S. No.

Sponsoring Agency

Project Title

Role & Other investigator(s)

Duration

Budget in Rs.

12.

Rubamin

Sustainable Reclamation: From Spent Materials to Active Components

Co-PI

PI: Prof. Afkham Mir

Co-PI: Prof. Chanchal Chakraborty, Prof. Iyman Abrar, Prof. Sandip Deshmukh, Prof. Ankur Bhattacharjee

2 Years

(2025-27)

94,62,464/-

11.

Siemens

Power to X - Methanol Synthesis (Prototype Development)

Co-PI

PI: Prof. Srinivas Appari

Co-PI: Prof. Srikanta Dinda, Prof. Pratik Sheth, Prof. Srinivas Krishnaswamy

0.5 Year

(2025)

24,78,000/-

10.

Gas Authority India Limited (GAIL)

Development of scalable and energy efficient technology for moisture resistant CO₂ removal from natural gas turbine flue gas stream

Co-PI

PI: Prof. I. Sreedhar

2 Years

(2025-27)

29,95,784/-

9.        

Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF) at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad

Design of Catalysts and Reactors for Green Hydrogen via photo- and photoelectro-catalysis

PI

Co-PI: Prof. Sounak Roy

2 Years

(2024 - 2026)

20,00,000/-

8.        

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

Harnessing the Duality of Mesoporous Core-shell Materials for CO₂ Capture and Methanation

PI

Co-PI: Prof. I. Sreedhar

3 Years

(2023 - 2026)

25,77,696/-

7.        

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) - Core Research Grant (CRG)

'Single step' conversion of CO₂ from Thermal Power Plant Exhaust to Dimethyl Ether

Co-PI

PI: Prof. Sounak Roy

Co-PI: Prof. B.M. Reddy

3 Years

(2022 - 2025)

44,69,696/-  

6.        

DRDO - Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL)

Synthesis and characterization of vrantage VW 10200 FRP

Co-PI

PI: Prof. D. Purnima

Co-PI: Prof. Chanchal Chakraborty

1.5 Years

(2022 - 2024)

15,20,000/-

5.        

Department Level Project

-

Co-investigator for DST-FIST (Level-I)

Project approved in March 2022.

1,35,00,000/-

4.        

University Level Project

-

Co-investigator for DST-PURSE Project

4 Years

(2022 - 2026)

23,40,12,320/-

3.        

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) - Core Research Grant (CRG)

Mechanistic insights of CO₂ methanation using core-shell catalysts

PI

Co-PI: Prof. I. Sreedhar

3 Years

(2021 - 2024)

32,04,660/-

2.        

Additional Competitive Research Grant (ACRG) at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad

Synthesis of Core-Shell Nanoparticles (CSNs) for Photocatalytic Reforming

PI

2 Years

(2019 - 2021)

10,00,000/-

1.        

Research Initiation Grant (RIG) at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad

Nanocomposites Synthesis and Stability Enhancement for Methane Combustion

PI

2 Years

(2018 - 2020)

2,00,000/-