Funded Research Projects
Funded Research projects at Vel Tech are sponsored by National/International Institutions and Industries, Research labs are occupied with these projects
List of Funded projects
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Optimizing Supersonic Co-Axial Nozzle design for Mixing Enhancement | Dr. Naren Shankar, Aeronautical Engineering. | IIT-Madras | SERB-TARE | 01-24-22 | 3 | ₹ 1830000.00 |
| 2. | Additive manufacturing of Osteogenic and infection resistant bone tissue engineering scaffolds | Dr. A. S. Praveen, Mechanical Engineering. | IIT-Madras | SERB-TARE | 01-13-22 | 3 | ₹ 1830000.00 |
| 3. | Fabrication of Graphene coated Cu heat sink for electric vehicle battery thermal management | Dr. Arulprakasajothi, Mechanical Engineering. | IIT-Mandi | SERB-TARE | 01-13-22 | 3 | ₹ 1830000.00 |
| 4. | High strain rate characterization of additive manufactured materials for ballistic loading applications | Dr. D. Rajamani, Mechanical Engineering. | Central Manufacturing Technology Institute | SERB-TARE | 02-10-22 | 3 | ₹ 1830000.00 |
| 5. | Optimization of Solar photovoltaic based water pumping performance with DC Motor | Dr. S. Christopher, Mechanical Engineering. | National Institute of Solar Energy | SERB-TARE | 03-17-22 | 3 | ₹ 1830000.00 |
| 6. | UAV Based In-situ Measurements and Hyper spectral Analysis for Water Quality Mapping and | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. | — | SERB-Equity | 02-25-22 | 3 | ₹ 4254035.00 |
| 7. | Microbial Recovery of Biogenic Methane from Coal Rejects with CO2 Sequestration using Novel Hybrid Geo-Photo Bio Reactor and Reclamination of the Site | Dr. R Ravikumar, Bio-Technology | NIT-Calicut & SCCL Mines-Telangana | DST-CERI | 07-07-22 | 0.6 | ₹ 372567.00 |
| 8. | Development of sensing systems for rapid and in situ quality assessment of black rice, ginger (Zingiber Officinale), Elsholtzia griffithii and Cinnamomum zelanicum of north East India using Spectroscopic (NIR and Raman) technologies | Dr D Neelamegam, ECE | Jadavpur University-Kolkata & DBT-Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development-Imphal | DBT| Himalayan Bioresource Mission | 03-12-22 | 2 | ₹ 2998560.00 |
| 9. | Design of Cascaded Adaptive Control with O2 and Temperature data of Combustion Images for Optimization of Boiler Combustion Processes in a Thermal Power Plant. | Dr. A. Selwin Mich Priyadharson, ECE Dr. Mazqer Iqbal, ECE | — | CPRI | Research Scheme on Power (RSoP) | 04-29-22 | 2 | ₹ 2988000.00 |
| 10. | Development of Efficient Swarm Intelligence Based Optimization algorithm using Fractional Calculus for Diagnosis of Muscle Disorders. | Dr. Bakiya Ambikapathy | IIT-Madras | SERB-TARE | 10-06-22 | 3 | ₹ 1830000.00 |
| 11. | Performance of phase change material based heat sink embedded with open cell metal foam through powder metallurgy route for thermal energy storage. | Dr. ArunPrasad M | International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials-(ARCI) | SERB-TARE | 10-06-22 | 3 | ₹ 1830000.00 |
| 12. | DEVELOPMENT OF VERY HIGH VOLUME ULTRA FINE FLYASH CONCRETE CAST USING CONTROLLED PERMEABLE FORMWORK LINER. | Dr. Kandasamy S | NIT-Trichy | SERB-TARE | 10-06-22 | 3 | ₹ 1830000.00 |
| 13. | PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC AND BIO-BASED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS ON BUILDING COOLING APPLICATIONS. | MOHAMED IQBAL SHAJAHAN | IIITDM-Kanchipuram | SERB-TARE | 10-06-22 | 3 | ₹ 1830000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Development of improved process for production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid from crude glycerol and lignocellulosic biomass derived glucose | Dr Mugesh, Bio-Technology Mrs. Sainandhini, Bio-Technology | IIT-Madras | DBT-Bio Resource | 11-01-2021 | 2 | ₹ 50,86,660.00 |
| 2. | 1. Slide and swivel joint for aircraft applications. 2. Fuel system components for aircraft applications. 3. Pressure Measuring Instrument. | Dr. Pavithra, Mechanical Engineering. | — | Metallic Bellows (I) Private Limited | 12-01-2021 | 2 | ₹ 25,00,000.00 |
| 3. | Seaweeds Cultivation and Utilization in Odisha coast including Chilika Lake for Ecological Restoration and Live hood Generation | Dr. Kanagachidambaresan G R, CSE Dr. A. Gowri, Bio-medical Engineering. Dr. S. Mugesh, Bio-Tech Dr. K Jagajjanani Rao, Bio-Tech Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. | University of Delhi, North Campus | DBT-Bio Resource | 01-03-2021 | 2 | ₹ 68,22,000.00 |
| 4. | Development of 3D printed flexible patch antennas for enhancement of communications range in UAV. | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engg. Mr. R. Prasanna , ECE | NAL-Bangalore | DRDO-ARDB | 25-05-2021 | 2 | ₹ 28,02,600.00 |
| 5. | Precision brackish water aquaculture technology using Machine Intelligence | Dr. Kanagachidambaresan G R, CSE V. Dhilip Kumar, CSE | Central Institute of Brackish Water Aquaculture & ICAR | DBT- ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY DIVISION | 15-11-2021 | 3 | ₹ 68,65,854.00 |
| 6. | Minimizing the post harvesting loss in ware houses through examining rice kernel/paddy quality using infrared measurements, image processing algorithms and IoT platform | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Kanagachidambaresan, CSE | Tamil Nadu Warehouse Corporation | TNSCST | 01-04-2021 | 2 | ₹ 2,00,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | MODROB | Dr. P. Chandrasekhar, EEE | All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) -MODROB | 23-01-2020 | 2 | ₹ 12,21,000.00 | |
| 2. | Multifunctional Colloidal Sulfur Particles A Promising Green Pesticide for Practical Agriculture Applications | Dr. Jagajjanani Rao, Bio-Technology Dr. K. Tarangini, Bio-Technology | — | DST – Agro-Tech | 25-08-2020 | 2 | ₹ 27,19,114.00 |
| 3. | Skill and Personality Development Centre | Dr. P. Chandrasekhar, EEE | — | AICTE | SPDC | 01-04-2020 | 3 | ₹ 12,83,400.00 |
| 4. | Development of a highly sensitive technique for specific detection of pesticidal residues and heavy metals in crude herbal drugs and herbal products | Dr. A. Gowri, Bio-Medical Engineering. Dr Mugesh, Bio-Technology | — | DBT-Bio Resource | 12-10-2020 | 2 | ₹ 25,22,000.00 |
| 5. | Developing Novel Applications from Silk Fibres and Silk Proteins | Dr. K. Tarangini, Bio-Technology Dr. Jagajjanani Rao, Bio-Technology | Central Silk Technological Research Institute-Bangalore | DBT-Bio Resource | 30-09-2020 | 3 | ₹ 52,44,000.00 |
| 6. | Scale effect approach to evaluate the erosion mechanism and performance features in micro abrasive water jet machining process: A study of new approach based on process parameters and materials microstructures | Dr. N. Yuvaraj, Mechanical Engineering. | IIITDM-Jabalpur | SERB-TARE | 02-12-2020 | 3 | ₹ 8,25,000.00 |
| 7. | Additive Manufacturing of Next Generation Alloys | Dr. Prabhu kumar, Mechanical Engineering. | NIT-Tiruchirappalli | SERB-TARE | 02-12-2020 | 3 | ₹ 8,25,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Energy efficient and optimal path planning strategies for SWARM of UAVs in real time localization using deep learning based stereo vision system | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Kanagachidambaresan, CSE | — | ISRO – Respond | 19-10-2019 | 3 | ₹ 23,01,000.00 |
| 2. | Optimization of high-speed vessel and evaluation of hydrodynamic performance | Dr. M. Elangovan, Mechanical Engineering. | — | DRDO | NSTL | 19-12-2019 | 1 | ₹ 8,40,000.00 |
| 3. | Expansion of activities of BioTech – KISAN Hub in Three Aspirational Districts (Kadapa, Vizainagaram and Vishakapatnam) of Andhra Pradesh | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Himadeepthi, ECE | Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University-Guntur | DBT – KISAN | 29-11-2019 | 2 | ₹ 6,00,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Impact of Digital Media and E-Learning Solutions on Contemporary Management Education | Dr. K. Ravishankar, MBA | — | ICSSR Research Project Scheme | 15-01-2018 | 1 | ₹ 7,50,000.00 |
| 2. | SERB Research Scientist Scheme | Dr. A. Kathiravan, Chemistry | — | DST-Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India -Research scientist scheme | 01-02-2019 | 2 | ₹ 62,25,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Design and Development of Autonomous Amphibious Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and UAV mountable water sampling devices for Water Based Applications | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. | — | GITA – CII | Indo – Korea | 01-01-2017 | 2 | ₹ 39,06,000.00 |
| 2. | Design and Development of Optimized Miniature Antenna Modules with Duality Function for Inflatable Satellite Antenna Setup | Mr. Prasanna Ram, ECE | — | ISRO – Respond | 19-09-2017 | 3 | ₹ 33,30,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Experimental Studies of Deep Groove Ball and Cylindrical Roller Bearings by Accelerated Load Tests | Dr. B.L. Jaiswal, Aeronautical Engineering. | — | DRDO | Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE), | 26-01-2016 | 2 | ₹ 15,00,000.00 |
| 2. | Performance characteristic evaluation of thermic fluids for regenerative heat transfer systems | Mr. Subramani, Aeronautical Engineering. | — | IE | IEI | 14-07-2016 | 6 months | ₹ 50,000.00 |
| 3. | Innovative Wheel drive to enable widespread electric bicycle Transportation | Dr. P. Sarasu, CSE | — | CEFIPRA | Indo-France | 21-10-2016 | 3 | ₹ 76,29,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name &Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Development of low emission hybrid car | Dr. Mathiyalagan, Mechanical Engineering. | — | IE | IEI | 17-02-2015 | ₹ 1,00,000.00 | |
| 2. | Near Net Shape Components through Automated Selective Inhibition Sintering Process (SISP) for Small Armament Applications | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. | — | DRDO | ARMREB | 07-01-2015 | 3 | ₹ 27,15,000.00 |
| 3. | Programmable Logic Control – Human Machine Interface (PLC-HMI) and ZigBee Based Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for Design and Development of Automatic Sprinkler for Multi Applications. | Dr. A. Selwin Mich Priyadharson, ECE | — | DST | Fast Track Young Scientist – Engineering Science Scheme | 13-08-2015 | 3 | ₹ 29,89,000.00 |
| 4. | Integrated Approach Using Stereolithography Based Rapid Prototyping and Computational Fluid Dynamics for Developing Combustors with Superior Emission Features | Dr. S Senthil Kumar, Aeronautical Engineering. | — | DST | Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist | 14-08-2015 | 3 | ₹ 29,09,000.00 |
| 5. | Full Field Non-Contact SHM Protocols for Long Span Railway Bridges and Heritage Structures | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. | — | DST | Indo – Canada | 10-01-2015 | 3 | ₹ 41,15,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Robotic assisted rapid prototyping of near net shape components through indigenous polymers | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. | — | DST | EQUITY | 01-06-2014 | 4 | ₹ 22,15,000.00 |
| 2. | Synthesis of novel mono-dentate phosphorous ligands and their application in transition metal catalyzed asymmetric reactions | Dr. C. Ramesh Kumar, Chemistry | — | DST | Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist | 25-07-2014 | 3 | ₹ 23,18,000.00 |
| 3. | Development of High Temperature Austenitic Alloy through Mechanical Alloying for Engine Valves | Dr. R. Mariappan, Mechanical Engineering. | — | DST | TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT | 14-08-2014 | 3 | ₹ 24,95,000.00 |
| 4. | Development of polybenzimidazole (PBI) based membranes and synthesis of novel extractants for the extraction of trivalent actinides and lanthanides | Dr. C. Ramesh Kumar, Chemistry | — | DAE | Collaborative Research project | 25-08-2014 | 3 | ₹ 8,32,717.00 |
| 5. | ZnO Nanowire Modified carbon Fibres for Interfacial Studies & Energy Harvesting | Dr. S. Gowthaman, Mechanical Engineering. | — | DST | Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist | 14-08-2014 | 3 | ₹ 25,55,000.00 |
| 6. | Ornithopter Test Rig – Design, Analysis and Manufacture | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. | — | DRDO | AR&DB – SIGMA | 01-09-2014 | 2 | ₹ 9,74,000.00 |
| 7. | Helical Blade Swirler | Dr. Shanmugasundaram, Automobile Engineering. | — | MSME | MSME | 2014 | 4 | ₹ 6,25,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Design, Development and Formation Control of Micro Ornithopters | Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. | — | GITA- CII | Indo – Taiwan | 07-01-2013 | 3 | ₹ 26,35,000.00 |
| 2. | A photophysical study on the association of serum albumins with biological aggregates in native and denatured states | Dr. Susithra, Chemistry | — | DST | Fast Track Scheme | 01-10-2013 | 3 | ₹ 21,26,000.00 |
| 3. | Design & Development of Ornithopter Test Rig | (PI) Dr. E. Balasubramanian, Mechanical Engineering. | — | IE | IEI | 24-10-2013 | 2 months | ₹ 51,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Synthesis of N-alkylImidazolium / benzimidazolium / triazolium based Ionic Liquids and their Application in Organic Transformations as Solvent and Catalyst | Dr. K. Elango, Chemistry | — | DST | Fast Track Scheme | 06-08-2012 | 3 | ₹ 18,20,000.00 |
| 2. | Synthesis and Characterization of pure and doped nanostructured BiFeO3 for magneto-electric applications | Dr. S. Gokul Raj, Physics | — | DRDO | ARMREB | 06-08-2012 | 3 | ₹ 25,73,010.00 |
| 3. | Development of Fiber Reinforced Aerated Concretes with EPOXY coating for Structural Panel Applications | Dr. S. Geetha, Civil Engineering. | — | DRDO | DSMRDE | 04-12-2012 | 2 | ₹ 9,43,000.00 |
| 4. | Design and Development of Remotely Piloted Aircraft for Collecting Aero Biological Samples | Mr. Vasanth Raj, ECE | — | MSME | NID | 18-12-2012 | 1 | ₹ 1,10,000.00 |
| 5. | Design and Development of a Device to Indicate Clogging Level Air filters in Car | Mr. G. Sivakumar, Mechanical Engineering. | — | MSME | NID | 18-12-2012 | 1 | ₹ 50,539.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Capacity Building in Design and Development of Ornithopter | Mr. Vasanth Raj, ECE | — | IE | IEI | 18-01-2011 | 0.6 | ₹ 70,000.00 |
| 2. | Development of Design Methodology for optimizing SFD for Aero Gas Turbine & Experiment Verification Studies | Dr. K. Jayaraman, Aeronautical Engineering. | — | DRDO | GTRE | 25-01-2011 | 2 | ₹ 1,86,65,000.00 |
| 3. | Design & Development of Spin Axis & Spring Rate Control for Pico-Satellite | Mr. Vasanth Raj, ECE. | — | IE | IEI | 05-11-2011 | 2 | ₹ 1,00,000.00 |
| S.No. | Project Title | Name & Department of Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigator | Collaborative Institute | Funding Agency & Scheme | Starting Date | Duration (years) | Project Cost (Rupees) |
| 1. | Development of Pyro Igniter & Pyro Starter for Gas Turbine Engine Application | Dr. K. Jayaraman, Aeronautical Engineering. | — | DRDO | GTRE | 27-07-2010 | 5 | ₹ 9,62,500.00 |
| 2. | Feasibility Study on Eradication of Polythene Bags | Mrs. Valarmathy, MBA | — | ICTE | 06-12-2010 | 2 | ₹ 4,25,000.00 |