Funding

As Principal Investigator

1. Development of Cost-Effective 2.5 kW PEM Fuel Cell Stack based on Less-Pt Bimetallic Electrocatalysts and Mesoporous Carbon Support Materials", 3.86 Cr, Center for High Technology, Delhi/Ministry of Petroleum & Natural gas, (BPCL as Industrial Partner), (Approved)

2. "Development of Portable, Microfluidic NH₄⁺ Ion Selective Electrochemical Sensor Platform based on Functional Nano-TiN Films for Re-Circulating Aquaculture Systems for Sustainable Environment", 65.92 lakhs, DST-WTI, New Delhi, Ongoing (2020-2023)

3. "Development of Mesoporous TiN@Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanostructured Support Materials with Less-Pt Electrocatalysts for Durable and Low-cost PEM Fuel Cells" 54.51 lakhs, DST-CERI, Technology Mission Division, Ongoing (2019-2023)

4. "Development of Self-Cleaning Coatings based on Super-hydrophobicity for non-PV applications" 73.75 lakhs, ONGC Energy Center Trust, New Delhi, Completed (Sept 2019-Aug 2020)

5. "Upscaling the technology and preliminary field trials for Self-Cleaning Coatings based on Superhydrophobicity for Solar Panel applications" 54.99 lakhs, ONGC Energy Center Trust, New Delhi, Completed (Sept 2019-May 2020)

6. “Development of Self-Cleaning Coatings Based on Superhydrophobicity for Solar Panel Applications”, 99.43 lakhs, (ONGC, New Delhi), Completed (2016-2018)

7. “Fabrication & Characterization of Nanoimprinted High Efficiency Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells”, 120 lakhs, (DST-SERI , New Delhi), Completed (2016-2019)

8. “Development of Novel, Single-Step Production of Metal Oxide Based Aligned, Electrospun Core-Shell Nanofibers and Quantitative Assessment of Their Gas Sensor Performance”, 56.39 lakhs ,DST-SERB, New Delhi, Completed (2016-2019)

9. "Development of Oxygen Nanosensor for Automotive Applications" 9.84 lakhs, TVS Motors, Hosur, Completed (2016-2018)

10. “Development of Portable Toxic Gas Sensors Based on Hybrid Metal Nanoparticles-MWCNT Composite Nanofibers for Environmental Monitoring”, 49.19 lakhs, (National Programme on Micro and Smart Systems (NPMASS), ADA, Bangalore), Completed, (2011-2014)

11. “Development of Hybrid Core-Shell Nanoparticles Based Sensor for NO₂ gas Detection for Chemical Environment and Safety Applications”, 24.28 lakhs, (IGCAR, Kalpakkam-PSGCT, Coimbatore), Completed (2010-2013)

As Co- Principal Investigator

1. "Development of Low-ppm Ammonia sensors using NiO/CeO₂ heterostructured nanofibers" 30.23 lakhs, SERB (PI: Dr.Sudip Kumar Sinha, NIT, Raipur), Ongoing (2019-2022).

2. "Sensing CO, NO₂ and NO with Plasmonic Materials for High Temperature Applications", 27.76 lakhs, Aeronautics Research and Development Board (AR&DB) (PI: Dr. Gnanaprakash Dharmalingam), Completed (2018-2021)

3. "Synthesis and Study of the behavior of monolayer and multilayer AMO₃ (where A = Ba, Ca, Sr and M = Ge, Sn) perovskite thin films for applications as Transparent Conducting Oxides", 26.85 lakhs , Aeronautics Research and Development Board (AR&DB) (PI: Dr. Anuradha Ashok), Completed (2018-2021)

4. "Development of a Novel Biosensing Platform based on in-situ Spectroelectrochemical Approach for Selective Detection of Dopamine using Metal@Metal Oxide Core-Shell Nanoparticles" 25.01 lakhs, DST-SERB (Young scientist) (PI: Dr. R. Sivasubramanian), Completed (2016-2018)

5. "Microbial Synthesis of TiO₂ Nanoparticles and its Application in the Development of Impregnated Nanofibrous Membrane for Fluoride Removal from Drinking Water" 12.98 lakhs, DRDO-LSRB, New Delhi (PI:Dr.R.Selvakumar), Completed (2011-2013)

Funding Agencies & Industrial Collaborators