SPONSORED PROJECT:
1. Title: Application of genetic algorithm for minimization of machining time and CL-data file size in CNC machining of free form surfaces (FFS)
Investigators: Dr. A. RoyChoudhury (PI), Dr. S. Paul (Co-PI), Dr. D.K. Pratihar (Co-PI)
Funding agency: MHRD, New Delhi
Duration: 2 years (w.e.f. May’03)
Cost: 7 lakhs
Status: Completed
2. Title: Design and development of adaptive robot controller – using soft computing
Investigators: Dr. D.K. Pratihar (PI), Dr. A. RoyChoudhury (Co-PI)
Funding agency: DST, New Delhi
Duration: 2 years 3 months (w.e.f. January’04)
Cost: 8.35 lakhs
Status: Completed
3. Title: Establishment of an advanced research facility for EB welding and process development related to programs of interest to DAE
Investigators: Prof. GL Datta (PI), Prof. I. Manna (Co-PI), Dr. D.K. Pratihar (one of the members of Project Implementation Committee)
Funding agency: BRNS, DAE, Mumbai
Duration: 3 years w.e.f. 7.3.2007
Cost: Total: Rs. 1,32,53,900 (portion of IIT Kharagpur: Rs.42,53,900)
Status: Completed
4. Title: Intelligent data mining for forward and reverse modelling of manufacturing processes
Investigators: Dr. D.K. Pratihar (PI), Dr. P. P. Bandyopadhyay (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: DST, NEW DELHI
Duration: 3 years w.e.f. 02.05.2008
Cost: Rs. 14,16,166
Status: Completed
5. Title: Soccer Robots: Small Sized League (SSR)
Investigators: Prof. J. Mukhopadhyay (PI), Prof. S. sarkar (PI), Dr. D.K. Pratihar (Co-PI), Dr. G. Harit (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: SRIC, IIT KGP
Duration: 1 year
Cost: Rs. 4,80,000
Status: Completed
6. Title: Pre-clinical analysis of failure mechansims and design optimization of acetabular prosthesis
Investigators: Prof. S. Gupta (PI), Prof. D.K. Pratihar (Co-PI), Dr. S.K. Marya (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: DBT, New-Delhi
Duration: 3 years (w.e.f. 17.06.2010)
Cost: Rs. 23,38,000
Status: Completed
7. Title: Biological assessment of current and novel total knee replacements
Consultants: Prof. S. Gupta (PI), Prof. M. Browne (PI), Prof. D.K. Pratihar (Co-PI), Prof. A. Dickinson (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: UK INDIA Education and Research Initiative, British High Commission
Duration: 23 months (W.E.F. 01.02.2012)
Cost: Rs. 10,41,810
Status: Completed
8. Title: Rehabilitation Robotics (RCR)
Investigators: Dr. D.K. Pratihar (PI), Dr. S. Gupta (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: SRIC, IITKGP
Duration: 2014 to March, 2019
Cost: Rs. 4,50,000/-
Status: Completed
9. Title: Robo-Soccer research by Kharagpur Robot Soccer Students Group (KRS)
Investigators: Prof. J. Mukhopadhyay (PI), Prof. D.K. Pratihar (Co-PI), and others
Funding Agency: SRIC, IITKGP
Duration: 1.5.2014 up to March, 2019
Cost: Rs. 57,52,700/-
Status: Completed
10. Title: User emotion classification from keyboard keystroke (UEK)
Investigators: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI), Prof. P.P. Chakrabarti (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: SRIC, IITKGP
Duration: 3 years w.e.f. 11.4.2014
Cost: Rs. 40,000/-
Status: Completed
11. Title: Research on AGV (GAV)
Investigators: Prof. D. Chakravarty (Mining) (PI), Prof. P.P. Chakrabarti (Co-PI), Prof. D.K. Pratihar (Co-PI), and others
Funding Agency: SRIC, IITKGP
Duration: 3 years w.e.f. 27.06.2014
Cost: Rs. 2,68,30000/-
Status: Completed
12. Title: E-Business Center of Excellence (ECO)
Investigators: Prof. M.K. Tiwari (PI), Prof. M. Jenamani (PI), Prof. D.K. Pratihar, and others (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: MHRD, Deptt. of Higher Education, New-Delhi
Duration: 4 years w.e.f. 8.8.2014
Cost: Rs. 3,76,79,053/-
Status: Completed
13. Title: Understanding EB welding of Copper-Chromium-Zirconium alloy through real experiments and data analysis using soft computing
Investigators: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI), Prof. D. Chakrabarti (Co-PI), Dr. M.N. Jha (PC)
Funding Agency: DAE (BRNS), Govt. of India, Mumbai
No. 34/14/66/2014-BRNS/34074 Date 24.5.2018
Duration: 01.04.2015 -
Cost: Rs. 26,79,325/-
Status: Completed
14. Title: Cooperative multi-UAV exploration
Investigators: Prof. P.K. Biswas (ECE) (PI), Prof. D.K. Pratihar and others (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: SRIC, IITKGP
Duration: 3 years w.e.f. 25.2.2015
Cost: Rs. 15,20,000/-
Status: Completed
15. Autonomous aerial navigation (AUA)
Investigators: Prof. S. Kumar (PI); Prof. D.K. Pratihar and others (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: SRIC, IIT KGP
Duration: 1 year w.e.f 10.1.15
Cost: Rs. 39,57,120/-
Status: Completed
16. Optimal Design and Development of Powered Ankle Prosthetic Device for Human Locomotion (ODL)
Investigators: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI) and Prof. Sudipta Mukhopadhyay (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: MHRD
Duration: 01.04.2016 up to 31.03.2019
Cost: Rs. 11,49,816/-
Status: Completed
17. Drone for vaccine delivery (TPV)
Investigators: Prof. S. Kumar (PI), Prof. D.K. Pratihar (Co-PI), and others
Funding Agency: ICMR, New Delhi
Duration: 23.05.2018 – 23.05.2021
Cost: Rs. 50,09,766/-
Status: Completed
18. Hybrid Mobile Manipulator: Uninterrupted manipulation and Locomotion on Uneven Terrain
Investigator: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI)
Funding Agency: SRIC, IIT KGP
Duration: 2 years w.e.f. 1.7.2018
Cost: Rs. 4,96,000/-
Status: Completed
19. Large scale 3D scene reconstruction using visual-inertial sensor fusion
Investigator: Prof. Rambabu Roy (PI), Prof. D.K. Pratihar (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: SRIC, IIT KGP
Duration: 2 years w.e.f. 15.7.2018
Cost: Rs. 9,50,000/-
Status: Completed
20. Development of autonomous multipurpose agricultural robotic platform
Investigators: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI), Prof. A.K. Deb (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India
Duration: 28.06.2019 to 27.12.2021
Cost: Rs. 47,60,339/-
Status: Completed
21. High speed walking gait control of a life size humanoid robot targeted for defence and humanitarian aid
applications
Investigator: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI), Shashtri Fellowship along with Prof. (Dr.) Alex, University of Calgary,
Canada
Funding Agency: Shashtri Institute, Delhi
Duration: 22.3.2019 to 30.09.2021
Cost: Rs. 1,65,643/-
Status: Completed
22. Development of Intelligent Wheeled Mobile Manipulator as Agricultural Robot
Investigator (as Mentor): Prof. D.K. Pratihar of 2 UG and 2 PG students
Funding Agency: TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE (coordinated by IIT Bombay, and funded by the DST, Govt. of
India)
Duration: 27.03.2023 for 14 months
Cost: Rs. 7,37,200
Status: Completed
23. Development of Intelligent and User-friendly Prosthetic for Real-World Applications
Investigator (as Mentor): Prof. D.K. Pratihar of 2 UG and 2 PG students
Funding Agency: TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE (coordinated by IIT Bombay, and funded by the DST, Govt. of
India)
Duration: 19.02.2024 for 24 months
Cost: Rs. 8,61,200
Status: On-going
CONSULTANCY PROJECT:
1. Title: Pressure drop characteristics of Y- and Basket-type strainers
Consultants: Prof. B. Maiti (PI); Dr. D.K. Pratihar (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: Sarojini Enterprises, 11 Subol Chandra Lane, Kolkata 700009
Duration: 04.02.2008 - 11.02.2008
Cost: 0.51574 lakhs
Status: Completed
2. Title: Optimal design of leaf springs
Consultant: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI)
Funding Agency: Soni Auto & Allied Industries Ltd.
Duration: 15.03.2014 - 14.06.2014
Cost: 1.11012 lakhs
Status: Completed
3. Title: Failure study of GT-PAC through IIT Kharagpur
Consultant: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI)
Funding Agency: MATIX Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd., Panagarh, Dist. Bardhaman, W.B.
Duration: 23.11.2023 – 22.05.2023
Cost: 8.0 Lakhs
Status: Completed
4. Title: Failure Analysis of Reformer PIGTAILS
Consultant: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI); Prof. D. Chakrabarti (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: MATIX Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd., Panagarh, Dist. Bardhaman, W.B.
Duration: 30.01.2023 – 29.07.2023
Cost: 9.8176 Lakhs
Status: Completed
5. Title: Failure Analysis of Rotor Blade
Consultant: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI)
Funding Agency: MATIX Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd., Panagarh, Dist. Bardhaman, W.B.
Duration: 20.02.2023 – 19.08.2023
Cost: 9.00340 Lakhs
Status: Completed
6. Title: Blade Failure Study and Root Cause Analysis of High Pressure Carbamate Pump Failure
Consultant: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI)
Funding Agency: MATIX Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd., Panagarh, Dist. Bardhaman, W.B.
Duration: 29.12.2023 – 28.03.2024
Cost: 2.74456 Lakhs
Status: Completed
7. Title: Design and Manufacturing Process Checking of Motorized C-Hook
Consultant: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI)
Funding Agency: TATA Steel Downstream Products Limited, Jamshedpur
Duration:19.06.2024 – 18.09.2024
Cost: 1.61460 Lakhs
Status: Completed
8. Title: Adjunct Professor-ship at Academy of Technology (AOT), Adisaptagram, Hooghly, WB
Consultant: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI)
Funding Agency: AOT
Duration: 1.11.2024 – 31.10.2027
Cost: 14.4 Lakhs
Status: On-going
9. Title: Design Verification of 10T capacity Motorized Swivelling type Vertical Coil Tong for Handling Eye
Vertical (Eye to Sky) Coils
Consultant: Prof. D.K. Pratihar (PI)
Funding Agency: TATA Steel Downstream Products Ltd., Jamshedpur (Pune Unit)
Duration: 25.12.2024 – 24.06.2025
Cost: 1.6874 Lakhs
Status: On-going