I. Student Program for
Advancing Research, Knowledge, and Entrepreneurship (SPARKLE)
Sponsoring Agency: BITS, Pilani
Title of the Project: Development of light weight artificial aggregates with enhanced thermal energy storage
Investigator:
Prof. V. Vinayaka Ram (PI)
Student Investigators: 4 Members from each of year of engineering
Duration: October 2023 onwards
Grant Amount: Rs. 2,00,000
II. Cross-Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF) fund
Sponsoring Agency: BITS, Pilani
Title of the Project: Development of Next Generation Temperature Controlled Headgear Enriched with Nano-Phase Change Heat Spreader for Management of Fever in Paediatric and Adult Patients
Investigators:
Prof. R. Parameshwaran, Mechanical Engineering, Hyderabad Campus (PI)
Prof. V. Vinayaka Ram, Civil Engineering, Hyderabad Campus (PI)
Dr. Nagajyothi Kasimkota, General Sciences, Hyderabad Campus (PI)
Duration: September 2023 till graduation of the scholar
Grant Amount: Rs. 20,00,000 (Granted amount to carry out the research) Plus full research fellowship for one research scholar totalling to Rs. 24,00,000 (@Rs. 37,000/month for the first 2 years and Rs. 42,000/month for the next 3 years of research)
III. Asian Smart Cities Research and Innovation Network (ASCRIN) research grant for joint Ph.D. program between BITS Pilani and La Trobe University
Sponsoring Agency: BITS, Pilani, India and La Trobe University, Australia
Title of the Project: Development and testing of alkali activated pervious concrete with recycled aggregates for smart city roads in India and Australia
Investigators: ,
BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Team: ,
Prof. V. Vinayaka Ram (PI)
Prof. R. Parameshwaran (Co-PI)
La Trobe University, Bendigo campus, Australia Team:
Prof. Ing Kong (Co-PI)
Dr. Vipul Patel (Co-PI)
Duration: 2023 till graduation of the scholar
Grant Amount: 31,14,000 (approximately) :
Full fellowship for the scholar (@Rs. 37,000/month for the first 2 years and @Rs. 42,000/month for the 3rd year of the research in India and @32,500 Australian dollars per annum at Australia for 1 year)
IV. DST –SERB Core Research Grant (CRG)
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology – Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB)
Title of the Project: Development of a novel cost effective and smart building material for indoor thermal comfort and enhanced energy storage
Investigators: ;
BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Team: Prof. R. Parameshwaran (PI), Prof. V. Vinayaka Ram (Co-PI)
CSIR-SERC Team: Dr. S. Maheswaran (Co-PI), Dr. S. Sundar Kumar (Co-PI)
Duration: 2023 – 2025
Grant Amount: Rs. 29.49 Lakhs
V. MoRT&H, GOI - Preparation of State of the Art Report (SOAR)
Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
Title of the Project: Preparation of State of the Art Report (SOAR) on Effect of Temperature Stresses in Concrete Pavements
Investigators:
Prof. V Vinayaka Ram (PI) and
Prof. Sridhar Raju (Co-Principal Investigator)
Duration: May 2017 to November 2017
Grant Amount: Rs. 6.44 Lakhs
VI. MoRT&H, GOI - Preparation of State of the Art Report (SOAR)
Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
Title of the Project: Preparation of State of the Art Report (SOAR) on Utilization of Higher percentage of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) in Hot Asphalt Mixes (HAM) with Warm Mix Additives - Laboratory and field evaluation
Investigators: Prof. Sridhar Raju (Principal Investigator) and Prof. V Vinayaka Ram (Co-Principal Investigator)
Duration: July 2017 to January 2018
Grant Amount: Rs. 6.26 Lakhs
VII. ABS&TC - Industry Sponsored Project
Sponsoring Agency: M/s Aditya Birla Science and Technology Company, Mumbai
Title of the Project: Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Sandwiched Modular Multilayer Self Compacted Cement Concrete Pavement
Investigators:
Prof. V Vinayaka Ram (PI),
Dr. M V N Sivakumar (Co- PI),
Prof. A. Vasan (Co-Investigator – I) and
Dr. M. Venu (Co-Investigator – II)
Duration: 2011 - 2013
Grant Amount: Rs. 10.00 Lakhs
VIII. MoRD, GOI - Sponsored Project
Sponsoring Agency: National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA), Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India (GOI)
Title of the Project: Rural Roads Pavement Performance Study
Investigators: Prof. V Vinayaka Ram (PI - I), Prof. A K Sarkar (PI - II)
Duration: 2006 - 2009
Grant Amount: Rs. 10.00 Lakhs