Ongoing Projects

1. "Centre for Excellence in Wear and Corrosion Resistant Coatings Technology", Funded by DST India (Project No.: GAP0305, 2023-2026, Budget: Rs. 937.71 Lakh) Convener and PI for WP-1

2. "Replacement of Toxic Cadmium Coatings by Electrodeposited Al/Zn-Mn Coatings on High Strength Steels", Funded by CSIR India (Project No.: HCP0036, 2022-2025, Budget: Rs. 76.94 Lakh) : PI

3. "Development of large scale synthesis process for transition metal nano-composite based efficient and stable bifunctional electrocatalyst for anionic membrane alkaline water electrolyzer", Funded by CSIR India (Project No.: HCP-0044B, 2022-2025, Budget: Rs. 53.63 Lakh) : Member

4. “Electrodeposition of corrosion resistant Cr-carbide coatings on SS 316L for Sink Roll applications in Continuous Galvanizing Lines”, Funded by CSIR India (Project No.: MLP-3129, 2022-2024, Budget: Rs. 40.00 Lakh) : co-PI

5. “Development of Mg/Zn based biodegradable implants for orthopedic applications”, Funded by CSIR India (Project No.: HCP0030, 2020-2023, Budget: Rs. 125.114 Lakh) : co-PI

Completed Projects

1. “Electrochemical Investigation of Graphene Oxide, Grapene-Metal/Transition Metal Oxide Nanocomposites”, Funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST Fast Track), India (2012-2015 extended upto April 2016) (Budget: Rs. 20.9 Lakh): PI

2. “Development of Eco-friendly Brass Electrolyte and Anti-tarnishing Study”, Funded by Brass Cluster CSIR-800 Programme (2012-2014) (Budget: Rs. 6.0 Lakh): co-PI : Myself and research team has developed cyanide free brass and copper electrolytes for Moradabad based Brass Industry and handed over it to them free of cost. Apart from this, my group has also developed how to prevent the brass artefacts from tarnishing by chemical modification of atomic thick layer on it.

3. “The Interplay between Experiments, Distributed Impedance Model and Computation”, Funded by CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi (2012-2014) (Budget: Rs. 3.9 Lakh + 10.0 Lakh): PI

4. “Setting up of solar stills for providing drinking water to the Rural backward village Muthuvayal, Ramanathapuram district”, Funded by Brass Cluster CSIR-800 Programme (2014-2016) (Budget: Rs. 20.00 lakh): co-PI

5. “Advise on Electropolishing of Stainless Steel”, Funded by Sieco Engineers Private Limited, Bangalore (2016) (Budget: Rs. 4.0 lakh): co-PI

6. “Development of industrially applicable corrosion resistant organic and inorganic hybrid coatings on light alloys and composite structures and engineering components”, INTELCOAT Project Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India (2013-2017) (Budget: Rs. 29.1 Lakh): Member

7. “Development of Environmental Friendly Coating To Replace Hexavalent Chrome Plating with Trivalent Chrome Plating Multilayer Plating Baths”, Funded by The Boeing Company, St. Louis, USA. (2012 to 2018) (Budget: Rs. 1.10 Crore): co-PI

8. “Durability performance of plasma coated galvanized reinforcement bars exposed in simulated and actual concrete environment”, Funded by Tata Steel Limited, India (2017 to 2018) (Budget: Rs. 45.6 Lakh): Member

9. “Training Program on Electroplating to LAM Research India Private Ltd.” (Budget Sanctioned for the Period of Dec., 2017 to May, 2018 is Rs. 3.19 Lakh): Member

10. “Special Training Program on Electroplating to LAM Research India Private Ltd.” (Budget Sanctioned for the Period of June-Sept., 2018 is Rs. 3.50 Lakh): Member

11. “Feasibility Study on a) Effect of impurities in Lead electrolysis, having leadfluorosilicic acid as electrolyte, in terms of (i) cathode quality, (ii) current efficiency, (iii) power consumption. b) A Mathematical Model For Lead Electrolysis Current Efficiency Improvement”, Funded by Hindustan Zinc Ltd., India, (2017-2019) (Budget: Rs. 23.15 Lakh): co-PI

12. “Electrodeposition of silver, gold, brass and some of the refractory metal from ionic liquids and assessment of these deposits in the electrocatalysis and industrial applications”, Funded by Department of Science and Technology (SERB India, Project No. EMR/2016/003030), India (2017-2020) (Budget: Rs. 23.69 Lakh): PI

13. “Processing of High Manganese and High Phosphorous Ores”, Funded by M/s. Vedanta Ltd., Karnataka (Project No. SSP 16/19), India (2019-2020) (Budget: Rs. 9.56 Lakh): co-PI

14. “Controlled electro fabrication of nanostructured corrosion and powdering resistant compositionally modulated multilayer (CMM) Zn-alloy coatings on advanced high strength steels alternate to galvannealed products”, Funded by CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur (Project No. OLP-0376), India (June 2020-March 2021) (Budget: Rs. 1.15 Lakh): PI