Received two major research projects as assistant professor:
- DST-SERB young scientist project (Rs. 23,35,000) titled 'Functional characterization of RNA silencing suppressor encoded by a begomovirus infecting Mucuna pruriens, a medicinal plant'.
- Ongoing project, CSIR-HRDG EMR-II (Rs. 34,96,000) titled 'Unravelling host-pathogen interactions underlying disease development by velvet bean severe mosaic virus in medicinal plant Mucuna pruriens through transcriptome analysis'.