School of Life Sciences
DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA, INDORE (NAAC A+ Grade)
Research & Development

School of Life Sciences has been the most active department in research. It has completed more than 20 individual projects and major departmental projects such as COSIST, UGC DRS, SAP phase I,II,III and DST FIST Phase I and II.

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Completed Projects
Submitted Projects
Ongoing Projects
Notable Research Publications
S.No. Faculty National/International Amount Sanctioned Duration
1. Dr. Krishnan Hajela ICMR 598965 2021-22
2. Dr. Krishnan Hajela ICMR 92700 2021-22
S.No. Faculty National/International Submitted on Status
1. Dr. Anjana Jajoo Indo-Australia SPARC project UGC 31-7-2024 Result awaited
2. Dr. Anjana Jajoo Indo-Russian Joint call DST 31-10-2024 jointly with NIT Rourkela Result awaited
3. Dr. Vinod Thakur DST 31-08-2024 Result awaited
4. Dr. Anjana Jajoo BRICS (South Africa, China, India) 31-10-2023 Result awaited
5. Dr. Chanchal Sonkar ANRF-ERCG 30-11-2024 Approved
6. Dr. Pankaj Patel DST SERB SURE 10-05-2024 Result awaited
7. Dr. Anjana Jajoo CRG-SERB DST 10-05-2022 Rejected
8. Dr. Anjana Jajoo Vidushi 31-10-2023 Rejected
S.No. Faculty National/International Amount sanctioned duration
1. Dr. Anjana Jajoo Indo-Australia SPARC project UGC 39 lacs 2023-2025
2. Dr. Krishnan Hajela (Co-PI) ICMR (PI-AIIMS Patna) Total grant: 89 lacs DAVV grant: 230000 2024-2026
S.No. Author(s) Research paper details Impact factor
1. A Tiwari, F Mamedov, M Grieco, M Suorsa, A Jajoo, S Styring, M Tikkanen and E-M Aro (2016) Photosystem I functions in non-photochemical energy dissipation when its iron-sulphur clusters are photodamaged. Nature Plants. IF 17.1
2. Patel PK, Hindala M, Kohli B, Hajela K. (2015) Divalent metal ions binding properties of goat serum mannose binding lectin. Int J Biol Macromol. 80:324–7 IF 7.7
3. SR. Bhagwat , Krishnan Hajela , Sumit Bhutada, K Choudhary , M Saxena ,S Sharma , A Kumar (2020) Identification of unexplored substrates of the serine protease, thrombin,using N-terminomics strategy. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 144 , 449–459 IF 7.7
4. RS Tomar and A Jajoo (2015) Photo modified fluoranthene exerts more harmful effects .... processes. Ecotoxicol Environ. Safe. 122, 31-36. IF 6.2
5. Prabha Rai-Kalal and Anjana Jajoo (2021) Priming with Zinc oxide nanoparticles improve germination and photosynthetic performance in wheat. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. IF 6.2
6. S Mathur and A Jajoo (2020) Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi protects maize plants from high temperature stress by regulating photosystem II heterogeneity. Industrial crops research. IF 5.9
7. RS Tomar, P Raikalal, A Jajoo (2022) Potential of Chlorella vulgaris for bioremediation of.......Algal Research. IF 5.2
8. HM Kalaji, A Jajoo, A, ... Chlorophyll a as a tool to monitor..... fluorescence Acta physiologiae plantarum 38, 1-11 (2-016). CITED by 1285
9. S Mathur, D Agrawal, A Jajoo (2014) Photosynthesis: response to high temperature stress Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 137, 116-126. CITED by 820
10. HM Kalaji, G Schansker, , SI Allakhverdiev, ...A. Jajoo...et al Frequently asked questions about in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence: practical issues Photosynthesis research 122, 121-158 CITED by 814