Sponsored Research Projects


Total Sponsored Research Funding ₹ 12.00 Cr (approx.) 18 Projects • PI (~ ₹ 5.90 Cr) + Co-PI (~ ₹ 6.12 Cr)
Funding as Principal Investigator (PI) ₹ 5.90 Cr (approx.) 14 Projects (Govt, Industry, BEL, FIG)
Funding as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) ₹ 6.12 Cr (approx.) 04 Projects (MeitY, TIH, SERB, AI4ICPS)
Project Funding Summary: PI (~ INR 5.90 Cr) + Co-PI (~ INR 6.12 Cr) = Total ~ INR 12.00 Cr
Funding Agency / Scheme Role Projects Status Funding Amount [INR]
Government Research Projects 6 Projects (PI) ₹ 4,52,79,914
MeitY Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
PI 01 Ongoing ₹ 1,13,81,724
SPARC-DST Scheme for Promotion of Academic & Research Collaboration
PI 01 Ongoing ₹ 89,86,000
SERB / ANRF Science and Engineering Research Board / ANRF
PI 03 Ongoing (2) / Completed (1) ₹ 1,98,84,392
DST Department of Science and Technology
PI 01 Completed ₹ 13,70,600
CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
PI 01 Completed ₹ 18,57,198
AI4ICPS Artificial Intelligence & Cyber-Physical Systems Hub (IIT KGP)
PI 01 Ongoing ₹ 18,00,000
Industry Funded Research Projects 3 Projects (PI) ₹ 97,38,871
Google Google Research Award
PI 01 Completed $32,000 (₹ 30,38,640)
Qualcomm Qualcomm Faculty Award
PI 01 Ongoing $60,000 (₹ 57,00,231)
Infineon Infineon Technologies Research Grant
PI 01 Ongoing ₹ 10,00,000
Short Term Projects 3 Projects (PI) ₹ 10,30,000
BEL Bharat Electronics Limited (Training & Consultancy)
PI 03 Completed ₹ 10,30,000
Institute Funded Projects 1 Project (PI) ₹ 19,00,000
FIG (IIT Roorkee) Faculty Initiation Grant
PI 01 Ongoing ₹ 19,00,000
Co-PI Research Projects 4 Projects (Co-PI) ₹ 6,12,51,496
TIH (IIT Kharagpur) Technology Innovation Hub
Co-PI 01 Ongoing ₹ 80,00,000
SERB Science and Engineering Research Board
Co-PI 01 Ongoing ₹ 33,61,980
AI4ICPS Artificial Intelligence & Cyber-Physical Systems Hub
Co-PI 01 Ongoing ₹ 31,89,516
MeitY Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Co-PI 01 Ongoing ₹ 4,67,00,000 (Approx.)
Total Sponsored Research Funding 18 Projects PI: ~ ₹ 5.90 Cr • Co-PI: ~ ₹ 6.12 Cr ₹ 12.00 Cr (approx.)

Project-wise Details


AI-Driven Security and Resilience for the Cloud-Edge Continuum in Next-Generation IoT (AIRSEN-IoT)


Funding Agency : SPARC-DST (As PI)

Funding Amount : INR 90,00,000 (approx)

Duration : June 2026 - June 2028

Status : Processing

S2R-SPOAD: Sim2Real-hallucinated Safety-critical and Partially Observed-scenario based Autonomous Driving Testbed


Funding Agency : ANRF-ARG, New Delhi (As PI)

Funding Amount : INR 1,30,00,000 (approx)

Duration : 2025-2028

Status : Ongoing

A Post-Quantum Secure ZKP-based Authentication Protocol for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles


Funding Agency : Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), New Delhi (As PI)

Funding Amount : INR 1,13,81,724

Duration : 2025-2027

Status : Ongoing

SafeCAV: Anti-Remote Hijacking and Safety-Driven ADAS for Connected Autonomous Vehicles Through Zero-trust Container Orchestration


Funding Agency : ANRF (As PI)

Funding Amount : INR 62,76,792

Duration : 2025-2028

Status : Ongoing

Google Research (exploreCSR) Award


Funding Agency : Google Research (As PI)

Funding Amount : USD 32,000

Duration : Phase-I (2023-2024)

Status : Completed

Smart Autonomous Weed Detector and Removal


Funding Agency : IIT Kharagpur AI4ICPS I-Hub Foundation (Multi-Institutional project, Role: PI from IIT Roorkee)

Funding Amount : 50 Lakhs(approx)

Duration : 2023-2025

Status : Completed

Multi-QoS Parameters Optimized Electric Vehicles Mobility Management at Charging Stations


Funding Agency : Infineon Technologies Semiconductor India Private Limited (As PI)

Funding Amount : 05 Lakhs(approx)

Duration : Phase-I (2023-2024)

Status : Completed

ChaseMe : Heuristic based Scheme for Electric Vehicles Green Mobility Management on Charging Stations in a Smart City Scenario


Funding Agency : IIT-Roorkee (As PI)

Funding Amount : 20 Lakhs(approx)

Duration : 2021-2023

Status : Completed

Emergency aware Intelligent Dynamic Traffic Signal System for Smart Cities


Funding Agency : CSIR (As PI)

Funding Amount : 18 Lakhs(approx)

Duration : 2019-2022

Status : Completed

Software-defined controlled and dynamic traffic load balanced scheduling framework for IoT enabled Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)


Funding Agency : SERB. DST (As PI)

Funding Amount : 33 Lakhs(approx)

Duration : 2019-2022

Status : Completed

IoT based automated, Real Time and Effective Traffic Signal Scheduling for Smart City


Funding Agency : ICPS, DST (As PI)

Funding Amount : 15 Lakhs(approx)

Duration : 2019-2022

Status : Completed

Software Defined Networking enabled Secure Vehicular Communication


Funding Agency : Qualcomm (As PI)

Funding Amount : 60,000 USD (INR 50 Lakhs approx)

Duration : 2023-2025

Status : Completed

Intelligent Predictive and Prescriptive Systems for Traffic and Pavement Condition Management in a Smart City


Funding Agency: iHub Divyasamapark, Technology Innovation Hub(TIH) at IIT Roorkee (As Co-PI)

Funding Amount : 80 Lakhs(approx)

Duration : 2021-2024

Status : Completed

Machine Learning Framework for the Development of an Interactive Pedestrian Crossing to Enhance Pedestrian Safety


Funding Agency : SERB CRG (As Co-PI)

Funding Amount : INR 33,61,980

Duration : 2024-2026

Status : Ongoing

Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA), Phase-III


Funding Agency : MeitY, New Delhi (As Co-PI)

Funding Amount : INR 4,67,00,000 (approx)

Duration : 2024-2029

Status : Ongoing