Project On-Going
Project Details:
“Integrating supply chains in smart cities for enhanced community service: A business and environmental sustainability approach”-Asian Smart Cities Research and Innovation Network (ASCRIN), La Trobe University, Australia, 2021 - 2025. This is a collaborative project between BITS Pilani and La Trobe University, Australia.
Research Team:
BITS Pilani: Prof. Srikanta Routroy (PI) & Prof. Prasanta Kumar Sahu (Co-PI)
LA TROBE University: Prof. Sean Arisian (PI), & Prof. Aniruddha (Ani) Desai (Co-PI)
Interested PhD Student:
The project will start from January 2024. The candidates having ME/MTech (Industrial/Production/Mechanical/Transportation) are encouraged to send theirs CV to Prof. Srikanta Routroy (srikanta@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in).
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Project Title:
Lean Supply Chain Designs to Reduce Food Waste for Business and Environmental Sustainability: An Indo-Australian Study
Research Team:
BITS Pilani: Prof. Srikanta Routroy (PI) and Dr. Prasanta Kumar Sahu (Co-PI)
RMIT University: Professor Prem Chhetri (PI) and Prof. Mathews Nkhoma (Co-PI)
PhD Student: Joining in first Week of August 2023
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Title: Eco-Friendly Solution with Metal Recovery and Value-Added Products from Stainless Steel Spent Pickle Liquor: A
Zero Waste Business Model
Funding Agency: Ministry of Steel, New Delhi
Industrial Partner: Jindal Stainless Limited
Institutions involved: CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Total Sanctioned Amount: 125.164 Lakhs
Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 34.614 Lakhs
Investigators in the Project from BITS Pilani:
Anupam Singhal as Principal Investigator (PI)
Srikanta Routroy as Co-Principal Investigator (PI)
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Title: Doubling Farm Women’s income: Entrepreneurship development through post-harvest processing and technology integration in arid zone
Funding Agency: DST-SEED (ASACODER), Ministry of Science and Technology, GoI
Indian Institutions involved: CAZRI Jodhpur and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Duration: 3 Years (2021-2024)
Total Sanctioned Amount: 235.86541 Lakhs
Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 70.20841 Lakhs
Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)
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Title: Opportunities and Challenges in Enhancing Farm Income through Farmer Producer Organizations
Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR, MHRD, New Delhi).
Duration: 2 Years (March 2022-Feburary 2024)
Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 7.5 Lakhs
Role in Project: Co-Project Director
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Title: “Design and development of crop residue-based roof insulation with Phase Change Materials for livestock rearing shelters: An environment-friendly business model for doubling farmer women’s income in Arid and Semi-Arid zones”
Funding Agency: DST, New Delhi.
Duration: 3 Years (February, 2023-January, 2026)
Total Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 40 Lakhs (Approximately)
Principal Investigator (PI): P Srinivasan; Co-Principal Investigator (PI): Srikanta Routroy
Project Completed (06)
Title: Waste Management of Generated Sludge from Indian Steel and Steel Related Plants: A Sustainable Business Model
Funding Agency: Ministry of Steel, New Delhi
Duration: 3 Years (September 2018- March 2022)
Amount: 38.046 Lakhs
Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)
Title: Innovative technologies for improving resource utilization in the Indo-European fish value chains
Funding Agency: DBT, New Delhi
Duration: 3 Years (2018- August 2021)
Total Sanctioned funding: 800,000 Euro
Amount Sanctioned to BITS Pilani: 62.092 Lakhs
Indian Institutions involved: Amity University; BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya (PI); Prof. MS Dasgupta (Co-PI) and Prof. Srikanta Routroy (Co-PI))
Institutions involved from other countries: SINTEF, Norway and Grupo CARINSA, Spain
Title: Development of e-waste management strategies for selected e-products in Rajasthan
Funding Agency: DST Rajasthan
Duration: 3 Years (2018- 2021)
Amount: INR 7.536 Lakhs
Role in Project: Co-Principal Investigator (PI)
Title: Design of Supplier Development Implementation Framework for Indian Manufacturing Industries
Funding Agency: UGC, New Delhi
Duration: 3 Years (2013-2016)
Sanctioned Amount: INR. 9.408 Lakhs
Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)
Title: Design of Healthcare Supply Chain for Enhancing Availability and Reducing Wastage of Generic Medicines for Rural Areas in Rajasthan.
Funding Agency: DST Rajasthan
Duration: 3 Years (2016-2019)
Sanctioned Amount: INR. 5.886 Lakhs
Role in Project: Principal Investigator (PI)
Title: Concurrent Evaluation of the implementation of NFSA (State: Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh)
Funding Agency: Department of Food & public Distribution, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi
Duration: One Year: Third and Fourth Quarter, 2018; First and Second Quarter, 2019
Faculty Involved: Arun Vaish, Srikanta Routroy, Krishna M
Sanctioned Amount: INR 7.2 Lakh