{"id":5360,"date":"2025-09-08T12:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/section\/rnc\/?page_id=5360"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:38:56","slug":"sponsored-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vnit.ac.in\/section\/rnc\/sponsored-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Sponsored research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5360\" class=\"elementor elementor-5360\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9260989 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9260989\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6ecda9\" data-id=\"c6ecda9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1343ab8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1343ab8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Sponsored Research Projects<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VNIT\u2019s sponsored research spans smart &amp; sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy and EVs, advanced\/functional materials, AI\/ML &amp; 6G\/quantum communications, water &amp; environmental systems, biomedical engineering, mining &amp; critical minerals, manufacturing &amp; robotics, and fundamental sciences (physics\/mathematics). Projects are supported by ANRF, DST (TIH\/FIST\/CEST\/AMT\/STARS), DRDO (ARDE\/ARMREB\/ER&amp;IPR\/DIPAS\/CVRDE), ISRO, DoT (TTDF), CSIR, ICMR, NBHM-DAE, UGC-DAE CSR, Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Jal Shakti, MoHUA\u2013CPHEEO, DSIR, Royal Society (UK), INSA, and industry partners.<\/span><\/p><p><b>List of Sanctioned Research Projects<\/b><\/p><table width=\"953\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"52\">Sr. No.<\/td><td width=\"165\">Name of the PI<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department<\/td><td width=\"323\">\u00a0Title for the Project<\/td><td width=\"172\">Funding Agency<\/td><td width=\"97\">Date of Sanction<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">1<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Meera Dhabu<br \/>Dr. Ashish Tiwari<\/td><td width=\"144\">Computer Science &amp; Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of a Structured Image and Video Dataset for AI-Based Defect Detection in Dragline Cranes at Indian Mining Sites\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">TEXMiN, VNIT Nagpur<\/td><td width=\"97\">30-Mar-2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">2<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Ankit A. Bhurane<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">AI-Enabled Adaptive Wireless Cyber-Physical System for Autonomous Navigation in Underground Mines\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">TEXMiN, VNIT Nagpur<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">3<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Avinash Vasudeo<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">R &amp; D Framework for Groundwater Ingress Control and Performance Enhancement of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Basement\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">NBCC, New Delhi<\/td><td width=\"97\">24-Feb-2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">4<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Manmohan Dass Goel<\/td><td width=\"144\">Applied Mechanics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of lightweight material for the components of armament systems\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">ARMREB (DRDO)<\/td><td width=\"97\">30-Jan-2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">5<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Ramsha Karampuri<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">An Intelligent and Cost-Effective Solar PV Pumping System with Open-End Stator Wound Permanent Magnet Motor (i-Solar PMM-PUMP)<\/td><td width=\"172\">RGSTC, Government of Maharashtra<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Jan-2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">6<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Kailas Wasewar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Chemical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Recovery of sulplus free Nicked from Pharmacutical spent catalyst sludge to achieve zero waste<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry of Mines\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">16-Dec-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">7<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Rahul Tarodiya<\/td><td width=\"144\">Mechanical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Design and Development of a Centrifugal Pump for Dense S Trasporation of Minerals and Ores<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry of Mines\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">09-Dec-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">8<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Anil Kumar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Metallurgical &amp; Materials Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of eco-friendly orange peel-reinforced chitosal-algonate based composite films for sustainable food-packing and preservation applications\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">RGSTC, Government of Maharashtra<\/td><td width=\"97\">09-Dec-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">9<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Prabhat Sharma (Co-PI)<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">Zero-Power, Wirelessly Controlled Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Next-Generation Smart Networks<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF-ARG<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Dec-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">10<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Mohan Kumar Mallick<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Mathematics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Shape Optimization of Principal Eigenvalue for Fully Nonlinear Operators: Theoretical and Geometric Advances on P\u00f3lya-Type Problems<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF-ARG Matrix<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Dec-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">11<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Mohd Alam (Co-PI)<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Smart Hydrogen Energy Recovery System Using Metal Hydride Thermochemical Storage for Integrated Heating and Cooling<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF-ARG<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Dec-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">12<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Ramsha Karampuri<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Retrofitting of Existing IC Engine Based Pick-Up Truck to Battery Electric Vehicle<\/td><td width=\"172\">MeitY-MHI Electric Vehicle Sub System (EVSS) Programme<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Dec-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">13<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Ritesh Kumar Keshri<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of 15kW Wireless Charger and 40 kW Modular Wireless Charger for an Electric Vehicle<\/td><td width=\"172\">MEITY-MHI<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Dec-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">14<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Arvind Kumar\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">Sensor Antenna Transmitter System for Material Properties Retrieval in Wireless Sensor Nodes<\/td><td width=\"172\">DRDO-ERIPR<\/td><td width=\"97\">11-Nov-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">15<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta<\/td><td width=\"144\">Centre for VLSI &amp; Nanotechnology<\/td><td width=\"323\">Design and Optimization of a Photonic Sensor for the Dete Microplastics for Treatment of Water<\/td><td width=\"172\">DST, Govt. of India and Govt. of USA collaboratively spo India-US Science and Technology Forum\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">10-Nov-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">16<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Neeraj Rao<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">Design and Fabrication of Cavity Based Sensor for Non Destructive Evaluation of Composite Structures<\/td><td width=\"172\">DRDO Advanced Systems Laboratory CARS Project<\/td><td width=\"97\">24-Sep-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">17<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Ganesh Patil<\/td><td width=\"144\">Centre for VLSI &amp; Nanotechnology<\/td><td width=\"323\">IoT based Soil Parameter Tester for Subhash Palekar natural Multicoping farming<\/td><td width=\"172\">TIH Foundation for IoT &amp; IoE<\/td><td width=\"97\">22-Sep-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">18<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Purnima Satapathy<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Mathematics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Insights into nonlocal symmetries and exact solution for nonlinear partial differential equations describing physical models<\/td><td width=\"172\">NBHM, DAE, Gov. of India<\/td><td width=\"97\">21-Aug-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">19<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Amrut Agasti<\/td><td width=\"144\">Metallurgical &amp; Materials Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Design and Development of AI alloy anode material and a prototype AI air battery<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry of Mines\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">11-Aug-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">20<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Jyoti Singh<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Mathematics<\/td><td width=\"323\">A study of F-singularity classes and their invariants using positive characteristic methods and differential operators\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">NBHM,DAE<\/td><td width=\"97\">05-Aug-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">21<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Kalyani Kale<\/td><td width=\"144\">Humanities &amp; Social Sciences<\/td><td width=\"323\">A Critical Commentary on Sanskrit Vangmaya Kosha through the Prizm of IKS and Illustrating IKS Importance for Marathi Literature<\/td><td width=\"172\">DR Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere,\u00a0 IKS<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Aug-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">22<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Jawaharlal Bhukya\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Optimization and Development of Microcube Wind Power Syste Sustainable Low-Wind-Speed Applications in Decentralized Res and Off-Grid Energy Use<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF-IRG<\/td><td width=\"97\">29-Jul-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">23<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Makarand Ballal<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Electric Power Theft Detection and Prevention Schemes for LT<\/td><td width=\"172\">Industry-Sponsored Tesla<\/td><td width=\"97\">25-Jul-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">24<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Pradyumn Chaturvedi<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of High- Power Grid- Friendly Conductive and Static Wirel Charges for Elecric Vehicles<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF-MAHA : EV-Mission<\/td><td width=\"97\">25-Jul-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">25<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Suvidha Gupta (Inspire Faculty)<\/td><td width=\"144\">Chemical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastewater: Innovative Approaches for Bio-Malic Acid Production and Effective Wastewater Treatment<\/td><td width=\"172\">VIGYAN DHARA DST Scheme\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">17-Jul-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">26<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Ajinkya Baxy<\/td><td width=\"144\">Mechanical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Design, Development, and Optimization of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface-Based Customized Insoles for Diabetic Foot Care.<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF-PMECRGS<\/td><td width=\"97\">15-Jul-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">27<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Narendrababu A<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Sustainable Learning Environments Design of an Off-Grid Distributed Energy System Integrating an Intelligent Water Management Pump in the Eruvapalem Village School Premises\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">DST-CEST-CERI<\/td><td width=\"97\">15-Jul-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">28<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Sayandip Ghosh<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Physics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Topology in heritage : Influence and manifestation of electron topology in bosons.\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF &#8211; PMECRGS<\/td><td width=\"97\">03-Jun-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">29<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Manmohan Dass Goel<\/td><td width=\"144\">Applied Mechanics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Hypervelocity Impact Modelling on Aluminum Foam Sandwich Panel<\/td><td width=\"172\">ISRO- Respond Basket<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-May-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">30<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Rajashree Kotharkar\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"144\">Architecture &amp; Planning<\/td><td width=\"323\">Developing heat mitigation strategies using machine learning based predictive models\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">Department of Science and Technology (CEST)<\/td><td width=\"97\">20-Apr-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">31<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Sachin A Mandavgane<\/td><td width=\"144\">Chemical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Center of Excellence : A Center for Technology D4 :Design, Development, Demonstration and Deployment in area of F5 : Food, Feed, Fodder, Fuel and Fertiliser\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">DST (Technology, Translation and Innovation Division)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Apr-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">32<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Soumyabrata Das<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Real Time Water Quality Monitoring Using UAV Technology and Image Processing<\/td><td width=\"172\">NMICPS TiHAN Foundation, IIT Hyderabad<\/td><td width=\"97\">04-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">33<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Manish Kurhekar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Computer Science &amp; Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Predictive Maintenance of CNC Machines\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ordinance Factory, Ambazari<\/td><td width=\"97\">04-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">34<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Anupam Anant Kher<\/td><td width=\"144\">Mining Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of Wireless High Voltage Non-Explosive Initiator for Non-Electric Detonator (NONEL)<\/td><td width=\"172\">TEXMiN FOUNDATION IIT (ISM) Dhanbad<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">35<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Sachin Mandavgane<\/td><td width=\"144\">Chemical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">SuER : SustainaWlity Environment and Risk &#8211; Course activities and capacity building<\/td><td width=\"172\">KELTECH ENERGIES LIMITED<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">36<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Anupam Anant Kher<\/td><td width=\"144\">Mining Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">TEXMiN MINING CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">TEXMiN Foundation IIT ISM DHANBAD (DST TIH)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">37<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Prabhat Sharma<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">RIS Assisted Integrated Sensing and Communication for 6G Network<\/td><td width=\"172\">Department of Telecommunication, TTDF scheme<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">38<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Deep Gupta<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">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<\/td><td width=\"172\">ICMR (IIRPSG)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">39<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Suresh Kumar Thappeta\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Urban flood Resilience Index for Urban Areas<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs CPHEEO\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">40<\/td><td width=\"165\">Punitkumar Bhavsar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">BB84 Protocol Simulation Toolbox Development for Secured Quantum Communication in 6G Networks<\/td><td width=\"172\">Department of Telecommunication<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">41<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta<\/td><td width=\"144\">Centre for VLSI &amp; Nanotechnology<\/td><td width=\"323\">Next Generation Nanophotonic Solar Photovoltaic Devices<\/td><td width=\"172\">The Royal Society, UK, International Exchanges 2024<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">42<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Dhananjay A. Jolhe<\/td><td width=\"144\">Mechanical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Ergonomic Improvement of the Seating Arrangements for Loader, Layer and Driver in Artillery gun: ATAGS<\/td><td width=\"172\">ARMREB (DRDO)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Feb-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">43<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Kumari Nidhi Lal<\/td><td width=\"144\">Computer Science &amp; Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">\u00a0Intelligent Detection and Mitigation of Cyber Attacks in Information-Centric Networking (ICN)<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF- Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Feb-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">44<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. N Anvesh Reddy<\/td><td width=\"144\">Mechanical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Investigation of Flow-Induced Vibration in Deep Sea Mining Pipes<\/td><td width=\"172\">\u00a0IIT Guwahati (TIDF)<\/td><td width=\"97\">29-Jan-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">45<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Y. B. Katpatal<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Investigating the Linkages Among Land Subsidence, Hydrological, Anthropogenic and Other Contributing Factors in Joshimath<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Jan-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">46<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Arvind Kumar\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">Electromagnetic Knee Imaging System<\/td><td width=\"172\">MeitY, Young Faculty Research Fellowship (YFRF)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Jan-2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">47<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta (Coordiantor)<\/td><td width=\"144\">Centre for VLSI &amp; Nanotechnology<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of the clean room facility with glove box for the semiconductor devices design, fabrication and characterization<\/td><td width=\"172\">DST-FIST<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Dec-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">48<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Arvind Kumar &amp; Dr. Praveen Pawar (Coordinators)<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">FIST 2024\u00a0 (VNA 40 GHz to 90GHz) to strengthen research facility\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">DST-FIST<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Dec-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">49<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Ratnesh Kumar\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"144\">Applied Mechanics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Comprehensive Assessment of Twin Test Facility Building Considering Variation in Geometry &amp; Material Parameters<\/td><td width=\"172\">DRDO (GTRE)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Nov-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">50<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Vasu Pulijala<\/td><td width=\"144\">Centre for VLSI &amp; Nanotechnology<\/td><td width=\"323\">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<\/td><td width=\"172\">DST-AMT<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Nov-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">51<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Shrabony Adhikary<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Assessment of Local Site Effects Specific to State of Punjab: A Prerequisite for Seismic Risk Reduction<\/td><td width=\"172\">Punjab State and funded by State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF)\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Nov-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">52<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Prabhat Sharma<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">DoT 5G Lab<\/td><td width=\"172\">DoT, GoI<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Nov-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">53<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Pallavi Mahale<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Mathematics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Study of simplified form of two-point iterative gradient methods for regularization of\u00a0 nonlinear ill-posed operator equations<\/td><td width=\"172\">DST-SERB (CRG)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Oct-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">54<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr.Punitkumar Bhavsar (Co-PI)<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of Multi-reference Active Noise Cancellation and Bone Conduction Headset for Clearer Communication Under an Extremely Noisy Environment of Flight Operation<\/td><td width=\"172\">DRDO-DIPAS<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Sep-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">55<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Punitkumar Bhavsar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">Design and development of tree counting and\u00a0 geo-tagging system using drone for environment monitoring<\/td><td width=\"172\">Department of Scientific and Industrial Research<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Aug-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">56<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Rajesh Khatirkar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Metallurgical &amp; Materials Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">UTILISATION OF ALUMINIUM DROSS IN SYNTHETIC SLAG PREPARATION FOR SECONDARY STEEL MAKING\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry of Mines\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Jul-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">57<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. S. M. Giripunje<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Physics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of High Energy\/High Power Density Asymmetric Supercapacitor using Electrospun 1D Metal Pyrophosphate Mesoporous Nanofibers<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF (SERB)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Jun-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">58<\/td><td width=\"165\">Dr. Arpita Saha<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Pedestrian Safety at Signalized Intersection Crosswalks Under Left Hand Driving Conditions<\/td><td width=\"172\">CSIR, ASPIRE Grant<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Jun-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">59<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Shital Sudhakar Chiddarwar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Mechanical Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Real-Time Seam Tracking and Control for Intelligent Welding Robots Using Computer Vision in Industrial 4 Scenario<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">CSIR -ASPIRE project (Scheme No. 1827)<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-Jun-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">60<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (Project Mentor)<\/td><td width=\"144\">Chemical Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Sequencial bioprocessing of flower waste for high value products : a biorefinery approach\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">DST (SEED)<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-Jun-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">61<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Sachin Mandavgane (Project Mentor)<\/td><td width=\"144\">Chemical Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Development of millets biorefinery sequential production of plant-based protein, modified starches, and dietary fibers.<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">DST (SEED)<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-Jun-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">62<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Sachin Mandavgane<\/td><td width=\"144\">Chemical Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Millet biorefinry for Food, Feed, Fodder, Fertilizer and Fuel: Design to Demonstration<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">DST (SHRI)<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-May-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">63<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Abhijit D. Lade (Coordinator)<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Development of Experimental Facilities for Research on Current Hydraulic and Morphological Problems in Indian Rivers<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">Department of Science and Technology (DST) FIST Scheme<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-May-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">64<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta<\/td><td width=\"144\">Centre for VLSI &amp; Nanotechnology<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Design and Development of Group-III nitride based LEDs for UV-Blue region for underwater communication<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">DST INAE and NSTC, Taiwan<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-May-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">65<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Mohd Alam<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Development of Renewable Energy Based Onsite Oxygen cum Green Hydrogen Generation System: A Self-sufficient Approach for Indian Hospitals<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">Anusandhan National Research Foundation (SERB), Core-Research Grant<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-May-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">66<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Ashwinkumar S. Dhoble<\/td><td width=\"144\">Mechanical Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Design and development of a heat pipe-based cooling system for lithium-ion used in electric vehicles.\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">DST-SERB (CRG)<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-May-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">67<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Poorva Singh<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Physics<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Modelling and simulation of plasma-catalytic processes for energy and environmental applications<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">CSIR HRDG EMR II<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-Apr-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">68<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Mangesh Madurwar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Examining Factors Contributing To Accelerated Building Deterioration in the National Capital Region: A Case Study of Khekara Township<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">M\/s NBCC India Limited<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">31-Mar-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">69<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Mangesh Madurwar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Quantifying Vulnerability, Empowering Solutions : An Optimizing Retrofitting Strategies and Its Implementation\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">M\/s NBCC India Limited\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">31-Mar-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">70<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Mangesh Madurwar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Combating Early Stage Rebar Corrossion: A Novel Reinforcement Inhibitor Coating Approach<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">HSCC (India) Ltd.\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">27-Mar-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">71<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Rahul Biswas<\/td><td width=\"144\">Applied Mechanics<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Assessment of durability properties of UHPFRC and application of integrated metaheuristic algorithm with Artificial Neural Network for predicting the properties<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">SERB-EEQ<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-Feb-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">72<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Sourav Pradhan<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Mathematics<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Analysis of vacation queues with batch-size-dependent service, N-policy and<br \/>applications to group screening of blood samples<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">SERB (MATRICS Scheme)<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-Feb-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">73<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Chayan Das<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Chemistry<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"323\">Design and development of novel vitrimer like materials with smart features<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"172\">DRDO, Ministry of Defence<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"97\">01-Jan-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">74<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Prabhat Sharma<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">Design Analysis and Testbed Development for Molecular Communication Systems<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF SERB<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Jan-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">75<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Babasaheb R Sankapal<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Physics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Device grade flexible solid-state supercapacitor for flexible electronic applications using conducting polymer, MXene and rGO fibres<\/td><td width=\"172\">DST-SERB (CRG)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Jan-2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">76<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Abhinav Arya\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"144\">Metallurgical &amp; Materials Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of a two-stage e-waste segregation system using transfer learning\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry of Mines\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">27-Dec-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">77<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. R V Ralegaonkar<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Coal mine overburden alkali activated composites (CMOAAC) for prefabricated 3D volumetric construction elements and system thereof (3DVCES)<\/td><td width=\"172\">CMPDI<\/td><td width=\"97\">12-Dec-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">78<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Pradnya Ghare<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electronics &amp; Communication<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of an EEG based Imagined Speech recognition system for augmentation of patient care communication\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">ANRF-SERB POWER<\/td><td width=\"97\">04-Dec-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">79<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Susanta Kumar Nayak<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Chemistry<\/td><td width=\"323\">Design, Synthesis and Computational Analysis of Supramolecular Halogen Bonded Bent-core Azo-benzene Liquid Crystalline Systems for Photo-Responsive Property Study<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry of Education: under STARS-2 program in the Chemical Sciences<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Nov-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">80<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Abhijit D Lade<\/td><td width=\"144\">Civil Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Experimental Study on Hydrodynamics and Transport of Microplastic-Sediment Mix in Rivers<\/td><td width=\"172\">Department of Science and Technology (DST) SERB Startup Research Grant (SRG)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Nov-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">81<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Sachin Mandavgane<\/td><td width=\"144\">Chemical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Valorization of post-harvest agro waste (with C\/N&gt;50) using indigenous fibrinolytic enzymes<\/td><td width=\"172\">Sree Padmavati Venkateswara Foundation\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Oct-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">82<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Chayan Das<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Chemistry<\/td><td width=\"323\">Development of multifunctional and recyclable elastomeric materials via dynamic crosslinking network\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry of Education (STARS-2)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Sep-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">83<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Arghya Mitra<\/td><td width=\"144\">Electrical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">SPARC project titled &#8220;Global Grid: The Future of Earth&#8221;<\/td><td width=\"172\">Ministry\u00a0 of Education, Govt. of India<\/td><td width=\"97\">28-Jul-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">84<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Nikhil Deep Gupta<\/td><td width=\"144\">Centre for VLSI &amp; Nanotechnology<\/td><td width=\"323\">Solar-driven self-biased Bio-photoelectrochemical cells for waste water treatment and hydrogen generation<\/td><td width=\"172\">CSIR EMR II<\/td><td width=\"97\">07-July-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">85<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Atul R. Ballal<\/td><td width=\"144\">Metallurgical &amp; Materials Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Evaluation of Low Cycle fatigue (LCF) and creep-fatigue Intercation (CFI) properties of Indigenous Alloy 617M<\/td><td width=\"172\">Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Jun-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">86<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Sachin Mandavgane<\/td><td width=\"144\">Chemical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Valorization of organic waste by bio-refinery approach to products &#8211; reg.\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">Merino Industries Ltd.\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Apr-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">87<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Pradip Roul<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Mathematics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Robust graded and adaptive mesh techniques for fractional convection-reaction-diffusion model in higher dimensions.<\/td><td width=\"172\">NBHM<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">88<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Poorva Singh<\/td><td width=\"144\">Department of Physics<\/td><td width=\"323\">DFT investigations on magnetic topological insulators and topological semi metals.<\/td><td width=\"172\">SERB (CRG)<\/td><td width=\"97\">01-Mar-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">89<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Prasad Kane\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"144\">Mechanical Engineering<\/td><td width=\"323\">Investigation of Design Modification of Switched Reluctance Motor to reduce vibration and noise in Electric Vehicle<\/td><td width=\"172\">SERB (CRG)<\/td><td width=\"97\">27-Feb-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">90<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Manmohan Goel<\/td><td width=\"144\">Applied Mechanics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Indigenous Design and Development of Test Device for Testing of Glass Facade Against Wind Borne Debris\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"172\">DST-SERB<\/td><td width=\"97\">21-Feb-2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"52\">91<\/td><td style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"165\">Dr. Sonal Dhanvijay<\/td><td width=\"144\">Applied Mechanics<\/td><td width=\"323\">Real Time Hybrid Simulation using Shake Table System<\/td><td width=\"172\">SERB &#8211; EMEQ<\/td><td width=\"97\">13-Feb-2023<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Sponsored Research Projects VNIT\u2019s sponsored research spans smart &amp; sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy and EVs, advanced\/functional materials, AI\/ML &amp; 6G\/quantum communications, water &amp; environmental systems, biomedical engineering, mining &amp; critical minerals, manufacturing &amp; robotics, and fundamental sciences (physics\/mathematics). 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