Grants & Projects
Grants & Projects
Decision Support Systems for Asset Management of Civil Infrastructure: Developing Condition Assessment Framework and Criticality Index for Buildings in India
Sponsor: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) - Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant
Grant Amount: INR 36,00,650
Focus area: This research develops a comprehensive decision-support framework for assessing building condition, defining defect criticality, and creating a decision index for RC-framed buildings. The research transcends traditional design boundaries to embrace lifecycle asset management holistically, extending beyond initial construction to encompass maintenance planning, contract development, handover specifications, and budget planning.
Framework for Dynamic Scheduling of Construction Projects
Sponsor: IIT Kanpur Seed Grant
Grant Amount: INR 25,00,000
Focus area: The research focuses on development of a scheduling framework and software for dynamic scheduling of construction projects while accounting for contractual requirements, project cost, resource constraints, human factors, and other practical limitations into the decision‑making process.
Higher Education Partnership for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
Sponsor: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Grant Amount: INR 5,00,00,000
Focus area: The research grant focused on knowledge dissemination through the development of curricula and courses for advancing discourse on infrastructure resilience and management.
Collaborators: Prof. Sudhir Misra, IIT Kanpur
The project was submitted as part of a consortium led by Virginia Tech, USA
Economic Growth and Housing Prices: Insights for India's Housing Market
Sponsor: National Housing Bank project
Grant Amount: INR 2,50,000
Focus area: The study examined the dynamics of housing prices in India at national and regional levels, with a focus on identifying macroeconomic and regional factors influencing the Housing Price Index.