ONGOING PROJECTS

1. ICAR Funded Projects

1.1. Multi Institute and award projects
SN	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator
01	All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Pig - Coordinating Unit at ICAR-NRC on Pig.	Director, ICAR-NRC on Pig Coordinator Dr. Pranab Jyoti Das, Pr. Scientist, I/C Nodal Center
02	All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Pig - Cooperating Unit at ICAR-NRC on Pig Doom Unit.	Dr. Satish Kumar
03	Development of thermo-tolerant pig through biomarker assisted selection - ICAR National fellow Project	Dr. Mohan N.H.

1.2. Institute Funded Projects
SN	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator
01	Generation-wise genetic evaluation of Rani crosses	Dr. S. Banik/ Dr. Satish Kumar
02	Exploring genetic variability in different candidate genes and their association with (re)production traits in pigs	Dr. Satish Kumar
03	Molecular characterization of indigenous pig breeds	Dr. Satish Kumar
04	Physio-genomic responses and MCT profiling of exotic and Indigenous pig breeds in heat stress during different seasons	Dr. B.C. Das
05	Investigation of notch signaling in regulation of ovarian function in pigs	Dr. Jaya
06	Preservation of boar semen using different additives in liquid and frozen state	Dr. R. Islam
07	Service project: Artificial Insemination in Pigs	Dr. R. Islam
08	Propagation of Artificial Insemination for establishment of multiplier units and optimizing reproductive efficiency in pigs at farmers' field	Dr. Sunil Kumar
09	Molecular detection of aflatoxins producing Aspergillus species	Dr. K. Barman
10	Assessment and optimization of the water footprint in pig production and processing	Dr. N. M. Attupuram
11	Dynamics of gut microbiome to dietary management and antibiotic treatment in pigs	Dr. N. M. Attupuram
12	Ethogram development and welfare assessment of growing desi and crossbred pig	Dr. K. De
13	Service Project: Surveillance and monitoring of swine diseases in NER	Dr. S.R. Pegu, Dr. S. Rajkhowa, Dr. R. Deb, Dr. S. Paul, Dr. J. Doley
14	Epidemiology of Intestinal protozoan parasitic diseases of Pigs, with special reference to Cryptosporidium and Coccidia	Dr. S. Paul
15	Epidemiology and Molecular Epidemiology of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) in North-Eastern region of India	Dr. J. Doley
16	Exploration of Genome-Wide Selection Signatures in Ghoongroo and Doom pigs of India	Dr. Satish Kumar
17	Design of recombinant multi-epitope protein(s) and their expression for assay development	Dr. N.H. Mohan
18	Machine learning assisted identification of different cells of porcine origin	Dr. S.J. Devi
19	Expression of chimeric proteins of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) in Baculovirus expression system	Dr. R. Deb
20	Processing condition optimizing for elimination of selected FSSAI listed food borne pathogens in pork and pork products	Dr. R. Thomas
21	Functional characterization of novel genes regulating reproductive landscape in sows	Dr. Jaya
22	Development of proteomic and transcriptomics atlas of porcine olfactory system	Dr. N.H. Mohan
23	Development of technology transfer models through participatory rural appraisal in the piggery sector	Dr. Priyajoy Kar
24	Development of e-learning knowledge products in scientific pig production	Dr. Priyajoy Kar
25	Hormonal and herbal intervention for optimizing eutocic farrowing in pigs	Dr. R. Islam
26	Association of farrowing traits, piglet traits and colostrum characteristics on survivability and growth performance in desi and crossbreed neonates	Dr. Kalyan De
27	Development of a point of care colorimetric assay for detection of meat freshness	Dr. R. Thomas
28	Identification, Isolation and molecular characterization of pork borne zoonotic parasites	Dr. S. Paul
29	Isolation, Characterization of Porcine Muscle Stem Cells for development of 3D culture	Dr. J. Doley

2. External Funded Projects

SN	Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Funding
01	Maize Production in NEH region for sustainable livestock production	K. Barman	ICAR-IIMR
02	Technical Advisory Services for Piggery Value Chain Improvement in Assam, under the World Bank financed Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART)	R. Thomas	APART
03	SWINOSTICS: A platform for development and validation of on-field diagnostics of important pig pathogens in NE Region of India for commercial exploration	S. R. Pegu	DBT
04	Establishment of a Consortium for One Health to address Zoonotic and Transboundary Diseases in India including North-East Region	S. Rajkhowa	DBT
05	Development of a virus like particle- based vaccine against Indian isolate of Porcine Circovirus	R. Deb	DBT
06	Application of Drone in Augmenting Production and Productivity of Piggery Sector	S. J. Devi	ICAR
07	Outreach Programme on Monitoring Drug Residues and Environmental Pollutants (ORP-MDREP)	R. Thomas	ICAR
08	Traceable value chain for safe Pork in the North Eastern Region of India	P. J. Das	ICAR-NASF
09	Biotech- KISAN Development and promotion of atmnirbhar pig production scientific intervention	B.C. Das	DBT
10	Establishment of STI Hub for Mising and Bodo women of Assam for economic empowerment through technology interventions in pig value chain	R. Thomas	DST
11	Cataloguing of genomic and transcriptomic signature in indigenous pig tolerant to African swine fever virus	P.J. Das	DBT
12	Augmenting pig production by accretion of reproductive efficiency and AI for generation of livelihood security and entrepreneurship in NER	Sunil Kumar	DBT
13	Indian Network for Fisheries and Animal Antimicrobial Resistance	R. Deb	ICAR
14	Structural and functional studies of peptidoglycan recognition proteins from sow colostrum	R. Deb	Interinstitutional with AIIMS
15	Development of Multiscrotypic Virus like particle based vaccine candidates against porcine circovirus diseases on Pig in India	R. Deb	NLM, DAHD, Govt. of India