R&D Projects associated with Institute

  • Applied Mechanics
  • Architecture & Planning
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Centre for VLSI & Nanotechnology
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgical and Material Engineering
  • Mining Engineering
  • Physics

Applied Mechanics

Sr. No. Project title Funding Agency

(with date of award)

 Cost of Projects

(Rs. In lakhs)

 Investigator(s) Present Status of the project
  1 Development of Technology for Rapid Construction of Staging of RCC Elevated Service Reservoir M/s Tejas Constructions & Infrastructure Private Limited, Pune 8.0 Dr. R S Sonparote Ongoing
  2 Experimental Investigation on Shear Strength Standard grades of Plain concrete (M-20 to M-55) D P Jain and Group, Nagpur 5.0 Dr Sangeeta Gadve Ongoing

Architecture & Planning

Sr. No. Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of Projects

(Rs. In lakhs)

 Investigator(s) Present Status of Project
1. Developing Framework for Heat Vulnerability Assessment and Model Heat Action Plan for Indian Cities National Disaster Management Authority; 23.03.2020 51.2 Dr. Rajashree Kotharkar

Dr. Ravindra Keskar

 Ongoing
2. Developing Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere Framework for Enhancing Sustainable and Resilient development of City-Regions in South & South-East Asia IGES, Japan & START International, USA

18.03.2021

 20.0 Dr. Sameer Deshkar Ongoing
3. Developing Urban-Rural Partnerships Framework to Mitigate Climate-induced Water Availability Impacts on Food, Energy, Water (FEW) Security at Regional Level Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research

01.02.2021

 18.0 Dr. Sameer Deshkar Ongoing

Chemistry

Sr. No. Project Title Funding Agency

(with date of award)

 Cost of project (Rs. In Lakhs) Investigator Present status of the project
1 Extraction of high value products from potato peel Merino Industries

24 January, 2019

 15.00 Dr. Anupama Kumar

Dr. S.A. Mandavgane

 To be completed on 30 April, 2022
2 Waste to wealth: Extracting nutraceutical (polyphenols) from tropical fruits’ residue by biorefinery approach MoFPI

16 October, 2019

 32.74 Dr. Anupama Kumar To be completed on

15 April, 2022
3 Green Preservatives for enhancing the shelf life of Fruits and Vegetables using Biorefinery approach. KVIC

25 March, 2021

 14.95 Dr. Anupama Kumar Ongoing

Civil Engineering

Sr. No Project Title Funding Agency Cost of Project (Rs. in Lakhs) Investigator(s) Present status
1 Technical & Feasibility study of overburden rock of Dongri Buzurg & Kandri Mines for consolidated hydraulic stowing in underground mines MOIL, India 39.25 Prof I. L. Muthreja,

Dr. Rajendra Yerpude

Dr. A. D. Ghare

 Ongoing
2 Design development of sustainable construction material from agricultural waste Housing and Urban Development Corporation 23.50 Dr. R. V Ralegaonkar,

Dr. Sachin A Mandavgane &

Dr. Sachin V. Bakre

 Ongoing
3 Seismic Behaviour of Underground Structure DST Oct 2014 56.70 PI-Dr. A. Mandal

Co-PI-O.R. Jaswal/Y B Katpatal

 Ongoing
4 Modeling of permeability in multi-layered soil system using shear and compression wave velocities at different confining stress Science & Engineering Research Board, SERB, DST Govt of India

( 04 June 2014)

 22.61 Dr. A. Patel Ongoing
5 1.      Manufacture of Geopolymer Flyash

2.      sand

 3.      NTPC Raipur

4.      ( WR –II)

2016

 40 Dr. S.B. Wanjari Ongoing
6 Use of RBI 81 for stabilization of roads Alchemist Tuchunologist 12 V,S.landge, A.D.Vasudeo Ongoing
7 Use of Zycoseal for road sub base stabilization Zydex industries 12 V,S.landge, A.D.Vasudeo Ongoing
8 Development of low cost, durable precast compound wall Department of Forest, Maharashtra State 5.64 Abhay Tawalare,

S. P. Wanjari

 Ongoing
9 Predictive Approach for Early Detection of Contamination Zone in an Intermittent and Continuous Water Supply System and its health impact Department of Science and Technology, DST/TM/WTI/2K16/171(G) dated 30.12.2016 77.56 Pawan Labhasetwar

Rajesh Gupta,

Pranav Nagarnaik, and

Abha Sargaonkar

 Ongoing
10 Multi-purpose multi-objective reservoir operation and planning using JAYA algorithm for equitable water distribution within Upper Godavari Basin SERB-DST (ECR) 15.93 A B Mirajkar Ongoing
11 Site classification scheme and amplification factors for Indian seismic design code

File No : ECR/2016/001316

 SERB-DST 31.32 Shrabony Adhikary Ongoing

Chemical Engineering

Sr.No. Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) Investigator(s) Present status of the project
1. Combinatorial Approach to Predict Synergistic Ablation Behaviour of Hybrid Nano-Filled Phenolic-Carbon Composites under Aerodynamic Loading through Experimentations and Process Model Simulations Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Ministry of Education Govt of India New Delhi Rs. 45,42,908 /- Prof. Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane,  Department of Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur MS. India, Dr. Raghu Raja Pandiyan Kuppusamy, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Warangal, INDIA, Prof. Dr. SHIRISH H SONAWANE, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Warangal, INDIA Awarded and Ongoing
2. Compact novel hybrid system for the human urine recycling and portable water recovery for long term human space mission ISRO, Department of Space, Govt of india 26.65 Dr Shriram S. Sonawane, Dr Arvind Mungrey and Dr Alka Mungrey Ongoing
3. Thermal transformation of waste toner into Carbon nanotubes and Iron in a novel cascade reactor system SERB,DST Dr. R. P. Vijayakumar Ongoing
4. Feasibility study on Fly ash Filling of Open Cast Mine at Manikpur, Korba Bharat Aluminium Company Limited 69.45 Dr. Diwakar Z. Shende (Co-PI) + 5 Ongoing
5. On farm brown and green agrowaste biorefinery using traditional wisdom (DST/TDT/WMT/Traditional tech waste/2021/01) DST 34.73 Dr. S. A. Mandavgane Ongoing
6. Development of process for sulphur removal from bottom ash of thermal power plant NTPC, Govt of India 6 Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane Completed
7. Use of Biomass Ash to enhance the nutrient supply to the plant and effect on soil health, 55/14/02/ 2020-BRNS/ 35006 DAE-BRNS 34.1 Dr. S. A. Mandavgane Dr. Sonali Tajane, Dr. Sayaji Mehetre Ongoing
8. Development of valuable products from stubble waste/agricultural straw by bio refinery approach and field trials, (DST/TDT/WMT/2019/32) DST 6 Dr. S. A. Mandavgane Ongoing
9. Development of valuable products from stubble waste/ agricultural straw by biorefinery approach and field trials (DST/TDT/WMT/2019-32A) DST 167.6 (VNIT share: 56.71) Dr. S. A. Mandavgane Dr. Ashish Chaurasia Ongoing
10. Experimental Investigations of prototype designed Critical Heat Flux (CHF) Enhancement of High Performance Heat Transfer Nanofluids using SWCNT & MWCNT’S based Nanoparticles SERB,DST 50 Dr Shriram S. Sonawane Ongoing
11. Valuable products from oranges – addressing a problem of Nagpur Division of Vidarbha, the largest orange producer (DST/SSTP/2018/76) DST 60.5 Dr. S. A. Mandavgane Dr. Sonali Tajane, Dr. Yogendra Shastri, Dr. S. N. Naik Ongoing
12. Removal of Water from Spent acid Ordnance Factory Bhandara September 2017 11.32 Dr. M. N. Varma Dr. K. L. Wasewar Dr. D. Z. Shende Dr. C. Ravikumar Completed
13. Development of orange waste bio refinery SYST-DST 11.16 Dr. Sonali P. Tajane (PI) Completed
14. Development of a simple and cost effective process for recovery of proteins from dairy waste SYST-DST 15.98 Dr. Shailesh Agrawal (PI) Completed
15. Development of starch based polyurethane Nano-coatings for packaging application by Sono-chemical approach MHRD, Republic of Tunisia & DST, Govt. of India 15 Dr Shriram S. Sonawane and Dr Shirish H Sonawane Ongoing
16. Process Development for Production of Janus Nanoparticles for Selected Catalytic Reactions DST 23 Dr Shriram S. Sonawane and Dr Shirish H Sonawane Ongoing
17. Development of Cost Effective Process for Phyco-Remediation of Dairy Wastewater and Valorization of Algal Biomass for Production of Bio-Succinic Acid: A Sustainable Approach towards bio-refinery DST-SERB 20 Dr. Kailas Wasewar Dr. Suvidha Gupat Ongoing
18. Design and synthesis of ionic liquids for separation of bio-butanol from fermentation broth to enhance its production DBT 50 Dr. Kailas Wasewar Dr. Ashish Chaurasia, Dr. Pradip Dhamole Ongoing
19. Process development of potato biorefinery SERB-DST 66.9 Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI), Dr. Pradip Dhamole, Dr. Ashish Chaurasia Completed
20. Development of prototype lantern powered by spent laptop batteries SYST-DST 12.01 Dr. Ravi Methekar (PI) Completed
21. Selective separation of water from acid mixture Ordnance Factory, Bhandara 11.73 Dr. Mahesh N Varma (PI) Completed
22. Downstream processing of erythromycin using a new phase separation method SERB-DST Extra Mural Research Grant 24.13 Dr. Pradip Dhamole (PI), Dr. Shailesh Agrawal, Dr. Piyush P. Wanjari Completed
23. Nanoparticles of different shapes conjugated with drugs to achieve enhanced therapeutic efficacy in treatment of cancer SERB-DST Extra Mural Research Grant 34 Dr. C. Ravikumar (PI) Completed
24. Investigation of selective CO₂ capture by graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid nanostructures using molecular dynamics simulations SERB-DST Early Career Research Award 23.65 Dr. Piyush P. Wanjari (PI) Completed
25. Developing functionalized properties on hollow ceramic microsphere for specific applications SERB-DST 35.66 Dr. Diwakar Z. Shende (PI) Completed
26. Development of High Performance Heat Transfer Nanofluids Using Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT & MWCNT’S) Nanoparticles and Its Applications in Double Pipe Heat Exchanger SERB-DST 5.5 Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane (PI) Completed
27. Model based optimal design and fabrication of coin cells using spent lithium ion battery SERB-DST 33.64 Dr. Ravi Methekar (PI) Completed
28. Experimental and modelling studies on the ionic liquid-mediated catalytic conversion of ligno-cellulosic biomass to fuel products SERB-DST Early Career Research Award 25.33 Dr. Ashwin Gaikwad (PI) Completed
29. Rheological study of hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (Htpb) – Aluminium nanoparticle (ANP) – ammonium perchlorate (AP) composite suspension HEMRL, DRDO Pune 10 Dr. Kailas L. Wasewar (PI) Completed
30. Production of liquid hydrocarbons and carbon nanotubes using waste plastics as precursor SERB-DST Fast Track Young Scientist 27 Dr. Vijayakumar R. P (PI) Completed
31. Development of controlled shape and size metal oxides nanoparticles, synthesis of nanofluids and application in heat exchanger. SERB-DST 22 Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane (PI) Completed
32. Exploring the various applications of fly ash conduction of testing of ash and other raw materials and industry based technology development Vipra Ferro Alloys Ltd., Nagpur 6.6.00 Dr. Diwakar Z. Shende (PI) Completed
33. Removal of chlorinated herbicides from dilute aqueous solution using biomass ashes SERB-DST 45 Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI) Completed
34. Extractive fermentation with surfactants to enhance butanol production SERB-DST 29.17 Dr. Pradip Dhamole (PI) Completed
35. Development and testing of micro fine powder bio-pesticide using Neem Department of Atomic Energy 22.6 Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI) Completed
36. Synthesis and application of ionic liquids for deep-desulfurization of liquid fuels CSIR 25 Dr. Kailas Wasewar (PI) Completed
37. Synthesis of nano catalyst from rice husk ash and its application DST Fast Track Young Scientist 22.26 Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI) Completed
38. Development of green construction material using industrial waste for low-cost housing DST 22.01 Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI) Completed
39. Reactive extraction of propionic acid DST 8.4 Dr. Kailas Wasewar (PI) Completed

Computer Science & Engineering

Sr. No. Project  Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of projects (Rs. in  Lakhs ) Investigator (s) Present Status of the Project
1. Information Security Education and Awareness Project Phase – II Meity, New Delhi

2019

 38.0 Dr. S. R. Sathe Dr. U. A. Deshpande Ongoing
2. Genome-wide identification of cis-regulatory elements and development of G-logo tool for genome logo representation MeitY, Young Scientist Faculty Research Fellowship Award, GoI. 7.40

 

 Dr. Deepti .D. Shrimankar Ongoing
3. Face Recognition under Unconstrained

Environment for Videos from Internet

 Deity

(Visvesvaraya Young faculty fellowship)

 5.0 Dr. Poonam Sharma Ongoing

Electrical Engineering

Sr. No. Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) Investigator(s) Present status of the project
1 A Solution for Stable and Combined Operation of multiple Renewable Sources: Intelligent DC Microgrid (IMP/2018/000179) DST-SERB IMPRINT-II 42.55 Dr. Makarand S. Ballal

Dr. H. M. Suryawanshi

 Completed
2 Multiphase (Six Phase) Matrix Converter for Traction, (Science                                       and Engg Research Board, (SERB), New Delhi, 42 Dr. M. V. Aware

Dr. B. S. Umre

 Ongoing
3 Modelling , Stability and Fault Analysis of BLDC type Multimachine System BARC

15th Nov 2018

 45 Dr. Sunil Bhat

Dr. Arghya Mitra

 Ongoing
4 Development of 5kW Wireless Charger for Light Electric Vehicles NaMPET Ph-III (CDAC-T)

MEITY

 98.89 Dr. Ritesh Kumar Keshri

Dr. H.M. Suryawanshi

 Ongoing
5 Sustainable Technology for Smart Off-Grid Renewable Energy Transformation and Electrochemical Storage Management DST-SERB 144 Dr Pradyumn Chaturvedi, Prof. H. M. Suryawanshi, Dr. M. A. Chaudhari,

Dr Siba Kumar Patro

 Ongoing
6 SUSTainable ENergy System for Achieving Novel Carbon Neutral Energy Communities DST India under EU Horizon 2020 Consortium 57.79 Dr Pradyumn Chaturvedi,

Dr Siba Kumar Patro,

Dr. Sunil Bhat

 Ongoing
7 Highly Efficient and Reliable Solid State Transformer for Future Distribution Network with Renewable Energy Suppor DST-GITA under India-Taiwan Collaborative Research Program 27.30 Dr Pradyumn Chaturvedi Ongoing
8 Design and Development of Distributed Energy Resources Assisted Highly Efficient and Reliable Power Electronic Transformer for Off-Grid Rural Electrification DST-SERB 62.67 Dr Pradyumn Chaturvedi, Prof. H. M. Suryawanshi Ongoing
9 RE-EMPOWRED (India EU Consortium Project) DST/Horizon 2020

01 July 2021

 67.8 Dr. Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Dr. Arghya Mitra

Dr. H.M. Suryawanshi

 Ongoing
10 Planner Magnetics for Renewables and Electric Vehicle Charging DST/SERD 79.8 Dr. Ritesh Kumar Keshri Dr. H.M. Suryawanshi Ongoing

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Sr. No. Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) Investigator(s) Present status of the project
1 Development of Fully-Automated Liver Cancer Detection and Severity Estimation System from H&E Stained Histopathological Images using Deep Learning-based Image Processing Methods SERB

(2022-2025)

 24.62 Dr. Deep Gupta,

Dr. Ankit Bhurane,

Dr. Nisha Meshram (AIIMS Nagpur)

 Ongoing
2 Analysis Design and Implementation of Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) Assisted Wireless Communication Systems MeitY (2021-024) 56.0 Dr. Prabhat Sharma, Dr. Ajeet Srivastava, Dr. KM Bhurchandi Ongoing
3 Development of a simple and low cost unified smart video surveillance system for suspicious human activity recognition in wide area surveillance SERB (2019-2022) 42.16 Dr. V.R. Satpute Ongoing

Centre for VLSI & Nanotechnology

Sr. No Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of Projects   ( Rs. In Lakhs) Investigator (s) Present status of project
1 Center for Innovation, (Incubation Centre) VNIT. Nagpur Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission Government of Maharashtra (RGSTC) 227 Dr. R. M. Patrikar

Dr. R. B. Deshmukh

 Ongoing
2 Chip to system design special Manpower development program Ministry Of Communication and Information Technology 150 Dr. R. M. Patrikar

Dr. R. B. Deshmukh

 Ongoing
3 Exploration of Micro-cantilever platform for Agricultural Applications DST 60.0 Dr. R. M. Patrikar Ongoing
4 IoT based Soil Parameter Tester for Comparison of Fertilizer Free Natural Farming and Chemical Fertilizer based Farming DST, SEED Division 23.64 Dr. Ganesh C. Patil,

Dr. Vasu Pulijala

 Ongoing
5 MEMS Based Biomemetic Instrumental odor monitoring system DST 35.0 Dr. Sharvari Deshmukh Ongoing
6 Development of Photodetector for low  intensity light levels in UV/VIS/IR wavelength regions Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) 22.0 Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta Ongoing

Mathematics

Sr.No Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of projects (Rs. In Lacs) Investigator(s) Present status of the project
1 Direct and Inverse Voronovskaya Results for the Sampling Operators DST, SERB, 15 Feb 2022 6.6 Dr. Sathish Kumar A Ongoing
2 Classification of Frobenius Forms and F-pure threshold SERB, DST, 21 February, 2022 6.6 Dr. Jyoti Singh Ongoing
3 Development of Fractal Numerical Methods and Application in Solving Differential Equations SERB, DST, 19 February, 2022 6.6 Dr. Vijender Nallapu Ongoing
4 WENO Reconstruction Methods for Compressible flows DST-SERB

(MATRICS)

05/02/2020

 6.6 Dr. Naga Raju Gande Ongoing
5 High resolution numerical schemes for  hyperbolic conservation laws and its related problems DST-SERB

18 Feb., 2022

 19.5 Dr. Naga Raju Gande Ongoing
6 Frozen iterative methods for regularization of nonlinear ill-posed operator equations in Banach spaces MATRICS SERB(DST)

11 February-2020

 6.6 Dr. Pallavi Mahale Ongoing

Mechanical Engineering

Sr. No. Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) Investigator(s) Present status

of the project
1 BeTiC project RGSTC&DST 369.0 Dr. A.M. Kuthe Ongoing
2 Smart foundry DST 139.0 Dr. A.M. Kuthe Completed
3 Metal additive manufacturing using laser cladding SERB-DST, GoI 68.0 Dr. T. V. K. Gupta Ongoing
4 Centre of Excellence for setting up Pedal Operated Making cluster under Wellness and Cosmetic Industry (WCI). Khadi and Village Industry Commission 32.32 Dr. R. V. Uddanwadikar Ongoing
5 Wooden Toy Pilot Project Khadi and Village Industry Commission 14.37 Dr. R. V. Uddanwadikar Ongoing
6 Setting Up of High Skill Wooden Furniture Centre/Lab Khadi and Village Industry Commission 18.02 Dr. R. V. Uddanwadikar Ongoing
7 Experimental Investigation of Weldability by Cold Metal Transfer  SERB-DST, GoI 34.10 Dr. N. Lautere Ongoing
8 Design of 1kW Roof Top Vertical Axis Wind Turbine SERB-DST, GoI 23.09 Dr. S. Roga Ongoing
9 Development of a Vascular Anastomosis Device for Arteriovenous Fistula Creation DST, New Delhi 21.6 Dr. P.M. Padole,

Dr. S.B. Thombre Dr. R.V. Uddanwadikar

 Ongoing

Metallurgical and Material Engineering

Sr.No. Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) Investigator(s) Present status

of the project
1. Proposal for Centre of Excellence for setting up Padel Operated Making cluster under Wellness and Cosmetic Industry Directorate of Wellness & Cosmetic Industry, KVIC, MSME, Government of India

06/03/2021 (1 Year)

 32.32 Dr. A. A. Likhite,

Dr. M. M. Thawre,

Dr. R. V. Uddanwadikar,

Dr. A. V. Agasti,

Dr. K. Pande,

Dr. S. Dandekar,

Dr. A. Raut.

 Ongoing
2. Augmentation of Conventional Agro-Tools and Innovation of Need Driven Tools Imparting better Ergonomics KVIC, Government of India    Sanctioned on:  21/10/2021

(2 Year)

 14.97 Dr. M.M. Thawre,

Dr. A. Likhite

Dr. K. Pande

 Ongoing
3. Design and Development of Carpentry/Pottery Tools & Tools for Wood Craft/Toy Making KVIC, Government of India    Sanctioned on:  21/10/2021

(2 Year)

 14. 69 Dr. M. M. Thawre,

Dr. A.  Likhite

Dr. K.Pande,

Dr. S. Chopra

 Ongoing
4. Tailoring the actuation characteristics of SMA/Polyimide sandwich-structured composite for its viability towards actuator development for MEMS and soft robotic systems DST-SERB (CRG) 34.14 Dr. R. V. Taiwade Ongoing
5. To develop Biocompatabile materials with a wide supercooled liquid region in Bulk Metallic Glass systems” DST- SERB

March 2020

 79.959 Dr. J. G.  Bhatt,

Dr. A. K. Srivastav

 Ongoing
6. Evolution of Ductility of Bulk Amorphous Alloys Zr Based Subjected to Severe Plastic Deformation and other treatments DST, International Bilateral Cooperation division

January 2020

 10.434 Dr. J.G.Bhatt,

Dr. D.Gunderov (Russia)

 Ongoing
7. Metal Additive Manufacturing using Laser Cladding DST

April 2019

 54.0 Dr. T.V.K Gupta,

Dr. J. G. Bhatt

 Ongoing
8. Augmentation of conventional   Agro Tools & Innovation of Need Driven Tools imparting better ergonomics KVIC

07/01/2022

 14.97  Dr. M.M.Thawre

Dr. D. R. Peshwe

Dr. A. A. Likhite

 Ongoing
9. Design & Development of Carpentry/ Pottery Tools& Tools for wood craft / Toy Making KVIC

28/12/2021

 14.69  Dr. M.M.Thawre

Dr. D. R. Peshwe

Dr. A. A. Likhite

 Ongoing
10. Analysis, Design and Implementation of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) Assisted Wireless Communication Systems Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)

15/01/  2021

 56.80  Dr. P. K. Sharma

Dr. K.M.Bhurchandi

Dr. A K. Srivastav

 Ongoing
11. To develop Biocompatabile materials with a wide supercooled liquid region in Bulk Metallic Glass systems DST- SERB

19/03/2020

 79.95  Dr. J. G.  Bhatt

Dr. A. K. Srivastav

 Ongoing
12. Development of process and establishment of parameters for producing parts by permanent joining (welding) of Metal Additively Manufactured Aluminium alloy and conventionally manufactured parts/components of Aluminium alloy for current and futuristic applications in armament engineering ARMREB,

August 2021

 42.0 Dr. V. Hiwarkar (DIAT)

Dr. R.K. Khatirkar

 Ongoing

Mining Engineering

Sr. No. Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) Investigator(s) Present status of the project
1 Removal of metal ions contamination from mine water at deposit- 14/11C and deposit 11 B mines of BIOM NMDC 7.08 Dr. A. K. Agarwal

Dr. R D Lokhande

Dr. I L Muthreja

Dr. R R Yerpude

Dr. S Zodape

 Ongoing
2 Physico-mechanical response of rocks under varied thermal environments SERB-SRG 31.46 Dr. N. N. Sirdesai Completed
3 Risk investigations for slope failure of benches and

dumps using geo-technical characteristics of rocks and

their monitoring mechanism in Dudhichua opencast mine

of Northern Coalfields Limited

 Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) 51.401 Dr. R R Yerpude

Dr. I L Muthreja

Dr. A. K. Agarwal

Dr. R D Lokhande

 Ongoing
4 Risk investigations for slope failure of benches and

dumps using geo-technical characteristics of rocks and

their monitoring mechanism in Jayant opencast mine of Northern Coalfields Limited

 Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) 56.215 Dr. R R Yerpude

Dr. I L Muthreja

Dr. A. K. Agarwal

Dr. R D Lokhande

 Ongoing
5 Feasibility study on Flyash filling of open cast mine at Manikpur, Korba Bharat Aluminum Company Limited, 23/10/2021 69.45 Dr. S Wanjari

Dr. Y. B. Katpatal

Dr. D Z Shende

Dr. K Wasewar

Dr. A K Agarwal

Dr. A A Kher

 Ongoing
6 Effect of blasting on buffer zone of forest by MOIL opencast mines MOIL Pvt Ltd 4.51 Dr. N R Thote Ongoing

Physics

Sr. No. Project Title Funding Agency (with date of award) Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) Investigator(s) Present status of the project
1. Investigations on Ag-substituted Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin film absorber layers for the fabrication of heterojunction solar cells DST- SERB

CRG/2019/006520 dated18/01/2020

 33.65 Dr. G. Hema Chandra Ongoing
2. Development of lithium disilicate based Nano glass ceramics for armor applications ARMREB, DRDO

28-11-2016

 41.88 Dr. (Mrs.) A. V. Deshpande Completed
3. Development of exchange coupled magnetic nanocomposites for magnetic energy storage through tuning ultrathin interfaces. DST- SERB

March 2022.

 39.6 Dr. K. Mohan Kant Ongoing