Ongoing Projects

  • Title: Deciphering the efficacy of emerging therapeutic agents against multi-drug resistant ESKAPE pathogens through molecular characterization, systems and structural biology.

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

PI: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah (VIT, Vellore)
Dr. Karthick G (Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore)

Co-PI: Prof. Anand Anbarasu (VIT, Vellore)
Prof. Balaji V (Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore)

Sanctioned Amount: Rs: 1,49,90,475/-

  • Title: The effect of acquired bacterial mutations on metabolism and fitness of multi-drug resistant pathogenic bacteria by genomics, systems biology and machine learning approaches.

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

PI: Prof. Anand Anbarasu (VIT, Vellore)
Prof. Balaji V (Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore)

Co-PI: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah (VIT, Vellore)

Sanctioned Amount: Rs: 66,88,678/-

Completed Projects

  • Title: Bioinformatics and molecular approaches to characterize the mechanism of multi-drug resistance in Salmonella typhi recovered from children (<15 years) with typhoid at a paediatric speciality teaching hospital.

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

PI: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah (VIT, Vellore)
Co-PI: Prof. Anand Anbarasu (VIT, Vellore)
Prof. Anand Manoharan (Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital-CTMRF, Chennai)

Sanctioned Amount: Rs: 47,93,160/-

  • Title: Genomic and systems biology studies to understand the mechanism of multi drug resistant pathogenic bacterial spp of clinical importance.

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

PI: Prof. Anand Anbarasu (VIT, Vellore)
Co-PI: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah (VIT, Vellore)
Prof. Balaji V (Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore)

Sanctioned Amount: Rs: 1,14,59,700/-

  • Title: Understanding the mechanism of multi-drug resistance in pathogenic bacteria and identification of potential drug targets: A system biology approach.

Funding Agency: DST-SERB, New Delhi, India

PI: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah (VIT, Vellore)
Co-PI: Prof. Anand Anbarasu (VIT, Vellore)
Sanctioned Amount: Rs: 1,14,59,700/-

  • Title: In-silico gene and protein network analysis of β-lactamases.

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

PI: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah (VIT, Vellore)
Co-PI: Prof. Anand Anbarasu (VIT, Vellore)
Sanctioned Amount: Rs: 19,41,053/-

  • Title: In-silico approaches for designing β-lactamase inhibitors.

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India

PI: Prof. Anand Anbarasu (VIT, Vellore)
Co-PI: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah (VIT, Vellore)
Sanctioned Amount: Rs: 21,18,369/-

ICMR Funded Fellowships

  • Title: Melioidosis vaccine design using reverse vaccinology and machine learning.

Name of the scholar: Dr. Swetha Rayapadi Govindarajulu
Supervisor: Prof. Anand Anbarasu
Position: PDF-RA
Amount: 18,27,360/-
Period: 2022-2025

  • Title: Genomics and system biology studies to decipher multi-drug resistance mechanism in clinical pathogens belonging to Enterobacteriaceae family.

Name of the scholar: Ms. Reetika Debroy
Supervisor: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah
Position: SRF
Amount: 13,62,600/-
Period: 2022-2025

  • Title: Systems biology approach to understand the role of AMR genes ad their expressed proteins in pathogenic bacteria. Deciphering the efficacy of emerging therapeutic agents against multi-drug resistant ESKAPE pathogens through molecular characterization, systems and structural biology.

Name of the scholar: Mr. Miryala Sravan Kumar
Supervisor: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah
Position: SRF
Amount: 14,20,800/-
Period: 2021-2024

  • Title: Bioinformatics approaches to screen the anti-malarial potential of novel chalcone derivatives and other classes of inhibitors.

Name of the scholar: Dr. T. Mahalakshmi
Supervisor: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah
Position: PDF-RA
Amount: 13,66,800/-
Period: 2017-2020

  • Title: Bioinformatics approach to identify potential beta-lactamase non-hydrolyzing inhibitors and beta-lactamase inhibitors.

Name of the scholar: Ms. K. Malathi
Supervisor: Dr. Sudha Ramaiah
Position: SRF
Amount: 7,79,200/-
Period: 2017-2020

  • Title: Gene network and polymorphic analysis of obesity genes.

Name of the scholar: Ms. Susmita Bag
Supervisor: Prof. Anand Anbarasu
Position: SRF
Amount: 3,54,000/-
Period: 2014-2017

  • Title: Development of databases for invasive bacterial pathogens and Burkholderia pseudomallei.

Name of the scholar: Ms. Swetha Rayapadi Govindarajulu
Supervisor: Prof. Anand Anbarasu
Position: SRF
Amount: 3,54,000/-
Period: 2014-2017