternal metabolic status linking placental epigenetic programming: Implications for predicting postpartum depression - A prospective cohort study ICMR Anveshan Grant 54.00 36
5 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Dr.S.Ravikumar Exploring Leptospiral OMPs as potential immunogenic adhesins for improved diagnosis and understanding of Leptospirosis pathogenesis ICMR 68.00 36
6 Vinayakamission Kirupananda variyar arts and science collge Dr. Indra Priyadarshini Unveiling the Anticancer Potential Calotropis Procera: Investigating it's impact on oral Squamous cell Carcinoma DHR 42.55 36
7 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College Dr.Nancy Effect of positive deviance approach on promotion of safe disposal of child's faeces in southern coast of India: A community based quasi experimental study. ICMR 34.07 24
8 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Dr. Latha Dissecting the role of vaginal and urinary tract Microbiome Dysbiosis in recurrent Urinary ICMR 15.00 36
9 Vinayaka Mission’s Annapoorana College of Nursing Dr. Shanmuga Sundar Nanopore based biosensing Precets for identifying Specific Amino acids: A Novel approach for the detaction of Early Tumor Cells. DST 21.26 24
10 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Dr.S.Ravikumar Investigating DNMT3 related PWWP domain Containing protein (PWWP2A) as a therapeutic target for breast cancers by reactivating the epigenetically silenced tumor suppressors genes and inhibiting cell proliferation DST 19.95 24
11 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Dr.Arun Daniel/ Dr.Jawhar Tract Infections and emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance: A case-control study Tuberculosis Association of India 0.35 6
12 School of Allied Health Sciences Dr. C. Karthik Kumar, Operando studies of Perovskite based detectors for x-ray and ?-ray detection and ToF-PET imaging UGC-DAE-CSR 2.00 12
13 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Mr.K.Sridhar Interstitium is an organ-A Histochemical study ICMR ADHOC 5.42 12
14 School of Arts & Science College R.Jayaprakash Preparati on of porous light weight brick using activated carbon of diff erent natural plant wastesand coir pith to treat texti le waste water ICSSR 5.00 24
15 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Prabhudas/Ravikumar Dissecting the role of megsin in diagnosis and?prognosis of alcoholic liver cirrhosis. DST 12.00 24
16 Vinayaka Mission’s Annapoorana College of Nursing Dr.D.S.Vijayan Performance analysis and assessment of Ferrock cement infused steel composite tubular column under seismic loading SERB-TARE 7.50 36
17 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College Dr.Suganya Kannan Profiling of Oral Microbiota dysbiosis and its Metabolome during dietary pattern altered glucose dyshomeostatis and its implications on infective endocarditis SERB 22.16 24
18 School of Allied Health Sciences Dr. C. Karthikkumar Provskite based detectors for x and gama ray detection and ToF-PET imaging SERB-TARE 8.25 36
19 School Of Allied Health Sciences Dr. Thamilselvi Ramachandran Analysis of Tumour Micrometastasis in Breast Carcinomas and its Role in Clinical Outcome of Node Negative Patients Indian Council of Medical Research 2.57 36
20 School Of Allied Health Sciences Ms. Shini Preetha Nirmalson Prevalence and determinants of Pulmonary tubercilosis among elderly population residing in old age homes in Salem district, Tamilnadu The Tuberculosis Association of India 0.35 12
21 Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital Dr.R. Naganandini Effectiveness of Qigong therapy on stress among working women in selected institutions Tamilnadu Nurses & Midwives Council, Chennai 0.50 24
22 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College Prasanna Vadhanan VT Scope -Intubating Video Stylet DBT-BIRAC 10.00 24
23 Vinayaka Mission’s Annapoorana College of Nursing Chitra.L Preventive Women's Safety App using Location based Alerting DST-SEED 13.22 24
24 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Latha R AMWATCH-Defining the AMR Burden of Antimicrobial Manufacturing Wate in Puducherry and Chennai DBT-UKERI 25.50 36
25 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Arulmozhi.S A genetic screening to identify the association between consanguineous marriage with deafness in indian population Indian Council of Medical Research 11.50 24
26 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Ravikumar S Characterisation of Leptospiral OMPs in search for novel immunogenic adhesins having significance in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of Leptospirosis Indian Council of Medical Research 23.48 36
27 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College M.Manoranjani, Dr.S.Ravikumar Investigating the role of PITX2 and ADH1B SNP with atrial fibrillation in alcoholic Indian population ? An Case- Control Study Indian Council of Medical Research 11.30 24
28 Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar Arts & Science College Latha R Dissecting the role of gut microbiome in polycystic ovary syndrome susceptibility in Indian population using metagenomic and multi-omic approaches SERB 4.00 36
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