Obesity - Diabetes

Projects

Government sanctioned projects

SR.No.	Title of Project	Funding agency	Year
1.	Development and preclinical evaluation of Yashada pushpa based eye-drops (Retinocare) for diabetic retinopathy (Post-Doctoral Fellowship)	CCRAS	2025-2027 Ongoing
2.	Effect of therapeutic course of basti on gut microbiome in obese individuals	Ministry of Ayush	2025-2027 Ongoing
3.	Impact of Yoga on Cardiovascular Health in Post-Menopausal Women A randomized Controlled Clinical Study	DST-SHRI-SATYAM	2024-2026
4.	Evaluation of Triphala as an adjuvant intervention for sustained weight loss in Overweight and Obesity: A randomized clinical trial and preclinical study	Indian Council of Medical Research	2024 - 2027 Ongoing
5.	Elucidating mechanisms of anti-hyperglycemic activity of selected herbal formulations	Ministry of Ayush, CCRAS	2024 - 2026 Ongoing
6.	Effect of Yoga intervention on skeletal muscle linked glucose homeostasis in pre-diabetic individuals	DST-SATYAM	2019-2022
7.	Evaluation of Triphala and Trimad for their effects on adipocytes biology and lipid metabolism	Ministry of AYUSH	2006-2020

Government Sanctioned Workshops

SR.No.	Workshops	Year
1	Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth (RAV), Ministry of AYUSH: Continued Medical Education Program (CME) on Effective Science Communication	2022-23
2	Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth (RAV), Ministry of AYUSH: Orientation Training Programme (OTP) for Non- Ayush doctors and scientists	2019-20
3	Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth (RAV), Ministry of AYUSH: Continued Medical Education Program (CME) Ayush doctors	2016-17
4	Clinical Trial Workshop Program Conducted at AFMC (Under ICMR INTENT Network, Pune	2024-25

Other Workshops

SR.No.	Workshops	Year
1	Reorientation workshop on Clinical Research Methodology Organized by BVDU-IRSHA and BVDU-R & D Cell	2024-25

Academic Projects

Identification of Sub-types studies

SR.No.	Title of Project	Year
1.	Prevalence of single nucleotide polymorphism in lipid metabolizing genes in patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus	Ongoing PhD work
2.	Investigating the effects of Nishamalaki, a herbal formulation, in Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome: with a focus on fatty acid composition	Ongoing PhD work
3.	Effect of variation in source and quantity of fat on pathophysiological changes in diet induced obesity	2021
4.	Association of Obesity with Cognition in young age adults	2021
5.	Association of obesity with child’s lifestyle and maternal ante-natal history in urban school going children of Pune city	2021
6.	Predictors of Diabetes in first degree relatives of type II DM individuals: Visceral Fat and Visceral Adiposity Index	2019
7.	Association between Prakriti (Ayurvedic concept of constitution) and presence of Metabolic Syndrome	2018

Herbal Interventional Mechanistic Studies

SR.No.	Title of Project	Year
1.	Evaluating gastrointestinal effects and safety of Fenugreek in patients suffering from T2DM	2024-25
2.	Effect of different varieties of Fenugreek on gastric enzymes and hormones in healthy volunteers : An open label randomised clinical study	2022-23
3.	Knowledge and usage of Triphala: A community-based survey	2021-22
4.	Experiential documentation of Triphala and Trimad for their anti-obesity potential: A survey of Ayurvedic physicians from Pune city	2019-20
5.	A pilot study to evaluate effect of Takra Basti (buttermilk enema) in Sthoulya (Obesity)	2019-20
6.	Effect of Triphala and Trimad on body composition and anthropometry in overweight and obese individuals	2019-20

Fellowship projects

SR.No.	Title of Project	Funding agency	Year
1.	Comparative study of preparation methods of Triphala extracts using phytochemical methods and bioassays	Oak Research Fellowship" from Sakal India Foundation for projects	2018-2019
2.	Comparative study of different processing methods on Yava (barley), an indigenous cereal for its effective use in metabolic diseases	IASTAM-India	2018-2019
3.	Elucidation of the effect of Triphala on obesity associated cognitive impairments	Oak Research Fellowship" from Sakal India Foundation for projects	2016-2017

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