Research Section

Extramural

Title	PI	Co-PI	Collaborator	Funding Agency	Status
What is the status of Reproductive anc Child Health Portal, Maternal and Child Tracking System, and ANMOL (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Online) app as a digital aid for health care managers based on ease of care provision, integration in the health system India?	Dr. Gitismita Naik	NA	NA	Joint Call: Alliance for Health Policy and systems research, WHO and Dept of Digital health and innovations, WHO	Ongoing (Nov-2022 to Nov-2024)
"Discovery of potential molecular targets against NOTCH - Active and Inactive states of stemness in gingivobuccal oral cancer."	Dr. Sandeep Singh (PI) Associate Professor NIBMG	Dr. Santosh Kumar Mondal, Dr. Anindya Halder (Site PI)	Site Principal Investigator: in Collaboration with Dr. Sandeep Singh (PI) NIBMG	DST-SERB	Ongoing (Dec-2021 to Dec-2024)
Analysis of genetic variants of human hemoglobin and its effect on the assessment of glycated hemoglobin	Dr. Amit Kumar Mondal (PI) Dr. Santosh kr. Mondal (PI)	Neha (PhD Scholar,IISER), Dr. Kalyan Goswami, Dr. Nihar Ranjan Mishra, Dr. Jayeeta Bhowmick	Collaborating institute IISER	ICMR	Ongoing (Aug-2022 to Aug-2025)
Burden and determinants of behavioural and cognitive impairment among adolescents after onset of COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern and North-Eastern India: Formulating road map for effective intervention by mixed methods approach	Dr. Indranil Saha	Dr. Sukanto Sarkar	ICMR-CAM	ICMR	Ongoing (Jan-2022 to Jan-2025)
Exploring social information processing deficits in schizophrenia and their first degree relatives : Search	Dr. Sukanto Sarkar	Dr. Aniruddha Basu, Dr. Deepshikha Ray	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Apr-2022 to Apr-2025)
Impact of supplementation of a package of iron folic acid (IFA) with vitamin D3 on hemoglobin levels in elderly with mild to moderate anemia: A double blind randomized controlled trial"	Dr. Farhad Ahamed	Dr. Tandra Ghosh, Dr. Kalyan Goswami, Dr. Sibasish Sahoo, Dr. Paramita Sengupta, Dr. Amandeep Kaur, Dr. Tanveer Rehman	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Apr-2022 to Apr-2025)
Impact of supplementation of a package of iron folic acid (IFA) with probiotics on hemoglobin levels in elderly with mild to moderate anemia: A double blind randomized controlled trial	Dr. Farhad Ahamed	Dr. Tandra Ghosh, Dr. Sarika Palepu, Dr. Kalyan Goswami, Dr. Mallika Sengupta, Dr. Arkapal Bandyopadhyay, Dr. Chowdhury Mobaswar Hossain	NA	ICMR-DHR	Ongoing (Jan-2023 to Jan-2026)
Gut-Brain- Microbiome interaction: modulation of the Gut microbiome by Faecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) in Patients Functional Bowl Disorder with Psychiatric Comorbidity	Dr. Jayeeta Bhowmick	Dr. Mallika Sengupta, Dr. (Prof.) Biswabina Ray, Dr. Sukanto Sarkar, Dr. Boudhayan Das Munshi, Dr. Bhabatosh Das, Dr. Paltu Kumar Dhal, Dr. Ranjit Das, Mr. Dipak Barik	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Dec-2023 to Dec-2026)
Evidence generation for restricting indiscriminate fluoroquinolone usage through a One Health survey of - consumption, residue, and emerging resistance in key bacterial and tubercular isolates.	Dr. Mallika Sengupta	Dr. Sayantan Banerjee, Dr. Satheesh Kumar Nanjappan, Dr. Pranab Chatterjee, ,Dr Prasanta Kumar Das, Senior Consultant, NTEP	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Dec-2023 to Dec-2026)
Sensorineural hearing loss in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and its association with plasma folic acid and homocysteine	Dr Anasuya Ghosh	Dr. Debangshu Ghosh, Dr Ayan Roy, Dr Sibasish Sahoo	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Jan-2024 to Jan-2027)
Maternal serum trace elements levels and the incidence of post-partum depression in anaemic and non-anaemic pregnant women residing in a rural area of West Bengal: a prospective Cohort study	Dr. Amandeep Kaur	Dr. Farhad Ahamed, Dr. Tandra Ghosh, Dr. Aniruddha Basu, Dr. Sibasish Sahoo, (Dr. Gopala Krishna Darbha IISER)	NA	DHR-GIA	Ongoing (Mar-2023 to Mar-2026)
Pathways to resilience and mental health (PARAM)	Dr. Aniruddha Basu	Dr. Sukanto Sarkar, Dr. Sucharita Mondal, Dr. Kumari Rina, Dr. Kalyan Goswami	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Mar-2023 to Mar-2026)
Process & patient outcomes with an AI-enabled treatment package for alcohol and nicotine use disorder’	Dr. Aniruddha Basu	Dr. Sukanto Sarkar, Dr. Kumari Rina, Dr Kaushik Mukhopadhay	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Mar-2023 to Mar-2026)
Exposure to air and noise pollution and common mental health problems among urban traffic police: a cross sectional study	Dr. Somenath Sen	Dr. Aniruddha Basu	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Jan-2023 to Jan-2026)
Burden, risk factors, and service needs of people experiencing non-fatal opioid poisoning in and around Kolkata: A mixed-methods study	Dr. Saibal Das	Dr. Aniruddha Basu	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Jan-2023 to Jan-2026)
Incidence and spectrum of sports injury in adolescent and youth (10-24 years) football players: A two-year prospective cohort study.	Dr. Amit Kumar	Dr. Farhad Ahamed, Dr. Kalyan Goswami, Dr. Vithal Puri	NA	ICMR	Ongoing (Sep-2023 to Sep-2026)
Effectiveness of neurocognitive intervention for improving post covid cognitive deficits: A prospective open level clinical trial	Dr. Sukanto Sarkar	Dr. Aniruddha Basu, Dr. Kumari Rina	NA	DHR-GIA	Ongoing (Feb-2023 to Mar-2026)
The association of single nuclotide polymorphism of TMPRSS6 gene (rs855791, rs2413450 and rs4820268) with iron and hematocrit parameters among women of reproductive age group in rural population of Nadia district, West Bengal	Dr. Tandra Ghosh	Dr. Kalyan Goswami, Dr. Farhad Ahamed, Dr. Atanu Kumar Dutta	NA	ICMR	Ongoing
Forecasting COVID-19 spatio-temporal disease spread patterns and establishing predictive factors through the analysis of large data inconclusive/repeat tests and associated testing data	Dr. Asmita Hazra	Dr. Saptarshi Mandal, Dr. Dip Sankar Banerjee, Dr. Alakesh Chandra Mandal, Dr. Sanjiv Ahuja	NA	ICMR	Ongoing
Maternal and Child Health Utilization Equity Study	Dr. Paramita Sengupta	Dr. Jitendra Majhi	NA	Johns Hopkins University Collaboration & Funded by International Institute of Innovation and Technology	Ongoing
Diagnostic Accuracy of Stool Xpert MTB/RIF for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis Among Children in Eastern India	Dr. Paramita Sengupta	Dr. Ritesh Singh, Dr. Jitendra Majhi Dr. Tanveer Rahman	NA	State TB Cell, NTEP, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of West-Bengal	Approved but Budget not Sanctioned
Task force Project Proposal, "Assessment of unmet needs and access to assistive technologies among the general population through digital rATA tool - a cross-sectional survey in India.	Dr. Paramita Sengupta	Dr. Jitendra Majhi	NA	ICMR	Ongoing
Prevalence of cardiac autonomic neuropathy and its effect on perioperative haemodynamic parameters in diabetic patients undergoing major elective surgeries: A prospective observational study.	Dr. Anjum Naz	Dr. Jean Fredrick Dr. Asmita Hazra Dr. Sekar L	NA	RSSDI (Research Society for the Study of Deabetes in India)	Ongoing
Indegenous generics and novel relatives of USFDA - approved morpholino based exon- skipping therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: aiming towards 100-Times cost reduction, better efficacy and lesser toxicity.	Dr. Sayantan Banerjee	Dr. Atanu Kumar Dutta, Dr. Biswabina Ray, Ritesh Singh.	NA	ICMR	Ongoing
Fingerprinting of antigenic variation of the venoms of the dominant Killer Snakes of West Bengal and development of POCT for diagnosis of acute envenomation cases	Dr. Sayantan Banerjee	Suman Chakraborty, Dr. Amit Kumar Mandal, Dr. Prof. Biswabina Ray, Dr. Sonakshi Srivastava, Dr. Nilotpal Banerjee	NA	Government of West Bengal, Science & Technology and Biotechnology Department	Ongoing
Capacity Building and Strenghening of Hospital Infection Control to detect and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in India	Dr. Ujjala Ghoshal	Dr. Sayantan Banerjee, Dr. Mugunthan M	NA	CDC (USA)	Ongoing
"Investigation and comparison of the gut microbiome between patients from acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma'	Dr. Srikanta Goswami (PI) Associate Professor, NIBMG	Dr. Vijay Kannaujiya(Co-I), Dr. Anindya Halder (Site-PI)	Site Principal Investigator: in Collaboration with Dr. Srikanta Goswami(PI), NIBMG	NIBMG	Ongoing (Dec-2022 to Nov-2025)
Circulating cell free DNA as a blood-based biomarker for breast cancer diagnosis: A pilot study	Dr. Kartiki V Desai, Professor (NIBMG)	Dr. Anindya Halder (site PI), Dr. Arindam Mitra (Co-PI), Dr. (Prof.) Santosh Kumar Mondal (Co-PI)	Site Principal Investigator: in collaboration with Dr. Kartiki V Desai, (NIBMG)	NIBMG	Ongoing (Dec-2022 to Nov-2025)
Integrated curriculum development for LGBT	Dr. Mamatha Pai (Mahe Manipal)	Dr. Latha T. (Co-I)	Co-Investigator collaboration with Dr. Mamtha Pai (Mahe Manipal)	ICMR	Ongoing (Dec-2022 to Nov-2025)
Impact of costomized nutritional package on Macro and Micro nutrients (MAMN) in wound healing among wounded patients of Kasturba Hospital Manipal.	Dr. Mamatha Pai (Mahe Manipal)	Dr. Latha T. (Co-I)	Co-Investigator collaboration with Dr. Mamtha Pai (Mahe Manipal)	ICMR	Completed
Verification of Subnational claims for TB free status in India (TB Project)	Dr. Paramita Sengupta	Dr. Ritesh Singh	NA	ICMR-NIE, Central TB Division, IAPSM	Completed
Barriers and Facilitators of Care-seeking in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in the primary level health system: An Explanatory study. (HoPE Study)	Dr. Gitismita Naik	Dr. Paramita Sengupta, Dr. Jitendra Majhi, (Dr. Ritika Mukherjee, Dr. Priyanka Pawar, other institute)	NA	India Health Policy and sysytems research fellowship 2021 cohort	Completed
The title was modified as per ICMR into "Evidence synthesis for the use of stem cell therapy in spinal muscular atrophy: Systemic review".	Dr. Nihar Ranjan Mishra	Dr. Mallika Sengupta, Dr. Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, Dr. Latha T., Dr. Ankita Sen	NA	ICMR	Completed
Role of ETS1 transcription factor in metastatic triple negative Breast Cancer	Dr. Nirmalya Sengupta, Assitant Professor, Bose Institute	Dr. Anindya Halder (Site Principal Investigator)	Site Principal Investigator: in Collaboration with Dr. Nirmalya Sengupta, Assitant Professor, Bose Institute	DST-SERB	Completed