External Research Projects / Grants


Year Project Title Funding Agency Amount (₹ in Lakhs), Type Principal Investigator (PI)
2025 - 2028 Te-MobiX: Safe & Degradation-controlled Batteries with Efficient Charging for Batteries with Efficient Charging for Tropical e-mobility Excellence ANRF 5800, Sponsored Dr. Abir Ghosh, Dr. Debdip Bhandary, Dr. Udita U. Ghosh, Dr.Satarupa Dutta
2025 - 2028 Development of BaTiO3 in Glycerin Nanofluid as a Dielectric Fluid in High-voltage Capacitors DRDO 56, Sponsored Dr. Nitai C. Maji
2025 - 2028 Thermally Rectifying Iontronic Diodes for Enhanced Nano/Microfluidic Biosensing Technologies (TRIDENT) ANRF 69.6, Sponsored Dr. Satarupa Dutta
2025 - 2027 Development of 10 kW Natural Gas Based Membrane Reformer for 'On-Site' Production of Fuel Cell Grade Hydrogen: Phase II GAIL 249.7, Sponsored Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2024 - 2027 Development of catalytic structured reactors for carbon dioxide methanation Council of Science & Technology U. P. 7.5, Sponsored Dr. Sanjay Katheria
2024 - 2027 Catalyst Coating on Milli Channel Reactors for Maleic Anhydride Production BPCL 63, Cunsultancy Dr. Sanjay Katheria
2024 - 2026 Experimental Study for Generation of Green Hydrogen through Sea Water Electrolysis Sun Petrochemicals Ltd 70.17, Sponsored Dr. Sweta
2024 - 2025 Developing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Framework for Waste Management Technologies in India PSA, Govt of India 40, Sponsored Dr. Ram S. Singh
2023 - 2026 Production, characterization and combustion studies on sustainable aviation fuel ANRF 47, Sponsored Dr. Jyoti P. Chakraborty
2023 - 2026 Study of Solid Hydrodynamics in an Elevated Temperature Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed with Secondary Gas Injection through Side Wall Pneumatic Nozzles BRNS 89.6, Sponsored Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2023 - 2026 Development of a 10 kW Membrane Reformer Prototype for Production of Fuel Cell Grade Green-Hydrogen for Power Generation DST 396.02, Sponsored Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2023 - 2026 Tailoring Na-Anodes for Stable and Efficient Na-Metal Batteries: Na-S as the Test Case  MoE & IISc Bangalore 100, Sponsored Dr. Udita U. Ghosh (as Co-PI)
2023 - 2025 Production of Methanol from Natural Gas by Direct Method Sun Petrochemicals Ltd 50.35, Consultancy Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2023 - 2025 Production of Blue Hydrogen from Heavy Oil Sun Petrochemicals Ltd 26.75, Consultancy Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2023 - 2025 Separation of Nitrogen being Produced with Natural Gas Sun Petrochemicals Ltd 18.88, Cunsultancy Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2023 - 2024 Computational Modelling and Implementation of O2 Evolution and Phase Change of Positive Electrodes in Li-ion Batteries Oorja Energy, Weedy Software Pvt. Ltd 1.9, Sponsored Dr. Abir Ghosh
2022 - 2025 Crack modulation in dried colloidal films by soft additives ANRF (Formerly known as SERB) 46, Sponsored Dr. Udita U. Ghosh
2022 - 2024 Design and Development of Kinetically Stable Electrolytes for Next-gen Li-ion Batteries (ElectroLiion) ANRF (Formerly known as SERB) 29.4, Sponsored Dr. Abir Ghosh
2022 - 2024 TAP scheme for MSME TIFAC-DST 20, Sponsored Dr. Bhawna Verma
2022 - 2024 Investigation on Hydrogels and Development of Multi-Responsive Polymers for Healthcare Applications SERB 22.14, Sponsored Dr. Debdip Bhandary
2022 - 2024 Design and Operation of Fluidized Bed Reactor for Methane Pyrolysis Clean Hydrogen Technology, USA 60, Cunsultancy Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2022 - 2024 Thermo-catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide into ethanol and higher alcohols ANRF (Formerly known as SERB) 33, Sponsored Dr. Sanjay Katheria
2022 - 2023 Screening of Catalyst for Natural Gas Pyrolysis Clean Hydrogen Technology, USA 7.5, Cunsultancy Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2022 - 2023 Possibility of Replacing Coal with Hydrogen in Cement Industry Johson Prism Cement 7.5, Cunsultancy Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2021 - 2024 BioCNG production potential from different biomass feedstocks TBBPL, Gorakhpur 10, Sponsored Dr. Jyoti P. Chakraborty
2021 - 2024 Novel integrated engineering approach for effective carbon dioxide removal using biphasic amine blends for coal-based thermal power plant SERB 21.7, Sponsored Dr. Monoj K. Mondal
2021 - 2024 Preparation of Dense Pd/Pd-Alloy Membrane and Optimization of Multi-Pass Membrane Separator to Separate Ultra-Pure Hydrogen for Onsite Application ANRF 42.58, Sponsored Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2021 - 2023 Development of Natural Gas Based Membrane Reformer for Fuel Cell Grade Hydrogen Production GAIL 121.54, Consultancy Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2020 - 2025 Regional characterization of atmospheric aerosols at Varanasi region VSSC, ISRO 80, Sponsored Dr. Ram S. Singh
2020 - 2023 Novel integrated engineering approach for effective tar decomposition and its last minute removal to fuel gas reforming in biomass pyro-gasification SERB 35.63, Sponsored Dr. Monoj K. Mondal
2019 - 2022 A Stack Development of Unitized Regenerative Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell for Large Scale Production of Ultra Pure Hydrogen Fuel, Oxygen Using Solar Energy and Uninterrupted Power SERB 37.61, Sponsored Dr. Hiralal Pramanik
2019 - 2022 Investigation of Flow Behaviour of Pulsed Sieve Plate Column through Radiotracer Based Techniques BRNS 33.76, Sponsored Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2019 - 2022 Removal of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) using Adsorption and Bioremediation SPARCE 67, Sponsored Dr. Ram S. Singh
2019 - 2022 Direct Cooling of the Silicon Photovoltaic Module Enabled by Modification of the Backside EVA-Layer SERB 41.5, Sponsored Dr. Ravi P. Jaiswal
2018 - 2019 DST TIFAC Project DST 5, Sponsored Dr. Ram S. Singh
2018 - 2019 Insecticide and Pesticide Contamination of Soil in Varanasi, DIH-Project Varanasi MHRD 10, Sponsored Dr. Ram S. Singh
2016 - 2020 Design and Development of a Membrane Reformer Prototype for Production of Ultra-Pure Hydrogen from Methanol for Fuel Cell Based Vehicle and Power Generators in DST 115, Sponsored Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay
2016 - 2019 Fabrication of Low-cost, High-throughput Flow Cytometer using Tunable Nanolenses SERB 52, Sponsored Dr. Ankur Verma
2016 - 2019 Development and Evaluation of IR NP for cellular wide sensitive E field mapping DST 50, Sponsored Dr. Manoj Kumar
2015 - 2018 NOx Removal from Diesel Exhaust by Combined NOx Storage Reduction and NH3 SCR System DST 30, Sponsored Dr. Sweta
2015 - 2017 Design of High Temperature Facility for Graphite Dust Transport BARC 55, Sponsored Dr. Ram S. Singh
2014 - 2017 Development and evaluation of poly herbal bi-layer wound dressing materials DRDO 35, Sponsored Dr. Pradeep K. Mishra
2013 - 2018 Pyrolysis of Biomass for the Production of Bio-oil: Experimental and Computational Study SERB 23, Sponsored Dr. Jyoti P. Chakraborty
2011 - 2014 Removal of SO2 and NOx from coal-fired thermal power plant stack gases MoEF 25.73, Sponsored Dr. Monoj K. Mondal
2010 - 2011 Chemical Analysis of Water for Chitrangi Thermal Power Project Limited Reliance Energy 4.46, Sponsored Dr. Monoj K. Mondal
2007 - 2019 Aerosol and Black Carbon Monitoring in Indo-Gangatic Plane ISRO ~100, Sponsored Dr. Ram S. Singh
2007 - 2010 Characterization and anaerobic digestion of putrescible fractions in municipal solid waste DST 18.9, Sponsored Dr. Monoj K. Mondal