Ongoing Projects:


  • Project title: Bio-mediated biocide photocatalytic nanofibers- An approach to enhance activity of fibre in water treatment (NPDF)

    PI :SathyanarayanaN. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 22.36 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DST
    Time : 02(May 2019-May 2021)

  • Project title: Characterization of effect of Sox5 Transcription S factor on the expression of hPLSCR1, hpLSCR2and hPLSCR4 Human Scramblase Genes (WOS-A)

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 28.8 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DBT
    Time : 03(Sep 2018-Sep 2021)
  • Project title: Molecular cloning, biochemical characterization and exploitation of arabitol dehydrogenase fromDebaromycesnepalensis

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 46.16 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DBT
    Time : 03(Oct 2018-Oct 2021
  • Project title: Potential of terminalia arjuna as a promising Phyto remedy against COVID-19

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 8.72 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : IITM
    Time : 01 (Jan 2021- Dec 2021)
  • Project title: Production and application of microbial mutanase for prevention and reduction of dental plaques (WOS-A)

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 28.33 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DST
    Time : 03(Feb 2019-Feb 2022)
  • Project title: Bioprocess strategies to enhance xylitol production from lignocellulosic biomass

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 34.8 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DST,SERB
    Time : 03(May 2019-May 2022)


Completed Projects:


  • Project title: Production, purification and characterization of microbial pectic lyases

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 5.16 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DST
    Time : 03 years

  • Project title: Identification and characterization of key enzymes involved in the degradation of caffeine by Pseudomonas sp.
    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 21.14 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DST
    Time : 03(Oct 2006- Apr 2010)

  • Project title: Physiological and molecular studies on salt tolerance of Debaryomycesnepalensis

    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount: Rs. 17.2 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency: DBT
    Time: 03(Feb 2007- Oct 2010)

  • Project title: Development of a rotating wall vessel bioreactor and using it to study the effects of microgravity on cells
    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount: Rs. 15.1 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency: IITM
    Time: 01 (Oct 2009- Jun 2010)

  • Project title: Subcellular localization and characterization of human phospholipids scramblase
    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount: Rs. 9.0 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency: CSIR
    Time: 03 (Jan 2008- Mar 2011)

  • Project title: Subcellular localization and characterization of biogenic membrane flippase in plants: A study to understand membrane biogenesis
    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    co-PI: Gopala Krishnan .A
    Award amount: Rs. 33.3 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency: DBT
    Time: 03(Oct 2009- Mar 2013)

  • Project title: Use of low molecular weight tris(aminoethyl) amine derivatives as anticancer drugs.

    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount: Rs. 2 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency: IITM
    Time: 01(Sep 2012- Jul 2013)

  • Project title: Bioprocess development for production of ethanol and polyols by Debaryomycesnepalensis
    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Co-PI: M.Doble
    Award amount: Rs. 24.76 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency: DBT
    Time: 03(Mar 2011- Mar 2014)

  • Project title: Purification and biochemical characterization of caffeine demethylase and its applications on food products

     PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount: Rs. 37.07 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency: DBT
    Time: 03(July 2011- July 14

  • Project title: Studies on the biochemical, biophysical and functional characterization of human phospholipid scramblase 1 (hPLSCR1) interaction with topoisomerase II

     PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    co-PI: Suresh Rayala
    Award amount: Rs. 27.05 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency: BRNS, DAE
    Time: 03(July 2011- July 2014)

  • Project title:Development of caffeine sensors

    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount: Rs. 1.00 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : IIT Madras
    Time: 01 year

  • Project title:Development of high-throughput protocol for bioproduction of Arabitol using yeast strain)

     PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount: Rs. 3.94 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency: IITM
    Time: 02(Jan 2014- Dec 2015)

  • Project title: Bioprocess optimization of recombinant expression of xylose reductase from Debaryomycesnepalensis in E.coli

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Co-PI:Gopala Krishnan A
    Award amount : Rs. 39.92 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DBT
    Time : 03(Apr 2013- Apr 2016)

  • Project title:Bioprocess development for the production of arabitol by newly isolated yeast strains

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 31.05 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DST
    Time : 03(Jan 2016- Dec 2018)

  • Project title:Bioprocess development for caffeine degradation using whole cells and enzymes: Industrial applications

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 20 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : DBT
    Time: 02(Dec 2015- Dec 2017)

  • Project title:Characterization of a novel nuclease property of human phospholipid scramblases 1

    PI : Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 17.5lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : CSIR
    Time : 03(Oct 2015- Oct 2018)


Sponsored Projects as Co-PI:


  • Project title:OA 1 Protein: A novel and orphan G protein coupled receptor. Structure-function relationship and mechanism of signal transduction

    PI: Gopala Krishna A
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 47.30 lakhs
    Time : 04(Dec 2006- Dec 2010)

  • Project title:1 Protein: Antibacterial polymers based on new hydantoin monomers

    PI: Jayakrishnan A
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 41.37 lakhs
    Time : 04(Jul 2008- Aug 2012)

  • Project title:Evaluation of the performance of a recombinant thermostable endoglucanase under process conditions

    PI: Manoj N
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 39.98 lakhs
    Time : 03(Feb 2010- Feb 2013)

  • Project title: Bioprocess development for production of linear and cyclic glucans (biopolymers)

    PI: Doble Mukesh
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 31.25 lakhs
    Time : 03(Dec 2010- Dec 2013)

  • Project title:Engineering of a recombinant thermostable acetyl xylan esterase for enhanced properties

    PI: Manoj N
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 31.21 lakhs
    Time : 03(Jan 2011- Mar 2014)

  • Project title: High value low volume biocatalytically prepared chiral synthons: Studies on the enzymes involved in the production of Lcarnitine intermediate

    PI: Anju Chadha
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 45.05lakhs
    Time : 03(Sep 2011- Dec 2014)

  • Project title: Biochemical and biophysical characterization of AnaEst, an arylesterase from anabaena sp PCC 1720

    PI: Manoj N
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 25.78 lakhs
    Time : 03(May 2012- May 2015)

  • Project title: Feasibility study of pulse power technique: Alternative technology for water treatment

    PI: Sarathi R
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 29.99 lakhs
    Time : 02(Jan 2013- July 2015)

  • Project title: Biocatalytic production of a precursor of L-carnitine: Process development and optimization studies

    PI: A.Chadha
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 27.5 lakhs
    Time : 03 years

  • Project title: Biochemical and structural studies of Alr1529, a putative lipase

    PI: N.Manoj
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 15.22 lakhs
    Time : 03 years

  • Project title:

    PI: Doble Mukesh
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 31.25 lakhs
    Time : 03(Dec 2010- Dec 2013)

  • Project title: Production and biodegradation studies of curdlan to be used as stent material

    PI: Doble Mukesh
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 9.28 lakhs
    Time : 02 years

  • Project title: Generation of novel gene knockout vector in the social amoeba Dictyosteliumdiscoideum based on drug resistance mechanism in cancer

    PI: Baskar R
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 4.5 lakhs
    Time : 01(Dec 2015- Oct 2016)

  • Project title: Air quality management system to study the vulnerability and health risk due to air pollution and climate change in urban areas

    PI: Shiva Nagendra SM
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 47.47 lakhs
    Time : 03(Oct 2014- Mar 2017)

  • Project title: Centre for Environment Technology Dissemination, Demonstration and R&D for Industrial pollution Abatement

    PI: IndumathiManivannanNambi
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 500.00 lakhs
    Time : 06(Sep 2013-Dec 2019)

  • Project title: Environmental Antimicrobial Resistance - Creation of a Region Specific Metagenomic Database and Strategies for Halting the Propagation of AMR

    PI: IndumathiManivannanNambi
    Co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 147.08 lakhs
    Time : 03(July 2018-July 2021)


Consultancy Projects as PI


  • Project title:Ultracentrifuge for membrane isolation

    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 0.30 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : ET
    Time: 01(Mar 2013-Sep 2013)

  • Project title:Microbial and Enzymatic bioprocess evaluation

    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 0.10 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : IC
    Time: 03(Apr 2013-Mar 2016)

  • Project title:PCF Projects

    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 108.98 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : BI
    Time: 11(Apr 2019 -Mar-2030)

  • Project title:RMF Projects

    PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 105.46 lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : BI
    Time: 11(Apr2019 -Mar2030)


Consultancy Project as Co-PI


  • Project title:Verification of DHA production by an organism Screened atIITM

    PI: Anju Chadha co-PI: Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi
    Award amount : Rs. 20.22.lakhs
    Sponsoring agency : RB
    Time : 01(May 2012- Apr 2013)