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Dr. Surekha Bhanot

Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Virtual Instrumentation, AI Techniques in Instrumentation & Process Control, Biomedical Signal Processing
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Research Interests


Research

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Sponsored Projects

Quantum back-action evasion using reservoir engineering and hybrid quantum systems (2021-23)
Sponsor: Science and Engineering Research Board, India.

 

Research Projects

  • As PI: "Characterization of surface errors in machining of thin-walled curved geometries" funded by SERB,DST, Government of India, 13th July, 2013  to 12th July, 2016, Completed, Project cost: INR 26.13 lacs.
  • As Co-PI: "Study of lubricant and application method for enhanced surface finish and reduced draw load on cold drawn steel tubes", Sponsored by Tube Investment India Ltd (TIIL), Chennai, August, 2017 to August, 2020, Completed, Project cost INR 27.44 lacs.

Research and Consultancy Projects

  1. “Investigations on Impacts of Variations in Local Site and Climatic Conditions on Field Performance of Grid-connected Solar Photovoltaic and Small Wind Energy Systems at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa-Campus” funded by BITS Pilani under the Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF) September 2023 – September 2025, Total cost Rs 45,00,000/- (Other collaborators Prof M K Deshmukh from Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Prof Chandradev Sharma  from Department of Physics).
  2. "Investigation on operating performance of Rotary Kiln in coke calcination process: Modeling and Simulation studies" funded by Goa Carbon Limited, Goa, Total cost Rs 30,18,440/- November  2023 – October  2025 (PI: Dr Amol Deshpande Department of Chemical Engineering).
  3. “Environmental Impact assessment of the process for the production of, 1-((1,1-bis (4-Fluorophenyl) Propan-2-yl) oxy)- 1-Oxopropan-2-Aminium chloride (BFPA HCl)”, funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs. 4,78,000/- August 2023- March 2024.  
  4. “Development of Bio-Based Antioxidant for Application in Rubber Composites- A Sustainable Material” funded by Apollo Tyres, Chennai, Total cost Rs 38,00,000/-, September 2023 – August 2026.  
  5. “Value-added products from cashew apple and its pulp wastes - An Economic boost to cashew farmers” funded by Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA), Total cost Rs 32,06,060/- September 2023 to September 2026 (PI: Prof Vivek Rangarajan, Department of Chemical Engineering).
  6. “Life Cycle Assessment Study of Chlorfenapyr, Disulfur, NPPT and MPDC” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs.  2,12, 400/- April 2023 – Jan 2024.
  7. “Study on effective recovery & modification of carbon black from waste/scrap tyres, and its application in fabrication of membranes for water desalination/purifications” funded by CSIR –HRDG, New Delhi, Total cost Rs 27,00,000/- July 2023 to June 2026. (In collaboration with Dr. Hiren D. Raval (Co-PI), Principal Scientist, Membrane Science and Separation Technology Division, CSIR -CSMCRI, Bhavnagar).
  8. Environmental Impact Assessment of 2, 6, Difluroaniline and 4,4-Dimethoxy-2-butanone (DMB) funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs. 8,85,000/- October 2022- May 2023
  9. “Environmental Impact Assessment  of  DIMPA (2-(4-Chloro-2,6-dimethylphenyl)acetic acid), Revysol (Mefentrifluconazole), BAS-560I (Fenmezoditiaz,(3R)-3-(2-chlorothiazol-5-yl)-8-methyl-7-oxo-6-phenyl-2,3,7,8-tetrahydro[1,3]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ium-5-olate), Amino Ethyl Phenol, Mandipropamid, and Ortho substituted Phenyl Amide”  funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs. 25,00,000/- July 2022 – December  2023.
  10. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Study  of  Thiamethoxam, Pretilachlor,    CPTAP,  TCAN and     Metobromuron funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs.  2,06,000/- November 2022 – March 2023
  11. Modeling and Simulation of  production processes of Dichlorophenyl (DCP) Ketone and Triflumezopyrim (RAB) 55 funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs. 8,26,000/- November  2021 – April  2022
  12. “Modeling and simulation of production processes of Picoxystrobin, MOAT (N Methoxy 1 -(246  Trichloroprophenyl)Propane -2  amine), and DCF-TFAP (Dichloro Fluro Trifluro Acetophenone)” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs. 12,62,000/- October 2021 – June 2022.
  13. “Synthesis  of Carbon-Silica Dual Phase Filler using modified approach”, Funded by Fluor & Compounds, India, Koura Global, Vadodara, Gujrat, Total Cost Rs 1,25, 000/- October 2021 – May 2022.
  14. “Performance assessment of the manufacturing process of pig iron, Vedanta Limited, Goa” funded by Vedanta Limited, Goa, Total cost Rs 7, 02,000/- April 2021-April 2023
  15. “Study on recovery of high volatile components during the feni production” funded by Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus Goa, Total cost Rs 2,00,000/- April 2021- December 2022
  16. “Air Dispersion Study (Modeling) of Coal Particles Released during the manufacture of calcined petroleum coke (CPC)from raw petroleum coke (RPC) at Salcet Plant of Goa Carbon” funded by Goa Carbon Limited, Goa, Total cost Rs 11,00,000/- March 2021- December   2022
  17. Life Cycle Assessment of Dorf Ketal Chemicals Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, Total Cost Rs 1,00,000/- May 2020- August 2020.
  18. Environmental impact assessment of production process of soft gelatin capsules” funded by Proctor and Gamble, Mumbai, Total Cost Rs 3, 89,400/-, August 2020 –March 2021.
  19. “Environmental Impact Assessment of 5-chloro-2-cyclopropyl-6-hydroxypyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid (MAT 26)” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs 4,24,800/-, September  2020 –March 2021.
  20. Life Cycle Assessment Study for M/s Shree Pushkar Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited, at MIDC, Lote, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, Total Cost Rs 1,29,800/-, February 2020- September 2020.
  21. “Study on performance comparison between MTB process and TMX-OZA process” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs. Rs 4, 01,200/-, March 2020 – October 2020. December 2019- June 2020.
  22. “Life Cycle Assessment study for Laxmi Organic Industries Ltd” funded by Laxmi Organic Industries Ltd, Mahad, Mumbai, Total cost  Rs 6,75,000/-
  23. Performance assessment studies on the production process of Tri-chloroanilene (T-CAN)” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost  Rs 4, 01,200/-, December 2019 – July 2020.
  24. “Study on treatment of emerging contaminants using ozonation”, funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs 1, 50,000/-, August 2019 – May 2020.
  25. “Prime Minister's Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research awarded to a PhD student Mr Chandresh Dwivedi” funded by SERB in coordination with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and industry partner Apollo Tyres Ltd.,  Total  cost Rs 24,00,000/-, July 2019 – July 2022.
  26. “Performance assessment studies on the production process of BFBTF” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs 3, 54,000/-, March 2019 – February 2020.
  27. “Water Audit for Ammonia, Urea, &  Phosphate Fertilizers Units and Utility & Storage sections,” funded by  Zuari  Agro Chemicals Limited, Goa, Total cost Rs 8,51,960/-.May 2019 – April 2020.
  28. Design and Development of cost effective method for synthesis of “carbon-silica based hybrid Fillers” for application in Rubber Products, ”funded by Apollo Tyres, Chennai, Total cost Rs 35,00,000/-, April 2019 – July 2022.
  29. “Performance assessment studies on the production process of MNQ” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs. 3, 54,000/-, May 2019 – October 2019.
  30. “Environmental Audit for Ammonia, Urea, &  Phosphate Fertilizers Units and Utility & Storage sections, ”funded by Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited, Goa, Total cost Rs 8,51,960/-. January 2019 – March 2020.
  31. “Study on Dispersion of Particles Generated from Handling of Cargo at Mooring Dolphins for Mormugao Port Trust Goa”funded by Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), Vasco, Goa, Total cost Rs 16,75,600/-, September 2018 – December 2019.
  32. “Life Cycle Assessment study for Maharashtra Aldehydes and Chemicals Ltd” funded by Maharashtra Aldehydes and Chemicals Ltd, Mahad, Mumbai, Total cost Rs 6, 90,000/-, November 2018-April 2019.
  33. “Performance assessment studies on the production process of   Thiamethoxam” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs.  3, 00,900/-, July 2018 – December 2018.
  34. “Optimization studies on fermentation of cashew apple juice for feni production in   Goa” Funded by M/s Navika Nursery  Total cost  Rs. 2, 50,000/- February 2018- December 2020.
  35. “Performance aassessment studies on the production process of MTB (a herbicide)” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad,Total Cost Rs. 2, 44,850/-September 2017 – March 2018.
  36. “Performance aassessment studies on the production process of CPTAP” funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs. 2, 56,650/- July 2017- February 2018.
  37. “Process improvements in Urrakh and Feni production in Goa” Funded by Department of Science and Technology, Govt of Goa,  Total cost Rs. 7,50,000/-November  2018 – December 2021.
  38. “Environmental Impact assessment studies on increased production of   Pretilachlor”,   funded by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt Ltd. Hyderabad, Total Cost Rs. 1,72,500/- November 2016 - May 2017.
  39. Feasibility studies  on Common Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage & Disposal Facility at Pissurlem Industrial Area, Goa funded  by SMS ENVOCARE LTD, Total cost Rs 50,000/- March 2017-April 2017.
  40. “A Parametric Study of the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell Performance” funded by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Total cost Rs. 10, 47,000/- August 2007 – March 2011.
  41. “Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to DAP Production”  funded by Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India  Total cost Rs. 27,00,000, January 2008 – March 2010.
  42. “Design, Modeling and Simulation of a High Efficiency Solar Distillation Unit”, funded by BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, Total cost Rs.  1,25,000/-, January 2004 - May 2005.
  43. “Adsorption Equilibrium Study For Different Adsorbate – Adsorbent System” funded by UGC, Delhi (minor project) and partly by BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, Total grant Rs. 1, 00,000/- January 2001 - December 2002.
  44. Investigating the effect of co-digestion and advanced sludge pre-treatment methods on the anaerobic conversion potential of the organic wastes” funded by DBT, New Delhi, Total cost  Rs 27,48,800/-, July 2013 - June 2016, This project is in collaboration with NIT Warangal (PI: Prof PV Rao. Associate Professor Dept of Chemical Engg
  45. “Development of Environmental Pollution control Laboratory” funded by KK Birla Academy, New Delhi, Total grant Rs.  8, 00,000/-, August 2000 - May 2002 (PI: Prof R.K. Gupta, Professor, Dept of Chemical Engg).

RESEARCH INTERESTS & SCHOLARS

 

RESEARCH  INTERESTS
  •  Machine Dynamics, Vibration & Control
  •  Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
  •  Optimization using Genetic Algorithms.
  •  Acoustics
  •  Vibration Based Condition Monitoring using Machine Learning

 

RESEARCH SCHOLARS

Sr. No.

Name of candidate

Title of Ph.D. Thesis

1

K.V.R.B. Prasad

 Genetic algorithms for optimum design of turbo-alternator (January 2012)

2

Raghavendra D. Naik

 Stability, Resonance and Bifurcation in Vehicle Suspension System (October 2014)

3

Kiran D. Mali

Vibration Analysis Perforated Plates (January 2016)

4.

D.K.Mohanty

Effect of Fouling on the Performance of a Heat Exchanger (July, 2012)

5.

Varinder Singh

Development of Models for Analysis and Design of Integrated Manufacturing System. ( October, 2013)

6.

 Amit Rajput

Preparation and characterization of polybenzoxazine-ferrite based magnetic nanocomposite, Prof. N.N. Ghosh (Supervisor), Prof. P.M. Singru(co-supervisor) ( October, 2013)                              

 7.

 Vivek Chandran

Gyro-less Attitude and Attitude-Rate Estimation For A Satellite Using Non Linear Models and Star Vector Observations. Supervisor: Dr. N.S. Manjrekar, EEE., Co-supervisor (Prof. P.M. Singru) (Submitted thesis on July 22, 2023)

8.

 Chandrashekhar Chauhan

 An acoustic study, characterization and Standardization of Sarswati Veena: Co-supervisor: Prof. Radhika Vathsan, Physics , (August , 2023)    

9.

 Ramesh Bhat

Vibration Based Ship Propeller Condition Monitoring using Machine Learning (Ongoing), Co-supervisor: Prof. R.S. Joshi, Computer Science (Joined August 2023)

10. 

 Avdhut Jakhi

Feature Engineering for Condition Monitoring of Machines Using Vibration Signature Analysis using Machine Learning (ongoing), Co-supervisor: Prof. R.S. Joshi, Computer Science (Joined November 2023)

 

RESEARCH FUNDING:
  1. National MEMS Design Center from NPMASS. Coventorware, Comsol, Intellisuit Softwares are received throgh this grant.
  2. DST -FIST grant of Rs. 80 lakhs for Mechanical Department, out of which Rs. 25 lakhs are for Dynamics & Vibration Lab. (2011-2016)
  3. RO-RO Challenge for C130J Aircraft (Lockhead Martin Corporation) 2015-16 , US$ 25,000
  4. DST -SERB the project titled, "An acoustic study, characterization and standardization of the Sarasvati Veena ". approved on January 4, 2017, amount Rs. 36..96 Lakhs under EMR Grant scheme. Co-PI: Prof. Radhika Vathsan, Physics
  5. BITS CDRF grant title , "Feature Engineering for Condition Monitoring of Machines Using Vibration Signature Analysis using Machine Learning " ( PI : Prof Ramprasad Joshi, Prof. P.M.Singru), Rs 20 lakhs (C1/23/135) 
  6. BITS Sparkle grant  for Staircase Climbing wheelchair, Rs 2 lakhs

Funded Projects & Fellowships

Project/Fellowship

Funding Agency

Year

Project Type

 MASTIC: ML-Aided Secure SoC and Analytics (Role: PI)

 Axiado   

 2021-2024

 R & D

 MUT-DROCO: Multipath Networking Test-bed for Drone Communications (Role: PI)

 DST-SERB, Govt. of India.

 2020-2022

R&D

NANCY: Neural Adaptive Network Coding methodologY for video distribution through wireless networks (Role: Advisor)

TCS, India

2019-2023

Fellowship for PhD Student 

Real Time Performance Analysis of Network Coding Implementation (Role: PI)

BITS Pilani, India

2020-2022

R&D 

Network Coding for Multipath Transport (Role: PI)        

AnsuR, Norway   

 2019-2020   

 R&D

Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Oslo, Norway (Role: Research Fellow)  

AnsuR, Norway

2019

Fellowship

Network Coding with Deterministic Coefficients for Unreliable Networks (Role: PI)

AnsuR, Norway

2018-2019

 R&D

HENCSAT: Highly Efficient Network Coding for Satellite Applications (Role: Work Package Manager)

European Space Agency, Netherlands

2016-2019

 R&D

SatNetCode: Satellite Network-Coding for High Performance, Semantic-Aware Mission Critical Visual Communications (Role: Work Package Manager)

European Space Agency, Netherlands 

2015-2018

 R&D

PhD fellowship (PIF) from Government of Spain, UAB, Barcelona, Spain (Role: Research Fellow)

Government of Spain, Barcelona, Spain.

2009-2014

 Fellowship

Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada (Role: Research Fellow)

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. 

2008

 Fellowship

National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Fellowship

National Council of Educational Research and Training, India. 

2002

 Fellowship

 


Acknowledgement

Ongoing Projects

2024–2026
Physiological and pharmacological significance of formate-nitrite transporters in Toxoplasma gondii: ICMR Research Grant, ca. INR 7 million

2022–2024
Biosensor monitoring in Toxoplasma gondiiIndo-Japan Scholar Mobility Program by DST-JSPS (co-PI, Takeharu Nagai @ Osaka University, Japan), ca. INR 1 million

2022–2025
Pyruvate homeostasis in Toxoplasma gondii: DST-SERB Core Research Grant, ca. INR 6 million

2021–2025
Lipid and cyclic nucleotide signaling in Toxoplasma gondii: IA/S/19/1/504263 by Wellcome Trust – DBT (India Alliance) Senior Fellowship, ca. INR 45 million

 
Previous Grants

2019–2021
A novel lipid-regulated calcium homeostasis in Toxoplasma gondii. GU1100/4-3 from German Research Foundation, ca. 260,000 €

2019–2020
Functional and physiological significance of phosphatidylethanolamine biogenesis in Toxoplasma gondii: GU1100/15 from German Research Foundation, ca. 10000 €

2017–2020
Cyclic nucleotides-mediated ion homeostasis in the malaria parasite: IRTG2290 from German Research Foundation; co-PI: Alexander Maier (ANU), ca. 230,000 €

2016–2020
Metabolic basis of obligate intracellular parasitism: GU1100/8 & GU1100/13 from German Research Foundation, ca. 520,000 €

2015–2018
Optogenetic dissection of cyclic NMP signaling T. gondii: GU1100/7 from German Research Foundation, co-PI: Peter Hegemann, ca. 197,000 €

2015–2021
Cyclic NMP signaling and metabolic regulation in T. gondii: GRK2046/A2 from German Research Foundation, ca. 460,000 €

2014–2017
Synthesis vs. import of host-derived phospholipids by T. gondii: GU1100/4-1 from German Research Foundation; co-PI: Maik Lehmann, ca. 320,000 €

2013–2016
Carbon metabolisms of acute and chronic stages of T. gondii: GU1100/3-1 from German Research Foundation, ca. 160,000 €

2010–2012
Phosphatidylcholine synthesis as a drug target in T. gondii: Young scientist grant from European Society of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, 20,000

2009–2014
Biogenesis of inositol-lipids in T. gondii: GRK1121/A7 from German Research Foundation, co-PI: Andreas Herrmann (HU, Berlin), 362,000 €

2009–2013
Modeling of lipid biogenesis in Toxoplasma-infected human cell: SBF618/C7 from German Research Foundation, co-PIs: Herrmann Holzhütter (Charité, Berlin) and Richard Lucius (HU, Berlin), ca. 411,000 €

2009–2011
High-throughput anti-coccidian drug screening using YFP-parasite, Novartis Animal Healthcare, co-PI: Richard Lucius (HU, Berlin), ca. 33,000 €

2009–2011
In vivo parasite-host interactions in the Eimeria-mouse model. Manuela Schmid (doctoral student) & Nishith Gupta (host PI), Helmholtz Foundation, ca.120,000 €

2008–2010
Central carbon metabolism of T. gondii. Martin Blume (doctoral student) & Nishith Gupta (host PI), Helmholtz Foundation, ca.120,000 €


RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS 

Ongoing Projects:

 

Topic: Development of Intelligent System for Sustainable Micro-manufacturing of Microneedle Arrays of Difficult-to-cut Materials with an Application to Bio-fabrication 

 Role: Co-Principal Investigator

 Agency: SERB

 Funding sanctioned: 22.37 Lakhs

 Duration: 2023-2026

 

 Completed Projects:

Topic: Simulation and analysis of cellular materials against blast loading 

 Role: Principal Investigator

 Agency: CVRDE (DRDO) 

 Funding sanctioned: 9.77 Lakhs

 Duration: 2021-2023

 

Topic: Novel casting approach to improve quality of aluminum alloy casting

 Role: Principal Investigator

 Agency: DRDL

 Funding sanctioned: 9.84 Lakhs

 Duration: 2017-2020

 

Topic: Studies related to control of porosity in casting

 Role: Principal Investigator

 Agency: ISR

 Funding sanctioned: 8.03 Lakhs

 Duration: 2016-2019

 

Topic: Novel minimal SLM application method for performance improvement in turning

 Role: Principal Investigator

 Agency: DST-SERB

 Funding sanctioned: 40.16 Lakhs

 Duration: 2013-2017

 

Topic: Solid lubricant coated tools for sustainable machining

 Role: Principal Investigator

 Agency: CSIR

 Funding sanctioned: 18.52 Lakhs

 Duration: 2012-2015

 

Topic: Development of novel coated tools for green machining

 Role: Principal Investigator

 Agency: BITS-SG

 Funding sanctioned: 11.80 Lakhs

 Duration: 2011-2013

 


Research Projects

 
5. SERB-POWER Grant- (2022-2025):

Design and Simulation of Improved Polysaccharide based Membranes, the Future Must for Food Packaging

4. SERB MATRICS Grant- (2022-2025):

Design and simulation of oligosaccharide wrapped super-paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as promising theranaustics

3. SERB Core Research Grant- (2019-2022): 
 
High potency of complex dietary β-glucan fibers as Cholesterol and Low-Density Lipoprotein lowering agents: A comprehensive mechanistic investigation through advanced dynamical simulations
 
2. DST-SERB Young Scientist Grant-(2015-2018):

Investigation of the folding of Cysteine-rich Neurotoxins in Ionic Liquid by Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Quantum Mechanical Calculations

1. BITS research initiation grant- (2013-2015)

Research Projects

"Treating waste water using pilot plant ", Sponsored by Ocean Corner Water Treatment Equipment & Chemicals (L.L.C) Dubai, UAE (As Co Investigator).


Projects

 

Sponsored Research Projects

 

  1. SPARC Project: MHRD Sponsored Grant (Indo-UK Project)

Title: Concrete and value-added chemical production, Role: PI, 2023-2025, BITS- Leeds University Joint Project, Amount: 47 Lakhs (Ongoing)

 

  1. Core Research Grant: SERB-CRG

Title: Alternative Construction Technology for the Seismic Prone Areas, BITS-NIT Trichy Joint Project, 2022-25, Amount:21.46 Lakhs (Ongoing).

 

  1. DST-TDP Research Grant

Title: A potential supplementary cementitious material, BITS-IIT Bombay Joint Project, 2023-26, Amount:50 Lakhs (Ongoing).

 

  1. Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF) Research Grant

Title: Eco friendly concrete and value-added chemical production, 2023-25, Role: PI, Amount:20 Lakhs (Ongoing).

 

  1. Nehru- Fulbright Visiting Specialist program, 2023

Title: Sustainable concrete construction -An engineering education perspective; Role: PI, BITS- Clarkson University USA Joint work; 2023 (Completed)

 

  1. SPARC Project-MHRD Sponsored Grant (Indo-Japan Project)

 Title: Bagasse and Its Sustainable Utilization as a Raw Material in an Innovative Industrial Process, BITS- Kyushu University Japan Joint project, 2019-2023, Amount: 32 Lakhs (Completed)

 

  1. MHRD Sponsored National Mission Project on Pedagogy

Title: "Learner-centric Outcome based Pedagogy project. Construction materials and Technology” Role: PI; Amount: Rs 7 lakhs (Completed)

 

  1. OPERA (Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Teaching) Grant Title: Devolvement of agro-waste based binders, Duration: 2015 - 2020, Role : PI; Amount: 22.2 Lakhs (Completed)

 

  1. Research Initiation Grant

Title: Assessment of Pozzolanic Performance of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash from Different Disposal Sites, Sponsor: BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Duration: 2016 - 2018, Amount: 2 Lakhs (Completed).

 

  1. Additional Competitive Grant

Devolvement of low carbon ternary cement for durable and sustainable cement, Duration: 2016 - 2018, Role: PI, Amount: 9.25 Lakhs (completed)

 

Consultancy projects

  1. Assessment of potential of Industrial Shed Exposed to Fire Accident.

Sponsor: Nilgiri Oil & Allied Industries, Hyderabad. Duration: Aug 2018-Nov 2018

Amount: 4.13 Lakhs (Completed)

  1. Condition assessment of Raw Mill- Field and Laboratory investigation

Sponsor: Star Cement Co. L.L.C.

Duration: July 2019 -Sept 2019

Amount: INR 5.15 Lakhs (Completed)

  1. Non-destructive testing of Coal Mill- Field and Laboratory investigation

Sponsor: Star Cement Co. L.L.C.

Duration: INR 4.6 Lakhs, June 2020 - Dec 2020, (Completed) 


Sponsored Projects

Finding Agency

Project Title

Approved Fund

Duration

DST SERB-CRG

Therapeutic potential of endogenous peptides in hypertension

36 Lakhs

2021-2024

ICMR

Role of novel endogenous peptides in cardiometabolic disorders

29 Lakhs

2021-2024

ICMR

Therapeutic potential of novel MAD2 inhibitors in ovarian cancer

35 Lakhs

2022-2025

ISSAR Pharmaceuticals

Pre-Clinical Efficacy Evaluation of synthetic Peptides  For the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease & Sepsis

29 Lakhs

2020-2023

Department of Science and Technology  (DST) and SERB Under Young Scientist Scheme)

Role of double stranded RNA dependent protein kinase (PKR) in hypertension: Mechanism and prevention

27 Lakhs

 2015-2018

CSIR

Pharmacological evaluation of novel double stranded RNA dependent protein kinase (PKR) inhibitors for diabetic cardiomyopathy”.

 

24 Lakhs

2015-2018

BITS (Under additional Competitive grant)

Evaluation of novel pharmacological agents targeted at methylglyoxal in diabetic cardiomyopathy

10 Lakhs

2015-2017

UGC

Evaluation of pharmacological agents targeted at double stranded RNA dependent protein kinase (PKR) in type 2 diabetes mellitus

6 Lakhs

 2014-2016

BITS (Research Initiation Grant)

Role of methyglyoxal in diabetic cardiomyopathy

2 Lakhs

2014-2016


Ongoing Undergraduate Projects

  • Shreyya Nair (Biotech)– Growth Kinetics and Experimental Optimization of Yeast and Pichia pastoris Biomass (FD Thesis)
  • Krishna Sunil (Chemical)– Lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol conversion-Coupled experimental and modelling study (Laboratory Project)
  • Shreya Varanasi (Chemical)-Lignocellulose to ethanol conversion (Laboratory Project)

  • Shreyya Nair (Biotech)– Growth Kinetics and Experimental Optimization of Yeast and Pichia pastoris Biomass (FD Thesis)
  • Krishna Sunil (Chemical)– Lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol conversion-Coupled experimental and modelling study (Laboratory Project)
  • Shreya Varanasi (Chemical)-Lignocellulose to ethanol conversion (Laboratory Project)

  • Shreyya Nair (Biotech)– Growth Kinetics and Experimental Optimization of Yeast and Pichia pastoris Biomass (FD Thesis)
  • Krishna Sunil (Chemical)– Lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol conversion-Coupled experimental and modelling study (Laboratory Project)
  • Shreya Varanasi (Chemical)-Lignocellulose to ethanol conversion (Laboratory Project)
  • Shreyya Nair (Biotech)– Growth Kinetics and Experimental Optimization of Yeast and Pichia pastoris Biomass (FD Thesis)
  • Krishna Sunil (Chemical)– Lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol conversion-Coupled experimental and modelling study (Laboratory Project)
  • Shreya Varanasi (Chemical)-Lignocellulose to ethanol conversion (Laboratory Project)
  • Shreyya Nair (Biotech)– Growth Kinetics and Experimental Optimization of Yeast and Pichia pastoris Biomass (FD Thesis)
  • Krishna Sunil (Chemical)– Lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol conversion-Coupled experimental and modelling study (Laboratory Project)
  • Shreya Varanasi (Chemical)-Lignocellulose to ethanol conversion (Laboratory Project)

Sponsored Projects Through RIG

Conversion of sustainable biomass materials for biomedical applications

Conversion of sustainable biomass materials for biomedical applications


Sponsored Projects

  1. Title: Meshfree adjoint based sensitivity analysis for 3D aerodynamic design. 
    Co-PI: Keshav S. Malagi, Computational and Theoretical Fluid Dynamics Division, CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru.
    This research is funded by CSIR under the Extra Mural Research scheme (EMR-II).
    Status: Ongoing. Duration: July 2023 - July 2026. 
  2. Title: GPU accelerated meshfree adjoint solver for inviscid compressible flows.
    Co-PI: Bharat Kumar Sharma, NVIDIA Corporation.
    This research is sponsored by NVIDIA under NVIDIA's AI Technology Center (NVAITC) program. 
    Status: Ongoing. Started in April 2021.
  3. Title: Development and application of a meshfree adjoint approach for aerodynamic shape optimisation. 
    Co-PI: Dr. N. Kishore Kumar, Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. 
    This research is funded by Aeronautics Research and Development Board (AR&DB), DRDO. 
    Status: Completed. Duration: October 2020 - October 2022.
  4. Title: Development of an unstructured grid-based adjoint solver for compressible turbulent flows.
    Co-PI: Prof. C. Praveen, Center for Applicable Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru. 
    This research is funded by DST-SERB under the Extra Mural Research scheme. 
    Status: Completed. Duration: March 2017 - March 2020.

Sponsored Projects

1. Title of the project: Security for transmission of images in an open network
Amount: 6,00,000 INR
Period: 2013-2015
 
2. Title of the project: A certain study of wavelet analysis and its applications
Amount: 1,36,000 INR
Period: 2013-2015
 
3. Title of the project: Development of an encryption algorithm for secure transmission of color images
Amount: 15,08,053 INR
Period: 2016-2019 
 
4. Title of the project: Uncertainty Principles in Generalized Function Spaces: Theory and Applications 
Amount: 3,47,500 INR
Period: 2023-2026 

Areas of Active Research:


Sponsored Projects

S. No.

Sponsoring Agency

Project Title

Role & Other investigator(s)

Duration

Budget in Rs.

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: Dr. 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/-

 


Sponsored Research Projects

Research Projects: Completed/Ongoing/Approved/Sanctioned


1) Title: Applications of Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms to Analyze the Drivers of Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activities in India: The Role of Socio-cognitive Traits and Institutional Environments 
Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Government of India
Duration: Two years    
Role: Principal Investigator 
Status: Ongoing (2023- 2025)
 
2) Title: Impact of Indigenous S&T innovations developed by Start-ups incubated in Academic Institutes in India 
Funding Agency: PCPM (NSTMIS), DST, New Delhi, India
Duration: Two years    
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (PI-Dr. Rajorshi Sen Gupta)
Status: Ongoing (2023- 2025)
 
3) Title: Impact of E- National Agriculture Market (e- NAM) on the Farmers from Goa and Maharashtra
Funding Agency: ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research), New Delhi, India
Duration: Two years 
Role: Principal Investigator
Status: Ongoing (2022- 2024)
 
4) Title: Impact of “Make in India” and new IPR Policy on Innovation of MNCs and Indian MSMEs in Medical  Device Sector
Funding Agency: Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS)Scheme, ICSSR, New Delhi, India
Duration: Two years    
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (PI-Dr. Rajorshi Sen Gupta)
Status: Completed (2019- 2021)
 
5) Title: Mining Closure, Economic Disruption & Local Level Sustainability: A Case Study of Goa, India 
Funding Agency: ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi)                
Duration: Two years (2014 - 2016)    
Role: Principal Investigator 
Status: Completed (2014-2016)
 
6) Title: Natural Disasters, Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Policy Responses: A Comparative Study of Odisha and Uttarakhand in India
Funding Agency: UGC, New Delhi 
Duration: Two years (2014 - 2016) 
Role: Principal Investigator 
Status: Approved (2014- 2016)

Sponsored Projects

(i) DST Fast track project titled ‘Synthesis and spectral, redox and solid state coordination properties of asymmetric and highly functionalised thienyl- and furyl- porphyrins’ (SR/FTP/CS-57/2007) (Completed, 19.9 lakhs)

(ii) CSIR project titled ‘An investigation on derivatives of meso-tetrathienylporphyrin as dyes in dye sensitised solar cells (DSSCs)’ (02(0076)/12/EMR-II) (Completed, 16.18 lakhs)

(iii) SERB project titled ‘Steric and Conformational Influences on the Performance of Nonplanar and Highly Functionalized Phenyl- And Heteroaryl- Porphyrins in the Sensing of Anions and Heavy Metal Ions’ (EMR/2016/002367) (Completed, 28.2 lakhs)


Projects

Title of the Project: Challenging the representation of women in the matrilineal communities of Kerala through selected fiction.
Funding Agency: Research Initiation Grant (Bits-Pilani )
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount Sanctioned: 2 Lakhs
Status: Completed


Sponsored Projects

Ongoing Projects

  1. Research grant funded by BITS Pilani, Hyderbad Campus under Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics (OPERA) (22 Lakhs) (December 2018-December 2023) as PI
     

Completed Projects

  1. Harvesting of Energy from Underwater Currents through Coupled Vortex Induced Vibration, Flapping Dynamics, Electro-Magnetic Induction and Piezoelectric Effects, funded by SERB under Startup Research Grant (SRG) (27.36 Lakhs) (October 2019 - October 2021) as PI
  2. Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Insect/Bird Flight Inspired Flexible Flapping Wing Propulsion, funded by BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus under Advanced Competitive Research Grant (ACRG) (9.5 Lakhs) (September 2019 - September 2021) as PI
  3. Flow induced vibration/flapping dynamics of multi-layered flexible foil in a uniform flow, funded by BITS Pilani, Hyderbad Campus under Research Initiation Grant (RIG) (2 Lakhs) (March 2019- March 2021) as PI
  4. Development of heterogenous MPI-CUDA based parallel 3D fluid-structure solver, funded by NVIDIA under Hardware Grant Program (October 2021 - October 2022) as PI

Research Projects

  1. Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics (OPERA)

 

PI: Dr. SAYAN KANUNGO 

 

Funding Agency: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India

 

Amount: INR 21 Lakhs. 

Duration: August 2018 to July 2023;

Present Status: Completed.

 

 

  1. Start-up Research Grant (SRG)

 

PI: Dr. SAYAN KANUNGO 

 

Project Title: Investigation of Van der Waals Hetero-structures of Transition Metal Di-Chalcogenides (MX2) and Tin Di-Chalcogenides (SnX2) for Broad-band Photodetector Design

 

Funding Agency: DST-SERB, Govt. of India. 

 

Amount: INR 11.2 Lakhs

Duration: January 2021 to January 2023;

Present Status: Completed

 

 

 

  1. Asian Smart Cities Research Innovation Network (ASCRIN) Joint Ph.D. Program

 

Lead PI: Dr. SAYAN KANUNGO (BITS-Pilani)

 

PI: Prof. ING KONG (La Trobe)

 

Project Title: Field Enhanced Volatile Organic Compounds Detection in Doped Platinum Di-chalcogenides- Theoretical Investigation to Experimental Realization

 

Funding Agency: La Trobe University, Melbourne, and Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India. 

 

Amount: INR 20 Lakhs (Approx.)

Duration: July 2023 (Approved)

Present Status: Ongoing

 

 

  1. Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF)

 

Lead PI: Dr. SAYAN KANUNGO (EEE Department)

 

PI: Dr. NILANJAN DEY (Chemistry Department)

 

 

Project Title: Precursor Design and Optimization for Atomic Layer Deposition of Two-Dimensional Semiconductors on Different Inorganic Oxide Surfaces- an Ab- initio Theoretical Calculation and Experimental Realization based Complementary Approach

 

Funding Agency: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India
  

Amount: INR 20 Lakhs. 

Duration: November 2023 to November 2025;

Present Status: Ongoing.

 

 

5. BITS-RMIT Joint Ph.D. Program

 

Lead PI: Dr. SAYAN KANUNGO (BITS-Pilani)

 

PI: Prof. RAVICHANDAR BABARAO (RMIT)

 

Project Title: Theoretical Investigation of Pollutant Gas Sensing using Engineered Novel 2D-Materials

 

Funding Agency: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, and Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India. 

 

Amount: INR 20 Lakhs (Approx.)

Duration: November 2023 (Approved)

Present Status: Ongoing

 


On going projects

Project Title: Design and Development of MEMS Gyroscope for NAVAL Applications

Funding Agency: DRDO-NAVAL RESEARCH BOARD (NRB)

Duration: October 2020- December 2023

Project Total cost: Rs. 46.5 lakhs


Research

 

About My Research


I am interested both in experimental and theoretical research.

My current research interest focuses on understanding fundamental features that control the electronic structure and properties of transitional metal-doped pure and hybrid semiconductor nanoclusters, superatoms, nanotubes, lithium-ion batteries, and pollution control using nanoclusters and nanotubes, water electrolysis, hydrogen storage, and hydrogen fuel, etc. I use different wave function-based methods in 'quantum chemistry' and 'Density Functional Theory (DFT)' based on the problems.

My experimental research is on studying magnetism at low temperatures using Mossbauer spectroscopy. Most of my experimental work is closely related to industrial materials, metallurgy, minerals sciences, and fuel research.

I also have a pretty good contribution to calculating the Ti-C-based ternary alloys phase diagram, which is helpful in defense.

I am regular reviewer of the following journals in different fields:

DST Project ongoing 2023 as PI from 21 March 2023 for 36 months

  • File Name :CRG/2022/003249
  • Project Title :Study of renewable photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen generation and storage in hydrogen fuel cell
  • Proposed amount: 28,72,826/-
  • Completed DST project (as PI):
  • "Substrate Supported Transition Metal Doped Alkaline Earth Clusters as Hydrogen Storage Materials and Their Applications in Hydrogen Fuel Cell" by Debashis Bandyopadhyay
  • Reference Number: 182017002877, Dated: 27th July 2017.
  • Project amount: INR: 2413200/-

 

Research Interest

Broad Research Interest:  Microbial Biotechnology, Nano-biotechnology, Nano-fertilizers, Nano-adsorbents, Fungal Secretome, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Microbial degradation of plastics, Polyhydroxyalkanoates production by microbes, Plant-microbe interactions, Rhizosphere biology.

Note: Interested candidates are welcome to join my research group. Candidate having own fellowship (CSIR-NET-JRF, DST-Inspire, PDF etc.) are encouraged to apply and can join anytime in a year. Please contact by sending email to jpanwar@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in. 

Ongoing Research:

1. Microbial assisted plastic degradation: We aim to identify novel microbial isolate(s) having potential for plastic-degradation and to elucidate the mechanism behind plastic-degradation which could significantly expand their applicability in controlling the worldwide problem of plastic pollution.

2. Myco-remediation of waste water: Our lab is interested to test the potential of metal-tolerant soil fungi towards multiple heavy metal ions and dye removal and to explicate the in-depth mechanistic aspects that could provide possible solution to control the wastewater pollution at industrial scale. For this, we intend to design & develop column based system for continuous operations in order to fulfil the real time industrial scale perspectives.

3. Polyhydroxyalkanoates production by microbes: We aims to explore the potential of novel extremophiles towards PHA production by utilizing cheaper carbon source and to elucidate the underlying mechanism.

4. Mycosynthesis of nanoparticles (NPs): Our lab has developed efficient, cost-effective and eco-friendly protocol towards mycosynthesis of metal and metal oxide (viz. silver, iron oxide and zinc oxide) NPs and tested their applications as nano-fertilizer, nano-adsorbents, catalyst and antimicrobial agents. We intend to elucidate the actual synthesis mechanism by identification and detailed characterization of proteins involved in NPs synthesis and/or in their stability. The proteomic studies provide valuable and novel information regarding protein-NPs interactions.

5. Applications of NPs: Our research work is directed to study the potential of NPs as antimicrobial agents and deciphering the molecular mechanism behind antimicrobial activity. We are also interested to understand the agricultural importance of nanoparticles. In addition, efforts are on to develop the nano-adsorbent system for continuous removal of heavy metals from textile industry effluents. 

6. Applications of fungal secretome: Unveiling the potential of extreme environmental fungal isolates for efficient production of various industrial enzymes is another research area of interest. It will lead to the development of optimized and cost effective protocols for enhanced enzyme production for commercial uses. 

Sponsered Research Projects

8. Title: “Doubling farm women’s income: Entrepreneurship development through post-harvest and technology integration in arid zones”
Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi (SEED-ASACODER scheme).
Duration: 3 Years (June 2021- May 2024)
Consortia Partners: BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus and CAZRI, Jodhpur
Amount: 2.3586541 Crore (BITS Pilani Grant 70.20481 Lakh)
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

7. Title: “Development of a Real Time Crop Advisory System Exploiting Nanotechnology based Nitrogen Sensor with Internet of Farming (IoF) Framework”
Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Duration: 3 Years (April 2021-March 2024)
Amount: 46.15240 Lakhs
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

6. Title: “Integrated approach for the efficient removal and recovery of heavy metal catalyst (Zinc) used in viscos fiber industries”
Funding Agency: BITS, Pilani and Aditya Birla Science and Technology Company Pvt. Ltd. (ABSTCPL), Mumbai
Duration: 2.5 Years (June 2018-November 2020); Completed in March 2020
Amount: 49.42 Lakhs
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

5. Title: “Mechanistic studies on extracellular biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles”
Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi (Nano Mission scheme).
Duration: 4 Years (February 2013- January 2017)
Amount: 50.14566 Lakh
Principal Investigator (PI)

4. Title: “Investigations on metal tolerance ability of soil fungi and their potential towards nanoparticle synthesis”
Funding Agency: University Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Duration: 3 Years (April 2013 to March 2016)
Amount: 15.05800 Lakh
Principal Investigator (PI)

3. Title: “Nano technology for enhanced utilization of native phosphorous by plants and higher moisture retention in arid soils”
Funding Agency: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Govt. of India, New Delhi (NAIP scheme).
Duration: 6 Years (July 2008-March 2014)
Consortia Partners: BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus; IIT, Mumbai; PAU, Ludhiana; IISS, Bhopal and CAZRI, Jodhpur
Amount: 6.147119 Crore (BITS Pilani Grant 41.539 Lakh)
Consortium Co-Principal Investigator (CCPI)

2. Title: “Natural and Engineered Lipases for Biodiesel Production”
Funding Agency: Aditya Birla Group (ABG), Mumbai.
Duration: 2 Years (October 2011-September 2013)
Amount: 10 Lakh
Co-Principal Investigator (CPI)

1. Title: “Conservation of some endangered medicinal plants of Indian Thar Desert by arbuscular mycorrhizae”
Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi (Young Scientist scheme).
Duration: 3 Years (February 2003-September 2005)
Amount: 11.28 Lakh
Principal Investigator (PI)


Sponsored Projects

Research Initiation Grant (RIG), BITS Pilani:  

Title : Testing the Hypothesis that the Null is the Union of Multiple Cones 
Duration : 19.05.2021 to 18.05.2023
Amount : 2 lakhs 

1. Research Initiation Grant (RIG), BITS Pilani:  

Title : Testing the Hypothesis that the Null is the Union of Multiple Cones 

Duration : 19.05.2021 to 18.05.2023

Amount : 2 lakhs 


Sponsored Projects

Research Initiation Grant (RIG), BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

PI: Sushil Bhunia
Title: Conjugacy classes of centralizers in algebraic groups.
Duration: August 2022 to July 2024.
Amount: 2,00,000 INR.


Ongoing Projects:

1. Start-up Research Grant (SRG)

Title: Simulation-based optimization framework for waste cold recovery in LNG regasification terminals.
Role: PI   ||  Funding Agency: DST-SERB  || Amount: Rs. 15.05 lacs || Duration: 2022-2024 

 

2. Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF) Grant

Title: De novo design of antibacterial peptides to combat antimicrobial resistance. 
Role: PI || Funding Organization: BITS Pilani ||  Amount: Rs. 27 lacs || Duration: 2 years [2023-2025]
Other Principal Investigators
1. Prof. Swati Biswas (Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani-Hyderabad Campus)
2. Dr. Debirupa Mitra (Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani-Hyderabad Campus)

3. DST-FIST (Level-I) Grant (Department level)

          Role: Co-investigator || Funding Organization: DST || Amount: Rs. 1.35 crores       

Completed Projects:

1. Research Initiation Grant

Title: Technoeconomic feasibility analyses of sustainable energy systems using simulation based optimization paradigm. 
Role: PI  || Funding Organization: BITS Pilani || Amount: Rs. 2 lacs ||  Duration: 2 years [2020-2022]

Research Projects

Sponsored Research Projects  

1. Principal Investigator for DST project titled "Fourier Analysis and Development of Two-Dimensional Finite Element Schemes for Shallow water equations and Transport Related Systems" (July 2012-July 2015, Amount: Rs. 11,00,000)

2. Principal Investigator for CSIR project titled "Experimental and Computational studies of Surface Water Quality Parameters from Morphometry and Spectral Characteristics" (November 2019-November 2022, Amount: Rs. 33,16,334, Co-I: Dr. R R Murari Varma, Dr. K. Rajitha) 
 
3. Principal Investigator for BITS, Pilani sponsored CDRF project titled “Study of Emerging contaminants (ECs) in drinking water sources in Hyderabad city” (September 2023-September 2025, Amount: Rs. 50,00,000 approximately)
 
Sponsored Consultancy Projects 
 
1. Team Member for Proof checking of Minor and Major Bridges Design and Drawing, IL&FS Engg. Construction Compnay Ltd., 9.5 lakhs, 13th June 2017 to 10th March 2018.
 
2.  Team Member for Testing of index and engineering properties of soil for construction of earthen dam as a part of Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme (DLIS), Government of Telangana, 81.96 lakhs, October 2016 to September 2019.  
 
3. Team Member for Pilot Time Motion studies under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for Govt. of Telangana and Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, 4.0 lakhs, April 2018 to September 2018.

Research projects

  • Inspire Faculty Grant (2023-27)
    Project title: Probing compact objects with gravitational waves
    Total amount: Thirty Five lacks (Rs. 35,000,00)

Research projects

Ongoing

Project 1
Title: Public transport policies and women’s mobility in Indian cities
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: Azim Premji University’s Research Funding Programme 2021
Grant Amount: INR 10,00,000

Project 2
Title: The co-benefits of expanding water supply in urban India - Evidence from a quasi-experiment
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics-International Centre For Integrated Mountain Development (SANDEE-ICIMOD)
Grant Amount: USD 25,000

Project 3
Title: A Study on Factors Affecting Students’ Academic Performance
Role:  Joint Investigator
Funding Agency: BITS Pilani

Completed

Project 4
Title: Women’s Falling Participation in Labour Force in India: A Ground Level Investigation into Factors and Obstacles in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: National Human Rights Commission, India
Grant Amount: INR 11,86,290

Project 5
Title: Socio-Economic Impacts of Cyclones and the Coping Strategies of the Local Communities in Odisha, India with a Special Focus on Women
Role: Team Member
Funding Agency: Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute under Shastri Institutional Collaborative Research Grant (SICRG) 2020-21
Grant Amount: INR 10,00,000

Project 6
Title: Urban Low-Income Households’ Savings: Understanding Issues and Challenges in Indian Context
Role: Lead Researcher
Funding Agency: Dvara Research under Household Finance Research Initiative, 2020
Grant Amount: INR 14,05,000

Project 7
Title: Sustainability of Cashless Banking in Unorganized Retail Sector: A Comparative study of two districts of Telangana
Role: Joint Investigator
Funding Agency: Indian Institute of Banking & Finance, under Macro Research Proposals for the year 2018-19 
Grant Amount: INR 2,50,000

Project 8
Title: Does Financial Awareness lead to Better Financial Inclusion Outcomes? An Investigation
Role: Co-Project Director
Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, under IMPRESS Scheme, 2019
Grant Amount: INR 4,50,000

Project 9
Title: An investigation into child nutrition in India
Role: Principle Investigator
Funding Agency: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus under Research Initiation Grant, 2018
Grant Amount: INR 1,90,000


Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund (CDRF)

Title: Development of Surface Plasmon Resonance-Assisted OFC-Based Multichannel Sensing Device 
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Duration: 2 Years (2023-2025)
Amount: ₹30,00,000
Sponsoring Agency: BITS CDRF
Status: Ongoing  

Industrial Project

Title: Memristor for Neuromorphic and In-Memory Computing Applications 
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Duration: 3 Years
Amount: ₹31,00,000
Sponsoring Agency: Ceremorphic Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Status: Ongoing
No. of Publications: 01 (Communicated)

Additional Competitive Research Grant (ACRG)

Title: 2D-Materials Based Advanced Photodetectors. 
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 2 Years (August 2021 to August 2023)
Amount: ₹10,00,000
Sponsoring Agency: BITS
Status: Completed  
No. of Publications: 04
 
Related Publications
1. S. Mathew, K. K. Sai Chandu, S. Halder, G. Polumati, C. Chakraborty, P. Sahatiya, and Subhradeep Pal*, "Band Alignment and Charge Transport study of Au nanoparticles decorated over MoS2/MoSe2 Hybrid Heterostructure for Plasmon Enhanced Photodetection,Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, vol. 156, 107302, March 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.mssp.2022.107302   [IF: 4.1].
 
2. Keerthi C. J., T. Mishra, S. Hussain, A. Rajeev, P. Sahatiya, and Subhradeep Pal*, "ReS2-MoSSe Heterostructure Based High Performance Broadband Visible Photodetector," Accepted in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, November 2023 [IF: 3.1].
 
3.  S. Halder, Keerthi C. J., C. Chakraborty* and Subhradeep Pal*, "Donor-Acceptor Covalent Organic Framework for High-Performance Broadband Flexible Photodetector," Accepted in  IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics,  November 2023 [IF: 4.9]
 
4. Keerthi C. J., S. Halder, P. Sahatiya, C. Chakraborty, and Subhradeep Pal*, "Surface Plasmon Resonance Assisted Donor-Acceptor Type Covalent Polymeric Framework for Hybrid Photodetectors," Submitted to Applied Physics Letters, October 2023.

Research Initiation Grant (RIG)

Title: Development of thin-film MXenes based NIR photodetectors for photonic integrated circuits. 
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 2 Years (April 2021-April 2023)
Amount: ₹2,00,000
Sponsoring Agency: BITS
Status: Completed
No. of Publications: 02
 

Related Publications

1.  Keerthi C.J., S. Halder, S. Siraj, C. Chakraborty, P. Sahatiya, Subhradeep Pal*, "A MoSSe/MXene-based High-Performance UV-Vis-NIR Photodetector," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 35, no. 14, pp. 801-804, July 2023,  doi:10.1109/LPT.2023.3281637 [IF: 2.6].

2. Soumi Saha, Keerthi C. J., S. Roy, P. Sahatiya, S. S. Dan and Subhradeep Pal*, "Engineering Oxygen Vacancies in CeO2 for High-Performance UV-Vis Photodetector," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 35, no. 22, pp. 1207-1210, November 2023, doi: 10.1109/LPT.2023.3311869 [IF: 2.6].


Research Projects

 
 
9. Nanofabrication of semiconducting heterojunctions exhibiting highly efficient photodisinfection characteristics - Funded by BITS Center of Excellence, Center for Research Excellence in Semiconductor Technologies (CoE CREST), sanctioned September, 2023, start date 11th Nov, 2023), jointly with Prof. R. Ganesan.
 

8. Performance Evaluation of Problematic Soils Treated with Different Bacterial Strains as a Foundation Material - Funded by BITS Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF), sanctioned September, 2023, start date 28th Nov, 2023), jointly with Prof. A. Guha Roy, Prof. S. Ganesh & Dr. A. Raghuram.

7. Development of a wound dressing material with a simultaneous dual function of antibacterial and visible colorimetric detection of infection - DST SERB CRG, (Sanctioned date 19th June, start date 9th Aug, 2023 -2026), PI. 

 
6. Semiconductor-based thin-film coatings for mitigating nosocomial infections through antibacterial action under dark-light dual mode' - DST SERB POWER, (sanctioned date 18th July, start date 3rd Aug, 2022-2025), PI. 
 
5. “Economic Construction Practice Using Bacterial Inclusions in Concrete to Improve its Durability”, CSIR --21.24 lakhs---  1st September, 2018-31st March, 2022 - Co-PI. [22(0770)/18/EMR-II]
 
4. "Evaluation of the efficiency of bacterial inclusions in concrete" - Aliens Developers Pvt. Ltd. --1st August, 2019-31st, July, 2022 - 11.40 Lakhs... Co-PI. MoU signed between BITS & Aliens on 28th July, 2019.
 
 3. Microbial lipase-catalyzed production of ester intermediates for various processing applications in pharmaceutical and food industries --- UGC-MRP---13 lakhs (approx.), approved in April, 2015 --- PI.
  
2. Enzymatic Production Of Tagatose And Fructose---DST, SERC, FAST TRACK--- 12 lakhs approx. (2006-2009) --PI. (SR/FT/L-46/2005). 
 
 1. Discovery Of Novel Modulators Of NAD+ Dependent Protein Deacetylase Sirt 1 For The Treatment Of Various Disorders----DBT----30 lakhs approx. (2011-2014)---Co-PI. (BT/PR13326/BRB/10/749/2009 (Letter II).

Research Projects

1. In situ Wittig-Horner reactions in dioxygen: Direct and facile access to versatile vinylene-linked small and polymeric π-conjugates as potential molecular materials
2. Testing on-spot food quality focusing with detection of mainly biogenic amines for the defense personnel using simple fluorophores
3. In search of unsymmetrically substituted anthracenyl π-conjugates as tunable mechanofluorochromic small molecules
4. Investigations on naphthalene and anthracene based phosphonates/ phosphates: important sources for alkene based new AIEgens and polyarylalkanes
5. Investigations on synthetic and catalytic reactions of unsaturated organophosphonates with oxaziridines
6. Finding Aggregation-Induced Emission Active Materials: Design, Synthesis and Photophysical Studies of Sterically Hindered Triarylethenes and Tetraarylethenes


Research Projects

 

Completed Projects:

  • Funding Agency: National Human Rights Commission

Title: Women's Falling Participation in Labor Force in India - A Ground Level Investigation into the Factors and Obstacles in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana

Role: Co-Investigator

Grant Amount – 11.86 Lakhs

  • Funding Agency: Shastri Institutional Collaborative Research Grant (SICRG) 2020-21 by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute

Title: Socio-Economic Impacts of Cyclones and the Coping Strategies of the Local Communities in Odisha, India with a Special Focus on Women

Role: Principal Investigator (In collaboration with Professor Dolagobinda Pradhan,  Kwantlen Polytechnic University)

Grant amount Rs.10 Lakhs

  • Funding Agency: ICSSR

Title: Impact of Modern Organized Multi Brand Retail Trade (MOMBRT) on Street Vendors: Case Study of Two Capital Cities (Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar)

Role: Principal Investigator

Grant Amount Rs. 4,50,000

  • Funding Agency: DVARA Research Foundation

Title: Urban Low-Income Households’ Savings: Understanding Issues and Challenges in Indian Context

Role: Co-Investigator

Grant Amount – 14,05,000

  • Funding Agency: Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (Macro Research Proposal Award 2018-19)

Title: Sustainability of Cashless Banking in Unorganized Retail Sector: A Comparative Study of Two Districts of Telangana

Role: Principal Investigator

Grant Amount: Rs. 2,50,000/.

  • Funding Agency: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Title: Role of Informal Institutes for Small and Micro Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Assessment

Role: Principal Investigator

Grant Amount: Rs.1,82,000

Ongoing Projects:

  • Funding Agency: BITS Pilani

Title: Post Maternity Health Literacy (PMHL) among Working Women of Low Economic Strata in India: Challenges, Effects and Intervention through Training

Role: Principal Investigator (In collaboration with Dr. Bidisha Banerjee, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus

Grant Amount: Rs.20,000,00/- on the topic, “” (2023)

  • Funding Agencies: Monash University (Australia) and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia    ERIA (Indonesia)

Broad Theme: Global Trade and Economic Recovery in the Post Pandemic World

Duration: 2022-2023

Research Team: Mini Thomas, Archana Srivastava and Keerti Mallela 

 

 

 


Sponsored Projects

(1) Broad Theme: Sustainable Development Goals: Midway Assessment and the Road Ahead

Duration: 2023-2024

Status: Ongoing

Principal Investigator: Prof. Mini P. Thomas

Co-PI: Dr. Sanjeev Vasudevan (Madras School of Economics)

Funding Agency: Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo

 

(2) Broad Theme: Global Trade and Economic Recovery in the Post Pandemic World

Duration: 2022-2023
Status: Ongoing
Research Team: Prof. Mini Thomas, Prof. Archana Srivastava and Dr. Keerti Mallela 
Funding Agencies: Monash University (Australia) and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia ERIA (Indonesia)
 

(3) Title: "Financial Inclusion through Urban Cooperative Banks: An Exploratory Study of Telangana State"

Duration: 2019-2022
Amount: INR 560000 
Status: Completed 
Role: Principal Investigator 
Funding Agency: MHRD-ICSSR (IMPRESS Scheme), Government of India
 

(4) Title: "Determinants of Total Factor Productivity Growth in India’s Service Sector"

Duration: 2017-2019
Amount: INR 200000
Status: Completed 
Role: Principal Investigator 
Funding Agency: Research Initiation Grant, Sponsored Research and Consultancy Division, BITS Pilani

Research Projects

Title: Allele mining for the epigenetic regulator NGR5 and other yield-associated gene (GRF4) and their modulation using multiple genomic and molecular approaches to enhance rice yield under low nitrogen conditions.
Role: Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator- Dr. Gireesha Mohannath)
Funding Agency: National Agricultural Science Fund-Indian Council of Agricultural Research (NASF-ICAR)
Amount: 1.47 crores
Status: Ongoing
 
Title: Molecular mechanisms in plant-rhizobacterial interaction for abiotic stress tolerance
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Amount: 28 lakhs
Status: Ongoing

 

Title: Conditional pathogenesis: understanding why potentially beneficial rhizobacteria turn pathogenic under certain environmental conditions
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
Amount: 45.168 lakhs
 Status: Completed
 
Title: Delineating the impact of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on plant polyamine metabolism: novel insights    into plant-PGPR interactions
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: Scientific and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Amount: 25 lakhs
Status: Completed
 
Title: Elucidating signaling mechanisms in plant responses to drought stress mitigation by beneficial soil bacteria
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: BITS-Pilani (Seed Grant Scheme)
Amount: 13.7 lakhs
 Status: Completed

Sponsored Projects

 

  1. Start-up Research Grant (SRG)

Sponsored by: Science and Engineering Research Board, India

Sanctioned Amount: 3,300,000 INR

Duration: 2 years (2022-2024)

Status: Ongoing

 

  1. Additional Competitive Research Grant (ACRG)

Sponsored by: BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus

Sanctioned Amount: 600,000 INR

Duration: 2 years (2021-2023)

Status: Ongoing

 

  1. Research Initiation Grant (RIG)

Sponsored by: BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus

Sanctioned Amount: 200,000 INR

Duration: 2 years (2021-2023)

Status: Ongoing 


Research Projects

ONGOING

PROJECT 1

·      Title: Impediments to Women Entrepreneurship in India: a multi-stakeholder, multi-stage, multi-state perspective  

·         Role: Principal Investigator

·         Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Human Resource, 2022

 

PROJECT 2

·  Title: Women’s Falling Participation in Labour Force in India: A Ground Level Investigation into Factors and Obstacles in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana

·         Role:  Co-Principal Investigator

·         Funding Agency: National Human Rights Commission, (NHRC), India

 

COMPLETED

PROJECT 1

·      Title: Evaluation of Determinants of Iron Deficiency Anemia among the SC/ST Non-Pregnant Women of Mancherial District of Telangana State followed by Intervention and Analysis of its Reach & Efficacy”

·         Role: Co-Principal Investigator

  ·         Funding Agency: DST-TSCOST (Telangana State Council of Science and Technology) 2022 
  ·         Completed: March 2023

 

PROJECT 2

·   Title: Post-COVID Workplace: Implications of Long-Term Work from Home in India’s IT/ITES Sector

·         Role:  Principal Investigator

·         Funding Agency: GOA Institute of Management, Research grant

·         Completed: Feb 2021

  

PROJECT 3

·     Title: Investigation of Knowledge on Dengue Fever Followed by Education and its Post Impact Behavioral Changes Among the Rural Communities of Shameerpet Mandal of Ranga Reddy District of Telangana State.

·         Role:  Co-Principal Investigator    

·         Funding Agency: ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research)- ICSSR joint project

·         Completed: April 2019 

 

PROJECT 4

·      Title: Determinants of Women Empowerment and Trickle-Down Effect of the Same on Children’s Overall Educational and Health Development: Challenges, Effects and Intervention through Training

·         Role:  Co-Principal Investigator

·         Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Human Resource

·         Completed: April 2019

 

 PROJECT 5

·      Title: Career Persistence of Indian Women Professionals in Information Technology (IT) Sector: Brakes, Accelerators, Challenges and Opportunities

·         Role: Principal Investigator

·         Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Human Resource

·         Completed: August 2018

 

PROJECT 6

·         Title: An examination of Conflict style preferences in India

·         Role: Principal Investigator

·         Funding Agency: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus under Research Initiation Grant, 2018

·         Completed: March, 2018


Projects

Research Interest

  • Solar Thermal Systems Design and Optimization
  • Thermodynamic Optimization and Second Law Analysis of Thermal Systems
  • Thermal Management 
  • Concentrating Photo-Voltaic Systems 
  • Earth Air/Water Heat Exchangers
  • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
  • Supply Side and Demand Side Management (DSM)
  • Energy Planning, Analysis and Review of Energy Efficiency proposals.
  • C. Engines
  • Refrigeration and Air conditioning
  • SPIRITUAL THERMODYNAMICS

 

Projects Awarded (Ongoing)

DRDO Project 

Methodology for Specifications generation and system identification of environmental control system based on requirement analysis and system modelling,  

PI: Prof. Chennu Ranganayakulu,

Co-PI: Prof. Manoj Kumar Soni, Amount: 22.335 Lakhs,
Agency: DRDO

 

Projects completed

Industrial Project:

Project Title: Design and Development of Fixed and Floating Solar PV Installations for Water Management Infrastructures

PI: Prof. R.K. Mittal

Co-PI: Prof. Manoj Kumar Soni

Amount Rs. 11.36 Lakhs

Industry: First Green Consulting Pvt Ltd,  MA 74, DLF Ph III Gurgaon Haryana 122002 

 

Consultancy Project:

Project Title: National Mission Project on Education through ICT: Developing suitable pedagogical methods for various classes (Energy Technology) intellectual calibers and research in e-learning - Anchored by IIT Kharagpur

Association: Developer

Sponsoring Agency: MHRD

Amount: Rs. 0.7 million

Project Status: Completed  

 

Executive Training programs

  • Conducted a two days executive training program for executives of Grasim Industries at Grasim Industries, Nagda, MP, on "Boiler Technology" on 23rd and 24th August 2018.
  • Conducted a two day executive training program for executives of Grasim Industries at Grasim Industries, Nagda, MP, on "Steam and Power Balance" on 22nd and 23rd September 2017
  • Conducted a two days executive training program for executives of Grasim Industries at Grasim Industries, Nagda, MP on "Boiler Technology" on 30th and 31st May 2017.
  • Conducted a two days executive training program for executives of Grasim Industries at Grasim Industries (Cellulosic Division), Vilayat, Gujrat on "Power Plant Engg - Power Plant Performance Calculation" on 24th and 25th March 2017.

(10) Small-scale Resistance Welding of Various Configurations of Fuel Assembly in PHWR: Model development, weld-schedule testing and quality enhancement

Objectives: The primary objective is to develop a Finite-Element based transient 3D electrothermal-mechanical model considering the instantaneous contact surface(s) behavior and validate against the measured data on nugget diameter, maximum voltage and dynamic resistance for a Strip-On-Strip and Wire-On-Wire Resistance Spot Weld (RSW) joints. Subsequently, extend the validated model and test the weld schedules of three differently configured resistance weld joints (Spacer-pad to clad tube, End-cap to clad tube and End-plate to end plug) of Fuel Assembly used in Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR).  Finally, minimize the quality variation band by optimizing the respective weld schedules.

PI: Jeevan Jaidi

Sponsored by: Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), DAE

Project duration & amount: 3 years & Rs. 49.96 lakh (proposal seminar given on 22/08/2022


(9) Process and hybrid tool design for higher productivity in FSW butt-joints of thick Al-alloy 2219 plates

Objectives: Design the hybrid tool profile with optimum process parameters for FSW butt-joints of AA2219-T8 thick plates (up to 15 mm) with enhanced welding speeds (up to 1000 mm/min).

PI: Jeevan Jaidi

Sponsored by: Aeronautics Research and Development Board, DRDO

Project duration & amount: 3 years (Sept 2021-Sept 2024) & Rs. 33.12 lakh


(8) Heat Transfer Enhancement Study of Li-ion Battery Pack

Objectives: To design and suggest the optimum coolant conditions such that the maximum temperature (hot spot) on Cell (or Pouch) surface lies within the permissible limit of 25-30°C and the variation of maximum temperatures across the battery is less than 5°C.

Role: Principal investigator

Sponsored by: HBL Power Systems Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad

Project duration & amount: 6 months (Jan 2018- June 2018) & Rs. 5.31 lakh


(7) 300 kW Motor-Controller: Thermal Simulations and Analysis to Study Hot Spots

Objectives: To perform detailed thermal simulations and predict the “Hot Spots” on Controller-Shell surfaces for different motor speeds, Controllers (Derlin and MOSFET) and Controller capacities. Subsequently, based on the predicted peak temperatures on Controller surface, suggest the reliable and economical Controller for the 300kW Motor-Controller used as part of underwater propulsion system.

Role: Principal investigator

Sponsored by: HBL Power Systems Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad

Project duration & amount: 3 months (May - July 2016) & Rs. 2.5 lakh

  1. 300 kW Motor-Controller: Thermal Simulations and Analysis to Study Hot Spots
  1. 300 kW Motor-Controller: Thermal Simulations and Analysis to Study Hot Spots
  1. 300 kW Motor-Controller: Thermal Simulations and Analysis to Study Hot Spots
  1. 300 kW Motor-Controller: Thermal Simulations and Analysis to Study Hot Spots

(6) CFD based Process Optimization of Flotation Cell and Scale-up for Larger Cells

Objectives: To redesign the Flotation Cell process parameters by comparing the proposed CFD based predictions with the experimental data in terms of the air bubble size, dispersion and residence time. Subsequently, propose and develop the process maps for large size Flotation Cells using the concepts of scale-up.

Role: Principal investigator

Sponsored by: Tenova Delkor India, Bangalore

Project duration & amount: 12 months (Dec 2014- Dec 2015) & Rs. 33.16 lakh


(5) Process Modeling and Validation of Flotation Cell: Development of 3-D Multiphase Turbulent Model

Objectives: To develop three-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model and predict the water-air bubbly flow dynamics in terms of air bubble size, dispersion and residence time in industrial Flotation Cell. Subsequently, to optimize the design and process parameters for maximum dispersion and residence time of air-bubbles and thereby enhance the Flotation Cell process efficiency. Finally, the selection of best macro-scale models for turbulent two-phase water-air bubbly flow used for scale-up.

Role: Principal investigator

Sponsored by: Tenova Delkor India, Bangalore

Project duration & amount: 4 months (June 2014- Sept 2014) & Rs. 7.83 lakh

 


(4) Effect of the Dynamic Contact Angle (DCA) on Inkjet Droplet Characteristics

Objective: To elucidate dynamic contact angle (DCA) effect on drop characteristics (size and velocity) formed at a commercial piezo-electrically driven drop-on-demand printhead.

Role: Principal investigator

Sponsored by: DuPont R&D, U.S.A

Project duration & amount: 3 months (Year 2006) & Rs. 12 lakh


(3) Model based Optimization of Continuous Carburizing Operation

Objective: To design optimum process cycles for carburization of different auto components in continuous carburizing and heating furnace (CCHF).

Role: Co-Principal investigator

Sponsored by: Tata Motors, Pune

Project duration & amount: 6 months (Year 2005) & Turnkey project (Rs. Not Available)


(2) Model based Optimization of Roller Hearth Annealing Operation

Objective: To design optimum process cycles for annealing bundles of high speed steel (HSS) rods in a roller hearth furnace.

Role: Principal investigator

Sponsored by: GKW Steels Pvt Ltd., Titlagarh, Orissa

Project duration & amount: 6 months (Year 2004) & Turnkey project (Rs. Not Available)


(1) Studies on Weld Pool Convection and Evolution of Macro-microstructures in GMAW Process

Objectives: To study the heat effects on weld pool geometry and final micro-structures in low-carbon alloy steel weldments.

Role: Doctoral Scholar under Prof. Pradip Dutta, IISc, Bangalore

Sponsored by: DST, India

Project duration & amount: Year 2003


RESEARCH CONTRIBTIONS

Associate Professor, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India                                                                    Mar 2023 – Till date

Assistant Professor, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India                                                                July 2015 – Feb 2023

FUNDED RESERACH PROJECTS: 2

DST SERB Research Grant: Improving the seismic performance of dynamically similar buildings using damper connected control technique                                                                                                                                        July 2017- Jan 2021

  • Role: Principle Investigator
  • Funding: Rs. 43,14,540/-

DST CRG Research Grant: Low-cost fibre reinforced elastomeric isolation using locally available materials - design methodology, numerical and experimental investigation                                                                           Dec 2021- Nov 2024

  • Role: Principle Investigator
  • Funding: Rs. 47,99,696/-

Ph.D. Thesis Guided: 2

  • Hareen Cherukuru B V, Energy-based damper design methodology to mitigate seismic torsional response of buildings: development, numerical and experimental verification, PhD, 2022. Received Senior Engineer – Structural R&D position at Thornton Thomasetti, Pune.
  • Ramakrishna U, Improving the seismic performance of dynamically similar buildings using damper connected control technique, PhD, 2021. Received H.O.D position at VBIT Hyderabad and a licenced Consulting Engineer.

Ongoing Ph.D. Thesis: 2

  • Ambili P, Low-cost fibre reinforced elastomeric isolation using locally available materials – design methodology, numerical and experimental investigation, PhD, 2022-till date, Sponsored by DST-SERB.
  • Sheik Mohammed Zoheb Nawaz, Low-cost base isolation technique for masonry structures using natural rubber, PhD, 2019 – till date, Dr. Kalyana Rama J (Co Guide), Mahindra Ecole University, Hyderabad.

Post Graduate (PG) Thesis Guided: 7

  • Shrinivas N Vyasasmudra, Low-cost base isolation system for low-rised rc building using natural rubber, PG, 2022. Received Design Engineer position at STRUCTCON Designs, Mumbai.
  • Razal Abdulla T K, Energy based optimal design methodology for unbonded fibre reinforced elastomeric isolator, PG, 2021. Received Design Engineer position at Thornton Thomasetti, Pune.
  • Sistla Saiteja, Numerical and mathematical modelling of fibre reinforced elastomeric isolators using locally available materials, PG, 2020. Received Ph.D position at University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
  • Chakravarthula B Ajay Mani Tej, Two stage damage assessment of structure with minimal structural data through dynamic analysis of categorized building, PG, 2019. Received Ph.D position at IIT Madras.
  • Chakravarthula B Ajay Mani Tej, Structural health assessment of existing buildings without base line data using inter-storey drift correlation, PG, 2018. Received Ph.D position at IIT Madras.
  • Rajasugantha A, Nonlinear study on the connected control technique for similar building using viscous damper and optimization technique, PG, 2017. Received teaching position at Ace Academy
  • Stuti Mandal, Experimental characterisation and numerical investigations of seismic base isolators and base isolated structures. PG, 2017, Dr. Vasant A. Matsagar (PI), IIT Delhi. Received Design Engineer Position at Thornton Thomasetti, Pune.

Under Graduate (UG) Thesis Guided: 5

  • Kotha Chakravarthi, Seismic Response of Ductile RC Frames with and w/o Dampers, UG, 2021. Received Master’s program at the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Ghantasala Varun, Response of Asymmetric Structures with Infill Walls using SEISMOSTRUCT, UG, 2020. Received Research Assistant position at the Virginia Tech, U.S.
  • T Devi Sriya, Application of Micro-modelling for Compressive Strength of Masonry Structures, UG, 2020. Received Master’s degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Pritish Dey Sarkar, Rotation Capacity of Prestressed Beams And Corrosion Effect on Steel Rebars under Seismic loading, UG, 2019, Dr. Luigi di Sarno (PI), University of Liverpool, UK. Received Master’s degree at Stanford University, CA.
  • N Vedavyas C M Reddy, Application of IoT in structural health monitoring, UG, 2019. Community Manager at NxtWave, Hyderabad.

Post Graduate (PG) Research Practice Guided: 17

  • Venkatasalam K L, Triaxial damper design for coupled control technique in adjacent buildings, PG, 2017.
  • Ajay Mani Teja, Improving the seismic performance of structure using Magnetorheological Elastomer based TMD, PG, 2018.
  • Sai Pavan Kumar, Optimal configuration of viscous dampers connected to adjacent similar buildings using PSO, PG, 2018.
  • Sammed Jinendra, Structural health assessment of bridge using wireless sensors and hilbert transform, PG, 2019.
  • Mehta Manish Manoj, Low cost spread base isolation technique for masonry buildings using natural rubber pads, PG, 2019.
  • Anshuman P, Structural health monitoring of transmission tower and conducting wires due to ambient vibration, PG, 2019.
  • Prathik Anand Krishnan, Effect of wind on adjacent similar tall buildings, PG, 2019.
  • Razal Abdulla, T K, Micro-modelling of masonry structures in opensees, PG, 2020.
  • Varada Vinod Nambiar, Response of asymmetric structures with infill walls using seismostruct, PG, 2020.
  • Ashmita pathak, Low cost earthquake protection technique for buildings on hilly (sloping) terrain, PG, 2021.
  • Rishika venu, Practically feasible, innovative low cost seismic protection technique for buildings, PG, 2021.
  • Sandeep satapathy, Optimzation of base isolation and super-structure  with fiber reinforced elastomeric isolator, PG, 2021.
  • Shrinivas n vyasasamudra, structural health monitoring of railway bridges under moving train load using openstaad, PG, 2021.
  • Geet .d. Makwana , Evaluation of ageing effects on rubber isolators coated with bitumen, PG, 2022.
  • Nishant, Low cost elastomeric base isolator using natural rubber with holes filled with sand, PG, 2022.
  • Aditya Rajendra Mokadam, Rubber based partial slipping isolator for masonry building - earthquake engineering, PG, 2022.
  • Pritam Priyadarshan Panda, Unbonded fiber reinorced elastomeric isolator with locally available low-cost fibers, PG, 2023.
  • Ankit Ullegaddi, 3d printed concrete for seismic application, PG, 2023.
  • Aslam Muhammed S, Study on methods to increase the vertial stuiffness of unreinforced rubber, PG, 2023.
  • S, Low weight high strength and high ductile concrete for seismic aplications, PG, 2023.

Research Lab/Equipment’s Established:

  • Strucural Dynamics Lab: APS 113 Shaker system, MTS Actuator 250KN, Acceleromers, Impact hammer, Data Acquisition.
  • Shake Table Setup: Uniaxial earthquake simulation table with size of 2m×3m and payload of 12 ton, Sesimic accelerometers,
  • Base Isolator Test Setup: To test isolatotors under simultanious vertical and horizontal loads, Laser displacement sonsors.
  • Pushover Test Setup: Strong supporting frame to test structures under latteral loads.

 

Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India                                                    July 2010 – Aug 2014

  • Frequency response function (FRF) based structural damage assessment using particle swarm optimization (PSO): numerical and experimental studies - Damages in framed structures are assessed using combined frequency & FRF emplying unified PSO. The extensive study of the proposed method shows an improvement in the accuracy of damage prediction and encourages its application for structural damage assessment purpose. Related journal papers are published.
  • Structural optimization of rotating disk using genetic algorithm: A constraint non-linear optimization procedure based on genetic algorithms has been used for designing rotating disk. Related journal paper is published.
  • Response surface equations for natural frequencies of damaged cantilever beam: Developed a simplified response equation representing first six natural frequencies in terms of damage locations and damage depths for a particular cantilever beam.

Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India                                             July 2006 – June 2008

  • Gas turbine axial flow compressor rotating disk was optimized for its weight, within design requirements. Further the geometry based sensitivity analysis and probabilistic fatigue life of the disk was estimated.
  • Optimization of cantilever plate with varying thickness using NASTRAN (FEM Method). Optimize the weight under static and dynamic loads by keeping design variable as thickness, and constraints as stress, displacement and first natural frequency.

Sponsored Projects

RESEARCH INITIATION GRANT
  • PI: Farida Parvez Barbhuiya
  • Funding Agency: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
  • Amount: INR 2 lakh 
  • Duration: March 2021- February 2023
  • Status: Completed

Research Experience

Areas
  1. FACTS devices in application to Power System stability, Power Quality, Renewable energy sources, Frequency, and voltage stability in Hybrid Systems, reactive Power Compensation using FACTS devices in Microgrids.
  2. Modeling of the FACTS device, and FACTS based controller design for enhancing the stability of the power system. Other areas are mathematical modeling, control designs, and Modal analysis.
  3. Battery Modeling, Remaining Useful Life Prediction, Data Driven Models, Digital Twin
Grants
  1. Research Initiation Grant (RIG)-Rs 2 Lakhs, sponsored by BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Project Title: “Placement of FACTS device: Interline Power Flow Controller, in Multi-machine Power System to increase the power system stability”
  2. ITS travel grant granted from SERB to 53rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2018), Glasgow, Scotland. Presented two conference papers.
  3. Project Title: “Management of Distributed energy resources in smart cities: Challenges and Advanced control strategies” MHRD (SPARC), Rs 42,55,900,  Dr. Hitesh Datt Mathur, Dr. Bijoy Mukherjee, Dr. Alivelu M Parimi, Prof. Houria Siguerdidjane, Centralesupelec, France, 2019-2023, Two years project extended.
  4. Project Title: “Intelligent planning of Prosumer Microgrid (PMG) Load Management in Smart Cities for Optimal Energy Consumption” Approved proposal for ASCRIN Scheme between LaTrobe and BITS Pilani for joint collaboration on supervising a PhD student, March 2021: Collaborators: Dr. Alivelu M Parimi, Prof. Mathur (Indian Campuses) and Prof. Abdun Mahmood and Prof. Naveen Chilamkurti. Starting date Jan 2022.
  5. Project Title: “Design and development of a multisensory system for health monitoring of defence stored article” Center for Advanced Systems (CARS) project Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Rs 10 Lakhs, 18 months from Jan 24th 2022 to July 23 2023 Prof Sandip S Deshmukh, Dr. Parikshit Sahatiya, and Dr. Alivelu M Parimi.
  6. Project Title: “Prediction of RUL (Remaining Useful Life) of the Lithium-Ion Battery pack using machine learning techniques for second life usage”, HBL, Rs. 13,22,600, August 2022 for two years, Dr. Alivelu M Parimi, Dr. Parikshit Sahatiya, Dr. Ankur Bhattacharjee, Prof Sandip S Deshmukh.
  7. Project Title: “Regeneration of Graphite anode and Li Metal recovery from used LFP Batteries”, HBL, Rs. 15,56,300 August 2022 for two years, Dr. Afkham Mir, Dr. Alivelu M Parimi, Dr. Ankur Bhattacharjee, Prof Sandip S Deshmukh
  8. Project Title: “Fault Prediction Modeling, Power system dynamics and stability study in digital substation solutions integrated with DER”, ABB, Rs 18 Lakhs, August 2023 for three years, Dr. Alivelu M Parimi and Dr. Mayukha Pal (ABB).
  9. Project Title: “Development of a prototype model for optimal load balancing strategy in a Peer-to-Peer energy trading network of renewable energy prosumers with economic benefits”, Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF), approved Sept. 2023, for two years, Prof Sandip S Deshmukh, Prof. Alivelu M Parimi
Collaborations

Industrial collaborations

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Academic collaborations

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Government collaborations

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other collaborations

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Sponsored Projects

  1. State University Research Excellence grant (Grant of 22 lakh rupees), by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, 2023-2026 (PI)
  2. Core research grant (Grant of 17 lakh rupees), by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, 2023-2026 (Co-PI)
  3. DST INSPIRE fellowship grant (Grant of 35 Lakh Rupees), by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2021-2026 (PI)
  4. OPERA grant (Grant of 21 lakh rupees), by BITS Pilani, 2020-2025. (PI)
  5. Research Initiation Grant ( Grant of 2 Lakh Rupees), by BITS Pilani Hyderabad, 2021-2023.  (PI)

Research Projects

Sponsored Projects

 

Sl No.Project TitleRoleDuration Amount in Lakh (₹)

Funding

Agency 
Status
 
1Investigation of the weldability of the mild steel during A-TIG weldingPI2019-2021 2 BITS-PILANI Completed
2Investigation of the mechanical properties of A-TIG welded mild steel and Ti6Al4V alloyPI2019-2021 9.5 BITS-PILANI Completed
 3 Development of the Ti6Al4V alloy structure using wire arc additive manufacturing process for aerospace application PI 2021-2024 18.3 SERB Ongoing
 4 Designing a low-cost additive manufacturing technology for magnesium-based implants PI 2023-2025 28.106 DBT Accepted

 

Projects open for Students

  • Metal additive manufacturing
  • Temperature distribution study during additive manufacturing
  • Dissimilar metal joining
  • High temperature mechanical property study

Research Projects

Core Research Grant (2023-2026) (Ongoing) 
Funding Agency- SERB (Govt. of India) 
Amount - 17 Lakhs (Approx.)  
Duration - 3 Years   
Title - A novel phase field framework for microstructure driven crack propagation in polycrystalline materials


 Research Initiation Grant (RIG) by BITS Hyderabad (Completed) 

Amount - 2 Lakhs 
Duration - 2 Years  
Title - Effect of fillers on the mechanical performance of adhesively bonded joints


Sponsored Projects

The Effect of Mantras on the Human Mind, Personality and Life.
 
Period: 2 years (Sept, 2013-Sept, 2015)

Co-Investigator: Reach Beyond NGO #495/2011 Centre for Positive Psychology

 

Funded Projects

Number of ongoing Projects  Number of Completed Projects  Number of Projects under Review
 050305
 
Completed
  • Funding Scheme: Research Initiation Grant, Funding Agency: BITS,
Sanctioned Amount: INR 2,00,000,   Role: PI,
Project Title-Development Effect of Inherent Non-linearity on operational Failure of Damaged Structural Elements. 
Duration: from 02/11/2019 to 01/11/2021.
 
  •  Funding Agency: DRDO
Sanctioned Amount: INR 9,76,000,   Role: Co-PI,  (PI: Dr. Sabareesh GR)
Project Title- Fabrication and Vibration Testing of 3-D Printed Polymer Structures 
Duration: 2021-2022.
 
  • Funding Scheme: Additional Competitive Research Grant, Funding Agency: BITS,
Sanctioned Amount: INR 10,00,000,   Role: PI,
Project Title-Development of a robust and efficient crack detection technique for wind turbine rotor 
blades using nonlinear vibration response characteristics,   
Duration: from 02/11/2020 to 01/11/2022. 
 
   

Ongoing

 
  •  Funding Agency: ICMR
Amount: INR 1,892,236.80     Role: PI,                  
Project Title-  Design and Development of a Miniature Broadband Vibration Energy Harvester to Power Biomedical Implantable Device
Status: Ongoing
  •  Funding Agency: BRNS
Amount: INR 2569600    Role: Co-PI,                  
Project Title- Development of a meta-material based vibration isolation frame for housing fuel bundles
Status: Ongoing
 
  •  Funding Agency: DST
Amount: INR 4118000    Role: Co-PI,                  
Project Title- Development of Robotic-Milling System using Topology Optimization Method
Status: Ongoing 
 
 

Consultancy Project 

  • Funding Agency: Poddar Infra Pvt. Ltd.
Amount: INR 1765280            
Project Title-  Development of an integrated software and hardware-based system to estimate the axial
stresses in hangers used in network arch bridges
Status: Ongoing
 
  • Funding Agency: MPM Pvt. Ltd.
Amount: INR 2,13000         
Project Title-  Development of Image processing method for casting industry
Status: Approved     

Research Projects

High Speed Micromachining Process Development for Thin Beam Manufacturing

Funding Agency: BITS, Research Initiation Grant
PI: Dr. Kundan Kumar Singh
Grant: 2 Lakh
Duration:2019-2021
 

Chatter Identification & Control for Thin-walled Workpiece Machining 

 
Funding Agency: BITS, ACRG
PI: Dr. Kundan Kumar Singh
Grant: 10 Lakh
Duration:2020-2022
   

Fabrication and Vibration Testing of 3D Printed Polymer Structures

 
Funding Agency: DRDO
PI: Dr. Sabareesh G R
Co-PI: Dr. Kundan Singh 
Grant: 9.76 Lakh
Duration: 2021-2022 

Research Projects

Additional Competitive research grant (8.5 lakhs INR), 2020, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus, for research titled “ Minority investor protection and Business group ownership structure in India.” (Completed)

R.I.G. Grant, of 2 lakhs, 2019, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus, for research proposal titled “ Mobilizing Clean energy finance.” (Completed)


Completed Projects

  • Wind Resistant Design for proposed LIGO India Observatory funded by IUCAA (DST) between 2018 to 2021 as a Co-PI (Grant Amount: 45.02 Lakhs).
  • Analysis and Design modifications to the existing form of Laparoscopic Forceps funded by BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus between 2017 and 2021 as a PI (Grant Amount: 2 Lakhs).

Sponsored Projects

S.No

Project Title 

Investigators

Funding

Agency

 Amount

 Duration

 1

 Designing a low cost additive manufacturing technology for magnesium based implants

 Dr. Pavan Kumar P (Co-PI)
Dr. Ravi Shanker V (PI)

 DBT

 Rs 28,00,000

 

2

Developmental studies on influence

of temperature on Carbon/Epoxy

composites

 

Dr. Pavan Kumar P (PI)
Prof. Ramesh Babu A (Co-PI)

ASL-DRDO

 Rs.45,78,518

 2022-2025

3

3D printing of graphene based

nanocomposites for energy

storage applications 

Dr. Pavan Kumar P (PI)

SERB-DST

 Rs.24,30,040

 2019-2022

 4

Linear Contraction measurement

in aluminum alloys during

solidification 

 Dr. Pavan Kumar P (PI)

 BITS-Pilani

 Rs.2,00,000

 2017-2019


Sponsored Research and Consultancy Projects

Sponsored Research Projects

7) India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme between JSPS (Japan) and DST (India) (Duration: 2023-2025) - Project Title: "Performance Evaluation of Soft Soil Treated with a Novel Geopolymer of Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Waste Material for Sustainable Development", Role: Indian PI, Japanese PI: Dr. Toshiro Hata (Hiroshima University, Japan) - (Amount: INR 7,53,500) - on-going
 
6) SERB Power Grant (DST-SERB) (Duration: 2021-2024)- Project Title: "Performance Evaluation of Construction and Demolition Waste as Stone Column Material for improving Bearing Capacity of Soft Soil" Role: PI - Project ID: SPG/2021/001552 (Amount: INR 28,92,296) - on-going

5) Asian Smart Cities Research and Innovation Network (ASCRIN) (Duration: 2021-2025) - Project Title: "Feasibility Studies for reusing Construction and Demolition Waste for Smart Cities", Role: Indian PI, Australian PI: Dr. Aboel Naga Hossam (LaTrobe University, Australia), Indian Co-PI: Dr. G.V. Ramana (IIT Delhi) - on-going

4) Indo-Austria Scientific and Technological Cooperation between WTZ (Austria) and DST (India) (Duration: 2019-2021) - Project Title: "Implementation of plants and treated natural fibers to enhance the strength properties of soft soil and to decrease the rate of surface erosion (Nat-Treat)", Role: Indian PI, Austrian PI: Dr. Wei Wu (Universität für Bodenkultur BOKU), Indian Co-PI: Dr. A. Kar, Austrian Co-PI: Dr. M. Acharya (BOKU) (Amount: INR 6.40 lakhs) Project ID: INT/AUSTRIA/BMWF/P-22/2018 - completed

3) Early Career Research Award (DST - SERB) (Duration: 2016-2020)- Project Title: "Performance Evaluation of Backfill Soils partially replaced with Building Derived Materials" Role: PI - Project ID: ECR/2016/000522 (Co - PI: Dr. A. Kar, BITS Hyderabad and Dr. N. James, IIT Ropar) (Amount: INR 24.43 lakhs) - completed

2) Additional Competitive Research Grant for New Faculty (Duration: 2016-2018) - Project Title: "Performance of Building Derived Materials on Bearing Capacity of Soft Soil under Static Loading Conditions". (Amount: INR 9.2 lakhs) Role: PI - completed

1) Research Initiation Grant (RIG): BITS- Pilani Hyderabad Campus (Duration: 2015-2017) - Project Title: “Effect of variation of soil parameters on performance of stone column improved ground: a probabilistic risk factor based approach". (Amount: INR 2 lakhs) Role: PI - completed
 
 

Sponsored Consultancy Projects

4) PI for Soil Report Vetting for Soil Investigation for GITAM, Visakhapatnam Campus, sponsored by Santosh Soil Investigation Services  - Amount: INR 0.50 lakhs (total cost) - completed 

3) Team Member for conducting Work Time Motion studies under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for Govt. of Telangana and Govt. of Andhra Pradesh - completed

2) Team Member for Proof-checking of design of retaining walls for "Rehabilitation and Upgrading to 2-lanes/2-lane with paved shoulder configuration and strengtheninh of Birpur-Bihpur section of NH-106 in the state of Bihar under Phase 1 of NHIIP on EPC basis", Sponsor:  IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd. - Amount: INR 9.5 lakhs (total cost) - completed

1) Team Member for Testing of index and engineering properties of soil for construction of earthen dam as a part of Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme (DLIS), Government of Telangana - Amount: INR 81.96 lakhs - completed  

Projects and grants

Sponsored projects
 
1.Funding Agency: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Research Initiation
   Project Title: Women on board and corporate policies in India (Sep 2019-Sep 2021)     
   Grant Amount: INR 2,00,000 
 
2. Funding Agency: Dvara Research Foundation- Household Finance Initiative (with Dr. Priya Rampal)
    Grant Amount: INR 2,70,000 
    Project Title: Socio-economic determinants of household investment portfolio in India (July, 2020-April, 2021)  

 

Other grants

  1. Travel grant to attend Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, April 2020 
  2. Travel grant to attend International Corporate Governance Society Conference, October 2018 
  3. Travel grant to attend INET Annual Conference in Hong Kong, April 2013

Research Project

Sponsored Projects

 

1. Title of the project

Construction of arbitrary Tensor Networks using cross approximation techniques (jointly with Prof. Jan Schneider, Westsächsische Hochschule, Zwickau, Germany)
 
Role: PI
 
Funding Agency
 
 National Board of Higher Mathematics, India 
 
Status
 
Completed
 

2. Title of the project

Spectral element methods for elliptic and parabolic interface problems in  R2 on parallel computers (jointly with Dr. Pankaj biswas, NIT Silchar, India)
 
Role: PI 
 
Funding Agency
 
 National Board of Higher Mathematics, India 
 
Status 
 
 Completed
 
 
3.  Title of the project
 
Spectral element solvers for stationary and non-stationary Stokes equations (Jointly with Dr. Subhashree Mohapatra, IIIT Delhi)
 
Role: Co-PI 
 
Funding Agency
 
National Board of Higher Mathematics, India 
 
Status
 
Ongoing

PhD topics in Fluidization and Petroleum Engineering (contact email: priya@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in)


Research Projects

DETAILS OF INTERNAL PROJECT PROPOSALS
 
Project Proposal(s) submitted to BITS-Pilani (till date): 1          
 
Project Proposal(s) accepted by BITS-Pilani (till date):   1         
 
Project Proposal(s) under-review/rejected (till date):      0
 
PROJECT DETAILS
 
Funded by BITS-Pilani through the Research Initiation Grant (RIG)
 
PI: Debopam Chakraborty                 
 
Project TitleOn generating some new families of congruent and non-congruent numbers.
 
Amount: INR 1.5 Lakh.                     
 
Duration: April, 2019 to April, 2021.
DETAILS OF EXTERNAL PROJECT PROPOSALS
 
Project Proposal(s) submitted for funding (till date):   1
 
Project Proposal(s) accepted for funding (till date):      1
 
Project Proposal(s) under-review/rejected (till date):   0                                     
 
PROJECT DETAILS
 
Funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST-SERB) through the START-UP research grant (SRG)
 
PI: Debopam Chakraborty           
 
Project Title:  Fine Selmer groups and class number divisibility of ideal class groups: A look into the rank computation of elliptic curves.
 
Amount: 14,21,805 INR.               
 
Duration: January 2021 to January 2023. 

Extramural/ Intramural Grants

Intramural grant

BITS-RIG: 2 lacs - Startup to setup the laboratory working on Hearing loss models;

Intramural grant

BITS-ACRG: 10 lacs - Competititve grant to help procure equipment to work on hearing loss using electrophysiology;

Intramural grant

BITS-CDRF: 30 lacs (PI for multi-PI grant)- Competitive grant to work on design/fabrication of biodegradable electrodes, measure electrophysiological changes in hearing loss and perform computational analyses

Extramural grant

SERB SRG: ~30 lacs - To decipher the role of basal forebrain neurons in modulating the activity of the auditory cortical neurons

Long-term interests: Auditory Neuroscience and Pharmacology

How do we hear the person of interest at a noisy party?

 

What causes tinnitus (ringing in-ears)?

 

How do we rescue hearing in aging adults above 60 years of age or people with occupational hazards?

 

Are there any pharmacological therapies for those mentioned above?

 

Findings from the early 1900s by Jasper, Penfield, Magoun, and Morruzi (considered among the most eminent scientists in neuroscience for their work) led to a series of questions on the role of the brainstem and cortex. It is still unclear from the sensory perspective on the role of these brain regions, how inter-dependent these structures are, what they code, and how they work together to form a sensory perception? Our lab is interested in answering these questions from the auditory perspective. To this end, we plan to use aging and tinnitus (pathology of the central auditory system) models and answer the questions on:

 

How are the brain dynamics affected? (using electrophysiology/ microiontophoresis/ optogenetics/ behavior/ molecular biology tools - Collaborations with Drs. Sanket Goel and Ramendra Kishor Pal for tool development and Dr. Pranesh Bhargava for designing auditory attentional studies - BITS Hyderabad) 

What does the altered brain dynamics mean? (Using computational models and deep neural networks – a collaborative work with Dr. Rajagopalan – BITS Pilani/ Hyderabad)

 

Could we intervene by pharmacological targeting?

 

Short-term goals: Studying aging enables parsing the role of de novo aging from pathological conditions such as tinnitus that develop over time. Age-related hearing loss affects 30-50% of the population above 60 years of age (estimated to be 10- 15% of the Indian population – ~18 crore people). Older individuals consistently have difficulty understanding speech and their ability to attend to speech in a noisy environment. Older individuals may maintain speech understanding to a certain extent despite age-mediated degradation of ascending temporal information, using attentional and cognitive resources. Cholinergic mechanisms are critical to these processes. My research efforts are to devise pharmacological or training approaches to enhance speech understanding in the elderly population. These experiments will be vital to address the long-term goal of understanding how various brain regions interact to form a sensory perception and designing interventions. 

 
Techniques: 
Extracellular electrophysiology; Behavior; Pupillometry; Sound stimuli generation; Optogenetics; and Molecular biology 

Sponsored Projects

  • Geometric tolerancing and precision measurement skill enhancement, Mitutoyo South Asia Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 93 lakhs, January 2020 – December 2023
  • Joint Indo-German Academy towards Sustainability in Engineering, Education and Entrepreneurship, German Academic Exchange Programme, January 2020 - December 2023, 200000 €.
  • Indo-German Challenge for Sustainable Production, Stifterverband, Germany, January – December 2022. 14.3 Lakh INR.
  • Assessment of problem solving and social skills in engineering education: Bridging the gap between academia and industry, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), 2020-2021, 7.94 lakhs
  • Life Style Life Cycle Assessment, UNEP, IGES, Japan, Swechha, BITS Pilani, September 2019-September 2020, 25000 USD (Indian Funding)
  • Indo-German Challenge for Sustainable Production, Stifterverband, Germany, January – December 2019. 42,000 €.
  • Joint Indo-German Experience Lab at BITS Pilani, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Programme) and FESTO, January 2016 - December 2019, 346954 €.
  • 3-Cycle studies in India, AKB Stiftung, Germany, 2005-2006, 5000 €
  • Development of drivers, barriers and key performance indicators for implementation of green manufacturing in Indian Micro, Small and Medium Ceramic Enterprises, UGC Major Research Project, (PI)2013, INR 9.91 lakhs
  • Development and validation of sustainability measurement framework for manufacturing industries (Co-PI), UGC Major Research Project, 2013, INR 3.22 lakhs
  • Automotive Life Cycle Engineering, DAAD and Volkswagen, Jan 2013 – December 2016, 94 423 €.
  • Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Higher Educational Institutions (FIST), DST, Coordinator, 2012-2017, 163 Lakhs
  • Lean and Green Manufacturing, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Programme), 2010-2011, 54030 €.

Agro-homoeopathy: Potential of Homoeopathy as a tool to manage phytopathogen / nematode complex for a sustainable agriculture

Agency

CCRH-AYUSH

Amount Sanctioned

30.32580 Lakhs

Duration

2018 - 2022

Role

Co-PI


Evaluation of Determinants of Iron Deficiency Anaemia among the SC/ST Non-Pregnant Women of Mancherial District of Telangana State followed by Intervention and Analysis of its Reach & Efficacy

Agency

DST-TSCOST

Amount Sanctioned

4.0 lakhs

Duration

2022-2023


Synthesis of novel coumarin-based lignans targeting pro-inflammatory cytokines for the treatment of chronic kidney diseases

Agency

DST - CRG

Amount Sanctioned

33.91540 lakhs

Duration

2021-2024(ongoing)


Investigation of Knowledge on Dengue Fever Followed by Education …. Shameerpet Mandal of Ranga Reddy District of Telangana State

Agency

ICMR-ICSSR

Amount Sanctioned

10.89792 lakhs

Amount Sanctioned

2017-2019


Investigation on pro-inflammatory cytokine inhibitory low molecular weight metabolites of Pseudomonas sp. ABS-36 for the treatment of renal injury

Agency

DST

Amount Sanctioned

24.39363 lakhs

Duration

2017-2020


Investigation of Natural Coumarinolignans …Agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Agency

CSIR

Amount Sanctioned

21.026 lakhs

Duration

2012-2015


Lead Identification from Rubiaceous Plants for Treating Cancer

Agency

BITS-RIG

Amount Sanctioned

2.0 lakhs

Duration

2012-2014


Projects

Sponsored Projects

 

 

Externally Funded Projects:
 
1. Project Title: Completely Positive Maps and Quantum Conditional Entropy
    Funding Agency: MATRICS - Science and Engineering Research Board [SERB] 
    Sanctioned Amount: 6,60,000 INR
    Status: Ongoing [2023-2026]
 
Internally Funded Projects:  
 
1.  Project Title: Conditional von Neumann entropy and its implications in quantum information processing tasks                              
     Funding from: Research Initiation Grant [RIG], BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
     Sanctioned Amount: 1,96,000 INR 
     Status: Completed [2019-2021] 

 


Research Project(s)

  • “Impact of the Intellectual Property System on Economic Growth” - Multi Country WIPO-UNO Joint Research Project (Japan India China Korea Malaysia and Vietnam)  Sponsored by WIPO, JAPAN (2007). (with Prof. SK Verma)
  • Involved in UGC Major Research Project: “An Empirical Test of Causal Relationships of Total Quality Service Constructs for Indian Hospital Industry"

Research Project Grant


Quality Control Studies and Standardization of Safflower Petals of Different Indian Cultivars as per World Health Organization (WHO) Requirement.

Agency

UGC

Amount Sanctioned

10.53842 lakhs

Duration

2011-2014


Research Projects

Ongoing

International Project  
  
Cooperative Research Project of Research Center for Biomedical Engineering, Japan

Title of ProjectModelling for microfabrication and biomedical applications

Role: Member Investigator
Duration: One year (2022-2023) 
Grant amount: JPY 600,000   
 
National Project
 
Mathematical Research Impact Centric Support (MATRICS) Grant funded by SERB-DST
 
Title of ProjectA posteriori error analysis for evolution equations with positive type kernels 
 
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: Three years (2023-2026) 
Grant amount: INR 6.60 lakhs
  
 

Completed

 
International Projects 
  
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship funded by Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Brazil
 

Title of Project: Efficient Numerical Solution of the Inverse Stefan Problems using the Method of Fundamental Solutions

Duration: Three years (2016-2019) 
Grant amount: R$297.186,79  
 
National Projects
 
Start-up Research (SRG) Grant funded by SERB-DST
 

Title of ProjectAdaptive and efficient method of fundamental solutions for the numerical reconstruction of boundary data in two-phase inverse Stefan problems 

 
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: Two years (2019-2021) 
Grant amount: INR 10.45 lakhs
 
Additional Competitive Research Grant (ACRG) funded by BITS-Pilani
 

Title of ProjectEfficient reconstruction of boundary data using the method of fundamental solutions for the two-phase inverse Stefan problem 

 
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: Two years (2019-2021) 
Grant amount: INR 7 lakhs 
 
Research Initiation Grant (RIG) funded by BITS-Pilani 
 

Title of ProjectAdaptive discretizations of parabolic integro-differential equations by finite element methods

 
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: Two years (2019-2021) 
Grant amount: INR 2 lakhs   
 
 

Sponsored Research Projects

Total Number of Approved/Ongoing Projects: 07

Total Research Grant Sanctioned: Rs. 2,13,78,368 (PI: Rs. 1,26,98,308 & Collab/Co-I: Rs. 86,80,060)

Title of the Project

Funding Agency

Fund Sanctioned

Duration

Role

Development and characterization of injectable biologics

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, India

Rs.5,00,000

2023-2026

Principal Investigator

Preclinical development of long acting delivery systems to treat posterior uveitis.

Department of Health Research (DHR), India

Rs.49,00,028

2023-2026

Principal Investigator

Biomimetic corneal patch for treating fungal keratitis

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India

Rs. 24,98,280

2022-2025

Principal Investigator

Investigate natural drugs as a non-invasive therapeutic option in mitigating keratoconus

Velux Stiftung, Switzerland

Total budget sanctioned: 1,59,82,620; 

BITS: 44,80,060

2022-2024

Collaborator

Therapeutic potential of drug loaded light-responsive sustained release gel depot in treating diabetic retinopathy

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India

Rs. 28,00,000

2021-2024

Principal Investigator

Nanocarriers for delivery of ocular therapeutics to treat ocular infection

Parenteral Drug Association, India Chapter

Rs. 20,00,000

2020-2023

Principal Investigator

Novel Therapeutic Approaches for the treatment of Leukemia

Department of Health Research (DHR), India

Rs. 42,00,000

2020-2023

Co-Investigator

 Research Projects Completed

Total Number of Completed Projects: 04

Title of the Project

Funding Agency

Fund Sanctioned (Rs)

Duration

Role

Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic evaluation of new chemical entities for ocular diseases

Incilia Therapeutics

Rs. 8,14,200
 

2019-2022

Principal Investigator

Screening of Novel Chemical Entities for Dry Eye Disease

Incozen therapeutics private limited

Rs. 1,20,360

2021-2022

Principal Investigator

Fate of Drug Encapsulated Lipid Vesicles after Subconjunctival Delivery

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (Competitive research grant)

Rs. 10,00,000

2019-2021

Principal Investigator

Optimization and characterization of deformable vesicle nanocarriers for ocular therapeutics

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (Research Initiation Grant)

Rs. 2,00,000

2018-2020

Principal Investigator


Sponsored Research Projects

As Principal Investigator (PI):

 
1. Research Initiation Grant (RIG) : 2 lakhs.
   Sponsored by : BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.
    Project Title : Development of New Synthetic Methodologies for Fluoroalkylation 
    Reactions by Visible-light Photoctalysis: Access to New Classes of Potent Molecules. 
    Duration : 24 months; April, 2018 - April, 2020. (Completed
 
 
2. Additional Competitive Research Grant (ACRG) : 8 lakhs.
    Sponsored by : BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
    Project Title : Synthesis of Highly Functionalized and Medicinally Potential Bioactive
    Heterocycles through Trifluoromethylative Cyclization Strategy.
    Duration : 24 months; September, 2019 - September, 2021. (Completed
 
 
3. Industrial Project (Research and Development) 10.07 lakhs.  
   Sponsored by Chanceux Labs LLP, Hyderabad.
   Project Title : Synthesis and Development of  Pharmaceuticals (Code: CXL-001).
   Duration : 24 months; December, 2020 - December, 2022. (Completed)
  
 
4. CSIR - Extra Mural Research Grant (CSIR-EMR) : 26.79 lakhs.
    Sponsored by : Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India
    Project Title : Development of Cost-effective, Electrophilic Trifluoromethylating Reagents and Their Application to the Syntheses of New Classes of Medicinally Potential Trifluoromethylated Heterocycles.
Duration : 36 months; August, 2021 - July, 2024. (Ongoing)

Ongoing Research

There are several ongoing projects in our lab. Please contact me for more information.

  1. Antimicrobial Dressings for Wound Healing Applications: We are trying to develop facile strategies for the fabrication of antimicrobial dressings that can aid in prevention and mitigation of wound infections. A part of this work is in collaboration with Prof. Swati Biswas from Pharmacy department @BPHC.
  2. Copper-containing Coatings for Antimicrobial ApplicationsWe are working on fabrication of copper-based coatings for application as antimicrobial surfaces for infection control.
  3. Machine-learning Based Model Development of Antimicrobial PeptidesWith a steady rise in antimicrobial resistance, the world is now speeding up the discovery of novel antimicrobial therapeutics. In collaboration with Dr. Arnab Dutta and Prof. Swati Biswas, we are trying to discover novel antimicrobial peptides using an integrated computational-experimental approach.
  4. Nanopatterned Surfaces for Antimicrobial ApplicationIn this project, we are exploring surfaces patterned with micron-scale and nano-scale structures for the development of fouling-resistant and mechano-bactericidal surfaces. This work is in collaboration with Dr. Nandini Bhandaru.
  5. Development of Bacteria Detection SensorsIn collaboration with Dr. Ramendra Pal, we are trying to develop point-of-care diagnostic tools for the detection of infection in wounds. 

Sponsored Projects

  1. Research Initiation Grant (RIG), "Copper-containing coatings for antimicrobial applications", Principal Investigator, Amount: 2 lakhs, Duration: 2021-2023, Funded by: BITS
  2. Additional Competitive Research Grant (ACRG), "Multifunctional antimicrobial hydrogels for next-generation wound dressings", Principal Investigator, Amount: 2 lakhs, Duration: 2021-2023, Funded by: BITS
  3. DBT BME, "A Point-of-Care Tool for Monitoring Bacterial Infection in Wounds", Co-Principal Investigator, Amount: 22.5 lakhs, Duration: 2023-2025, Funded by: DBT
  4. Cross-disciplinary Research Fund (CDRF), "De novo design of antibacterial peptides to combat antimicrobial resistance", Amount: 30 lakhs, Duration: 2023-2025, Funded by: BITS

Projects

  • Worked on the project granted by BITS- HYDERABAD campus, on "An application of Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic method in the study of the flow of non-Newtonian fluids through a pipe" from Jan 2013- Jan 2015, 2 Lakhs.
  • Worked as a Co-P.I for the project entitled "Study of the Impact of ICT in Secondary Education" jointly with BITS- Goa campus, 9 Lakhs from June 2013-April, 2015.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

  • Collaborative researcher for the MoD Project entitled: "Analysis of Blood Flow Characteristics in Carotid Artery Bifurcation and Design of a Simulator," Military Technological College, Muscat, Oman, 2022- 23. 
  • Invited as an "Honorary Associate" by the Department of Bio-Medical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, from May to July 2016.

Research Interests

Areas of Research Interest:  Fluid Dynamics, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing. 

 Currently working on

          Steady/ unsteady flows of non-Newtonian fluid through rigid/ elastic circular pipes with applications in Human Circulatory system.

          Approximate analytical solutions / numerical solutions to Heat transfer problems in porous media 

          Fluid flow problems in non-conventional coordinate systems 

          Data Analysis 

 
 

 

Students

Karthik A. 

 A Study of Fluid flow in Tapered Elastic Pipes with Applications in Human Arterial System. (Thesis Defended)

Ketana K. 
           Title of the thesis:  A study on Statistical and Machine Learning Models for the blood flow in the Human circulatory System 
 
Debismitha Nayak. 
           Title of the thesis: A Pipeline Network Model for Arterial Blood Flow Analysis in Humans

Research Projects

Ongoing:

Title

Agency

Duration

Amount

Role

Bio-CPS Device Security

DST, Govt. of India (National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems)

2022-2024

28.68 lakhs

C R Hota (PI), Sameera Muhammed Salam (Co-PI)

 

Submitted:

Title

Agency

Duration

Amount

Role

     
Correctness, Safety and Neutrality of Fine-Tuned Data for AI-based Multilingual Chatbots
DST-RSF (Indo-Russian) 3 years 1.14 crores 

C R Hota (PI), Maxim Bakadev (PI from Russia), Saikishore J (Co-PI) 

A Graph-Based Approach to Detect Cyberattacks in IoT Networks

DST CRG, Govt of India 

3 years

77.43 lakhs

C R Hota (Co-PI), Apurba Das (PI)

 

Completed:

Title

Agency

Duration

Amount

Role

Building Lightweight Tamper-proof Codes for IoT Devices

MeitY, Min. of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India & NWO,Netherlands

2015-2020

42.94 lakhs

PI

Automated Detection of Security Threats in P2P Networks

DeitY, Govt. of India

2012-2015

61.95 lakhs

PI

Designing & Implementing Efficient Overlay Networks over IP

UGC, Govt. of India

 

2011-2014

12.78 lakhs

PI


Sponsored Projects

  • Research Initiation Grant (RIG), BITS Pilani.

    PI: Nijjwal Karak
    Title: Theory of weekly differentiable function spaces
    Duration: December, 2020 to December, 2022
    Amount: 2,00,000 INR

  • Start-Up Research Grant (SRG), DST-SERB

    PI: Nijjwal Karak
    Title: Embeddings and extensions of Sobolev-type spaces
    Duration: December, 2021 to December, 2023
    Amount: 15,09,816 INR

Research Projects

Completed  

1) Sponsor and Scheme: Research Initiation Grant (RIG)
 
      Title of the project: On theoretical and numerical aspects of renewal equation with diffusion
      Duration: 2 years (2019-2021)
      Grant: Rs. 2,00,000.00
 
2) Sponsor and Scheme: SERB-DST; National Postdoctoral Fellow (NPDF)
 
      Title of the project: On theoretical and numerical aspects of the renewal equation in population dynamics
      Duration: 2 years (2017-2019)
      Grant: Rs. 19,20,000.00 

Research Projects

Students Projects

  • 2023-24 (First)
    • Oblivious Two-way Ownership Verification in Deduplicated Cloud Computing Systems (Ongoing)
    • A Comprehensive Survey on Recent Advances in Ownership Verifications in Deduplication Systems (Ongoing)
  • 2022-23 (Second)
    • Secure and Efficient Key Management for Deduplicated Cloud Storage System (Completed, Work accepted in IEEE SINCONF 2023)
    • Randomized Encryption Mechanism for Deduplicated Cloud Storage System (Completed, Work submitted to Elsevier Computer Communications)
    • Secure and Efficient Data Deduplication Framework for Internet of Things and Fog Computing (Completed, Work published in IEEE COMPSAC 2023)

Sponsored Projects

  • Secure Deduplication Framework for IoT and Fog Computing Systems sponsored by BITS-Student Program for Advancing Research, Knowledge, and Entrepreneurship (SPARKLE)

Research Interest and collaborations

1. Research themes:  Driven systems
 
Central question: Is it possible to tune the functionality of a material so that it supports non-trivial properties not present in the static system?
 
Prime examples: 1. Topological phase is engineered out of non-topological phase (Floquet topological insulator), 2. current is suppressed in the time-evolved state while starting from a current-carrying ground state (dynamical localization), 3. long-lived thermal state in a driven classical system (Floquet prethermalization) and many others: see publications 5, 26, 32, for example.
 
Open questions for future research: Minimise the heating to achieve the target state, consequences of temporal noise, and many more ... 
 
 
2. Research themes:  Topological phases of matter
 
Central question: How one can characterise various topological phases in non-interacting systems? are they robust against interaction, disorder? How does drive modify the situation?
 
Prime examples: 1. Higher-order topological phase is engineered out of lower-order topological phase (static and Floquet higher-order topological insulator), 2. proximity induced topological superconductivity (static and Floquet higher-order topological superconductor), 3. real space examination of transport signatures, currents (topological Anderson insulator), 4. drive-mediated dynamical synchronization transition in interacting system and many others: see publications 13, 15, 24, 28, 35 for example.
 
 

Open questions for future research: Floquet Anderson insulators and higher-order analogues, translation activity in presence of defects, application to twisted systems and many more ...  

 
 
3. Research themes:  Quantum transport 
 
Central question:  How do we come to know about the system of interest from the conductivity tensors? How do transport coefficients change in different regimes such as semi-classical Boltzmann regime, quantum regime and  mesoscopic regime?    
 

Prime examples: 1. Electrical Hall and thermal Hall conductivities in Weyl semimetal where  Berry curvature plays crucial role (chiral anomaly mediated transport), 2. linear and non-linear conductivity tensors (planar Hall conductivity, circular photogalvanic effect), 3. Landauer Buttiker technique (scattering matrix formalism), Landau levels and Kubo formula (quantum regime) and many others: see publications 16, 23, 27, 36, 41 for example. 

  

Open questions for future research: Current through Josephson junction, Boltzmann transport in superconductor, effect of non-Hermiticity, twisted systems, and many more ...     

 
 
4. Research themes: Many-body correlated phenomena
 

Central question: How magnetism and superconductivity emerge in an interacting system? How does the localization property change in an interacting many-body disordered systems?

 
Prime examples:  1. Hubbard interaction-mediated magnetism in graphene like systems, 2. algebraic localization in long-range hopping models (sub-extensive growth of entanglement entropy with many-body dynamics), 3. interaction-induced charge order and many others: see publications 13, 17, 18 and upcoming ones for example.   
 
 

Open questions for future research: Develop  new techniques such as Gutzwiller mean field, renormalization group analysis (analytically) and DMRG (numerically), application to various twisted systems, long-range models, interplay between drive and many more ...

 

 

 
 
 
5. Research themes:  Quantum information and computation
 

Central question: How to engineer high-entangled states and characterise them with appropriate measures? How to prepare such states from solid-state systems even in the presence of disorder?  

 
Prime examples: 1. Majorana zero modes as qubits (topological superconductivity), 2.  Floquet anomalous Majorana modes as a possible route to withstand the disorder to some extent (dynamical robustness of Majorana boundary modes) and many others: see publications 28, 39 for example. 
 
Open questions for future research: Quantum thermodynamics of open topological systems, quantum engines and batteries from build from topological systems, quantum computations with braiding of Majorana qubits and many more ...  
 
 
6. Research themes:  Quantum phase transition and quantum quench
 
Central question: How the defects are generated following a quench through a quantum critical point?
How do various quantum information theoretic measures change with quench rate and the critical exponents associated with the quantum phase transition?
 
Prime examples: 1. Unusual scaling of decoherence factor for various quench protocols and paths (renormalization of Kibble-Zurek law), 2. entanglement between two spins globally connected with the spin chain environment (concurrence in central spin model) and many others: see publications 1, 2, 9, 10 for example.
   

Open questions for future research:  Quantum correlations, entanglement for various quantum spin, fermionic models in equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium, non-Hermitian counter parts, explorations in spin liquid and spin glass systems, and many more ...

 

 

 
 
Collaborations: 
 
Collaborators outside India: 
 
1. Prof. Annica Black-Schaffer, Uppsala University, Sweden
2. Prof. Takashi Oka, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (formerly at MPIPKS, Germany)
3. Prof. Carsten Honerkamp, RWTH Aachen University,  Germany
4. Prof. Dante M. Kennes, RWTH Aachen University,  Germany
5. Prof. Bitan Roy, Lehigh University, USA
6. Prof. Vladimir Juricic, NORDITA, Sweden 
7. Dr. Robert-Jan Slager, University of Cambridge, UK 
 
 
Collaborators inside India:
 
1. Prof. Amit Dutta, IIT Kanpur, India (Ph.D. supervisor)
2. Prof. Arijit Saha, IOP, India
3. Prof. Diptiman Sen, IISc, India
4. Prof. Atanu Rajak, IIT Hyderabad, India
5. Prof. Ranjan Modak, IIT Tirupati, India
6. Prof. Saptarshi Mandal, IOP, India 
7. Prof. Banasri Basu, ISI Kolkata, India
 
 
 
Apart from the above collaborators, I am also very much grateful to my other academic coworkers, friends such as  Dr. Snehasish NandyDr. Banasree SadhukhanDr. Sanjib K. Das, Dr. Xiong Feng, Arnob K. Ghosh, Debashish Mondal, Sudarshan Saha, Prof. Uma DivakaranProf. Tutul Biswas  
 
For interested students: Please feel free to drop by D-323 or write to me for a detailed discussion on research topics 
 

Projects

1.Title: Photovoltaic Fed Microgrids: Integrated Intelligent Harmonic Control to Enable Electric Vehicle Charging

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding agency: Central power Research Institute, Banglore

Amount: 20.55 Lakhs

Duration: Two years (Feb 2023-Jan 2025)

Status: Ongoing

2.Title:Modelling the Drivers and Barriers of Electric Vehicle Penetration in Emerging Economy: A study of Indian Market

Role: Principal Investigator

Funding agency: ICSSR-IMPRESS, New Delhi

Amount: 5.25 Lakhs

Duration: Two years (Sept 2019-2021)

Status: Completed

3. Title: Design and development of an efficient soft-switching converter with adaptive maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller for a standalone photovoltaic power generation system

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Funding agency: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), New Delhi

Amount: 29.39 Lakhs

Duration: Two years, 2014-2016

Status: Completed

4. Title: Inter-area oscillation control using embedded energy storage in interconnected power system with distributed generation

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Funding agency: Seed Grant Scheme, BITS, Pilani

Amount: 11.15 lakhs

Duration: Two years, March 2011-2013

Status: Completed


Research Area

  • Energy Optimization in Hybrid/Electric Vehicles (XEVs)
  • Battery Modelling, SoC Estimation, Hybrid Energy storage System for XEV applications
  • Mitigation of Power Quality issues, Active power filters
  • Distributed Generation and controls of smart grid/Micro grids/Charging grids.
  • Applications of AI techniques to Power Systems and Control Systems

CO2 Utilization and Sequestration to Prepare Sustainable Structural Concrete Mix Using Recycled Aggregate


Cement Composite Based Thermoelectric Material for Building Energy Harvesting


Innovative Accelerated Carbonation Process for the Preparation of Ready-mix Recycled Aggregate Concrete


Sponsored Research Project

Completed Projects

  • Principal Investigator, Young Scientist Project (Funding Agency-DST-SERB: SR/FTP/MS-038/2011), Duration (Dec. 2014 – Nov. 2017, Amount: Rs. 11.62 Lacs)
  • Project Coordinator (Indian side) of joint Indo-Russian Project (Funding Agency-DST: INT/RUS/RFBR/P-212), Duration (Aug. 2015- Feb 2018, Rs. 12.86 Lacs)

R & D Projects

 

Projects Undergoing:

  • As PI: Seed funding to ideas/startups and Entrepreneurship development activities. The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India for the implantation of Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) Scheme As a Group-2 TIDE 2.0 Centre(G2C) at PIEDS at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Meity/IPR/TIDE/16(19)/2019, Duration 60 Months, Grant Rs   3.10 Crores.
  •  As Co PI Doubling Farm Women’s income: Entrepreneurship development through post-harvest     and technology integration in arid zone) submitted with CAZRI, Jodhpur to DST under the ASAR   Programme of SEED Division Duration in Month 36, Budget  70 Lakh File No.ASACODER-   018/2018

 

Projects Completed:

  • As PI: Measuring the Impact of Socially Responsible Supply Chains and Development of Framework for Implementation, Sponsored by:ICSSR, Start date JAN 2018, Completed JAN 2020. Duration in Months:24, Budegt INR 550000
  • As Co-PI: Concurrent evaluation of food distribution under National Food Security Act (NFSA 2013), Aug 2018, Completed in June 2019. Duration 24 Months, Budget INR 720000.
  • Consultancy project on Supply chain improvement project in Jaipur Rugs Completion date 2015
  • MDP: Management Development programme was conceptualized, designed, marketed and conducted a Co-coordinator and resource faculty for Shree Cement on: “Effective Projects management” during 5-7 June, Shree Cement Beawar Rajasthan. Total amount INR 200000

 

Submitted Projects:

  • As PI: Stakeholder priority assessment for Urban logistics to improve urban life quality,   Scheme for Trans-Disciplinary Research for India's Developing Economy (STRIDE),     Duration  36 months, Budget Rs 3209800
  •  As PI: Effect of Covid 19 on employment in Manufacturing sector, , Impress, ICSSR,   Duration 09 months, Budget Rs 550000
  •  As PI:  Investigating the Demand-Supply mismatch in Higher Education Sector (Science   and Technology Institution) in India and Its Economic Costs, CHORD (MSTMIS) DIVISION,   Department of Science and Technology, Duration 36 months, Budget Rs 2032800
  •  As Co-PI:  Creating Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystem (EEE) in Indian Higher   Education, Scheme for Trans-Disciplinary Research for India's Developing Economy   (STRIDE), Duration 36 months, Budget Rs 2995790
  •  As Co-PI:  Evaluating Working Capital Management for Make in India Competitiveness: A   Study of Small and Medium Enterprises in Rajasthan, , Impress, ICSSR, Duration 24   months, Budget  Rs 1150000
  •  As Co-PI  Study of E-Waste Management in Science and Technology Institutes of India and   development of Social relevant models for Effective E Waste Management, Impress,   ICSSR,  Duration 24 months, Budget Rs 1060500
  •  As Co-PI:  The Diffusion of Electric Vehicles in India: Exploring Supply Chain Strategies,   Social Impact, and Consumer Preference Scheme for Trans-Disciplinary Research for   India's  Developing Economy (STRIDE), Duration 36 months, Budget Rs 3209800
  •  As Co PI:  Study the Implications of National and Corporate Culture on Buyer-Supplier Relationship   in Manufacturing Supply Chain,  SPARC 2019-2020., Duration 36 Months, 4632000
 

 


Research Project

  • Postbuckling analysis of CNT-Reinforced composite plates under different types of in-plane mechanical loads. Amount- INR 2 lakhs, Research Initiation Grant, BITS Pilani, Duration-2 years, Dec. 2017- Nov. 2019, (Completed)
  • Failure analysis of MWCNTs-reinforced laminated composite plate subjected to mechanical loads. Amount- INR 8.8 lakhs, Additional Competitive Research Grant, BITS Pilani, Duration-2 years, Feb. 2019 - Jan. 2021, (Completed)
  • Development of Semi-Analytical Methodology as a Design Aid for Small-Scale Structures using Non-Classical Continuum Mechanics. DST-SERB (SUR/2022/000828), Duration-3 years, (Approved)
  • Structural stability analysis of thin-walled steel structures subjected to elevated temperature due to fire. Amount-INR 52.0804 lakhs, The Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Duration-2 years, (Approved)

Research projects

 

Current Research projects

  • One ICMR proposal is approved (as Co-PI).

Past Research projects:

  1. As PI: "Phytochemical and Metabolic Characterization of Prosopis cineraria pods (sangri) as Potential Nutraceuticals", sponsored by DST-SERB, Dec 2012 - Dec 2015, "completed", Rs. 22 Lakhs.
  2. As Principal Developer of the course 'Science of Living Systems' (alongwith Prof. Rajesh Mehrotra and Dr. Manoj Kannan as co-developers) in the project "Developing Suitable Pedagogical Methods for Various Classes, Intellectual Calibres and Research in e-Learning", sponsored by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, Aug, 2016-Dec, 2016, "completed", (PI: Dr. Bani Bhattacharya, IIT Kharagpur), Rs. 7 lakhs.
  3.  As Project team member: "Bring back the Peacocks", sponsored by BITSAA, Feb 2017-till date - "ongoing", (PI: Prof. Sangeeta Sharma, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS, Pilani, Pilani Campus), Rs. 10 lakhs.
  4. Assisted Sr. Prof. Rajiv Gupta, Civil Engg. Dept., in designing biochemical assays for nail fluoride testing, in the project "Costs and Remediation of Groundwater Contamination in India", sponsored by College of Arts and Sciences, at University of Virginia, USA. Dollar 1.50 lakhs.

Faculty advisor in funded First degree student projects

  1.  Bryophyte based Bio-filter development for combating air pollution.
  2. Characterization of hydrolytic enzymes and bioactives in peel extracts from local fruit and vegetable cultivars for potential development of sustainable, bio-based cleaning agents.

Research

 

Major Thrust Area of Research

  • Molecular Parasitology with special emphasis to Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases
  • Apicoplast of Plasmodium sp.


I'm currently working on the apicoplast of Plasmodium vivax. We are the first group to report complete sequences of some major coding regions from P. vivax apicoplast Genome where we have characterized the differences between the major coding regions of apicoplast genome of P. vivax in comparison with that from P. falciparum and other Plasmodium species.

My group is also looking into various nuclear encoded proteins that are hypothesized to be targeted to the apicoplast and may be invovled in the various metabolic pathways believed to be functional within the organelle.

 

Other Areas of Research Interests

  • Malaria Parasite Biology and Immunology, Host – Parasite Interaction studies, Cancer Cell and Molecular biology, Cancer Gene Transcriptional and Translational Regulation, Drug target identification and designing.

 

Projects Completed

  • University Grants Commission, Govt. of India funded major project "Characterization of Isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway enzymes from Plasmodium vivax" (2013-2016)
  • DST Fast Track project (2010-2013): Cloning and Characterization of the major regions of the plastid DNA from Plasmodium vivax

Projects


Financial support received:

DST-TIDE: “Design and development of a power assistive hybrid e-trike (PAH e-trike) for differently abled person in rural and urban regions of India.” (Joint project with Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, CEERI -Pilani),

Duration: 2017-2021

Total sanctioned amount Rs. 67.76 Lakh as Co-PI

 

UGC Major Research Project: “Design and Development of Test Rig to understand Dynamics of Nanorobots”

Duration: 2012-14

Grant of Rs 9.37 Lakhs as Co-PI


Sponsored Research Projects

 

Completed Projects

  • Title: Development of ecofriendly nonionic surfactant coupled ultrasonic extraction technology for conophylline, an anti- diabetic lead molecule and its comparison with conventional extraction techniques [Funded by BITS Pilani (Research Initiation Grant)] – Principle Investigator [2 lakhs]
  • Title: Development of botanical based novel formulation with mosquito larvicidal action for Indian population. [Funded by DST-SEED (SYST), New Delhi] - Principle Investigator [12.19 lakhs]
  • Title: Exploring The anti-obesity potential of selected Ayurvedic medicinal plants using pancreatic lipase inhibition assay and synergy guided fractionation approach [Funded by DST- SERB (YSS), New Delhi]- Principle Investigator [27.30 lakhs]
  • Title: Development and evaluation of lipid based nanoparticles of Quinapyramine and Isometamidium chloride for treatment of trypanosomiasis in camels. [Funded by DBT, New Delhi]- Co-Principle Investigator [43.52 lakhs]
  • Title: Industry-Academia Symposium on Analytical Sciences [Funded by BIOCON-BMS, Bangalore] - Coordinator [1.74 lakhs]
  • Title: Design, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modelling Oxoacetamides as New Class of Potent Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors. Funded by CSIR]-Mentor [3.92 lakhs]
  • Title: Design, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modelling Studies of Indolyl Oxoacetamide Quinazolinone Based Hybrid Analogs as Potential Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors for Obesity Treatment. [Funded by DST-SERB (CRG), New Delhi] - Principle Investigator [35.05 lakhs]

 

On going Projects

  • Title: Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for Advanced Research and Education in Epigenetics and Genome Editing. [Funded by DBT]- Principle Investigator [9.10 crores]
  • Title: Development and evaluation of endophytic bacteria based formulation against clinical MRSA and VRSA strains. [Funded by DST-SEED (SYST) New Delhi] – Co-Principle Investigator [29.28 lakhs]
  • Title: Design, Molecular Modeling, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Coumarin Analogues as Potential Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors. [Funded by DST New Delhi Under INSPIRE Programme] – Mentor [19.60 lakhs]
  • Title: Design, Molecular Modelling, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Chromone Analogues as Potential Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors.[Funded by DST New Delhi Under INSPIRE Programme] – Mentor [19.60 lakhs]

 

Industry Projects

  • Consultancy project on Probiotics [Funded by Tablets (India) Limited, Chennai]- Principle Investigator [5.74 lakhs]

Approved Projects

  • Title: Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Thiazolidinedione Hybrid Analogues as Potent Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors for Obesity Treatment. [Funded by ICMR, New Delhi] - Principle Investigator [32 lakhs]


*Candidates with INSPIRE/ CSIR/ ICMR/ UGC - JRF/SRF fellowships and interested to work in the area of Pharmacognosy / Phytochemistry / Natural Products/ Pharmacology of herbal drugs/ Formulation and Analysis of herbal drugs, can contact by sending curriculum vitae to Dr. Atish T. Paul (atish.paul@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in)


Research Area(s)

  • Educational Informatics [The primary focus is to investigate how the intersection of Technology and Education helps deliver and manage teaching-learning processes.]
  • Governance Informatics [In Governance Informatics, the objective is to explore the use, design and consequences of Technology interventions in governance domains such as social welfare delivery, surveillance, privacy and administration.]
  • Technology Adoption Behavior [Technology Adoption research explores the user behavior when the user is interacting with other users and technology artifacts - what motivates and encourages a user to adopt specific technology interventions.]
  • Discourse Analysis of Computer-Mediated Communication [The main focus in this area is to understand the nuances of text and other discourse types generated in Social Media/online/virtual communities through specific approaches such as Sentiment Analysis, Influencer Analysis, Linguistic Analysis.]
  • Cultural Studies [Language and communication being an inherent part of any culture, this area focuses on exploring the contours of intersections of a global culture emanating from a networked society with inherent convergence of heterogeneous identities.]

Research Projects


1. An Empirical Study on Accountability and Learning Outcomes in Public School Systems in Rajasthan.

(Co-Principal Investigator)
Amount: 10 Lakhs
Grant Agency: IMPRESS-ICSSR (2019-2021) COMPLETED

2. Awareness, Uses and Implications of Web2.0 in Supplementing Classroom Teaching at Undergraduate Level

(Principal Investigator)
Amount: 7.84 Lakhs
Grant Agency: UGC (2013-15) COMPLETED

3. Integrating New Media Technologies in Teaching at Higher Education

(Principal Investigator)
Amount: 1.95 Lakhs
Grant Agency: BITS Pilani [Research Initiation Grant] (2012-13) COMPLETED

4. Developing Teaching Modules for English Learning Through Multimedia Technology for Rural Children from Class V-VIII

(Co-Principal Investigator)
Amount: 4.50 Lakhs
Grant Agency: UGC (2009 - 2011) COMPLETED


Extra-Mural Funded Projects

Ongoing
  1. As a principal Investigator received Industry Research Project "Educational Virtual Roleplay through Interactive Design and Integration Using OpenAI", from Trajectorie Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd, India (September 2023 - December 2023)
  2. As a principal Investigator received Industry Research Project "Creating UI/UX for Different Question Types", from Trajectorie Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd, India (August 2023 - November 2023)
  3. As an Overseas Applicant received an International Joint Research Grant entitled “Diagnosis of respiratory diseases from lung images using self-supervised deep learning” along with University of York funded by Royal Society, United Kingdom (2023 to 2025)
  4. As a Principal Investigator received the project entitled "Cognitive Computer Vision Based Sign Interpretation and Generation Network for Signer Education" funded by Birla Institute by Technology Pilani, Dubai Campus under Research Initiation Grant (RIG) (2023 to 2025)
  5. As a Co-Principal Investigator received the project entitled "Al Based Early Detection of Hormonal lmbalance and Poly-Cystic Ovary Syndrome in Young Women" funded by AICTE under Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) (2022-2025) 
     
Completed
  1. As a principal Investigator received Industry Project "100% Virtual RolePlay using Generative AI" from Trajectorie Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd, India (June 2023 - August 2023)
  2. As a Co-Principal Investigator received the project entitled "Regional atmospheric visibility forecasting model using soft computing techniques" funded by iDEX-DIO, DRDO under DISC 4 Challenge (25.8 Lakh) (2021-2023)
  3. As a Principal Investigator received a research project entitled "Deep Neural Architecture for Multimodal and Multilingual Sign Language Translation and Recognition" funded by Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) New Delhi under Startup Research Grant (SRG) Scheme (14.5l Lakh) (2019-2021)
  4. As a Principal Investigator received bilateral research project entitled "Hybrid Deep Learning for Indo-Russian Sign Language Recognition" jointly funded by Department of Science & Technology (DST), India and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), Russia under Indo-Russian Joint Grant (22.64 Lakh-Indian Side) (2020-2022)
  5. As a Principal Investigator received a consultancy project entitled "Reinforcement Learning for TVSC" funded by TVS Credits, India (15.26 Lakh) (2021-2022)
  6. As a Principal Investigator received a consultancy project entitled "Recommender Systems for TVS Group Applications" funded by TVS Motors, India (11.3 Lakh) (2021-2022)

Research Grants

Completed

  • Principal Investigator for “Multiobjective Evolutionary Approach for Solving Water Distribution Network Design Optimization” funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. (Grant No. 22(0723)/17/EMR-II dated 16.05.2017; July 2017-June 2020; 18,46,000/-)
  • Principal Investigator for “Multiobjective Reservoir Optimization Using Swarm Intelligence Algorithms” funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. (Grant No. 25(0193)/11/EMR-II dated 02.02.2011; April 2011-March 2014; 11,18,000/-)
  • Principal Co-Investigator for “Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Sandwiched Modular Multilayer Self Compacted Cement Concrete Pavements” funded by Aditya Birla Group (ABG), Mumbai, India. (October 2011-September 2013; 10,00,000/-)

Research Funding

  • BITS Additional Competitive New Faculty Grant
    Principle Investigator. Project titled "Investigations into Issues in Deploying Software Defined Networks on Traditional Network Infrastructure". 2015-17. Funding 8.2 lakhs.
  • NVIDIA Academic Hardware Grant Program
    Project titled "Processing and Analyzing High Speed Traffic For Accurate Network Forensics". Grant of 2 Bluefield-2 P-Series 25GbE Crypto Disabled DPUs. Aug 2021. Funding ~$2,877.98 ~2.36 lakhs.
  • CAIR DRDO
    Co-PI. Project titled "Efficient domain-specific storage and query system for High-speed IP flow analysis". Grant of ~46lakhs. July 2022.

Sponsored projects

Ongoing projects
1. Title: Calpain mediated disruption of axon-glia interaction in peripheral neuropathies
Funding agency: DST INSPIRE Faculty fellowship
Fund sanctioned: Rs. 35 lakh
Duration: 2021-2026
Role: Principal Investigator

2. Research Initiation Grant
Funding agency: BITS
Funds sanctioned: Rs 2,00,000
Duration: 2022-2024
Role: Principal Investigator

3. Title: Calpain mediated disruption of axon-glia interaction in peripheral neuropathies
Funding agency: ICMR
Fund sanctioned: Rs. 73 lakh
Duration: 2023-2026
Role: Principal Investigator


Completed projects
1. International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) CAEN 1B award
Funding agency: International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN)
Fund sanctioned: USD 4919 (INR 3,80,000)
Duration: 2022-2023
Role: Principal Investigator

2. Title: Exploring the therapeutic role of Panax ginseng in drug-induced peripheral neuropathies
Funding agency: The Korean Society of Ginseng (KSG), South Korea
Fund sanctioned: KRW 5 million (INR 3,12,000)
Duration: 2022-2023
Role: Principal Investigator


Research/Industry Projects:

Ongoing Projects:

1)    ADE-DRDO Project on Methodology for Specification generation and system identification of Environmental Control System for new Aircraft Program, Cost  Rs 23.5 Lakhs – Duration 2.5 Year till June 2024.

2)    M/s Rangsons Aerospace Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, Consultancy guidance of Thermal projects, Rs 21.24 Lakhs for 3 years starting September 2021.

3) ARDB-DRDO Project on "Development of All-Electric Environmental Control System for Fighter Aircraft", Cost Rs. 58.2 Lakhs, till Feb. 2025.

4) CASDIC-DRDO Project on "Development of Graphene/ Graphite Encapsulated high thermal conductivity heat sinks", Cost Rs. 28.72 Lakhs, till Jan. 2025.

 


Sponsored Project


Project (Sponsored Internal) – Completed (1)

  • Model Studies Demonstrating Gravity and Capillary Dominated Flow of Contaminants in Porous Media [PI – Amount 2.0 lakhs INR (2013-2015) funded by BITS RIG (Research Initiation Grant)]

 

Project (Sponsored External) – Ongoing (1)

  • Design and development of fixed and floating solar PV installation for water management infrastructures, [Co-PI, Amount 11.36 lakhs INR (30th Sept. 2019 to 29th Sept. 2022), Industry Sponsored by First Green Consulting Pvt. Ltd.]

SOP/ LOP/COP/Dissertation/Thesis Projects


During Second Semester 2021 - 22, I would be offering the projects under the umbrella topics of:

  • Zero Trust Networks
  • Encryption techniques for preventing DDoS attacks
  • Machine Learning techniques for preventing DDoS attacks.

If interested to work as project student (as Thesis/SOP/LOP/COP), send me a mail. For it, you must have done Computer Network course and "preferably" Network Security course. Please mention your current CGPA in your EMail.


Research Projects

 

Project Title: Wireless Network Virtualization: IEEE 802.11 Test-Bed Implementation and wireless NIC virtualization

PI: Vishal Gupta

Total Funding: 8.50 Lakh

Duration: 2 years [February 26, 2016 to February 25, 2018]

 

Consultancy Project Title: Developing suitable pedagogical methods for various classes, intellectual calibres and research in e-learning" under National Mission Project on Education through ICT.

Sponsor: Mininstry of HRD, Government of India (through IIT Kharagpur).

PI: Vishal Gupta

Total Funding: 7 Lakh

Status: The project is complete

 


Sponsored Projects

 

Completed Projects

 

  • "Characterization of major components of (FeS) Cluster assembly pathway in Plasmodium vivax". Duration: 3 years, Sanctioned amount 25.6 lakhs, Funding Agency: DST Young Scientist Start up Grant.
  • "Analysis of genetic diversity of malaria parasite from Bikaner, India". Duration: 2 years, Sanctioned amount 2 lakhs, Funding Agency: BITS- Research Initiation Grant
  • "Analysis of hypothetical and putative proteins dual targeted to apicoplast and mitochondria in Plasmodium vivax". Duration: 2 years, Sanctioned amount 6 Lakhs. Funding Agency: UGC - BSR Research Start up Grant for newly recruited faculties.

Ongoing Projects

 

  • “Deep Learning based automatic detection system for rapid scanning of malaria positive blood smears with varied resolution images” (Principal Investigator): Duration: 2years; Technically Approved; Funding Agency: ICMR-MERA
  • “Understanding vir Genes: Potential Mediators of Cyto-adherence in Severe Malaria from Plasmodium vivax” (Co – Principal Investigator) Duration: 3 years; Technically Approved Funding Agency: ICMR
  • “Exosome as prognostic and Diagnostic marker”. (Co-Investigator) Duration: 2 years, Funding Agency: DST “BioCyTiH Foundation”.

Research Projects


Ongoing Research Projects:

1. Principal Investigator (September 2018 onwards)- "Efficacy & Effectiveness of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities for Health Awareness and Promotion Among Women in Rajasthan: Towards a HOPE Approach" [Sanction No.16/2016/ICMR-ICSSR-SBR] (Amount Mobilized: INR 25,11,490/-)

2. Co-Principal Investigator (September 2018 onwards)- "Development & Validation of a Prototype of a Web/Mobile App Based Positive Psychological Intervention for Adolescents" [Sanction No.24/2016/ICMR-ICSSR-SBR] (Amount Mobilized: INR 17,01,650/-)

Research Projects Completed:


1. UGC sponsored project entitled “Writing Competence: An Assessment of Tribal Students.”
2. A video documentary entitled "Parivartan: Women Empowerment in Rural Shekhawati Region" Sponsored by UGC Centre of Women's Studies, BITS Pilani.


Sponsored Research Project

 

Sponsored Project

 

Project Title : Hyper spectral Image analysis and Machine learning for germ detection and precision agricultural

Role : Principal Investigator

Funding Agency : Short Term Project Scheme of Technology Development Programme (DRISHTI CPS/TDP-ST/SL/2022/003) from IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation.

Amount : Rs. 9,90,000/-

Status : On-going (2022-2023)


Project Title : Multimodal Biometric based person Identification System

Role : Principal Investigator

Funding Agency : Additional Competitive Research Grant, BITS Pilani

Amount : Rs. 9,00,000/-

Status : Completed (2016-2018)


Project Title : Person Re-identification (Re-ID) for Video Surveillance Applications

Role : Principal Investigator

Funding Agency : Research Initiation Grant, BITS Pilani

Amount : Rs. 2,00,000/-

Status : Completed (2015-2017)


Ongoing Funded Projects

Sl. No.Title of ProjectCost of ProjectDuration of ProjectRoleCollaboratorsDate of ApprovalSponsoring Agency
1Low-cost empathetic robotic solution for caregiving (LERSCe)--Co-PIDr. Abhijit Das (CSIS, BITS),
Dr. Aritra Mukherjee (CSIS, BITS),
Dr. Abhishek Sarkar (ME, BITS),
Prof. Simon Egerton (CSIT, La Trobe)
July 21, 2023BITS-La Trobe University
ASCRIN Program
2Design, development and control of a low cost AI enabled 3-DOF compliant manipulator for intelligent Manufacturing 20 laks2 YearsPIAbhishek Sarkar (ME, BITS),
Dr. Abhijit Das (CSIS, BITS)
September 15, 2023BITS CDRF

Research Projects as PI

 
Ongoing Projects
1.  ICMR 2022.  Elucidating the role of Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) regulated long-non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and as therapeutic targets for Oral Cancer.
 
Completed Projects
1. DBT RLS Fellowship- Identification and characterization of long non-coding RNAs involved in Genome stability. Dec 2016- March2022
2. DST SERB ECR-Understanding the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) pathway in Glioblastoma. Dec2018-March 2022
3. DBT-Elucidating the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in neuronal cell death during Japanese Encephalitis (JE). March 19- July 21.

Projects as PI

Sanctioned Projects. Awaiting Fund Release.

1.  ICMR 2022.  Elucidating the role of Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) regulated long-non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and as therapeutic targets for Oral Cancer.

Completed Projects

1. DBT RLS Fellowship- Identification and characterization of long non-coding RNAs involved in Genome stability. Dec 2016- March2022

2. DST SERB ECR-Understanding the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) pathway in Glioblastoma. Dec2018-March 2022

3. DBT-Elucidating the role of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in neuronal cell death during Japanese Encephalitis (JE). March 19- July 21.


Sponsored Projects

1. “Study of cosmological models in bimetric theory of gravitation”, funded by University Grants Commission (UGC) F.41-1385/2012 (SR), Govt. of India, New Delhi: (2012-2014) , 1,80,000 INR. 

2. DAAD - Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Worldwide – 2018, 2019, 2023

          IN-PH-3348 - Theoretical study of compact stars and wormholes in modified gravity

          2018: Intern: Ms. Annika Kirschner, Nürnberg - Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm during 01-08-2018 to 26-09-2018.

          2019: Intern: Mr. Daniel Krogmann, Berlin - Technische Universität Berlin during 11-08-2019 to 12-10-2019. 

         2023: Intern: Ms. Marlene Funck, Hannover - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover during 12-08-2023 to 24-09-2023. 

3. “Cosmic acceleration with observational constraints of the universe in modified gravity”, funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), 03(1454)/19/EMR-II Dt.02/08/2019, Govt. of India, New Delhi (2019-2022), 19,21,496 INR

4. “Astrophysical objects in modified theories of gravity: theoretical predictions and observational perspective”, funded by National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), 02011/3/2022 NBHM(R.P.)/R&D II/2152 Dt.14.02.2022, Govt. of India under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), (2022-2025), 16,80,900 INR

5. Working group member of CA21136-Addressing observational tensions in cosmology with systematics and fundamental physics (CosmoVerse) by EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (ECOST) from 21-10-2022 to 20-10-2026

6. “Study of late-time cosmic acceleration in curvature-less and torsion-less theories of gravity with recent observations”, funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), CRG/2022/001847, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi (2023-2026),21,48,696 INR

7. Co-PI of “A Fundamental Study on Cosmic Acceleration in Modified Gravity Approach”, funded by Ministry of Higher Education, Govt. of Malaysia, (2023-2026)  FRGS/1/2023/STG07/UM/02/3, RM109600.

8. Working group member of CA22113-Fundamental challenges in theoretical physics (THEORY-CHALLENGES) by EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (ECOST) from 10-10-2023 to 09-10-2027


Sponsored Projects

 

  • Collaborating Sponsored Project 'Rainfall-Runoff Modelling for Lower Godavari Basin in a Changing Climate', Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India; Co-Investigator: Prof D.Nagesh Kumar, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore [September 1, 2019-August 31,2022]
  • Collaborating Sponsored Project 'Integrated Urban Flood Management in India: Technology-Driven Solutions', Information Technology Research Academy (ITRA), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India; Co-Investigators: Prof PP Mujumdar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Dr. Rominus Valsalam, C-DAC, Thiruvanathapuram; Prof. NV Umamahesh, National Institute of Technology, Warangal. [January 1, 2014-July 31, 2017]
  • Collaborating Sponsored Project 'Multicriterion Analysis for Ranking of Various General Circulation Models to Study Water Resources of India', Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India; Co-Investigator: Prof D.Nagesh Kumar, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore [November 1, 2012-October 31, 2015]
  • Research and Development Project 'Artificial Neural Networks for Water Resources Planning: An Innovative Approach', Indian National Committee on Hydrology, Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), Government of India.[February 2006-April 2010]
  • Sponsored Project 'Multiobjective Optimization in Irrigation Planning using Evolutionary Algorithms', Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. [November 2006-November 2009]
  • Research and Development Project 'Multicriterion Decision Making in Water Resources Systems', All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, India. [May 1998-September 2000]

Projects

Industry Projects 

Project 1 - CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF RAW MILL FOUNDATION - FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATION
Status - Completed.
About the project - The project assess the level of damage of the foundation of a vertical grinding mill at STAR CEMENT CO. L.L.C. Clinkerisation Unit- Ras Al Khaima. The multi- phased approach includes a comprehensive field and laboratory investigation. Includes:
1. Detailed visual inspections to point out a qualitative and preliminary estimate of damage state as well as to identify key locations for detailed investigations.
2. Field investigation includes:
• Non-destructive testing with Acoustic emission, Ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV), Half-cell potential (HCP), Rebound hammer, Ground penetrating radar (GPR) and break-out window test.
• Sample collections for laboratory experiments
• Topographic survey
3. Laboratory investigation includes compression tests, depth of carbonation test and chloride contamination test as well as petrographic analysis.


Project 2 – VISUAL INSPECTION OF AN UNDER PASS TUNNEL FOR AL NAKHLA CRUSHER, FUJIRA
Status - Completed
About the project – To perform a visual inspection of the external appearance of the structure as well as surface, interior and surrounding environment of the structure


Project 3 – NDT of COAL MILL FOUNDATION
Status - Completed
About the project - The project is to conduct a series of non-destructive and laboratory tests to evaluated the level of damage of the foundation of a Coal Mill at STAR CEMENT CO. L.L.C. Ras Al Khaima. Scope of the work includes:
1. Field investigations with Acoustic emission, Ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV), Half-cell potential (HCP), Rebound hammer, Ground penetrating radar (GPR) and break-out window test.
2. Laboratory investigations like compression tests, depth of carbonation test and chloride contamination test as well as petrographic analysis.


Research Projects undertaken

 Ongoing-  

S. No

Title

Cost in Lakh

Duration

Role as PI/Co-PI

Agency

1.

Development of Theranostic Agents for Photodynamic/ Photothermal Treatment of Oral/Lung Cancer and Related Diseases

800

2022 -  2025

Co-PI

PROMOTION OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE (PURSE) SCHEME of DST, India

 

Completed-

S. No

Title

Cost in Lakh

Duration

Role as PI/Co-PI

Agency

1.

Metal selective fluorescence modulation of biologically important chromophores: Effect of micellar charge, pH, and solvent

2

2012 - 2014

PI

BITS Pilani

2.

Towards metalloneurochemistry inside a niosome : a fluorescence spectroscopy approach

24.98

2014 - 2017

PI

DST-SERB

3.

Investigations on naphthalene or anthracene based phosphonates as potential sources for useful ketones and aldehydes leading towards new AIEgens and polyarylalkanes

    16.75

2017 - 2020

Co-PI

CSIR

 
 
 

Projects

"I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts."

Bill Gates

Research Initiation Grant

    • Under RIG Scheme of BITS Pilani 
    • Topic:  ThermoFluid investigation of freely falling three dimensional rigid and deformable objects.
    • Grant amount: 20,000 AED
    • Duration: November 22 to December 24

Projects

  • Research Initiation Grant (RIG): BITS- Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Project Title: “Designing an Attribute Enhanced Spatially and Temporally Aware Role Based Access Control (AESTARBAC) Model for Electronic Healthcare Systems", Duration: 2017-2019, Grant Amount: 2 lakhs, Role: PI (Completed).
  • BITS-RMIT Joint PhD Program: Project Title: "Intelligent Deployment and Administration of Access Control Models", Collaborators: Prof. Iqbal Gondal (RMIT University) and Prof. Fabio Zambetta (RMIT University).
  • ASCRIN Scheme: Project Title: "Intelligent Intrusion and Anomaly Detection in Smart Air Pollution Monitoring Systems", Collaborator: Prof. Naveen Chilamkurti (La Trobe University).

Projects

 1. Advisor
Title: Frustum CAM in Medical Ventilators
Nature: Research
Funding Agency: SRISTI, in collaboration with BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, (INDIA)
Amount Sanctioned: 1500000 INR (~75000 AED)
Duration: - January'21 - present 
StatusOngoing 
 
2. Role: Advisor
Title: Extraction of Hydrogen from Waste Water
Nature: Research
Funding Agency: EXPO LIVE University Innovation Grant, Dubai (UAE)
Amount Sanctioned: 25000 AED
Duration: - February'18 - March'19  
StatusCompleted 
 
3. Role: Co-Prinicipal Investigator
Title: Comprehensive analysis and customized solutions for Energy Auditing and Energy Conservation
Nature: Consultancy
Funding Agency:  Star Cements Pvt. Ltd., Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) 
Amount Sanctioned: 12000 AED
Duration: July'17 - August'18 
StatusCompleted 

Sponsored Projects

  • Project title – Design and Development of Underwater Acoustic Modem
  • Trust Area – Underwater communication
  • Funding Agency – BITS Pilani
  • Duration – 2 years (Nov 2018 – Oct 2020) 
  • Grant amount – 8.88 Lakhs
 
In this project, an underwater acoustic modem will be developed for the shallow water UASN deployment. With two such modems, communication link will be tested between them by using a lab-based testbed set-up. Various modulation schemes, coding techniques and signal processing techniques can be tested using these modems.  
  • Project Title - Flying Ad hoc Network for disaster rescue operations (SERB     SRG/2019/001204)
  • Thrust Area – Wireless Sensor Networks, Airborne Networks
  • Funding Agency – Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • Duration – 2 years (Dec 2019 – Dec 2021)
  • Grant amount – 21.56 Lakhs
During the disaster rescue operations, such as fires in building spaces or natural calamities such as floods and earthquakes, mini-UAV’s can be deployed which can fly at much lower altitudes. At times, multiple mini-UAVs are required in the network formation for improving capabilities, reducing completion time of mission, and for allowing sharing of tasks among themselves. In this project, an autonomous network of multiple mini-UAVs will be deployed for an example of disaster rescue operations.  
In this project, we developed a Flying Ad-hoc Network Simulator (FANS) platform. This co-simulator platform interlinks Network Simulator (ns-3) and robot simulator (Gazebo) with help of Robot Operating System (ROS).
  • Project Title - Development of Underwater Acoustic Sensor Network for Monitoring of Coral Reef (BBF/BITS(G)/FY2022-23/BCPS-113)
  • Principle Investigator- Sarang Chandrashekhar Dhongdi
  • Co-PI – Prof. K R Anupama, Dept of EEE, BITS Goa
  • Thrust Area –Underwater Sensor Networks
  • Funding Agency – DST NM-ICPS
  • Duration - 01/09/2022 to 01/03/2024
  • Grant Amount - 34.86 Lakhs

Coral reefs are a very important environment that maintain a great variety of life forms and are indicators of ocean health. Currently coral reefs are monitored using divers and researchers have been collecting data periodically on environmental conditions.  The current system does not provide real-time data through all seasons. In addition, it is invasive in nature.  The main objective of the proposal is to develop an underwater acoustic sensor network which can be deployed for monitoring the regional coral reef non-intrusively and through all seasons. For deployment of this network, series of underwater nodes would be developed with the capability of sensing, communication, data processing and networking.  Using these nodes an ad hoc self-configuring underwater acoustic sensor network will be built to monitor various parameters ocean environment using oceanographic sensors.

  • Project Title - Development of IoT system for monitoring gases
  • Principle Investigator- Sarang Chandrashekhar Dhongdi
  • Thrust Area –IoT
  • Funding Agency – BITS Pilani (Research Initiation Grant)
  • Duration – April 2018 to April 2019
  • Grant Amount – 2.0 Lakhs

Government Projects (International & National)

Govt. of Victoria (Australia) VESKI-SMRP Project (Completed):  "International Making data-driven quality management accessible to small scale dairy cooperatives in India" Investigators:  Prof. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Suman Kapur (Hyd Campus), Prof. Poonam Goyal, Dr. Ashutosh Bhatia, Collaborators: La Trobe University (Australia), IIT Kanpur, SensaData Pty Ltd, & The Product Makers (TPM) Pty Ltd ( AUD $ 1,70,000 ). 

United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) Project for hosting US expert under Full Bright Nehru Scheme(Completed):  "High performance computing and IoT data analytics", Cordinator: Poonam Goyal ($11000)

MeitY Research Project (Completed): " A New Distributed Computing Framework for Data Mining". Investigators: Prof. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Poonam Goyal & Prof. Sundar S. Balasubramaniam (120 Lakhs)

CRG-SERB Research Project (Ongoing): "An automatic multi-modal learning system for image/video analytics" Investigator: Poonam Goyal  (35 Lakhs).


Industry Projects

Industry (Mercedes-Benz) Research Project (Aug 2022: April 2023) "Mechanical Design using Generative AI", Investigators: Prof. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Poonam Goyal, and Dr. Amit Singh (8 lakhs)

Industry (Adobe) Research Project (Ongoing): "Multimodal Learning" Investigator: Poonam Goyal (5 lakhs/problem/ semester)

Industry (Nucleus Software, Noida) Research Project (Ongoing): "Intent Analysis of Customers Based on Telephonic Conversations" Investigators: Prof. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Poonam Goyal (2.5 lakhs/semester)

Industry (Founding Years Learning Solutions) Research Project (Ongoing): "Project SWATCH" Investigators: Prof. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Poonam Goyal, Dr Manish Dave, Dr Jennifer Ranjani (21.373 Lakhs)


Research Projects[SPONSORED]

[2023-2025] TITLE: Green Quantum Computing:  Benchmarking, Performance Analysis, Modeling and Optimization of Quantum computing algorithms and communication Protocols.

SPONSORED BY BITS Pilani,Rajastan. 

AMOUNT:20 LAKHS

 

  • [2016-17]  Title: Modeling, design, and performance analysis of device-to-device (D2D) wireless communication system (Research Initiation Grant of Rs/- 1,00,000 from BITS Pilani, Pilani campus, Rajasthan)
  • [2017-18]  Title: NASA's Radio Jove Receiver [Student: Ujwal Panda] (Prof. I. J. Nagrath Student Project Fund), Role: Project mentor Amount: 27475.00 
  • [Aug. 2020-Dec. 2020] IEEE UAV Innovation Challenge - VTS and Bangalore Section 
    BITS Student team: Vinay U. Pai, Rushabha Balaji, Sumukh Nitundil, Vinay Kanakeri
    Submitted idea: Pollution Mapping using Collaborative Green UAVs
    Start date: 03/08/2020; End date: 15/12/2020; Role: Project mentor 
    Achievement: One of the winning teams in the first stage. [Mail received on Oct. 24, 2020] 
  • Amount: 32000.00 INR 
  • [May 2022-23] The following research proposal has been selected to grant credits for research work under Quantum Computing Applications Lab (QCAL), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY).
    Title: Quantum Algorithms for Efficient Wireless Energy Transfer in Renewable Sensor Networks.
    Team: Sainath Bitragunta, Shantom Kumar Borah
  • Credits: $4,200.00

Research Grants

1

Consultancy for Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Project: Curating open educational resources for Interactive Flat Panels in Schools in Telangana (2023) 
Role of the researcher: Subject matter expert for English
Duration: 6 months (June 7, 2023) 

Title: English for the EDI generation: Predicting and tracking the role of English and digital/mobile technologies in Higher Education across East and South Asia
Duration: 3 years (2022-2025) 
Amount: 249,594 GBP
Funding agency: British Council
Role of the researcher: CO-PI (PI: Prof. Agnes Kukul-Hulme, Open University, UK) 

3 

Title: Relationship between TOEFL iBT and Academic Writing Practices in English-Medium Universities of South Asia 
Grant amount: 99,783.33 US Dollars
Funding agency: Educational Testing Service
Role of the researcher: CO-PI (PI: Prof. Tony Green, University of Bedfordshire, UK)

4

Title: IATEFL Projects Grant 2023 (‘ESL teaching strategies for linguistically diverse classrooms: An exploratory study’)
Amount: 1500 GBP
Funding agency: IATEFL (through FORTELL)
Role of the researcher: PI (Dr Jani Reddy as CO-PI) 

5

Title: Swavalamban: A Co-constructed Online Professional Development Toolkit for English Language Teachers Working in Resource-constrained Schools in India 
Duration: 6 months (September 16, 2022 - March 31, 2023)
Amount: £23,771 
Funding agency: British Council 
Role of the researcher: PI for India [PI for the UK: Dr Taslima Ivy from the University of Manchester, Project Partners: Dr. Gary Motteram (Expert) and Dr Felix Kwihangana from the University of Manchester, and Ms Shambhavi Singh (Project Coordinator), an independent researcher from India] 

6 

Consultancy for British Council
Duration: 1 year (March 2019 - March 2020)
Amount: 1.5 lakhs
Role of the researcher: Assistant Coordinator for AARMS (Aptis Action Research Mentoring Scheme) 

7

Title: An Evaluative Study of ESP Programmes in India
Duration: Two years (06.10.2017 to 05.10.2019)
Amount: 1.70 lakhs
Funding agency: BITS Pilani
Role of the researcher: Sole investigator

8

Title: Aptis Action Research Mentoring Scheme
Duration: March 2017 March 2018
Amount: 1 7 1,990 INR
Funding agency: British Council
Role of the researcher: Sole investigator 

9

Title: Using CEFR-based Bilingual Rating Scales to Improve the Writing Ability of ESL Learners
Duration: One year (December 2015 December 2016)
Amount: 1.48 lakhs Funding agency: British Council
Role of the researcher: Sole investigator 

Research Interests

  •     Machine Learning and Computer Vision
  •     Renewable Energy Planning & System Sizing
  •     Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  •     IC Engines

 

Sponsored Projects

Ongoing: 

  • 2022 to 2025. As PI: DST-SERB funded research project on 'Development of a Cost Effective Solar Energy based Drinking Water cum Cold Storage Facility for Coastal Communities in India.
  • 2020 to 2023. As PI: DRDO funded research project on 'Machine Vision based Adaptive Quality Assurance System for Aerospace Vehicle Assembly Unit'.
  • 2022 to 2023. As PI: DRDO funded research project on 'Design and Development of a Multi Sensor System for Health Monitoring of Defence Stored Article'.
  • 2022 to 2024. As Co-PI: HBL funded research project on 'Prediction of RUL (Remaining Useful Life) of the Lithium-Ion Battery pack using machine learning techniques for second life usage'.
  • 2022 to 2024. As Co-PI: HBL funded research project on 'Regeneration of graphite anode and Li metal recovery from used LFP batteries'.

 

Completed:

  • 2021 to 2022. As Co-PI: NVIDIA funded research project on 'Development of heterogeneous MPI-CUDA based parallel 3D fluid-structure solver'.
  • 2019 to 2020As PI: DRDO funded research project on 'Design and Development of an Automated Flow Calibration System for Fuel and Oxidizer Injectors of Reaction Control System'.
  • 2015 to 2017As PIBITS Pilani funded research project on 'Development of an integrated approach for modelling and management of micro grid operations'.
  • 2014 to 2017As Co-PICentre for Research Excellence in Waste, Water & Energy, BITS Pilani funded research project on 'Anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and organic fraction of municipal solid waste for the production of biogas and concomitant use of biogas as fuel for cooking and spent slurry as fertilizer.
  • 2014 to 2016As PIUGC funded research project on 'Design and development of an interactive decision support system for regional energy management'.
  • 2013 to 2015As PIBITS Pilani funded research project on 'Design and Development of an Urban Energy-Water Optioneering Tool (UEWOT)'.
  • 2009 to 2011. Team Member of a EPSRC funded ‘Ashford’s Integrated Alternatives’ (AIA) project headed by University of Exeter, UK from 2009 to 2011 (Completed on 31st March 2011)
  • 2008 to 2012. Team Member of a EPSRC funded ‘Regional Visions of Integrated Sustainable Infrastructure Optimised for Neighbourhoods’ (ReVISIONS) project headed by University of Cambridge, UK (Completed on 30th September 2012www.regionalvisions.ac.uk)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

ONGOING PROJECTS

  1. Indo-Japan Bilateral Research Project by DST-JSPS (2023-2025): "Systemic delivery of senescence associated miRNA-3140 in pleural mesothelioma tumor by a multifunctional cationic nanocarrier" (PI) Recommended
  2. Extramural project by ICMR (2019-2022): "Gel-based composite formulation containing asiaticoside and neurotensin for rapid healing of diabetic wounds" (PI) (25.67 lakhs)
  3. DBT Builder project (2021-2026): Nano-carrier mediated targeted delivery of therapeutics to suppress epigenetic modulation in diabetic nephropathy (Co-I) (9.018 Crores
  4. DST sponsored Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs)- Member of the Bio-CPS team. "Exosome as prognostic and Diagnostic marker"  (Co-I) (50 lakhs)
COMPLETED PROJECTS
  1. Core Research Grant by DST-SERB (2019-2022)"Peptide tethered multifunctional cationic nanocomplexes for delivery of IL-1 receptor antagonist for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus" (PI)  (40.46 lakhs)
  2. Task force project under in Nanomedicine by ICMR (2019-2022): "Self-assembling, pH-sensitive temozolomide conjugate nanomedicine for treatment of glioblastoma multiforme" (Co-I) (25.12 lakhs)
  3. Nano-intervention in Management of Opthalmic Diseases by DBT (2018-2022): "cRGD decorated lipo-polymeric nanoplexes of CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein (RNP) for the management of retinal dystrophic conditions"  (Co-I) (125 lakhs)
  4. Extramural project by DST Nanomission (2018-2021): "Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived Exosomes as Biogenic Nanocarriers of miRNA and Chemotherapeutic Drug for Reversal of Chemoresistance in Breast Cancer" (PI) (Total-56.46 lakhs)
  5. Extramural project by DST-Rajasthan (2016-2020): "Cyclic RGD modified lipopolymeric micelles for targeted delivery of Tamoxifen in ER+ breast cancer" (PI) (12.53 lakhs)
  6. Young scientists Award by DST-SERB  (2015-2018): "Nano-formulation of lysophylline-fatty acid conjugate for effective treatment of diabetes" PI (26.90 Lakhs)
  7. BITS Research Initiation grant (2014-2016): "Development and Evaluation of Lipo-polymeric Micelles For Drug Delivery" (02 Lakhs)

Sponsored Projects

Ongoing Projects

1. SERB-SURE Project
Title: Development of covalent organic framework-based Vis-to NIR electrochromic smart windows for solar heat modulation
Research Grant: 29.956 L
Funded by: DST-SERB, Govt. of India
Duration: October 2023- September 2026 
Role: As PI 
 
2. DST-Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) 
Title: Waste-to-Energy: Technology Integration  for Production of Clean Energy from Organic Waste (Theme 3 for BITS Pilani) 
Research Grant: 581.27 L for Theme 3
Funded by: DST, Govt. of India
Duration: March 2022- March 2026 
Role: As Co-PI 
 
3. DRDO-LSRB
Title: Testing on-spot food quatity mainly focusing with detection of biogenic amines for the defence personnel using simple fluorophores 
Research Grant: 28.89 L 
Funded by: DRDO-LSRB
Duration: 10/09/2021 - 09/09/2024 
Role: As Co-PI
 
4. DRDO-Contract for Acquisition of Research Services (CARS)
Title: Synthesis and characterisation of virantage VW10200RFP
Research Grant: 15.03 L 
Funded by: DRDO-CARS
Duration: 18/10/2022 - 17/04/2024 
Role: As Co-PI
 

Completed Projects

1. Industry Sponsored Project by Hyderabad Battery Limited 
Title: Developing the Conducting Cathode Materials for Li-ion Batteries. 
Research Grant: 7 Lakhs
Funded by: Hyderabad Battery Ltd.
Duration: Dec. 2018 to Nov. 2019
Role: As co-PI  

 2. Industry Sponsored Project by Hyderabad Battery Limited

Title: Developing the Zn-air battery
Research Grant: 13 Lakhs
Funded by: Hyderabad Battery Ltd.
Duration: May 2019 to Apr. 2021
Role: As co-PI  
 
3. DST-INSPIRE Faculty Project 
Title: Nanostructured metallo-supramolecular polymers for stable ultrafast electrochromic display device 
Research Grant: 35 Lakhs
Funded by: DST, Govt. of India
Duration: 13th Nov. 2017-12th Nov 2022 
Role: As PI 
 
4  Research Initiation Grant 
Title: Metallo-supramolecular polymer based self-powered electrochromic devices
Research Grant: 2 Lakhs
Funded by: BITS Pilani
Duration: 03.03.2021 to 02.03.2023
Role: As PI
 
5.  Additional Competitive Research Grant
Title: Metallopolymer based electrochromic supercapattery: A dual performance smart windows
Research Grant: 10 Lakhs
Funded by: BITS Pilani
Duration: August 2021-August 2023 
Role: As PI 

 

Name of the project:  "Design and deploy a LoRa-based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for precision agriculture application"

Funding Agency: Technology-Innovation Hub (TIH), IIT Bombay

Duration: 2022-2023

Status: Ongoing

Amount:  Rs. 1.8 Lakhs.

Role: Mentor

Name of the project: “LoRa-WSN- based IoT Communication Platform for Precision Agriculture”

Funding Agency: Technology-Innovation Hub (TIH), IIT Bombay

Duration: 2022-2023

Status: Ongoing

Amount:  Rs. 25.289 Lakhs.

Role: PI

Name of the project: Design and implementation of protocols for autonomous FANETS for search and rescue application 

Funding Agency: BITS-Pilani (Additional Competitive Research Grant for New Faculty)

Duration: 2021-2023 

 Status: Ongoing

Amount:  Rs. 10 Lakhs

Role: PI

Name of the project: Design and implementation of algorithms for drone-based surveillance application

Funding Agency: BITS-Pilani (Research Initiation Grant)

Duration: 2020-2021

Status: Completed

Amount:  Rs. 1.5 Lakhs

Role: PI

Name of the project:  " Computational Learning through Context Adaptation for Effective and Efficient Agriculture "

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation, USA amd Technology-Innovation Hub (TIH), IIT Bombay

Duration: 2022-2023

Status: Ongoing

Amount:  Rs.2.48 Lakhs.(BITS-Pilani’s Share)

Role: Co-PI

Name of the project:  " AI (Artificial Intelligence) in Soil Management for Diversified Agricultutre "

Funding Agency: ISRO Bengaluru under YUKTI-Sanchita Scheme

Duration: 2023-2024

Status: Sanctioned.

Amount:  Rs.18.53 Lakhs.

Role: Co-PI

      Funding Agency: ISRO Bengaluru under YUKTI-Sanchita Scheme

      Duration: 2023-2024

      Status: Sanctioned.

      Amount:  Rs.18.53 Lakhs.

      Role: Co-PI


BE Projects – Study Project / Lab Project / Design Project

  1. Application of environmental impact assessment method for integrated solid waste management activities.
  2. Implementation of Process Integration in LCA
  3. Physicho-Chemical Analysis & Environmental Impact Assessment of Textile Industry Effluent
  4. E- waste management
  5. Life Cycle Inventory Analysis on Bio-Medical Waste Management between different Health Care Institutions of Southern Tamilnadu, India
  6. Life cycle for coal fired power plants assessment
  7. A detailed study on carbon credits and carbon footprints
  8. Environmental rules, regulations and permits
  9. Risk Management for Chemical Industries
  10. Life cycle assessment for urea production plant
  11. Life cycle inventory analysis for sugar plant
  12. Role of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Nanotechnology
  13. Implementation of Fuzzy Logic for Environmental Impact Assessment
  14. Solvent-Solvent extraction of products from Carbon dioxide mitigation
  15. Removal of heavy metals from waste water using graphene oxide based nano adsorbents
  16. Non-photosynthetic conversion of flue gases (CO2/SOx/NOx) in lab scale bioreactor
  17.  Experimental approach for design & development of anaerobic reactor for conversion of mess waste (solid waste) into bio-gas
  18.  Life cycle assessment (LCA) of RO systems
  19.  Estimation of emission factors from various data sets available in literature or other sources/ Bodies.
  20.  Life cycle assessment studies of flue gas
  21.  Life cycle inventory analysis (LCI) for comparative analysis for removal of flue gases from various methods
  22. Development of effective technology for defluoridation of drinking water using nanoadsorbents
  23.  Solvent solvent extraction for the recovery of products from carbon dioxide mitigation
  24.  Modeling and simulation of continuous bioreactor for the CO2 mitigation
  25.  Lab to pilot scale studies for effective development of biofilter system
  26.  Strategies of data collection for life cycle assessment of process
  27.  Life cycle assessment of fuel cells using Umberto Nxt tool (LCA tool)
  28. Anaerobic digestion of food waste
  29. Life cycle inventory studies of anaerobic digestion of food waste
  30. Analysis of design parameters for anaerobic digestion of food waste
  31. Life cycle assessment of fuel cells using Umberto Nxt tool (LCA tool)

 

 

S No.

Name of Candidate

Title of the Project

Date of Completion

1.

Isha Nagpurkar

CO2­ Mitigation by Microalgae

December, 2012

2.

Pratibha Pal

CO2 mitigation using mixed culture

December, 2013

3.

Garima Verma

Development of an efficient system for defluoridation of drinking water using nano adsorbents

May, 2016

4.

Siva Krishna

Reactive extraction of products obtained from CO2 mitigation

May, 2016

5.

Harshal Dongre

Removal of trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) using biofiltration technique

May, 2016

6.

Ch. Ramakrishna

LCA of biodiesel production from microalgae grown in wastewater

May, 2017

7.

Akshay Khandelwal

Development of Continuous Bio-mitigation of CO2 and Recovery of

Products (Fatty acids and Fatty alcohol) from Leachate

May, 2019

8.

Shrinidhi

LCA of Recycling Spent LiBs from Electric Vehicles

May, 2020

8.

Aravindh N.

Bio mitigation of flue gases (CO2, SOx, NOx) through algal route

May, 2021

9.

Arjun S.

Experimental understanding and life cycle impact assessment of anaerobic digestion of food waste

Ongoing


Research Projects

Title of the Project

Funding Agency

Participation

Amount (Lakhs)

Year

Status

Process development for bio-mitigation of flue gases (CO2, SOx, and NOx) using chemolithotrophs and production of value-added products.

SERB

PI

31.61

2019 - 2022

Ongoing

Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds (Chlorinated  VOCs, Non methane hydrocarbons, ethylene glycol) from waste streams using Biofiltration 

DST-  fast-track

PI

14.5

2012 – 15

Completed

Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewater using Biofiltration

UGC

PI

5.50

2012 – 15

Completed

Experimental Studies on Bio-mitigation of CO2

BITS Pilani

PI

1.2

2011-2013

Completed


Research Project

  1. ‘Ayushman Bharat: Outreach and Efficacy across States in India’, funded by ICSSR (ongoing). (Co-PI)
  2. ‘A Study of Ranking of Higher Education Institutes in India’, funded by BITS-Pilani (ongoing). (PI)
  3. ‘CSR Budgeting and its Consequences for Corporate Financial and Societal Performance’, funded by RWTH, University of Aachen, Germany (ongoing). (Co-PI)
  4. ‘Ancillary Benefits of Climate Policy Activities and their Assessment by Different Agents: A Consideration on the basis of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)’, funded by University Grant Commission, India and DAAD, Germany (completed in February, 2021). (PI)
  5. ‘Creating a Market for Indian Refined Gold’, funded by India Gold Policy Research Centre (completed in December, 2019). (Co-PI)
  6. ‘Preparation of District Development Report of Purba Medinipur District’, funded by Government of West Bengal (Completed in July, 2022). (PI)
  7. ‘Estimation of Import Elasticity of Gold in India’, funded by International Management Institute, Kolkata (Completed in May, 2016). (Co-PI)
  8. ‘Efficient Utilization of Funds at Rural Local Governments: the Case of West Bengal’, funded by Centre for West Bengal Economy, Jadavpur University (Completed in December, 2016). (PI)
  9. ‘Efficiency of VAT in West Bengal’, funded by Centre for West Bengal Economy, Jadavpur University (Completed in February, 2015). (PI)
  10. ‘Determinants of Stamp Duty Revenue in West Bengal’, funded by Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy, Kolkata (Completed in December, 2014). (PI)
  11. ‘Determinants of Stamp Duty Revenue in Indian States’, funded by Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy, Kolkata (Completed in October, 2012). (PI)
  12. ‘Valuation of an Ecosystem and its Impact on Livelihood Support: The Case Study of East Kolkata Wetlands’, funded by South Asian Network for Development and Environment Economics (Completed in December, 2010). (Co-PI)
  13. ‘Trade Policy and Increasing Return Based Agglomeration: Is There Any Evidence in India?’, funded by UNCTAD-Government of India-DFID Project, Young Scholar Programme (Completed in November, 2008). (PI)
  14. ‘Aspects of Behavior of the Multinational Corporations: Technology Transfer and Selection of Product Quality’, funded by Jadavpur University (Completed in February, 2007). (PI)
  15. ‘Globalization, Income Inequality and Regional Disparity : Analyzing the Indian Experience in the 1990s’ (with R. Acharyya, S. Marjit and S. Kar), funded by South Asia Netwok for Economic Research Institute, New Delhi. (Completed in February, 2006). (Co-PI)
  16. ‘Export Potential of Education from Jadavpur University’ (with J.R. Burman), funded by DSA Centre for Regional Economic Studies, Jadavpur University. (Completed in March, 2004). (Co-PI)

Research Project

Ongoing research project details:

Industry Sponsored

  • EON’s DINI (Diet-Infection-Nutrition-Immunity) Axis approach – Proof of Concept: Immunomodulatory Nutritional Intervention for CRC Management (PI)

Government funding

  • DBT Grant: Glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-targeted liposomal nano-platform for drug sensitization, EMT reversal toward effective treatment of aggressive oral cancer (Multi-Institutional Grant: PI), EON (May 2021 - May 2023)
  • DBT Grant: Antibacterial, host-modulating and regenerative nanofibers membrane for guided tissue regeneration (Multi-Institutional Grant: PI) (Nov 2022 - Nov 2025)
  • DST Grant: CRISPR mediated genetic correction of Sickle Cell disease towards clinical trials in a small patient cohort” (Multi-Institutional Grant: as collaborator with CSIR-IICT)

PI of research funding for fellowship

  • ICMR-SRF Project: Folate receptor mediated targeting of Oral Cancer: therapeutics and mechanistic investigation of tumor regression (PI).
  • JRF-Lady Tata Memorial Trust Award:  Investigating the role of GR mediated liposomal delivery system against OSCC and Tumor Microenvironment for targeted therapeutics (PI)

Completed research Project:

  • In house sponsored project: OC3-Centre for Human Diseases Research (CHDR), Test the efficacy of SHR-mediated drug delivery system for oral cancer.
  • DBT Grant: Transgenic Embryonic stem cell models for studying the role of elevated levels of DNMT1 and DNMT3A in neuropsychiatric disorders funded by DBT, India. (Co-PI) 
  • In house sponsored project: Development of personalized DNA markers in breast cancer patients for early diagnosis and prognosis using a non -invasive method. Seed Grant (Co-PI)
  • In house sponsored project: Screening of steroid hormone receptors and their ligands for targeted delivery of cationic liposome in cancer cells, Research Initiation Grant. (PI).

 Collaborators:

  1. Industrial collaborator: Dr. Anubhab Mukherjee, Principal Scientist, Esperer Onco   Nutrition, Mumbai
  2. Dr. Rajkumar Banerjee (CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad)
  3. Dr. Madhusudan Rao Gummanur, (ACDS, Secunderabad).
  4. Dr. Jyotsnendu Giri, (IIT, Hyderabad)
  5. Dr. Venkata Srilakshmi P (NIT, Warangal)

Acknowledgment:

I thank Director, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus for providing fund through CHDR. I also thank DBT, DST, ICMR, EON & Lady Tata Memorial Trust for sponsoring research grant/ fellowship. I sincerely thank my collaborators and highly appreciate their support in running our collaborative grants. 


Research Projects

Principle Investigator: Uma S. Dubey
 
Title:  Investigating the role of Aryl hydrocarbon receptors in mediating the anticancer  
properties associated to camel milk.
Amount: Rs. 7,43,200 
Funding agency: DST Rajasthan 
Duration: 2016-2019
 
 Investigators: Suman Kapur (PI) ; Uma Dubey (Co-PI).  
Title: Functional Mutations in the Opiod Receptors and their impact on immune cell function.
Amount: Rs. 55.76 Lakhs
Funding Agency: ICMR
Duration: 2009-2012. Years
 
Uma S. Dubey (PI)
Title: A study on Immunomodulatory properties of Glycyrrhizin.
Funding agency: UGC
Amount: Minor grant
Duration: 2002-2003 
 
 

 

ONGOING PROJECTS

1. SERB-CRG: 38.32 Lakhs (December 2021-November 2024) [as Principal Investigator]
 
Title: Enriching Unnatural Amino Acids (UAAs) Toolkit via Transition-metal Catalyzed Site Selective Functionalization/Annulation of Distal C(sp2)-H bonds
 
2. CSIR-EMR: 27.14 Lakhs [July 2021-July 2024) [as Principal Investigator]
 
Title: Metal-catalyzed and metal-free strategies for the synthesis of of modified bile acids as novel anticancer agents 
 
3. SERB-CRG: 36 Lakhs (February 21, 2023: Approval Letter Received) [as a Co-Investigator] [Principal Investigator: Dr. Deepak Chitkara]
 
Title: Novel non-viral vectors comprising functionalized-lipids and amphiphilic polymers for delivery of mRNA-based Therapeutics
 

COMPLETED PROJECTS

1. Research Initiation Grant: BITS Pilani: 2 Lakhs [May 2012-May 2014] [as Principal Investigator]
 
Title: Design & Synthesis of Bile acid-Nucleosides conjugates linked via amino acids as potential anticancer agents.  
 
2. UGC Startup Grant: University Grant Commission: 6 Lakhs [April 2013-March 2015] [as Principal Investigator]
 
Title: Novel α-Amino, α-Aminoxy and α-Hydrazino acids Linked Bio-conjugates: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation. 
 
3. BITS SEED Grant: BITS, Pilani: 9.80 Lakhs [February 2012-February 2014] [as Principal Investigator]
 
Title: Design of Ionic Liquid linked Benzotriazoles as useful Synthetic Auxiliaries in Organic Synthesis.  
 
4. DST fast track: 24.7 Lakhs [September 2013-September 2016] [as Principal Investigator]
 
Title: Design of Synthetically Tunable Azino-fused Chromene Conjugates as Potential Organogelators 
 
5. BITS Additional Research Grant: 4.5 Lakhs [February 2016-February 2018] [as Principal Investigator]
  
Title: Design and Synthesis of Multi-functional Smart Low Molecular Weight Gelators (LMWGs)  
 
6. SERB-CRG: 33.28 Lakhs [October 2017-February, 2021) [as Principal Investigator]
 
Title: Transition metal-catalyzed synthesis of fused heterocycles via C-C/C-N bond forming strategies

7. Joint Industrial Project with Sub Pharmaceuticals Limited: 14.5 Lakhs (January 2021-January 2023) [as Principal Investigator]
 
Title: Design and Synthesis of API Impurities-II 
 

Research Profile

 

Research Interests:

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Antenna Design (High Power Microwave).
  • Waveguides
  • Surface wave transmission line
  • Microwave Sensor development.
 

Research Facilities in Department:

CST Microwave Studio (Simulation Software), Vector Network Analyzer (20 GHz),  Anechoic Chamber (Antenna Testing), Multiple antenna experiment kits, Waveguide test benches, RF cables, RF Connectors.
 
 

Research Projects:

(1) Additional Competitive Research Grant from BITS, Pilani for Project titled "High power compact UWB TEM antenna and mode converter design "  [Nov. 2018-Oct. 2020]

(2) Industrial Consultancy Project for Intel Technology India pvt. ltd. Project Investigator : Ashish Chittora , Co-PI: Prof. M. K. Deshmukh [Duration: Feb., 2021-March, 2022]

Research Projects

Role and Name of the project

Funding agency

Sanctioned

Date of completion

Amount in Rs.

Duration

PI

Remote sensing enabled public policy analysis of air-pollutants in peri-urban environments: An Indo- Australian case study – (RESPIRE)

Asian Smart Cities Research and Innovation Network (ASCRIN) La Trobe University

March, 2021

March 2026

Rs. 14,88,000

5 years

Co-I

Team III: Waste-to-Energy: Technology Integration for production of clean energy from organic waste

DST (PURSE 2020 program)

TPN-57086

February, 2021

Feb 2025

Rs. 26.0 Crores

4 years

Project Partner-

Institutional Changes for Rural Innovation: The Civic Space and the State in India, the 1980s through 2010s

Ford Foundation

September, 2020

(Completed)

May 2023

(Completed)

Rs. 68,40,000

(US $ 95,000)

2 Years

Principal Investigator (PI)-

 

Alternative ways of understanding ecological conservation practices to enable justice for all

NALSAR, Hyderabad

September, 2018

(Completed)

01.09.2018 to 30.06.2019

(Completed)

Rs. 2,95,000

8 months

Principal Investigator (PI)-

 

Resistance to the Western Ghats Conservation and Undercurrents:  A study of the people’s protest and the role of the local bodies in Idukki, Kerala

Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Kerala

Sept, 2018

(Completed)

01.09.2018 to
31.03.2020

(Completed)

 

Rs. 3,15,000

16 months

Principal Investigator (PI)-

 

Political Ecology of South India

 

Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics (OPERA)

Aug, 2017

(Completed)

Aug, 2017 to Aug, 2022

(Completed)

Rs. 22,80,000

5 years

Principal Investigator (PI)-

 

Alternative ecological ways of being

Research Initiation Grant

28th Aug, 2018

(Completed)

Aug, 2018 to Aug, 2020

(Completed)

Rs. 2,00,000

2 years


Sponsored Research Projects

  1. Research Initiation Grant (RIG): BITS- Pilani Hyderabad Campus (Duration: 2023-2025) - Project Title: “Modelling the Influence of Climate Change on the Stability of Soil Slopes". (Amount: INR 2 lakhs) Role: PI - Ongoing

Ongoing projects

DBT - Ramalingaswami Fellowship Project (2019-2024) [PI]
Exploring known and novel HSPs and HSFs in a thermotolerant plant Prosopis cineraria by genome-wide studies, and application of genome editing for enhanced heat stress tolerance in rice.
 
DST-SERB - Start-up Research Grant (2022-2023) [PI]
Root system architecture and root-omics during drought and thermotolerance in Prosopis cineraria, a promising plant of desert
 
BITS - Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF) (2023-2025) [PI]
Growth assessment, phenotyping and biochemical characterization of edible desert plants with machine learning approaches for environmental impact evaluation
 
Completed projects
 
Research Initiation Grant (2021-2022) by BITS Pilani

Research

I am fascinated by the area of Integer Partitions. A partition is a natural object: it answers the question "In how many ways can we split up a positive integer n into a sum of smaller positive numbers?" Partitions have connections to a wide variety of fields like Combinatorics, Number Theory, Hypergeometric Series, Lie Algebras, Statistical Physics, and many more. As with many areas in mathematics, one of the earliest drivers of research in partitions was Leonhard Euler, and more recently, it received a fillip through Ramanujan's fundamental contributions in the first two decades of the 20th century and whose impact continues to be felt to this day. Two books for a good introduction are: 

  • Number Theory in the Spirit of Ramanujan by Bruce Berndt
  • Integer Partitions by George Andrews and Kimmo Eriksson

Ongoing Projects

  • Waste cooking oil biodiesel microemulsion as a sustainable alternative fuel for CI engines: Rs. 2,00,000 (to be started)

    Funding: SPARKLE Grant, BITS Pilani 

  • Development of alcohol-gasoline-water microemulsion fuels for spark-ignition engines: Rs. 9,50,000 (2021-2023)
    Funding: Additional Competitive Research Grant, BITS Pilani 

Research Projects

Ongoing Projects

  • “Development of Deterioration Model for Top-Down Cracking in Bituminous Surfaces” (Rs. 1,55,10,000/- as a Principal Investigator and Dr. Akshay Gundla as a Co-Principal Investigator) as a part of the Project - “Development of Damage Prediction-based Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guidelines for India” (Rs.10,58,69,000/-) sponsored by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, New Delhi (March 2023 to December 2026)
  • Mitigation strategy to counter top-down cracking due to non-uniform contact stresses in Flexible Pavements (Rs. 26,50,000/- as a Principal Investigator and Dr. Chandu Parimi as a Co-Principal Investigator). Sponsored by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), New Delhi (August 2020 - December 2023).

Completed Projects 

  • Experimental investigation of half warm asphalt mixture using polymer bitumen emulsions - laboratory studies (Rs. 2,00,000/- as a Principal Investigator) Research Initiation Grant (RIG400) sponsored by BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus. Start date: 4th September 2015 Date of completion: 31st March 2018.
  • Preparation of state-of-the-art report (SOAR) on utilization of higher percentage of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in hot asphalt mixes (HAM) with warm mix additives - laboratory and field evaluation (Rs. 6,25,000/ - as a Principal Investigator) - Sponsored by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRT&H). Start date: 15th September 2017 Date of Completion: 23rd January 2019.
  • Semi field evaluation of geo-composite drainage layer (GDL) as a sub - base for sustainable pavement construction (Rs. 4,00,000/ - as a Principal investigator). Sponsored by M /s. Strata Geosystems (India) Private Limited, Mumbai. Start date: 15th December 2019 End date: 15th June 2021.
  • Laboratory performance of bituminous mixtures with shell bio-based additive (Rs. 8,61,400/- as a Principal Investigator). Sponsored by Shell India Markets Private Limited, Bangalore. Start date: 21st December 2021 - End date: 31st December 2022
  • Feasibility study to assess the use of waste plastic aggregate in the design and performance of BC-I and BC-II mixtures for sustainable pavements (Rs. 6,50,000/- as a Principal Investigator). Sponsored by K.K Waste Management Private Limited, Bengaluru, India. Start date: 1st September 2021 - End date: 31st August 2022.
  • Field Evaluation on the Effect of Binder Reduction due to Traffic Movement and its effect on Binder Aging (Rs. 9,90,000/ - as a Principal investigator and Dr. Prasanta Sahu as a Co-Principal Investigator) - Sponsored by the office of Engineer - in - Chief, Roads and Buildings Department, Government of Telangana. Start date: 1st June 2019. End date: 31st May 2021.
  • Evaluation of the efficiency of Bacterial Inclusions in Concrete (Rs. 11,70,000/- as a Co-Principal Investigator and Dr. Arkamitra Kar as a Principal Investigator), Sponsored by M/s. Aliens Group, Hyderabad. Start date: 10th August 2019 - End date: 9th August 2022.
Consultancy Projects
 
  • Six Laning of National Corridor NH 19 from Panagarh to Palsit from Km. 521+120 to Km. 588+870 (Total Design Length 67.750 Km) in the state of West Bengal under Bharatmala Pariyojana Civil & Associated works on EPC basis - Vetting of Bituminous mix designs (7 mixture designs, Rs. 2,06,500/- as Principal Investigator).
  • Vetting of SMA Design Mix, Rutting rectification works of E Taxi GMR Airfield (Rs. 1,41,600/- as a Principal Investigator). Sponsored by the Vishwasamudra India Pvt Ltd., Telangana. Start date: October 2022
  • Rutting Analysis for BC-I mix using HINCOL PMB as per AASHTO T324 (Rs. 88,500/- as a Principal Investigator).  Sponsored by the HG Infra Engineering Ltd. Start date: September 2022
  • Design of Bituminous mixture as per BC-I grading with PG76E-10 binder for Mancherial site, Telangana State (Rs. 88,500/- as a Principal Investigator). Sponsored by the TikkiTar-Shell India, Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Start date: August 2022 – Date of completion: September 2022.
 
  • Design of Bituminous mixture as per BC-II grading with PG76E-10 for Radial road ext-7, R&B Department, Telangana State (Rs. 88,500/- as a Principal Investigator). Sponsored by the Roads and Buildings Department, Radial roads, Government of Telangana, India. Start date: January 2022. Date of completion: March 2022.
  • Design of Bituminous mixture as per BC-II grading with PG76E-10 binder for Bijapur road, R&B Department, Telangana State (Rs. 88,500/- as a Principal Investigator). Sponsored by the Roads and Buildings Department, Goshamahal, Government of Telangana, India. Start date: January 2022. Date of completion: March 2022.
  • The assessment of the quality of VG30, VG40, PMB40, and PG76E-10 grade binders (Rs. 1,29,300/- Principal Investigator). Sponsored by M/s. Bitumen Corporation India (BITCOL) Pvt Ltd, Mumbai. Start date: November 2021. Date of completion: February 2022.
  • Design of Bituminous mixture as per BC-I grading with both the PG76E-10 and VG30 binders for Yadadri temple flyover, R&B Department, Telangana State (Rs. 88,500/- as a Principal Investigator). Sponsored by Roads and Buildings Department, Bhongiri, Government of Telangana, India. Start date: November 2021. Date of completion: December 2021.
  • Collection of additional Bituminous core samples from the Agapally to Kalwakurthy road as a part of the quality audit (Rs. 66,080/- as a Principal investigator). Sponsored by the office of Engineer-in-Chief, Roads and Buildings Department, Government of Telangana. Start date: January 2021. Date of completion: February 2021.
  • Testing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) material for bituminous mixtures (Rs. 27,750/- as a Principal investigator). Sponsored by M/s. Ashoka Buildcon, Nashik. Start date: July 2017. Date of completion: August 2017.
  • Collection of additional Bituminous core samples from the Maheswaram gate to Thimmapuram road as a part of the quality audit (Rs. 59,000/- as a Principal investigator). Sponsored by the office of Engineer-in-Chief, Roads and Buildings Department, Government of Telangana. Start date: January 2021. Date of completion: February 2021.
  • Assessment of damages to the highway property at GMR Pochampalli expressway on NH - 44 (Rs. 3,10,000/- as a Principal investigator) sponsored by M/s. Team Insurance Surveyors and Loss, New Delhi. Start date: October 2020. Date of completion: March 2021.
  • Inspection and quality audit report for the roads from Maheshwaram gate to Thimmapuram road and Agapally to Kalwakurthy Road (Rs. 2,50,000/- as a Principal investigator). Sponsored by the office of Engineer-in-Chief, Roads and Buildings Department, Government of Telangana. Start date: February 2020. Date of completion: October 2020.
  • Consultancy report on repair of rain-damaged stabilized Wet Mix Macadam (WMM) layer near Lucknow, Basti, UP. (Rs. 47,200/- as a Principal investigator) Sponsored by M/s. P.P. Pandey Infrastructure Private Limited, Lucknow. Start date: January 2020. Date of completion: February 2020.
  • Testing of soil for Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) project (Rs. 81,96,000/- as a Member). Sponsored by M/s. Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS), Irrigation Department, Telangana State. Start date: October 2016 Date of completion: September 2019.
  • Laboratory Testing of Aggregate (Rs. 1,29,800/- as a Principal investigator). Sponsored by M/s. Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS), Irrigation Department, Telangana State. Start date: August 2017. Date of completion: October 2017.
  • Bitumen & Aggregate Testing (Rs. 51,000/- as a Principal investigator). Sponsored by M/s. Ashoka Buildcon, Nashik. Start date: August 2018. Date of completion: October 2018.
  • Proof Checking of Vehicle UnderPass (VUP) (Rs. 1,80,000/- as a Member). Sponsored by M/s. GeoSewa, Hyderabad. Start date: December 2017 - Date of completion: March 2018.
  • Proof checking of Bridges (Rs. 11,21,000/- as a Member). Sponsored by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services. Start date: August 2017 - Date of completion: November 2017. 

Completed Projects

  • Microemulsion fuels as an alternate for spark ignition engines: Rs. 2,00,000 (2021-2023)

    Funding: Research Initiation Grant, BITS Pilani

 


Sponsored Research

Project Title : Development of a Deterioration Model for Top-Down Cracking in Bituminous Pavements

Role: Co-PI (PI - Prof. Sridhar Raju)

Funding Agency - Ministry of Roads Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India

Grant Amount : INR 1.55 Crore


Research Interests

 

  • Approximation Algorithms
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computational Geometry
  • AI and ML 

Research Funding (2017-present)

Ongoing Projects:

February, 2023- present: PI/ Understanding the onset and progression of Parkinson's disease via regulating mitochondrial dynamics. (Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India)

2020- Present: Co-PI: To study and gain mechanistic insights into the regulation of Salmonella pathogenesis by endogenous CRISPR-Cas system."  PI: Prof. Sandhya Marathe,  (Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani), and Dr. Vidya Negi (NIT, Rourkela, Current Affiliation for Dr. Negi: IISER Mohali) [Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India)

Completed Projects:

2019-2021:PI/ Understanding the genetic interactions of parkin and α-Synuclein affecting pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease”. (Start Up Research Grant, from Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India)

2019-2021: PI/  Insights into genetic interactions manifesting into onset and progression of Parkinson’s Disease.  (Additional Competitive Research Grant for new faculty at BITS Pilani)

2017-2019: Research Initiation Grant at BITS Pilani


Sponsored Research Projects

  • Principal Investigator: Development of a Digital Ecosystem for Leather Authentication and Species Identification, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India: 3 Years, January 2023- January 2026, and 30.77 Lakh (INR). [Ongoing]
  • Principal Investigator: Development of FPGA-Based Dynamically Reconfigurable Smart-NIC with Accelerator IPs For Efficient Distributed Hardware Acceleration, Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF), BITS Pilani: 2 Years, January 2024- January 2026, and 30.00 Lakh (INR). [Ongoing]
  • Principal Investigator: MPSoC Based Automated Digital Signal Processing System for Tokamak Reflectometry, Mega Science Scheme Committee, Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), Govt. of India: 3 Years, April 2021- March 2024, and 25.29 Lakh (INR). [Ongoing]
  • Mentor: Image Processing and Machine Learning Techniques for Species Identification, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), RSP: 4 years, July 2019 - June 2023, and approx. 23 Lakh (INR). [Ongoing]
  • Principal Co-Investigator: Development of Remotely Configurable Arbitrary Ramp Generator for FMCW Reflectometry, Plasma and Fusion Research Committee, Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), Govt. of India: 2 Years, April 2017- March 2019, and 28.025 Lakh (INR). [completed]
  • Principal Investigator: FPGA Based Fuzzy Logic Picomotor Controller for Laser Beam Pointing Stability Correction, Plasma and Fusion Research Committee, Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), Govt. of India: 2 Years, April 2016- March 2018, and 24.46 Lakh (INR). [completed]
  • Principal Investigator: Design and Analysis of MEMS Switches for the Arc-less Operation and Control of Electric Energy Processing Systems, Additional Competitive Research Grant (BITS-Pilani): 2 Years, August 2015 – August 2017, and 7.50 Lakh (INR).[completed]
  • Principal Investigator: Hardware Implementation of Time Frequency Distribution of Mirnov Oscillations in Tokamak Using the Hilbert-Huang Transform, Board of Research in Fusion Science & Technology (BRFST), Government of India: 2 Years, September 2012 – August 2014, and 22.58 Lakh (INR). [completed]
  • Co-Investigator: Analysis of Motherboard Manufacturing Process [Gigabyte make], D-Link Pvt. Ltd. Verna, India: May 2006. [completed]

Funded projects

  • Research Initiation Grant, BITS Pilani, Pilani, India (Sanctioned on October 15, 2018; duration: 2 years). Amount: 2 lakhs. Role: PI  (Completed)
 
  • Additional Competitive Research Grant, BITS Pilani, Pilani, India ( Sanctioned on January 7, 2020; duration: 2 years).  Amount: 8.25 lakhs. Role: PI (Completed)

    

  • DBT -BME- (Phase-I Category) Grant, India ( Accepted on July 2023; duration: 1.5 years).  Amount: 15 lakhs. Role: Co-PI (Approved)

 


Projects


Research Projects

Sponsored Research projects

Ongoing

As PI - "Study of emerging Pollutants in Driniking Water Sources " Funded by BITS, Pilani under Cross-Disciplinary Research
Framework (CDRF) (Reference: C1/23/209 dated 15/09/2023) (2023-2025) ( Rs 30 Lakhs) (C0-PI - Jagadeesh Anmala, Civil Engineering, and  Prof. Krishnan R, Deparment of Chemistry)

 

Completed

As Co- PI - CSIR project titled "Experimental and Computational studies of Surface Water Quality Parameters from Morphometry and Spectral Characteristics" (09/2019-09/2022, Amount: Rs. 41,98,080)  (PI: Prof Jagadeesh Anmla ; Co-PI Dr. K Rajitha)

As Co-Investigator for “Multiobjective Evolutionary Approach for Solving Water Distribution Network Design Optimization” funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. (Grant No. 22(0723)/17/EMR-II dated 16.05.2017; May 2017-April 2020; Rs.18,46,000/-)

As PI - Research Initiation Grant of 2 Lakhs by BITS Pilani for the proposal titled " Suitability of available integrated surface and subsurface hydrological models with reference to India subcontinent having high evapotranspiration and large regolith storage" (2012-2014)

Consultancy Projects

Team Member for Testing of index and engineering properties of soil for construction of earthen dam as a part of Palamuru RangaReddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme (DLIS), Government of Telangana -  - 81.96 lakhs - completed  

Pilot Time Motion studies under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for Govt. of Telangana and Govt. of Andhra Pradesh April 2018- September 2018


PROJECT

  • Completed entitled "Waste Management of Generated Sludge from Indian Steel and Steel Related Plants: A Sustainable Business Model" under Ministry of Steel, Government of India, as Co-Principal Investigator, Prof. Srikanta Routroy as Principal Investigator and Prof. Anupam Singhal as Co-Principal Investigator, Rs. 38,04,600/-, 20.11. 2018 – 31.03.2022.
  • Completed project entitled "Effect of Partial replacement of cement with marble slurry on concrete", DST-SERB, 01.08.2014-31.03.2018, 28.38 lakhs, PI: Dr. Anshuman, Co-PI: Dr. Dipendu Bhunia
  • Completed the project entitled "Investigation of the Effect of Carbonation on the Properties of Concrete" received from from DST, New Delhi Rupees 34 Lakhs, as a Principal Investigator and Prof. S.B.Singh (Co-principal Investigator), 30.07.2012 to 28.02.2016.
  • Completed the project entitled "Investigation into the Behavior of Coupling Beam" under the category of Research Initiation Grant of Rupees 2 Lakhs received from BITS, Pilani as a Principal Investigator and Prof. S.B.Singh (Co-principal Investigator) on 14.12.2011 to 15.12.2013.

Sponsered Projects

  1. Research Initiation Grant: "Experimental investigation of suspended nano-solid particles lubricant in eco-friendly machining of turbine blade materials for better surface finish", Source:BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus  Amount: Rs.2 lakhs.2014-16. PI
  2. Additional Research Grant: "Heat transfer modeling of cold water mist at the cutting zone using FSI model in machining of turbine blade materials" , Source: BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus, Amount: Rs. 9 lakhs2015-17. PI
  3. Grant-In-Aid scheme of ARMREB: “Machinability assessment and material characterization of Tungsten Heavy Alloy Used in Defence applications as KE penetrators”, Amount: Rs. 16.87 Lakhs 2019-21. Co-PI, PI-Dr.Amrita Priyadarshini
 

Funded Projects

Sponsored Projects

1.  Title of the Project:  Challenges to the scalability of women-led enterprises: A case study of the MSME units in Telangana State

Principle investigator: Dr. Suchismita Satpathy

Co-PI: Dr. Pranesh Bhargava, Dr. Thota Nagaraju 

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) India, Minor project 2022
Total Sanctioned amount: INR 4,00,000/ (Four Lakhs)
Duration: 1 years

Status: Ongoing 

2. Title of the Project: Structured Dialogues for Sustainable Urban Water Management

WP 2 Anthropology of water

Principle investigator: Dr. Suchismita Satpathy

Co-PI: Prof. Biswanath Dash 

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST) India
Total Sanctioned amount: INR 57,26,400/ (Fifty seven lakhs twenty six thousand four hundred)
Duration: 5 years

Status: Ongoing
3. Title of the Project: Understanding commercialization of Breast milk from Sociological perspective

Principle investigator: Dr. Suchismita Satpathy

 Funding Agency: AIA Hyderabad

Total Sanctioned amount: INR 1,87, 000 (One lakh eightyseven thousand)

Duration: 2 Years

Status: Ongoing

4. Title of the Project: Measuring Segregation in Hyderabad: Introspecting Multiple Indexes and Multiple Pattern

Principle investigator: Dr. Suchismita Satpathy 

Funding Agency: BITS Pilani Hyderabad
Amount: INR 2 lakhs (Two Lakhs)

Duration: 2 years 

Status: Completed


Sponsored Projects

Modeling the hydrodynamics of various wave energy converter devices in real sea conditions

Principal Investigator

Prof. Santanu Koley

Project Type

Sponsored

Agency

DST, Govt of India

Amount Sanctioned

35.00 Lakh

[01/04/2019 to 31/03/2024]

Mathematical modelling of oscillating water column wave energy converter devices under irregular and multidirectional incident waves

Principal Investigator

Prof. Santanu Koley

Project Type

Sponsored

Agency

SERB, Govt of India

Amount Sanctioned

21.87 Lakh

[25/02/2022 to 24/02/2025]

Hypersingular Integral Equation Techniques for Wave-structure Interaction Problem

Principal Investigator

Prof. Santanu Koley

Project Type

Sponsored

Agency

BITS-Pilani

Amount Sanctioned

2.00 Lakh

[26/03/2019 to 25/03/2021]

Modeling the Hydrodynamics of porous breakwaters in ports and harbors under irregular and multi-directional incident waves

Principal Investigator

Prof. Santanu Koley

Project Type

Sponsored

Agency

BITS-Pilani

Amount Sanctioned

7.00 Lakh

[19/09/2019 to 18/09/2021]

Making Transcripts and Lecture Notes for the Marine Hydrodynamics NPTEL course

Principal Investigator

Prof. Santanu Koley

Project Type

Consultancy

Agency

IIT Madras

Amount Sanctioned

55,500 INR

[01/09/2018 to 31/08/2019]

Modelling and development of hybrid solar-wave energy harvester  (SOLWAVE)

Principal Investigator

Prof. Santanu Koley

Project Type

Sponsored

Agency

BITS-Pilani

Amount Sanctioned

20 Lakhs (Equipment) + Manpower (JRF for Five Years with Fellowship 37000 - 42000 per month)

[15/09/2023 to 14/09/2028]

Create and use of graphics in the teaching and learning processes

Principal Investigator

Prof. Santanu Koley

Project Type

Teaching and Pedagogy Category

Agency

TLC, BITS Hyderabad

Amount Sanctioned

0.5 Lakh (Adobe Illustrator Software License)

[2023-2024 First and Second Semesters]

Multi-objective optimisation for drone propeller designs

Principal Investigator

Prof. Santanu Koley

Project Type

Sponsored

Agency

BITS-Pilani - RMIT University, Australia

Amount Sanctioned

One JRF for Five Years


2023

  1. SERB SURE Research Grant (Funding Agency: SERB-GOI, 2023 - 2026) worth INR ~27 Lakhs.

2022

  1. Additional Competitive Research Grant (ACRG) (Funding Agency: BITS Pilani, 2022 - 2024) worth INR 10 Lakhs.
  2. Research Initiation Grant (RIG) (Funding Agency: BITS Pilani, 2022 - 2024) worth INR 2 Lakhs.

Ongoing Projects

  1. Project Title: Doubling Farm Women’s income: Entrepreneurship development through post-harvest and technology integration in arid zone: Funding Agency: DST-SEED (ASACODER), Ministry of Science and Technology, GoI;Indian Institutions involved: CAZRI Jodhpur and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus; Duration: 3 Years (June 2021-May 2024); Total Sanctioned Amount: 235.86541 Lakhs; Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 70.20841 Lakhs; Co-PI
  2. Eco-Friendly Solution with Metal Recovery and Value Added Products from Stainless Steel Spent Pickle Liquor: A Zero Waste Business Model [Approved]; Funding Agency: Ministry of Steel, New Delhi; Industrial Partner: Jindal Stainless Limited; Institutions involved: CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus; Total Sanctioned Amount: 125.164 Lakhs; Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 34.614 Lakhs; PI

Completed Projects


1. A study on sludge minimization during the treatment of pickling effluent and sludge utilisation, Funding Agency: Aditya Birla Group, Principal Investigator, Amount: Rs. 10 lakhs.

2. GIS based characterization of ground water in Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, Principal Investigator, Amount: Rs. 18 Lakhs.

3. Development of Copper Bio-Leaching methodology/technique from tailing waste at Hindustan Copper Limited, Khetri, Funding Agency: Ministry of Mines, New Delhi, Principal Investigator, Amount: Rs. 30 Lakhs.

4. Zinc Recovery from Industrial Waste using Bioleaching, Funding Agency: BITS Pilani, Proposal under centre of Research Excellence in “Waste , Water and Energy Management”, Co-Investigator, Amount: Rs. 48 lakhs.

5. Waste Management of Generated Sludge from Indian Steel and Steel Related Plants: A Sustainable Business Model”. Funding Agency: Ministry of Steel, New Delhi. (Rs. 38 Lakhs); Co-PI

6. Development of Advanced Environmental Engineering Laboratory including a Faecal Sludge Management Laboratory (AREL-FSM); Funding Agency: Aditya Birla Finance Limited, Veraval, Gujarat; Funding Amount : Rs. One Crore; Co-PI



Projects Ongoing and Completed

  1.  Project Title: Edge-FL-based intelligent IDS to safeguard Sustainable HetIoT applications against DDoS cyberthreat, Funding Agency: University of Sharjha, UAE, Amount:10000 AED, Current Status: Ongoing, 2023-24. 
  2. Project Title: 100% Virtual Roleplay, Funding Agency: Trajectories Solutions, India, Amount: 16500 AED, Current Status: Ongoing, 2023-24.
  3. Project Title: Distributed Deep Reinforcement Learning for Wireless Channel Allocation, Funding Agency: Israel Planning and Budgeting Committee and Israel Science Foundation, Isreal, Amount: 170000 NIS, Current Status: Completed, 2019-2020.
  4. Project Title: Green and Secure Medium Access Protocol for WSN, Funding Agency: SIT and GISFI, India, Amount: 2500000 INR, Current Status: Completed, 2012-2015.
  5. Project Title: Energy-Aware Medium Access Control for WSN, Funding Agency: Board of College and University Development,Pune, India, Amount: 160000 INR, Current Status: Completed, 2011-2013.

1. A Target Guided Approach for Design, Synthesis, and Screening of Host-directed Therapies for TB associated Metabolic Disorder (PCOS) in Women (Role: Co-PI)

  • Project duration: Oct 2023 –  Sep  2025
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹ 30 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: CDRF - BITS Pilani
  • Project status: Ongoing

2. Discovery and Biological Evaluation of Novel Dual Inhibitors of DprE1 and InhA as Potential Anti- Tubercular Agents (Role : PI)

  • Project duration: Sep. 2023 – Aug. 2026
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹ 34.52 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology,  - CRG, New Delhi
  • Project status: Ongoing

3. Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Thiochromene Analogs as Potential Anti-leishmanial agents (Role : Co-PI)

  • Project duration: Sep. 2023 – Aug. 2026
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹ 36.56 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology,  - CRG, New Delhi
  • Project status: Ongoing

4. Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 1,2,3-triazole Hybrids as Novel Quorum Sensing Inhibitors (Role : PI)

  • Project duration: Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2025
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹19.2 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi
  • Project status: Ongoing

5. Development of novel anti-leishmanial analogs loaded with novel Nano-formulations (Role : Co-PI)

  • Project duration: Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2021
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹ 60 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi
  • Project status: Completed

6. Structure Based Rational Design and Synthesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibitors (Role : PI)

  • Project duration: Jan. 2014 –  Dec.2017
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹ 22 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology, SERB New Delhi
  • Project status: Completed

7. Synthesis and Biological Activity of Various Triazoles as Effective Antifungal Agents (Role : PI)

  • Project duration: Nov.2012 – Oct.2015
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹ 21.44 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi
  • Project status: Completed

8. Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Bishomo(hetero) arylpiperazines as atypical antipsychotic agents (Role : PI)

  • Project duration: Apr. 2011 – Mar.2014
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹ 6.44 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi
  • Project status: Completed

9. Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Various Indole Analogues for the Treatment of Schizophrenia (Role : PI)

  • Project duration: Jul. 2010 – Aug. 2013
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹ 18.28 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology, Fast Track Scheme, New Delhi
  • Project status: Completed

10. 3-Benzisoxazolyl piperidines and Quinoxalinyl Piperazines as Potential Atypical Antipsychotic Agents (Role : Co-PI)

  • Project duration: Jan. 2005  – Dec. 2007
  • Amount sanctioned: ₹ 4.94 lakhs
  • Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi
  • Project status: Completed


Strengthening of local soil using Fly Ash (Principal Investigator) Funding Agency : University Grants CommissionFunding Amount: 2,00,000/- Status: Completed (2013-15), Three journal publications based on the project


Projects Ongoing

Project Title: Characterization of Indigenous Cow's Dung and Urine for Scientific Advancement and Development of Utility Items
Association: Co-Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India.
Amount: Rs. 31,04,162/-

Project Title: Biomass Pellets/Briquettes Assessment in Gujarat & Maharashtra States
Association: Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute, Anand
Amount: Rs. 12,49,500/-


Projects Completed

Project Title: Modeling and Simulation of Viscose Flow through JetPack Assembly
Association: Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: Aditya Birla Group, Birla Cellulosic, Kharach.
Amount: Rs. 5.52 Lakhs


Project Title: Production of hydrogen-rich fuel gas from Jatropha residue cake
Association: Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST) under FAST TRACK Scheme
Amount: Rs. 27.06 Lakhs


Project Title: National Mission Project on Education through ICT: Developing suitable pedagogical methods for various classes (Energy Technology) intellectual calibers and research in e-learning - Anchored by IIT Kharagpur
Association: Co- Developer
Sponsoring Agency: MHRD
Amount: Rs. 7.00 Lakhs


Project Title: Design and development of a novel biomass stove for cooking application
Association: Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus under Advanced Competitive Research Initiation Grant (ACRIG)
Amount: Rs. 9.00 Lakhs


Project Title: Experimental investigations on Catalytic Treatment of Producer Gas
Association: Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Amount: Rs. 7.026 Lakhs

 


Sponsored Research Project

Research Projects (as PI)

Sr. No.

Project Title

Funding Agency

Period

1.

Synthesis and C-H bond functionalization of N-heterocycles employing novel pincer-type complexes of late transition metals

DST-SERB

Dec. 20 - Nov. 23

2.

Synthesis of heterocycle-fused chromenones and quinolinone through transition metal-catalyzed cascade reactions.

CSIR

July 19 - June 22

3.

Synthesis of novel N-fused polycyclic compounds through transition metal catalyzed cascade/C–H functionalization reactions

DST-SERB

Jan. 17-Dec 20

4.

Exploration of novel ionic liquid-supported sulfonyl reagents for organic synthesis

CSIR

July 13 – Dec. 16

5.

Novel synthetic methodologies for biologically important compounds using lanthanide triflates as Lewis acids in ionic liquids

UGC

Feb 11 – Jan 14

6.

Synthesis of novel ionic liquid supported reagents and their use in various organic transformations under eco-friendly conditions

CSIR

Aug 08 – March 12

7.

Novel safety catch linkers for solid phase synthesis of organic compounds with potential medicinal applications

DST

Sep. 07 – Oct 10

Research Projects (as Co-PI)

Sr. No.

Project Title

Funding Agency

Period

1.

Targeting the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of SARS-COV2 for the development of inhibitors

DST-SERB

Aug. 2020 - Dec. 2021

2

Design, synthesis, and biological studies of novel cationic porphyrin hybrids as potential anticancer agents

DST

 Oct. 2007-March 2011

3

Development of a novel synthetic method for anti-HIV drugs

Ranbaxy

Aug. 10 – Dec. 17

 

 


Case Study and Report Developed

 

Case Study Developed and Published

Published (July, 2020) in The Case Centre, Cranfield University, Wharley End Beds MK43 0JR, UK

  • Jaipur Rugs: A Socially Responsible Supply Chain- Connecting Marginalized Producers to Global Markets (Case) with reference 720-0037-1 (Authors: Satyendra K Sharma and Srikanta Routroy).
  • Jaipur Rugs: A Socially Responsible Supply Chain- Connecting Marginalized Producers to Global Markets (Teaching note) with reference 720-0037-8 (Authors: Satyendra K Sharma and Srikanta Routroy)

Published (April, 2019) in The Case Centre, Cranfield University, Wharley End Beds MK43 0JR, UK

Reports Developed

  • M Thakur, S Routroy, MS Dasgupta, R Slizyte, EC Cowan, N Kaushik (2021), "Exploitation of ReValue results: ReValue Project Deliverable 4.3", SINTEF Ocean AS  2021-08-25, OC2021 A-072- Unrestricted, pp. 1-12
  • Dasgupta, Mani Sankar; Routroy, Srikanta; Bhattacharyya, Souvik; Sultan, Abdullah; Saini, Santosh Kumar; Gupta, Khushboo; Kaushik, Nutan; Widell, Kristina Norne; Tveit, Guro Møen; Thakur, Maitri (2021) ReValue Project Report Deliverable D1.1: Value stream map and supply chain interdependencies in India. ISBN 978-82-7174-375-8
  • Dasgupta, M. S., Routroy, Srikanta, Bhattacharyya, S., Sultan, A., Saini, S. K., Widell, K. N., & Thakur, M. (2020). ReValue project Report–D1. 3: Report on energy efficient refrigeration systems-Surimi case, ISBN 978-82-7174-394-9.
  • Dasgupta, M. S., Routroy, Srikanta, Bhattacharyya, S., Sultan, A., Saini, S. K., Gupta, K., ... & Thakur, M. (2020). ReValue project Report–Deliverable 1.2-Logistics and Cold Chain Management Concepts- A-094. RCN 978-82-7174-393-2
  • A K Vaish, Satyendra Kumar Sharma and Srikanta Routroy, (2019), “Evaluation Study of National Food Security Act 2013 in Churu District, Rajasthan”, project report submitted to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI.
  • A K Vaish,  Satyendra Kumar Sharma  and Srikanta Routroy, (2019), “Evaluation Study of National Food Security Act 2013 in Kaurali District, Rajasthan”, project report submitted to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI.
  •  A K Vaish, Kishna M and Srikanta Routroy, (2018), “Concurrent Evaluation of NFSA 2013: A Case of Sheopur District, Madhya Pradesh”, project report submitted to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI.
  • A K Vaish, Srikanta Routroy and Kishna M, (2018), “Evaluation Study of National Food Security Act 2013 in Dungarpur District, Rajasthan”, project report submitted to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI.
  •  A K Vaish, Kishna M and Srikanta Routroy, (2018), “Concurrent Evaluation of NFSA 2013: A Case of Neemuch District, Madhya Pradesh 2018”, project report submitted to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI.
  • A K Vaish, Srikanta Routroy and Kishna M, (2018), “Evaluation Study of National Food Security Act 2013 in Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan”, project report submitted to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI

 

 


Sponsered Research Projects

 

Project On-Going

 

Project Details:

“Integrating supply chains in smart cities for enhanced community service: A business and environmental sustainability approach”-Asian Smart Cities Research and Innovation Network (ASCRIN), La Trobe University, Australia, 2021 - 2025. This is a collaborative project between BITS Pilani and La Trobe University, Australia.


Research Team:

BITS Pilani: Prof. Srikanta Routroy (PI) & Prof. Prasanta Kumar Sahu (Co-PI)

LA TROBE University: Prof. Sean Arisian (PI), & Prof. Aniruddha (Ani) Desai (Co-PI)

 

Interested PhD Student:

The project will start from January 2024. The candidates having ME/MTech (Industrial/Production/Mechanical/Transportation) are encouraged to send theirs CV to Prof. Srikanta Routroy (srikanta@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in).

 

Project Title:

Lean Supply Chain Designs to Reduce Food Waste for Business and Environmental Sustainability: An Indo-Australian Study

Research Team:

BITS Pilani: Prof. Srikanta Routroy (PI) and Dr. Prasanta Kumar Sahu (Co-PI)

RMIT University: Professor Prem Chhetri (PI) and Prof. Mathews Nkhoma (Co-PI)

PhD Student: Joining in first Week of August 2023

 

 

Title: Eco-Friendly Solution with Metal Recovery and Value-Added Products from Stainless Steel Spent Pickle Liquor: A Zero Waste Business Model

Funding Agency: Ministry of Steel, New Delhi

Industrial Partner: Jindal Stainless Limited
Institutions involved: CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Total Sanctioned Amount: 125.164 Lakhs

Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 34.614 Lakhs

Investigators in the Project from BITS Pilani:

Anupam Singhal as Principal Investigator (PI)

Srikanta Routroy as Co-Principal Investigator (PI)

 

 

Title: Doubling Farm Women’s income: Entrepreneurship development through post-harvest processing and technology integration in arid zone

Funding Agency: DST-SEED (ASACODER), Ministry of Science and Technology, GoI

Indian Institutions involved: CAZRI Jodhpur and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Duration: 3 Years (2021-2024)

Total Sanctioned Amount: 235.86541 Lakhs

Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 70.20841 Lakhs

Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)

 

 

Title: Opportunities and Challenges in Enhancing Farm Income through Farmer Producer Organizations

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR, MHRD, New Delhi).

Duration: 2 Years (March 2022-Feburary 2024)

Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 7.5 Lakhs

Role in Project: Co-Project Director

 

 

Title: “Design and development of crop residue-based roof insulation with Phase Change Materials for livestock rearing shelters: An environment-friendly business model for doubling farmer women’s income in Arid and Semi-Arid zones”

Funding Agency: DST, New Delhi.

Duration: 3 Years (February, 2023-January, 2026)

Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 40 Lakhs (Approximately)

Principal Investigator (PI): P Srinivasan; Co-Principal Investigator (PI): Srikanta Routroy

 

 

 

Project Completed (06)

 

Title: Waste Management of Generated Sludge from Indian Steel and Steel Related Plants: A Sustainable Business Model

Funding Agency: Ministry of Steel, New Delhi

Duration: 3 Years (September 2018- March 2022)

Amount: 38.046 Lakhs

Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)

 

Title: Innovative technologies for improving resource utilization in the Indo-European fish value chains

Funding Agency: DBT, New Delhi

Duration: 3 Years (2018- August 2021)

Total Sanctioned funding: 800,000 Euro

Amount Sanctioned to BITS Pilani: 62.092 Lakhs

Indian Institutions involved: Amity University; BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya (PI); Prof. MS Dasgupta (Co-PI) and Prof. Srikanta Routroy (Co-PI))

Institutions involved from other countries: SINTEF, Norway and Grupo CARINSA, Spain

 

Title: Development of e-waste management strategies for selected e-products in Rajasthan

Funding Agency: DST Rajasthan

Duration: 3 Years (2018- 2021)

Amount: INR 7.536 Lakhs

Role in Project: Co-Principal Investigator (PI)

 

Title: Design of Supplier Development Implementation Framework for Indian Manufacturing Industries

Funding Agency: UGC, New Delhi

Duration: 3 Years (2013-2016)

Sanctioned Amount: INR. 9.408 Lakhs

Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)

 

Title: Design of Healthcare Supply Chain for Enhancing Availability and Reducing Wastage of Generic Medicines for Rural Areas in Rajasthan.

Funding Agency: DST Rajasthan

Duration: 3 Years (2016-2019)

Sanctioned Amount: INR. 5.886 Lakhs

Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)

 

Title: Concurrent Evaluation of the implementation of NFSA (State: Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh)

Funding Agency: Department of Food & public Distribution, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi

Duration: One Year: Third and Fourth Quarter, 2018; First and Second Quarter, 2019

Faculty Involved: Arun Vaish, Srikanta Routroy, Krishna M

Sanctioned Amount: INR 7.2 Lakh


Academic (BE/ME) Projects

BE/ME Students work with me on the following broad project areas. Appropriate students with the required skills can approach me for the projects.

S.N.Title of ProjectType of ProjectSkillset RequiredOutcome Expected
1IoT and data-driven approach for observation and control of a power conversion systemLabCGPA>7.5, IoT, data-analysis, Basic Power Electronics, DSP/Micro-controller programmingLaboratory prototype
2Microcontroller/DSP/FPGA-based control of Power Electronic converters for solar PV integrationLabCGPA>7.5, Control Systems, Basic Power Electronics, DSP/Micro-controller/FPGA programmingLaboratory prototype
3Simulation-based study of a bidirectional DC-DC converter for interfacing battery energy storageStudyCGPA>8.0, Control Systems, MATLAB programming, Basic Power ElectronicsGood review paper

Funded projects

I have been working in power quality and renewable energy integration.

I have the following ongoing projects in this area:

  1. As PI in "IoT and Digital Twin Enabled Enhanced Operation and Control of a Solar PV and Battery Integrated Smart Microgrid" funded by BITS-Pilani under the Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund (CDRF) scheme (Rs. 30 lakh), a cross-disciplinary project with Dr. Sumanta Pasari (Mathematics department, BITS-Pilani, Pilani campus) and Dr. Udayan Chanda, Management, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus.

Following are completed projects:

  1. As Co-I in "Development of Improved Design and Control Techniques for Unified Power Quality Conditioner with Distributed Generation" funded by Central Power Research Institute Bangalore (Rs. 21.09 lakh).
  2. As PI in " Advanced design and control strategies for DSTATCOM integrated with Solar PV and Battery Energy Storage System" funded by BITS-Pilani under the Research Initiation Grant scheme (Rs. 2.0 lakh).
  3. As PI in "Investigations on Start-up Methods and Operating Techniques for Distributed Energy Resource Integrated Distribution Static Compensator" funded by BITS-Pilani under Additional Competitive Research Grant (Rs. 10.0 lakh).

Ph.D. Students

  1. Ms. Shreya Sangal (Thesis theme: Business applications of Blockchain, LinkedIn Profile).
  2. Mr. Vatsal Tripathi (LinkedIn profile)
  3. Mr. Bharat Bhushan (LinkedIn profile)

Research

 

Research Areas

Big Data Analytics, High Performance Computing, Stream Analytics, Parallel Data Structures and Algorithms for ML/DM, Federated Learning, Computer Vision, Materials Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction

Sponsored Research Projects

Project: Resolving Bottlenecks of Cross-Device Federated Learning using Anytime Algorithms
Funding agency: BITS Pilani (under the Additional Competitive Research Grant)
Amount: Rs. 9.98 lakhs 
Duration: Two years (2022-2024)
Status: On-going 
 
Project: Enhancing emotion and demographic inference for low-resolution video feeds in the Indian context
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Funding agency: kwipic.in
Amount: Rs. 6 lakhs 
Duration: Two years (2022-2024)
Status: On-going 
 
Project: A multi-core framework for anytime mining of multiple high speed streams
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding agency: BITS Pilani (under the Research Initiation Grant for new faculty)
Amount: Rs. 2 lakhs 
Duration: Two years (2021-2023)
Status: Completed
 
Project: A New Distributed Computing Framework for Data Mining
Role: Research Assistant (while pursuing PhD)
Funding Agency: MeitY, Govt. of India
Amount: Rs. 121.00 Lakhs
Duration: Three years, 6 months (2012-2016)
Status: Completed
 
 

Specific Research Projects currently working upon

  • Anytime Mining of Data Streams (Sequential and Parallel)
  • Facial Emotion Recognition in the Indian Context
  • Chemical Properties Prediction in Additive Manufacturing
  • Federated Learning for Computational Photography
  • Federated Learning based Data Mining Algorithms
  • Parallelization of Clustering Algorithms
  • Human Computer Interaction Studies for LLMs

 

For Students

For Students at BITS Pilani who wish to apply for a project-type course (SOP, RP, SAT, thesis, dissertation, etc.) with me, the list of projects along with the pre-requisites has been mentioned below (next subsection).
 
Students will be chosen on the following criteria: 
  • Sound knowledge of concepts related to the project (as per in the pre-requisites given below for each Project).
  • Excellent programming skills in C/C++/ Python (Pandas, TensorFlow, Keras, and PyTorch).
  • Strong paper writing skills and willing to write a research paper with me (and not just code!).
  • Available to work for a year (or more).
I do not offer projects to students outside BITS Pilani.
 
 

List of Projects offered for 2nd Sem 2023-24

Anytime Mining of Data Streams and Large Static Data

  • This Project aims at design and development of data structures and algorithms for anytime mining (classification, clustering, frequent pattern mining, anomaly detection) of data streams and large static datasets.
  • The above designs shall be parallelized for shared memory and distributed memory architectures.
  • Pre-requisites: Very strong coding fundamentals in C/C++. Students who are active in Competitive Coding are strongly encouraged to apply in this. Having fundamentals related to Parallel Programming such as MPI would also be benefecial (although not compulsory). Students having background of Data Mining Algorithms shall also be preferred.

Facial Emotion Recognition for the Indian Context

  • This Project aims at developing a Facial Emotion Recognition System for the Indian context considering our indegenious ethnic diversity. Age and Gender detection is also a part of this project.
  • We would be developing Deep Learning models for the same.
  • Pre-requisites: Very strong hands on experience on Deep Learning related technologies, especially CNN, RNNs, Trasnformers, etc. 

Computational Photography using Federated Learning

  • This Project aims at developing federated learning models for tasks related to computational photography such as Bokeh rendering, Image Restoration and Image Signal Processing. 
  • Pre-requisites:Very strong hands on experience on Deep Learning related technologies, especially CNN, RNNs, Trasnformers, etc. Students have hands-on experience in using Pysyft and other FL related libraries would be preferred.

Human Computer Interaction Studies for LLMs

  • This Project aims at conduct Human Computer Interaction Studies for various LLM technologies such as ChatGPT and other tools that are openly available or built in-house. The work involves understanding the use cases of LLM technologies, conduct surveys & interviews, perform thematic analysis to extract insights of the study conducted, and present them as a research article. 
  • Pre-requisites: Basic understanding of LLMs and their use cases, programming in python to build rapid prototypes, good technical writing and communication skills.

To Apply

Please send your application via email along with the details of your CGPA, grades in all the courses done so far, projects done so far, knowledge on the relevant topics related to the project you are applying for and preference order of the projects wish to apply for.


Sponsored Projects

 

  1. Project Name: RESilience-by-DEsign (RESIDE)—an open-source software tool for ranking cyber-attacks and performing quantitative safety-security risk assessment for critical infrastructures under adversarial attacks. Funding agency: Data Security Council of India (5.81 Lakhs), Time-line: 2022, Outcome of the project: Cyber resilience tool (Available freely at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bits.riskio), Role: Principal Investigator
  2. Project Name: Predictor and Analyzer of Security Threats (PAST): A model based risk analysis framework for critical interconnected infrastructures. Funding agency: IHUB-NITIHAC Foundation (IIT Kanpur, DST, 18.14 Lakhs), Time-line: 2021-2024, Outcome of the project: Tool for Cyber risk assessment of  interconnected architectures (http://afmt-simulator.com/), Role: Principal Investigator  

 

 

 

 


Sponsored Research Projects

  • 2017-18, "An Economic Appraisal of Renewables Versus Non-renewables: A Case of Rajasthan" project report submitted to Indian Council of Social Science Research [ICSSR], GoI. [Role: Principal Investigator]
  • 2018-19, "Concurrent Evaluation of Implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013", Project sponsored by the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI [Role: Co-investigator]
  • 2021-24, "Doubling Farm Women's Income: Entrepreneurship Development through Post Harvest and Technology Integration in Arid-zone", Funded by DST-SEED/ ASACODER, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India [Role: Co-investigator and total sanctioned amount is ₹2.35 crore]
  • 2022-24, "Opportunities and Challenges in Enhancing Farm Income Through Farmer Producer Organizations: A Case Study of Rajasthan" project report submitted to Indian Council of Social Science Research [ICSSR], GoI. [Role: Principal Investigator and Sanctioned Amount ₹7.5 Lakh]

 

The reports of sponsored projects

  • 2018, "An Economic Appraisal of Renewables Versus Non-renewables: A Case of Rajasthan" project report submitted to Indian Council of Social Science Research [ICSSR], GoI.
  • 2018, "Concurrent Evaluation of NFSA 2013: A Case of Sheopur District, Madhya Pradesh, project report submitted to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI.
  • 2018, "Concurrent Evaluation of NFSA 2013: A Case of Neemuch District, Madhya Pradesh, project report submitted to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI.
  • 2019, "Concurrent Evaluation of NFSA 2013: A Case of Gwalior District, Madhya Pradesh, project report submitted to the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI.

Grants

  • RIG - Algebraic and Computational Methods for Construction of Mixed-level Screening Designs

    Funding Agency: Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Goa
     
    Duration and Amount: 2 Year (2021-2023), INR 2,00,000
  • SERB ITS - 2015, International Travel Grant for DEMA2015, Sydney, Australia.

  • NBHM Travel Grant for ICIAM 2015, Beijing, China.

 

 


Research Activities

Research Projects

  • Textile Industry wastewater treatment by moving bed biofilm bioreactors and photocatalysis” Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF), BITS Pilani, Vincent Shantha Kumar& Dr. Prakash Kumar (BITS Pilani Dubai Campus); Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri (BITS Pilani Goa Campus), INR 30 Lakh (AED:132,685) Sept 2023 to Sept 2025 (Ongoing).
  • Core Project Member, STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education), “Collaboration for net-zero emission targets of Sweden and India - Higher education institutions approach”, SEK 150 000 (AED 53,600), January 2023 – February 2024. (Ongoing)
  • Research articles published in collaboration with the Shimadzu Middle East in high impact factor journal.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133616

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133194

  • "Development of Photocatalyst Embedded Graphene based Membranes for Treatment of Dye-Containing Wastewater under Sunlight" sponsored by Aditya Birla Science and Technology Co. Pvt. Ltd (ABSTC) Mumbai, April 2018- April 2020, INR 53.2 L, Co-PI.
  • McWane Gulf LLC, UAE have sponsored industrial cut valves worth 4000 AED to Dr Prakash Kumar B G and Dr Amaranath G, as a token of appreciation for their safety analysis to predict TNT equivalency and potential damage to structures due to compressed gas cylinders in their industry.

  • "Treating waste water using pilot plant ", sponsored by Ocean Corner Water Treatment Equipment & Chemicals (L.L.C) Dubai, UAE (PI).
  • "Optimization of Selected High Yield Grass Species for Biomass and Bioenergy Applications Using Saline and Recycled Wastewater", sponsored by BPDC (Seed Grant), Feb 2017 - Jan 2020, AED 245,000, Co PI.
  • Cultivation of Microalgae using Tubular Photobioreactor for biomass production. The custom built photobioreactor is used for lab scale research on high quality microalgal biomass production for applications in nutritional supplements, biodiesel production and Carbon sequestration.

Research Interests  

  • Solar Photocatalysis
  • Waste Water Treatments
  • Biofuels from Biomass, Activated Carbon from Biomass
  • Separation Processes

Journal Reviewer

  • Chemosphere (Elsevier)
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier)
  • Carbohydrate Polymers (Elsevier)
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier)
  • Groundwater for Sustainable Development (Elsevier)
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier)

Professional Membership

Life Associate Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)

International Visits

Attended Process Safety Faculty Workshop, conducted by American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) on 6th to 9th Aug, 2018 at the Chemours Company, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.
 
Delivered an invited talk entitled "Current Developments in Mass Production of Microalgae for Industrial Applications", at symposium on Current Perspectives and Challenges in Chemical Engineering and Technologies, May 14th, 2015, Salalah College of Technology, Salalah, Oman.
 
B.G. Prakash Kumar*, Roseline and Lima Rose Miranda, “Photocatalytic Degradation of Remazol Brilliant Red by TiO2-UV Process”, International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Engineering (ICCEE 2012), April 25-26, 2012, Paris, France.
 
Ankit Sachdeva, Veena V.D, Meyyappan, N, Prakash Kumar B.G* ‘Reliability of Solar Energy System’, International Conference on Harnessing Technology (ICHT), Feb 2011, Caledonian College of Engineering, Muscat, Oman.
 
Prakash Kumar B. G*., Gulyani B. B., Vijaikumar B., Lima Rose Miranda, ‘Chemical Activation of Mango Seed Coat (Mangifera Indica L) – Preparation and Characterization’ Proc. International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (CBEE 2009), Oct 2009, Nanyang Technological Institute, Singapore. 

 

 

 


Sponsored Projects

 

Sponsored Projects (Completed)

  1. Title: A parameter-uniform approximation for singularly perturbed parabolic reaction-diffusion boundary value problems
    Scheme: Mathematical Research Impact Centric Support (MATRICS)
    Funding Agency: DST-SERB
    Amount (in lakhs): 6.60


  2. Title: Development of uniformly convergent methods for two-parameter singularly perturbed boundary value problems
    Scheme: Core Research Grant (CRG)
    Funding Agency: DST-SERB
    Amount (in lakhs): 16.874

Research Interests and Students

Groundwater Hydrology, Experimental Hydraulics, Contaminant Transport, Urban Flooding, Sustainable Water Management, Coastal Aquifers

Current Projects:

  1. "Experimental and Numerical Study of Saltwater Intrusion Control Measures under Tidal Influence" funded by SERB-SURE (25.78 Lakhs)
  2.  "Instabilities in Upper Saline Plume and its Interactions with Pumping Well in Coastal Aquifers" funded by BITS Pilani for Research Initiation Grant.

Research Scholar:

  1. Pratik Shashwat (Aug 2023 - )

Sponsored Projects

Sponsoring Agency

Amount

University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi

(completed)

FAST-Track Project, Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi [2012-2015]

(completed)

RIG, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani [2012-2014]

(completed)

OPERA-Grant by BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus[2014-2019]

For 5 years (completed)

CRG, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani [2015-2017]

 (completed)

DST-SERB, New Delhi [2017-2020] 

 (completed)

DST-SERB New Delhi N-PDF Fellowship project to Dr. Sateeshvarma Vanaparthi[2017-2019]

 (completed)

Praveen Lab. Pvt. Ltd., Surat[2019-21][Industrial Project]

(on-going)

DST-SERB, CRG-Project, New Delhi [2020-2023] 

(on-going)


Ongoing

Design and Development of MEMS Gyroscopes for Naval Applications

Role

PI

Project Type

Extramural

Agency

NRB DRDO

Amount Sanctioned

46.70 Lakh

“Neuronal” regulation of tumor cell migration- understanding the role of semaphorins in tumor cells undergoing EMT and subjected to differential flow dynamics

Role

PI

Project Type

Extramural

Agency

SERB

Amount Sanctioned

54.16 Lakh

Design and evaluation of low-cost lab-on-chip noninvasive device for diagnosis of Psoriasis skin disorder: Investigation of skin elasticity in skin psoriatic disease condition and correlation with treatment efficacy of designed nanoformulation

Role

Co-PI

Project Type

Extramural

Agency

DHR

Amount Sanctioned

43.77 Lakh

Understanding the supercooled drop impact ice accretion dynamics under controlled environmental conditions and developing the anti-icing strategies for aerospace applications

Role

Co-PI

Project Type

Extramural

Agency

SERB

Amount Sanctioned

54.00 Lakh

Understanding the role of nuclear membrane associated proteins under differential flow dynamics driving EMT and survival of tumor cells

Role

Co-PI

Project Type

Extramural

Agency

SERB

Amount Sanctioned

40.42 Lakh

Development of lab-on-chip diagnosis tool based on electromechanical properties of skin

Role

PI

Project Type

Intramural

Agency

CDRF

Amount Sanctioned

20.00 Lakh


Research Projects Ongoing/ Completed

(1) 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: Ongoing 
 
(2) 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  
 
(3) 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 
 
(4)  Title: Consultancy Project
Role: Principal Investigator;
Duration: 1 year, 2017
Funding: Indo-Gulf, Dubai; 
Status: Completed

Funded Projects

Ongoing/ completed projects

  1. Formulation of bio-functionalized cosmetic emulsions using biosurfactant and essential oil as green  ingredients  (DST SERB) PI (Aug 2018 to July 2021) (Completed) Equipments Purchased in this project: Shaking Incubator 5- 80 °C (LE-TT-A, Scigenics), High Speed Cooling centrifuge, (NEYA 16 R, Remi), Ultrsonicator (Qsonica), High Speed Homogenizer (IKA) 
  1. Improvement in Feni/Urrak production (DST-GOA) Co-PI (2017-2019) PI : Prof SD Manjare (Completed) Equipment/-s Purchased in this project: Environmental Shaker (Remi), Glass distillation setup 
  1. Isolation and characterization of biopolymer producing bacteria, and media optimization based on cheaper substrates for the optimal production of biopolymer  (PI) ACG, BITS Pilani (2018-2019) (Completed) Equipments Purchased in this Project: Solar Bioreactor (Custom made); Shaking Incubator 5-80°C (LETTA, Scigenics), Biological cells filtration system (Tarsons), Magnetic Stirrer-4 places (Tarsons)  
  1. Bioremediation of Red mud using acidogenic fermentation byproducts and by Biopiling. (ABSTCPL) Co-PI (2018-20): Equipments Purchased in this Project: Mini Environmental Shaker), Bacteriological Incubator(Completed)
  2. Microbial peptides for therapeutic applications(DBT Builder Project), Co-PI (2022-2027)  (PI- Prof Utpal Roy)
  3. Valorization of cashew apple and its wastes (Goa Energy Development Agency, GEDA (PI) 2023-2026 (Ongoing) CoPIs: Prof SD Manjare; Dr. Jayita Chopra; Equipments purchased in this project: UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
  1. Unlocking the Potential of Green Cosmetic Nanoemulsions for Targeted Acne Vulgaris Therapy: Advanced Modeling and Optimization Strategies, CDRF BITS Pilani, PI 2023-2025 (Ongoing); CoPIs: Prof Utpal Roy & Prof Riju De; Equipments: LAF; Autoclave; high-speed emulsifier
  • Other Equipments: Equipments Purchased through RIG, BITS Pilani: Environmental shaker (Remi), Refrigerator (LG), Soxhlet extraction apparatus, Mini Centrifuge (Remi), Solar-Powered Bioreactor (Custom made), Probe sonicator (Athena make), Optical microscope.

 

Other facilities in the department: Laminar Hood, Autoclave (Prof SS Baral) 


Sponsored Research Projects

 

Research Areas

 

  • Modeling of Micro/Nano Electronic Devices;
  • Flexible and Wearable Electronics;
  • Computational Material Science;
  • Electromagnetics & Antennas

Govt. Funded Research Projects

  1. Carbon Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensing Applications.
    Amount: INR 4611610
    SPARC Scheme. Joint project with Tel Aviv Univ Israel.
    Sponsored by MHRD, New Delhi.
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Duration: 2019-2023
    Status: Ongoing

  2. IoT based energy management system of a Microgrid with V2G (Vehicle to Grid) feature
    Amount: INR 4753100
    Sponsored by DST-ICPS
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Duration: 2019-2023
    Status: Ongoing

  3. Investigation of Elastic and Inelastic Dephasing in Carbon Nanotube FET.
    Amount: INR 1825450
    Sponsored by SERB-DST, New Delhi.
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Duration: 2019-2022
    Status: Completed

  4. Design and Analysis of Metamaterial Based Antenna for Wearable Application.
    Amount: INR 1182350
    Indo-Bulgaria Joint Project with Univ. of Sofia
    Sponsored by DST-International Bilateral Cooperation Division
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Duration: 2019-21 (Oct. 2021)
    Status: Completed

  5. Study on Electronic Transport Behaviour of Carbon Nanotube Based Field Effect Transistors.
    Amount: INR 2181800
    Sponsored by DRDO, New Delhi.
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Duration: 2017-2020 (Dec 2020)
    Status: Completed

  6. Development of Nanostructured Graphene as a Transparent and Current Spreading Electrode in Solar Cells.
    Amount: INR 1920000
    Sponsored by SERB-DST, New Delhi.
    Role: Mentor of NPDF
    Duration: 2017-2019. (Aug. 2019)
    Status: Completed

  7. Study of Electrical Behaviour of Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Transistor (nc-TFT).
    Amount: INR 70000
    Sponsored by UGC, New Delhi.
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Duration: 2011-2013.
    Status: Completed

  8. Modeling and Study of Polycrystalline Silicon for Solar cells and Thin-Film Transistors.
    Amount: INR 288000
    Sponsored by DST (Fast Track Project for Young Scientists), New Delhi.
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Duration:2006 -2009
    Status: Completed

R&D Lab Supported Projects

 

  1. Deposition of Nanocrystalline Silicon (nc-Si:H) film using e-Beam evaporation
    Supporting Agency: Indian Nanoelectronics User Program (INUP), IIT Bombay, Mumbai
    Investigators: Ms. Prachi Sharma and Dr. Navneet Gupta
    Status: Completed (July 2015)
  2. Investigation of leakage current density and threshold voltage shift in ZnO TFT with high k-dielectrics
    Supporting Agency: CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, Rajasthan
    Investigators from BITS: Dr. Navneet Gupta; Dr. Chandra Shekhar and Mr. Kavindra Kandpal
    Investigator from CEERI: Dr. Jitendra Singh
    Status: Completed (May 2018)

Projects and content development

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Projects

  1. Design and establishment of continuous neutral and weak acid zinc leaching pilot plant at CRDL of 20 liter leaching tanks capacity for laboratory tests at Hindustan Zinc Ltd., Debari. Year of completion: 2009, Approx budgeted cost: 5 Lack (INR).
  2. Optimization of process parameters for improvement in magnesium removal section of zinc hydro smelter at Central Research & Development Laboratory, Debari (HZL). Year of completion: 2009.
  3. Dynamic simulation of shell and tube heat exchanger using HTRI simulation tool at Technip India Ltd., Chennai. Year of completion: 2008.
  4. Study of sulfur recovery unit process at Technip India Ltd., Chennai. Year of completion: 2008.
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Content Development

  1. Content development of Fluid Mechanics & Machine course- Total Nine (9) modules.
  2. Course repackaging of the Fluid Mechanics & Machine course consisting of teacher notes, student notes, and multiple choice questions.
  3. Course repackaging of Mechanical Technology course consisting of teacher notes, student notes, and multiple choice questions -Total Nine (9) modules.
  4. Overview of Fluid Mechanics & Machine Remote Laboratory and experimental design.
  5. Developed case studies & tutorials based on Flownex software for Fluid Mechanics & Machine and Mechanical Technology courses.
  6. Developed case studies & tutorials based on Fluid Mechanics & Machine Remote Lab for Mechanical Technology and FMM courses.

Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) Based Lock and Release Mechanism for

ARMREB, DRDO

Prof Amit Kumar Gupta (PI), Dr Abhishek Sarkar (Co-PI), and Dr G Pardha Saradhi (Co-PI)

Defense Applications


Design, Development and Control of a low-cost AI enabled 3-DOF Compliant Manipulator for Intelligent Manufacturing

Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF), BITS Pilani

Dr. Abhishek Sarkar, Dr. Joyjit Mukherjee and Dr. Abhijit Das


Low-cost empathetic robotic solution for caregiving (LERSCe)

Asian Smart Cities Research and Innovation Network (ASCRIN) Joint PhD program between BITS Pilani and La Trobe University

Dr Abhijit Das, Dr Aritra Mukherjee, Dr Joyjit Mukherjee, and Dr Abhishek Sarkar


PhysX Based Simulation of the Erection Scheme for a Network Arch Bridge

Poddar Infratech Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

Prof Amit Kumar Gupta, Dr Pardha Saradhi G V & Dr Abhishek Sarkar


Development of Robotic-Milling System using Topology Optimization Method

Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) Program, DST

Prof Arshad Javed Dr Abhishek Sarkar, Dr Kundan Kumar Singh, Dr Brajesh Kumar Panigrahi


Learning based Dual-arm Coordination for Humanoid Robot

Additional Competitive Research Grant, BITS Pilani


Quadruped Robot Design and its Gait Analysis

Research Initiation Grant, BITS Pilani


Sponsored Projects

 

Project Ongoing


Co-PI: Modelling of Drivers and Barriers of electric vehicle penetration in emerging economy : A study of Indian Market:Sponsored by: ICSSR: Duration in Months:24:Rs. 525000


Project Completed


Co-PI: Modeling of Employee performance and human capital Assessment and optimization of productivity of Indian manufacturing industry:Sponsored by: ICSSR: Duration in Months:24:Rs. 500000


Sponsored Projects

Projects Ongoing

S.NoTitle of the ProjectFunding AgencyPrincipal Investigator /Co-investigatorType of project
Amount (Lakhs)

1. 

Identification and characterization of novel long non-coding RNAs in AKI-CKD transition using CRISPR/Cas9-based epigenome editing: revealing the potential of long non-coding RNAs as a biomarker and therapeutic strategy  ICMR Principal Investigator EMR41.85
2.Interdisciplinary life science programme for advanced research and education in epigenetics and genome editingDBTCo-Principal InvestigatorBUILDER975

 

Projects Completed

S.NoTitle of the ProjectFunding AgencyPrincipal Investigator /Co-investigatorType of projectAmount (Lakhs)
 1Klotho regulation as a novel therapeutic strategy against acute kidney injury-diabetes comorbidity: Impact of epigenetic driven and epigenetic independent reactivation of endogenous Klotho expressionSERBPrincipal InvestigatorEMEQ50.33
2
To study the role of hyperglycemia on the progression of acute kidney injury
SERBPrincipal InvestigatorEarly Carrier Research Award47.18
3Understanding hyperglycemia induced alterations in non-coding RNA expression pattern and post translational histone protein modifications contributing to drug resistance and progression of pancreatic cancerDST-SERBCo-Principal InvestigatorEMR40.32
4
Peptide decorated pH sensitive Nanoconjugate hybrid micelles for codelivery of temozolamide and an autophagy inducer, rapamycin, for treatment of glioblastoma multiforme
DBTCo-Principal InvestigatorNanobiotechnology41.94
5
Alternate day fasting resembles recurrent insulin-induced hypoglycemia model in rat
SERBMentorNPDF19.20
6Role of Histone Ubiquitination & Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 in the Development of Renal Fibrosis under Type I Diabetic ConditionCSIR, Govt of IndiaPrincipal InvestigatorEMR
14.86
7Effect of Esculetin on the development of type II diabetic nephropathyBITSPrincipal InvestigatorResearch Initiation Grant 2
8Effect of Esculetin on Angiotensin II in rat thoracic aorta under hyperglycaemic and hyperinsulinaemic conditionsUGC, Govt of IndiaPrincipal InvestigatorMajor Research Proposal13.43
9Understanding the Epigenetic Regulation in modulating Inflammatory Response mediated by NF-kB through AT1 or AT2 receptor in Type II diabetic nephropathySERB, DST Govt of IndiaPrincipal InvestigatorFast Track for Young Scientist22.21
10Esculetin a Therapeutic Intervention Targeted at Cardio-Renal Syndrome in Type 2 DiabetesSERB, DST Govt of IndiaPrincipal InvestigatorEmpowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Science39.66

Research

 

Research Interests

 

Research Areas

  • Feminism
  • Literature
  • Cinema

 

Research Projects (02)


Completed (02)

 

  1. PI, Devika. Title: Development of Listening and Speaking Modules of English Language through Multimedia Lab for Rural students of Classes XI-XII. Funding Agency: UGC. Amount: 4,09,500 Rs/-. Duration: 2 Years. Year: 2013
  2. PI, Devika and Rajni Singh. Title: Influence of English Teachers’ Efficacy, Competence and Motivation on their Instructional Strategy: A study of Secondary Schools Teachers in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. Funding Agency: NCERT. Amount: 6,80,400 Rs/-. Duration: 2 Years. Year: 2018.

 

PhD (04)


Completed (01)

  1. Dr. Piyush Gupta. Title: Dhananjaya’s Dasarupa: The Analysis of Plot, Characters and Rasa in Shakespearean Hindi Film Adaptations (Omkara, Maqbool and Angoor). Completed 15 Sep. 2016

 

Ongoing (03)

  1. Kanupriya Arya. Topic: Paradigms of marginalised voices in partition narratives.
  2. Punita Raj. Topic: Competencies in the Selected War Adaptations.
  3. Abhijith Venugopal. Transversal Competencies in Engineering Education.

 

First Degree Thesis (11)

  1. Nikhil Chandrashekhar Bhalerao (2015C2TS0558P). Title. The Subversive Cinema of the Lucrecia Martel. May 2020.
  2. Sumit Godara (2014B5A30858P). Title: Cinematic Techniques in Film-Making. May 2019.
  3. Vikas (2014D2TS0991P). Title: Role of Communication Skills in Marketing Strategies. May 2018.
  4. Ravindra Singh (2011D2TS596P). Title: Editing Techniques in the Movies of James Cameron. Dec 2015.
  5. Rakesh Kumar Saini (2010D2TS889P). Titel: Editing Techniques in the Work of Spielberg. May 2015.
  6. Tamanna (2009B1A2421). Title: Critical Study of Distinguished Action and Adventure Movies. Dec 2014.
  7. Kritika Mandad (2010D2TS878P). Title: Study of Film Techniques. May 2014.
  8. Manish Saini (2010D2TS867P). Title: Role of Speaking and Listening Skills. May 2014.
  9. Varishti (2008D2TS846P). Title: Some Famous Saints of India. May 2013.
  10. Rekha (2008D2TS892P). Title: Significance of the Presentation Skills in the Professional Communication. May 2012.
  11. A Yashwanth (2003B5A8590). Title: Modern Fiction: A Collage of Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, and Philosophical Works. May 2008.

Ongoing Sponsored Research Projects

 

  • Synthesis of chlorophyll-a derived photosensitizers and developing their nano-formulations for enhanced photodynamic therapy, DST New Delhi (2022-2025)
  • Design and Synthesis of Drug Development, Sun Pharma (2021-2023)
  • Heteroaromatics-annulated porphyrins: Design, Synthesis and Study of Optoelectronic Properties, DST New Delhi (2018-2021)
  • Design, synthesis and tubulin inhibition activity studies of novel indolyl heterocycles, CSIR New Delhi (completed)
  • Design and Synthesis of Novel Bioactive Heterocycles as Anticancer Agents, CSIR, New Delhi (Completed)
  • Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of indole-based heterocycles as anticancer agents, UGC, New Delhi (Completed)
    Development of Novel Synthetic Methods, Ranbaxy, India (Completed)
  • Synthesis of novel N,O,S containing heterocycles and evaluation of their anticancer activities, DBT, New Delhi (Completed)
  • Design and synthesis of Porphyrin-based photosensitizers as anticancer agents Supported by the India-Japan Science Council under DST-JSPS S&T Programme of Cooperation (Completed)

Sponsored Projects

 

Externally Funded Projects (Completed):

 

1. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2013-2016-Completed as PI): The Role of Hippo Signaling Pathway Components in Autophagy Regulation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

 

2. University Grants Commission (UGC) (2013-2015-Completed as PI): Identifying miRNA signatures associated with autophagy induced chemoresistance in hepatocellular carcinoma.

 

3. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (2015-2019-Completed as PI): Mutant-p53 gain-of-function: its role in regulating long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) expression and associated chemo-resistance.

 

4. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2017-2020-Completed as Co-PI): Evaluation of anti-tumor efficacy and pharmacokinetics of polymeric nanoparticle formulation targeted to cancer stem cells.

 

5. Department of Science and Technology (DST, Rajasthan) (2018-2021-Completed as Co-PI): Activity targeted nano-formulations for co-delivery of a taxane and anti-oxidant molecule, alpha lipoic acid for treating breast cancer.

 

6. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2018-2022-Completed as PI): Understanding hyperglycemia induced alterations in non-coding RNA expression pattern and post–translational histone protein modifications contributing to drug resistance and progression of pancreatic cancer.

 

7. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2019-22-Completed as Co-PI): Studying the Efficacy of ADAM Inhibitors in Treating Diabetic Nephropathy.

 

8. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2019-22-Completed as co-PI): Analysis of mitochondrial dynamicity (fusion/fission and mitophagy) post drug exposure in human glioblastoma cells and understanding its correlation with drug resistance.

 

9. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (as co-PI 2019-23): Repurposing of CNS accumulating drugs as autophagy modulators for potential treatment against glioblastoma: an in-silico, in-vitro and in-vivo study.

 

 

Projects as PI (Currently Ongoing):

 

1. Life Sciences Research Board (LSRB, DRDO) (2019-2023): High Altitude-Hypoxia Mediates Thrombosis in Soldiers; Modulation of Autophagy as A Strategy To Combat High Altitude-Hypoxia Induced Thrombosis.

 

2. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2021-24): Targeting chromatin modifiers- Jumonji Histone Demethylases in tumor cells surviving acute drug stress: an in vitro and in vivo study.

 

3. BITS BioCyTiH Foundation (CyTIH) (2022-2024): Identification of novel biomarkers in ovarian cancer and design of appropriate prognostic probes.

 

4. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (2023-2026) Understanding hyperglycemia induced metabolic alterations in pancreatic cancer cells and its regulation by specific long non coding RNAs.

 

Projects as co-PI (Currently Ongoing):

 

1. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (as co-PI 2021-23): An in silico and in vitro characterization of binding affinity and internalization potential of Indian SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants with hACE-2 and identification of potential small molecules hindering the interaction.

 

2. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB, DST) (as co-PI 2021-24): Neuronal regulation of tumor cell migration- understanding the role of semaphorins in tumor cells undergoing EMT and subjected to differential flow dynamics.

 

3. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (as co-PI 2021-24): Development of novel Aggregation Induced Emission (AIE) Active iridium (III) based Near IR Emissive compounds and their encapsulation into pH sensitive nanoparticles for tumor targeting and photodynamic therapy.

 

4. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2021-2024, as co-PI): Exploring the role of 'Secretary Arm of Autophagy' in Glioblastoma therapy resistance: an in vitro and patient data based study.

 

 

5. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (as co-PI 2021-24): Rapid, low cost fluorescent AIE based detection of renal dysfunction from urine samples and fabrication of portable and real time device.


Sponsored Project

 

Completed/Ongoing

 

 

Ongoing Project(s):



1. Project Title: On the theoretical studies of vortex electron impact scattering and ionization of atoms and molecule
Funding agency: DST, New Delhi
Budget: Rs. 20.53 lacs.

 

 

Project Completed:



1. Title: Theoretical Study of Electron impact double ionization of atoms and molecule.
Funding Agency: DST, New Delhi
Amount: 22.3 lacs
JRF under the project: Ms. Nikita Dhankhar
Duration: 2017-2019 (as a PI).

2. Title: Study of spin polarization of electrons in the relativistic (e, 3e) process on atoms.
Funding Agency: DST, New Delhi
Amount : Rs. 9.6 lacs
Duration : 2008-2011 (as a PI)

3. Title : A multiple scattering computing platform for (nano) materials
Funding Agency: European Commission (under Mari Curie-IRSES-FP7)
Duration : 2012-2016
Amount : Total fund: euro 2.69 lacs (to European institute of the network)
Job Profile: Work Package Leader 7 related to "Impact spectroscopy with in Multiple Scattering Framework" .

4. Title: Modeling of Plasmon loss in photoemission and (e, 2e) spectroscopies
Funding Agency: Region Bretagne (France)
Amount: Euro 10,000
Duration: 2018 (1 year) (as a Co-PI)

5. Title: Plasmon induced (e, 2e): Understanding the role of plasmons in the generation of secondary electrons in condensed matter physics
Funding Agency: Institute de Physique de Rennes , UR1, Rennes (France)
Amount: Euro 10,000
Duration: 2018 (1 year) (as a Co-PI)


Sponsored Research Projects

 

 
 
SSr. No.Research Project Details Status
Project Title: Development of Graphene/Graphite Encapsulated High Thermal Conductivity Heat Sinks
 
Duration:
 
Fund: Rs. 24.43 Lakhs 
 
 PI: Prof. Chennu Ranganayakulu
 
Co-PI: Dr. Sachin U Belgamwar
 
Co-PI: Dr. A. R. HariKrishnan
 
Funding Agency: DRDO
Ongoing 
2

Project Title: Dynamic Modelling and Experimental Analysis of Double Row Deep Groove Ball Bearing with Multiple Localized Defect

Duration: 2018-2020

Fund: Rs. 10 Lakhs

PI: Dr. Arun Kumar Jalan

Co-PI: Dr. Sachin U Belgamwar

Funding Agency: AERONAUTICS R&D BOARD 
Completed
3

Project Title: Design and development of a power assistive hybrid e-trike (PAH e-trike) for differently abled person in rural and urban regions of India.

(In Collaboration with CEERI Pilani)

Duration: 2018-2020

Fund: Rs. 67.76 Lakhs

PI: Dr. Sachin U. Belgamwar

Co-PI: Dr. Jitenra S. Rathore

Funding Agency: DST;SEED/TIDE/037/2016 
Completed

Project Title: Electrical and Thermal characterization of nano-composite

Duration: 2016-2017

Fund: Rs. 1 Lakhs

PI: Dr. Sachin U. Belgamwar

Funding Agency: BITS Pilani Research Initiation Grant  
Completed 

Project Title: CNT Reinforced Metal Matrix 

Duration: 2011-2013

Fund: Rs. 19.8 Lakhs

PI: Dr. N. N. Sharma

Co-PI: Dr. Sachin U. Belgamwar

Funding Agency: BITS Pilani Seed Grant 
Completed 
 

 


Sponsored Projects

 

Ongoing


1. DST-SERB: Selenium centered hydrogen bonding interaction.



Finished:



1. DST-SERB: Proton transfer process in Schiff Base molecules (2014-2017).

2. UGC - BSR: Research Start-Up Grant for newly recruited faculty (2014-2016).

3. DST-SERB: Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopy of weakly bound complexes (2017-2020).

4. CSIR: Photodegradation of organic dyes (2018-2021).


Sponsored Projects

 

Sponsored Projects with Prof. Dalvi

 

I) DST SERB Core research Grant (CRG)  (2020-2023)       
 
Cost: 43.97 Lacs  CRG/2019/001442
 

Li+ NASICON-Polymer Hybrid Composites for Solid State Supercapacitor Applications

Supercapacitors store energy within the double electrochemical layer at the electrode/electrolyte interface. In the traditional supercapacitorsm an ion permeable film soaked with liquid electrolyte is placed between high surface area electrodes. Replacing liquid electrolytes with a solid electrolyte may improve their reliability for high temperature, low dimensional and environment friendly and corrosion free applications. Proposal aims at development and characterization of all-solid-state supercapacitors using NASICON-polymer hybrid membranes as separators and high surface area electrodes. Applying various hybrid electrolytes prepared from Li+ ion NASICONs and polymer hosts, Electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs), pseudo capacitors and Hybrid supercapacitors will be fabricated and characterized. Work thus would involve synthesis of Li+ ion based NASICON-polymer hybrid composite films and fundamental characterization (ii) development of button-type solid state supercapacitors (EDLC, Psudo and Hybrid) using novel NASICON polymer hybrid films as electrolytes and their characterization. And finally (iii) To understand the mechanism of charge transfer at the electrode-electrolyte interface and role of solid electrolyte in performance of supercapacitors.

 
Important instruments  procured under this project:
 
BET Surface area analyzer (Belsorp Mini X) 
 
Galvanostat-Potentiostat with EIS Module (Autolab 204 with 2 channels)
 
(ii)  DST SERB  (EMR/2015/000275)       (October 2016-September 2019)   completed            Cost: 37.65 lacs
 
 
 Investigations on Li+ ion conducting glass-ceramics containing NASICON structured nano crystallites. 
 
 

Nature of the work:

Several interesting superionic/fast ionic solids have been developed, but grain boundary impedance (GBI) limits their applications to solid ionic devices. Project aims at development of novel NASICON based glass-ceramics for electrolytic applications in Liion batteries. These glass-ceramics with high ionic conductivity will be prepared by a novel glass filler approach. Structure will be characterized by using FE-SEM, XRD, EXAFS and Raman spectroscopy. Further, electrical properties will be studied using impedance spectroscopy at low and high temperatures. Tailoring grain boundary impedance and exploring parameters that influence GBI will be explored. Thermal stability investigations will be performed using DSC, conductivity-temperature cycles. Finally, fabrication and characterizations of an all-solid-state battery using compositions developed in the laboratory.

Important Equipment  procured under DST SERB Project:

1. Planetary ball mill Fritsch P-6   (11 lacs)
2. Impedance Analyzer Hioki IM 3570 (8 lacs)
3. High resolution digital analytical balance
4. Temperature controller 
5. Furnace with controller 

(iii) DAE Collaborative research scheme (CRS): EXAFS Investigations on Polymer nanocomposites ( Amount: ~ 10.35 lacs (duration 3 years, January 2017-2020)

(iv) “Crystallization in AgI and CuI based superionic glasses” SR/FTP/2005/PS-77
Funding Agency : DST
Duration :3 years (2007-10)


Projects

 

Ongoing Projects :

  • Title: Investigation on Langmuir-Blodgett films of pristine and functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes and application
    Funding agency: SERB - Core Research Grant
    Duration: 3 yrs
    Date of Commencement: 28/3/2019
    Fund value: Rs 45.7 Lakhs

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  • Title: Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument
    Agency: DST, India under IDP
    Fund Value: Rs 56 lakhs
    Duration: 2 years
    Date of commencement: 28th Dec 2016
    PI: Dr. RK Gupta
    Co-PI: Dr Manjuladevi V.
    Industrial Partner: Optiregion, New Delhi

 

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  • Title: Soft Computing framework based Integrated Multi Sensor Array for Water Quality Assessment: Targeting Fluoride as major parameter
    Agency: DST, India under WTI
    Proposed Fund: ~ Rs 49 lakhs
    PI: Dr. K K Gupta, EEE, BITS Pilani
    Co-PI: Dr RK Gupta (Physics)
    Date of commencement: 23/12/2016

 

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Projects Completed:

 
 

Title: Development of Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument with a novel optical design

Agency: Department of Science, India under IDP
Fund: Rs 25.66 Lakhs
Duration: 3 years (2010 - 2013)
Co-PI: Dr. Manjuladevi V.
Participating Industry: Optiregion, New Delhi
Awarded 7 out of 10 by DST. 
 
 
Title of the main project: "Rooftop rainwater harvesting for sale potable healthy drinking
water and ground water replenishment for BITS Pilani campus "
PI: Prof Rajiv Gupta
RK Gupta (Co-PI) and P Shukla (Co-I) are working on sub project titled as
 
 

Detection of contaminants in water using functional ultrathin films

Agency: BITS Pilani under Waste Water Energy
Date: 17/2/2014 
Duration: 3 years
Fund value: Rs 10.35 lakhs
Co-I: Dr Paritosh Shukla (Dept of Chemistry, BITS Pilani) 

 

Project Submitted:



Title: Development of surface plasmon resonance array biosensor for rapid molecular drug resistance detection for MDR and XDR TB
Agency: DST, India under TDSP
Proposed Fund: ~ Rs 194 lakhs
PI: Dr. RK Gupta (Physics, BITS Pilani) & Dr. Urvashi Singh (AIIMS, New Delhi)
Co-PI: Dr. Manjuladevi V (Physics, BITS Pilani) & Dr. Hitender Gautam (AIIMS, New Delhi)


Projects

 

Sponsored Projects


Project Title: Experimental Investigation on Structural Performance of RC Frame with Deep Beams under Gravity Loading
Sponsoring Agency: BITS Pilani Research Initiation Grant
Amount: Rs. 2 Lakhs
Project Status: Completed (October 2018)

 


 

Project Title: Investigation of ductile characteristics of high strength concrete beams reinforced with high strength steel and basalt fibre under elevated temperature conditions 
Sponsoring Agency: BITS Pilani Additional Competitive Grant
Amount: Rs. 9.75 Lakhs
Project Status: In progress (Expected to submit report by October 2019)

Sponsored Projects

 

Japanese Science and Technology (JST)- SAKURA onsite training fund as PI from BITS Pilani


Project description: Group works and field survey on environmental-friendly agriculture and regional development in the islands of Hiroshima will be carried out by participants rom a total of four Universities including Hiroshima University, Japan; BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, India; University of Texas at Austin, USA; and Tribhuvan University, Nepal will participate in this international collaboration from 21-29, August 2002 to be held at Hiroshima University, Japan.

ICMR-ICSSR Major Research Project: (2018-2020) as Co-PI


Project Title: 'Efficacy & Effectiveness of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Activities for Health Awareness and Promotion among Women in Rajasthan: Towards a HOPE Approach'.

 


ICSSR Major Research Project: (2017-19) As Principal Investigator


Project Director for the ICSSR Major Research Project titled, “Participatory Exclusions of Women and the Poor in Community Forestry: A Comparative Study of Implementation of the ROFR Act Across 3 States of India”.

 

RIG Research Project: (2015-16) As Principal Investigator


Project Title: "Women and Equity in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Power Dynamics in India and Dutch Academia"


Sponsored Research Project

Ongoing Projects:


Waste-to-Energy: Technology Integration for Production of Clean Energy from Organic Waste
Theme-3, Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE), Department of Science and Technology, Since March 2022).

 

Industrial-scale Thermophilic Biomethanation of Food Waste and Sewage Sludge for the Production of Bioenergy and Biofertilizer

Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Sanctioned in August 2020).

 

Completed Projects:

 

Design and Development of an Automated Flow Calibration System for Fuel and Oxidizer Injectors of Reaction Control System. CAS-DRDO  2019 - 2020 

 

 

 

 

Sponsored Projects

AS PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR: 22

1. DBT-VINNOVA [INDO-SWEDEN]: 90.64 LAKHS [5 YEARS, 2010-2015]

2. DBT-SRC [INDO-SWEDEN]: 61.92 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2014-2017]

3. DBT-VINNOVA [INDO-SWEDEN]: 67.00 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2017-2020]

4. DBT-COE [BITS-IISC]: 39.56 LAKHS [5 YEARS, 2005-2010]

5. DBT-ICMR [BITS-NIRT]: 51.67 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2012-2015]

6. DST-IBSA [INDIA-BRASIL-SOUTH AFRICA]: 31.84 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2012-2015]

7. DST: 27.61 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2014-2017]

8. DST: 23.80 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2010-2013]

9. CSIR-OSDD [BITS-NII]: 31.70 LAKHS [1 YEAR, 2010]

10. CSIR-OSDD [BITS-NII-IIT KANPUR]: 38.64 LAKHS [3 YEAR, 2011-2014]

11. DST-[INDO-POLISH]: 11.89 LAKHS [2 YEARS, 2015-2017]

12. DBT-TATA INNOVATION: 45.00 LAKHS [5 YEARS, 2016-2021]

13. CSIR: 16.98 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2005-2008]

14. ICMR: 23.03 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2004-2007]

15. CSIR: 7.96 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2010-2013]

16. UGC: 10.21 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2005-2008]

17. UGC: 5.32 LAKHS [3 YEARS, 2009-2012]

18. AstraZeneca: 11.11 LAKHS [2010-2013]

19. Aditya Birla Group: 12.00 LAKHS [2011-2014]

20. Karolinska Institute: 18.00 LAKHS [2021-2023]

21. ISSAR Pharmaceuticals: 29.00 LAKHS [2020-2022]

Pravi Bio: 14.20 LAKHS [2022- ]
AS CO-INVESTIGATOR: 9


1. DBT INDO-BRAZIL project - ENZYMES FROM PURINE AND PYRIMIDINE BIO-SYNTHETIC PATHWAY AS TARGETS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DRUGS-2014-2017|

2. DST INDO-PORTUGAL project- DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEURAL COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES-2014-2017|

3. ICMR-INSERM (Indo-France) project- STRUCTURE-BASED DESIGN OF ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR MODULATOR TO TREAT DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS BY TARGETING RORALPHA AND REV-ERBALPHA-2014-2016|

4. DST INDO-UKRAINE JOINT PROJECT-DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIEPILEPTIC LEADS TO SUPPRESS HIPPOCAMPAL EPILEPTIC SEIZURES-2012-2015|

5. DST Major Research Project- DRUG DISCOVERY OF INHIBITORS OF THE PROTEASE OF PERIPHERAL MACROPHAGES AND MICROGLIAL CELLS IN THE SPINAL CORD FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN- 2011-2015|

6. CSIR project- DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF PHARMACOPHORIC HYBRIDS AS POTENTIAL LEADS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN-2012-2015|

7. DBT Project- DISCOVERY OF NOVEL MODULATORS OF NAD(+) DEPENDENT PROTEIN DEACETYLASE SIRT1 FOR THE TREATMENT OF VARIOUS HUMAN DISORDERS -2011-2014|

8. DBT Neuroresearch Project- STRUCTURE-GUIDED DESIGN OF NOVEL NON-PEPTIDIC NONCOVALENT SELECTIVE INHIBITORS OF THE SPINAL MICROGLIAL CATHEPSIN S FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN-2011-2013|

9. CSIR project - SYNTHESIS AND NEUROPHARMACOLOGY OF 4-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ANALOGUES-2006-2009|


Funded Projects

 

  • SERB-DST project Entitled, “ Design and development of crop residue-based roof insulation with Phase Change Materials for livestock rearing shelters: An environment-friendly business model for doubling farmer women’s income in Arid and Semi-Arid zones, worth Rs.40 Lakhs is sanctioned during January 2023.

 

Currently Running Projects:

 

  1. Doubling Farm Women's income: Entrepreneurship development through post-harvest and technology integration in arid zone submitted with CAZRI, Jodhpur to DST under ASAR SEED division has received funding of Rs.2.37 Crores. (BITS-Share Rs.70 Lakhs). (I am one of the Co PIs of the project to work on solar drying of Pearl Millet to improve shelf life) PI: Prof. Srikanta Routroy.
  2. “High Impact Class room Teaching using Industrial case studies”, funded by TLC, BITS-Pilani 10 January 2021. (Rs.50,000/-) Phase-I of the project is completed.

 

Project Submitted for funding:

 

  • “Conceptualizing, Sizing, Materials Selection, steady state and transient performance of pre cooler for Advanced high Mach aero engines” Submitted to RSQR program of DRDO to Gas Turbine Research Establishment. (PI: Prof. Chennu Ranganayakalu). Date: 26 July 2021. Project Cost: Rs.16.63 Lakhs
  • “Design and development of Perforated Plate Heat Exchanger(PPHE) for cooling of gaseous Helium by using liquid Hydrogen” Yukti-Sanchita scheme of ISRO in collaboration with MNIT, Jaipur. ( PI: Prof.Chennu and Co PI; Dr.Amit from MNIT). Date: 20 July 2021, Project Cost: Rs.13.54 Lakhs.
  • “Development of Thermal Conditioning unit (TCU)” Yukti-Sanchita scheme of ISRO in collaboration with Industry. PI: Dr. Aneesh, Co PI: Prof. Chennu , Date: 20 July 2021 Project Cost: Rs.18.00 Lakhs
  • “Development of two-phase flow heat transfer devices: Flexible Heat Pipe for Space Application” Yukti-Sanchita scheme of ISRO in collaboration with VNIT, Nagpur. Date: 30 May 2021. Project Cost: Rs.12.96
  • “Thermal Energy Storage System Using Solar Parabolic Trough for Spatial Heating application in cold and composite region of India”, National Innovation Challenge for Design and Developing energy storage system for rural household /Establishment, DST, India. Applied on 31 December 2020.
  • “Development of renewable energy controlled and IoT based onion supply chain integrated with optimized logistics operations for enhancing farmers’ income”, Applied under NASF Under Indian Council of agricultural research as one of the Co PI for Rs.345 lakhs in collaboration with NIT, Surat and KVK. Rajasthan. (PI Prof. Srikanta Routroy). 31 August 2020.
  • “Development of 3D Numerical Heat Transfer Model with Growth of Oxide and Design of Control Algorithm for Walking Beam Reheat Furnaces” - Invited for presentation by the ministry of steel for funding on 08/08/2018. (Presented for possible funding from DST, after the presentation the authorities asked us to share the account details, Results awaited).PI: Dr. Satish Kumar Dubey. (Results Awaited). Rs.29 Lakhs.
  • “Thermal and Life Cycle Assessment of AlSi12 based Thermal Energy Storage System for Concentrated Solar Power Plants” - Submitted to DST under the scheme of Technology Mission Division on 30/06/2018. (Results Awaited).Rs.32 Lakhs (Under consideration).
  • “Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment of Future Technological Changes and Retrofitting the pollution control equipment in Indian coal based Thermal Power Plants using Impact pathway approach and external cost” - Submitted to DST under CHORD(NSTMIS) scheme on 31/03/2019. (Results Awaited). Rs.32 Lakhs (Under Consideration)
  • “Fault detection and diagnosis of roof top HVAC units”- A technical consultancy project was presented to Johnson Controls, at Techno Connect meet on invitation during 28-29 May 2019. (Results Awaited)
  • "Estimation of Gas Emission and External costs of Coal-fired Power plants in India" Submitted to DST under CHORD(NSTMIS) Scheme as a Co PI along with Dr. Krishna. M on 31/03/2019.
  • "Increasing the Thermal efficiency of Organic solar cell using PV/T system". Proposal was sent to Hiroshima University after the visit during 2018. (Waiting for the response from the University).

 

Completed:

  • Industrial consultancy project to increase percentage of Yield of casting for ABG completed. 2013. (PI: Prof.Dasgupta)

Ongoing

1. PI-Computational Biology Group, Builder project, DBT, One Crore. (2021-2025)
2. PI- Privacy Preserving ML in Malaria Screening, ICMR, 0.84 Cr. (2022-2024) 

Completed

PI, An interdisciplinary study in Machine Learning and Classification for Astronomy, SERB-DST, Twenty-Six Lacs Approximately, over three years. EMR/2016/005687- 2018-2021

Co-PI, PI-Jayant Murthy, IIAP Bangalore, Indo-Russian Project on Machine Learning in Multi-Wavelength Astronomy; Sixty-five Lacs Approximately, over three years, Russian Investigators: Yuri Shchekinov, Evgeniya Kalinicheva. Russian Academy Of Sciences

Co-PI, DST EMR, PI-Pritam Ranjan, IIM Indore, From Small Data to Big Data: Complex Computer Modeling and Optimization-Twenty-four Lacs Approximately, over three years, India. EMR/2017/003332


Sponsored Projects

 

Ongoing Funded Project:

 

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Title

Role

Collaborators

Funding Agency

Total Funds

Duration

 1 High Precision, Miniaturized and Smart Colorimetric Device for Pesticide Quantification and Monitoring Applications in Food and Environment PI Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE) (Co PI), Dr. Sanket Goel (EEE) Co-PI SERB (CRG) 36.56 Lakhs 
 
3 Years 
 
Dec. 2022-2025 
 

2

Integrated 
Microfluidic/Miniaturized Electrochemical Sensing Platform for multiple bio-analytes

PI

Dr. Sanket Goel (EEE) Co-PI

BITS BiocyTIH

18.48 lakhs

1.5 Year

3

Real time Investigation of various analytes using droplet microfluidics integrated with highspeed vision

Co-PI

Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE) (PI), Dr. Sanket Goel (EEE) Co-PI

National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)

21.22 lakhs

2 Years

4

IoT and ML enabled Multiplexed Fully Integrated Portable Platform for Onsite Measurement of Water Quality Indicators

Co-PI

Dr. R. N.Ponnalagu PI  (EEE)  Dr. Sanket Goel (EEE) Co-PI,  Dr. Manik Gupta Co-PI( Comp.Sc

SERB

26.93

lakhs

03 Years

      
 5 Ultra-Portable  μ-fluidic Nucleic Acid Amplification System with Integrated Detection
 Team member
Co- Founder & Director 
 
Mr Sohan Dudala,
Dr Sanket Goel
 BIRAC
BIG  Grant to Cleome Innovations
 50 Lakhs
 1.5 Years
 
 6 Design and Development of flexible thermoelectric
devices (TEDs) for various
applications
 Co-PI  Dr. Sanket Goel (EEE) PI, Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE) Co-PI DRDO 34.34 Lakhs 
 2 Year
 
 
 DST FIST Project to Mechanical Engineering Department ( Sanctioned)
 
Project Implementation Group (PIG) member and Co-Principal Investigator received a grant of Rs 117 Lakhs from DST-FIST Grant for Development of infrastructure facility of micro fabrication in Mechanical Engineering Department, Hyderabad Campus.
 
Completed Project:
 

#

Title

Role

Collaborators

Funding Agency

Total Funds

Duration

 1 IoT enabled wearable nasal cap for air filter, viral guard and sensors for early detection of Covid-19 symptoms PI Dr. Sanket Goel (EEE) Co-PI,  Dr. Ruchi Jain Co-PI( Bio Sc) DST BDTD20.15 lakhs
 
 1 year

2

Fully Integrated Smartphone and IoT enabled Microfluidic Sensor for Real-time Quantification of Soil Macronutrients

PI

Dr. Sanket Goel (EEE) Co-PI,  Dr. R. N.Ponnalagu (EEE) Co-PI

DST Agot-Tech

18.71

1 Year

3

 Modelling and Simulation of Quartz Accelerometer for Navigation System

PI

Dr. Sanket Goel (EEE), Dr. Arshad Javed and Dr. Amit K Gupta (MechE)

RCI, DRDO

 5.3 lakhs

2years

4

 Development of Coupled Numerical Heat Transfer Model for Predictions of Three Dimensional Billet Temperature with Growing Oxide in Reheat Furnace

 PI

 

 RIG BITS

 2.00 lakhs

 2years

 5 Cardiac-Organ-on-Chip: Integrated Microfluidic Cardiac Platform for Drug Screening and Toxicity Detection. Co-PI (EEE) PI, Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE) and  Dr. Anasuya Ganguly (BioSc) DST-BDTD 43.76 Lakhs 03 Years
 6 Smartphone-enabled, Lab-free and Onsite Multiplexed Diagnostic Device for Health Management of Rural and Underprivileged Population  Co-PI Dr. Sanket Goel (EEE) PI, Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE) TSCOST4 Lakhs 01 Years
 
 

 


Sponsored projects

 

  • Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (INDEE+) sponsored (86.4 L) “Future Refrigeration India”, Total funding 24946,000 NOK (Ongoing)
  • Research Council of Norway (INTPART 2020-23) sponsored (11.47 L) Co-Investigator, "Educational Program for Sustainable Heating and Cooling Solutions for India", EduCool, Total funding 5874000 NOK (Ongoing)
  • DST (2020-2022) sponsored (48.66 L) as PI "Analysis design and development of low cost cold storage for selected agricultural products based fully on solar and geothermal energy" (Completed)
  • DBT (INNO-INDIGO 2018-21) sponsored (62.092 L) as Co-Investigator, Project Title "Innovative technologies for improving resource utilization in the Indo European fish value chains". Total funding 800,000 Euro (Completed)
  • Rajasthan DST sponsored (7.536 L) as PI, Project Title "Development of e-waste management strategies for selected e-products in Rajasthan" 2018 (Completed)
  • DST sponsored major research project, (30.40 Lakh) as PI, Project Title "Experimental Investigations On CO2 Based Refrigeration System in Trans-Critical Cycle", Project concluded in July 2017.
  • Aditya Birla Nuvo sponsored onsultancy project (5.00 L), “Re-design of Insulator metal cap”, Project concluding in 2016
  • UGC sponsored (38.00 Lakh) project under SAP as Co-PI. Project topic " Product Design and Rapid Prototyping", (Concluded)
  • One DST sponsored (7.08 Lakh) project, as PI, titled: "Air-water Two Phase Flow Prediction in Horizontal and Near-horizontal Pipe Using Fuzzy Decision Maker", Project concluding in 2008
  • Three UGC Minor research Projects of two-year duration with funding about 20K each as PI.

Ongoing Funded Project

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Title

Cost

Duration

Role

Collaborator(s)

Agency

1
Design and development of flexible thermoelectric devices (TEDs) for various applications
34.34 lakhs2 years PI
Dr. Satish Dubey, Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE, Hyderabad)
DYSL-SM (DRDO)

2

Cyber-Physical System Enabled Integrated platform with Microfluidic biofuel cell and Supercapacitor for powering and monitoring biomedical implants

24.98 lakhs

1.5 years

PI

-

BITS BioCyTiH Foundation

3

Miniaturized MIP Nanomaterial Enhanced Electrochemical Devices for Insulin Detection

10.31 lakhs

2 years 

PI

Prof. Peter Lieberzeit (University of Vienna, Austria)

DST (India-Austria)

4

Design and development of a portable Bio-Cyber Physical System based microfluidic cell culture platform

34.32 lakhs

1.5 years

PI

-

BITS BioCyTiH Foundation

5

Development of Wearable ECG Devices

13.5 lakhs

1.5 years

PI

-

Vital Probes

6

Shellac Mediated Laser Induced Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) Films for Studying

Docking of Biomarker at Nano-Bio Interfaces 

 6 lakhs

 6 monyths

 PI

 

Tata Steel

7

Integrated Microfluidic/Miniaturized Electrochemical Sensing Platform for multiple bio-analytes

18.48 lakhs

1.5 years

Co-PI

Dr. Satish Kumar Dubey

BITS BioCyTiH Foundation

8

Integrated droplet microfluidic device for ultra-high throughput biochemical applications 

~20   lakhs 

2023 – 2026 (3 years)

Co-PI

Dr. Jayaprakash K S and Dr. Nilanjan Dey

SERB (SURE)

9

IoT and ML enabled Multiplexed Fully Integrated Portable Platform for Onsite Measurement of Water Quality Indicators

26.93 lakhs

2021-2024 (3 years)

Co-PI

Dr.  Ponnalagu R N

SERB

10

Real time Investigation of various analytes using droplet microfluidics integrated with high- speed vision

21.23 lakhs

2021-2023 (2 years)

Co-PI

Dr. Arshad Javed

National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) under DST & MeiTY

11

Partners in Energy & Environment Engineering Education and Research for Sustainable development (PEERS)

NOK 3.6 million

2021-2026 (5 years) 

Co-PI

Prof. Bjorn Reidar Sorensen, Prof. Rajnish Calay (UiT The Arctic University of Norway), Hokkaido University (Japan), CSIR-IICT, D Y Patil School Of Engineering,  Multiconsult (Norway)

Directorate for Internationalization and Quality Development in Higher Education (DIKU),  Norway

12

Collaboration in Microbial Fuel Cell Research and Innovation Driven Graduate Education (Co-PI, PI from India), The Research Council of Norway, NOK 12.50 million (India NOK 1.24 million), 5 years (2022-2027). 

NOK 12.50 million

2022-2027 (5 years)

Co-PI        

Prof. Rajnish Calay (UiT, Arctic University of Norway), Northern Arctic Federal University (Russia), IIT Kharagpur, CSIR-IICT, Lehigh University (USA), Drinkwell (USA), SINTEF (Norway)

The Research Council of Norway, NOK 

13

High Precision, Miniaturized and Smart Colorimetric Device for Pesticide Quantification and Monitoring Applications in Food and Environment

36.56 lakhs

 3 years

Co-PI

Dr. Satish Dubey, Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE, Hyderabad)

SERB (CRG)

14

Design and Development of System-on-Chip for Multiplexed Biomarker Detection

~$12,000

 1 year

 Co-PI

Dr. Ponnalagu R N and Dr. Syed E Ahmed (EEE, Hyderabad)

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)


Research Interest

 

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:

 

Google Citations

 

 

The effect of pore geometry on the denaturation of a DNA molecule during translocation

The recent years witnessed significant advances in nanopore technology and the DNA sequencing. Translocation of DNA in biological processes involves many constraints, and among them, the pore through which it translocates is worthy of attention. In this manuscript, we construct two different shaped confining wall, a cone-shaped and a cylindrical shaped, and investigate the denaturation of DNA molecule during various stages of translocation in a thermal ensemble. For the conically shaped confinement, we study the effect of the cone angle (θ) and the pore diameter (δ) on the melting profile of a DNA molecule. Similarly, for the cylindrically shaped confinement, we investigate the effect of pore diameter (r) on the melting profile of a DNA molecule. By varying the fraction of pairs (φ) that are on either side of a pore, we study the melting behaviour of DNA molecule in these two confinement geometries.

 


Presence of molecular crowders & effect on the melting profile of DNA


This is a known fact that about 15-20% of the total volume of cell is occupied by the molecular crowders. The crowders that surround the DNA molecule are randomly distributed along the molecule. Hence we consider the base pairs that are surrounded by crowders randomly. The presence of these crowders, reduces the free volume for the base pairs, hence the movement of base pairs is restricted. We study the thermal melting of a homogeneous DNA molecule using PBD model. The presence of crowders in the model is realized through the potential term. Using the equilibrium statistical calculations we find the melting profile and the melting probabilities of the chain. We also find a correlation between the melting temperature and the crowder density of the solution. The power law behaviour shows that the melting temperature scale linearly with the crowder density. The opening of a DNA molecule in presence of these crowders is shown through the density plots. The results display interesting features of opening of DNA molecule.

 


The probability analysis of opening of DNA:

We have studied the separation of a double stranded DNA (dsDNA), which is driven by either the temperature or force. By monitoring the probability of opening of entire base pairs along the chain, we show that the opening of a dsDNA depends not only on the sequence but also on the constraints on the chain in the experimental setups. Our results clearly demonstrate that the force-induced melting of dsDNA, whose one of the ends is constrained, is significantly different from the thermal melting, when both ends are free.

http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.3563633


Phase diagram of unzipping of DNA: role of salt concentration


The cations, in form of salt, present in the solution containing DNA play a crucial role in the opening of two strands of DNA. We use a simple non linear model and investigate the role of these cations on the mechanical unzipping of DNA. The Hamiltonian is modified in terms of cations present in the solution. We calculate the melting temperature as well as the critical force that is required to unzip the DNA molecule as a function of salt concentration of the solution. The phase diagrams are found to be in close agreement with the experimental phase diagrams.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2013.01.029


http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6301-2011

 

 

Project


1. DNA duplex stability: Effect of salt concentration and cation valency, funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, Amount: Rs. 28,12,497 /- Status: Ongoing (2023-2026)

2. Statistical Mechanics of Biopolymers in Confined Geometry, funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST-SERB), India, Amount: Rs. 23,41,979 /- Status: Completed (2018 - 2021)

3. Thermodynamic studies of force induced transitions in DNA in crowded environment, funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST-SERB), India, Amount: Rs. 18,64,866. Status: Completed (2014-17)

4. Force Induced Unzipping in Biopolymers, funded by University Grant Commission, New Delhi., Amount: Rs. 10.66 lacs Status: Completed (2009-2012).


Completed Funded Projects

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Title

Cost

Duration

Role

Collaborator(s)

Agency

 1
Smartphone-enabled, Lab-free and Onsite Multiplexed Diagnostic Device for Health Management of Rural and Underprivileged Population
 4 lakhs1 yearPI
Dr. Satish Dubey, Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE, Hyderabad)
 TSCOST
 2
Automated IoT based Microfluidic Electrochemiluminescence ECL Biosensing platform for various biomarker detection
51.42 lakhs 
 
3 yearsCo-PI
Dr. P. K. Pattnaik
 
SERB

 3

Development of a Device with Optimized Circuit to Comprehend Fast Charging from Supercapacitors

9.80 lakhs

2021-2023 (1.5 years)

PI

-

DMSRDE, DRDO

 4
Cardiac-Organ-on-Chip: Integrated Microfluidic Cardiac Platform for Drug Screening and Toxicity Detection.
 43.76 lakhs 2019 – 2022 (3 years) PIDr. Satish Dubey, Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE, Hyderabad) and Dr. Anasuya Ganguly (BioSc, Goa) DST

5

28S Ribosomal RNA Capture Assay for the Sensitive Detection of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

110 lakhs

2020 – 2022 (2 years)

Co-PI

Dr. Ashis Das (Pilani), Dr. Sunil Bhand (Goa)     

ICMR

6

IoT Enabled Wearable Nasal Cap for Air-filter, Viral-guard and Detection of Various Parameters

20.15 lakhs

2021 - 2022 (1 year)

Co-PI

Dr. Satish Kumar Dubey

 DST

7

Digital 3D Printed Electronic Technology for Space Electronic Packaging Applications

26.36 lakhs

 

 3.5 years 

 PI

 -

ISRO 

8

Microfluidic Enzymatic Biofuel Cell for Energy Harvesting & Blood Parameters Monitoring

 10 lakhs

 1 year   

 PI

 -

DSIR

9

Lab on a chip-based point of care device for DNA amplification for TB diagnostics (under Center for Human Disease Research, internal)

 

~10 lakhs

 3 years

Co-PI

 Dr. D. Sriram (Pharmacy)   

 Internal

10

Fully Integrated Smartphone and IoT enabled Microfluidic Sensor for Real-time Quantification of Soil Macronutrients

27.98 lakhs

 1 year

 Co-PI

 Dr. Satish Dubey (MechE)

DST (Agro Tech)

11

Modelling and Simulation of Quartz Accelerometer for Navigation System

 

 5.3 lakhs

1 year

 Co-PI

Dr. Satish Dubey, Dr. Arshad Javed (MechE)

RCI, DRDO

12

Underwater Characterization of Solar cells and its Optimization

9.85 lakhs

2 years

PI

Dr. Radhika Sudha (EEE)

DMRDE, DRDO

13

Training and Deployment of Smart and Miniaturized Sensors

US$

1000

3 months

PI

-

Swechha - US Alumni Micro Grant

14

Microfluidic-Diffusivity-meter: CO2 diffusivity sensor during Carbon Sequestration in the Oil reservoirs

21.91 lakhs

4 years (1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2017)

PI

-

DST/SERB Young Scientist Scheme

15

Shale Gas Modelling and Simulation (Consultancy)

 22.65 lakhs

 3 years

Coordinator

Dr. Santosh Dubey (UPES)

 ABB

16

Micro-fluidic lab-on-a-chip sensor to detect and monitor viscosities for a variety of Biochemical applications

70.11 lakhs

2 years(1 Nov 2014 - 31 Oct 2016)

PI

Dr. Ajay Agarwal (CSIR-CEERI, Pilani)

DST-TSDP

17

Membrane less Microfluidic devices for rapid, automated and self-sustainable enzymatic biofuel cell with 3D electrodes for in vivo and ex vivo devices

24.70 lakhs

3 years

(1 Mar 2013 - 28 Feb 2016)

PI

Dr. Ashutosh Sharma (IITK) and Dr. Gyu Man Kim (KNU, Korea)

DST Bilateral Program (Indo-Korea)

18

Immobilization of enzymes on various nanostructures for the fabrication of bio-sensors

Exchange visit based

3 years (1 June 2015 – 31 May 2018)

Co-PI

Dr. Zeljko Knez (Univ of Maribor, Slovenia)

DST Bilateral Program (Indo-Slovenia)

19

Technical Cooperation for Energy and Environment in India

NA

Involved between 1 Jan 2014 -30 June 2015

Consortia Member

Various people from India, Spain

European Union

20

Establishment & Demonstration of Hydrogen Production and Utilisation Facility through Solar Photovoltaic-Electrolyser System at NISE, Gwalpahari

14 Crores

Involved between 1 Jan 2015 -30 June 2015

Coordinator

Various people from UPES

MNRE

21

Leadership in higher Education Reforms in Renewable Energy - 2014

EUR 10,000

1 Mar 2014 - 28 Feb 2015

PI

Dr. Ahmed Addo (KNUST, Ghana)

IAU (UNESCO)

22

Leadership in higher Education Reforms in Renewable Energy - 2012

EUR 10,000

1 Mar 2012 - 28 Feb 2013

PI

Dr. Julius Mwobora (Univ of Nairobi, Kenya)

IAU (UNESCO)

23

Development of microfluidic  DNA  sequencer  integrated  with  sample  preparation  process

S$ 750,000

1 Jul 2008 - 30 June 2011

PI

-

A*STAR, Singapore

24

Array    based    Pyrosequencing  (100,000    USD    genome)

US$ 1.5 million

1 Jul 2006 - 30 June 2009

Collaborator

Dr. Mostafa Ronaghi (PI and Consortia lead)

NIH, USA

25

Digital Micro-fluidics based Pyrosequencing (100,000 USD genome)

US$ 4 million

1 Jul 2006 - 30 June 2009

Collaborator

Dr. Mostafa Ronaghi (PI and Consortia lead)

NIH, USA

26

Lab-on-a-chip with Integrated Optics

CA$ 100,000

Jan 2001 – Dec 2005

Collaborator

Dr. J. N. McMullin (PI)

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canada

27

Biochips with integrated microoptics for cell-sorting

CA$ 80,000

Jan 2002 – Dec 2005

Collaborator

Dr. J. N. McMullin (PI)

Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovation (CIPI)


  

AI/ML for Cyber Security

 

  • Detection of malicious websites using ML
  • Detecting threats from android hybrid apps using ML

 

Data Provenance

 

  • Design and Implementation of Zero-information loss databases
  • Data Provenance Models for Relational and Big Data
  • Data Provenance Framework for Graph Databases
 

 

Big Data Analytics

 

  • Design and Implementation of Entire Computing Stack for Big Data Analytics

 

Data Mining

 

 

  • High Performance Computing Framework for Data Mining
    • Parallelization of Data Mining Algorithms
    • Domain Specific Language for Data Mining (DWARF)
    • Parallelizing Compiler for DWARF
  • Mining Multi-variate Time Series data
    • Crop yield prediction
  • Incremental Algorithms for Data Mining
  • Anytime Data Mining

 

IoT Data Analytics

 

  •  Framework for IoT Data Analytics

Funded Research Projects

 

Title Investigators & CollaboratorsFunding AgencyStatus
Mechanical Design using AIProf. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Poonam Goyal, & Dr. Amit Rajnarayan Singh (Mech.)Mercedes-Benz Research & Development, India (MBRDI)
 
Budget : INR 8.00 Lakhs

Year(Duration) :2022 (10 months)

Ongoing
Making data driven quality management accessible to small scale dairy cooperatives in IndiaProf. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Suman Kapur (Hyd Campus), Prof. Poonam Goyal, Dr. Ashutosh Bhatia

Collaborators :La Trobe University (Australia), IIT Kanpur, SensaData Pty Ltd, & The Product Makers (TPM) Pty Ltd
Govt. of Victoria (Australia) VESKI-SMRP
 
Budget : AUD $ 1,70,000

Year(Duration) :2022 (10 months)

Keywords :Small scale dairy, milk quality, Artificial Intelligence, Spectroscopy, Spatio-temporal Data Analytics
Ongoing
AI Intervened Tribal Development by improving Water Conservation, Livelihood, and HealthProf. S K Barai & Prof. Navneet GoyalMinistry of Tribal Affairs
Budget : INR 147.392 Lakhs

Year(Duration) : 2022 (03 years)
 
 
Keywords : AI, Tribal Development, SCD, NLP, Low Resource Languages, Water Conservation, Earth Observation, Process Analytics
Ongoing
Intent Analysis of Customers Based on Telephonic ConversationsProf. Navneet Goyal & Prof. Poonam GoyalNucleus Software, Noida
Budget : INR 2.50 Lakhs/ semester

Year(Duration) :2022(1 year)
 
 
Keywords : Voice analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Speaker Diarisation, Spectrograms, Speech to text
Ongoing
Safety solutions for school kids using AIProf. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Poonam Goyal & Dr. Manish DaveIndustry Funded
 
Budget : INR 21.75 Lakhs ($ 29,000)

Year(Duration) : 2021(1 year)

Keywords :Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Anomaly Detection, Video Analytics, Sound Analytics, Person Re-identification, IR-NIR imaging, HAR
Ongoing
Collating & Analyzing Multi-modal, Multi-lingual data for reducing Wildlife CrimeProf. Poonam Goyal & Prof. Navneet Goyal

Collaborator : Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Bangalore
Google Inc. – Google AI for Social Good
 

Budget : USD$10,000

Year(Duration) :2021(1 year)

Keywords : Multi-modal Learning, Multi-lingual learning, NLP, Earth Observation, GIS, Satellite imaging, Artificial Intelligence,
Ongoing
A New Distributed Computing Framework for Data MiningProf. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Poonam Goyal & Prof. Sundar B

Collaborator : Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MEITY), Govt. of India.

Budget :INR 1.20 Cr.($1,60,000)

Year(Duration) : 2012 (3.5 years)
 
 
Keywords : Automatic Parallelization, DSL, Parallelization on multicore clusters, AI, ML, Clustering, Automatically Parallelizing Compiler
Completed
Developing a Smart Crop Management System using Data AnalyticsProf. Navneet Goyal, Prof. Poonam Goyal & Dr. Anil Rai (IASRI)

Collaborator :Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi
IBM – Smarter Planet Initiative
 
Budget : USD$15,000

Year(Duration) :2010(open -ended)

Keywords :Crop yield prediction, Early prediction, multi-variate time series, Spatio-temporal data, multi-stage classification
Completed

 

Research Interest

 

Environmental Biotechnology

  • Doctoral thesis entitled "Uptake and toxicity of copper in the diazotrophic cyanobacteriium Nostoc calcicola" mainly focuses on the parameters and kinetics of active uptake and the mechanism of metal toxicity in photoautotrophic microbe. The enzyme kinetics under heavy metal stress has also been studied.
  • Post-Doctoral work included two important aspects of cyanobacterial research-that is biological nitrogen fixation, herbicide resistance and genetic regulation of heavy metal resistance. We have reported for the first an energy- and light- dependent efflux of copper as the mechanism of metal resistance in cyanobacteria (FEMS Microbiol Let) and genetic transformation of glutamine prototrophy in cyanobacteria (Archieves Microbiol.). 
  • Currently, leading a team of Post-Doc, PhD, and several M.Sc and M.E. students which is focusing on aspects related with biosensor development, aptamer technology, biodiesel production, bio sorption of heavy metal from industrial effluent. In the recently completed major research project funded by Department of Atomic Energy, we have developed a series of microbial mutants with increased metal accumulation. Attempts are being directed towards the optimization of process parameters for this purpose
  • Another project which was related with the development of recombinant-DNA based biosensor for the detection of antibiotics from the biological samples, we have cloned tetracycline sensitive promoter into a DsRed and GFP plasmids. Such strains have proved to be highly sensitive system to detect antibiotics at nanomole concentration. Similar work on metal and radioisotope biosensor is als