Research Grants/Projects:
Year Project Title Sponsoring Agency Total Grant Name of the Faculty As PI/Co-PI Date of Award Date of receipt of fund Date of completion/ongoing

Nature of Project whether Consultancy project or sponsored research project
2022-2024 Design and analysis of adaptive tow steered laminates SERB - SRG 31.8 L Ayan Haldar PI        
2023-23 Bringing Global Sustainable Solutions for Clean Rivers in India through the Concept of Living Lab Indo-Danish collaboration project, funded by Danish Embassy, New Delhi 59.45 L Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh Co-PI        
2021-26 Effects of River-Aquifer Exchanges on Riverine Ecosystem Resilience to Global Change: Comparative Approach of the Ganga and Rhône River Basin Networks Indo- French International Research Project 45 L Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh Co-PI        
2020-23 Strategic Planning for Water Resources and Implementation of Novel Biotechnical Treatment solutions and Good Practices
(SPRING)		 Indo- EU Collaborative
Research Project, funded by 'Horizon 2020' and DBT, GOI		 71.28 L Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh PI        
2016-18 Improvements of Environmental Sanitation of five villages along River Ganga Ganga Grams program, MHRD, GOI 5 L Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh PI        
2016-18 Adopting River Assi Catchment for Improved Environmental Management in Varanasi. Project Varanasi, IIT (BHU) under Project SANDHI of IIT Kharagpur funded by MHRD, GOI 33.20 L Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh PI        
2016-18 Improving Solid Waste Management at IIT (BHU) and adopting the biodigestion system of Bhagwanpur Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) for Biogas production Project Varanasi, IIT (BHU) under Project SANDHI of IIT Kharagpur funded by MHRD, GOI 19.50 L Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh PI        
2010-15 Environmental Quality and Pollution (EQP) monitoring of River Ganga in middle Ganga Basin from Allahabad to Patna IIT Consortium led by IIT Kanpur for Ganga River Basin Management Plan (GRBMP) 10 L Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh PI        

Research Grants/Projects

                  
2008-11 Development of Bismuth based media for nitrate removal from water DST, GOI 24.06 L Prof. Prabhat Kumar Singh PI        
2022-23 Bringing Global Sustainable Solutions for Clean Rivers in India through the Concept of Living Lab Danish Embassy, New Delhi 59.05 Lakh Dr. Shihsir Gaur PI        
2022-25 Development of Algorithms for water quality monitoring using ground instrumentation and optical sensors onboard Unmanned Airborne Vehicle and Satellite Data ISRO 25.18 Lakh Dr. Shihsir Gaur PI        
2021-22 A System for Quality Control and Certification of Geospatial Data for NSDI DST, GOI 18.00 Lakh Dr. Anurag Ohri PI        
2021-24 Automatic Map Generation from High Resolution Images Applying Deep Learning Techniques DST, GOI 33.22 Lakh Dr. Anurag Ohri PI        
2023-24 Hydrological experiment and water fluxes modeling for SWOT and Sentinel-3A/3B missions: Ganga River ISRO 10.34 Lakh Dr. Shihsir Gaur PI        
2022-24 Development of an inexpensive high fidelity technique for the prediction of failure capacity of thin shell structures SERB 24.18 Lakhs Dr. Kshitij Kumar Yadav PI        
2/8/21 to 30/5/23 Development of 3-D Digital image correlation based measurement system IIT BHU 9.7 Lakhs Dr.Mahendra Kumar Pal PI 24/8/22 24/08/22 Ongoing Seed Grant Fund
2/8/21 to 30/5/23 Detailed FE Simulation of RC Buildings for Seismic Damage Prediction Using a Non -local plasticity based damage models for concrete DST-JSPS 20 Lakhs(JPY) Dr.Mahendra Kumar Pal Co-PI 1/4/21 - Ongoing Sponsored Research Project(International)
2/8/21 to 30/5/23 Sustainable and resilient strengthening solutions for unreinforced masonry structures in rural india JICA 20 Lakhs Dr.Mahendra Kumar Pal Sub-PI 10/12/22 01/01/23 Ongoing Sponsored Research Project(International IIT(BHU)+IITH+University of Tokyo)
12-11-2022
to 11-11-
2023		 Development of fly ash brick from the waste generated from Grasim Industries Ltd., Renukoot (U.P) Grasim Industries Ltd.- Chemical
Division, Renukoot,Uttar Pradesh,
India		 6.375 Lacs Dr. Supriya
Mohanty		 PI        
2023-2024 MAKING TRANSIT
ACCESSIBLE TO
ALL: ENSURING
FAIRNESS AND
EQUITY IN DATA-
DRIVEN TRANSIT
PLANNING		 Department of Science and Technology
(DST) and national science foundation
(NSF)		 19.92 lakhs Dr. Agnivesh p.          
2023-2025 Developing a DATA-DRIVEN
PRACTICE
GUIDEBOOK ON
MID-TERM AND
LONG-TERM
FREIGHT DEMAND
MODELLING FOR
NATIONAL
HIGHWAYS		 Ministry of
Road
Transport
and
Highways
(MoRTH)		 21.25 lakhs Dr. Agnivesh p.          
2023-2026 A DATA-DRIVEN
TOOLKIT FOR
ENABLING
MULTIMODAL
FREIGHT
TRANSPORTATION
IN INDIA AND
AUSTRIA		 Department
of Science
and
Technology
through the
India-Austria
Bilateral
Research
Programme		 7.12 lakhs Dr. Agnivesh p.          
2023-2026 DEVELOPING
IMPLEMENTABLE
PASSENGER CAR
UNITS (PCU) FOR
INDIAN TRAFFIC		 Ministry of
Road
Transport
and
Highways
(MoRTH)		 20.45 lakhs Dr. Agnivesh p.          
2021-2023 A System for Quality
Control and
Certification of
Geospatial Data for
NSDI		 DST 36.03 lakhs Dr. Shishir
Gaur, Dr.
Abhsek
Mudgal		          
2021-24 Automatic Map
Generation from
High Resolution
Images Applying
Deep Learning
Techniques		 DST 33.23 lakh Dr. Shishir
Gaur, Dr.
S.P. Maurya		          
2 years A Novel Meso-
Micro Scale
Coupling Approach
of Wind Resource
Assessment		 SERB 46.5 Lakhs Ayan Haldar co-PI        
3 Years "Improvement of
delamination
fracture toughness
in nano-graphene
particles reinforced
polymer composite
laminates: An
Experimental- numerical approach		 SERB 18.3 lakhs Dr. Rosalin
Sahoo		 PI        
2021-2026 Effects of River-Aquifer
Exchanges on Riverine
Ecosystem Resilience to
Global Change:
Comparative Approach
of the Ganga and Rhône		 Indo- French
International
Research
Project		 40.34 lakhs Dr. Shishir
gaur		          
18.07.2017
to
31.03.2022		 Propagation and
mitigation model for
road traffic noise of
mid-sized Indian cities		 IMPRINT
India		 338 Brind Kumar          
2018-2021 Development and
Assessment of
Asphalt Mastic from
Typical Indian and
Austrian Filler
Materials with a New
Test Method​​​​		 DST 9.5 Lakhs Dr. Ankit
Gupta		          
2019-2022 Rheophysics of Semi-
Rigid Road Building
Materials and
Optimization of their
Compositions for the
Perception of Heavy
Transport Load		 DST 11.5 Lakhs Dr. Ankit
Gupta		          
2020-2021 Performance
Assessment of Roads
Constructed Using
Waste Plastics​​​		 NRIDA 23.5 Lakhs Dr. Ankit
Gupta		          
2020-2023 Development of
Performance Based
Mix Design Process:
A Re-look at the
Marshall Mix Design
Process for
Production of Strong
and Durable
Bituminous Mixes		 NHAI 92 Lakhs Dr. Ankit
Gupta		          
2020-2023 Safer Roads:
Development of Mix-
Design Methodology
for OGFC Mixes		 UP-CST 12 lakhs Dr. Ankit
Gupta		          
2021-2026 Development of Road
Research Laboratory
at IIT (BHU) Varanasi		 GR Infra
Projects
Limited		 375 Lakhs Dr. Ankit
Gupta		          
2018-2022 Studying few aspects
of soil behaviour and
incorporating them in limit analyisi		 DST 35 lakhs Dr. Manash
Chakraborty		          
2020-2022 Understanding the
engineering
behaviour of
unsaturated
geomaterials and
implementing it in limit
analysis for solving
geotechnical
problems		 SERB 27.3 lakhs Dr. Manash
Chakraborty		          
2017-2019 Smart and Integrated
Pedestrian Network
Design		 MHRD,
MoUD, GMR,
Vikram Solar		 Rs. 218 Lakhs Dr. Ankit
Gupta from
IIT (BHU)
Varanasi and
Dr. Arkopal
K. Goswami
from IIT
Kharagpur		          
2018-2020 Development and
Assessment of Asphalt
Mastic from Typical
Indian and Austrian
Filler Materials with a
New Test Method		 DST 9.5 lakhs Dr. Nikhil
Saboo and Dr.
Ankit Gupta		          
2018-2020 Development and
Assessment of Asphalt
Mastic from Typical
Indian and Austrian
Filler Materials with a
New Test Method		 DST 9.5 lakhs Dr. Nikhil
Saboo and Dr.
Ankit Gupta		          
2019- Assessing the
Suitability of warm
mix asphalt (WMA)
Technology Using
Tribological and
Performance
Characteristics		 Science and
Engineering
Research
Board
(SERB), India		 Rs. 40 Lakhs Dr. Nikhil
Saboo		          
2019- Rheophysics of semi-
rigid road-building
materials and
optimization of their
compositions for the perception of heavy transport load		 Department of
Science and
Technology		 Rs. 10 Lakhs Dr. Nikhil
Saboo and Dr.
Ankit Gupta		          
2019- Life Cycle and
Performance
Assessment of Roads
Constructed Using
Cold Mix Technology		 National Rural
Infrastructural
Development
Agency,
(Ministry of
Rural
Development,
Government
of India)		 20.5 Lakhs Dr. Nikhil
Saboo and Abhisek
Mudgal		          
2019- Performance
Assessment of Roads
Constructed Using
Waste Plastics​​​		 National Rural
Infrastructural
Development
Agency,
(Ministry of
Rural
Development,
Government
of India)		 20.5 Lakhs Dr. Nikhil
Saboo and Dr.
Ankit Gupta		          
2017-2020 Propagation and
mitigation model of
mixed traffic noise for
planning of mid-sized
Indian cities		 MHRD and
MoUD		 Rs. 373.53
Lakhs		 Dr. Brind
Kumar		          
2018-2023 Studying few
aspects of soil
behaviour and
incorporating
them in Limit
Analysis		 DST Rs. 35
Lakhs		 Dr. Manash
Chakraborty		          
2018-2019 Numerical
Analysis of
Shearing Test on
Soils		 IIT (BHU) Rs. 10
Lakhs		 Dr. Manash
Chakraborty		          
  Active Vibration
Control of Smart
Composite and
Sandwich Structures
in Hygrothermal
Environment		 SERB, DST Rs. 19 Lakhs Dr. Rosalin
Sahoo		          
  An Experimental
Approach to
Dynamic Response of
Woven
Fibre composite Plates
in
Hygrothermal
Environment		 IIT (BHU) Rs. 10 Lakhs Dr. Rosalin
Sahoo		          
2019-2022 H2020 SPRING
(Strategic Planning for
Water Resources,
Development and
Implementation of
Novel Biotechnical Treatment Solutions
for Good Practices)		 European
Union-DBT		 Rs 92.0 Lakhs Prof. Prabhat
Kumar Singh,
Dr Shishir
Gaur,
Dr Anurag
Ohri		          
2019-2021 River-Aquifer
Exchanges & Hydro
geological Study for
Watershed
management of Betwa
River Basin.		 NRDMS-DST Rs 25 Lakhs Dr Shishir
Gaur		          
2016-2019 Investigation on
Dynamic Response
Analysis of Shallow
Foundation Resting on
Pond Ash Deposits		 SERB
Division,
Department of
Science &
Technology,
New Delhi,
India		 Rs 36.14
Lakhs		 Dr. Supriya
Mohanty		          
2018-2019 Measurement of Shear
Wave Velocity Using
Bender Element Tests
for Earthquake
Response Analysis		 IIT(BHU),
Varanasi		 Rs 14.65
Lakhs		 Dr. Supriya
Mohanty