- Principal Investigator (PI): Plant Pathology programme, ICAR All India Coordinated Research Project on Rapeseed-Mustard (AICRP-RM), 2003-09, ICAR-funded, Indian Rupees 170 million for X Plan, 260 million for XI Plan; centres: 17 AICRP-RM centres.
- PI: Functional Genomics of Alternaria blight of mustard under ICAR National Network on Transgenics in Crops, 2005 –09, ICAR, 3.67 million Indian Rupees.
- Nodal Officer, Experimental Agro-Advisory Services, 2005-09, funded by NCMRWF (MoES/ Govt. of India), 1,00,000 Indian Rupees per year.
- PI (Mustard): Global Change Research on Climate and Crop Disease Risk Management: An International Initiative in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2005-08, Asia-Pacific Network Programme, US$ 44600 (2.0 million Indian Rupees), involving Australia (UWS), USA, Cambodia, Bangladesh, WMO.
- PI (Mustard): National Network on Management of Alternaria blight in Brassica juncea and vegetable crops, 2004- 08, ICAR AP-Cess Fund Scheme, Indian Rupees 13 million (centres: NRCRM Bharatpur, GBPUAT Pantnagar, CCSHAU Hisar, PAU Ludhiana, RAU Dholi, IIHR Bangalore, IIVR Varanasi, IARI New Delhi).
- PI: Development of weather-based forewarning systems for crop pests and diseases – Program 6: Mustard, 2001-04, National Agricultural Technology Project funding from World Bank, Indian Rupees 5.7 million (centres: NRCRM Bharatpur, BCKV Mohanpur, IARI New Delhi).
- PI: Development of improved biocontrol agent for castor wilt management, 1998-99, Institute of Public Enterprises under the AP-Netherlands Biotechnology Programme, Indian Rupees 2.43 million.
- Co-PI: Effect of climate change on pest and diseases of major food crops (mustard, groundnut, pigeonpea) – budget Rs 13.5 million (2011-12).
- Co-PI: ACIAR-funded Indo-Australia-China Collaborative Project on Oilseed Brassica Improvement – July 2004 – June 2009 (for work on Sclerotinia rot: worth 125700 Australian $).
- Co-PI: DFID-funded Indo-UK Collaborative Project on Oilseed Brassica – Phase II – Dec 2002 – Jul 2007 (for work on white rust: worth Indian Rupees 6.8 million).
