School of Engineering and Science(SEAS)
SEAS Physics Projects

Project Summary

Total Projects 39
Active Projects 17
Sponsored Projects 31
International Projects 1
Consultancy 5

Projects

Total Amount Sanctioned for Research Projects: 624.94 Lakhs

S.No PI/Co-PI/Scholar Sanctioned ID / Number Project Title Funding Type Funding Agency Period Duration (In Years) Sanctioned Amount (in Lakhs) Status
Prof. Ranjit Thapa ANRF/ARG/2025/011875/CS Magneto-Electrocatalytic Strategies for Synergistic Co-Reduction of N₂/NOₓ and CO₂ to Urea: Mechanistic Insights and Pathways Towards Enhanced CCU Efficiency Sponsored project ANRF-ARG 2025-2027 3 23.6448 On Going
Prof. Ranjit Thapa CRD/2024/000716 Role of Oxygen Vacancies in Hematene and IImenene towards Nitrogen Reduction Reaction: Descriptor to Database Sponsored project Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Ministry of External Affairs (ASEAN-MEA) 2025-2027 2 38.79956 On Going
Dr Anita Halder ANRF/ECRG/2024/001931/PMS From Machine Learning Prediction to Device Integration: A Pipeline for 2D Material Innovation in Spintronics Sponsoring Agency ANRF - PMECRG 2024-2025 49.00 On Going
Dr Soumyajyoti Biswas SR/FST/PS-I/2024/306 Theme – 1: Piezo-based flexible medical devices powered by Na-ion battery Theme 2: CO2 reduction to ethylene/ethanol towards two SDG goals (7 & 13) Sponsored project DST FIST 2024-2025 5 169 On Going
Prof. Ranjit Thapa, Dr Soumyajyoti Biswas 58/14/06/2024-BRNS/126 Prediction of low dimensional electrocatalysts for NRR using QM/ML approach Sponsored project DAE-BRNS 2024-2027 3 23.1805 On Going
Dr Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay CRG/2023/000978-G Organic Memory Beyond Silicon: Utilizing Novel Synthetic Semiconducting Polymers for High-Performance Logic Operations Sponsored project DST SERB-CRG 2024-2027 3 40.42187 On Going
Dr Gangi Reddy Salla, Dr Satish Anamalamudi ISRO/RES/3/958/24-25 Machine Learning Assisted Optical Communication using Optical Angular Momentum Sponsored project ISRO 2024-2027 3 29.94932 On Going
Dr Ravi Kumar SUR/2022/000910 Spatially varying polarization profiles for secure optical information processing Sponsored project DST-SERB SURE 2023-2026 3 28.9267 On Going
Dr Pankaj Bhalla SUR/2022/000289 “Role of disorder on the nonlinear transport/optical properties of topological quantum materials using Quantum Kinetic Approach” Sponsored project DST-SERB SURE 2023-2026 3 24.2026 On Going
Dr Mallikarjuna Rao Motapothula No Sanction Order Number Investigation of Ion induced defect density and alloying dopants for catalyst development for CO2 reduction Industry Sponsored Project UGC-DAE CSR 2023-2026 3 1.35 On Going
Dr Jatis Kumar Dash CRS/2022-23/1092 Engineering and surface functionalization of Janus two- dimensional (2D) materials for efficient sensors and flexible energy devices Sponsored project UGC-DAE CSR 2023 1 1.35 On Going
Dr Debabrata Pramanik SUR/2022/004576 Deciphering protein – DNA interaction using molecular modeling approach Sponsored project DST-SERB SURE 2023-2026 3 23.4326 On Going
Dr Pranab Mandal CRS/2021-22/03/562 Neutron diffraction studies on novel magnetoelectric oxides at the morphotropic phase boundary Sponsored project UGC-DAE CSR 2022-2025 3 1.35 On Going
Prof. Ranjit Thapa SRMAP/R&D/RP/2026-27/017 Development of DFT/AI powered “Padarth Khoj” package for the discovery of materials (Computing Time on Param Rudra HPC Facility) (No money involvement in this project. Only data access worth 241 Lakhs) Sponsored project CDAC 3 Months 241 On Going
Dr Krishna Prasad Maity ANRF/ECRG/2025/000976/PMS Negative capacitance based investigation of optically controlled ferroelectric polarization switching for low- power neuromorphic devices Sponsored project ANRF-PMECRG 2026-2029 3 58 On Going
Prof. Ranjit Thapa SRMAP/R&D/RP/2025-26/020 Low-Cost Earth- Abundant Functional Materials for Solar Fuel Production – LEAFS Sponsored project Indo-French Joint Call for Proposals 2025 on Green Hydrogen 45 On Going
Dr Pardha Saradhi Maram, Dr Laxmi Narayana Patro, Dr Tousif Khan N N/A SRM-Amararaja Center for Energy Storage Devices Industry Consultancy Project ARBL 5 162.75 On Going
Prof. Ranjit Thapa 2024/12/1024 Finding Low-Dimensional Catalyst For CO2ER and OER Using QM/ML Approach (In Kind Project) (Super Computer Charges Given) Sponsored project Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) 2024-2025 0.8 46.10055 Completed
Prof. Ranjit Thapa CRG/2022/005423 General descriptor of catalysts to find the activity towards OER using Quantum Mechanics/Machine Learning approach Sponsored project CRG-SERB 2023-2026 3 20.46264 Completed
Prof. Ranjit Thapa DST/NSM/R&D_HPC_Applications/Extension Grant/2023 Catalysts for CO2 Reduction to C2 Product: Descriptor to Database, Phase II Sponsored project DST-NSM 2023-2024 2 22.9684 Completed
Prof. Ranjit Thapa CRG/2021/000620 Design Principle of Single Atom Catalyst for Nitrogen Fixation over HER: Energy Parameter, Electronic Descriptor and Database Sponsored project CRG-SERB 2022-2025 3 30.91 Completed
Dr Siddhartha Ghosh SRG/2021/001465 Transparent, conducting, self-cleaning rGO (reduced Graphene Oxide) surface: large area and single step growth using Pulsed Laser Deposition Sponsored project DST-SERB SRG 2021-2023 2 25.99344 Completed
Dr Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay DST/INT/ISR/P- 28/2020(G) A Halide Perovskite Based Photoanode For Oxygen Evolution Reaction Using A Molecular Diode in a Hybrid Nanometer Scale Protection Layer Sponsored project DST- Bilateral Project with Israel and IIT Bhilai 2021-2023 2 24.19 Completed
Prof. Ranjit Thapa DST/NSM/R&D_HPC _Applications/2021/ 19.02 Catalysts for CO2 Reduction to C2 Product: Descriptor to Database Sponsored project DST-NSM 2021-2023 2 48.772 Completed
Dr Jatis Kumar Dash UGC-DAE-CSR- KC/CRS/19/IBMS04/ 1005/1036 Ion Beam Modification of Two Dimensional(2D) Layered Materials Heterostructures: Defect Engineering and Device Performances Sponsored project UGC-DAE CSR 2020-2023 3 25 Completed
Dr Pranab Mandal ECR/2018/001252 Evaluation of intrinsic piezoelectric coefficients and strain engineering near the morphotropic phase boundary in Pb-free oxides Sponsored project DST- SERB ECR 2019-2022 3 3 Completed
Dr Mallikarjuna Rao Motapothula DST/INSPIRE/04/2017/001392 Fabrication of efficient catalytic materials by physical methods Sponsored project DST-INSPIRE 2019-2024 5 102 Completed
Dr Laxmi Narayana Patro SRG/2019/000767 Development of Fast Fluoride Ion Conducting Solid Electrolytes for Rechargeable Solid State Fluoride Ion Batteries Sponsored project DST-SERB SRG 2019-2022 3 31.6 Completed
Dr Gangi Reddy Salla SERB/SRG/2019/000857 Vector Vortex Beams and their Scattering for Communication Applications Sponsored project DST-SERB SRG 2019-2022 3 26.17 Completed
Dr. Amit Chakraborty DST/INSPIRE/04/201 8/002972 Imprints of Physics Beyond the Standard Model at the LHC and Future Colliders Sponsored project DST-INSPIRE 2019-2024 5 110 Completed
Prof. Ranjit Thapa 37(2)/20/14/2018- BRNS/37144 First principles identification of descriptor for carbon based catalyst Sponsored project DAE-BRNS (YSRA) 2018-2021 3 28.15 Completed
Dr Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay SERB/ECR/2017/001937 Probing Charge Transport in Molecular Junctions with Impedance Spectroscopy and Transition Voltage Spectroscopy Approach Sponsored project DST- SERB ECR 2018-2021 3 48.3 Completed
Prof. Ranjit Thapa SERB/EMR/2016/004689 Mechanistic of CO Oxidation on Metal Free Catalyst and Property Package Sponsored project DST-SERB EMR 2017-2020 3 35.45 Completed
Prof. Ranjit Thapa NA Development of DFT/AI powered “Padarth Khoj” package for the discovery of materials (Computing Time on Param Rudra HPC Facility) (No money involvement in this project. Only data access worth 241 Lakhs) Sponsored project CDAC 2026 3 Months 241 Completed
Dr Raviteja KVNS Sponsorship for ICMG IV Conference Industry Consultancy Project Wiley-VCH GmbH 1 Month 0.49265 Completed
Dr Raviteja KVNS Sponsorship for ICMG IV Conference Industry Consultancy Project Dassault Systems India Pvt Ltd 1 Month 0.5 Completed
Dr Pranab Mandal Consultancy Industry Consultancy Project Black Komodo Investments FZE 3 Months 2.56 Completed
Dr Pranab Mandal SR/FST/PS-1/2024/306 Theme – 1: Piezo-based flexible medical devices powered by Na-ion battery Theme 2: CO2 reduction to ethylene/ethanol towards two SDG goals (7 & 13) Sponsored projects DST FIST 2024-2025 5 169.00 Sanctioned
Dr Pranab Mandal Consultation & Contingency for Project titled “Development of Materials for Piezoelectric Generators and Prototype Piezoelectric Tiles” Industry Consultancy Project Black Komodo Investments FZE, Dubai, UAE 0 Project not done