External Research Projects / Grants
Year | Project Title | Funding Agency | (₹ in Lakhs), Type | Principal Investigator (PI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 - 2028 | Te-MobiX: Safe & Degradation-controlled 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 | 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, Consultancy | 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, Consultancy | 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, Consultancy | 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, Consultancy | Dr. Rajesh K. Upadhyay |
2022 - 2023 | Possibility of Replacing Coal with Hydrogen in Cement Industry | Johson Prism Cement | 7.5, Consultancy | 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 | 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-Gangetic Plain | 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 |