Projects/Grants

Research funding 

Research activities at our group are supported by major funding agencies, including  CSIR,DRDO,SERB, MHRD. We have also received startup grants from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad to setup infrastructure and initiate activities in the area of microwave photonics and optical sensors. Summary of  projects and grants is here.  

Sponsored Projects 

1. Performance Study of some WDM optical network components (PI) (completed)

Indian School of Mines Dhanbad  – (2010-2013), 5.75 Lakh  

2. Photonic Microwave Arbitrary Waveform Generation with Adjustable Chirp Parameter based on Remote Sensing Applications (PI) (completed)

    Indian Space Research Organization  – (2014-2016), 14.62 Lakh  

3. Experimental Analysis of Mach Zehnder Modulators (MZM) for Microwave Applications(PI) (completed)

 Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase-II – (2015-2016), 1.5 Lakh 

4. A novel Mach-Zehnder Modulator based integrated photonic highly steerable beam forming system for broad band satellite communication link(PI) (completed)

 Indian Space Research Organization  – (2018-2019), 20 Lakh  

5. Development of Field Deployable Fiber Bragg Grating-Based Sensor for Monitoring of Hazardous Toxic Chemicals and Gases in an Underground Mines (PI) (completed)   DAE-BRNS , 3 Years , 34 Lakh  

6. Design and Development of Deployable Thin film based evanescent field sensor to check the quality of food from adulteration(PI) (completed)

      CSIR EMR-II  , 3 Years , 20 Lakh 

7. Generation of chirped Arbitrary microwave waveform with enhanced performance using Photonic techniques for Airbone Applications(CO-PI) (completed)

     Under Collaboration Research Scheme TEQIP-Phase-III , 1.5 Years , 14.92 Lakh 

8. Development of low phase noise Optoelectronic Oscillator with phase compensation approach for radar application (CO-PI) (completed)

 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), 3 Years , 30.046 Lakh 

9. Design and Development of Frequency Stable and High Q-Factor Optoelectronic Oscillator Assisted by Microwave Photonic Techniques(PI) (ongoing)

 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), 3 Years , 30.779 Lakh 

10. Design of a webserver-based hybrid physiological sensor with optical cloth for real-time health specialist care(PI) (ongoing)

 Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB), 3 Years , 40.1676 Lakh 

11. Generation of high chirp rate dual chirp microwave waveform in Ku band using novel microwave photonic techniques for high performance radar application(PI) (ongoing)

 Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB) , 3 Years , 33.47320 Lakh