Australia-india strategic research fund (aisrf) outcomes

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded (GST exclusive)

Synthesis and characterization of doped iron oxide nano-particles for selective removal of dissolved species from contaminated water/hydrometallurgical process solutions

Murdoch University

(Professor Pritam Singh)

CSIR Regional Research Laboratory Bhubaneswar

(Professor B K Mishra)

$282,000

Multifunctional zinc oxide films for acoustic and optoelectronics sensing device applications

Australian National University

(Professor Chennupati Jagadish)

University of Delhi

(Professor K Sreenivas)

$107,470

Advanced oxidation processes for the degradation of organic pollutants in aqueous environment

University of Melbourne

(Associate Professor Muthupandian Ashokkumar)

Madurai Kamarajar University

(Dr P Maruthamuthu)

$374,000

Developing the Swinburne software correlator to process data from the Indian Giant Metre Wave Radio Telescope for enhanced low frequency astrophysics

Swinburne University of Technology

(Dr Ramesh Bhat)

TATA Institute of Fundamental Research National Centre for Radio astrophysics

(Dr Jayaram Chegalur)

$20,000

Exploiting crystallographic texture for improved nano-crystalline metals

Deakin University

(Associate Professor Matthew Barnett)

Indian Institute of Technology

(Professor R Balasubramaniam)

$328,315

Processing of smart biodegradable polymeric composites

RMIT University

(Professor Sati Bhattacharya)

Indian Institute of Technology

(Professor Anup Kumar Ghosh)

$16,300

Developing molecularly targeted polymer nanoparticles for cancer therapeutics and diagnostics

Deakin University

(Associate Professor Wei Duan)

Vision Research Foundation

(Dr Sankara Krishnakumar)

$321,219

Eco-geographical and physiological approaches to improve chilling tolerance in Australia and India

CSIRO Plant Industry

(Dr Jens Berger)

Panjab University

(Dr J S Sandhu)

$380,000

Meiosis in wheat and rice: are the interactions and regulation of this process conserved between other diverse eukaryote organisms?

University of Adelaide

(Dr Jason Able)

University of Delhi

(Associate Professor Sanjay Kapoor)

$322,500

Developing strategic alliances and capability linkages between CSIRO and Indian textile R&D organisations

CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology

(Mr Tim Head)

The Bombay Textile Research Association

(Dr A N Desai)

$10,900

Galaxies in the local volume

CSIRO Australian Telescope National Facility

(Dr Baerbel Koribalski)

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics

(Professor Jayaram Chengalur)

$17,650

Research opportunities on effective technologies to increase the performance and adoption of conservation tillage

University of South Australia

(Dr Jack Desbiolles)

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

(Professor V J F Kumar)

$17,100

TOTAL

$170,000.00

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive)

Genetic enhancement of chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L) using a two gene strategy to confer protection against Pod Borer (Helicoverpa armigera)

CSIRO Plant Industry

(Dr TJ Higgins)

Assam Agricultural University

(Dr B.K. Sarmah)

$192,500

Enabling technologies for the enzymatic bioremediation of cyclic organochlorine residues

CSIRO Entomology

(Dr John Oakeshott)

University of Delhi

(Professor Rup Lal)

$518,637

Biosynthetic silk-hydrogel extracellular matrix analogues for mammalian cell support and drug delivery

University of New South Wales

(Dr Laura Poole-Warren)

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

(Dr S.C. Kundu)

$232,572

Milk nutraceuticals: a biotechnology opportunity for Australian and Indian dairy producers

University of Melbourne

(Dr Sally Gras)

Jadavpur University

(Dr Chiranjib Bhattacharjee)

$342,328

Establishing a risk assessment chip for the eye disease age related macular degeneration

Centre for Eye Research Australia

(Professor Paul Baird)

Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation LV Prasad Eye Institute

(Professor D. Bala-subramanian)

$448,000

RNA interference (RNAi) as an antiviral mechanism against hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV)

James Cook University

(Professor Leigh Owens)

Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Science University

(Dr Indrani Karunasagar)

$40,625

A shield and sword approach to control streptococcal infections

Queensland Institute of Medical Research

(Dr K S Sriprakash)

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

(Professor M.S Shaila)

$536,000

Raman spectroscopy and imaging for understanding molecular processes in live cells

Monash University

(Professor Don McNaughton)

National Centre for Biological Sciences

(Dr Mrinalini Puranik)

$15,500

TOTAL

$170,000.00

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive)

The establishment of a strategic partnership between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

(Ms Kimberley Shrives)

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

$3,500,000

Establishment and operation of a joint research academy between Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay

Monash University

(Professor Tam

Sridhar)

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

$1,500,000

TOTAL

$170,000.00

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive) AUD

Indian AISRF Funding Awarded

Rs.

Re-establish trace gas monitoring of climate-forcing gases at Cape Rama, India

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

(Dr Paul Fraser)

National Institute of Oceanography

(Dr D V Borole)

$40,500

15,38,460

Development of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope for pulsar astrophysics and Square Kilometre Array demonstration

Swinburne University of Technology

(Professor Matthew Bailes)

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

(Professor Yashwant Gupta)

$350,000

8,00,000

Fluid flow and lubrication on the nanometre scale

University of South Australia

(Dr Rossen Sedev)

Indian Institute of Science

(Professor Sanjay Biswas)

$292,200

26,40,440

Hybrid magnetoelectric nanostructures: optimizing interface coupling for enhanced functionality

University of New South Wales

(Dr Nagarajan Valanoor)

National Chemical Laboratories

(Dr Satishchandra B. Ogale)

$324,500

32,28,390

Identification of molecular markers closely linked with stem rust resistance genes in wheat

The University of Sydney

(Dr Harbans Bariana)

National Chemical Laboratories

(Dr Vidya Gupta)

$310,477

20,92,200

Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates as renewable raw materials to key platform chemicals using novel metal supported mesoporous materials

University of Queensland

(Professor Max Lu)

National Centre for Catalysis Research IIT Madras Chennai

(Dr P. Selvam)

$326,568

31,51,280

Technical and economic assessment of improved Solar Photovoltaic Linear Concentrators and determination of market potential in India

Australian National University

(Dr Andrew Blakers)

Australian National University

(Dr L. Suganthi)

$382,021

46,36,280

TOTAL

$170,000.00

180,87,050

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive)

Esterified starch and oral rehydration solution as a treatment for acute infectious diarrhoea

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

(Dr Julie Clarke)

Christian Medical College & Hospital

(Dr B.S. Ramakrishna)

$305,752

Sustainability of pyramided Bt genes for insect control in crop plants

The University of Melbourne

(Associate Professor Philip Batterham)

TERI University

(Dr Vibha Dhawan)

$400,000

Developing a global blueprint for zero PCG: towards a complete understanding of the molecular basis of primary congenital glaucoma

The University of Western Australia

(Professor Luba Kalaydjieva)

Indian Statistical Institute

(Dr P.P. Majumder)

$125,500

Endogenous adult cardiac stem cells: genome wide analysis of multipotency and differentiation in homeostasis and regeneration

The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

(Professor Richard Harvey)

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology

(Dr Jyotsna Dhawan)

$400,000

An advanced surface for the cell therapy of limbal epithelium for ocular surface disease: proof of concept and clinical trials

Centre for Eye Research Australia

(Dr Mark Daniell)

Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation

(Dr Yashoda Ghanekar)

$400,000

Bioremediation of oil-contaminated marine and freshwater environments

Flinders University

(Professor Andrew Ball)

TERI

(Dr Banwari Lal)

$400,000

Development and optimization of combined plant/microbe technologies for bioremediation of soils contaminated with hydrocarbons and heavy metals (workshop)

The University of Sydney

(Associate Professor Balwant Singh)

Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology

(Dr S C Bordoloi)

$15,000

Plant nutraceuticals and bioactive molecules: a growth opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry in Australia and India (workshop)

The University of Sydney

(Mr Stephen Brancatisano)

JSS College of Pharmacy

(Dr M J Nanjan)

$20,579

TOTAL

$170,000.00

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive)

Workshop: ‘Nanocomposites’ for electronics, light yet strong engineering applications, coatings, fuel cell and clean energy use

University of New South Wales

(Dr Leigh Schwartzkoff)

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

(Professor M K Sanyal)

$50,000

A 3-year top-down collaborative novel research proposal on nanocomposites for electronics, light yet strong engineering applications, coatings, fuel cell and clean energy use

University of New South Wales

(Associate Professor Sri Bandyopadhyay)

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

$720,000

Protecting critical infrastructure from denial of service attacks: tools, technology and policy

Queensland University of Technology

(Professor Ed Dawson)

Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Society for Electronic Transaction and Security

(Professor S V Raghvan)

$2,250,000

Biomedical devices and implants workshop 2009

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

(Dr John Ramshaw)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

$55,000

TOTAL

$170,000.00

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive) AUD

Indian AISRF Funding Awarded

Rs.

Does climate change drive evolution?

Griffith University

(Professor David Lambert)

Environment Protection Training and Research Institute

(Dr Siva Kumar Swaminathan)

$194,635

35,13,840

Gas in galaxies in the distant past

Australian National University

(Professor Frank Briggs)

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics

(Professor Jayaram N. Chengalur)

$236,307

14,61,330

All-optical actuation and interrogation of MEMS and NEMS resonant mode sensors

The University of Western Australia

(Professor John Dell)

Indian Institute of Science

(Professor Rudra Pratap)

$350,000

18,45,430

The impact of noise in quantum electronics

The University of New South Wales

(Professor Michelle Simmons)

Indian Institute of Science

(Dr Arindam Ghosh)

$260,000

26,54,230

Long-term system evolution of the Krishna-Godavari Basin and its hinterland in eastern India: a partnership for enhancing offshore hydrocarbon exploration success

The University of Melbourne

(Dr Andrew Gleadow)

National Geophysical Research Institute

(Dr Devender Kumar)

$330,000

32,83,280

Impact of rainwater harvesting on the regional hydrological balance in the Arawali foothills region of India: Combining catchment

The University of Sydney

(Dr Willem Vervoort)

Water Technology Centre at IARI

(Dr Anil Kumar Mishra)

$137,871

Establishing Australian-Indian collaboration on gravitational wave astronomy

The University of Western Australia

(Professor David Blair)

Raman Research Institute

(Professor B. R. Iyer)

$30,000

10,58,000

Managing change in soil moisture and agricultural productivity under a global warming scenario using a catchment scale climate change assessment model

The University of New South Wales

(Dr Ashish Sharma)

Indian Institute of Science

(Dr D Nagesh Kumar)

$208,500

16,07,760

The thermal evolution of peninsula India: past behaviours and future potential

The University of Adelaide

(Dr Alan Collins)

National Geophysical Research Institute

(Dr T.R.K. Chetty)

$350,000

35,18,610

TOTAL

$170,000.00

189,42,480

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive)

Mechanisms of Chikungunya virus disease: mouse model, virulent and fitness determinants and the development of novel therapeutics

University of Canberra

(Professor Suresh Mahalingam)

All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences

(Professor Shobha Broor)

$400,000

Comparative genomics of economically important nematode pathogens leading to transgenic nematode resistance in wheat

Murdoch University

(Professor Michael Jones)

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

(Dr Umarao)

$400,000

Utilizing novel medical techniques/ technologies and devices to enhance our understanding of common health problems (atrial arrhythmias and stroke) associated with rheumatic heart disease

The University of Adelaide

(Professor Prashanthan Sanders)

Christian Medical College

(Professor Sunil T. Chandy)

$400,000

Development of blood-stage vaccines for Plasmodium falciparum malaria based on the EBA and PfRH proteins

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

(Dr James Beeson)

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

(Dr Chetan Chitnis)

$400,000

Developing biodegradable magnesium alloys for implant materials

Deakin University

(Dr Cui'e Wen)

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology

(Dr Gopal Pande)

$225,000

Anti-tumour and anti-parasitic and anti-bacterial activities of neem and Fe/Se-saturated bovine and immobilized buffalo lactoferrin: a potential alternative medicine

Deakin University

(Dr Jagat Kanwar)

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

(Dr R. Sehgal)

$280,000

TOTAL

$170,000.00

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive)

The study of microwave losses in ferrite thin films for meta materials applications

The University of Western Australia

(Professor Robert Stamps)

Indian Institute of Technology

(Professor Rangan Banerjee)

$232,000

Enabling new science with the Murchison Widefield Array, an international low frequency pathfinder for the Square Kilometre Array

Curtin University of Technology

(Professor Steven Tingay)

Raman Research Institute

(Associate Professor Shiv Sethi)

$380,362

Smart bombing of cancer stem cells using aptamer-guided nanoliposomal siRNA

Deakin University

(Professor Wei Duan)

Indian Institute of Science

(Professor Santanu Bhattacharya)

$400,000

Exposing the gold potential of the Neoarchean “Himalaya” of the Dharwar Craton in southern India

Curtin University of Technology

(Professor Neal McNaughton)

National Geophysical Research Institute

(Dr Srinivasa Sarma Drona)

$300,000

Flexible carbonaceous hybrid membranes for separation applications

Monash University

(Professor Huanting Wang)

Indian Institute of Technology

(Professor A.K. Suresh)

$298,954

A novel way to reduce Platinum metal loadings in a carbon nanocomposite electrode to produce low cost-high efficiency commercially viable Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cells

Queensland University of Technology

(Dr Andrew Dicks)

National Physical Laboratory

(Dr Rakesh Mathur)

$296,956

Renewable energy from biogas: technology development

Monash University

(Professor Paul Webley)

Indian Institute of Petroleum

(Mr Bal Mukund Shukla)

$270,180

Design and implementation of a content distribution architecture for remote and rural areas

National ICT Australia Limited

(Dr Anirban Mahanti)

Indian Institute of Technology

(Dr Aaditeshwar Seth)

$299,577

From the Magellanic clouds to the Milky Way: a new understanding of galaxy structure and interactions based on kinematics of 5000 stars

University of Tasmania

(Dr Andrew Cole)

Indian Institute of Astrophysics

(Dr Annapurni Subramaniam)

$257,360

TOTAL

$170,000.00

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive)

Approaches to develop an effective HCV vaccine

Women's and Children's Health Research Institute

(Professor Eric Gowans)

Indian Institute of Science

(Dr Saumitra Das)

$300,000

Identification of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers to improve management of diabetic ulcers

Queensland University of Technology

(Professor Zee Upton)

Manipal University

(Dr Vinod Bhat)

$299,917

Molecular recognition between alkane hydroxylase and rubredoxin in alkane-degrading bacteria

Monash University

(Associate Professor Anna Roujeinikova)

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

(Dr Jayant Kayarkar)

$297,838

Extraction and purification of sorghum seed protein for delayed delivery of bioactives

Curtin University of Technology

(Dr Vishnu Pareek)

Institute of Chemical Technology

(Professor Arvind Lali)

$299,673

Solar bio-fuel and carbon sequestration with cyanobacteria: role of genetic networks

Monash University

(Dr Madhusudan Chetty)

Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai

(Professor Pramod Wangikar)

$296,461

Rational development and evaluation of an effective vaccine for the prevention of Staphylococcal Mastitis in bovines using mouse mastitis as a model system

Curtin University of Technology

(Associate Professor Trilochan Mukkur)

Bharat Biotech Foundation

(Dr Nagendra Hegde)

$300,000

Molecular approaches for sustaining crop productivity under abiotic stress conditions

The University of Melbourne

(Professor Mohan Singh)

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

(Dr Narendra Tuteja)

$300,000

Engineering novel disease resistance in wheat and rice by silencing disease susceptibility genes

CSIRO Plant Industry

(Dr John Manners)

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

(Dr R Samiyappan)

$300,000

TOTAL

$170,000.00

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive)

Remote sensing of marine ecosystems workshop

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

(Professor Arnold Dekker)

Indian Space Research Organisation

$70,000

Indo-Australian workshop on solar energy

Australian National University

(Dr Igor Skryabin)

Amity University

$50,000

Australia-India nanotechnology workshop

Australian National University

(Professor Chennupati Jagadish)

Sana Institute of Nuclear Physics

$50,000

TOTAL

$170,000.00

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive)

Preparing for climate change on marine systems in Australia and India

University of Tasmania

(Associate Professor Stewart Frusher)

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute

(Dr G Syda Rao)

$78,930

The changing risks posed by petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater environments: multiphase fluid dynamics coupled to multispecies biodegradation

CSIRO

(Dr Greg Davis)

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

(Dr Indumathi Nambi)

$400,000

Hybrid organometallic-coordination complex materials for nonlinear optics

Australian National University

(Professor Mark Humphrey)

Raman Research Institute

(Mr K. Krishnamaraju)

$299,038

Towards a unified East Gondwanaland reconstruction and its implications for Himalayan Orogeny

University of Sydney

(Professor Dietmar Muller)

National Institute of Oceanography

(Dr Yatheesh Vadakkeyakath)

$295,766

Characterization of the seismic cycle in the central Himalayan seismic gap using precise U-Th dating of deformed speleothems

University of Melbourne

(Professor Michael Sandiford)

Indian Institute of Science

(Professor Kusala Rajendran)

$225,536

Energy conversion reactions: fine tuning of electrocatalytic activity through surface manipulation guided by in situ spectroscopic and microscopic studies

Monash University

(Professor Alan Bond)

CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute

(Dr Kanala Lakshminarasimha Phani)

$299,439

New generation molecular magnetic materials: experiment and theory

Monash University

(Professor Keith Murray)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

(Dr Gopalan Rajaraman)

$300,000

Securing chickpea productivity under contemporary abiotic stresses: improvement of podding and seed-filling under heat, drought and salinity

University of Western Australia

(Professor Timothy Colmer)

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

(Dr Vincent Vadez)

$299,837

Highwall mining design and development of norms for Indian conditions

CSIRO

(Dr Shivakumar Karekal)

Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research

(Dr John Loui)

$286,292

Improving our ability to predict plant distributions under changed climates: incorporating dispersal into predictions of species and community distributions

CSIRO

(Dr David Westcott)

Centre for Ecological Sciences - Indian Institute of Science

(Professor Raman Sukumar)

$288,342

TOTAL

$2,773,188

Project Title

Australian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Indian Organisation

(Chief Investigator)

Australian AISRF Funding Awarded

(GST exclusive) AUD

Indian AISRF Funding Awarded

Rupees.

Development of selenazole drugs as a novel class of anti-cancer agents targeting the immune regulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase

University of New South Wales

(Dr Shane Thomas)

Indian Institute of Science

(A/Professor Govindasamy Mugesh)

$300,000

128,75,520

Structure-based design of malaria vaccines: application to the intrinsically disordered antigen MSP2

Monash University

(Professor Raymond Norton)

Indian Institute of Science

(Dr Hanudatta Sastry Atreya)

$299,340

520,95,000

Sustainable prawn aquaculture by delivering interfering RNA to knockdown Penaeus merguiensis densovirus and infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus

James Cook University

(Associate Professor Leigh Owens)

Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University

(Professor Indrani Karunasagar)

$294,099

53,76,000

Engineering a novel bioreactor and cell sorter for pluripotent stem Cell culture

Monash University

(Dr Paul Verma)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

(Professor Rangan Banerjee)

$299,539

127,70,600

Novel marine-derived lipases and processing methods for the production of omega-3 concentrates for functional foods, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.

Deakin University

(Professor Colin Barrow)

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology

(Dr Mercy Joseph)

$298,755

76,10,000

Discovery and manipulation of miRNAs involved in high-temperature tolerance in crop plants

University of Queensland

(Associate Professor Bernie Carroll)

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

(Dr Sunil Mukherjee)

$299,700

116,12,800

Therapeutic approaches to augmentation of adult cardiac stem cells

Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

(Professor Richard Harvey)

Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

(Professor K. Vijay Raghavan)

$400,000

175,00,000

Two day workshop to plan a programme of collaborative laboratory and clinical research on the role of bovine lactoferrin to prevent prematurity, neonatal sepsis and mortality

University of Sydney

(Professor William Tarnow-Mordi)

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh

(Adjunct Professor Praveen Kumar)

$11,200

15,12,000

TOTAL

$2,202,633

1,213,51,920