Project

Funding Agency

Ongoing Research Projects

1. Title : Chemical Innovations For Sustainable Future 2020- 2024 ( Principal Investigator), 1.92 Crores,Funding Agency : UGC-DAAD, Under Indo-German Higher Education Partnerships, PI ( Just sanctioned)

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: Developing Sustainable Enantioselective Carbonheteroatom Bond Formations Employing Dearomatisation reactions (EDRs), 30 Lakhs, 2021-2024,Funding Agency: CSIR, PI

4. Title : MOE-StarsProject title: Photo and Electrocatalytic Approaches Towards Carbon Heteroatom Bond Generations,30 Lakhs, 2023-2026,Domain: Chemical Sciences,PI Institute: IIT Indore

5. Title : Sustainable Synthesis of Drug Targets, Machine Learning, Chemoenzymatic Resolution and Advancing Tech-transfer Chemical Education in India and Norway. 1.14 Crores. Funding Agency: UGC and Indo-Norway Higher Education,2024-2028

6. Title : Livelihood interventions for Scheduled Caste labourers through “Shramik Vikas” community-partnered training programs in Simrol Block, Indore District, Madhya Pradesh State. 1 Crore,2024-2027,Funding Agency: DST, Department of Science and Technology.

Completed Research Projects

1. 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

2. Title : Injectable Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite- Polyanhydride Based Paste for Bone Substitution, 48 Lakhs
Funding Agency : Department of Biotechnology. ( Co- Investigator) Status : 2017-2020

3. Title : Intramural Project on Organic Farming, 5 Lakhs
Funding Agency : National Institute of Technology Rourkela ( Principal Investigator) Status : 2018-2019

4. Title : Ruthenium catalysed Non-Metathesis Couplings, 35 Lakhs
Curriculum Vitae 4 Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology Indian National Science Academy- INSPIRE FACULTY AWARD. ( Principal Investigator) Status : 2014-2019

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Title: WASTE-TO-WEALTH- SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE ORGANIC FARMING TECHNIQUE, 45 Lakhs, 2021-2025
Funding Agency: CSR, Rourkela Steel Plant, PI (Transferred to NIT Rourkela)

9. 2. Title: Developing Enantioselective Carbon-heteroatom Bond Formations Employing Visible Light, 44 Lakhs, 2021-2024Funding Agency: SERB, Department of Science and Technology, PI

Miscellaneous

LIST OF LABORATORIES DEVELOPED

At IIT Indore

Organic Synthesis and Molecular Engineering Laboratory

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