Grants
Externally sponsored grants (total about 115 crores INR, 15.5 Million USD equivalent )
2020- 2022 Stubble Burning: Health impacts and social perception - an explorative study for prevention
Funding source Swedish Research Council (SRC)
Level of support 7,46 000 SEK ( ≈ 63,00 000 INR)
Organizations involved IIT Ropar and Mid Sweden University
Role Co-PI (IIT Ropar: Dr. Samaresh Bardha (HSS), Dr. Parwinder Singh (HSS), and Dr. Prabir Sarkar (ME). Foreign PI: Prof. Koustuv Dalal, Professor in Public Health Economics, Mid Sweden University, Sweden.)
2020-2025 Establishing of Agriculture and Water Hub under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS): Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs)
Funding source Department of Science and Technology (DST), Gov. of India
Level of support 110 crores over 5 years
Organizations involved IIT Ropar
Role Co-PI (Co-PIs: Dr. Pushpendra Singh, Dr. Prabir Sarkar, Dr. Mukesh Saini, Dr. Neelkant, Dr. Vijay Anand, Dr. Suman Kumar, Dr. Neeraj Goel)
Domain coordinator: Stubble management and urban farming
2019- 2022 Micro Green Roofing
Funding source IMPRINT- 2, MHRD, GOI and ELT India
Level of support About 75 lakhs (58 lakhs from MHRD+ 17 lakhs from ELT India)
Organizations involved IIT Ropar, IIT Kharagpur, ELT India, industry
Role Principal Investigator (Co PI- Dr. Putul Haldar, IIT Ropar and Dr. Chirodeep Bakli, IIT Kharagpur)
2017-2020 Big Data Analysis: A key to understand the Dynamics of Collaborative Knowledge Building
Funding source Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
Level of support INR 14,40,600 / USD 22142
Role Co-Principal Investigator (PI, Dr. Sudarsan Iyenger)
2016-2019 Experimentation and simulation assisted enhancement of energy efficiency & pollution reduction in hand tool industries
Funding source Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises under Uchhatar Aviskar Yojana
Level of support INR 99.58 lakhs/ USD 147616
Role Co-Principal Investigator (PI, Dr. Dhiraj Mahajan)
2016-2019 Study of aesthetics in product design using eye-tracking equipment from a cognitive view
Funding source Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
Level of support INR 16.26 lakhs/ USD 24,440
Role Principal Investigator
2014-2019 Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) Program
Funding source Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
Level of support INR 235 lakhs/ USD 380,000
Role Co-Principal Investigator (PI, Prof. Harpreet Singh)
2015-2016-2017 Grant for strengthening of IPR cell
Funding source Patent Information Centre, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology
Level of support INR 0.2 lakhs/ USD 330/ each year
Role Principal Investigator/ Nodal officer
2014-2015 Grant for setting up and strengthening of IPR cell
Funding source Patent Information Centre, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology
Level of support INR 0.2 lakhs/ USD 330
Role Principal Investigator/ Nodal officer
2014-2017 Engineering Driven Sustainable Supply Network Design
Funding source Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK
Institute involved IIT Ropar, IIM Lucknow, and University of Cambridge
Level of support £ 1 million / USD 1,517,300, IIT Ropar’s share: INR 48,00,000/ USD 70,021
Role Co-Investigator (Prof. Jag Sarai, U Cambridge, Prof. Harpreet Singh, IIT Ropar)
Internally sponsored grants (total about 1 crore INR)
2020 Development vertical garden under multidisciplinary agriculture research initiative
Funding source Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Level of support INR 100 lakhs (my share 14 lakhs)
Role Principal Investigator
2020 Aesthetically design and development of electric two-wheelers under multidisciplinary electric vehicle research initiative
Funding source Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Level of support INR 100 lakhs (my share about 20 lakhs)
Role Principal Investigator
2019 Development of machines to stop stubble burning
Funding source Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Level of support INR 11.5 lakhs
Role Principal Investigator
2013 Establishment of Design studio
Funding source Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Level of support INR 10 lakhs/ USD 18,699
Role Co-Principal Investigator
2012 Establishment of Design research laboratory
Funding source Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Level of support INR 5.7 lakhs/ USD 11,181
Role Principal Investigator
2011-2012 Purchase of Eye-tracking equipment (Research Grant)
Funding source Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Level of support INR 45 lakhs / USD 67400
Role Principal Investigator
2011 Establishment of sustainable design and manufacturing laboratory
Funding source Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Level of support INR 49 lakhs / USD 120,000
Role Co-Principal Investigator
2011-2012 Creative sustainable product design methodology with standards compliant, and a support for measuring product sustainability in early design (Institute seed grant)
Funding source Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar
Level of support INR 9.8 lakhs / USD 21,777
Role Principal Investigator
Consultancy projects (17 lakhs INR)
2019- 2022 Micro Green Roofing
Funding source ELT India (under IMPRINT 2 scheme)
Level of support 17 lakhs
Role Principal Investigator
Dec 2015 Bone alignment measuring system
Funding source IIT Ropar and PGI Chandigarh joint initiative
Level of support Financial expenses borne by IIT Ropar
Role Principal Investigator. Product developed in collaboration with Dr. Chawan, of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)
Dec 2015 Improved surgical cutter for plastic surgery
Funding source IIT Ropar and PGI Chandigarh joint initiative
Level of support Financial expenses borne by IIT Ropar
Role Principal Investigator. Product developed in collaboration with Dr. Sunil Gaba of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh along with Dr. S. S. Padhee and Mr. Sameer Mishra, a summer internship student, 2015