1. Research Initiation Grant (INR 1,98,850) - completed
Funding body : BITS Pilani
Title: Compressed supercapacitors with high energy density (PRESSCAP)
2. Additional Competitive Research Grant (INR 8,70,000)
Funding body : BITS Pilani Title: Development of charging protocols for reducing self-discharge in supercapacitors
3. Startup Research Grant (INR 31,19,500)
Funding body : DST SERB Title: Nature inspired high energy density supercapacitors (NATURECAP)
4. International Exchanges 2022 (£11,900)
Funding body: The Royal Society Collaborating Scientist/Institution: Prof. Vijay Kumar Thakur, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
5. India: Initiation Grants for Internationalisation (150,000 SEK)
Funding body : STINT
Title: Collaboration for net-zero emission targets of Sweden and India - Higher education institutions approach
Collaborating Scientist/Institution: Pia Schmitt & Prof. Shareq Mohd Nazir (KTH Royal Institute of
Technology, Sweden), Prof. Rajesh Mehrotra (BITS Goa), Prof. Vincent Shantha Kumar (BITS Dubai)
6. Cohort-2 Call for Proposals with MeitY Quantum Computing Applications Lab (USD 14225) Funding body : MeiTY QCAL
Title: Quantum computing for accelerated materials discovery for high-performing energy storage devices
Collaborating Scientist: Prof. H.D. Mathur (Dept. of EEE, BITS Pilani)
7. ASCRIN fellowship (Joint PhD program commencing January 2024)
Funding body: BITS Pilani (India) and La Trobe University (Australia)
Title: Hybrid Energy Storage System for developing Next Generation Electric Vehicles
Collaborating Scientist: Prof. Aniruddha Desai (La Trobe University, Australia)