The amount of seed money provided by the institution to its teachers for research during the year 2023-2024 (INR in lakhs)
Sr No | Name of the Project/ Endowments, Chairs | Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co-Investigator (if applicable) | Department of the Principal Investigator/ Co-Investigator | Funds provided (INR in lakhs) | Month and Year of receiving the grant | Duration of the Project | Link to the revelent documents |
1 | Nanotechnology in agriculture: Leveraging nanoparticles as biopesticides against insect pests. | Dr. Saikat Biswas (PI), Assistant Professor | Zoology | 0.65 Lakh | Nov-23 | 2 Years | Click here |
2 | To evaluate phytotoxic effect of essential oils from selected plants against weeds and its possible use as bioherbicide. | Dr. A. A. Maheshwari (PI), Assistant Professor | Botany | 0.80 Lakh | Nov-23 | 2 Years | |
3 | Mechanistic study of cooperative catalysis between Lewis acid and Brønsted acid in Pictet-Spingler reaction of tryptophol and aldehydes. | Dr. Prashant G. Borkar (PI), Assistant Professor | Chemistry | 0.75 Lakh | Nov-23 | 2 Years | |
4 | Isolation of local strains of Beauveria bassiana to understand its molecular diversity and to test their bio-efficacy against various crop herbivorous insects. | Dr. Satishkumar Maurya (PI), Assistant Professor (Contract) and Dr. D. D. Naik (Co-PI), Assistant Professor | Botany | 1 Lakh | Nov-23 | 2 Years | |
5 | Investigating the Feasibility of Rearing Silkworms (Bombyx mori) on Artificial Diets and use of nanoparticle for Fungicidal activity for Sustainable Silk Production. | Mr. Praful S. Kalwade (PI), Assistant Professor(Contract) and Dr. M. R. Chandrakar (Co-PI), Professor | Zoology | 0.85 Lakh | Nov-23 | 2 Years | |
6 | Optimizing precious metal atom efficiency: Advancing single-atom palladium catalysts for sustainable C-C cross-coupling reactions in chemical industry. | Dr. Akhil V. Nakhate (PI), Assistant Professor | Chemistry | 0.90 Lakh | Nov-23 | 2 Years | |
7 | Synthesis of nano-composites for applications in supercapacitors | Mr. Nakul A. Barwat (PI), Assistant Professor | Chemistry | 0.65 Lakh | Nov-23 | 2 Years | |
8 | Adsorption studies of toxic elements on chemically modified agricultural waste and their application in industrial effluent treatment. | Mr. Manoj D. Bansinge (PI), Assistant Professor | Chemistry | 0.40 Lakh | Nov-23 | 2 Years |