Applied Mechanics
Architecture & Planning
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Centre for VLSI & Nanotechnology
Humanities & Social Sciences
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Mining Engineering
Physics
Applied Mechanics
Applied Mechanics
| Sr. No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of Projects (Rs. In lakhs) |
| 1. | March 2025 | Manmohan Dass Goel | Hypervelocity Impact Modelling on Aluminum Foam Sandwich Panel | ISRO- Respond Basket | 27.18 |
| 2. | November 2024 | Dr. Ratnesh Kumar | Comprehensive Assessment of Twin Test Facility Building Considering Variation in Geometry & Material Parameters | DRDO (GTRE) | 9.96 |
| 3. | Dr. R S Sonparote | Development of Technology for Rapid Construction of Staging of RCC Elevated Service Reservoir | M/s Tejas Constructions & Infrastructure Private Limited, Pune | 8.0 | |
| 4. | Dr. Sangeeta Gadve | Experimental Investigation on Shear Strength Standard grades of Plain concrete (M-20 to M-55) | D P Jain and Group, Nagpur | 5.0 |
Architecture & Planning
Architecture & Planning
| Sr. No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of Projects (Rs. In lakhs) |
| 1. | Dr. Rajashree Kotharkar Dr. Ravindra Keskar | Developing Framework for Heat Vulnerability Assessment and Model Heat Action Plan for Indian Cities | National Disaster Management Authority; 23.03.2020 | 51.2 | |
| 2. | Dr. Sameer Deshkar | 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 | |
| 3. | Dr. Sameer Deshkar | 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 |
Chemistry
Chemistry
| Sr. No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of project (Rs. In Lakhs) |
| 1. | November 2024 | Dr. Susanta Kumar Nayak | Organizing National Seminar on “51st National Seminar on Crystallography (NSC51)” | Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) | 4 |
| 2. | Dr. Anupama Kumar Dr. S.A. Mandavgane | Extraction of high value products from potato peel | Merino Industries 24 January, 2019 | 15.00 | |
| 3. | Dr. Anupama Kumar | Waste to wealth: Extracting nutraceutical (polyphenols) from tropical fruits’ residue by biorefinery approach | MoFPI 16 October, 2019 | 32.74 | |
| 4. | Dr. Anupama Kumar | Green Preservatives for enhancing the shelf life of Fruits and Vegetables using Biorefinery approach. | KVIC 25 March, 2021 | 14.95 |
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering
| Sr. No | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency | Cost of Project (Rs. in Lakhs) | |
| 1. | Jan 2025 | Dr. Y. B. Katpatal | Investigating the Linkages Among Land Subsidence, Hydrological, Anthropogenic and Other Contributing Factors in Joshimath | Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India | ||
| 2. | Nov 2024 | Dr. Shrabony Adhikary | Assessment of Local Site Effects Specific to State of Punjab: A Prerequisite for Seismic Risk Reduction | Punjab State and funded by State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) | ||
| 3. | Jun 2024 | Dr. Arpita Saha | Pedestrian Safety at Signalized Intersection Crosswalks Under Left Hand Driving Conditions | CSIR, ASPIRE Grant | 25 | |
| 4. | Prof I. L. Muthreja, Dr. Rajendra Yerpude Dr. A. D. Ghare | Technical & Feasibility study of overburden rock of Dongri Buzurg & Kandri Mines for consolidated hydraulic stowing in underground mines | MOIL, India | 39.25 | ||
| 5. | Dr. R. V Ralegaonkar, Dr. Sachin A Mandavgane & Dr. Sachin V. Bakre | Design development of sustainable construction material from agricultural waste | Housing and Urban Development Corporation | 23.50 | ||
| 6. | PI-Dr. A. Mandal Co-PI-O.R. Jaswal/Y B Katpatal | Seismic Behaviour of Underground Structure | DST Oct 2014 | 56.70 | ||
| 7. | Dr. A. Patel | 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 | ||
| 8. | Dr. S.B. Wanjari | 1. Manufacture of Geopolymer Flyash 2. sand | 3. NTPC Raipur 4. ( WR –II) 2016 | 40 | ||
| 9. | V,S.landge, A.D.Vasudeo | Use of RBI 81 for stabilization of roads | Alchemist Tuchunologist | 12 | ||
| 10. | V,S.landge, A.D.Vasudeo | Use of Zycoseal for road sub base stabilization | Zydex industries | 12 | ||
| 11. | Abhay Tawalare, S. P. Wanjari | Development of low cost, durable precast compound wall | Department of Forest, Maharashtra State | 5.64 | ||
| 12. | Pawan Labhasetwar Rajesh Gupta, Pranav Nagarnaik, and Abha Sargaonkar | 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, | 77.56 | ||
| 13. | A B Mirajkar | Multi-purpose multi-objective reservoir operation and planning using JAYA algorithm for equitable water distribution within Upper Godavari Basin | SERB-DST (ECR) | 15.93 | ||
| 14. | Shrabony Adhikary | Site classification scheme and amplification factors for Indian seismic design code File No : ECR/2016/001316 | SERB-DST | 31.32 | ||
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
| Sr.No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency | Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) |
| Dr Shriram S. Sonawane ,Dr Arvind Mungrey and Dr Alka Mungrey | 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 | ||
| 2. | Dr. R. P. Vijayakumar | Thermal transformation of waste toner into Carbon nanotubes and Iron in a novel cascade reactor system | SERB,DST | ||
| 3. | Dr. Diwakar Z. Shende (Co-PI) + 5 | Feasibility study on Fly ash Filling of Open Cast Mine at Manikpur, Korba | Bharat Aluminium Company Limited | 69.45 | |
| 4. | Dr. S. A. Mandavgane | On farm brown and green agrowaste biorefinery using traditional wisdom (DST/TDT/WMT/Traditional tech waste/2021/01) | DST | 34.73 | |
| 5. | Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane | Development of process for sulphur removal from bottom ash of thermal power plant | NTPC, Govt of India | 6 | |
| 6. | Dr. S. A. Mandavgane Dr. Sonali Tajane, Dr. Sayaji Mehetre | 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 | |
| 7. | Dr. S. A. Mandavgane | Development of valuable products from stubble waste/agricultural straw by bio refinery approach and field trials, (DST/TDT/WMT/2019/32) | DST | 6 | |
| 8. | Dr. S. A. Mandavgane Dr. Ashish Chaurasia | 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) | |
| 9. | Dr Shriram S. Sonawane | 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 | |
| 10. | Dr. S. A. Mandavgane Dr. Sonali Tajane, Dr. Yogendra Shastri, Dr. S. N. Naik | Valuable products from oranges – addressing a problem of Nagpur Division of Vidarbha, the largest orange producer (DST/SSTP/2018/76) | DST | 60.5 | |
| 11. | Dr. M. N. Varma Dr. K. L. Wasewar Dr. D. Z. Shende Dr. C. Ravikumar | Removal of Water from Spent acid | Ordnance Factory Bhandara September 2017 | 11.32 | |
| 12. | Dr. Sonali P. Tajane (PI) | Development of orange waste bio refinery | SYST-DST | 11.16 | |
| 13. | Dr. Shailesh Agrawal (PI) | Development of a simple and cost effective process for recovery of proteins from dairy waste | SYST-DST | 15.98 | |
| 14. | Dr Shriram S. Sonawane and Dr Shirish H Sonawane | Development of starch based polyurethane Nano-coatings for packaging application by Sono-chemical approach | MHRD, Republic of Tunisia & DST, Govt. of India | 15 | |
| 15. | Dr Shriram S. Sonawane and Dr Shirish H Sonawane | Process Development for Production of Janus Nanoparticles for Selected Catalytic Reactions | DST | 23 | |
| 16. | Dr. Kailas Wasewar Dr. Suvidha Gupat | 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 | |
| 17. | Dr. Kailas Wasewar Dr. Ashish Chaurasia, Dr. Pradip Dhamole | Design and synthesis of ionic liquids for separation of bio-butanol from fermentation broth to enhance its production | DBT | 50 | |
| 18. | Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI), Dr. Pradip Dhamole, Dr. Ashish Chaurasia | Process development of potato biorefinery | SERB-DST | 66.9 | |
| 19. | Dr. Ravi Methekar (PI) | Development of prototype lantern powered by spent laptop batteries | SYST-DST | 12.01 | |
| 20. | Dr. Mahesh N Varma (PI) | Selective separation of water from acid mixture | Ordnance Factory, Bhandara | 11.73 | |
| 21. | Dr. Pradip Dhamole (PI), Dr. Shailesh Agrawal, Dr. Piyush P. Wanjari | Downstream processing of erythromycin using a new phase separation method | SERB-DST Extra Mural Research Grant | 24.13 | |
| 22. | Dr. C. Ravikumar (PI) | Nanoparticles of different shapes conjugated with drugs to achieve enhanced therapeutic efficacy in treatment of cancer | SERB-DST Extra Mural Research Grant | 34 | |
| 23. | Dr. Piyush P. Wanjari (PI) | Investigation of selective CO₂ capture by graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid nanostructures using molecular dynamics simulations | SERB-DST Early Career Research Award | 23.65 | |
| 24. | Dr. Diwakar Z. Shende (PI) | Developing functionalized properties on hollow ceramic microsphere for specific applications | SERB-DST | 35.66 | |
| 25. | Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane (PI) | 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 | |
| 26. | Dr. Ravi Methekar (PI) | Model based optimal design and fabrication of coin cells using spent lithium ion battery | SERB-DST | 33.64 | |
| 27. | Dr. Ashwin Gaikwad (PI) | 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 | |
| 28. | Dr. Kailas L. Wasewar (PI) | Rheological study of hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (Htpb) – Aluminium nanoparticle (ANP) – ammonium perchlorate (AP) composite suspension | HEMRL, DRDO Pune | 10 | |
| 29. | Dr. Vijayakumar R. P (PI) | Production of liquid hydrocarbons and carbon nanotubes using waste plastics as precursor | SERB-DST Fast Track Young Scientist | 27 | |
| 30. | Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane (PI) | Development of controlled shape and size metal oxides nanoparticles, synthesis of nanofluids and application in heat exchanger | SERB-DST | 22 | |
| 31. | Dr. Diwakar Z. Shende (PI) | 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 | |
| 32. | Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI) | Removal of chlorinated herbicides from dilute aqueous solution using biomass ashes | SERB-DST | 45 | |
| 33. | Dr. Pradip Dhamole (PI) | Extractive fermentation with surfactants to enhance butanol production | SERB-DST | 29.17 | |
| 34. | Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI) | Development and testing of micro fine powder bio-pesticide using Neem | Department of Atomic Energy | 22.6 | |
| 35. | Dr. Kailas Wasewar (PI) | Synthesis and application of ionic liquids for deep-desulfurization of liquid fuels | CSIR | 25 | |
| 36. | Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI) | Synthesis of nano catalyst from rice husk ash and its application | DST Fast Track Young Scientist | 22.26 | |
| 37. | Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (PI) | Development of green construction material using industrial waste for low-cost housing | DST | 22.01 | |
| 38. | Dr. Kailas Wasewar (PI) | Reactive extraction of propionic acid | DST | 8.4 | |
| 39. | Mar 2025 | Dr. Sachin Mandavgane | SuER : SustainaWlity Environment and Risk – Course activities and capacity building | KELTECH ENERGIES LIMITED | 10 |
Computer Science & Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
| Sr. No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of projects (Rs. in Lakhs ) |
| 1. | Dr. Poonam Sharma | Face Recognition under Unconstrained Environment for Videos from Internet | Deity (Visvesvaraya Young faculty fellowship) | 5 | |
| 2. | Feb 2025 | Dr. Kumari Nidhi Lal | Intelligent Detection and Mitigation of Cyber Attacks in Information-Centric Networking (ICN) | ANRF- Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant | 26 |
| 3. | Jul 2024 | Dr. Anshul Agarwal | Design of a customised CNN model for multiclass object detection and classification | DRDO ARDE | 9.92 |
| 4. | May 2024 | Dr. Anshul Agarwal | Development OF Web Based Application (App) using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Techniques For Predecting Spot Aluminium Market Price | Ordinance Factory, Ambajhari, Nagpur | 5.46 |
| 5. | Dr. S. R. Sathe Dr. U. A. Deshpande | Information Security Education and Awareness Project Phase – II | Meity, New Delhi 2019 | 38.0 | |
| 6. | Dr. Deepti .D. Shrimankar | 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
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Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
| Sr. No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) |
| 1. | Mar 2025 | Dr. Jawaharlal Bhukya | Optimization and Development of Microcube Wind Power Systems for Sustainable Low-Wind-Speed Applications in Decentralized Residential and Off-Grid Energy Use | Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) – IRG | 54.59 |
| 2. | Mar 2025 | Dr. Soumyabrata Das | Real Time Water Quality Monitoring Using UAV Technology and Image Processing | NMICPS TiHAN Foundation, IIT Hyderabad | 11.64 |
| 3. | Mar 2025 | Dr. Pradyumn Chathurvedi | Development of High-Power Grid-Friendly Conductive and Static Wireless Chargers for Electric Vehicles | ANRF – MAHA Electric Vehicle Mission | 115.61 |
| 4. | Dec 2024 | Dr. Narendrababu A | Sustainable Learning Environments Design of an Off-Grid Distributed Energy System Integrating an Intelligent Water Management Pump in the Eruvapalem Village School Premises | DST CEST | 25.85 |
| 5. | May 2024 | Dr. Mohd Alam | Development of Renewable Energy Based Onsite Oxygen cum Green Hydrogen Generation System: A Self-sufficient Approach for Indian Hospitals | Anusandhan National Research Foundation (SERB), Core-Research Grant | 9.45 |
| 6. | Dr. Makarand S. Ballal Dr. H. M. Suryawanshi | A Solution for Stable and Combined Operation of multiple Renewable Sources: Intelligent DC Microgrid (IMP/2018/000179) | DST-SERB IMPRINT-II | 42.55 | |
| 7. | Dr. M. V. Aware Dr. B. S. Umre | Multiphase (Six Phase) Matrix Converter for Traction, | (Science and Engg Research Board, (SERB), New Delhi, | 42 | |
| 8. | Dr. Sunil Bhat Dr. Arghya Mitra | Modelling , Stability and Fault Analysis of BLDC type Multimachine System | BARC 15th Nov 2018 | 45 | |
| 9. | Dr. Ritesh Kumar Keshri Dr. H.M. Suryawanshi | Development of 5kW Wireless Charger for Light Electric Vehicles | NaMPET Ph-III (CDAC-T) MEITY | 98.89 | |
| 10. | Dr Pradyumn Chaturvedi, Prof. H. M. Suryawanshi, Dr. M. A. Chaudhari, Dr Siba Kumar Patro | Sustainable Technology for Smart Off-Grid Renewable Energy Transformation and Electrochemical Storage Management | DST-SERB | 144 | |
| 11. | Dr Pradyumn Chaturvedi, Dr Siba Kumar Patro, Dr. Sunil Bhat | SUSTainable ENergy System for Achieving Novel Carbon Neutral Energy Communities | DST India under EU Horizon 2020 Consortium | 57.79 | |
| 12. | Dr Pradyumn Chaturvedi | 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 | |
| 13. | Dr Pradyumn Chaturvedi, Prof. H. M. Suryawanshi | Design and Development of Distributed Energy Resources Assisted Highly Efficient and Reliable Power Electronic Transformer for Off-Grid Rural Electrification | DST-SERB | 62.67 | |
| 14. | Dr. Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Dr. Arghya Mitra Dr. H.M. Suryawanshi | RE-EMPOWRED (India EU Consortium Project) | DST/Horizon 2020 01 July 2021 | 67.8 | |
| 15. | Dr. Ritesh Kumar Keshri Dr. H.M. Suryawanshi | Planner Magnetics for Renewables and Electric Vehicle Charging | DST/SERD | 79.8 |
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Electronics & Communication Engineering
| Sr. No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) |
| 1. | Mar 2025 | Dr. Deep Gupta | Development of an indigenous AI-assisted computer aided system for automated detection and grading of colorectal cancer severity using H and E-stained histopathological imaging | ICMR (IIRPSG) | 56.93 |
| 2. | Jan 2025 | Dr. Arvind Kumar | Electromagnetic Knee Imaging System | MeitY, Young Faculty Research Fellowship (YFRF) | 25 |
| 3. | Dec 2024 | Dr. Arvind Kumar | FIST 2024 (VNA 40 GHz to 90GHz) to strengthen research facility | DST-FIST | 143 |
| 4. | Dr. Deep Gupta, Dr. Ankit Bhurane, Dr. Nisha Meshram (AIIMS Nagpur) | 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 | |
| 5. | Dr. Prabhat Sharma, Dr. Ajeet Srivastava, Dr. KM Bhurchandi | Analysis Design and Implementation of Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) Assisted Wireless Communication Systems | MeitY (2021-024) | 56.0 | |
| 6. | Dr. V.R. Satpute | 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 |
Centre for VLSI & Nanotechnology
Centre for VLSI & Nanotechnology
| Sr. No | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of Projects ( Rs. In Lakhs) |
| 1. | March 2025 | Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta | Next Generation Nanophotonic Solar Photovoltaic Devices | The Royal Society, UK, International Exchanges 2024 | 12.57 |
| 2. | Dec 2024 | Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta | Development of the clean room facility with glove box for the semiconductor devices design, fabrication and characterization | DST-FIST | 270 |
| 3. | Nov 2024 | Dr. Vasu Pulijala | Design of a portable EPR spectrometer by using a completely on-chip electron paramagnetic resonance sensor and COTS for detection of paramagnetic biomarkers such as hemozoin | DST AMT | 44.16 |
| 4. | May 2024 | Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta | Design and Development of Group-III nitride based LEDs for UV-Blue region for underwater communication | DST INAE and NSTC, Taiwan | 33.14 |
| 5. | Apr 2024 | Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta | Design and Fabrication of Group-III nitride based Photonic Detection Devices using Quantum Nanostructures | Indian National Science Academy (INSA) – INSA Visiting Scientist Programme | 1 |
| 6. | Dr. R. M. Patrikar Dr. R. B. Deshmukh | Center for Innovation, (Incubation Centre) VNIT. Nagpur | Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission Government of Maharashtra (RGSTC) | 227 | |
| 7. | Dr. R. M. Patrikar Dr. R. B. Deshmukh | Chip to system design special Manpower development program | Ministry Of Communication and Information Technology | 150 | |
| 8. | Dr. R. M. Patrikar | Exploration of Micro-cantilever platform for Agricultural Applications | DST | 60.0 | |
| 9. | Dr. Ganesh C. Patil, Dr. Vasu Pulijala | IoT based Soil Parameter Tester for Comparison of Fertilizer Free Natural Farming and Chemical Fertilizer based Farming | DST, SEED Division | 23.64 | |
| 10. | Dr. Sharvari Deshmukh | MEMS Based Biomemetic Instrumental odor monitoring system | DST | 35.0 | |
| 11. | Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta | Development of Photodetector for low intensity light levels in UV/VIS/IR wavelength regions | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) | 22.0 |
Humanities & Social Sciences
Humanities & Social Sciences
| Sr. No. | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) | Investigator(s ) | Present status of the project |
| 1. | Estimation of Fiscal Multipliers for India | ICSSR, New Delhi (18 th March 2019) | 3.5 Lakhs | Dr. Bibhuti Ranjan Mishra | Completed |
| 2. | Unravelling the nature of Indian business cycles | ICSSR, New Delhi (10 th March 2023) | 5 Lakhs | Dr. Bibhuti Ranjan Mishra | Completed |
| 3. | Socio – Cultural Impact on Academic English Communicative Competence among Engineering Adolescent Learners in Multicultural Environment: A Study | ICSSR, New Delhi (10th March 2023) | 5 Lakhs | Dr. Jaipal | Ongoing |
Mathematics
Mathematics
| Sr.No | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of projects (Rs. In Lacs) | Investigator(s) |
| 1 | Direct and Inverse Voronovskaya Results for the Sampling Operators | DST, SERB, 15 Feb 2022 | 6.6 | Dr. Sathish Kumar A |
| 2 | Classification of Frobenius Forms and F-pure threshold | SERB, DST, 21 February, 2022 | 6.6 | Dr. Jyoti Singh |
| 3 | Development of Fractal Numerical Methods and Application in Solving Differential Equations | SERB, DST, 19 February, 2022 | 6.6 | Dr. Vijender Nallapu |
| 4 | WENO Reconstruction Methods for Compressible flows | DST-SERB (MATRICS) 05/02/2020 | 6.6 | Dr. Naga Raju Gande |
| 5 | High resolution numerical schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws and its related problems | DST-SERB 18 Feb., 2022 | 19.5 | Dr. Naga Raju Gande |
| 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 |
| 7. | Study of simplified form of two-point iterative gradient methods for regularization of nonlinear ill-posed operator equations | ANRF(SERB) Core Research Grant | 20 | Dr. Pallavi Mahale |
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
| Sr. No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) |
| 1. | Feb 2025 | Dr. N Anvesh Reddy | Investigation of Flow-Induced Vibration in Deep Sea Mining Pipes | IIT GUWAHATI TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (IITGTIDF) | 20 |
| 2. | Feb 2025 | Dr. Dhananjay A. Jolhe | Ergonomic Improvement of the Seating Arrangements for Loader, Layer and Driver in Artillery gun: ATAGS | ARMREB (DRDO) | 82.92 |
| 3. | Feb 2025 | Dr. Ajinkya Avinash Baxy | Design, Development, and Optimization of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface-Based Customized Insoles for Diabetic Foot Care | ANRF: Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant Scheme | 55.42 |
| 4. | Jun 2024 | Dr. Shital Sudhakar Chiddarwar | Real-Time Seam Tracking and Control for Intelligent Welding Robots Using Computer Vision in Industrial 4 Scenario | CSIR -ASPIRE project (Scheme No. 1827) | 24.5 |
| 5. | Dr. A.M. Kuthe | BeTiC project | RGSTC&DST | 369.0 | |
| 6. | Dr. A.M. Kuthe | Smart foundry | DST | 139.0 | |
| 7. | Dr. T. V. K. Gupta | Metal additive manufacturing using laser cladding | SERB-DST, GoI | 68.0 | |
| 8. | Dr. R. V. Uddanwadikar | Centre of Excellence for setting up Pedal Operated Making cluster under Wellness and Cosmetic Industry (WCI). | Khadi and Village Industry Commission | 32.32 | |
| 9. | Dr. R. V. Uddanwadikar | Wooden Toy Pilot Project | Khadi and Village Industry Commission | 14.37 | |
| 10. | Dr. R. V. Uddanwadikar | Setting Up of High Skill Wooden Furniture Centre/Lab | Khadi and Village Industry Commission | 18.02 | |
| 11. | Dr. N. Lautere | Experimental Investigation of Weldability by Cold Metal Transfer | SERB-DST, GoI | 34.10 | |
| 12. | Dr. S. Roga | Design of 1kW Roof Top Vertical Axis Wind Turbine | SERB-DST, GoI | 23.09 | |
| 13. | Dr. P.M. Padole, Dr. S.B. Thombre Dr. R.V. Uddanwadikar | Development of a Vascular Anastomosis Device for Arteriovenous Fistula Creation | DST, New Delhi | 21.6 |
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Metallurgical and Material Engineering
| Sr.No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) |
| 1. | January 2025 | Dr. Amrut Agasti | Design and development of Al alloy anode material and a prototype Aluminium-Air battery. | Ministry of Mines | 27.74 |
| 2. | July 2024 | Dr. Rajesh Khatirkar | UTILISATION OF ALUMINIUM DROSS IN SYNTHETIC SLAG PREPARATION FOR SECONDARY STEEL MAKING | Ministry of Mines | 19.35 |
| 3. | 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. | 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 | |
| 4. | Dr. M.M. Thawre, Dr. A. Likhite Dr. K. Pande | 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 | |
| 5. | Dr. M. M. Thawre, Dr. A. Likhite Dr. K.Pande, Dr. S. Chopra | 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 | |
| 6. | Dr. R. V. Taiwade | 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 | |
| 7. | Dr. J. G. Bhatt, Dr. A. K. Srivastav | To develop Biocompatabile materials with a wide supercooled liquid region in Bulk Metallic Glass systems” | DST- SERB March 2020 | 79.959 | |
| 8. | Dr. J.G.Bhatt, Dr. D.Gunderov (Russia) | 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 | |
| 9. | Dr. T.V.K Gupta, Dr. J. G. Bhatt | Metal Additive Manufacturing using Laser Cladding | DST April 2019 | 54.0 | |
| 10. | Dr. M.M.Thawre Dr. D. R. Peshwe Dr. A. A. Likhite | Augmentation of conventional Agro Tools & Innovation of Need Driven Tools imparting better ergonomics | KVIC 07/01/2022 | 14.97 | |
| 11. | Dr. M.M.Thawre Dr. D. R. Peshwe Dr. A. A. Likhite | Design & Development of Carpentry/ Pottery Tools& Tools for wood craft / Toy Making | KVIC 28/12/2021 | 14.69 | |
| 12. | Dr. P. K. Sharma Dr. K.M.Bhurchandi Dr. A K. Srivastav | Analysis, Design and Implementation of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) Assisted Wireless Communication Systems | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) 15/01/ 2021 | 56.80 | |
| 13. | Dr. J. G. Bhatt Dr. A. K. Srivastav | To develop Biocompatabile materials with a wide supercooled liquid region in Bulk Metallic Glass systems | DST- SERB 19/03/2020 | 79.95 | |
| 14. | Dr. V. Hiwarkar (DIAT) Dr. R.K. Khatirkar | 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 |
Mining Engineering
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
Physics
| Sr. No. | Month & Year of Project Sanction | Faculty Member | Project Title | Funding Agency (with date of award) | Cost of projects (Rs. In Lakhs) |
| 1. | Feb 2025 | Dr. Sayandip Ghosh | Topology in Heritage: Influence and Manifestation of Electron Topology in Bosons | Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (ANRF) | 22.64 |
| 2. | Jun 2024 | Dr. S. M. Giripunje | Development of High Energy/High Power Density Asymmetric Supercapacitor using Electrospun 1D Metal Pyrophosphate Mesoporous Nanofibers | ANRF (SERB) | 34 |
| 3. | Apr 2024 | Dr. Poorva Singh | Modelling and simulation of plasma-catalytic processes for energy and environmental applications | CSIR HRDG EMR II | 26.69 |
| 4. | Dr. (Mrs.) A. V. Deshpande | Development of lithium disilicate based Nano glass ceramics for armor applications | ARMREB, DRDO 28-11-2016 | 41.88 | |
| 5. | Dr. B. R. Sankapal | Flexible solid-state supercapacitor device | DST-TMD | 60.63 | |
| 6. | Dr. B. R. Sankapal | Core-shell Nanowire/Nanorods based device grade solid-state solar cell | DST-EMR | 47.00 | |
| 7. | Dr. G. Hema Chandra | Investigations on Ag-substituted Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin film absorber layers for the fabrication of heterojunction solar cells (3 years) | SERB, New Delhi | 33.65 | |
| 8. | Dr. (Mrs.) A. V. Deshpande | Development of lithium disilicate based Nano glass ceramics for armor applications | ARMREB, DRDO | 41.88 | |
| 9. | Dr. S. M. Giripunje | Development of P3HT:PCBM solar cell containing Zn-Al & Zn-Fe hydrotalcite nanoparticles in PEDOT:PSS layer to enhance the efficiency. June 2016-2019 | DST-SERB | 10.19 | |
| 10. | Dr. B. R. Sankapal | Device grade flexible solid-state supercapacitor for flexible electronic applications using conducting polymer, MXene and rGO fibres January 2024 – January 2027 | SERB-CRG | 35.46 | |
| 11. | Dr. G. Hema Chandra | Fabrication of Ge- incorporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin film absorber based photovoltaic devices March, 2024 – Feb, 2027 | UGC-DAE-CSR, Indore | 1.35 | |
| 12. | Dr. S. M. Giripunje | Development of High Energy/High Power Density Asymmetric Supercapacitor using Electrospun 1D Metal Pyrophosphate Mesoporous Nanofibers June 2024-ongoing | ANRF-SERB | 33.57 | |
| 13. | Poorva Singh | Modelling and simulation of plasma-catalytic processes for energy and environmental applications | CSIR-HRDG-EMR II | 27 | |
| 14. | Dr. B. R. Sankapal | Coin cell solid-state supercapacitor from dry cell battery waste. (April 2023- March 2026) | UGC-DAE | 1.35 | |
| 15. | Poorva Singh | DFT investigations on magnetic topological insulators and topological semi metals | SERB-ANRF | 35 | |
| 16. | Dr. B. R. Sankapal | Development of solid-state supercapacitor based on light/radiation induced SnO2 nanostructure (NOV 2022- Oct 2025) | DAE-BRNS | 34.58 | |
| 17. | Dr. Oroosa Subohi | Ferroelectric nanocomposite for room temperature solid state referigeration | UGC-DAE-CSR | 14.7 |