One of the PI in the DBT funded Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, with three other colleagues (Rs 4.76 crores – Ist phase) and (Rs 2.83 crores – IInd phase).

DBT sponsored project in October 1995, on “Developing Regeneration Protocols from Cells/Protoplasts and Standardization of Gene Delivery Methods in Mulberry”  (approx. 20 lakhs) (October 1995- March 1999).

Department of Biotechnology supported Indo-Tunisian collaboraborative project on “Establishment of Somatic Embryogenesis and Genetic Transformation of Wheat”, (approx. 35 lakhs) (March 2000-March 2003).

DBT funded project on “Characterization of abiotic stress/tolerance and genetic manipulation of mulberry” (16.75 lakhs) (March 2003-Aug. 2006).

One of the PI in the DBT-ICAR sponsored Indian Initiative for Rice Genome Sequencing, at Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi  (approx 25 crores).

One of the PI in the DBT sponsored Indian Initiative for Tomato Genome Sequencing, at Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi  (approx 25 crores) (Feb. 2004-March 2010).

DBT Project: “Development and field evaluation of transgenic mulberry for the abiotic stress” (Dec. 2006-June, 2010).

DBT Project: “Developing EST library from mulberry for abiotic stress” (March 2007-March, 2010).

DBT funded “Identification and characterization of differently expressed genes during heat stress in wheat” (17.04.2008-16.04.2011).

DBT/ISCB (Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology) sponsored “Functional genomics of thermal tolerance in wheat” (23.01.2009- 22.01.2012).

DBT sponsored “SNP Discovery and Trait Specific Transcriptome Analysis of Indian Mulberry” (17.09.2010 – 16.09.2013).

One of the three PIs in the Int. Wheat Genome Seq. Consortium (IWGSC)-Physical mapping and sample sequencing of wheat chromosome 2A, (Dec. 2010-Dec. 2014).