Dr Samit Bhattacharya
Head, Center for Linguistic
Science & Technology
Associate Professor, Department of Computer
Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of
Technology, Guwahati
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Title: COIL-D: Center for Indian Language Data
Role: Principal Investigator (IIT Guwahati)
Partner Details: IIT Patna, IIT Guwahati, IIT Delhi, IIIT Delhi, IGDTUW and Manipal Institute of Technology.
Sponsoring Agency: MeitY [Under Mission Bhasini, NLTM]
Grant Amount: INR 3.52 crores (INR 35.2 million)
Duration: Two years (From June 2024)
Partner Details: IIT Patna, IIT Guwahati, IIT Delhi, IIIT Delhi, IGDTUW and Manipal Institute of Technology.
Sponsoring Agency: MeitY [Under Mission Bhasini, NLTM]
Grant Amount: INR 3.52 crores (INR 35.2 million)
Duration: Two years (From June 2024)
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 27.9 lakhs (INR 2.79 million)
Duration: From June 2022 to January 2023 (completed)
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 27.9 lakhs (INR 2.79 million)
Duration: From June 2022 to January 2023 (completed)
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: From April 2020 to March 2023 (completed)
Sponsoring Agency: MeitY, Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 1.1 crore (INR 11 million)
Duration: From April 2020 to March 2023 (completed)
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: From November 2019 20 October 2022 (completed)
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: From November 2019 20 October 2022 (completed)
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 74.5 lakhs (INR 7.45 million)
Duration: From April 2019 to March 2024 (completed)
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 74.5 lakhs (INR 7.45 million)
Duration: From April 2019 to March 2024 (completed)
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 67.5 lakhs (INR 6.75 million)
Duration: From January 2017 to December 2018 (completed)
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 67.5 lakhs (INR 6.75 million)
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 94.32 lakhs (INR 9.43 million)
Duration: From September 2014 to February 2018 (completed)
Sponsoring Agency: DeitY, Govt. of India
Grant Amount: INR 94.32 lakhs (INR 9.43 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 20.13 lakhs (INR 2.01 million)
Duration: From Dec, 2013 to June 2015 (completed)
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 20.13 lakhs (INR 2.01 million)
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)
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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