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