| Rapid and sensitive detection of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) using isothermal nucleic acid amplification | Dr Biswajit Maiti, Associate Professor, Nitte University, Karnataka | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
| An automated lung ultrasound workflow for diagnostic assistance in COVID-19 and beyond | Dr Mahesh Raveendranatha Panicker, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
| Stem cell derived exosome therapy for clinical management of lung damage in critically-ill corona viral pneumonia patients | Dr Naresh Kasoju, Scientist, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences &Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
| Development of fluorescent human transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) activity sensor for rapid screening of inhibitors in vitro and in living cells to combat human COVID-19 and other respiratory infections. | Dr Vinay Bulusu, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
| Aptamer-based rapid diagnostic kit for detection of coronavirus infection (CoVapt) | Dr Abhimanyu Dev, Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Jharkhand | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
| Novel target identification and drug repositioning for COVID-19 based on interaction network, molecular design and machine learning | Dr Deva Priyakumar, Professor, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
| Drug repurposing against key COVID-19 drug targets using advance machine learning-based algorithms | Dr Manoj Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor, SRM University, Haryana | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
| Development of a portable optical cavity sterilisation unit | Dr Reetesh Kumar Gangwar, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
| Structural, biochemical and computational investigation on the therapeutic targets of SARS-CoV-2 and structure-based drug discovery from Indian herbs | Dr Saraboji Kadhirvel, Assistant Professor, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Tamil Nadu | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
| Understanding the role of SARS-CoV-2 virulence factor-Orf3a in modulating host cell responses: A way to identify host-directed therapy | Dr Amit Tuli, Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |