List of sponsored projects (2020 onwards)

Title of the project
Year of funding
Sponsoring agency
Budget (in lakhs)
Investigator(s)
Nanotechnology-driven advanced tribological solutions to reduce global energy consumption
and carbon footprint – A radical step in the design of new generation lubricant towards meeting the
UN sustainability goals 2030
2024-2027 Cefipra 318.27

PI: Prof. Anita Mohan, Co-PI: Prof. Sunil Mohan (IIT BHU)

Development of Aluminum composite powders for additive manufacturing 2024-2027 DIA-CoE, DRDO 73.69 Dr. Sree Harsha Nandam
Performance Enhancement of Cr-Mn based Austenitic Stainless Steel to be a Potential Low-cost Alternative to 300-Series 2024-2027 DST-CRG 34.1 PI: Madhumanti Bhattacharya(IIT ISM Dhanbad), Co-PI: Dr. Sudipta Patra (IIT BHU)
Enhancement of cryogenic tensile properties in Fe medium entropy alloy by utilizing transformation-induced plasticity effect. 2022 - 2025 Institute seed grant - IIT (BHU) 10 Lakhs Dr. Praveen Sathiyamoorthi (PI)
Design, development, and microstructural engineering of ultra-strong maraging medium entropy alloys. 2023 - 2026 SERB - DST 41.58 Lakhs Dr. Praveen Sathiyamoorthi (PI), Dr. Joysurya Basu (Co-PI)

Development and optimization of

functionally graded magnetocaloric materials

2022-2025

Institute seed grant

10

Dr. Deepak K

Development of industrial waste as mold material for sustainable development in developing countries

2022-2025

SERB-DST

27.19

Dr. J.K. Singh

Role of Cu on the mechanical response of quenched and tempered (Q&T) steel

2022-2025

SERB-DST

37.5

Dr. A.Karmakar, IIT Roorkee (PI) and Dr. Sudipta Patra

Phase stability and mechanical behaviour of bulk metallic glass composites

2022-2025

Institute seed grant, IIT (BHU)

10

Dr. Sree Harsha Nandam

Development of drug-eluting thermogenic coronary stents for management of in-stent restenosis and thrombosis

2022-2025

SERB, DST, DST, Govt. of India

78.54

Prof. D. Dash ( IMS-BHU),  Dr P. P. Kulkarni ( IMS-BHU) and Dr. N.K. Prasad

Development and Processing of magnetocaloric thin sheets for enhanced thermomagnetic energy harvesting applications

2022-2024

SERB-DST

31.99

Dr. Deepak K

Effect of composition and microstructure on mechanical properties of 7-9%Ni steel for LNG tanker and Naval application

2022-2024

SERB-DST

32

Dr. Sudipta Patra

Designing metallic glass composites with immiscible elements as alloying elements for improved plasticity

2022-2024

SERB-DST

33.1

Dr. Sree Harsha Nandam

Microstructural tailoring to develop biocompatible Cr-FeMo-Nb-Ti based high entropy alloys for medical applications.

2022-2024

DST SERB

30.62

Dr. Subhasis Sinha (PI)

Electronics Repairing and electronics waste collection and Management

2022-2023

Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan

0.5

Prof. K.K. Singh

Emergent Phases in 2D quantum Materials and Heterostructures

2021-2025

Thematic Nanomission, DST, Govt. of India

498

Dr. Joysurya Basu (PI), Prof. Avishek Kumar Singh (PI, IISc Bangalore), Dr. Vidya Kochat, Dr. Prasana Kumar Sahoo and Dr. Basudev Lahiri (PI, IIT Kharagpur)

Study on effect of temperature and mean stress on fatigue strength of turbine aero foil alloy

2021-2025

Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) – Bangalore

281.90

Dr. G.S. Mahobia (PI)

Atomic Scale Electron Microscopy

2021-2025

FIST Program, DST

972

Dr. Joysurya Basu (PI), Prof. N. K. Mukhopadhyay, Prof. R. K. Mandal, Dr. Rampada Manna, Dr. Bratindranath Mukherjee and Dr. Ashok Kumar Mondal

Art, Science and Technology of "Koftgari" Metal works in India

2021-2023

Indian National Science Academy (INSA) New Delhi

5

Prof. K.K. Singh (PI)

Chemical Recycling of electronic waste for sustainable livelihoods and material consumption in India

2021-2023

GCRF (EPSRC) United Kingdom

47530.00 GBP

Prof. K.K. Singh (PI) in collaboration with The University  of Edinburgh, Scotland, Dundee University  Scotland, United Kingdom and NID Ahmedabad 

Microstructural characterization and mechanical behavior of additively manufactured alloys and composites

2021-2022

Raytheon Intelligence and Space, CA, USA

20

Prof. N. K. Mukhopadhyay (PI),. Joysurya Basu, Dr. R Manna, Prof. N. C. Santhi Srinivas, Prof. R.K. Mandal, Dr. Kausik Chattopadhyay

Stability of nanostructure and residual

stress developed through ultrasonic shot

peening in superalloy IN718 at elevated

temperatures

2020-2023

NRB, DRDO

28.9

Dr. Kausik

Chattopadhyay (PI)

and Prof. NC Shanti

Srinivas, Dr. G S

Mahobia

Development of mesoscale models to describe hot deformation and creep of low SFE materials

2020-2023

Indo-Austria Cooperation Program, DST

21.63

From IIT BHU: Dr. S. D. Yadav (PI), Dr. Joysurya Basu, From Austria: Dr. Maria Cecilia Poletti (PI)

High Performance Rare Earth Free Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets for Advanced Motors and Alternative Energy Applications

2020-2023

SERB -DST, India

61

Dr. Nand Kishore Prasad (PI) and Dr. C. Upadhyay (SMST, IIT-BHU)

Tunable Surface Plasmon Optical Sensing Behaviour of M-MoS2 (M= Cu,Ag,Au) Alloy Nanostructures

2020-2022

SERB, DST

44.65

Dr. B Mukherjee (PI) and Prof. R.K. Mandal

List of Industrial consultancy projects (2020 onwards)

Title of the project
Year of funding
Sponsoring agency
Budget (in lakhs)
Investigator(s)
Design & Development of cost-effective chemistry and heat treatment cycles for IRS 450 CR grade stainless steel plates 2024-2025 Jindal stainless Limited- Jajpur 11.8 PI: Dr. Sudipta Patra
Development of 410L SS rebar commercially at RSSL, JSL 2024-2025 Jindal Stainless Limited, Hisar, Haryana 12.35  PI: Dr.Sudipta Patra, Co-PI: Dr. S.D. Yadav, Dr. Abhijit Ghosh (IIT Indore)
Development of 20Cr-5Al steel commercially at Jindal Stainless Limited 2024-2025 Jindal Stainless Limited, Hisar, Haryana 25 PI: Dr. Sudipta Patra, Co-PI: Dr. Subhasis Sinha, Dr. R.Manna
Achieving metallurgical and mechanical properties of forged wheel as per RDSO rev.5, Forged wheel plant 2022-2024  RINL, Raibareli 32 PI: Dr.Sudipta Patra, Co-PI: Dr. Randhir Singh, Prof. G.S. Mahobia, Dr. J.K.Singh, Prof. K.K.Singh, Prof. Sunil Mohan

Short listing of Vendors within India for manufacturing and Supply of Heavy Earth Moving Machinaries HEMM

2020

 NCL Singrauli

20.40

Dr. J.K. Singh and Prof. O.P. Sinha