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 List of Sponsored Projects 

Sl No.Name of ProjectSponsoring AgencyDepartmentName of PI & Co-PIProject Duration
01Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of  Primary Response Agency’s Buildings of West Tripura District.State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF)Civil Engineering

Dr. Dhirendra Kumar Pandey, Assistant Prof. of Civil Engineering Department (PI)

Prof. Deb Dulal Tripura, Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. Manu S. Nadesan, Assistant Prof. of Civil Engineering Department (Co-PI)

April 2025

April 2027

02Enhancing public health critical infrastructure resilience through different retrofitting design solutions for aiding in disaster mitigation (case studies of West Tripura District).State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF)Civil Engineering

Dr. Tara Sen, Assistant Prof. of CE Department (PI)

Mr. Subhajit Deb, Assistant Prof. of CE Department (Co-PI)

April 2025

April 2027

03Multi-Stimuli Responsive Conductive Organic Polymers.Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)Chemistry DepartmentDr. Abhishek Koner, Assistant Prof. of Chemistry Department (PI)

February 2025

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February 2027

04Multimodal therapeutic modality on gold nanoplatform functionalized with iron (III) complexes and doxorubicin for targeted chemo-phototherapy of breast cancer.DBT-NEChemistry Department

Dr. Mithun Roy, Assistant Prof. of Chemistry  Department (PI)

Dr. Sukhes Mukherjee, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS Bhopal (Co-PI)

June 2025

June 2028

05Seismic vulnerability assessment of RC buildings constructed on the hill slope of northeastern region of India.CSIRCivil EngineeringDr. Lipika Halder, Assistant Prof. of Civil Engineering Department

June 2024 


June 2027

06Process development for production of food grade phycoerythrin (C-PE) from Anabaena spCRG-SERB (MoE)Bio Engineering

Dr. Biswanath Bhunia, Assistant Prof. of  Bio Engineering Department (PI)

Dr. Subhasis Mandal, Assistant Prof. in Chemical Engineering Dept. NIT Calicut (Co-PI)

June 2024 –

June 2027

07Converting C02 present in biogass to CH4 by biomethanation techniques low cost approach purify biogas.CSIRCivil EngineeringDr. Sagarika Panigari, Assistant Prof. of Civil Engineering Department (PI)

June 2024 –

June 2027

08SURFMIN- Microbial surfactants assisted bio hydrometallurgy towards the recovery of critical minerals from electronic waste.BIRAC E-YUVABio EngineeringDr. V.C Padmanaban, Assistant Prof. of  Bio Engineering Department (Mentor).

June 2024 –

June 2025

09Block chain-based Secure and Transparent Underwater Data Management using Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. IIT Guwahati Technology Innovation and Development Foundation.Computer Science & Engineering

Dr. Suyel Namasudra, Assistant Prof. of Computer Science & Engineering Department (PI)

Dr. Vidyut Dey, Associate Prof. of  Production Engineering  Department (Co-PI)

October 2024 –  October 2028
10Valorization of crustacean and shellfishery waste towards ocean based blue economy: Resource recovery & Life cycle assessment towards biorefinery concept.MoESBio EngineeringDr. V.C Padmanaban, Assistant Prof. of  Bio Engineering Department (Mentor).March 2025 –  March 2027
11Antimicrobial resistance Surveillance in the municipal black water of Northeast India and its remediation through Advanced oxidation processes.MSMEBio EngineeringDr. V.C Padmanaban, Assistant Prof. of  Bio Engineering Department (Mentor).July 2024 – January 2025
12Process development for prodigiosin production in bioreactor and evaluation of nanoparticle-based prodigiosin therapies for triple-negative breast cancer cell linesICMRBio Engineering

Dr. Biswanath Bhunia, Assistant Prof. of  Bio Engineering Department (PI)

Dr.  Muthusivaramapandian M., Assistant Prof. Bio Engineering Department   (Co-PI) (Co-PI)

February  2025 –  February 2028
13Technological development and economic analysis for enhancing amylase productivity by marine bacteria in bioreactor.MoES-Deep Ocean MissionBio Engineering

Dr. Biswanath Bhunia, Assistant Prof. of  Bio Engineering Department (PI)

Dr.  Muthusivaramapandian M., Assistant Prof. Bio Engineering Department   (Co-PI) (Co-PI)

September  2025 –  September  2028
14Resource recovery studies and Process development for the production of value-added, low-alcoholic Kodo Ko Jaanr- A Traditional millet-based fermented functional food of North East India.DBT Northeast Fermented FoodsBio EngineeringDr. V.C Padmanaban, Assistant Prof. of  Bio Engineering Department (PI).

December 2024 

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July 2028

15Monitoring and Understanding the Distribution Behaviour of fluoroquinolone antibiotics and its resistant entities in surface water An Integrated treatment approach towards antimicrobial resistance. DST Water Technology InitiativeBio Engineering

Dr. V.C Padmanaban, Assistant Prof. of  Bio Engineering Department (PI).

Dr. Animesh Debnath, Associate Prof. of Civil Engineering  Department (Co-PI).

December  2025  –

December  2028  

16Agripreneurship of Azolla cultivation and its value- added products - Implementation to enhance the rural livelihood of Tripura.MSME ESDP & EAPBio EngineeringDr. V.C Padmanaban, Assistant Prof. of  Bio Engineering Department (PI).

December 2024

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March 2025

17FIST Project -2023DSTCivil EngineeringDebdulal  Tripura, HoD of  Civil  Engineering (Coordinator)October 2023  –  October  2028
18FIST Project -2024DSTElectrical EngineeringProf. Arvind Kumar Jain, HoD of Electrical Engineering (Coordinator).December 2024  – December  2029
19AI- based fault tolerant operation of multi-phase induction motor for underwater propulsion system.IIT Guwahati- TIDF, DSTElectrical EngineeringDr. Bikram Das, Assistant Prof. of Electrical Engineering Department (PI).October 2024  –  October  2026
20Development of wave energy converter system for harnessing renewable energy from ocean waves.IIT Guwahati- TIDF, DSTElectrical Engineering

Dr. P. Padmagirisan, Assistant Prof. of Electrical Engineering Department (PI).

Dr. Paramvir Singh, Assistant Prof. of Mechanical Engineering  Department (Co-PI).

Dr. Shailendra Singh, Assistant Prof. of Electrical Engineering Department     (Co-PI).

October 2024 

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October  2026

21Underwater Image Classification using Ensemble Learning Models.IIT Guwahati- TIDF, DSTComputer Science & Engineering

Dr. Awnish Kumar, Assistant Prof. of CSE Department (PI),

Dr. Swapan Debbarma, Associate Prof. of CSE (Co-PI), Dr. Nabarun Biswas, Assistant Prof. of Production Engineering  Department (Co-PI), Dr. Prasant Bharadwaj, Assistant Prof. CSE Department (Co-PI). 

October 2024 

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October  2026

22Optimizing Monocular Depth Estimation for underwater Ghost Net Detection, Localization, and Retrieval using Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).IIT Guwahati- TIDF, DSTMechanical Engineering

Dr. Naveen Raj R,  Assistant Prof. of NIT Puduchery (PI)

Dr. Ravivarman R, Assistant Prof. of Mechanical Engineering  Department

October 2024 

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October  2026

23Hydrogen addition to hydrocarbons: Studies on small to medium-scale burners.PAN-IIT innovation in Green Hydrogen Programme, IIT BombayMechanical Engineering

Dr. Paramvir Singh, Assistant Prof. of Mechanical Engineering  Department    (Co-PI).

Dr. Sudarshan Kumar, IIT Bombay  (PI),

Dr. Saurabh Sharma, IIT Roorkee(Co-PI), Dr. V Mahendra Reddy, IIT Kharagpur (Co-PI), Dr. Snehasish Panigrahy, IIT Delhi (Co-PI), Dr. V Ratna Kishore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore (Co-PI),Dr. E V Jithin, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore (Co-PI).

August 2024 

August  2026

24Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloy (AI 6101) and Copper Alloy (C11000) for Busbar Application by Novel Hybrid Interlayer Approach.SERBMechanical EngineeringDr. Jawahar Paulraj, Assistant Prof. of Mechanical Engineering  Department (PI),  

July 2024  –

July  2026

25Real time Disease Diagnostics of Rubber plant by Chemi-resistive Profiling of Leaf Volatiles.SERBElectronics and  Instrumentation EngineeringDr. Debanjan Acharyya, Assistant Prof. of EIE  Department (PI)September  2023 – September  2026
26Microbial Assessment for Developing an Inoculum for Artificially Infecting Agarwood Tree for Sustainable Agar Cultivation in Tripura & North Eastern Region.  NTFP-NCE Forest DepartmenChemiical EngineeringDr. Srimanta Ray, Associate Prof. of Chemical Engineering Department (PI)

May2023

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May2026

27Hierarchical Electrodes: Advanced Design Strategies and Engineering for Na-ion Battery.SERB-SERGChemiical Engineering Dr. Suresh Mamidi, Assistant Prof. of Chemical Engineering Department (PI)October 2023  –  October  2025
28Sustainable machining of Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites in a hybrid lubri-cooling environmentSERBProduction  EngineeringDr. Uttam Kumar Mondal, Associate  Prof. of Production Engineering Department (PI)December 2023  – December  2026
29Establishment of Testing Facility for Agarwood Oil and Agarwood Hydrosol Produced in Tripura.NTFPChemiical Engineering Dr. Srimanta Ray, Associate Prof. of Chemical Engineering Department (PI)December 2023  – December  2027
30Artificial Intelligence based device and database design for precision agriculture.MeiTYElectronics  and  Communication  Engineering

Dr. Biman Debbarma, Assistant Prof. of ECE Department  (PI)

Dr. Somnath Roy Choudhury, Assistant Prof. of ECE Department (Co-PI) 

November  2023 –  November  2028