Institute Projects (Ongoing)

S.No Title of the Project Name of the PI & Associates Duration
01 Active and passive surveillance of foot and mouth disease virus in livestock and wild herbivores at wildlife livestock interface Ranjan R (PI)
Biswal JK
Das S
Rout M
Joshi H (WCT)
Deshmukh P (WCT)
Pandey V (WCT)
Oct 2023 - Sep 2026
02 Detection of asymptomatic low-level excretion of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV)/genome in oesophago-pharyngeal fluid and morbid tissue samples associated with oro-laryngo-pharyngeal region of sheep and goats: A field-based study linked to carrier conundrum in FMD epidemiology Rout M (PI)
Dahiya SS
Mohapatra JK
Saravanan S
Ranjan R
Aug 2023 - July 2026
03 Development of a Polymerase Spiral Reaction (PSR) based isothermal nucleic acid amplification assay for rapid identification of Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus Sahoo AP(PI)
Biswal JK
Das S
Aug 2023 - July 2024
04 Exploring the efficacy of Probiotics as mitigation strategy against Foot-and-Mouth Disease Sahoo M (PI)
Biswal JK
Das T
Mallick SR
Sahoo NR
Aug 2023 - July 2025
05 Computational model-based risk factor analysis and NSP sero-prevalence prediction of FMD virus infections using epidemiological survey data: An application to wildlife-livestock interface. Das S (PI)
Ranjan R
Aug 2023 - July 2026
06 Use of transition metal ions for the preparation of structurally-stable inactivated FMDV antigen and it's possible adjuvanticity in the FMD vaccine. Biswal JK (PI)
Ranjan R
Aug 2023 - July 2025
07 Exploring environmental sampling for FMD diagnosis using indigenously developed diagnostic tools in Indian settings. Singh RP (PI)
Biswal JK
Ranjan R
Mohapatra JK
Aug 2023 - July 2024
08 Recombinant Goatpox (GPV) viral-vectored vaccine to control foot-and-mouth disease in livestock. Biswal JK (PI)
Singh RP
July 2023 - Dec 2025
09 Animal slaughter house-based surveillance of Foot Mouth Disease. Das T (PI)
Biswal JK
Sahoo M
Ranjan R
Rout M
Dahiya SS
Das S
July 2023 - Dec 2025
10 Comparative studies on host - FMD virus interaction among various species and age groups of animals: An in-vitro approach Das T (PI)
Biswal JK
Sahoo M
Rout M
Mallick SR
Das S
Sahoo NR
Mohapatra JK
July 2023 - Dec 2026
11 Elucidating the role of cytokines and chemokines in the pathogenesis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Sahoo M (PI)
Rout M
Biswal JK
Ranjan R
Sep 2022 - Dec 2024
12 Evolutionary and antigenic analysis of foot and mouth disease virus serotype O strains from India during 2022-27 Dahiya SS (PI)
Mohapatra JK
Saravanan S
Aug 2022 - March 2027
13 Antigenic and Genetic characterization of Indian foot and mouth disease virus serotype A strains during 2022-27 Mohapatra JK (PI)
Rout M
Saravanan S
Aug 2022 - March 2027
14 Development of combination reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) strategy to enhance sensitivity and confidence of FMD virus serotype diagnosis Mohapatra JK (PI)
Sahoo NR
Rout M
Saravanan S
Dahiya SS
Biswal JK
Aug 2022 - Mar 2024
15 Development of a medium throughput NA based diagnostics for FMD Sahoo NR (PI)
Sahoo M
Rout M
Aug 2022 - July 2024
16 Development and evaluation of lateral flow immunoassay for Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus detection and serotyping using monoclonal antibodies Mallick SR (PI)
Mohapatra JK
Biswal JK
Rout M
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
17 Kinetics of FMD virus serotype specific protective antibody response induced in pigs vaccinated with commercial FMD vaccine intended for use in cattle Singh RP (PI)
Mohapatra JK
Jana C
Sahoo NR
Rout M
Sahoo AP
Ranjan R
Aug 2021 - Mar2024
18 Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against recombinant capsid polyprotein (rP1) of FMD virus serotype O Mallick SR (PI)
Biswal JK
Aug 2021 - July 2023 (Extended up to March 2024)
19 Genetic and antigenic characterization of Foot and Mouth Disease virus serotype Asia1 Rout M (PI)
Dahiya SS
Mohapatra JK
Saravanan S
July 2021 - July 2024
20 Epidemiology of Foot and Mouth Disease in Small Ruminants and Pigs in India Rout M (PI)
July 2021 - July 2024
21 Host genetic factors affecting FMD vaccine response in calves Sahoo NR (PI)
Mohapatra JK
Biswal JK
Rout M
May 2020 - May 2023 (Extended up to March 2024)
22 Generation of monoclonal antibodies against recombinant FMDV polyprotein 3AB and their application in immunodiagnosis Mallick SR (PI)
Mohapatra JK
Biswal JK
Dahiya SS
Mar 2019 - July 2023 (Extended for 3 months)