Projects

Funding Agency

Sponsored Project Details:

Ongoing Research Projects at IIT Indore:

  1. Title : Building 3D chemical space by Dearomatization of Electronically Challenging 2D (hetero)arenes Employing Visible Light and NIR , 55 Lakhs, PI Funding Agency : ANRF, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. Of India, 2025-28
  2. Title: Fostering Innovation to Environmental Sustainability and Energy Technologies for a Greener Future. Total amount: Rs. 33.5 Crores out of Rs. 100 Crores ( 2025-2030) Funding Agency: ANRF PAIR- Project SAKSHAM – (Green- FIEST) (Theme Lead)
  3. Title: Development of Portable Kit -An Alternative to Traditional Post Harvest Management. Total amount: Rs. 1.26 Crores ( 2025-2030) Funding Agency: TIH- IIT Bombay
  4. Title: Developement of Portable Kit – An Alternative to Traditional Post Harvest Management Employing Photodynamic Inactivation. Total amount: 12.5 lakhs. Funding Agency: AgriHub: Innovation Hub for Agriculture (AI/ML & Deep Learning Center of Excellence) scheme, IIT Indore. Duration- 2025-2027
  5. Title : Livelihood interventions for Scheduled Caste labourer through “Shramik Vikas” community partnered training programs in Simrol Block, Indore District, Madhya Pradesh State, Rs. 1 Crore, Co-PI, 2025-28 Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology, Govt. Of India
  6. Title : Sustainable Synthesis of Drug Targets, Machine Learning, Chemoenzymatic Resolution and Advancing Tech-transfer Chemical Education in India and Norway, Rs. 1.14 Crores, PI, 2024-27 Funding Agency : UGC, Govt. Of India
  7. Title – Photo and Electro Catalytic Approaches Towards Carbon Heteroatom Bond generations, 30 Lakhs, PI Funding Agency – MOE STARS , 2023-2026
  8. Title :  Chemical Innovations For Sustainable Future 2020- 2024 ( Principal Investigator), 192 Lakhs Funding Agency : UGC-DAAD, Under Indo-German Higher Education Partnerships, PI
  9. Title: Developing Sustainable Enantioselective Carbonheteroatom Bond Formations Employing Dearomatisation reactions (EDRs), 30 Lakhs, 2021-2024 Funding Agency: CSIR, PI
  10. Title : Technology Dissemination of Compressed Colored Composite for a wide range of products to support sustainable rural infrastructure, INR 59,40,000, 2023-2025 Funding agency – DST, GOI Co-PI
  11. Title: Alternative treatment approaches for individuals with mutations in thyroid hormone transporters, INR 59,40,000, 2025-2027 Funding agency – ICMR, GOI Co-PI

Completed Research Projects

  1. Title: Developing Enantioselective Carbon-heteroatom Bond Formations Employing Visible Light, 44 Lakhs, 2021-2024  Funding Agency: SERB, Department of  Science and Technology, PI
  2. Title: Developing of Efficient Tribromides as Versatile Fine Oxidative Dearomatisation Reagents, 30 Lakhs, 2021-2023 Funding Agency: SERB, Department of  Science and Technology, SERB TETRA AWARD, PI
  3. Title: WASTE-TO-WEALTH” – SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE ORGANIC FARMING TECHNIQUE, 45 Lakhs, 2021-2025  Funding Agency: CSR, Rourkela Steel Plant, PI  (Transferred  to another PI at NIT Rourkela)
  4. Title :  Exploring Molecular Intricacy – Developing Facile Catalytic Asymmetric Oxidative Dearomatisation Reactions (CAODRs) 2017- 2020 ( Principal Investigator), 42 Lakhs Funding Agency : SERB, Department of  Science and Technology, PI
  5. Title :  Injectable Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite- Polyanhydride Based Paste for Bone Substitution, 48 Lakhs Funding Agency : Department of Biotechnology. ( Co- Investigator) Status :  2017-2020
  6. Title :  Intramural Project on Preparation of Low Cost Oxygen Concerntrator with Start up Yarev Technologies, FTBI NIT Rkl, 2 Lakhs Funding Agency : NIT Rourkela. ( Principal Investigator) Status :  2021-22
  7. Title :  Intramural Project on Organic Farming, 5 Lakhs Funding Agency : National Institute of Technology Rourkela ( Principal Investigator) Status :  2018-2019
  8. Title :  Ruthenium catalysed Non-Metathesis Couplings, 35 Lakhs Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology – Indian National Science Academy- INSPIRE FACULTY AWARD. ( Principal Investigator) Status :  2014-2019
  9. Title: Synthesis of Medicinally Important Natural Products employing Cyclopropyl Ring- Cleavage and Oxidative de-aromatization reactions, 25 Lakhs Funding Agency : SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India ( Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists) Status: 2013 – 2016
  10. Title : Design of Multipurpose Photo reactor and Photoreactions, 5 Lakhs Funding Agency : Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-II, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India  Status :   2014-15
  11. Title : Ruthenium Catalysed Atom-economic Transformations, 17 Lakhs Funding Agency : Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Govt. of India (Young Scientist Research Award Scheme) Status :   2014-2017 

Secured a Funding of Rs 2 Lakhs from SERB to conduct “Rural Innovators Conclave” at IIT Indore

Entrepreneurship Projects Brought and Headed the Incubation Centre at NIT Rourkela: (Completed)

  1. ASPIRE Livelihood Business Incubator- funded by MSME of Value of 1 Crore
  2. Startup India Seed Fund Scheme by DPIIT MOC&I of value of 5 Crore
  3. MCL CSR Support Programme for “Supporting Foundation For Technology & Business Incubator ( FTBI) and establishment of MCL IoT Lab, 2.61 Crores
  4. DST NIDHI Technology Business Incubator- 4.5 Crores
  5. DST NIDHI Entrepreneurship-in-Residence Programme- 39.6 Lakhs
  6. MeitY Startup Hub TIDE 2.0 programme- 1.72 Crores

Miscellaneous

LIST OF LABORATORIES DEVELOPED

At IIT Indore

— Organic Synthesis and Molecular Engineering Laboratory, POD 1E-203B, IIT Indore

At NIT Rourkela

— Organic Synthesis and Molecular engineering laboratory, Lab No. 405, BM-BT, NIT Rourkela
— Chemical Innovation Laboratory, Under the INDO-German Higher Education Partnership (IGP), lab No. 420, BM-BT, NIT Rourkela