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Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Budget	Duration
Syngas formation from direct gas phase co-electrolysis of CO₂ and H₂O at high current density using amine functionalized electrodes and elevated pressure	Dr Karan Malik	SERB, New Delhi	25.20 lakhs	August 2022 to August 2024
Development of amine-functionalized electrocatalyst for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide	Dr Karan Malik	Faculty Research Seed Grant, RGIPT	10 lakhs	March 2022 to March 2024
Performance Evaluation of a floating Bio-gas Plant by Integrated Semi-transparent photo-voltaic Thermal (SPVT) collectors (Bi-SPVT)	Professor A S K Sinha	PCRA, New Delhi	25 lakhs	August 2021 to August 2023
Development of Electrodes and Design of a porotype for the Hard/Sea Water Electrolysis	Professor A S K Sinha Co-PI: Dr Milan Kumar Dr M S Balathanigaimani	NTPC-NETRA, India	98 lakhs
Enhanced para xylene separation from xylene isomers by reverse osmosis based Membrane Assisted Crystallization	Dr V S Sistla	CSIR, India	4.5 lakhs
Membrane Solvent Extraction Processes For Extracting Lanthanum and Cerium Metals From Leach Solutions of Monazite Sands and Recyclable Consumer Products	Dr Gunjan Kumar Agrahari	SERB, New Delhi	40 lakhs
Liquid-liquid flow through small diameter conduits – Enhanced Mass Transfer and Kinetic study	Dr Koushik Guha Biswas	CSIR, India	18 lakhs
A study on hydrogen industry competitiveness in India: Role of North Eastern States	Co-PI: Dr M S Balathanigaimani	OIL, India	9 lakhs
Flue gas decarbonisation using novel green solvents	Dr Rakesh Kumar Co-PI: Dr M S Balathanigaimani	CST, UP	12 lakhs
Modelling of a Technique for Conversion of Industrial wastewater to commercial products	Co-PI: Dr G K Agrahari	M/S Siddheswari Cotton Mill, Kolkata	7.5 lakhs
Metal-Organic Frameworks- derived nanomaterials for electrocatalysis	Co-PI: Dr Milan Kumar	CSIR, India	19 lakhs
Hybrid Digester based efficient biogas production from agricultural waste	Dr Koushik Guha Biswas	Institute Research Grant, RGIPT	3.50 lakhs
Metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks and their derived materials for electrochemical CO₂ reduction into fuels	Co-PI: Dr Milan Kumar Dr M S Balathanigaimani	Institute Research Grant, RGIPT	3 lakhs
Thermochemical Conversion of Rice-Straw Biomass to Hydrogen and Syngas	Dr Gunjan K Agrahari Co-PI: Dr V S Sistla	SERB, New Delhi	10 lakhs
Exploring Atomic and Electronic Structure of Small Atomic Clusters of Transition Metal Atoms Impregnated g-C3N4 FOR Multifarious Photo and Electro Catalytic Applications	Co-PI: Dr M S Balathanigaimani	Institute Research Grant, RGIPT	9 lakhs
Study of bitumen-water interface phase behavior to understand emulsion stability	Dr Shweta	Faculty Research Seed Grant, RGIPT	10 lakhs
Biofuel Formation from Vegetable Oil using Hydroprocessing Method	Dr Shweta Co-PI: Professor A S K Sinha Dr M S Balathanigaimani	Institute Research Grant, RGIPT	13 lakhs
Corrosion induced failure of Ni alloys in oil and gas industries: Mechanistic approach for corrosion mitigation	Dr Deepak Dwivedi	Faculty Research Seed Grant, RGIPT	17 lakhs
The role of pulsation and channel geometry for biphasic flow systems in cost-effective fabricated micro-reactors	Dr Koushik Guha Biswas	Institute Research Grant, RGIPT	6 lakhs	2018-2020
Studies on three dimensional fracturing due to hydrostatic pressure generated under point loading in viscoelastic media for fabrication of functional mesoporous materials	Dr Amit Ranjan	SERB, New Delhi	24 lakhs	2012-2015
Development of New Polymeric Materials with Potential Applications in Various Areas of Petroleum Engineering	Co-PI: Dr Amit Ranjan	SERB, New Delhi	26 lakhs	2012-2015
New nano-porous materials for natural gas storage application	Dr M S Balathanigaimani	DST, India and NRF, Republic of South Korea	23 lakhs	2013-2016
Energy storage/production using vanadium redox flow batteries: experimental and computational studies	Dr Milan Kumar	DST and SERB, New Delhi (Young Scientist Startup)	22 lakhs	2017-2020
Design, fabrication and testing of flow channels for even distribution of electrolyte	Dr Milan Kumar	Institute Research Grant, RGIPT	5 lakhs	2018-2021
CO₂ capture using ionic liquids: experiments and molecular modeling	Dr Rakesh Kumar	DST India	26 lakhs	2013-2017
Synthesis and Characterization of Deep Eutectic Solvents for CO₂ Capture	Dr Rakesh Kumar	Institute Research Grant, RGIPT	5 lakhs	2018-2020
Development of hybrid crystallization and filtration process for p-xylene separation from xylene isomer mixture (a product stream from Heavy Naphtha)	Dr V S Sistla	Institute Research Grant, RGIPT	7 lakhs	2018-2020