Research Projects

Project Title: Assessment of Damaged Facade Structure of U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre located at Ahmedabad

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Funding Agency: U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, Asarawa Ahmedabad

Investigation Team Member

Project Title: Assessment of Fire Damaged Industrial Steel Structure at Navapura, Sanand, Ahmedabad

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Funding Agency: Krishna Industrial Estate, Survey No. 220/P Navapura, Sanand, Ahmedabad

Assessment Team Member

Project Title: INTAS Pharmaceutical on the skeletal remain data

Start Year: March 2015

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Funding Agency: consultancy service

Investigator

Project Title: fingerprints analysis. (Case referred by the Punjab Police)

Start Year: October 2015

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Funding Agency: Punjab police

Investigator

Project Title: reported case related to question on identification brought by ONGC Vadodara based on fingerprints analysis

Start Year: October 2016

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Funding Agency: ONGC Vadodara

Investigator

Project Title: reporting cases on Armour materials based on testing through the Ballistics Research Centre as a Quality manager and Reporting officer

Start Year: January 2017

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Investigator

Project Title: Coordinator for the SSIP START UP innovation policy of the university

Start Year: April 2019

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Funding Agency: NFSU

coordinator

Project Title: Coordinator for the Centre of Excellence for Humanitarians Forensics , a joint venture / initiative with theICRC

Start Year: May 2019

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Funding Agency: ICRC

coordinator

Project Title: forensic sciences course curriculum development

Start Year: November 2018

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Funding Agency: Consultancy services provided to the University of cape coast, Accara, Ghana

Investigator

Project Title: compensation claims on vehicle accident in Jamnagar

Start Year: April 2019

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Funding Agency: reliance Insurance co ltd

Investigator

Project Title: Questioned identity based on fingerprints

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Funding Agency: Food corporation of India

consultancy

Project Title: The African Medico-legal centre

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expert committee member

Project Title: Nano materials

Start Year: October 2016

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Funding Agency: Central University of Gujarat

Examiner of the M.Phil students of Central Univers

Project Title: Natural Products –biochemical and toxicanalysis

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Funding Agency: Gujarat university , Ahmedabad

Examiner

Project Title: Enhanced methods of criminal identification: Application of photo luminescent nanoparticles for the development of latent prints

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End Year: April 2023

Grant No.: -

Amount: 1000000

Funding Agency: UGC- MRP- Major Research project

Financial assistance

Project Title: SCIENCE ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD A STATUTOTY BODY OF DST

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End Year: December 2019

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Amount: 10300000

Funding Agency: -

Project proposals

Project Title: Individual and societal security – an indicative coverage proposed to TIFAC,

Start Year: January 2014

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Research Project

Project Title: Establishing the identity of criminals in case of physical offences based on grab impressions: A study on the development of fingerprints on clothe fibres for the identification of offenders.

Start Year: June 2015

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Funding Agency: ICSSR

Research Project

Project Title: Effect of Neurofeedback Intervention Training Module (NITM) on Emotional Regulation, Impulsivity and Aggression in Juvenile Offenders

Start Year: January 2020

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Grant No.: DST-CSRI/2018/50(G)

Amount: 48,99,360/-

Funding Agency: CSRI-DST, Govt of India

PI

Project Title: Development of EEG-Mind Mantra Intervention Stress Inoculation Protocol (EEMI-SIP) for Young Adults & First Responders

Start Year: April 2022

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Grant No.: NFSU/SDSR/SMS-Research Grant/530/2022

Amount: 16,48,500

Funding Agency: NFSU Seed Grant

PI

Project Title: Center of Excellence for Research and Analysis of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

Start Year: July 2022

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Grant No.: MHA, GoI F.No. 25013/43/2011-WS-III

Amount: 50000000

Funding Agency: MHA, India

Head

Project Title: DEVELOPMENT OF NANOTECHNOLOGY ENABLED BODY ARMOUR

Start Year: July 2022

End Year: June 2025

Grant No.: Email Dated 29 July 2022

Amount: 17,00,000

Funding Agency: Seed Money Scheme, National Forensic Sciences University

Principal investigator

Project Title: Quality Assessment of Hardened Concrete for Forensic Investigations

Start Year: July 2022

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Grant No.:

Amount: 880000

Funding Agency: National Forensic Sciences University

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Preventing Recidivism through Restorative Justice Programs - Experiments and Experiences in Delhi

Start Year: April 2022

End Year: September 2022

Grant No.:

Amount: 1000000

Funding Agency: National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU)

Co-Principal Investigator

Project Title: Development of aerosol based Hyaluronic acid loaded niosomes for the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Start Year: August 2021

End Year: July 2024

Grant No.: CRG/2020/004586

Amount: 28,19,000=00

Funding Agency: SERB

Principal Investigator

Project Title: APREMILAST LOADED HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES COMPOSITE ENCAPSULATED IN ELECTROSPUN NANOPATCHES:A NOVELTREATMENT FOR PSORIASIS

Start Year: February 2022

End Year: January 2025

Grant No.: CRG/2021/003631

Amount: 2272000

Funding Agency: DST-SERB

Co-PI

Project Title: Studies on stereochemistry and synthesis of pyrazole fused pyran analogues of biological interest

Start Year: October 2022

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Grant No.: NFSU/SDSR/SMS.Research Grant/536/2022

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Funding Agency: National Forensic Sciences University

Principal Investigator

Project Title: NFSU - DGIT Project

Start Year: December 2022

End Year: January 2027

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Funding Agency: Directorate General of Income Tax (Investigation), New Delhi

Member

Project Title: Advisor

Start Year: December 2021

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Funding Agency: Space 2 Grow

Advisor

Project Title: NFSU-DGGI Project

Start Year: February 2023

End Year: February 2028

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Funding Agency: Directorate General of GST Intelligence, New Delhi

Member

Project Title: SSIP 2.0

Start Year: February 2023

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Funding Agency: NFSU

Co-PI

Project Title: Quality Assessment of Hardened Concrete for Forensic Investigation

Start Year: December 2022

End Year: June 2024

Grant No.:

Amount: 8800000

Funding Agency: National Forensic Sciences University

CO PI

Project Title: application of carbon nanotubes nanoparticles in the enhanced efficiency of armoured materials at the university

Start Year: March 2022

End Year: April 2023

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Research Project

Project Title: Developmental Validation of STR Kit

Start Year: August 2021

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Grant No.: NA

Amount: 1120000

Funding Agency: KRISHGEN Biosystems

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Prediction of human facial features using genetic association data in different Indian populations

Start Year: November 2022

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Grant No.: NFSU/SDSR/SMS.Research Grant/853/2022

Amount: 2000000

Funding Agency: NFSU (SEED Money Scheme) Major Project

Principal Investigator

Project Title: The Nanobiophysical template of GO-MNPs-Proteins for functional electronic interfacial applications

Start Year: May 2023

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Funding Agency: GUJCOST

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

Project Title: Entrepreneurial preference of millennial generation of marginalized groups: An Empirical Study on Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) belonging to Gujarat state

Start Year: May 2023

End Year: April 2024

Grant No.: 02/121/2022-23/RP/MN

Amount: 484000

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Principle Investigator

Project Title: Bioassay guided fractionation of Acacia catechu and Rhodiola imbricata for the inhibition of PEPCK gene expression and gluconeogenesis in H4IIE hepatoma cell line

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Funding Agency: Major project, National Medicinal plant board, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India

PI

Project Title: Low temperature catalytic removal of volatile organic compounds over noble metal free catalyst

Start Year: January 2022

End Year: January 2025

Grant No.: CRG/2021/002992

Amount: 3373000

Funding Agency: SERB-DST

Principal investigator

Project Title: An Intelligent Bot for Automated Customer Perception Analysis

Start Year: October 2023

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Grant No.:

Amount: 561000

Funding Agency: Routine Clouds Pty Ltd., NSW, Australia

PI

Project Title: Early Detection of Suicidal Ideation using Artificial Intelligence, Integrating Clinical Expertise and Social Media Contents

Start Year: April 2025

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Amount: 750000

Funding Agency: ICSSR

PI

Project Title: Network Program on Anti-Microbial Resistance, Superbugs and One Health Phase 2

Start Year: March 2025

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Grant No.:

Amount: 9470000

Funding Agency: Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission

CO-PI

Project Title: IAF Project

Start Year: June 2019

End Year: June 2023

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Funding Agency: National Forensic Sciences University

Member

Project Title: Analysis of Six Band Drugs (Tetrahydrocannabinol, Amphetamine, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Cocaine and Opiates) of Abuse in Urine

Start Year: November 2020

End Year: January 2021

Grant No.:

Amount: 1450000

Funding Agency: GPSC

Group member

Project Title: Analysis of Six Band Drugs (Tetrahydrocannabinol, Amphetamine, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Cocaine and Opiates) of Abuse in Urine

Start Year: June 2021

End Year: June 2021

Grant No.:

Amount: 1180000

Funding Agency: GPSC

Group member

Project Title: Assessment of quality of Asparagus racemosus

Start Year: June 2022

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Funding Agency: Students Startup and Innovation Policy Project (SSIP)

Member

Project Title: Quality Assessment of Honey (Wild Varieties and Different Brands) as per BIS Specifications

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Funding Agency: Students Startup and Innovation Policy Project (SSIP)

Member

Project Title: Center of Excellence for Research and Analysis of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

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Funding Agency: Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India

Part in designing of CoE NDPS corridor

Project Title: Critical Analysis of the Effectiveness of CCTV in Law Enforcement (Crime Prevention, Detection, Traffic Management, etc. in seven major cities of India

Start Year: August 2020

End Year: August 2022

Grant No.:

Amount: 1194000

Funding Agency: Bureau of Police Research and Development

Project Director

Project Title: ACB Case Suspect Audio & Video Recording

Start Year: December 2019

End Year: February 2020

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Funding Agency: ACB Gandhinagar

Officer Incharge

Project Title: Characterization and Standardization of Neem Oil GNFC

Start Year: August 2022

End Year: August 2022

Grant No.: GFSU/IFS/329/2017

Amount: 900000

Funding Agency: GFSU and GNFC

Project Coordinator

Project Title: Standardization and Characterization of Neem Oil

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Grant No.: GFSU/IFS/329/2017

Amount: 900000

Funding Agency: GFSU & GNFC

Project Coordinator

Project Title: Analysis of Six Band Drugs (Tetrahydrocannabinol, Amphetamine, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Cocaine and Opiates) of Abuse in Urine

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Grant No.: GFSU/SSIP/32/2018

Amount: 50000

Funding Agency: GPSC

Project Coordinator

Project Title: Analysis of Six Band Drugs (Tetrahydrocannabinol, Amphetamine, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Cocaine and Opiates) of Abuse in Urine

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Grant No.: P.C.E.-2018-3464(6)

Amount: 1400000

Funding Agency: GSSSB

Project Coordinator

Project Title: Career Guidance and Counselling of Students of Shreyas School

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Funding Agency: The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Department of Psychology in Collaboration with Shreyas School, Ba

Convener and Coordinator

Project Title: Load carrying capacity of steel concrete composite slab with variation in bond patterns

Start Year: September 2015

End Year: March 2018

Grant No.: GUJCOST/MRP/2014-15/2563

Amount: 190900

Funding Agency: Gujarat Council on Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Method Development and Validation of content in E-Cigarettes by LCMSMS

Start Year: January 2021

End Year: March 2021

Grant No.: ARL/HR/2020-21

Amount: 5,00,000=00

Funding Agency: Accuprec Research Pvt. Ltd.

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Method Development and Validation of impurity present in Ranitidine by LCMSMS

Start Year: August 2019

End Year: January 2020

Grant No.: ARL/HR/2020

Amount: 3,00,000=00

Funding Agency: Accuprec Research Pvt. Ltd.

Principal Investigator

Project Title: In-vitro analysis of test items in liver microsomal stability

Start Year: July 2019

End Year: August 2019

Grant No.: O2h/invitri-001

Amount: 72,000=00

Funding Agency: Oxygen Healthcare Res. Pvt. Ltd.

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Chroman Derivatives as Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors.

Start Year: May 2021

End Year: April 2022

Grant No.: NFSU/SSIP/05/2021

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Funding Agency: SSIP iHub

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Development of novel fluorescent nanomaterial for detection glyphosate in cereal samples

Start Year: March 2020

End Year: January 2022

Grant No.: GFSU/SSIP/17/2020

Amount: 100000

Funding Agency: Startup & Innovation Policy- GFSU

Project Investigator

Project Title: Victim Turned Offender Among the Prisoners in the Nine Central Prisons in Tamil Nadu - A Victimization Survey

Start Year: January 2019

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Amount: 160000

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Capacity Building for Smart Policing- A workshop on Victimology, Criminology and Criminal Justice for Police Officers

Start Year: December 2018

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Amount: 800000

Funding Agency: Bureau of Police Research & Development

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship

Start Year: October 2013

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Funding Agency: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Victim-Specific Law in the United States

Start Year: June 2013

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Funding Agency: Fullbright Nehru Academic Staff Fellowship

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Service Agreement

Start Year: October 2020

End Year: November 2020

Grant No.:

Amount: 38000

Funding Agency: International Justice Mission

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Educational Exchange Programme

Start Year: March 2011

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Funding Agency: Hungarian Scholarship Board

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Introduction of P.G. Degree Course under the scheme of Human Rights Education

Start Year: March 2009

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Grant No.:

Amount: 800000

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Introduction of P.G. Diploma Course under the scheme of Human Rights Education

Start Year: March 2009

End Year:

Grant No.:

Amount: 400000

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Promotion of Ethics and Human Values

Start Year: March 2009

End Year:

Grant No.:

Amount: 800000

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Child Rights along the Journey from Victim to Survivor - Victims of Sexual Offences and Criminal Justice

Start Year: June 2015

End Year:

Grant No.:

Amount: 1016000

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission - UKIERI Thematic Partnership

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Introduction for Certificate Course under the scheme of Human Rights Education

Start Year: March 2009

End Year:

Grant No.:

Amount: 320000

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Introduction for Foundation Course under the scheme of Human Rights Education

Start Year: March 2009

End Year:

Grant No.:

Amount: 250000

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission

Principal Investigator

Project Title: P.G. Diploma in Victimology & Victim Assistance

Start Year: June 2007

End Year:

Grant No.:

Amount: 1610000

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission

Principal Investigator

Project Title: National Study on Victim Assistance in All Women Police Stations

Start Year: August 2012

End Year:

Grant No.:

Amount: 275600

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Psycho-Social and Mental Health - Outreach to children, youth and communities

Start Year: December 2020

End Year: February 2021

Grant No.:

Amount: 25000

Funding Agency: YWCA of India

Principal Investigator

Project Title: CASA Research

Start Year: January 2020

End Year:

Grant No.:

Amount: 100000

Funding Agency: CASA

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Development of a qPCR assay for simultaneous detection and quantification of various meat species of domestic animals from various matrices.

Start Year: October 2016

End Year: October 2020

Grant No.: 1371

Amount: 2215000

Funding Agency: Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), DST, Govt. of Gujarat, India

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Fabrication of Memristor based Artificial Synapses: A Potential Candidate for Brain Inspired Neuromorphic Devices

Start Year: January 2021

End Year: July 2022

Grant No.:

Amount: 2236800

Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India

Principal investigator

Project Title: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of xanthine derivatives as adenosine receptor ligands for asthma therapy.

Start Year: April 2013

End Year: March 2017

Grant No.: 42-698/2013(SR)

Amount: 800000

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Synthesis and characterization of some newer 1,8-napthyridine scaffold derivatives for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease

Start Year: June 2018

End Year: May 2021

Grant No.: 45/19/2018/-PHA/BMS/OL

Amount: 1500000

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Antioxidant and Lantadene A hybrid compounds as anticancer agents

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Funding Agency: Rapid Grant for Young Investigator, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India

PI

Project Title: Design, synthesis and evaluation of Lantadene-antioxidant conjugates as antitumor agents

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Funding Agency: Fast track scheme for young scientist, DST, Government of India

PI

Project Title: Polyunsaturated fatty acids and Lantadene A hybrids as selective tumor targeting agents

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Funding Agency: ICMR

PI

Project Title: Development of vitamin receptor mediated endocytosis based biotin-irinotecan conjugates as selective and safer colon tumor targeting agents

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Funding Agency: Pilot Project Grant for Young Investigators DBT

PI

Project Title: Development of biotin receptor mediated endocytosis based irinotecan-biotin conjugates as selective colon tumor targeting agents

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Funding Agency: Major project, Heath Science task force, DST, Government of India

PI

Project Title: Economic and Social Issues confronting the Marginalized Social Groups

Start Year: November 2013

End Year: December 2015

Grant No.:

Amount: 1200000

Funding Agency: ICSSR

Co-PI

Project Title: A Study of Reproductive Choices of Women Police Personnel in Gujarat

Start Year: October 2021

End Year: January 2023

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Funding Agency: National Commission for Women

Principal Investigator

Project Title: Training Need Assessment Consultancy Project on Conviction Rate Improvement

Start Year: January 2021

End Year: May 2022

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Funding Agency: Gujarat Police

Project Investigator

Project Title: Impact Analysis of Chandigarh Police Gully Cricket Tournament – a Community Connect Initiative of Chandigarh Police

Start Year: May 2012

End Year: August 2012

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Funding Agency: Chandigarh Police

Member

Project Title: Economic and Social Development of Panjab with Special Reference to Mukstar District

Start Year: November 2007

End Year: December 2008

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Funding Agency: Punjab Government

Member

Project Title: A study of Sakhi Mandal Yojna (SMY) & its impact on women of rural area of Patan District

Start Year: October 2012

End Year: September 2013

Grant No.:

Amount: 130000

Funding Agency: UGC

Co-PI

Project Title: Modulating Cognitive Performance through nutritional and psychological interventions

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End Year: December 2012

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Funding Agency: Life Sciences Research Board, Ministry of Defence, DRDO., Delhi ( conducted at Amity University Utt

Co-investigator

Project Title: Development and Validation of Screening Version of Indian Scale for Assessment of Autism

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End Year: November 2020

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Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

Co-investigator

Project Title: Direct conversion of CO2 to ethanol

Start Year: December 2020

End Year: October 2023

Grant No.: RJF/2020/000042

Amount: 3500000

Funding Agency: SERB-DST

Principal investigator

Project Title: Effect of interaction of nanostructured noble metals with solid acids and/or bases on the catalytic activity for selective organic transformations

Start Year: February 2017

End Year: October 2020

Grant No.: PDF/2016/001948

Amount: 1800000

Funding Agency: SERB-DST

Principal investigator

Project Title: Development of an automated system for the early detection of mental disorders

Start Year: February 2024

End Year: July 2025

Grant No.:

Amount: 100000

Funding Agency: PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur

PI

Project Title: Digital Financial Literacy and its Determinants: AnEmpirical Evidences from Rural Gujarat

Start Year: April 2025

End Year: March 2025

Grant No.: ICSSR/RPD/MN/2023-24/76

Amount: 622000

Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Project Director

Project Title: QP Program-Forge Technician, Heat Treatment Technician, Sand Moulder and Core Maker

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Grant No.:

Amount: 240000

Funding Agency: Indian Iron and Steel Sector Council, Kolkata

Project Consultant

Project Title: Capacity Building Program for Auto cluster Phase -2 (Non-Ferrous Foundry

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Grant No.:

Amount: 1562556

Funding Agency: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

Project Consultant

Project Title: Technical Consultation and Process Optimization Services

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Grant No.:

Amount: 2348200

Funding Agency: Rashmi Metaliks Ltd., Kharagpur

Project Consultant

Project Title: Experimental Work and Implementation of Smart Heat Treatment Technologies for Oil/Gas Fired Furnace

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Grant No.:

Amount: 616000

Funding Agency: Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), Bengaluru

Project Investigator

Project Title: Technology Development for the Manufacturing of Electrical Steel Thin Ring Profile Casting using Centrifugal Casting

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Grant No.:

Amount: 999460

Funding Agency: TATA Steel, Jamshedpur

Project Investigator (PI)