| Sl No | Project Title | Funding Agency | Duration of Project | Name of PI | Initiated during |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Establishment of Grade-1 Virology network laboratory at RMRC, Port Blair | ICMR | 5 years (Extended) | Dr. P. Vijayachari | 2010 |
| 2 | National Hospital based Rotavirus Surveillance Network | ICMR | 4 years | Dr. P. Vijayachari | 2012 |
| 3 | Establishment of Tribal Health Research Units in ICMR Centres/Institutes | ICMR | 5 years | Dr. P. Vijayachari | 2013 |
| 4 | Second Phase of Task Force Biomedical Informatics Centres in ICMR | ICMR | 5 years | Dr. A.P. Sugunan | 2013 |
| 5 | Effectiveness and operational feasibility of mass DEC fortified salt as a supplementary intervention to mass drug administration towards elimination of the lone foci of diurnally subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti in Andaman & Nicobar islands |
ICMR | 3 years | Dr. AN Shriram | 2013 |
| 6 | Characterization of recombinant proteinases of Leptospira and identification of their role in invasion |
DST | 3 years | Dr MG Madanan | 2013 |
| 7 | Study of genomic diversity and expression of genes among endemic leptospiral strains and isolates recovered from patients with different clinical syndrome |
DST | 3 years | Dr. P. Vijayachari (Successor of deceased Dr. Sameer Sharma, Scientist C) |
2014 |
| 8 | Micromapping of G6PD deficiency among tribal of India and its importance for antimalarial therapy |
ICMR | 3 years | Dr. P. Vijayachari | 2014 |
| 9 | Estimate the burden of tuberculosis among tribal population and develop an innovative health system model to strengthen tuberculosis control in the tribal areas |
ICMR | 3 years | Dr. P. Vijayachari | 2014 |
| 10 | CDC-NIV project Enhancing Biorisk mitigation awareness in public health community and creating laboratory networks for enhanced diagnostic capabilities to deal with surveillance |
CDC (through NIV) | 3 years | Dr. P. Vijayachari | 2015 |
| 11 | A multi-centric hospital based study on epidemiology of keratoconjuctivitis in India |
DHR | 3 years | Dr. N. Muruganandam | 2017 |
| Sl No | Project Title | Funding Agency | Duration of Project | Name of PI | Completed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seroprevalence of Leptospirosis among tribal population of A&N Islands | ICMR | Two years | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 1997 |
| 2 | Health & nutritional assessment of primitive tribes of A & N Islands | A.A.J.V.S. | Two years | Dr.V.G. Rao | 1999 |
| 3 | Prevalence of Viral Hepatitis among tribal population of A & N Islands | ICMR | Two years | Dr.M.V. Murhekar | 2000 |
| 4 | Seroprevalence of Leptospirosis among school children of A & N Islands | ICMR | One year | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 1999 |
| 5 | Studies on transmission dynamics diurnally sub periodic W. bancrofti in Nancowry group of Islands |
ICMR | Three years | Dr.A.N. Shriram | 2002 |
| 6 | Prevalence of Haemoglobinopathies and G6PD deficiency among primitive tribal population |
ICMR | Three years | Dr. K.M. Murhekar | 2002 |
| 7 | Estimate of disease burden due to shigellosis in rural community inAndamans | ICMR | One year | Dr.A.R. Ghosh | 2000 |
| 8 | Prevention and control of Hepatitis B infection among the primitive tribes of A & N Islands |
ICMR | Three years | Dr.M.V. Murhekar | 2003 |
| 9 | Study on Genetic Diversity in tribal population of A & N Islands | DBT | Three years | Dr. Sunita Singh | 2003 |
| 10 | A pilot study on haemoglobinopathies and viral markers in a population among primitive tribes | ICMR | One year | Dr.Kanchan Murhekar | 2001 |
| 11 | Development of IgM Elisa for the diagnosis of Leptospirosis | DBT | Two years | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 2002 |
| 12 | Assessment of disease burden due to Leptospirosis – Task Force | ICMR | Three years | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 2003 |
| 13 | Molecular characterization of Leptospiral isolates by using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Techniques. |
DBT | Four years | Dr. D. Biswas | 2005 |
| 14 | Tuberculosis situation in the isolated tribal community of Car Nicobar 13 years after the intensified tuberculosis programme – Through WHO Project IND RPC 001.RB.00. |
WHO | Three years | Dr.M.V. Murhekar | 2003 |
| 15 | Studies on Molecular Epidemiology of Shigellosis of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. | ICMR | Three years | Dr.A.R. Ghosh | 2005 |
| 16 | Further strengthening of National Leptospirosis Reference Centre | ICMR | Three years | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 2006 |
| 17 | Development and evaluation of Leptospirosis Latex Agglutination Test. | WHO | Two years | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 2004 |
| 18 | Application of PCR rapid diagnosis of Leptospirosis. | ICMR | Three years | Dr.D. Biswas | 2005 |
| 19 | Development of systems for the expression of recombinant OmPL – 1 and Lip L 41 of Leptospira autumnatis of Autumunalis serogroup and their immunoprotective protential. |
DBT | Three years | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 2006 |
| 20 | Antenatal Screening for HBs Ag. and Prevention of perinatal transmission of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection with Hepatitis B immunoglobin and for Hepatitis B Vaccine in a tribal community. |
ICMR | Four years | Dr.A.P. Sugunan | 2008 |
| 21 | Genomic diversity of HLA Genes among the Jarawa, a primitive negrito tribe of Andaman & Nicobar Island |
ICMR | Two years | Dr. Sunita Singh | 2006 |
| 22 | Immunological Studies on tribal population of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. | ICMR | Three years | Dr. Sameer Sharma | 2007 |
| 23 | Malaria susceptibility and SNPs Investigations among the Jarawas and Onges Tribal population of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. |
ICMR | Three years | Dr.M.G. Madanan | 2007 |
| 24 | Molecular Epidemiology of Hepatitis B infection among the tribes of…….. Andaman & Nicobar Islands. |
ICMR | One & half years | Dr.K.M. Murhekar | 2005 |
| 25 | Field evaluation of indigenously developed Latex Agglutination Test for diagnosis of Leptospirosis |
WHO | Two years | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 2006 |
| 26 | Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of different genomic species – development of species specific markers for identification of Leptospires |
ICMR | Three years | Dr.P.Vijayachari | 2009 |
| 27 | Identification, characterization and role of proteinases during the pathogenesis of Leptospirosis |
DST | Three years | Dr.M.G. Madanan | 2011 |
| 28 | Identification of differentially regulated proteins during the host pathogens interaction of Leptospirosis and establishment of a proteome data base |
DBT | Three years | Dr.M.G. Madanan | 2011 |
| 29 | Molecular characterization of shigella sonnel isolated from Andaman & Nicobar Islands and its significance in the epidemiology of shigellosis |
I.C.M.R | Three Years | Dr. Subarna Roy | 2010 |
| 30 | Evaluation of different simple and rapid tests for the diagnosis of Leptospirosis | WHO | One year | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 2009 |
| 31 | Development of immuno-fluroscence detection system for early diagnosis of human Leptospirosis |
ICMR | One year | Dr. Sameer Sharma | 2009 |
| 32 | Development and evaluation of Random Amplified Targeted Sequence (RATS) - PCR Finger Printing. |
ICMR | One year | Dr. Subarna Roy | 2009 |
| 33 | Assessment of Risk factors of chronic non communicable diseases in A&N Islands | ICMR | Three years | Dr.A.P. Sugunan | 2011 |
| 34 | Anti Leptospiral Activities of Homoeopathic Medicines | Central Council for Research in Homoeo-pathy | One year | Dr.P. Vijayachari | 2009 |
| 35 | Monitoring and supervision of ICDS Scheme under Central Monitoring Unit | National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development |
One year | Dr.A.P. Sugunan | 2009 |
| 36 | Assessment of impregnated bednet usage and its impact on malaria in A&N Islands | NVBDCP | One & half year | Dr.A. N. Shriram | 2008 |
| 37 | Microbiological, clinical and epidemiological study of Childhood diarrhea in hospitalized patients |
ICMR | 3 years | Dr. A.P. Sugunan | 2012 |
| 38 | Assessment of nutritional status among pre-school children in Andaman & Nicobar islands |
ICMR | 3 years | Dr. M. Sathya Prakash, RO | 2012 |
| 39 | Clinico-pathological study of arthropathy and acute flaccid paralysis following Chikungunya virus infection |
ICMR | 3 years | P. Vijayachari | 2012 |
| 40 | Generation of traditional knowledge from tribal population on usage of medicinal plants and seaweeds for the treatment of malaria of Andaman & Nicobar islands. |
ICMR | 3 years | P. Vijayachari | 2013 |
| 41 | Molecular characterization of diurnal sub-periodic W. bancrofti causing Lymphatic filariasis among the tribes of Nancowry, A&N islands |
ICMR | 3 years | Dr. D. Biswas (w.e.f. 1/2/2012 by Dr. MG Madanan & Dr. IP Sunish) |
2013 |
| 42 | Evaluation of Immuno-Chromatography Test (ICT) for rapid diagnosis of Leptospirosis, developed by Ministry of Public Health, Govt. of Thailand |
WHO | 6 months | Dr. P. Vijayachari | 2012 |
| 43 | Development of DNA vaccine for the diagnosis of leptospirosis | ICMR | 3 years | P. Vijayachari | 2014 |
| 44 | Incidence of risk factors of Genital Tuberculosis among the women of Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
ICMR | 3 years | Dr. Rehnuma Parvez | 2014 |
| 45 | Bioecology of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus vector of Dengue and Chikungunya in A & N Islands with respect to invasion to human habitation |
ICMR | 1 year | Dr. A.N. Shriram | 2013 |
| 46 | Multicentric evaluation of L3 stage specific RT-PCR assay for the detection of infective stage (L3) wuchereria bancrofti in vectors |
ICMR | 1 year | Dr. A.N. Shriram | 2014 |
| 47 | Risk assessment of cholera through mapping of aquatic environment for vibrio cholera and ctxo phage in Andaman & Nicobar islands. |
ICMR SRF - Sayi DS | 3 years | Dr. P. Vijayachari | 2014 |
| 48 | Assessment of diet and nutritional status of urban population and prevalence and determinants of hypertension and diabetes among adults in India” under NNMB |
ICMR | 3 years | Dr. P. Vijayachari | 2015 |
| 49 | Health system preparedness for intervention for Diabetes, Hypertension, Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Cardio vascular Disease and deaths due to non-communicable diseases among the tribal population of India |
ICMR | 6 months | P. Vijayachari | 2016 |