Research Projects and Consultancy Work

Ongoing Externally Funded Research Projects

• Techno-economic feasibility study of green bricks manufactured from construction demolition waste (4/03), Surat Green Precast Pvt Ltd (SGPPL)., Surat, INR 22.7922 Lakh, Start date 23.10.2024 to 30.04.2026.

• Enhancing Cultural Resilience of the third-generation Diaspora through Digital Technologies and storytelling of Indian Tangible & Intangible Heritage (P 2294), Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Ministry of Education, GoI, New Delhi, Cost of Project: INR 55.19,994 Lakh PI, July 2023- June 2025, Start date. 28.07.2023.

• Construction Demolition Waste and Safety Management, Royal Academy of Engineering UK, Cost of Project: GBP 30,000.00, PI, 10 Dec.2022 to 10 Feb.2024.

• Preparation of State-of-the-Art Report (SOAR) on Preparation of Construction Safety manual, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, New Delhi, Cost of Project: INR 8.3690 Lakh, PI, 17th July 2017.

• Beyond the Blueprint: Improving Living Conditions for Construction Workers in India, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Lloyd Register Foundation, UK, (September 2025) NR 30 Lakh (Under review).

• A Climate-Resilient Framework for Assessing and Enhancing Construction Workers’ Safety and Health in Gujarat, Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA), Rs. 37.38 Lakh (30.10.2025) (Submitted).

Completed Externally Funded Research Projects

• CCPDM-Circular Cementitious Products Embedding Digital Manufacturing, under the scheme of Foundation Industries Lab to Lab India Collaboration, UK Research and Innovation, London South Bank University, UK. Total Cost of Project: 56,448.00GBP, Cost of Project (India):  GBP 3,333.34, PI (India), November 2021 - April 2022.

• IT Indian Heritage Platform: Enhancing cultural resilience in India by applying digital technologies to the Indian tangible and intangible heritage. (International Collaborative Research Project with University of Salford, UK, London South Bank University, UK and IIT Delhi. Total Cost of Project: GBP 18,3267.04 (Arts and Humanities Research Council of UK) and INR 10.00 Lakh (Indian Council of Historical Research New Delhi), PI (India), February 2018 - January 2021.

• Study and Implementation of Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) for Image Super Resolution: Application to Images Captured using CCTV Camera (Co-PI), Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, Cost of Project: INR 10.00 Lakh, Administrative Co-PI, April 2017- March 2020.

• Preservation and Documentation of Heritage Structures in Surat by Building Information Modelling, TEQIP III, SVNIT Surat, INR 3.0 Lakh, Co-PI, November 2019- November 2020.

Selected Consultancy Work

• Feasibility study of Recycled Products manufactured from Construction and Demolition waste, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) Surat (Rs.4,00,000)

• Consultancy work of evaluation of partially constructed reactor clarifier at KGPP Plant, NTPC Ltd, Kawas Gas Power Project, Surat (Rs.40,000.00)

• Consultancy work of  health monitoring and retrofitting work of ESIC Hospital, Naroda, Ahmedabad (Rs.2,00,000.00)

• Third party inspections of different buildings of SMC Surat (Rs.2,00,000.00 approximate)

• Safety audit of a bridge construction project across the Mahi river, Gammon India, Dedicated freight Corridor of India Ltd. New Delhi. (Rs.20,000)

• Development of ‘Truck Parking Mall’ under PPP model for Kandla Port Trust(KPT), Kandla

• Development of ‘Public Bicycle Sharing’ project  under PPP model for Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat

• Investigation of Collapse of Compound Wall of the Government Guest House, Selvass (UT) (Rs. 50,000.00) for the Police Department.

• Safety consultant for Laxmi Construction Ahmedabad for the project of construction of Sewerage Systems of Bhubaneswar District,I, II, & IV, OWSSB, Orissa (Rs. 25,50,000.00 approximate)