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18.
Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received
a) National collaboration
- A project entitled “Antimicrobial and
Immunostimulatory Activities of Actinomycetes for Aquatic Animal Health
Management” is ongoing and the Principal investigators are A. Sait Sahul
Hameed, C. Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam, Narayanasamy Madhivanan,
University of Madras, Guindy Campus, and
K. Kannabiran, VIT University
.
Total amount sanctioned by DBT is Rs. 87,22,160 out of which
VIT has been
sanctioned with Rs. 20,36,700
.
b) International collaboration
-
Nil
19.
School projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR,
AICTE, etc.; total grants received.
Financial Assistance has been provided to the School of Bio Sciences and
Technology on FIST programme by Ministry of Science and Technology, DST,
Government of India. Sanction for
Rs. 84,00,000
for a period of 5 years has been
accorded in March, 2013. First instalment of Rs 37,50,000 for the year 2012-
2013, has been provided under “creation of capital assets” for purchase of
equipment.
20.
Sophisticated equipments available in the school
Sl.No Equipment
Name of the
laboratory
Laboratory
Incharge
Location
1.
HPLC Unit with
accessories
Highthroughput
screening lab
Dr. Karthikeyan 244
(SMV)
2.
FPLC Unit with
Accessories
3.
Spectoflurophotomet
er(with multistirrer)
4.
RTPCR with
DeLLaptop
Delld2550
5.
Gel documentation
CCTV video
graphics printer
Molecular
Biology &
Microbiology
Dr. Ghosh
201
(SMV)
6.
Multiporator
7.
Fermenter 16lit
8.
Fluorescence
Teaching Lab
Dr. Gothandam 204