R&D Projects received by Tripura University
Department of Pharmacy
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Pratap Chandra Acharya | - | DBT | Establish a Drug Metabolomics Laboratory for North Eastern States | 476.26 Lakh | 430 Lakh | September 2021 | 5 Years |
| 2 | Dr. Pratap Chandra Acharya | - | ICMR | Exploring G-quadruplex ligands to target colon cancer | 19.71 Lakh | 19 Lakh | 15/03/2021 | 3 Years |
Department of Physics
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. Anirban Guha | - | Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), India | Aerosol Radiative Forcing over India | 182 Lakh | 20 Lakh | 27th January 2010 | Ongoing |
| 2 | Prof. S. A. Hussain | - | SERB DST, Govt. of India | Switching and memory applications of organic molecules, organo-clay and organic-inorganic hybrids assembled onto thin films | 38.27 Lakh | 6 Lakh | March 2022 | 3 Years |
| 3 | Prof. Syed Arshad Hussain | - | CSIR, Govt. of India | Study of optical, electrical and electrochemical properties of some organic molecules suitable for Organic Electronics devices | 22 Lakh | 3.77 Lakh | August 2023 | 3 Years |
| 4 | Prof. Anirban Guha | - | Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), India | Origin of water and hydroxyl molecules in lunar exosphere | 20.32 Lakh | 5.18 Lakh | August 2023 | 3 Years |
| 5 | Dr. Ratan Das | Dr. Fouran Singh | IUAC, New Delhi | Determination of SHI irradiation induced dislocation density of rare earth metal doped dilute magnetic semiconductors from XRD peak profile analysis and its influence on optical electrical and magnetic properties. | 6.75 Lakh | 1.58 Lakh | 09/02/2023 | 3 Years |
| 6 | Prof. S. A. Hussain | - | UGC-DAE Consortium | Study of chromatic response of Polydiacetylene (PDA) and demonstration of its application towards designing low-cost colorimetric sensors | 4.56 Lakh | 1.21 Lakh | October 2023 | 3 Years |
Computer Science and Engineering
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Somen Debnath & Dr. Abhishek Majumder | Prof. Swanirbar Majumder, Dr. Jayanata Paul | IBITF | Development of a Platform for Tripura’s Handicraft Empowerment using Ensemble Technologies | 81 Lakh | 55 Lakh | 07.03.2024 | 2 Years |
| 2 | 1. Dr. Morrel V. L. Nungsanga, Assistant Professor, Department of IT, Mizoram University | 1. Dr. Rakesh Matam, Asso. Professor, Dept. of CSE, IIIT Guwahati 2. Dr. Somen Debnath, Asso. Professor, Dept. of CSE, Tripura University 3. Dr R. Lalchhanhima, Asst. Prof. Dept. IT, MZU 4. Dr. Vanlalmuansangi Kht. Asst. Prof. Dept. of IT, MZU |
NM-ICPS, DST | Scaling the Sustainable Smart Parking for Urban Mobility in Aizawl and Beyond | 77.95 Lakh | 33.84 Lakh | 18.03.2025 | 2 Years |
| 3 | 1. Dr.Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik, Associate Professor, CSE Dept,TU. 2. Prof. Debotosh Bhattacharjee, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032. |
1. Dr. Ranjan Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, AIIMS, New Delhi 110029. 2. Dr. Satyabrata Nath, Assistant Professor & HOD (I/C), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) Department, AGMC and GBP Hospital, West Tripura, 799006. 3. Prof. Asim De, Department of Radio-Diagnosis, AGMC and GBP Hospital, West Tripura 799006 |
Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India. | Multimodal non-invasive image analysis using deep learning approach for automated diagnosis of arthritis and prediction of disease severity | Amount of Grant: 60.89 Lakh Tripura University: 39.91 Lakh Jadavpur University: 20.98 Lakh |
15.96 Lakh | 23.03.2022 | 3.6 Years |
| 4 | Dr. Anjan Kumar Dhua, Additional Professor, Department of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-New Delhi, Ansari Nagar, Delhi-110029, India |
Dr.Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik, Associate Professor, CSE Dept,TU. | Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India. | Infrared Signature of Paediatric surgical wound thermographic profiles and early-stage test-accuracy study to predict the surgical site infection and development of deep learning based artificial intelligence technique for automatic image segmentation in Collaboration with Department of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-New Delhi, India | Amount of Grant for Tripura University 19.27 Lakh | 15.22 Lakh | 25.03.2023 | 3 Years |
| 5 | Dr. Shawli Bardhan, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Techno College of Engineering, Agartala, West Tripura, India |
Dr. Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik, Assistant Professor, CSE Dept, TU. | TiHAN Foundation Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems, IIT - Hyderabad | UAV Based Image Acquisition and Analysis for Air Pollution Particles Detection and Labeling in Collaboration with Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Techno College of Engineering Maheshkhola, Anandanagar, Agartala, West Tripura | Total Amount of Grant: 10.92 Lakh for Techno Collage of Engineering, Agartala. | 10 Lakh | 26. 06. 2023 | 1.8 Years |
Information Technology
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Somen Debnath & Dr. Abhishek Majumder | Prof. S. Majumder & Dr. Jayanta Pal | Tribal Area Sub plan (TSP) scheme of IBITF (IIT Bhilai Innovation And Technology Foundation) Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India | “Development of a Platform for Tripura’s Handicraft Empowerment using Ensemble Technologies” Ref No: IBITF/ Note/ TSP/ Sanction Letter/ 2024-25/0093 dated: 7th March’2024 | 81.00 Lakh | 55.00 Lakh | 07.03.2024 | 2 Years |
| 2 | Prof. S. Majumder | Dr. Jayanta Pal | SERB (Scientific and Engineering Research Board), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India under SERB-CRG (Core Research Grant) | “Development of a Kokborok Repository for Indian Sign Language (ISL) for Hearing Impaired People of Tripura” CRG/2023/002076 dated 18th January’2024 | 30.18 Lakh | 11.79 Lakh | 07.02.2024 | 2 Years |
Botany
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Panna Das | - | DBT | Exploration of native legumes and characterization of associated nitrogen fixing microsymbionts in northeastern India for development of biofertilizers | 26 Lakh | 8.536 Lakh | 09/03/2022 | 2022-2025 3 Years |
| 2 | Prof. B. K. Datta | - | AU NEC DOLPHIN Project (AUS) | Social,Ecological,Environment and Economic Analysis of Sonebeel;Implication for Sustainable Management | 7.95 Lakh | 7.95 Lakh | October 2024 | 2024-2025 1 Year |
Microbiology
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof Shaon Ray Chaudhuri | Richik Ghosh Thakur | DST SEED | Empowering Tripura’s rural women through sustainable & efficient lemongrass harvesting and low carbon oil extraction | 74.50 Lakh | 46.79 Lakh | 18.07.2024 | 2 Years |
| 2 | Prof Shaon Ray Chaudhuri | Dr Deepak S Sanghai MD SD Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. | DST, GoI | Developing “Rapidex” the liquid sewage treatment system | 34.25 Lakh | 25 Lakh | 10.11.2023 | 2 Year |
| 3 | Prof Shaon Ray Chaudhuri | - | Inter University Accelerator Centre | Understanding the efficacy of hexamine removal from simulated sewage water by low ionizing radiation-exposed Micromonosporacitrea SRCHD01 and Micrococcus luteus SRCHD02 | 9.75 Lakh | 1.90 Lakh | 17.07.2023 | 3 Year |
| 4 | Dr. Bipin Kumar Sharma | Prof. Anindita Chakraborty | UGC-DAE CSR | Genetic modulation and analysis of mutants of some prospective indigenous yeast stains isolated from traditional rice beer of northeast India with gamma irradiation to enhance their alcohol tolerance capacity for cost effective bio-ethanol production | 8.55 Lakh | 3.95 Lakh | 14.02.2024 | 3 Year |
Chemistry
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Anirban Chandra | Nil | ANRF-PMECRG | "Fabrication, Characterization and Spectroscopic Investigation of Epitaxial Heterometallic 3D-SURMOF Thin Films for High-Efficiency Electrocatalytic Water-Splitting: A Sustainable Solution for Clean Hydrogen Production" | 68.10 Lakh | 36.00 Lakh | June 2025 | 3 Years |
| 2 | Dr. Swapan Kumar Biswas | Nil | ANRF-DST New Delhi | “Green Synthesis of Pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole derivatives via multi-component reactions (MCRs) and their applications in medicinal chemistry” | 54.17 Lakh | - | June 2025 | 3 Year |
Human Physiology
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samir Kumar Sil | Parimal Karmakar | DBT | Exosome mediated targeted delivery of apoptosis-inducing agents to Prostate Cancer | 40.993 | 14.352 (FY 2025-2026) |
May 2025 | 3 Years |
Chemical and Polymer Engineering
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P.K.P. Rupa | Sachin Bhaladhare | SERB (DST) | Development of Thermally Responsive Cellulose Based Ceramic Precursor materials for Direct Ink Writing | 39.97 Lakh | - | 03.03.2022 | 3 Years |
| 2 | Harjeet Nath | - | MSME | Suitcase Water Purifier | 16 Lakh | 3.82 Lakh | 12.02.2021 | 3 Years |
| 3 | Sachin Bhaladhare | - | UGC-DAE (Ref: CRS/2022-23/02/822) | pH responsive, stable and biocompatible chitosan-based nanogels for controlled and target-specific drug delivery | 1.35 Lakh | 0.45 Lakh | Feb 2024 | 3 Years |
Material Science and Engineering
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr Pantula Karuna Purnapu Rupa | Dr Sachin Bhaladhare | SERB | Development of thermally responsive cellulose based ceramic inks for direct ink writing | 39.97 Lakh | 6.50 Lakh | 02/03/2022 | 2022-2025 3.6 Years |
| 2 | Dr. Gobinda Gopal Khan | Nil | UGC-DAE CSR, Indore Center | Engineered Nanostructures for Solar Energy and Fuel | 6.79 Lakh | Nil | 31.03.2022 | 2022-2025 3 years |
History
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Priyabrata Sahoo, Department of Economics, BHU | Dr. Ranjita Badaseth, TU | ICSSR, New Delhi | Effectiveness of ICDS among PVTGS of Odisha: A Case Study of Poverty and Malnutrition among the Dangaria Kondh of Rayagada District. | 18 Lakh | 13.5 Lakh | 20.09.2024 | One year (2024-2025) |
| 2 | Dr. Lincoln Reang,TU | Dr. Ranjita Badaseth, TU | ICSSR, New Delhi | THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE RIANG OF TRIPURA: EXPLORING CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS | 15 Lakh | 7.50 Lakh | May 2025 | Two Years (2025-2027) |
Commerce
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Devi Baruah (RGU) | Dr. Rajat Deb | ICSSR | Fintech Adoption among MSMEs in Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura | 16 Lakh | 8 Lakh | 19.03.2025 | 2 Years |
Linguistics and Tribal Languages
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khawlsonkim Suantak | - | ICSSR-INDIA | On the Variation of Numeral Bases and Numeral Classifiers in South-Central Tibeto-Burman (Kuki-Chin) Languages | 11.28 Lakh | 10 Lakh | 03.04.2023 | 2 Years |
Mathematics
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. N. Gupta | Dr. A.K. Das | Indian Council of Social Science Research | Sustainable Water Resource Management and Biodiversity Conservation in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation using Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Tribal Communities in Tripura with Multi-Criteria Decision-Making and Machine Learning Approaches | 10 Lakh | 5.0 Lakh | 01.04.2025 | 1 Years |
Forestry and Biodiversity
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. Sabyasachi Dasgupta | - | Tripura Forest Department, Govt. of Tripura | Conservation status and habitat characteristics of Gaur and Hoolock Gibbonin Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary and Bison National Park, Tripura | 4.0 Lakh | - | Feb 2024 | 2023-2024 (Continue) 1 Years |
| 2 | Prof. Sabyasachi Dasgupta | - | Tripura Forest Department, Govt. of Tripura | Comprehensive Assessment of food availability, Diet composition and Habitatspecific conservation need s for flagship species across clouded leopard national park and Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary. | 3.4 Lakh | - | April 2024 | 2023-2024 (Continue) 1 Years |
Library and Information Science
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Mithu Anjali Gayan | - | ICSSR | Information Literacy Skills Improvement among the University Students of Tripura: an interventional study based on pre- and Post-test assessment Ref. File No. 02/107/2022-23/RP/MN. Dated 10/March/2023 | 2.93 Lakh | 1.17 Lakh | 06.04.2023 | 1 Years |
Electrical Engineering
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Abhishek Majumder Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, T.U | Sangita Das Biswas Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, T.U | AICTE | Development of a Semi Online Based Android Based Application for Tourism in Tripura | 2.86 Lakh | 2.81 Lakh | 10.03.2021 | 3 Years |
Sanskrit
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Suman K. S. | - | ICPR, NewDelhi | An Agglomeration of the Principal Upanishads in Dwaita Perspective | 9 Lakh | 3.60 Lakh | March 2024 | 3 Years |
| 2 | Dr. Vishav Bandhu | - | Central Sanskrit University | A Comprehensive and Critical Edition of the Yaska’s Nirukta with an Online Repository | 3 Lakh | 1.2 Lakh | 25.03.2022 | 3 Years |
| 3 | Dr Bipin Kumar Jha, Assistant Professor,BBAU Lucknow | Dr. Suman. K. S. | Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati | Application of Technology into Vedic Sciences | 1 Lakh | 0.5 Lakh | March 2024 | 1 Years |
Economics
| Sl.No. | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Project | Total Grant (Lakhs) | Grant Received during the Year(in Lakhs) | Starting date of the Project | Tenure(in Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr Subhrabaran Das/td> | - | 16th Finance Commission, Govt. of India | Study on evaluation of finances for the Tripura State | 6.5 Lacs | 6.5 Lacs | 08.11.2024 | 0.6 Year |