Research Funding

The most important components of any research project are idea and execution. Successful execution of the research project depends not only on the effort of the researcher but also on available infrastructure and expenses on the man and material. So research funding is required to meet these expenses and smooth execution of research projects. SIT is one of the leading institutes to have research funding. Total grant received is more than 3 crores in the last 4 years.

Year-wise Research Funding

Year-wise summary of research funding received

A.Y	Funding amount (Lacs)	No of projects
A.Y 19-20	88.48	3
A.Y 21-22	84	3
A.Y 22-23	53.62	2
A.Y 23-24	83.18	2

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Details of research funding

A.Y 19-20

Sr No	Name of the Scheme/Project/ Endowments/ Chairs	Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co-Investigator (if applicable)	Name of the Funding agency	Year of Award	Funds provided (INR in lakhs)	Duration of project,years
1	Design, development and analysis of hollow micro-lattice compact heat exchanger (Heat pipe) for space/aircraft applications	Dr. Meena Laad	ASEM-DUO Fellowship Programme	2019	4.72	2
2	Developing Ethical AI models for Robotics and Multiagent Systems	Dr. Rahee Walambe	ASEM-DUO Fellowship Programme	2019	4.72	2
3	EU-India Horizon 2020 call – Consortium Partner – PAVITR project	Prof. Dr Kanchan Khare	DST- European Union	2019	79.04	4
Total					88.48

A.Y 21-22

Sr No	Name of the Scheme/Project/ Endowments/ Chairs	Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co-Investigator (if applicable)	Name of the Funding agency	Year of Award	Funds provided (INR in lakhs)	Duration of project, years
1	Going Global partnerships exploratory grant 2021-2022	Dr Ketan Kotecha	Going Global partnerships exploratory grant 2021-2022	2022	15	0.5
2	Development of real-time traffic control algorrt~ms fo~ unconve~tional intersection designs using artificial intelligence methods	Dr Ketan Kotecha	India-Serbia	2022	29	2
3	Commonwealth Split Site Scholarship	Ms. Shalaka Hire, Dr Sayali Sandbhor	Commonwealth Scholarship, UK Government	2021	40	2
Total					84

A.Y 22-23

Sr No	Name of the Scheme/Project/ Endowments/ Chairs	Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co-Investigator (if applicable)	Name of the Funding agency	Year of Award	Funds provided (INR in lakhs)	Duration of project,years
1	Industry-inspired Transnational Education in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning	Dr.Ketan Kotecha	Going Global Exploratory Top-Up Grant	2022	12.26	10 months
2	Multimodal Explainability for Object Detection and Image processing in Drone Imagery (Project No: INT/ITALY/MR/2021/71)	Dr Rahee Walambe (PI), Dr Ketan Kotecha (Co-PI)	Indo-Italy Bilateral Research Mobility Grant Scheme of DST and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs	2022	41.36	2
Total					53.62

A.Y 23-24

Sr No	Name of the Scheme/Project/ Endowments/ Chairs	Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co-Investigator (if applicable)	Name of the Funding agency	Year of Award	Funds provided (INR in lakhs)	Duration of project,years
1	Design development and study of lightweight headgear (helmet) using micro-lattice structure and fiber based composite materials for safety	Dr. Anirban Sur/ Dr. Meena Laad	Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research CollaborationSPARC	2023	37.18	3
2	AI For Sustainability	1.Dr K Kotecha Dr Harsh Dhiman Dr Paresh Nassikar 4. Dr Rahee Walambe 5. Dr Sayali Apte 6. Dr Sayali Sandbhor Dr Anand Pandey 8. Dr Sonawane	AI For Sustainability Program of UAEU	2023	46	1
Total					83.18