Funded Research Projects/Consultancy
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Development of real-time traffic control algorithms for unconventional intersection designs using artificial intelligence methods | Dr Ketan Kotecha (PI), Dr Rahee Walambe (Co-PI) | India-Serbia Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation Scheme of DST and the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development | Government | 2022 | 29.2 |
| 2 | Multimodal Explainability for Object Detection and Image processing in Drone Imagery (Project No: INT/ITALY/MR/2021/71) | Dr Rahee Walambe (PI), Dr Ketan Kotecha (Co-PI) | Indo-Italy Bilateral Research Mobility Grant Scheme of DST and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Government | 2022 | 41.36 |
SIU MJRP
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Fabrication of superhydrophobic flexible coatings by spray coating multi walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in polymer matrix for flexible electronic applications | Dr. Meena Laad | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2022 | 10 |
| 2 | Synthesis of magnetic-nonmagnetic layers and investigation of their spin properties for possible memory devices | Dr. Brajesh Pandey (PI) and Dr. Neeru Bhagat (Co-PI) | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2022 | 10 |
| 3 | Development of Attention Span and Monitoring System in EducationEra 4.0 using Artificial Intelligence | Shruti Patil (PI) , Shilpa Gite (Co-PI), Pooja Kamat (Co-PI) | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2022 | 10 |
Consultancy
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Organization | Start Date | Duration | Amount in INR [Lakhs) |
| 1 | Tribal Research & Training Institute's contract for training tribal Engg. Students for MPSC preparation. | TRTI(Maharashtra Govt.) | 08/02/2022 | 6 months | 48.6 |
| 2 | Technical Training for 512 Army Base Workshop Staff | 512 Army Base Workshop | 06/06/2022 | 3 days | 0.18 |
| 3 | Material Testing Consultancy | Nyati Group | 01/01/2022 | image.png | 0.8 |
| 4 | MoS C-Arm Components Failure Analysis | Philips | 21/02/2022 | 6 months | 6.49 |
| 5 | Training and Consultancy | Meghnad Desai Academy of Economic | 01/03/2022 | 6 months | 0.6 |
| 6 | Consultancy project on Depression Detection | Avegen UK | 01/03/2022 | 3 months | 6 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Experimental Analysis of Solar Collector and Thermal Storage for Smart Portable Milk Pasteurization system | Dr. Anirban Sur | ISHRAE (Indian Society for Heating Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers) | Non-Government | 2021 | 0.5 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 4 | Inferring quality and fault localization of 3D printer products by using Digital twin | Dr. Satish Kumar , Shruti Patil (Co-PI) | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2021 | 10 |
| Sr.No | Consultancy Details | Organization | Start Date | Duration | Amount in INR [Lakhs) |
| 1 | Technical & Soft Skills Training for Tata Electronics Employees through Skillsonics | TATA | 01/11/2021 | 2 Months | 15 |
| 2 | 2000 Watt Smart cities certification of SIU campus | 2000 Watt Smart Cities Association,Switzerland | 17/05/2021 | 1 Year | Nill |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 5 | Develop combo catalytic converter to convert diesel fuelled vehicle exhaust (waste) to oxygen gas to reduce global warming and metropolitan city’s smog in winter session. | Dr. Anand Pandey | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 10 |
| 6 | Building and Leveraging Indian Food image data set for Calorie Calibration of Indian dietary pattern: Annapurna | Dr. Shraddha Phansalkar (PI) Prachi Kadam (Co-PI) | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 9 |
| 7 | Machine Learning Based Vibration Response Analysis of Different Plats using Cymatics | Vijayashri Khedkar (PI) , Kunal Shejul (Co-PI) | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 10 |
| 8 | Design of a compact Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna (AVA) Array for 5G Applications | Dr. sumit kumar | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 10 |
| 9 | Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Oxide based Photocatalyst for Dye Removal | Dr. Shekhar Bhame, Dipika Jaspal (Co-PI) | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 10 |
| 10 | Identifying Neural Substrates of Iron Deficiency in Young Children using Advanced MRI Techniques. | Priyanka Tupe | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 10 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Design Devlopment and techno economic (using ML) analysis of 3D printed lattice base protective gear | Dr. Sharnil Pandya (PI) Dr Anirban Surr and Sarafaraj Shaikh as Co-PI | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Design of an sutomated system for controlled synthesis of coatings developed by the plasma arc oxidation process | Priya Jadhav | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 1 |
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence based fault detection in bearings using vibrations and sound sensor | Pooja Kamat | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 1.5 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Algorithms towards development of responsible AI | Dr. Ketan Kotecha | ASEM-DUO Fellowship Programme | Government | 2019 | 4.72 |
| 2 | Developing Ethical AI models for Robotics and Multiagent Systems | Dr. Rahee Walimbe | ASEM-DUO Fellowship Programme | Government | 2019 | 4.72 |
| 3 | Design, development and analysis of hollow micro-lattice compact heat exchanger (Heat pipe) for space/aircraft applications | Dr. Meena Laad | ASEM-DUO Fellowship Programme | Government | 2019 | 4.72 |
| 4 | Development of Algorithms for Credibility Analysis of Information(CAI) | Dr. Ketan Kotecha | Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration | Government | 2019 | 61.9 |
| 5 | Development of Explainable AI Techniques for Complex Disease Diagnosis using Genomics Data | Dr. Rahee Walimbe | Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration | Government | 2019 | 61.9 |
| 6 | Potential and validation of sustainable natural & advance technologies for water & wastewater treatment, monitoring and safe water reuse in India. | Dr. Kanchan Khare | PAVITR | Non-Government | 2019 | 79.04 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 11 | Design and Development of Aerosol Generator for Biomedical Applications. | Dr. Nitin Khedkar | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2019 | 9.75 |
| 12 | Design Development and Analysis of Hollow Polymer based Micro Lattice Compact Heat Exchanger | Dr. Anirban Sur | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2019 | 9.1 |
| 13 | Development of Smart Water Information and Management System for Symbiosis Bandhara | Dr. Himanshu Agrawal | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2020 | 10 |
| 14 | Design Development and Analysis of Blades for Compost Mixing | Dr. Sanjay Darvekar | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2019 | 10 |
| 15 | Analysis of Behavior of Bacterial Concrete in Different Mix Designs. | Prof. Sayali Sandbhor | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2019 | 9.8 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Experimental Investigation on Impact of Electric Vehicle Battery Waste on Soil and Leachate Characteristics | Sayali AptePreeti Mishra | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2019 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Graphene Nanosheets From plastic waste for water purification | Rupali Nagar- Aditya Shinde | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2019 | 1.5 |
| Sr.No | Consultancy Details | Organization | Start Date | Duration | Amount in INR [Lakhs) |
| 3 | Development of web application and software tool | TEAM Management Service/td> | 01/03/2019 | 3 years | 15 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Metal Matrix nano-composites synthesized using nanosilica extracted from natural ceramic Rice husk ash for industrial applications | Dr. Meena Laad | UGC-DAE | Government | 2018 | 8.6 |
| 2 | AI for Earth Microsoft Azure Grant | Dr. Preeti Mulay | Microsoft | Non-Government | 2018 | 1.4 |
| 3 | AI for Earth Microsoft Azure Grant | Dr. Preeti Mulay | Microsoft | Non-Government | 2018 | 3.5 |
| 4 | AI for Earth Microsoft Azure Grant | Dr. Himanshu Agarwal | Microsoft | Non-Government | 2018 | 3.5 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Experimental and numerical anlysis of cracked aluminium plate repaired with a composite patch | Shahid Tamboli | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2018 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Experimental investigation on hydaulic performance of a composite sea well | Vaishnavi Dabir | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2018 | 1.35 |
| Sr.No | Consultancy Details | Organization | Start Date | Duration | Amount in INR [Lakhs) |
| 1 | Design and Development of automated processing chamber | NIRDESH | 01/01/2018 | 2 years | 0.66 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Development of High Order Accurate Numerical Scheme for Steady/Unsteady Incompressible Flow involving Stationary/Moving Boundaries over Unstructured Mesh | Dr. Chandrakant Sonawane | DST-SERB | Government | 2017 | 18 |
| 2 | Comparison and evaluation of engine emission including nano particle emission, performance, noise and wear of diesel and algae/jatropha/karanja biodiesel usng nano particle fuel additive in A 160 hp military transport vehicle turbo charged cd engine | Dr. Anand Pandey | Life Sciences research Board, DRDO | Non-Government | 2017 | 17.24 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Tribiological and mechanical investigation of hybrid reinforced polymer matrix composites | Vinay Kumar Dhinkara | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2017 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Evaluation of Pollutant loadings in Storm Water runoff from a mixed urban catchement: A case study of Pune. | Mugdha Kshirsagar | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2017 | 1.5 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | In situ investigation of interface structure and spin orientation at the interface of magnetic and non magnetic layers | Dr. Brajesh Pandey (PI) / Dr. Neeru Bhagat (Co-PI) | UGC-DAE | Government | 2016 | 3.39 |
| 2 | Developing Three-Dimensional Architecturally engineered nano-electrocatalyst for fuel cell applications | Dr. Rupali Nagar | DST-SERB | Non-Government | 2016 | 39.11 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Synthesis of Nanomaterials of Gas Sensing Applications | Dr. Rupali nagar | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2016 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Mathematical Modeling and Experimental investigation on Flexible Heat Pipe for improved heat transfer characteristics | Dr. Chandrakant Sonawane | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2016 | 1.5 |
| 3 | Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Single Point Cutting Tool Under Deep Cryogenic Treatment. | Dr. Satish Kumar | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2016 | 1.5 |
| 4 | “Experimental Investigation of hybrid nano composite prepared by powder metallurgy process for automotive application” | Sachit T.S. | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2016 | 1.5 |
| 5 | nstallation of Small Scale Biogas Plant that Operates Under Thermophillic Condition of Dry & Continuous Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste | Nandish R.V. | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2016 | 1.5 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | ‘Effect of preparation conditions on nanoparticle formation and oxygen stoichiometry of metal oxides’ | Dr. Neeru Bhagat (PI) / Dr. Brajesh Pandey (Co-PI) | UGC-DAE | Government | 2015 | 6 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Development of new nanostructured thermoelectric materials for waste heat recovery applications | Dr. Shekhar Bhame | DST-SERB | Government | 2014 | 14.5 |
| Sr.No | Consultancy Details | Organization | Start Date | Duration | Amount in INR [Lakhs) |
| 1 | Road Safety Audit Consultancy for Pune Solapur NH-9 Package-II | National Highways authority of India | 01/04/2013 | 4 years | 52.26 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | Biosorption of Toxic Hexavalent Chromium from Industrial Effluents using Low Cost Biomaterial | Nilisha itankar | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2013 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Electrical Discharge Machining of Monel Alloy, Shape Memory Alloy and Berllium Copper Alloy | Vijaykumar Jatti | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2013 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Developing a model for the assessment and prediction ground water contamination: A case study | Dr. kanchan Khare | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2013 | 1.5 |
| Sr.No | Name of the Project | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) | Name of the Funding agency | Type (Government/Non-Government) | Year of Award | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) |
| 1 | EngineeringExperimentation to test wear and friction resistance offered by die steels after performing EDM, using different electrodes and suspened metal powder in the electrolyte solution | Dr. Tejinder Paul Singh | SIU-SCRI | Non-Government | 2012 | 1.17 |