Sponsored Research / Consultancy Projects

  1. Centre of Excellence on SUstainable and iNnovative Design And manufacturing of PolymeR Toys (SUNDAR-TOYS) at IIT Guwahati, Dept. of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Govt. of India. Sanctioned budget ₹10.5 Crores. Jan 2023 – 2026. Role: Principal Investigator (PI), leading a team of 14 faculty experts from various departments of IIT Guwahati.
  2. Design and development of efficient tool-path strategies for precision high-speed machining of monolithic thin-walled structures for construction of lightweight satellites and spacecraft. Funding agency: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Sanctioned budget: ₹ 19.9 Lakhs ongoing. Role: Principal Investigator (PI).
  3. Design and development of novel, cost-effective and integrated robot-laser-based drilling technologies for underwater material processing, funded by National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), Sanctioned budget: ₹83.8 Lakhs, May 2022-ongoing. Role: Principal Investigator (PI).
  4. Design and development of a simple cost-effective table-top multi-axis CNC machine tool configuration using parallel kinematics, funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India. Sanctioned cost: ₹35.34 Lakhs, March 2020 to March 2023. Role: Principal Investigator, Co-PI: Prof. S. K. Dwivedy, Mech. Engg. IIT Guwahati.
  5. Development of Industry Honour Certification (IHC) Courses: CAD for 3D Designs funded by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Sanctioned cost: ₹4.1182 Lakhs. July 2020 – 2024. Role: Principal Investigator, Co-PI: Dr. Sajan Kapil, Mech. Engg. IIT Guwahati.
  6. Development of Industry Honour Certification (IHC) Courses: Industrial Mechatronics Systems, by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Sanctioned cost: ₹4.1182 Lakhs. August 2019 – 2022. Role: Principal Investigator.
  7. Improving productivity and product quality in machining of thin-walled components, funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India, Sanctioned cost: ₹37.9 Lakhs. October 2013–April 2017. Role: Principal Investigator, Co-PI: Prof. S. K. Dwivedy, Mech. Engg. IIT Guwahati.
  8. Mechanization of FCI Godown Operations, funded by Food Corporation of India (FCI). Sanctioned cost: ₹14.36 Lakhs. August 2011 – July 2013. Role: Principal Investigator, Co-PI: Prof. S. D. Kore, Mech. Engg. IIT Guwahati.
  9. Experimental analysis of single spark EDM craters, funded by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Sanctioned cost: ₹5 Lakhs. June 2010–May 2012. Role: Principal Investigator.