Sponsored Projects
Project Title: Speech-Based Access of Agricultural Commodity Prices and Weather Information in 12 Indian Languages/Dialects
Project Type: Consortium Project (ASR Phase-II)
Chief Investigator of the Consortium: Prof. S. Umesh, IIT Madras.
Consortium Members: IIT Madras (Overall project coordination), TIFR Mumbai, IISc Bangalore, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Guwahati, IIT Bombay , SIT Tumkur, IIT Kharagpur, DA-IICT Gandhinagar, , C-DAC Kolkata, IIT Bhubaneshwar, BIT Mesra.
Proposed Funding Amount for DA-IICT Team: Rs. 44. 70 Lacks
Funding Agency: Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India.
Duration: 2 years, Aug. 2014- Aug. 2016 (ongoing)
Project Title: Development of Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis system in Indian Languages: High Quality Text-to-Speech Synthesis and Small Footprint TTS Integrated with Disability Aids (Link)
Project Type: Consortium Project (TTS Phase II)
Chief Investigator of the Consortium: Prof. Hema A. Murthy, IIT Madras.
Consortium Members: IIT Madras (Overall project coordination), C-DAC, Tiruvananthapuram, C-DAC, Mumbai, C-DAC, Kolkata, IIIT Hyderabad, IISc, Bangalore IIT, Guwahati, SSNCE, Chennai, University of Guwahati, DA-IICT Gandhinagar, IIT, Kharagpur, IIT, Mandi.
Funding Agency: Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India.
Approved Funding Amount for DA-IICT TTS Team: Rs. 76. 90 Lacks
Duration: 26 Dec. 2011- 26 Dec. 2014, 3 years. Extended till 31st December 2015 (ongoing).
Project Title: Development of Prosodically Guided Phonetic Engine for Searching Speech Databases in Indian Languages (Link)
Project Type: Consortium Project
Chief Investigator of the Consortium: Prof. B. Yegnanarayana, IIIT Hyderabad.
Consortium Members: IIIT Hyderabad (Overall project coordination), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT) Gandhinagar, IIT Kanpur, Thapar University Patiala, IIT Guwahati, Tezpur University Napaam, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Shillong, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RIT) Kottayam IIT Hyderabad and IIT Kharagpur.
Funding Agency: Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India.
Approved Funding Amount for DA-IICT Prosody Team: Rs. 50. 60 Lacks
Duration: Dec. 23, 2011 - Dec. 22, 2012, 2 years (ongoing)
Project Title: Development of Infant Cry Analyzer using Source and System Features
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India.
Scheme: DST FAST TRACK SCHEME FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS
Approved Funding Amount: Rs. 5.96 Lacks
Duration: Jan 2013-Dec. 2015, 3 years (ongoing)
Project Title: India Digital Heritage (IDH) – A DST Initiative
Project coordinators:
For Technology Projects: Prof. Sharat Chandran (Professor, Dept. of CSE, IIT Bombay)
For Cultural Projects: Prof. Ranganathan (Professor, NIAS, IISc Bangalore Campus)
Cultural Team Institutions: NIAS IISc Campus Bangalore, IIACD Bangalore, NID Bangalore, VVD college, Hyderabad, Kannada University Hampi, Crafts Council of Karnataka, Bangalore, SEKOS: Architects and Interior Designers Bangalore, Art, Resources and Teaching Trust Bangalore, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology IISc Bangalore.
Technology Team Institutions: IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, ISI Kolkata, DA-IICT Gandhinagar and IIIT Hyderabad.
DA-IICT Team Members
Principal Investigator: Prof. M. V. Joshi, DA-IICT Gandhinagar
Co-investigator: Dr. Hemant A. Patil, (DA-IICT Gandhinagar) Co-investigator: Prof. Mukesh A. Zaveri (SVNIT, Surat)
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India.
Approved Funding Amount: Rs. 37.60 Lacks
Duration: March 2011- March 2014, Extended till June 30, 2015 (ongoing)