Research & Innovation - Kristu Jayanti University

A ₹1.016 Crore SPARC grant with Sophia University, Tokyo, for next-generation Parkinson's therapeutics.

Led by Dr. Shinomol and Dr. Dileep Francis, this SPARC project (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, Ministry of Education) develops stimuli-responsive theranostic nanocomposites of marine- and plant-derived neuroprotective agents for Parkinson's disease, in collaboration with Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

A CSR grant from South Indian Bank bridging academic training and industry needs in biotechnology.

Coordinated by Dr. Kushi Anand, who formulated the proposal, the centre equips recent graduates, final-year students, and working professionals with hands-on, industry-relevant skills — cloning, protein expression, proteomics, genomics, and computational biology. Training 200–300 candidates a year under industry-experienced trainers, it offers placement support and career counselling, with long-term sustainability through industry collaborations.

A ₹25 lakh DBT grant that strengthened undergraduate science teaching and laboratory infrastructure.

Sanctioned to the Department of Life Sciences by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India (Sanction No. BT/HRD/11/06/2020, dated 29/02/2020), the grant ran from April 2020 to March 2023. It expanded hands-on experiments and student research projects, fortified laboratory infrastructure, and introduced a methodological training module (ITI) for undergraduates across Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Botany — alongside participation in the DBT-inStem Science Setu lecture series.