Under the scheme, faculty members in different departments have got seven projects worth INR 30 lakh each. A maximum of four projects have been awarded to the Department of Chemistry, two to zoology department, and one to the statistics department. Neeraj Kumar Mishra of the chemistry department will be working on Late-stage C–H functionalization of drug candidates that will help the medicinal chemists to bypass the long process syntheses of late-stage drug analogs.
The University of Lucknow (LU) has got an INR 2.10 crore grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India under the State University Research Excellence (SURE) scheme for innovative research in the area of medicines, electronics and other areas of societal benefits, an official said.
Under the scheme, faculty members in different departments have got seven projects worth INR 30 lakh each. A maximum of four projects have been awarded to the Department of Chemistry, two to zoology department, and one to the statistics department. Neeraj Kumar Mishra of the chemistry department will be working on Late-stage C–H functionalization of drug candidates that will help the medicinal chemists to bypass the long process syntheses of late-stage drug analogs. Sunil Kumar Rai of the chemistry department has been funded for a combination of drugs for cancer therapy.
Pratibha Bansal and Seema Mishra of the chemistry department will be working on the manufacturing of highly efficient electrochemical energy storage devices. Ashutosh Ranjan and Aakansha Sharma of the Department of zoology have been funded to work on the behaviors of migratory birds. Prof Shashi Bhushan from the statistics department will work on robust inferential procedures under ranked set sampling protocols.
Prof Alok Kunar Rai, vice chancellor, of LU, and Prof Poonam Tandon, dean, of academic and student welfare, congratulated all the awardees. They said that the new education policy (NEP)-2020 emphasizes research and innovation in higher education. This funding will boost the research environment in the university and give more opportunities for learning to master and PhD scholars.
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