R&D Projects as Project Coordinator/Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator: 30

Industry Funded: 07   |  Government Funded / Grant-in-aid: 04  | CSIR Funded Mission Projects: 14   |  CSIR Funded FTT Projects: 02   |  CSIR-CEERI Funded: 03

[30] CSIR Mission Mode Project : AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS) 

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: May 23, 2022 - March 31, 2025 (Ongoing)

  • Nodal Laboratory: CSIR-CEERI

  • Other Participating Laboratories (14): 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

  • Budget: INR 2348.703 Lakhs

  • Role: Mission Project Coordinator

[29] Development of Drone Related Technologies for Society-oriented Smart Sensing and Physical Interventional Applications (CSIR Mission Mode Project : AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS)

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: May 23, 2022 - March 31, 2025 (Ongoing)

  • Collaborating Institutes/Laboratories : CSIR-NAL, CSIR-CMERI, and CSIR-NEERI

  • Budget: INR 411.226 Lakhs (INR 70.672 Lakhs for CSIR-CEERI)

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[28] Resource Constrained AI under MeitY Consortium Project on Development of Application Oriented AI Systems 

• • Funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India

  • Leading/Coordinating Institute: CSIR-CEERI

  • Other Participating Institutes: IIT Indore, IIT Jodhpur, IIIT Allahabad

  • Duration: 2020-2024 (Ongoing)

  • Budget: INR 244.57 Lakhs

  • Role: Chief Investigator

[27] Evaluation of Behavioural Video Analytics System 

• • Funded by United White Metals Ltd., India

  • Duration: 2017-2024 (Ongoing)

  • Budget: INR 202.49 Lakhs

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[26] Development of AI-powered Indigenous Platform for Unmanned Aerial Inspection of Power line Tower Infrastructure (CSIR Mission Mode Project : AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS)

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: May 23, 2022 - March 31, 2025 (Ongoing)

  • Budget: INR 96.049 Lakhs 

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[25] Human Drowsiness Detection Systems Applicable to Drivers and Industrial Workers (CSIR Mission Mode Project : AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS)

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: May 23, 2022 - March 31, 2025 (Ongoing)

  • Collaborating Institutes/Laboratories : CSIR-CRRI

  • Budget: INR 151.705 Lakhs (INR 102.097 Lakhs for CSIR-CEERI)

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[24] Baseline Profiling and ML based Analysis in Three Streams of Air Force through Monitoring of Physiological Parameters (CSIR Mission Mode Project : AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS)

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: May 23, 2022 - March 31, 2025 (Ongoing)

  • Collaborating Institutes/Laboratories : CSIR-IGIB and CSIR-CSIO

  • Budget: INR 166.19 Lakhs (INR 63.599 Lakhs for CSIR-CEERI)

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[23] Design and Development ofHigh-entropy Alloys using Artificial Intelligence for Gas Turbine Applications (CSIR Mission Mode Project : AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS)

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: May 23, 2022 - March 31, 2025 (Ongoing)

  • Collaborating Institutes/Laboratories : CSIR-IIP

  • Budget: INR 225.392 Lakhs (INR 51.113 Lakhs for CSIR-CEERI)

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[22] Human Machine Interface for Navigation of Drone (CSIR Mission Mode Project : AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS)

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: May 23, 2022 - March 31, 2025 (Ongoing)

  • Budget: INR 59.545 Lakhs 

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[21] AI Computing Facility Management and Maintenance (CSIR Mission Mode Project : AI-enabled Technologies and Systems (AITS)

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: May 23, 2022 - March 31, 2025 (Ongoing)

  • Budget: INR 242.900 Lakhs 

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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

• • Funded by CSIR-CEERI

  • Duration: Feb. 2022- 2023 (Ongoing)

  • Budget: INR 13.60 Lakhs

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[19] Autonomous Drones for Warehouse Management 

• • Funded by Cognizant Technology Solution Pvt. Ltd., India

  • Duration: 2018-2022 (Completed)

  • Budget: 106.20 Lakhs

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[18] AI enabled Multi-modal Sensing System for Non-Contact Monitoring of Vital Signs to Screen COVID-19 Suspects 

• • Funded by CSIR, India

  • Duration: 2021-2023  (Completed)

  • Total Project Budget: INR 165.30 Lakhs (INR 23.20 Lakhs for CSIR-CEERI)

  • Other Participating Labs: CSIR-NAL and CSIR-CSIO

  • Role: Principal Investigator (CSIR-CEERI)

[17] Development of Software Package for Automated Attendance Management using FRAS and Development of FRAS Units 

• • Funded by CSIR-CEERI

  • Duration: 2021-2023 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 65.00 Lakhs

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[16] 2D RGB Camera Input based Face Anti-Spoofing Solution  

• • Funded by LG Soft India Pvt. Ltd., India

  • Duration: 2018-2020 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 18.58 Lakhs

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[15] Human Action Recognition System for Industrial Activity Monitoring (CSIR Mission Mode Project - Intelligent Systems) 

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: 2018-2020 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 97.31 Lakhs

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[14] Development of Communication Tower Monitoring and Power Line Monitoring Application using Drones (CSIR Mission Mode Project : Intelligent Systems) 

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: 2018-2020 (Completed)

  • Collaborating Institute: CSIR-NAL

  • Budget: INR 125.00 Lakhs for CSIR-CEERI

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[13] Vision-based Surveillance and Security System (CSIR Mission Mode Project : Security and Surveillance of Vital Installations)

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: 2018-2020 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 363.80 Lakhs

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[12] AI Engine Design and Setup (CSIR Mission Mode Project : Intelligent Systems)

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: 2018-2020 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 309.44 Lakhs

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[11] Development of an Image Processing based System for Monitoring Feed Rate of Materials Moving on a Conveyer 

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: 2018-2020 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 14.92 Lakhs

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[10] Human Fatigue and Drowsiness Detection Applicable to Drivers and Industrial Workers (CSIR Mission Mode Project : Intelligent Systems) 

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: 2018-2020 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 123.64 Lakhs

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[09] AI based Healthcare Systems (CSIR Mission Mode Project : Intelligent Systems) 

• • Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

  • Duration: 2018-2020 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 191.47 Lakhs

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[08] Development of Computer Vision Algorithms for UAV 

• • Funded by CSIR – National Aerospace Laboratories, India

  • Duration: 2018-2019 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 46.44 Lakhs

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[07] Non-Intrusive Healthcare Analytics 

• • Funded by Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd., India

  • Duration: 2018-2019 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 67.67 Lakhs

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[06] Chronic Disease Detection (Primarily Cardiac Arrhythmia Detection) 

• • Funded by Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd., India

  • Duration: 2018-2019 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 29.50 Lakhs

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[05] National Programme on Perception Engineering – Phase II for Design of an Embedded System for Low Cost Haptic Rendering of Emotion Expressions to the Blind 

• • Funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India

  • Duration: 2013-2018 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 109.14 Lakhs

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[04] Healthcare Home Assistance System 

• • Funded by Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd., India

  • Duration: 2017-2018 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 20.53 Lakhs

  • Role: Co-Principal Investigator

[03] Development of Detailed SOW for Behavioural Video Analytics 

• • Funded by United White Metals Ltd., India

  • Duration: 2016-2017 (Completed)

  • Budget: INR 4.78 Lakhs   

  • Role: Principal Investigator 

[02] CEERI-IIT Indore Joint R&D Programme -Hardware Realization of Machine Learning Algorithms 

• • Funded by CSIR-CEERI & IIT Indore, India

  • Duration: 2017-2019 (Completed)

  • Budget: 6.00 Lakhs

  • Role: Principal Investigator

[01] Design of an Embedded Processor for Smart Camera Systems 

• • Funded by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) , India

  • Duration: 2007-2011 (Completed)

  • Budget: 51.42 Lakhs

  • Role: Technical Lead

R&D Projects as Team Member 

• Special Manpower Development Programme for Chips-to-System Design (SMDP-C2SD) 

  • Funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India

  • Duration: 2015-2022 (Completed)

  • Total Number of Participating Institutions: 60

  • Role: R&D Team Member

• High Resolution Air Quality Monitoring and Air Pollutant Data Analytics 

  • Funded under DST-Intel Collaborative Research Program by Department of Science and Technology (DST), India

  • Duration: 2017-2020 (Completed)

  • Role: R&D Team Member

• Special Manpower Development Programme in VLSI Design and Related Software (SMDP-II) 

  • Funded by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) , India

  • Duration: 2005-2014 (Completed)

  • Total Number of Participating Institutions: 32

  • Role: R&D Team Member

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

  • Funded by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) , India

  • Duration: 2008-2012 (Completed)

  • Role: R&D Team Member

Academic R&D Projects 

• Hardware Accelerators for Automated Video Surveillance Systems 

  • Doctorate Degree Thesis Work (2015)

  • As a part of Sponsored Project Funded by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India

• Design of a 32-bit RISC Processor for Smart Camera Applications 

  • Master of Technology (M.Tech.) Dissertation Work (2007)

  • As a part of Sponsored Project Funded by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India

• Thin Film Deposition for Cu: Future ULSI Era Interconnect Material  

  • Master of Technology (M.Tech.) Project Work (2006)

• Power Optimized Machine Code Generation for ASIP for Hindi TTS  

  • Master of Science (M.Sc.) Dissertation Work (2004)

  • As a part of Sponsored Project Funded by Department of Information Technology (DIT), Govt. of India

• Fabrication & C-V Characterization of MOS  

  • Master of Science (M.Sc.) Project Work (2004)