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Dr Samit Bhattacharya
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

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Title: Training of Trainers (on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Technologies)
Role: Principle Coordinator (IIT Guwahati)
Details: Training of Trainers (ToT) program for 30 trainees from Bangladesh with 1-month internship under the project of ''Establishment of Bangladesh-Bharot Digital Service and Employment Training (BDSET) Center''
Sponsoring Agency: Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA), Information and Communication Technology Division (ICTD), Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology,Bangladesh.
Partner Details: Management & Training Institute, Bangladesh (coordinator for Bangladesh) and IIT Kharagpur, India
Grant Amount: INR 75 lakhs (INR 7.5 million) [together for IIT Guwahati and IIT Kharagpur]
Duration: 7 months (From June 2022)
Title: Quality of Living: Smart Home Environment Creation through Automatic Monitoring and Utilization of the Physical and Cognitive State of the Residents
Role: Co-Cheif Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: MeitY, Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 1.1 crore (INR 11 million)
Duration: Three years (From April 2020)
Title: Samusung Digital Academy Innovation Lab
Role: Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: Samsung Research Institute Delhi (SRI-D)
Details: The lab has been set up at the Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati as part of an MoU between Samsung India Electronics Limited (SIEL), Samsung Research Institute Delhi (SRI-D) and IIT Guwahati. The lab is intended to assist teachning and research on various emerging areas through industry-academia collaboration.
Duration: Three years (From November 2019)
Title: Archiving, Modelling & Visualization of the Eco-Cultural Heritage of the Majuli River Island of Assam
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Partner Details: IIT Guwahati and Tezpur University.
Sponsoring Agency: DST, Govt of India [Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) group - Indian Heritage in Digital Space (IHDS) subgroup]
Grant Amount: INR 1.22 crores (INR 12.2 million) [for both partners together]
Duration: Three years (From April 2019)
Title: E-Varaha: Information System for Safe Pork Production in North Eastern India
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Partner Details: A consortium mode project involving IT partners (IIT Guwahati, Tezpur University & Manipur University) and Agriculture partners (ICAR-NRCP, Guwahati; ICAR-RC-NEH, Umiam, Meghalaya; CAU, Aizwal and VC-KVAFSU, Karnataka)
Sponsoring Agency: ITRA Food & Agri, MLA, Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 2.41 crores (INR 24.1 million) [for all partners together]
Duration: From January 2017 to December 2018 (completed)
Title: ICT based framework to enhance teaching and learning experience in large classroom
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: DeitY, Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 97 lakhs (INR 9.7 million)
Duration: From September 2014 to February 2018 (completed)
Title: Standardisation of Virtual Keyboards in Indic Languages
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Partner Details: A consortium mode project involving IIT Guwahati, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Indore, IIT Kharagpur and CDAC Pune
Sponsoring Agency: DeitY, Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 1.22 crores (INR 12.2 million) [for all partners together]
Duration: From Dec, 2013 to June 2015 (completed)
Title: Modeling Visibility of Web Page Objects
Role: Principal Investigator
Sponsoring Agency: DST, Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 3.59 lakhs (INR 0.359 million)
Duration: From June 2012 to May 2014 (completed)
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