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Research and Development Activities 2023-24

Government-sponsored research projects

Department Title of the Project Sponsoring Agency Funding amount (in rupees) lakhs Year of Award Duration
Belur-Computer Science AI Lab on Server for undertaking research and development in the field of machine learning & deep learning DST FIST 106 2022 one-off grant
Belur-Computer Science Automatic Recognition and generation of Indian Sign language VECC, Kolkata 33 2022 2 years
Belur-Computer Science 3D scanning of historical artifacts and heritage buildings associated with Swami Vivekananda and disseminating his message through 3D Virtual Reality. DST – SHRI 85 2023 3 years
Belur-Physics A State-of-the-Art 4 K Closed Cycle Refrigerator for Understanding And Optimizing Novel Emergent Properties Of Quantum Materials CRG SERB 33.6 2021 3 Years
Belur-Physics Dynamics and Chaos in strongly coupled QFT: Deformations and Boundaries Core Research Grant 30.72 2022 3 Years
Belur-Physics Understanding Honeycomb Layered Oxides’ Unconventional Magnetism UGC-DAE CSR 19 2022 3 Years
Belur-Physics Quantitative probing of spin-driven multiferroicity and microstructural tuning of magnetoelectric coupling inoxygendeficient perovskites BaRFeO₄ and RBaCuFeO₅ (R=rare-earth) SERB POWER GRANT 24 2022 3 Years
Belur-Physics Design and discovery of quantum materials with emergent properties and potential applications in energy-related technologies SERB 10.56 2023 3 Years
Belur-Mathematics Algebraic analogue of a result of Mumford SERB – MATRICS 6.6 2022 3 Years
Belur-Mathematics Explosive predator and mutualistic preys: A comparative study of Pattern formation and the Turing-Hopf bifurcation before, on and after blow-up SERB – MATRICS 6.6 2020 3 Years
Belur-Mathematics Comparative study of the spatio-temporal variability on the dynamics of explosive food chain models: Mutualistic preys with restricted growth rates and sexually reproductive generalist predator interaction as case study Core Research Grant (CRG) – SERB 20.46 2021 3 Years
Belur-Mathematics Three problems in Harmonic analysis : Zero priductToeplitz operators Uncertainty principle for Fourier-Wigner transform, Bochner-Riesz mean SERB SURE 6.6 2024 3 Years
Belur-Sanskrit and Philosophy The relevance and applicability of Chanakya’s (Kautilya) Arthaśāstra for solving current societal problems IKS Division of MoE@AICTE 9.1 2022 2 Years
Belur-Sanskrit and Philosophy Humanitarian Philosophy of India ICPR 6 2023 2 years
Belur-Sports Science and Yoga Trans diagnostic connectome abnormalities of the human brain’s neuronal pathways across psychiatric disorders and their relation to the brain wide signatures. DST SERB [SURE] 21 2022 3ys
Narendrapur-ABT Ionizing radiation-induced mutagenesis and rapid identification of mutant genes for the improvement of traditional aromatic rice UGC-DAE-CSR 7.74 2022 3 Years
Narendrapur-ABT All India Network Programme on Organic Farming (AINP-OF) ICAR 64.76 2015 Long term
Narendrapur-ARD Using Women Farmers’ Social Networks To Improve The Delivery of Agricultural Information Through Information Communication Technology in Selected Rural Areas of West Bengal Indian Council of Social Science Research 7 2022 2 Years
Narendrapur-ARD Modelling the Livelihood Impact of Technology Transfer Projects in Natural Resources Management using Fuzzy Logic Cognitive Mapping Indian Council of Social Science Research 7 2022 2 Years
Narendrapur-ARD Building resilient model for the vulnerable hotspots to climate change in smallholder dairy production system of Indo-Gangetic plain region of India using GIS and fuzzy cognative mapping approach Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) 26.46 2023 3 years
Narendrapur-MBT Characterization of mechanistic function of the encystation-specific transcription factor (ERM-BP) in Entamoeba, and indetifying drugs against Entamoeba cyst DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellowship 113 2020 5 Years
Narendrapur-MBT Effect of different GTPase/ATPases on growth, physiology and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellowship 113 2020 5 Years
Narendrapur-MBT Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in physiological and pathological conditions. DST-Ramanujan Fellowship 116 2022 5 Years
Narendrapur-MBT Computational modeling of the structural balance of intrinsic functional brain networks in health and brain disorder. Department of Science and Technology – Science & Engineering Research Board 6.6 2024 3 years
Narendrapur-MBT Development of Strip-Based Diagnostics for the Detection of Deadly Free-living Amebae and surveillance of different aquatic bodies in different parts of India DST-SERB-Core Research Grant 47.1 2023 3 Years
Narendrapur-ARD Using multi stakeholder fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) to inform the implementation HER+ West Bengal Livestock Learning Lab International Rice Reasrch Institute (IRRI) 4.2 2024 6 Months
Narendrapur-ARD Establishment of indigenous fish and ornamentals hub in Sonarpur Block, South 24 Parganas District in Wetlands region of West Bengal for sustainable livelihood development of local SC/ST fisher folks (DST/SEED/SCSP/STI/2021/645) Department of Science and Technology – Science for Equity Empowerment and Development (DST-SEED) 131.2 2022 3 years
Ranchi-ARTD Science, Technology and Innovation Hub for Creating Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities of Scheduled Tribes in Angara Block, Ranchi District, Jharkhand. Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India 91.02 2021 3 Years
Ranchi-ARTD An Analytical Study of Tribal Students Dropouts and Transition rate in rural as well as urban schools Dr. Ramdayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Govt. of Jharkhand 4.86 2022 1 Year
Ranchi-ARTD History, Culture and Livelihood of the Birhor Tribe of Eastern India: An Ethnographic Perspectives Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi 7 2023 2 years
Ranchi-ARTD Ethnographic Studies of Castes of Jharkhand (Pardhi, Lodha/Lodhi) Dr. Ramdayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Govt. of Jharkhand 2.2 2023 1 year
Ranchi-ARTD Prevalence of Agro-Technique among Tribal Communities and its Impact on Their Economic Development Dr. Ramdayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Govt. of Jharkhand 1.48 2024 4 months
Coimbatore-FDMSE Effectiveness of Adapted Physical Activities on the Executive Functioning of Students with Visual Impairment ICSSR 10 2023 2 years
Coimbatore-FDMSE Effect of Heritage Games on the Academic and Social Skill Development of Students with Visual Impairment Indian Knowledge Systems Division of the Ministry of Education 1.5 2023 6 months
Coiumbatore-GAPEY Design and Development of Adapted Boccia Game & Gadgets and a Study of their Effect on Auditory Depth Perception and Auditory Reaction Time among Persons with Visual Impairment DST/SEED/TIDE 17.00108 2022 3 Years

Industry-sponsored research projects

Department Title of the Project Sponsoring Agency Funding amount (in rupees) lakhs Year of Award Duration
Narendrapur-AGRON Evaluation of sea weed-based nutrient management on the performance of rainy rice in three different agroclimatic zones of West Bengal PSW SA, Lima Peru 2.2 2023 1 Year
Ranchi-ARTD Impact of Natural Farming on Nutrition Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN) 3 2024 3 Months

Any other funded research project

Department Title of the Project Sponsoring Agency Funding amount (in rupees) lakhs Year of Award Duration
Narendrapur-AGRON Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Agriculture in Nadia, Funding agency: Environment Conservation Society (Research Consultancy) Environment Conservation Society (SWITCHON Foundation) 0.98 2024 1 year
Narendrapur-MBT Immunogenetics of autoimmune thyroid diseases, Hashimoto thyroiditis and Graves’ disease Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) intramural 15 2021 3 Years
Narendrapur-MBT Exploring underlying factors of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy Dr. Manis Nandi charitable 6 2022 3 Years
Narendrapur-ARD Nurturing Rural Women Leaders for Upscaling Climate- Resilient Farming Strategies: Analysing the Social Networks in Selected Villages of West Bengal and Odisha International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), India 11.45 2023 1 year
Narendrapur-ARD+AGRON SciTech4Climate Indo-Pacific Climate-Smart Agriculture Initiative : Project B: Ganges coastal zone climate smart agricultural production Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 28.6 2022 1 Year (extanded to next year)
Narendrapur-ARD+AGRON Mitigating risk and scaling-out profitable cropping system intensification practices in the salt-affected zones of the Ganges delta Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 8.5 2022 1 Year
Narendrapur-AGRON Identification and strengthening of sustainable and equitable agrifood-value chains and market integration of small-scale farms of Indian Sundarbans Australian Alumni Grants Scheme (AAGS) 2024, Government of Australia 9.2 2024 1

 

Research and Development Activities 2022-23

Government-sponsored research projects

Department Title of the Project Sponsoring Agency Funding amount (in rupees) lakhs Year of Award Duration
Belur-Computer Science DST FIST grant to set up an AI Lab on Server for undertaking research and development in the field of machine learning & deep learning DST FIST 106 2022 one-off grant
Belur-Computer Science Automatic Recognition and generation of Indian Sign language VECC, Kolkata 33 2021 2 years
Belur-Physics A State-of-the-Art 4 K Closed Cycle Refrigerator for Understanding And Optimizing Novel Emergent Properties Of
Quantum Materials
CRG SERB 33.6 2021 3 Years
Belur-Physics Dynamics and Chaos in strongly coupled QFT: Deformations and Boundaries Core Research Grant 30.72 2022 3 Years
Belur-Physics Understanding Honeycomb Layered Oxides’ Unconventional Magnetism SIRE SERB 19 2022 3 Years
Belur-Physics Understanding Honeycomb Layered Oxides’ Unconventional Magnetism UGC-DAE CSR 19 2022 3 Years
Belur-Physics Quantitative probing of spin-driven multiferroicity and microstructural tuning of magnetoelectric coupling inoxygendeficient perovskites BaRFeO₄ and RBaCuFeO₅ (R=rare-earth) SERB POWER GRANT 24 2022 3 Years
Belur-Physics Design and discovery of quantum materials with emergent properties and potential applications in energy-related technologies SERB 10.56 2023 3 Years
Belur-Mathematics Algebraic analogue of a result of Mumford SERB – MATRICS 6.6 2022 3 Years
Belur-Mathematics Explosive predator and mutualistic preys: A comparative study of Pattern formation and the Turing-Hopf bifurcation before, on and after blow-up SERB – MATRICS 6.6 2020 3 Years
Belur-Mathematics Comparative study of the spatio-temporal variability on the dynamics of explosive food chain models: Mutualistic preys with restricted growth rates and sexually reproductive generalist predator interaction as case study Core Research Grant (CRG) – SERB 20.46 2021 3 Years
Belur-Sanskrit and Philosophy The relevance and applicability of Chanakya’s (Kautilya) Arthaśāstra for solving current societal problems IKS Division of MoE@AICTE 9.1 2022 2 Years
Belur-Sports Science and Yoga Trans-diagnostic connectome
abnormalities of the human brain's
neuronal pathways across psychiatric
disorders and their relation to the brain-
wide genetic signatures
.(SUR/2022/002601)
DST SERB [SURE] 21 2022 3ys
Narendrapur-ARD Ionizing radiation-induced mutagenesis and rapid identification of mutant genes for the improvement of traditional aromatic rice UGC-DAE-CSR 7.74 2022 3 Years
Narendrapur-ARD All India Network Programme on Organic Farming (AINP-OF) ICAR Sanctioned till 2022-2023: 64.76 2015 Long term
Narendrapur-ARD Using Women Farmers’ Social Networks To Improve The Delivery of Agricultural Information Through Information Communication Technology in Selected Rural Areas of West Bengal Indian Council of Social Science Research 7 2022 2 Years
Narendrapur-ARD Modelling the Livelihood Impact of Technology Transfer Projects in Natural Resources Management using Fuzzy Logic Cognitive Mapping Indian Council of Social Science Research 7 2022 2 Years
Narendrapur-ARD SciTech4Climate Indo-Pacific Climate-Smart Agriculture Initiative : Project B: Ganges coastal zone climate smart agricultural production Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 23.1 2022 1 Year (extended to next year)
Narendrapur-ARD Mitigating risk and scaling-out profitable cropping system intensification practices in the salt-affected zones of the Ganges delta Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 8 2022 1 Year
Narendrapur-MBT Characterization of mechanistic function of the encystation-specific transcription factor (ERM-BP) in Entamoeba, and indetifying drugs against Entamoeba cyst DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellowship 113 2020 5 Years
Narendrapur-MBT Effect of different GTPase/ATPases on growth, physiology and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellowship 113 2020 5 Years
Narendrapur-MBT Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in physiological and pathological conditions. DST-Ramanujan Fellowship 116 2022 5 Years
Ranchi-ARTD Science, Technology and Innovation Hub for Creating Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities of Scheduled Tribes in Angara Block, Ranchi District, Jharkhand. Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India 91.02 2021 3 Years
Ranchi-ARTD An Analytical Study of Tribal Students Dropouts and Transition rate in rural as well as urban schools Dr. Ramdayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Govt. of Jharkhand 4.86 2022 1 Year
Coimbatore-FDMSE Effectiveness of Adapted Physical Activities on the Executive Functioning of Students with Visual Impairment ICSSR 10 2023 2 years
Coiumbatore-GAPEY Design and Development of Adapted Boccia Game & Gadgets and a Study of their Effect on Auditory Depth Perception and Auditory Reaction Time among Persons with Visual Impairment DST/SEED/TIDE 17.00108 2022 3 Years

Industry-sponsored research projects

Department Title of the Project Sponsoring Agency Funding amount (in rupees) lakhs Year of Award Duration
Narendrapur-ARD Evaluation of sea weed-based nutrient management on the performance of rainy rice in three different agroclimatic zones of West Bengal PSW SA, Lima Peru 2.2 2023 1 Year

Any other funded research project

Department Title of the Project Sponsoring Agency Funding amount (in rupees) lakhs Year of Award Duration
Narendrapur-MBT Immunogenetics of autoimmune thyroid diseases, Hashimoto thyroiditis and Graves’ disease Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) intramural 15 2021 3 Years
Narendrapur-MBT Exploring underlying factors of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy Dr. Manis Nandi charitable 6 2022 3 Years

Technology Transfer

Department Name of the technologies developed Project Investigator Broad Area
Narendrapur-IRDM Developed Organic Farming Package for two cropping systems, namely Rice- French bean-Sesame and Rice-Mustard-Greengram (ICAR Bulletin; ISBN: 978-93-5566-311-5) Dr. Gautam Chatterjee Organic Agriculture

Patents

Dept. Patent details Date of filing
Narendrapur-MBT TITLE OF THE INVENTION: α Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH)-Chitosan-Cholesterol Nanoconjugate and method of production thereof
Name of the Inventor: Dr. Arnab Basu
31 st March, 2023

 

Research and Development Activities 2021-22

Government-sponsored research projects

Department Title of the Project Sponsoring Agency Funding amount (in rupees) lakhs Year of Award Duration
Belur-CS Automatic Recognition and generation of Indian Sign language VECC-Research_Grant 33 2022 2 years
Belur-Math Combinatorial Commutative Algebra DST, Gvt. of India 35 2017 5 years
Belur-Math Algebraic analogue of a result of Mumford SERB MATRICS 6.6 2022 3 years
Belur-Math Zero-sum constants, regularity of Diophantine equations and other problems in Combinatorial Number Theory SERB 6.6 2019 3 years
Belur-Math Explosive predator and mutualistic preys: A comparative study of Pattern formation and the Turing-Hopf bifurcation before, on and after blow-up SERB MATRICS 6.6 2020 3 years
Belur-Math Comparative study of the spatio-temporal variability on the dynamics of explosive food chain models: Mutualistic preys with restricted growth rates and sexually reproductive generalist predator interaction as case study Core Research Grant (CRG) – SERB 20.46 2021 3 years
Belur-Phy A State-of-the-Art 4 K Closed Cycle Refrigerator for Understanding And Optimizing Novel Emergent Properties Of Quantum Materials CRG SERB 33.6 2021 3 years
Belur-Phy Dynamics and Chaos in strongly coupled QFT: Deformations and Boundaries Core Research Grant 30.72 2022 3 Years
Belur-Phy Understanding Honeycomb Layered Oxides’ Unconventional Magnetism SIRE SERB 19 2022 3 Years
Belur-Phy Understanding Honeycomb Layered Oxides’ Unconventional Magnetism UGC-DAE CSR 19 2022 3 Years
Belur-Phy Quantitative probing of spin-driven multiferroicity and microstructural tuning of magnetoelectric coupling inoxygendeficient perovskites BaRFeO₄ and RBaCuFeO₅ (R=rare-earth) SERB POWER GRANT 24 2022 3 Years
Narendrapur- All India Network Project on Organic Farming Indian Council of Agricultural Research 39.5 2015 Longterm
Narendrapur- All India Coordinated Maize Improvement Project (Voluntary Centre) Indian Council of Agricultural Research 0.4 2018 Longterm
Narendrapur- Development of potential AChE –inhibitors from North-East Indian Plants: Activity-Guided Isolation, Purification and Validation using transgene-AD mouse Depertment of Biotechnology, Govt. of India 25.69 2020 2 years
Narendrapur- Establishment of Quality Testing Laboratory West Bengal State Medicinal Plant Board, Govt. of West Bengal 30 2020 1 year
Narendrapur- Developing Multi-stress Tolerant High Yielding Breeding Materials in Rice and Indian Mustard through Modern Breeding Program, Department of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal 84.65 2019 3 years
Narendrapur- Swami Vivekananda Chair Professor,School of Environment and Disaster Management Joint Secretary, Disaster Management and Civil Defense, Government of West Bengal 32.09 2020 1 year 7 months
Narendrapur- “SciTech4Climate Indo-Pacific Climate-Smart Agriculture Initiative: Project B: Ganges coastal zone climate smart agricultural production” Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO-Australia) 16.5 2021 1 year, 4 months
Narendrapur- Modelling the Livelihood Impact of Technology Transfer Projects in Natural Resources Management using Fuzzy Logic Cognitive Mapping Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) 7 2021 2 Years
Narendrapur- Using Women Farmers’ Social Networks To Improve The Delivery of Agricultural Information Through Information Communication Technology in Selected Rural Areas of West Bengal Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) 7 2021 2 Years
Narendrapur- Ionizing Radiation Induced Mutagenesis and Rapid Identification of Mutant Genes for the Improvement of Traditional Aromatic Rice University Grant Commission-Department of Atomic Energy Consortium of Scientific Research, Govt. of India 6.39 2022 3 Years
Narendrapur- Creation of Seed Hubs for Increasing Indigenous Production of Pulses in India Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India 150 2017 Continuing
Narendrapur- Establishment of indigenous fish and ornamentals hub in Sonarpur Block, South 24 Parganas District in Wetlands region of West Bengal for sustainable livelihood development of local SC/ST fisher folks (DST/SEED/SCSP/STI/2021/645) Department of Science and Technology – Science for Equity Empowerment and Development (DST-SEED) 131.2 2022 3 Years
Narendrapur- Skill development programme on Fisheries National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) 12.5 2021 1 Year
Narendrapur- Skill development programme on Fisheries National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) 4.36 2022 1 Year
Narendrapur- SC SP Programme on fisheries Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Central Institute of Freshwater AquacultureICAR-CIFA 32.02 2021 1 Year
Narendrapur- Drone technology demonstration during 2022-23 Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ICAR-ATARI, Kolkata) 17.5 2022 1 Year
Narendrapur-MBT DBT-Ramalingaswami fellowship DBT 113 2021 5 years
Narendrapur-MBT Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in physiological and pathological conditions. DST-Ramanujan fellowship 116 2022 5 years
Ranchi-ARTD An analyticl study of tribal’s students dropouts and transitions rates in rural as well as urban schools Dr. Ramdayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Govt. of Jharkhand 4.8 2022 1 year
Ranchi-ARTD Science, Technology and Innovation Hub for Creating Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities of Scheduled Tribes in Angara Block, Ranchi District, Jharkhand Department of Science and Technology 91.02 2021 3 years
Coimbatore-FDMSE Development of Adapted Science Experiments for Improving Skills in Learning Science among Students with Visual Impairment at Secondary Level Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE) 6.8 2017 2 years
Coimbatore-FDMSE Problem Based Learning Method to Teach Science Concepts among Tribal Children. National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi 7.35 2020 2 years
Coimbatore-FDMSE Effect of using Computer with Screen Reader on Creative Writing Skills among Students with Visual Impairment at Primary Level. Indian Council of Social Science Research, Southern Regional Centre, Osmania University Library, Hyderabad. 1 2021 6 Months
Coiumbatore-GAPEY Design and Development of Adapted Boccia Game and Gadgets and a study of their Effect on Auditory Depth Perception and Auditory Reaction Time among persons with Visual Impairment Dept of Science & Technology(DST) 17 2022 3 Years

Any other funded research project

Department Title of the Project Sponsoring Agency Funding amount (in rupees) lakhs Year of Award Duration
Narendrapur-MBT Exploring underlying factors of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy Dr. Manis Nandi charitable 5.53 2022 3 years
Narendrapur-MBT Immunogenetics of autoimmune thyroid diseases, Hashimoto thyroiditis and Graves’ disease Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) intramural 15 2021 3 Years

 
 
Research Projects being undertaken by various Departments / Schools / Faculty Centres :

1. IRDM Faculty Centre, RKMVERI: Research Projects Page on IRDM Website

2. JIVAN (Centre for Research in Biological Sciences), School of Biological Sciences: Research projects

3. FDMSE, Coimbatore Campus: Research Projects

4. GAPEY, Coimbatore Campus: Research Projects