Research Grants
- Mechanistic Study on H 2 Synthesis from Glycerol over Supported Ceria Catalyst, Joint Usage/Research Program, JURCC, Japan, 25DS0818 (4/2025-9/2025); JPY 1,00,000/- (Ongoing)
- Development of multifunctional additives for high performance low temperature lubricants, DRDO CARS TR/0569/CARS/143, (2023-2026); Rs 48,00,000/- (Ongoing)
- Understanding the underlying structure-activity relationship in catalytic reactions, Joint Usage/Research Program, JURCC, Japan, 23DS0453 (2023-2024); JPY 1,00,000/- (Complete)
- Development of catalysts to generate hydrogen gas from methanol and polyols, SERB, New Delhi, CRG/2021/000504 (2021-2024); Rs 39,00,000/- (Complete)
- Design and Development of Efficient Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation from Alcohols,CSIR,New Delhi, 01(3045)/21/EMR-II(2021-2024); Rs 11,00,000/- (Complete)
- A synergistic experimental and computational approach to develop novel catalytic processes for upgrading agri-waste biomass/bio-oil to biofuel, Shastri Institutional Collaborative Research Grant (SICRG), (MHRD through Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Candadian Collaborator: Prof. S.H. Mushrif, University of Alberta, Canada), (2020-2022); Rs 10,00,000/- (Complete)
- Low-Cost Air Purifier cum CO2 harnesser, MSME, Govt. of India, MSME-CLCS-TUS-(5th PMAC)/SO37, (2020); Rs 18,00,000/- (Completed)
- Reversible Alkali Metal Based Hydrides for High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage, Materials for Energy Storage (MES)-2016, DST, New Delhi, DST/TMD/MES/2k16/50(2017-2023); Rs 1,50,00,000/- (as co-PI) (Complete)
- Development of new catalytic systems for efficient transformation of biomass/biomass derivatives to biofuel components, SERB, New Delhi, EMR/2016/005783, (2017-2020); Rs 62,00,000/- (Complete)
- Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Direct Synthesis of H2O2, DAAD,(DAAD-IIT Masters Sandwich Scholarship to Master's student Ms. Vanitha Reddy: German Host: Dr. Silke Behrens, IKFT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), (2019); (Complete)
- Development of active molecular catalysts based on transition metal complexes for efficient C-H bond activation and functionalization, CSIR, New Delhi, (01(7053)/17/EMR-II), (2017-2020); Rs 12,00,000/- (Complete)
- Study of half sandwich Ru and Rh complexes based on nitrogen and phosphorous donor ligands, CSIR, New Delhi; (01(2722)/13/EMR-II), (2013-2016); Rs 17,98,400/- (Complete)
- New Catalytic Systems based on Arene-Ruthenium Complexes for Direct C-N bond formation, DST Start-up Grant, New Delhi, CS-071/2014, (2014-2017); Rs 21,20,000/- (Complete)
