PROJECTS
SEED GRANT PROJECTS-Ongoing
S. No. IIT Mandi Reference/ Project No. Project Title Principal Investigator & Co-ordinator(s) Department/ School Amount Sanctioned Duration of Project From To 1. IITM/SG/RD/36 Mayans in 19th Century Mexico & Belize Dr. Rajeshwari Dutt School of Humanities and Social Sciences 6,20,000 5 Years 04.06.15 31.01.21 2. IITM/SG/SS/45 Disaster at Mass Gatherings: A study of pilgrims shared identities and responses to catastrohic flooding Dr. Shail Shankar School of Humanities & Social Sciences 4,20,000 3 years 31.03.16 30.03.19 3. IITM/SG/RG/46 Inhabition of the Alzheimer's Aβ-Peptide Fibrillization by derived disordered peptides of Transthyretin: Molecular Mechanism by Atomic Force Microscopy Dr. Rajanish Giri School of Basic Sciences 7,00,000 3 years 15.04.16 14.04.19 4. IITM/SG/AB/47 Institutions of Technology and Language Instruction Dr. Aruna Bommareddi School of Humanities & Social Sciences 5,00,000 3 years 02.06.16 01.06.19 5. IITM/SG/SKM/48 System Biology of selected Proteobacteria with idustrial, environmental and agricultural significance PI- Dr. Shyam Kumar Masakapalli Co PI- Dr. Tulika P Srivastava School of Basic Sciences 18,00,000 3 years 14.06.16 13.06.19 6. IITM/SG/RS/49 Modelling of the micro-mechanisms involved in the overall failure of a quasi-brittle material Dr. Rajneesh Sharma School of Engineering 5,00,000 3 years 22.08.16 21.08.19 7. IITM/SG/KVU/50 Establishing the change in shear strength of soil due to plant roots: An experimental study Dr. Kala Venkata Uday School of Engineering 6,50,000 3 years 05.09.16 04.09.19 8. IITM/SG/SP/51 Towards zero waste campus: Sustainable solid waste and wastewater management Dr. Satvasheel Powar (PI) Dr. Atul Dhar & Dr. Pradeep kumar (Co-PIs) School of Engineering 25,00,000 3 years 06.10.16 05.10.19 9. IITM/SG/NK/52 - Dr. Narendra Karmarkar School of Computing and Electrical Engineering 2,00,000 3 years 28.10.16 27.10.19 10. IITM/SG/HS/53 Theory, Design and Modeling of jitter for high speed transmission links Dr. Hitesh Shrimali School of Computing and Electrical Engineering 6,50,000 3 years 07.12.16 06.12.19 11. IITM/SG/HP/54 Development and Implementation of extended finite element (XFEM) model for ductile crack growth in structural engineering applications Dr. Himanshu Pathak School of Engineering 5,12,000 3 years 26.12.16 25.12.19 12. IITM/SG/DS/55 Experimental Investigation of solute transport in porous media Dr. Deepak swami School of Engineering 9,00,000 3 years 27.03.17 26.03.20 13. IITM/SG/SJ/56 Development Characterisation and Mathematical modelling of microwave cured porous composites for biomedical applications Dr. Sunny Zafar(PI) Dr. Mohammad Talha (Co-PI) School of Engineering 14,50,000 3 years 27.03.17 26.03.20 14. IITM/SG/SDG/57 Comprehensive valuation of forest ecosystem services and understanding the method of value formation: A case study in Himachal Pradesh Dr. Shyamasree Dasgupta School of Humanities & Social Sciences 5,00,000 3 years 03.05.17 02.05.20 15. IITM/SG/NRT/58 Material to control strategies for hybrid energy storage system AC-DC microgrid perspective Dr. Narsa Reddy Tummuru (PI) Dr. Rik Rani Koner (Co-PI) School of Computing and Electrical Engineering & School of Engineering 15,50,000 3 years 17.05.17 16.05.20 16. IITM/SG/RG/59 Determination of fracture properties of bone for diabetic and non-diabetic patients: experimental and numerical investigation Dr. Rajesh Ghosh (PI) Dr. Arpan Gupta (Co-PI) School of Engineering 12,00,000 3 years 26.10.17 25.10.20 17. IITM/SG/SSR/60 Heavy metal pick-up from water using nano fiber Dr. Sumit Sinha Ray(PI) School of Engineering 10,00,000 3 years 24.11.17 23.11.20 18. IITM/SG/GSR/61 Broad- band electrically small antennas for various RF and Microwave- application Dr. G. Shrikant Reddy School of Computing and Electrical Engineering 5,53,675 3 years 30.11.17 29.11.20 19. IITM/SG/SS/62 Developing a low-cost, scalable and resilient agricultural internet-of- thing framework Dr. Srikant Srinivasan (PI) Dr. Siddhartha Sarma (Co-PI) School of Computing and Electrical Engineering 15,00,000 3 years 11.12.17 10.12.20 20. IITM/SG/PS/63 Financial inclusion and financial depenning through branchless banking in Himachal Pradesh Dr. Puran Singh (PI) School of Humanities & Social Sciences 5,00,000 2 years 19.01.18 18.01.20 21. IITM/SG/RSh/64 ASIC implementation of hardware-efficient & low-power spectrum sensor based on cyclosationary feature detection for congnitive radio mobile- broadband system Dr. Rahul Shrestha School of Computing and Electrical Engineering 10,00,000 3 years 12.04.18 11.04.21 22. IITM/SG/DSE/65 The Kangra earthquake (1905): A social and political history Dr. Devika Sethi School of Humanities & Social Sciences 5,00,000 3 years 17.04.18 16.04.21 23. IITM/SG/SUS/66 Robust health monitoring of steel bridges under varying environmental and traffic conditions: an application to Victoria bridge Dr. Subhamoy Sen School of Engineering 8,60,000 3 years 16.10.18 15.10.21