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Project #23

Engineering Fibers for Fog Harvesting and Interfacial Solar Water Purification

Ministry of Textiles (MoT)

Budget: INR 15.5 million
Time: 3 Years
June 2021 - May 2024
Role: Project Investigator

Project #22

Thermosyphon Based Passive Interfacial Solar Steam Generation For High-Productivity Desalination

Science and Engineering Research Board (DST)

Budget: INR 7.0 million
Time: 3 Years
April 2021 - March 2024
Role: Project Investigator

Projects Completed (26)

Project #26

Y20 - Youth Consultation Summit 2023

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

On April 06, 2023

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Project #25

Third Party Inspection of UP Government HVAC/Cold Storage Plants

Uttar Pradesh Government

Consultancy Mode
Time: 12 Months
July 2022 - June 2023
Role: Principal Investigator

Project #24

Design of De-icing system for MLH Hanger

Air Force Station, Srinagar

Consultancy Mode
Time: 3 Months
June 2021 - August 2022
Role: Principal Investigator

Project #23

Third Party Inspection of Medical Gas Pipeline

Uttar Pradesh Projects Limited

Consultancy Mode
Time: 12 Months
July 2021 - June 2022
Role: Principal Investigator

Project #22

Third Party Inspection of PSA Oxygen Plants

Uttar Pradesh Projects Limited

Consultancy Mode
Time: 12 Months
July 2021 - June 2022
Role: Principal Investigator

Project #21

Thermal Analysis of MLH Hanger

Air Force Station, Srinagar

Consultancy Mode
Time: 3 Months
February 2021 - April 2021
Role: Principal Investigator

Project #20

Thermodynamics of Micro-Droplets Interacting With Engineered Surfaces

BRICS Multi-Regional Cooperation (Russian, China and India)
Budget: INR 2.0 million
Time: 3 Years
April 2018 - March 2021
Role: Co-Project Investigator

Project #19

Development of Novel Cooling Systems for High Power LEDs for Enhanced Reliability and Lifetime

BRICS Multi-Regional Cooperation (Russian, China and India)
Budget: INR 4.0 million
Time: 3.5 Years
April 2018 - October 2021
Role: Project Investigator

Project #18

Loop Heat Pipes for Avionics and Terrestrial Applications

Indo-French Center for Promotion of Advanced Research

Budget: INR 15.0 million
Time: 3 Years
April 2017 - March 2020
Role: Project Investigator

Project #17
Studies on Heat Transfer during Condensation of Steam-Hydrogen
Mixtures inside Closed Containments
Bhabha Atomic Research Center
Budget: INR 12.9 million
Time: 04 years
August 2015 - July 2019
Role: Principle investigator

 Project #16

Fabricating of Copper with Carbon Nanotube Reinforcement
for Loop Heat Pipe Application
Indian Space Research Organization
Budget: INR 3.0 million
Time: 2 years
August 2016-July 2018

Role: Co-Project Investigator

(PI: Prof. Kantesh Balani, MSE)

Project #15
Development of Integrated Heat Pipe based Passive
Thermal Management Platform with Stress Free Mountings
Indian Space Research Organization
Budget: INR 3.8 million
Time: 3 years
April 2015 - March 2018
Role: Principle Investigator

Project #14

Local Heat Transfer Coefficient during Film Condensation
of Steam Hydrogen Mixtures

Statics and Dynamics of Micro-droplets Formed on

Textured Surfaces during Condensation

(with Dr. K. Muralidhar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur)

Project #12

Thermo-hydrodynamics of Phase-change Induced Oscillating Taylor Bubble Flows
Indo-French Center for Promotion of Advanced Research

(in association with CETHIL, INSA-Lyon, France)

Budget: INR 6.0 million
Time: 3 Years 9 months
January 2011 - September 2014
Role: Project Investigator

Project #11

Micro-devices for Process Applications
(in association with Dr. D. Kunzru, Dr. P. K. Panigrahi and Dr. S. Panda)
Department of Science and Technology

Budget: INR 50.0 million
Time: 6 Years
April 2007-March 2013
Role: Co-Project Investigator

Project #10

Pulsating Heat Pipe Based Compact Heat Exchangers
for Passive Heat Removal
Department of Atomic Energy
Budget: INR 8.0 million
Time: 4 Years
January 2009-December 2013
Role: Project Investigator

Project #9

Development of Internet Based Experiments
(Pilot Project)
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Budget: INR 4.0 million
Time: 3 Years (2 +1 year extension)
April 2009 - March 2012
Role: Project Investigator

Project #8

Design of a Heat Transfer Module for a Specified Control Volume using Heat Pipes

Instrumentation Research and Development Establishment
(Defense Research and Development Organization)
Budget: INR 0.4 million
Time: 6 months
January 2011 - June 2011
Role: Project Investigator

Project #7

Feasibility study of extracting Cold from Compressed LPG
(with Dr. P. S. Ghoshdastidar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur) 
Private Inventors 
Budget: INR 60 thousand
Time: 4 months
December 2009-March 2010
Role: Project Investigator

Project #6
Development of Infrared Thermography Facility
Department of Science and Technology
(FIST Research Funding)
Budget: INR 5.0 million
Time: 1 Year
Role: Project Investigator

Project #5

Design and Development of Novel Pulsating Heat Pipe
Based Compact Heat Exchangers

Budget: INR 1.0 million
Time: 3 Years
April 2006-March 2009
Role: Project Investigator

Project #4

Drop-wise Condensation on an Inclined Surface Exposed to a Vapor Flux

Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences

Budget: INR 3.5 million
Time: 3 Years
May 2005-April 2008
Role: Co-Project Investigator

(with Dr. K. Muralidhar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Kanpur)

Project #3

Development of Pulsating Heat Pipe Based Space Radiators

Indian Space Research Organization

Budget: INR 1.5 million
Time: 3 Years
May 2005-April 2008
Role: Project Investigator

Project #2

Modernization of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Laboratory (ME) and

Research Initiation in Microscale Multi-phase Systems

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (Faculty initiation grant)

Budget: INR 1.0 million
Time: 1 Year
May 2005-April 2006
Role: Project Investigator

Project #1

Development of high dissipative 3D modular electronic packages
European Commission
Time: 3 Years
April 2000-March 2003
Role: Project Associate
(as part of the doctoral assignment at IKE, Uni-Stuttgart)

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