| S.No. |
Project Investigator; Co-investigator |
School |
Title |
Funding agency |
Amount (Rs. in lakhs) |
Duration |
| 1 | Dias, E.T. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Modulating magnetic interaction in non-collinear Antiferromagnets | DST | 33.69 | Mar 2026 - Mar 2031 |
| 2 | Gad, R.S. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Vishveshvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT: Phase II for 2 PhD full time positions | MeitY-New Delhi | 72.61 | Apr 2025 - Apr 2030 |
| 3 | Gad, R.S. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Vishveshvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics and IT: Phase II for 1 Post-Doctoral positions | MeitY-New Delhi | 16.40 | Apr 2025 - Apr 2030 |
| 4 | Pahari, B. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Engineering perovskite chiral ferromagnets for magneto-optical and spintronic applications (CHIRALMAG) | DST & WM | 24.67 | Apr 2026 - Apr 2029 |
| 5 | Kalangutkar, N.G. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Study of Fe-Mn crust for Hydrothermal Signature | Ministry of Earth Sciences | 45.99 | Feb 2026 - Dec 2028 |
| 6 | Garg, S.; Naik, M.M. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Implementing a digital platform for the real-time capturing, monitoring and control of malaria among the migrant workforce in Goa state | Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept of Health Research, Min. of Health and Family welfare, GoI | 33.65 | Nov 2025 - Oct 2028 |
| 7 | Fernandes D'Mello, S. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Investigation of stress modulated intertidal sea anemone holobionts for bioactive potential in neurological disorders | DBT | 50.68 | Oct 2025 - Oct 2028 |
| 8 | Sawant, N.S. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | AI-Assisted Mapping and Biodiversity Profiling of Sacred Groves in Goa for Conservation and Community-Based Management | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 17.30 | Oct 2025 - Oct 2028 |
| 9 | Hathwar, V.R. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Developing lead-free non-centric and chiral halide perovskite/PVDF composite films as an efficient piezoelectric energy harvester for flexible biomechanical sensors and prototype devices | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 14.70 | Oct 2025 - Sep 2028 |
| 10 | Naik, S.R. | Chemical Sciences | Testing the synergistic effects of carbon-derived materials and ferrite fillers in polymer composites for broadband microwave attenuation | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 12.40 | Oct 2025 - Sep 2028 |
| 11 | D'Costa, A.H.; Nasnodkar, M.R. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Comprehensive Analysis of Metals, Pesticides and Microplastics in Coastal Goa: Environmental Monitoring and Toxicity Assessment in Commercially Important Fauna | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 15.10 | Sep 2025 - Sep 2028 |
| 12 | Pednekar, S. | D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies | An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Facilities in Schools and Girls Education in Goa | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 12.00 | Sep 2025 - Sep 2028 |
| 13 | Ghadi, S.C. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Harnessing Phage Therapy: Targeted approach to Vibriosis management in Goa's Aquaculture | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 16.05 | Sep 2025 - Sep 2028 |
| 14 | Parab, S.G.; Castanha, J. | Goa Business School | Industrial Estates in Goa: Entrepreneurial Perceptions, Performance, and Regional Disparities | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 7.12 | Aug 2025 - Aug 2028 |
| 15 | Yadav, V. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Investigating the role of parental-specific chromatin organization in regulation of genomic imprinting | Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) | 71.96 | Jul 2025 - Jun 2028 |
| 16 | Shenvi Dhume, P.; Parab, J.S.; Shringare, A.; ; | Goa Business School | Digital Empowerment: Transforming Financial Independence for Goa's Senior Citizens | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 9.07 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 17 | D'Costa, P.M. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Microplastics and Associated Biofilms in Mangroves of Goa: Spatial and Temporal Fluxes | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 25.00 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 18 | Bugde, S.T. | Chemical Sciences | Electrochemical Synthesis of Environmentally Benign Carbon Quantum Dots: Applications in Heavy Metal Sensing and as catalyst for multicomponent synthesis of N-based Heterocycles | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 16.40 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 19 | Gawas, Mridini | Physical and Applied Sciences | Lie Symmetries and Group Invariant Solutions of Cancer Invasion Mathematical Model | DST&WM, Govt. of Goa | 2.65 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 20 | Raut-Dessai, R. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Photon Up conversion in Co-doped Tellurite Glasses for Solar Cell Application | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 15.60 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 21 | Sudhir, C. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Development of hybrid 2D material-plasmonic nanoparticle system for surface-enhanced Raman scattering and application to the detection of environmental pollutants | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 18.00 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 22 | Desai Shirodkar, M.; Mukhopadhyay, P. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Biodiversity, women’s agency, social perception and livelihood options in Ramsar site of Goa | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 15.99 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 23 | Bhandari, R. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Effect of cyanobacterial biofertilizers on khazan land for sustainable organic rice production | DST&WM, Govt. of Goa | 9.00 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 24 | Volvoikar, P.S. | Chemical Sciences | A visible light promoted intramolrcular Dehydrogebative Couplingforsynthesis of natural products and pharmaceutic-ally important motifs: A green approach for synthetic transformation | DST&WM | 8.25 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 25 | Salgaonkar, B.B. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Bioconversion of Seafood/ fish processing discards to biofertilizer using extremozymes from halophilic microorganisms: A step towards organic farming | DST&WM | 9.00 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2028 |
| 26 | Deshpande, K.B. | Chemical Sciences | Characterization and sustainable recovery of metals from low-grade ores via leaching and bioleaching within a circular economy framework | Ministry of Mines, GoI and NRB Group, Goa | 36.00 | Dec 2025 - Dec 2027 |
| 27 | Prabhugaonkar, A.V. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Baseline survey, inventorisation and documentation of invasive weeds, non-timber forest produces and medicinal plants present in notified Government forest and protected areas of Goa and study of the extent and impact of invasive weeds on indigenous vegetation and its mitigation measures | Goa Forest Department, Govt. of Goa | 3.13 | Dec 2024 - Dec 2027 |
| 28 | Gad, R.S.; Priolkar, K.R.; Verenkar, V.M.S.; ; | Physical and Applied Sciences | Goa University Research Adaption or Community Engagement - Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (GRACE-PURSE) | DST | 969.00 | Nov 2023 - Nov 2027 |
| 29 | Lotlikar, N.P. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Investigating the role of microplastics in antibiotic resistance in fish microbiomes | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 3.87 | Oct 2025 - Oct 2027 |
| 30 | Gaonkar, A.A. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Design and development of Automatic Arecanut Harvesting System | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 3.20 | Oct 2025 - Oct 2027 |
| 31 | Naik, M.M.; Charya, L.S. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Microplastics in ballast water as an emerging vector for bacterial pathogens and Harmful Algal Bloom species: a potential risk to the marine environment and human health | Min. of Science & Technology, Dept. of Biotechnology | 34.70 | Sep 2024 - Sep 2027 |
| 32 | Gad, R.S. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Visvesvaraya Ph.D. Scheme in Electronics and IT-Phase II | MEIT-Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology | 68.60 | Sep 2022 - Sep 2027 |
| 33 | Menezes, W. | Sanskrit, Philosophy and Indic Studies | Soulful Journeys: Integrating Therapeutic Indigenous Cuisines, Wellness Programs, and Philosophical Counseling for Sustainable and Holistic Tourism in Goa's Hinterland - A Vision for Developed India 2047 | ICSSR | 80.00 | Sep 2024 - Sep 2027 |
| 34 | Jalmi, S.K. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Decoding mangroves microbiome in pristine and polluted environment as a signature of mangrove fitness | CSIR | 22.40 | Jul 2025 - Jul 2027 |
| 35 | Fernandes, S.O. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Metal-microbe interactions in deep-sea realms and its significance in elemental cycling | Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) | 148.96 | Jul 2025 - Jul 2027 |
| 36 | Noronha, J.M. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Exploring the Microbial Contributions to the Productivity and Ecology of Khazans in Goa | DST & WM | 6.00 | Jul 2025 - Jul 2027 |
| 37 | Salgaonkar, B.B.; Naik, D.G. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Technology Development and Bioprocess Engineering of Agro-Industrial and Single use Polyethylenewaste to biodegradable Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Halophilic Microorganisms | DBT | 33.54 | May 2024 - May 2027 |
| 38 | Yadav, V. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Deciphering Chromatin Rewiring during Chickpea Seed Development | DBT | 98.19 | May 2024 - Apr 2027 |
| 39 | Tripathi, R. | D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies | India's Role In Global Cyber-Governance | ICSSR | 16.00 | May 2025 - Apr 2027 |
| 40 | Naik, S.M. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Physiological response of harmful dinoflagellates to varying environmental conditions | CSIR | 30.00 | Apr 2024 - Apr 2027 |
| 41 | Pawar, J.D.; Gad, R.S.; Karmali, R.; ; | Goa Business School | ‘VIDYAAPATI: A System for Bidirectional Machine Translation Between Hindi- Bengali, Konkani, Marathi and Konkani’ under the Project titled ’National Language Translation Mission (NLTM): BHASHINI’ | MeitY-Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology | 214.59 | Mar 2022 - Mar 2027 |
| 42 | Desai Shirodkar, M. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Documentation of Faunal Diversity of Lok Bhavan | Lok Bhavan Goa | 10.15 | Mar 2026 - Mar 2027 |
| 43 | Prabhu, M.S. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Seaweed biofilter system for sequestration of heavy metals from industrial wastewater | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 20.80 | Mar 2024 - Mar 2027 |
| 44 | Borde, N. | Goa Business School | Mapping strategies in Managing Sports in Goa since Liberation: Developing a Strategy matrix for the future to create Sustainable Sports Tourism Destination | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 8.10 | Mar 2024 - Mar 2027 |
| 45 | Patre, R.E. | Chemical Sciences | Designing Coumarin-Marine Inspired Hybrids for Advanced Chemosensing in Goa's Water Ecosystem and their Therapeutic Applications | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 17.00 | Mar 2024 - Mar 2027 |
| 46 | Parab, J.S.; Morajkar, P.P. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Development of Portable Device for Adulterant Detection in Turmeric using Machine Learning | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 20.00 | Mar 2024 - Mar 2027 |
| 47 | Kundaikar, S.A. | Chemical Sciences | Polyoxomolybdovanadates-based materials in electrochemical detection methods | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 21.30 | Mar 2024 - Mar 2027 |
| 48 | Dhuri, S.N. | Chemical Sciences | Activation of Small Molecule Transition Metal Compounds Bearing Heme and Nonheme N-donor ligands and Effective Catalytic Transformations via a Biomimetic Approach | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 22.55 | Mar 2024 - Mar 2027 |
| 49 | Damare, V.S. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Assessment of macrofauna-associated microbial diversity in the mangrove habitats of Goa and their role in ecosystem functioning with emphasis on marine fungi and thraustochytrid protists | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 21.30 | Mar 2024 - Mar 2027 |
| 50 | Sequeira, N. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Structure, petrology, geochemistry and tectonic evolution of the Banded Iron Formations of Goa, and implications for the evolution of the western rifted continental margin of India | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 23.50 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2027 |
| 51 | Berde, C.V.; Fernandes, S.O.; Damare, V.S.; Lotlikar, N.P.; Nasnodkar, M.R. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Isolation, culture, and identification of deep-sea metal-tolerant microbes with environmental applications | Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) | 58.28 | Jan 2025 - Jan 2027 |
| 52 | Nirmala, R. | Goa Business School | Participant Handbook Development and Facilitator Guide Development (Consultancy) | Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council (MEPS) | 0.70 | Feb 2025 - Dec 2026 |
| 53 | Mukhopadhyay, P. | Goa Business School | Resourcse Person (Consultant) | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) | 17.52 | Mar 2024 - Dec 2026 |
| 54 | Sawant, N.S. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Evaluation of Ecosystem Functioning using Herpetofauna as a Model System in Goa and Adjoining Areas of Maharashtra and Karnataka | MoEF&CC, Govt. of India, New Delhi | 43.43 | Dec 2024 - Dec 2026 |
| 55 | Salgaonkar, B.B.; Parienkar, P. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Sustaining Saline Traditions for Community Capacity Building: Documentation and Revitalization of Indigenous Salt-Making Practices and Integrated Agro-Aquaculture Systems in Goa | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 3.00 | Feb 2026 - Dec 2026 |
| 56 | Fernandes, M. | D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies | Madachi Sur, Soro and Ghood: Reviving Toddy Tapping in Goa | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 0.24 | Feb 2026 - Dec 2026 |
| 57 | Shinkre, B.A. | Chemical Sciences | Synthesis and biological evaluation of ketopiperazine-based fused heterocycles as promising pharmaceutical agents | DST-SERB-SURE | 29.17 | Dec 2023 - Dec 2026 |
| 58 | Nasnodkar, M.R.; D'Costa, A.H. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Metal bioavailability in intertidal sediments and bioaccumulation in benthic biota in tropical estuaries of Maharashtra, west coast of India to understand implications of metal toxicity. | DST-SERB-SURE | 26.19 | Dec 2023 - Dec 2026 |
| 59 | Vetrekar, N.T. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Developing real time non-invasive approach to distinguish natural and artificial ripened fruits | DST, Govt. of India | 17.89 | Dec 2023 - Dec 2026 |
| 60 | Gad, R.S. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Device and method for unmanned harvesting of nut and fruit | IHFC-IIT Delhi | 79.70 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 61 | Prabhu, P. | D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies | A Systematic Analysis of Interventions for Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Alcohol Abuse in Goa | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 0.75 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 62 | Desai Shirodkar, M. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Study to know the present status and propose measures to improve the bird diversity in Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Goa | Dept. of Science Technology and Waste Management , Govt. of Goa | 7.92 | Nov 2023 - Nov 2026 |
| 63 | Kadam, H.K. | Chemical Sciences | Synthetic study of novel Coumaryl-Imidazole Compounds and their Biological and Chemosensing Analysis | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 3.00 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 64 | Nasnodkar, M.R. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Assessment of metal pollution in intertidal sediments and phytoremediation ability of mangrove plants in the Mandovi Estuary, Goa | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 2.80 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 65 | Nirmala, R. | Goa Business School | Agile leaming interventions for students in higher education in Goa | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 0.55 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 66 | Bhandari, R. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Impact of copper stress and its mitigation by proline in rice plants | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 1.90 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 67 | Menezes, W. | Sanskrit, Philosophy and Indic Studies | Exploring and Documenting the Health Benefits of Indigenous Cuisines for Wellness Tourism in Goa's Hinterland | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 1.55 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 68 | Rane, V. | Manohar Parrikar School of Law, Governance and Public Policy | Adapting Coastal Regulations to Climate Change: A Legal Comparative Study between Goa, India and Portugal | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 0.40 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 69 | Vetrekar, N.T. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Leveraging complementary information of face using spectral imaging to detect presentation attack for biometric verification | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 2.40 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 70 | Kunkalkar, R.A. | Chemical Sciences | De Novo Total Synthesis of Elgonene B and its Derivatization into Lipid Nanoparticles for Advanced Drug Delivery | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 3.50 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 71 | Ghadi, P.P. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Reconstruction of past environment over glacial-interglacial time scale from the Southern Ocean using siliceous fossils | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 3.90 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 72 | Torney, P.S. | Chemical Sciences | Eco-friendly Synthesis and Functionalisation of Carbon Nano Dots derived from Fusarium Fujikoroi for Advanced Environmental and Biomedical Applications | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 3.50 | Nov 2024 - Nov 2026 |
| 73 | Pereira, Preeti A. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Taxonomy, Regional-Scale diversity, and Geographical Distribution of Marine Sponges (Phylum: Porifera) from the West Coast (Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka) of India | SERB-TARE | 18.30 | Nov 2023 - Oct 2026 |
| 74 | Naik, P.P. | Physical and Applied Sciences | RuO2/LixCuyMn(1-x-y)Fe2O4 nanocomposites for highly efficient hybrid supercapacitors | DST-SERB | 29.54 | Oct 2023 - Oct 2026 |
| 75 | Gawade, L. | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Understanding and Implementing IMTA: An efficient technology towards sustainable mariculture, carbon sequestration, and blue economy boost | Indo-German Science and Technology Centre, DST | 39.00 | Oct 2023 - Oct 2026 |
| 76 | Priolkar, K.R. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Unravling mechanism of negative thermal expansion in magnetic metallic compounds | CSIR | 19.85 | Oct 2023 - Sep 2026 |
| 77 | Tiwari, Manisha | Biological Sciences and Biotechnology | Designing and optimization of cell free solid phase biosensor for monitoring the heavy metal containments in aquatic system | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 16.40 | Oct 2024 - Sep 2026 |
| 78 | Vaigankar, Diviya C. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | Development of Fortified Exopolymer Nano-Selenium Formulations Using Marine Bacteria for Alleviating Crop Stress and Enhanced Crop Production | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 5.00 | Aug 2024 - Aug 2026 |
| 79 | Vetrekar, N.T.; Gad, R.S. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Research Programme | Sony Research India Private Limited | 35.00 | Aug 2025 - Jul 2026 |
| 80 | Vetrekar, N.T.; Gad, R.S. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Fellowship Programme | Sony Research India Private Limited | 15.00 | Aug 2025 - Jul 2026 |
| 81 | Mekoth, C. | Physical and Applied Sciences | Fractional regularization using Iterative methods to solve ill-posed problems | Goa State Research Foundation, Govt. of Goa | 5.00 | Jan 2024 - Jul 2026 |
| 82 | Borde, N.; Gaonkar, V.K.; Fernandes, J.S.A.; ; | Goa Business School | VGF-GBS for SME Connect through Student Internship (Consultancy) | Vibrant Goa Foundation | 1.46 | May 2026 - Jun 2026 |
| 83 | Kalangutkar, N.G. | Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences | |