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.
RAKESH KUMAR V G Ph.D. Topic - Buckling and Postbuckling Study of the CNT Reinforced Hybrid Laminated Composite Stiffened Shell Panels Subjected to Non-uniform In-Plane loading
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Prof. S.N. Patel, VARUN JAIN Ph.D. Topic - Size-dependent Vibration, Response and Stability analyses of Microplates under Localized Mechanical and Thermal loads
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Dr. Rajesh Kumar, PATIL DESHBHUSHAN SAVINDRA Ph.D. Topic - State of the Art for Integrating the Infrastructure Management Techniques & Tools for its Application in Sustainable Urban Water Management System
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Prof. Rajiv Gupta, AKSHAY KUMAR Ph.D. Topic - Spatial Flood Dynamics Using Artificial Intelligence Based Image Classification for Integrated Urban Water Management System
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Prof. Rajiv Gupta, SHREYAS PRANAV Ph.D. Topic - Investigating the potential of corundum-blended engineered cementitious composites for pavement application
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Dr. G Muthukumar, SHEDGE HRISHIKESH NANDKUMAR Ph.D. Topic - Investigations on Behavior of Concrete Filled Stainless Steel Tubular (CFSST) Piles under the Integral Abutment Bridges
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Prof. Manoj Kumar, KATHIR VADIVEL MARIMUTHU Ph.D. Topic - Fabrication and Failure Characterization of Functionally-Graded Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for High Strain Rates and Elevated Temperatures
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Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh, ANUJ ADHIKARI Ph.D. Topic - Design Framework for Face Reinforced Tunnels in Difficult Ground Conditions
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Dr. Nishant Roy, GAURAV TYAGI Ph.D. Topic - Construction materials
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Prof. Anupam Singhal, ANIRUDDHA TANGIRALA Ph.D. Topic - Investigation of thermal performance of high volume fly ash and steel slag based hybrid fibre reinforced cementitious composite
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Dr. Mukund Lahoti, DANISH FAYAZ Ph.D. Topic - Nonlinear Dynamic Instability and Dynamic Response of Composite Laminated Stiffened Plates Subjected to In-plane Harmonic Loadings
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