Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

SPARKLE Grant Award 2023
Title: Do batteries breathe? Identifying state-of-health of Li-ion batteries using acoustic sensing & machine learning
Amount: Rs. 2 Lakhs
Project-01
Title: Design of Crop Residue Based False Ceiling for Thermal Comfort: An Efficient Dairy Management for Doubling Farmer Income
Funding Agency: Suzuki Next Bharat Fellowship 2025
Duration: 12 Month (January 2026- December 2026)
Amount: 15 Lacs
Role in Project: Co- Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Other Investigator(s): Prof. Srikanta Routroy (PI), Prof. Anupam Singhal(Co-PI)
Project-02
Title: Rotor Balancing Through Digitalization @Digital Twin Ph-II
Funding Agency: SIEMENS Limited
Duration: 6 Month (December 2025- May 2026)
Amount: 20.93 Lacs
Role in Project: Co- Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Other Investigator(s): Prof. Ashutosh Bhatia (PI), Prof. Yashvardhan Sharma(Co-PI), Prof. Neena Goveas (Co-PI) and Prof. Shubhangi (Co-PI)
Project-03
Title: Development of Engineered Bio-nanocomposites for Packaging Application: An Indo-Australian Study
Duration: 4 Years (December 2025- December 2029)
Research Team:
BITS Pilani: Prof. Sharad Srivastava (PI) and Prof. Arun Kumar Jalan (Co-PI)
RMIT University, Australia : Prof. Srinivas Nunna (PI) and Prof. Raj Ladani (Co-PI)
Project-04
Title: Prediction of Friction and Wear Properties During Different Material Interactions Using Vibration and Acoustic Measurement
Duration: 4 Years (August 2024- July 2028)
Research Team:
BITS Pilani: Prof. Arun Kumar Jalan (PI) and Prof. Sharad Srivastava (Co-PI)
RMIT University, Australia : Prof. Reza Nakhaie Jazar (PI)
Project-05
Title: Non-Invasive Intoxication Detection through Computer Vision & AI
Funding Agency: WAISL Limited, New Delhi
Duration: 2 Years (April 2024- March 2026)
Amount: 23.01 Lac
Role in Project: Co- Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Title: Rotor Balancing Through Digitalization @Digital Twin Ph-I
Funding Agency: SIEMENS Limited
Duration: 6 Month (February 2025- August 2025)
Amount: 20.93 Lacs
Role in Project: Co- Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Other Investigator(s): Prof. Ashutosh Bhatia (PI), Prof. Yashvardhan Sharma(C0-PI), Prof. Madhujya Dev Choudhury (Co-PI), Prof. Neena Goveas (C0-PI) and Prof. Shubhangi (Co-PI)
Title: Detection Development of a fault diagnosis scheme for Aero-Bearing with multiple localized defect using non-linear mathematical modeling and experimental analysis
Funding Agency: AR&DB (Aeronautics Research & Dev. Board)
Duration: 3 Years (October 2018- October 2021)
Amount: 15.55 Lakhs
Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)
Title: Design and Development of Condition based Monitoring of Pipelines using Wireless Sensor Networks
Funding Agency: Gas Authority of India ltd. (GAIL)
Duration: 3 Years (2012- 2014)
Amount: 71.36 Lakhs
Role in Project: Co- Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Title: Condition monitoring of dynamic systems by vibration response analysis
Funding Agency: BITS Pilani
Duration: 2 Years (2011- 2013)
Amount: 2 Lakhs
Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)
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