Research is an integral and important part of any higher education system. BITS Pilani actively promotes research among its staff and students. Besides basic research, which is the backbone of any applied research, the Institute also gives adequate importance and support to applied research.
Research at BITS relies on the motivated intellectual manpower pool available among its staff and students. Students undertake research projects as a component of their education program itself. Teachers conduct research as an integral part of their responsibilities since this enables them to assimilate and disseminate knowledge as well as generate new knowledge. Besides this, BITS has devised innovative schemes to enable professionals at large to conduct research at their place of work and simultaneously work for the PhD degree of the Institute.
At BITS Pilani, the faculty are encouraged to publish their findings in reputed journals and present papers at conferences. Support is given to participate in national and international conferences and thereby network with experts from India and abroad. Recently, the Institute has taken steps to provide support to faculty to file for patents if the research is likely to fructify in commercially viable products or processes. During the last 5 years, BITS has seen healthy growth in the amount of funding received from different agencies. While most of these are from the government sector, the Institute through its existing collaboration with industries is trying to involve the corporate sector in funding research projects.
At BITS, we position research as an integral part of the curriculum & actively promote it among our students as well as our faculty. Besides basic research, we also give adequate importance & provide support to applied research.
Unnati Gupta Ph.D. Topic - Bioprocess optimization and life cycle assessment for improved biofuel production in a biorefinery model
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Jayita Chopra, Yubaraj Chakraborty Ph.D. Topic - Modeling and CFD simulation of a Laser Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Reactor for High-Purity Polysilicon Production.
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Amol Deshpande, Ayesha Ramdas Karmali Ph.D. Topic - Development of Integrated Prefiltration, Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor, and Tubular Photobioreactor System using AI/ML based Optimization for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment, Nutrient Recovery and Carbon dioxide Utilization
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Saroj Sundar Baral, Omkar Gawade Ph.D. Topic - Production of Novel Biopolymer and its aplication
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Vivek Rangarajan, Daliboyina Neelima Ph.D. Topic - Studies on a Carbon monoxide (CO) fueled self-sustaining Unmixed Combustion (UMC) reactor for integrated Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and power/steam generation
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Dr. Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Mandeep Prakash Parhi Ph.D. Topic - Study and characterization of marine biofilms on microplastics using Electrochemical Techniques
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Jegatha Nambi Krishnan, Rajdish Behura Ph.D. Topic - Bouncing of a liquid drop on a liquid bath
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Manas Ranjan Behera, Purbava Banerjee
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Samarshi Chakraborty, Ridhish Kumar Ph.D. Topic - Investigation on achieving efficient operation performance of Rotary Kiln in Coke calcination processes: Modeling and simulation studies.
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Amol Deshpande, Santosh Shrikant Pawar
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Amol Deshpande,
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Anirban Roy,
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DAC Members - Prof. Pradeep Kumar Sow and Prof. Ramesh Vasan