4. Direct 3D Printing of Upcycled Aluminium Machining Chips through Additive Friction Stir Deposition and In-Situ Alloying: Toward a Circular Economy; Co-PI’s: Dr. Chaitanya Paramatmuni, Dr. Kali Prasad. Funding Agency: Advanced Research Grant (ARG), ANRF, India. File No : 2026-370-ME-BUV-ANRF-SP, Sanctioned on: 01/06/2026,
Duration: Three years, Sanctioned Budget: Rs. 61,95,840/-.
3. Functional assessment of non-ferrous FSW and LFW joints Spatial and temporal evolution of temperature, residual stresses, structure, and properties in solid-state joining of metal prints, Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), International Joint Research Collaborator (JIJReC) program 2026, Osaka University, Japan. Host Professors: H. Fujii, T. Yamashita, A. Sharma, Dept. of Joint Interface Structure and Formation Mechanism Research Division of Materials Joining Mechanism. Sanctioned on 24/03/2026. Duration: 04/01/2026 to 29/03/2027. Exchange student: Mr. MohanRaj Pandian. Budget: 8,00,000 JPY (~INR 5,00,000/-) (Ongoing)
2. Near net shape manufacturing of high-temperature materials for gas turbines, Seed grant proposal, funded by IIT Palakkad, Sanctioned amount: INR 35,00,000/-. Sanctioned in November 2023. Duration: Two years. (Completed)
1. Title: Solid state welding Ti alloy and Ni alloy metal prints for aerospace, energy and health sectors, Funding: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), start-up research grant (SRG), File no: SRG/2021/002183, Sanctioned amount: INR 3248750/- on 30th Dec. 2021 for two years (Completed)
2. Ph.D: Numerical Modeling and Experimental investigation of friction based joining processes. Supervisor: Prof. Amitava De, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IITB, India. Some part of the project is collaborated with Brasil laboratory, LAMEF, Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brasil with the financial assistance from DST, India. Supervisor at LAMEF, UFRGS: Prof. Thomas Clarke.
1. M.Tech: Experimental and Numerical analysis of friction stir spot welding, 2012. A collaborative project between University of Hyderabad and Defencce Metallurgical Research Laboratory(DMRL), Hyderabad. Supervisors: Prof. K. V. Rajulapati and Prof. K. Bhanu Sankara Rao from University of Hyderabad, and Dr. G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Scientist-H and Dr. A. Venugopal Rao, Scientist-G, from DMRL, DRDO, Hyderabad.
[1]. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India
[2]. Physcial Metallurgy Laboratory (LAMEF), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
[3]. Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, Japan
[4]. Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Materials Research, Materials Mechanics, Solid state Joining Processes (WWP), Geesthacht, Germany