MGU wins research grant of over ₹10 crore from DST

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has approved a biomedical research project worth ₹100 crore, which involves Mahatma Gandhi University as a participating institution.

An official statement said the project is part of the Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research (PAIR) initiative, launched by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) under the DST. The MGU has received an approval for its project “AI-integrated Risk Factor Prediction, Biomarker Development, and Advanced Theragnostics for Fatty Liver and Diabetes,’’, under the Hub-and-Spoke Model of the project. The University of Hyderabad has been selected as the Hub institution with MGU as one of the six spoke institutions collaborating under the scheme.

While the Hub institution will receive ₹30 crore, the remaining ₹70 crore will be distributed among the six spoke institutions. Mahatma Gandhi University, which submitted a project proposal worth ₹13 crore, is set to receive just above ₹10 crore to implement its research components.

The project involves as many as seven departments under the MGU namely the School of Biosciences, School of Environmental Sciences, School of Chemical Sciences, School of Pure and Applied Physics, School of Nanoscience, School of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and the Inter-University Centre for Biomedical Research. E.K. Radhakrishnan from the School of Biosciences is the Principal Investigator.