(1) Title of the Project: Scaling Up Seawater-Based Microalgae-Derived Green Energy Development: A Unified Approach for Techno-Economic Feasibility
Investigators: Prof. Trupti Gokhale (Biotech, BPDC), Prof. Shashank Khurana & Prof. Vincent Shantha Kumar (Mechanical, BPDC)
Value: INR 20 Lakh
Duration: 2 year
Funding Agency: Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF), BITS Pilani
Status: Ongoing
(2) Title of the Project: Collaboration for net-zero emission targets of Sweden and India - Higher education institutions approach
Team Members from BITS: Dr. Vincent Shantha Kumar & Dr. Prakash Kumar (BITS Pilani Dubai Campus); Dr. Rajesh Mehrotra & Dr. Srinivas Krishnaswamy (BITS Pilani Goa Campus); Dr. Tribeni Roy & Mr. Manikantan R. Nair (BITS Pilani Campus)
Team Members from KTH Sweden: Dr. Shareq Mohd Nazir, Dr. Matthäus Bäbler, Dr. Amirreza Khataee, Dr. Frederico Penha & Ms. Pia Schmitt
Value: SEK 150,000 (AED 53,000).
Duration: 1 year
Funding Agency: STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education)
Status: Completed
(3) Title of the Project: Textile Industry wastewater treatment by moving bed biofilm bioreactors and photocatalysis
Investigators: Dr. Vincent Shantha Kumar & Dr. Prakash Kumar (BITS Pilani Dubai Campus); Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri (BITS Pilani Goa Campus)
Value: INR 30 Lakh
Duration: 2 year
Funding Agency: Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF), BITS Pilani
Status: Ongoing
(4) Title: Consultancy Project for NDTCCS
Role: Principal Investigator;
Duration: 2024-15
Value: AED 40,000
Funding: NDTCCS, Dubai;
Status: Completed
(4) Title: Consultancy Project for Barton Engineering FZ
Role: Principal Investigator;
Duration: 3 Months, 2023
Funding: Barton Engineering, Dubai;
Status: Completed
(5) Title: Bio-tribo-corrosion of Bulk Metallic Glasses
Role: Principal Investigator
Value: AED 90,000
Duration: 3 years, (January 2017 to January 2022)
Funding Agency: BITS SEED Grant
Status: Completed
(6) Title: Consultancy Project
Role: Principal Investigator;
Duration: 1 year, 2017
Funding: Indo-Gulf, Dubai;
Status: Completed
