R&D Projects as Project Coordinator/Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator: 39

Industry Funded: 07   |  Government Funded / Grant-in-aid: 05  | CSIR Funded: 24 (Mission Projects: 22  + FTT Projects: 02)   |  CSIR-CEERI Funded: 03

Ongoing  [More Details Here]

1. 1. Loitering Munition UAV with Stealth Features - CSIR Mission Mode Project

[Project Coordinator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2025-28 | ₹ 224.270  Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 2. Design and Development of Computer Vision Algorithms for Target Detection, Tracking & Homing

[Principal Investigator / Workpackage Nodal (CSIR-CEERI, CSIR-CSIO and CSIR-NAL) | 2025-28 | ₹ 223.150 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 3. CSIR League for AI-based Industrial Manifestation (CLAIM) – MMP015203 - CSIR Mission Mode Project 

[Project Coordinator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2025-28 | ₹ 205.474 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 4. Learned Lensless Camera System using Accelerated Inverse Computational Imaging 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2025-28 | ₹ 79.022 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 5. AI for Project Resource Integration and Management for Efficient Governance (AI-PRIME) 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI, CSIR-HQ, and CSIR-4PI) | 2025-28 | ₹ 106.925 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 6. Spatio-Geometric Foundational Model 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2025-28 | ₹ 588.322 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 7. Baseline profiling and ML-based analysis for cognitive differentiation of alertness from a state of fatigue/drowsiness through physiological and neurocognitive profiling 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI, CSIR-IGIB, and CSIR-CSIO) | 2025-28 | ₹ 199.839  Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 8. Indigenous Development and Manufacturing of Machines, Devices, and Assembly Lines – MMP015202 - CSIR Mission Mode Project 

[Project Coordinator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2024-27 | ₹ 216.322 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 9. Comprehensive (Environmental, Ecological, Anthropogenic, and others) Risk Assessment Data for Heritage Sites and Development of Smart Heritage Management Systems 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI, IIT Jodhpur, and CSIR-NEERI) | 2024-27 | ₹ 171.277  Lakh | DST Funded]

Completed [More Details Here]

1. 10. AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS) -  HCP0042 - CSIR Mission Mode Project 

[Mission Project Coordinator | 2022-25 | ₹ 23.487 Crore | CSIR-CEERI (Nodal Lab), CSIR-4PI, CSIR-IGIB, CSIR-CSIO, CSIR-IMMT, CSIR-CRRI, CSIR-NAL, CSIR-NEERI, CSIR-CGCRI, CSIR-NML, CSIR-CMERI, CSIR-NIO, CSIR-AMPRI, CSIR-IIP, and CSIR-CECRI) | CSIR Funded]

1. 11. Development of Drone Related Technologies for Society-oriented Smart Sensing and Physical Interventional Applications

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI, CSIR-NAL, CSIR-CMERI, and CSIR-NEERI) | 2022-25 | ₹ 411.226 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 12. Resource Constrained AI under MeitY Consortium Project on Development of Application Oriented AI Systems 

[Chief Investigator (CSIR-CEERI, IIT Indore, IIT Jodhpur, IIIT Allahabad) | 2020-24 | ₹ 244.57 Lakh | MeitY Funded]

1. 13. Evaluation of Behavioural Video Analytics System 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2020-24 | ₹ 202.49 Lakh | Industry (UWML) Funded]

1. 14. Development of AI-powered Indigenous Platform for Unmanned Aerial Inspection of Power line Tower Infrastructure 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2022-25 | ₹ 96.049 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 15. Human Drowsiness Detection Systems Applicable to Drivers and Industrial Workers 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2022-25 | ₹ 151.705 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 16. Baseline Profiling and ML based Analysis in Three Streams of Air Force through Monitoring of Physiological Parameters 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI, CSIR-IGIB and CSIR-CSIO) | 2022-25 | ₹ 166.19 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 17. Design and Development of High-entropy Alloys using Artificial Intelligence for Gas Turbine Applications 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI and CSIR-IIP) | 2022-25 | ₹ 225.392 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 18. Human Machine Interface for Navigation of Drone 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2022-25 | ₹ 59.545 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 19. AI Computing Facility Management and Maintenance 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2022-25 | ₹ 242.900 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 20. LEATHERGRADE Version 2.0: Development of Multi-camera based Machine Vision System for Online Leather Surface Inspection and Grading

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2022-23 | ₹ 13.60 Lakh | CSIR-CEERI Funded]

1. 21. Autonomous Drones for Warehouse Management

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2018-21 | ₹ 106.20 Lakh | Industry (Cognizant) Funded]

1. 22. AI enabled Multi-modal Sensing System for Non-Contact Monitoring of Vital Signs to Screen COVID-19 Suspects 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI, CSIR-NAL, and CSIR-CSIO) | 2021-23 | ₹ 165.30 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 23. Development of Software Package for Automated Attendance Management using FRAS and Development of FRAS Units

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI and CSIR-IIP) | 2021-23 | ₹ 65.00 Lakh | CSIR-CEERI Funded]

1. 24.  2D RGB Camera Input based Face Anti-Spoofing Solution  

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2018-20 | ₹ 18.58 Lakh | Industry (LG) Funded]

1. 25. Human Action Recognition System for Industrial Activity Monitoring 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2018-20 | ₹ 97.31  Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 26. Development of Communication Tower Monitoring and Power Line Monitoring Application using Drones 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI and CSIR-NAL) | 2018-20 | ₹ 125.00 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 27. Vision-based Surveillance and Security System 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2018-20 | ₹ 363.80 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 28. AI Engine Design and Setup 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2018-20 | ₹ 309.44 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 29. Development of an Image Processing based System for Monitoring Feed Rate of Materials Moving on a Conveyer 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI and CSIR-IMMT) | 2018-20 | ₹ 14.92 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 30. Human Fatigue and Drowsiness Detection Applicable to Drivers and Industrial Workers 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2018-20 | ₹ 123.64 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 31. AI based Healthcare Systems 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI and CSIR-IGIB) | 2018-20 | ₹ 191.47 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 32. Development of Computer Vision Algorithms for UAV 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI and CSIR-NAL) | 2018-19 | ₹ 46.44 Lakh | CSIR Funded]

1. 33. Non-Intrusive Healthcare Analytics 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2018-19 | ₹ 67.67 Lakh | Industry (Samsung) Funded]

1. 34. Chronic Disease Detection (Primarily Cardiac Arrhythmia Detection) 

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2018-19 | ₹ 29.50 Lakh | Industry (Samsung) Funded]

1. 35. National Programme on Perception Engineering – Phase II for Design of an Embedded System for Low Cost Haptic Rendering of Emotion Expressions to the Blind 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2013-18 | ₹ 109.14 Lakh | MCIT/MeitY Funded]

1. 36. Healthcare Home Assistance System

[Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2017-18 | ₹ 20.53 Lakh | Industry (Samsung) Funded]

1. 37. Development of Detailed SOW for Behavioural Video Analytics 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI) | 2016-17 | ₹ 4.78 Lakh | Industry (UWML) Funded]

1. 38. CEERI-IIT Indore Joint R&D Programme -Hardware Realization of Machine Learning Algorithms 

[Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI and IIT Indore) | 2017-19 | ₹ 6.00 Lakh | CSIR-CEERI Funded]

1. 39. Design of an Embedded Processor for Smart Camera Systems 

[Technical Lead (CSIR-CEERI and IIT Delhi) | 2007-11 | ₹ 51.42 Lakh | MCIT/MeitY Funded]

R&D Projects as Team Member [More Details Here]

1. 40. Special Manpower Development Programme for Chips-to-System Design (SMDP-C2SD)  

[Team Member | 2015-22 | MCIT/MeitY Funded]

1. 41. High Resolution Air Quality Monitoring and Air Pollutant Data Analytics 

[Team Member | 2017-20 | DST-Intel Funded]

1. 42. National Programme on Perception Engineering (Activities: Facial Expression Analysis and Tele-teaching System)  

[Team Member | 2008-12 | MCIT/MeitY Funded]

1. 43. Special Manpower Development Programme in VLSI Design and Related Software (SMDP-II)  

[Team Member | 2005-14 | DIT/MCIT/MeitY Funded]

Academic R&D Projects [More Details Here]

1. 44. Hardware Accelerators for Automated Video Surveillance Systems 

[Doctorate Degree Thesis Work (2015) | As a part of Sponsored Project Funded by MCIT/MeitY]

1. 45. Design of a 32-bit RISC Processor for Smart Camera Applications 

[M.Tech. Dissertation Work (2007) | As a part of Sponsored Project Funded by MCIT/MeitY]

1. 46. Thin Film Deposition for Cu: Future ULSI Era Interconnect Material 

[M.Tech. Project Work (2006)]

1. 47. Power Optimized Machine Code Generation for ASIP for Hindi TTS 

[M.Sc. Dissertation Work (2004) | As a part of Sponsored Project Funded by DIT/MeitY]

1. 48. Fabrication & C-V Characterization of MOS  

[M.Sc. Project Work (2004)]