Projects

List of Ongoing Projects

Name of the Investigator	Title of the project	Duration	Amount sanctioned (Rs. Lakhs)	Funding Agency
PI: Dr. Somak Chatterjee Co-PI: Dr. Surajit Pande	Use of distillery and domestic wastewater to generate hydrogen and development of a prototype thereof	2023-	16	Lightatom Electrolyzer
Dr. Mohit Garg	Molecular modeling of cellulose recycling and regeneration	2022-2024	5.5	ACRG, BITS-Pilani
Dr. KC Etika	Test method development for formaldehyde contamination detection in artificial leather samples.	2022-	5.03	M/S Mayur Uniquoters Ltd. (Industrial Consultancy)
Dr. Mohit Garg	Biodegradable, flexible and printable ambipolar organic field-effect transistors based on cellulose and napthalenediimide co-polymer	2022-2024	32.49	DST-SERB SRG Scheme,
PI: Dr. Somak Chatterjee Co-PI: Dr. Banasri Roy	Development of different grades of PVDF hollow fiber membranes for development of in-house water filtration systems.	2022-23	8.0	Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd. (Industrial Consultancy)
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh	Hybrid Gas Sensors Based on p-Type/n-Type Conducting Polymers	2021-23	32.989	SRG Scheme DST-SERB
Dr. Somak Chatterjee	Application of co-axial electrospun novel composite nanofiber membranes towards specific and efficient removal of arsenic, lead, and fluoride from groundwater	2021-23	27.489	SRG Scheme DST-SERB
PI: Dr. Abhishek Dhoble (IIT-BHU); Co-PI: Dr. Pratik N Sheth (BITS-Pilani)	Characterization of indigenous cow's dung and urine for scientific advancement and development of utility items	2021-2023	31.04	DST SEED under SUTRA-PIC Scheme
Dr. Banasri Roy	Study of the Conversion of Agricultural Residues to Catalysts for Renewable Energy Source Production	2021-2024	38.10	POWER Scheme, DST-SERB
PI: Dr. Somak Chatterjee; Co-PI: Dr. KC Etika	Design and development of inline sensor for water contamination detection	2020-2023	26.67 (USD 35000)	MKS Vision, USA (Industrial Consultancy)
Dr. Srinivas Appari	Prevention of Hazardous Field-Firing of Bagasse and Its Sustainable Utilization as a Raw Material in An Innovative Industrial Process	2019-2023	28.79	MHRD-SPARC

List of projects completed (2018-2022)

Name of the Investigator	Title of the project	Duration	Amount sanctioned (Rs. Lakhs)	Funding Agency
Dr. Bhanu Vardhan Reddy Kuncharam	Assessment of Mixed-Matrix membrane system for CO₂ separation for upgradation of Biogas to Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (Bio-CNG)	2019-2022	24.47	SRG, SERB-DST
Dr. Smita Raghuvanshi	Process Development for Bio-Mitigation of Flue Gases (CO2, SOx, and NOx) using chemolitrotrophs and production of value-added products.	2019-2022	31.61	CRG, DST-SERB
Dr. KC Etika	Development of microporous PVC coatings for synthetic leather applications	January 2020-April 2021	7.57	Industry (A renowned synthetic leather manufacturer)
Dr. KC Etika	Hybrid Polymer Nanocomposites for EMI Shielding Applications	Feb 2019-Jan 2021	7.5	ACRG, BITS-Pilani
Dr. Somak Chatterjee	Removal of ionic contaminants from ground water using polymer encapsulated metal organic frameworks (MOFs)	2019-2021	2	RIG, BITS-Pilani
Dr. Pradipta Chattopadhyay	Understanding emulsion kinetics of surfactants.	2019-2021	7.9	Total Oil India Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai, India
Dr. Abhishek S. Dhoble	JEEWANU: Judicious Engineering of microbiomes for Enhanced sanitation & Water resources, Agriculture and National health Upliftment	2019-2020	2	RIG, BITS Pilani
Dr. Abhishek S. Dhoble	Cytometric Fingerprinting and Machine Learning (CFML) for Revamping Biogas Technology and Sustainable Rural Development	2020	5.3	ACRG, BITS Pilani
Dr. Srinivas Appari	Dual Catalytic Monolith Reactor for Biogas Reforming	2017 - 2019	8.25	BITS, Pilani
Prof. Banasri Roy	Hydrogen production from ethanol by temperature reforming methods using modified Ni-Sn/Al2O3 and Ni-Sn/CeO2 Catalysts	2016 - 2019	19.34	DST-SERB
Dr. Priya C Sande	Particle Image Velocimetry studies on a bench-scale cold-flow Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) riser unit.	2017 -2019	10	BITS, Pilani
Dr. BV Reddy	Mixed-Matrix membranes for separation of CO2/CH4 for biogas upgradation	2017-2019	2	BITS, Pilani
Dr. KC Etika	Synthesis and characterization of epoxy based thermal interface materials (TIMs) for electronics packaging applications	2017-2019	2	BITS, Pilani
Prof. Pratik N Sheth	Experimental Investigations on Catalytic Treatment of Producer Gas	2018	7.02	Ankur Sc Energy Technology (ASET)

List of Projects Completed (2016-2018)

Name of the Investigator	Title of the project	Duration	Amount sanctioned (Rs. Lakhs)	Funding Agency
Head of Department	Improvement of Chemical Engineering Research Laboratories for Environmental Engineering, Separation Processes and Reaction Engineering	2012 - 2017	80.5	DST (FIST-2011)
Head of Department	Departmental Research Support under special Assistance Program (DRS-SAP)	2011 – 2016	48	UGC (DRS-SAP)
Dr. Suresh Gupta	Zinc Recovery from Industrial Waste using Bioleaching	2014 - 2017	34.5	BITS, Pilani
Dr Pradipta Chattopadhyay	Evaluation and Enhancement of Foam Stability of Ethanol based Aqueous Foam using Commercial Surfactant Sodium Lauryl Sulfate	2013 - 2016	25	DST-SERB
Dr Pratik N Sheth	Production of Hydrogen-rich Fuel Gas from Jatropha Residue Cake	2013 - 2016	27.06	DST-SERB
Dr Suresh Gupta	Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewater using Metallic Nanoparticles as Adsorbents	2013 – 2016	21.47	DST-SERB
Dr Smita Raghuvanshi	Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds (Chlorinated VOCs, Non-methane Hydrocarbons, ethylene glycol) from Waste Streams using Biofiltration	2012 - 2015	14.5	DST-SERB
Dr. Pratik N Sheth	Design and development of a novel biomass stove for cooking application	2016 - 2018	9	BITS, Pilani
Dr. Sonal Mazumder	Formulation and Evaluation of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis	2014 -2015	6	UGC-BSR- RSG
Dr Smita Raghuvanshi	Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewater using Biofiltration	2012 - 2015	5.5	UGC (Major)
Mr. Utkarsh Maheshwari	Recovery of Multiple Metal lons from Industrial Wastewater using Adsorption	2013 – 2015	2	UGC (Minor)
Mr. Subhajit Majumder	Application of Enriched Microbial Biofilter for Metal Detoxification in Industrial Wastewater	2013 – 2015	2	UGC (Minor)
Mr. Nikhil Prakash	Modeling and Simulation of Metallocene Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization	2013 – 2015	2	UGC (Minor)
Dr Banasri Roy	Developing Metal Doped Bismuth Vanadate (BIMEVOX) Systems for Fuel Cell and Catalytic Applications	2013 - 2015	2	BITS, Pilani
Dr Raman Sharma	Recirculating Fluidized Bed (RCFB) reactor for Chemical-Looping Combustion (CLC)	2015 - 2016	2	BITS, Pilani
Dr Sonal Mazumder	Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Applications in Oral Drug Delivery	2013 -2015	2	BITS Pilani
Dr. Srinivas Appari	Syngas production by reforming of biogas over Ni-based catalytic monoliths	2015 – 2017	2	BITS, Pilani
Dr. Amit Jain	Bioremediation of waste automobile engine oil	2015 - 2017	2	BITS, Pilani
Dr. Ajaya Kr. Pani	Nonlinear modeling and simulation of chemical process	2016 - 2017	2	BITS, Pilani
Dr. Priya C Sande	Experimental studies on a bench-scale cold-flow FCC unit	2016 - 2017	2	BITS, Pilani

List of Projects Completed Earlier

Title of the Project	Principal Investigator	Co-Investigator	Duration	Amount Sanctioned (Lakhs)	Funding Agency
Up gradation of Laboratory facilities, UGC: X-Plan Grant for Chemical Engineering Group	Head of Department	-	2002 - 2006	10.00	UGC, New Delhi
Improvement of Chemical Engineering Research Laboratories	Head of Department	-	2003 – 2008	23.00	DST, New Delhi
Studies on Adsorption Process for the Removal of Metal Ions from Wastewater and Volatile Organic Compounds from Air by using Suitable Adsorbents	Dr B V Babu	Dr Suresh Gupta	2007 – 2010	7.11	UGC, New Delhi
Studies on Biomass Gasification	Dr B V Babu	-	2006 – 2009	3.00	K K Birla Academy
Modeling and Simulation of Jet Pack Assembly	Dr Pratik N Sheth	Dr Suresh Gupta	2011 – 2012	5.80	Birla Cellulosic Kharach, AB Group
UGC Infrastructure Support	Head of Department	-	2011 – 2012	20.00	UGC, New Delhi
Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Liquid – Liquid Equilibrium of Aromatics + Aliphatics + Ionic Liquids	Dr. Sushil Kuma	-	2011 - 2012	2.00	BITS, Pilani
Departmental Research Support under special Assistance Program (DRS-SAP) - I	Head of Department	-	2011 – 2014	48.00	UGC, New Delhi
Determination of Foaming Properties of Aqueous Ethanol Solution Using Industrial Surfactant Sodium Lauryl Sulfate	Dr Pradipta Chattopadhyay	-	2011 – 2013	2.00	BITS, Pilani
Characterization of Bio-oil produced via Pyrolysis of Jatropha Cake Residue	Dr Pratik N Sheth	-	2011 – 2013	2.00	BITS, Pilani
Experimental studies of Bio-mitigation of CO₂	Dr Smita Raghuvanshi	Mr Subhajit Majumder	2011 – 2013	1.20	BITS, Pilani
Developing Metal Doped Bismuth Vanadate (BIMEVOX) Systems for Fuel Cell and Catalytic Applications	Dr Banasri Roy	-	2013 - 2015	2.0	BITS, Pilani
Recovery of multiple metal Ions from industrial wastewater using adsorption	Mr. Utkarsh Maheshwari	-	2013 – 2015	2.0	UGC, New Delhi
Application of enriched microbial biofilter for metal detoxification in industrial wastewater	Mr. Subhajit Majumder	-	2013 – 2015	2.0	UGC, New Delhi
Formulation and Evaluation of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis	Dr. Sonal Mazumder	-	2014 – 2016	6.00	UGC, New Delhi

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