ONGOING R&D PROJECTS

Sl. No. Name of Faculty Funding Agency Title of the Project Sanction Amount  Start Date End Date
1 Prof. Ananya Banik ANRF, New Delhi  Developing Cost-Effective Suzuki-Type Halide Conductors for Sodium Solid-State Batteries 6960000.00 03.06.2026 02.06.2029
2 Prof. Sunil Pulletikurti ANRF, New Delhi  Autocatalytic Glyoxylate Ester-Modified Liposomal Systems for Enhanced Ammonia Detoxification 7176000.00 13.05.2026 12.05.2029
3 Prof. Sourav Kumar Dey DBT, New Delhi Real-time imaging of cancer metabolism using RNA-based sensors 6319000.00 30.04.2026 29.04.2029
4 Prof. Sourav Kumar Dey ANRF, New Delhi  Improving the photostability and brightness of fluorogenic RNA aptamers for live cell imaging by understanding the photophysics of RNA-fluorophore interaction 8542920.00 28.03.2026 27.03.2029
5 Prof. Ganesh Cahndra Nayak  Office of the Conservator of Forests and State Silviculturist, Bhubaneswar, Govt. of Odisha  Sustainable Valorization of Kendu Leaves: Development of Biodegradable Alternatives 4950000.00 25.03.2026 24.03.2029
6 Prof. Soumitra Maity ANRF, New Delhi  Rational Design and Development of Photo-Active Reagents for Diversified C-N Bond Forming Processes via Strategic Exploitation of N-Centered Radical Persistence 8484478.00 16.03.2026 15.03.2029
7 Prof. Soumit Chatterjee ANRF, New Delhi  Tunable Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles, Based on the Scaffold of a Single Benzene-Based Fluorophore, 5-(tert-Butyl)-2-hydroxy-1,3-isophthalaldehyde, for Enhanced Emission, White Light Generation and Bioimaging: Syntheses and Spectroscopic Studies 8724480.00 14.03.2026 13.03.2029
8 Prof. Chanchal Haldar ANRF, New Delhi  Chemo-Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose to Platform Chemicals 6120000.00 12.03.2026 11.03.2029
9 Prof. Naga Rajiv Lakkaniga Dassault Systemes Foundation (DSF), Pune  Data-Driven Insights and Molecular Dynamics Simulations-Based Discovery of Novel TNIK Inhibitors for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 2000000.00 18.02.2026 17.02.2029
10 Prof. Parthasarathi Das DST, New Delhi Creation of nodal centers for the production of imported APIs, KSMs and Intermediates to achieve self-sufficiency in health-care sector 20340714.00 24.07.2023 23.07.2028
11 Prof. Sagar Pal Ministry of Mines (MoM) Next generation copolymeric reagent for cost-efficient beneficiation of low-grade iron ore 5305232.00 18.11.2025 17.11.2027
12 Prof. Asmita Singha ANRF, New Delhi  Development of a cost-effective eco-friendly sustainable process for efficient production of hydrazine to fulfill its increasing market demand using bio-inspired iron-porphyrin-based electrocatalysts that can catalyze the reduction of hydroxylamine to hydrazine 6960000.00 05.06.2025 04.06.2028
13 Prof. Biswajit Chowdhury UGC, New Delhi Bioscopy - Towards modern transdisciplinary education and research in microscopy” under Indo-Norwegian Cooperation Programme 2024 (INCP2)  11466000.00 05.03.2025 04.03.2028
14 Prof. Madhulika Gupta TEXMiN, Institute Innovation Hub, Dhanbad AI-Empowered Multiscale Framework for Sustainable Rare-Earth Recovery from Secondary Resources 1947316.00 25.05.2026 30.11.2027
15 Prof. Sagar Pal Ministry of Mines (MoM) Next generation copolymeric reagent for cost-efficient beneficiation of low-grade iron ore 5305232.00 18.11.2025 17.11.2027
16 Prof. Parthasarathi Das ANRF, New Delhi  Development of “Chloroform COware Chemistry” as Toolbox for Safe Carbonylative Transformations 4591140.00 04.03.2024 03.03.2027
17 Prof. Somnath Yadav ANRF, New Delhi  Synthesis of C-Aryl/Heteroaryl Glycosides via Photoredox-Catalyzed Homolysis of Glycosyl C-O Bonds: Application to the Synthesis of Neopetrosine Alkaloids A-D 5258539.00 15.02.2024 14.02.2027