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Prof. Pragya Komal

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences

Homeostatic synaptic plasticity, Ligand-gated ion channels (mainly nicotinic acetylcholine receptors) function in health and neurological disorders, Neuro-nanoscience, Vitamin D3 and Brain health, Vitamin D3 and nicotine addiction
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

Sponsored Projects

INTERNATIONAL GRANT AWARD: Neuroscience Capacity Accelerator for Mental Health Grant Award (NCAMH), International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), and WELCOME,  (the only recipient from India)-2025-2027
Funding agency: IBRO-NCAMH
Amount: 30.00 lakhs
 
CDRF (Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF-II)-2024-2025 (As PI)
Funding agency: Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani)-Hyderabad 
Amount: 20.00 lakhs
 
 
Science and Engineering Research Board for State University Research Excellence (SERB-SURE)-2022-25 (As PI)
Funding agency: SERB
Amount: 20.00 lakhs
 
ICMR-Huntington's disease Project -2022-25 (As Co-PI)
Funding agency: ICMR
Amount: 40.00 lakhs
 
INTERNATIONAL GRANT AWARD: Young Maternity Parenthood Grant Award (International Brain Research Organization-[IBRO]-2021-22; As P.I)
Funding agency: IBRO
Amount: 4.30 lakhs
 
Department of Biotechnology (DBT)-Builder Project (2021-2025; As P.I)
Funding agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT)-Builder grant
Amount: 300 lakhs
(Expertise from the department of biological sciences for the setup of a whole-cell electrophysiology facility in BITS-Hyderabad under this interdisciplinary project)
  
INTERNATIONAL GRANT AWARD: Early Career Grant Award (International Brain Research Organization-[IBRO]; 2021-2022, As P.I)
Funding agency: IBRO
Amount: 4.30 lakhs
  
Student Grant (CSIR-SRF)
Funding agency: CSIR
Amount: SRF-Fellowship award
Duration: 2021-2023
 
INTERNATIONAL GRANT AWARD: Travel Grant Award to attend World Congress IBRO-meeting, Daegu, 2019; South Korea
Funding agency: International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)