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Sponsored and Consultancy Research Projects Undertaking/Undertaken

  1. Title – Identification and analysis of clay constituents. Funding Body – M/s. Jenna Handcrafts, Bengaluru, India. Principal Investigators – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta and Dr. Sonalee Das. Amount Sanctioned – INR 70,800. Project Duration – 2 Months. Status – Completed.

  2. Title – Development of high performance-to-cost and/or stable microbial fuel cell. Funding Body – M/s. Nordische Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, India. Principal Investigator and Project Coordinator – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Amount Sanctioned – INR 8,26,000. Project Duration – 8 Months. Status – Completed.

  3. Title – Seawater mining: (a) Lithium extraction from seawater using innovative lithiated membrane and solar energy, and (b) Hydrogen production using innovative electrode and membrane, and final electrolyzer design. Funding Body – M/s. Nordische Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, India. Principal Investigator and Project Coordinator – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Amount Sanctioned – INR 14,16,000. Project Duration – 1 Year. Status – Completed.

  4. Title – Preparation and functionalization of 3-layered,7-layered and Janus graphene along with CNT. Funding Body – M/s. Nordische Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, India. Principal Investigator and Project Coordinator – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Amount Sanctioned – INR 14,16,000. Project Duration – 1 Year. Status – Completed.

  5. Title  Development of aluminum ion graphene battery pouch cell. Funding Body – M/s. Nordische Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, India. Principal Investigator and Project Coordinator – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Amount Sanctioned – INR 14,16,000. Project Duration – 1 Year. Status – Completed.

  6. Title  Development of anticorrosion, heat insulating and weather resistant external coatings for storage tanks. Funding Body – Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL). Principal Investigators – Dr. Sonalee Das and Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Amount Sanctioned – INR 45,04,372. Project Duration – 1 Year. Status – Ongoing.

  7. Title  Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) based electrochemical biosensors for selective bio-analyte detection. Funding Body – Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. Principal Investigator – Dr. Sonalee Das. Co-Principal Investigator – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Amount Sanctioned – INR 26,22,560. Project Duration – 2 Years. Status – Ongoing.

  8. Title  Development of non-platinum-based oxygen reduction catalysts for microbial fuel cells. Funding Body – Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Principal Investigator – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Amount Sanctioned – INR 1,50,000. Project Duration – 8 Weeks. Status – Completed.

  9. Title – Testing and evaluation of liquid membranes and sealants for application as construction materials. Funding Body – M/s. Alchimica India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India. Principal Investigator – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Amount Sanctioned – INR 1,07,522. Project Duration – 3 Months. Status – Completed.

  10. Title – Development of a novel biodegradable orthodontic base plate. Funding Body – M/s. Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, India. Principal Investigator – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Amount Sanctioned – INR 1,18,000. Project Duration – 1 Year. Status – Completed.

  11. Title – Development of efficient cost-effective bio-fuel cells, using nanomaterials-based electrolytes and catalysts. Funding Body – Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Principal Investigator and Indo-U.S. Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Mentor – Prof. Emmanuel P. Giannelis. Amount Sanctioned – INR 26,53,000. Project Duration – 1 Year. Status – Completed.

  12. Title – Aromatic conducting polymers containing functionalized charged membranes: Fabrication, properties and application potentials. Funding Body – Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. Principal Investigator and National Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Mentor – Prof. Sirshendu De. Amount Sanctioned – INR 18,10,000. Project Duration – 2 Years. Status – Resigned from the Host Institute.

  13. Title – Application of polyaniline and polypyrrole, their derivatives and their nanostructures in direct methanol fuel cell technology. Funding Body – Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. CSIR Senior Research Fellow (Direct Mode) – Dr. Kingshuk Dutta. Mentor – Prof. Patit P. Kundu. Amount Sanctioned – INR 18,27,200. Project Duration – 4 Years. Status – Completed.

Technical Support Services Undertaking/Undertaken

Until date, a total revenue of approximately INR 60,00,000 has been generated by providing technical support services to industrial and government bodies.

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