Research Projects

Sponsored

Title : Sugars Conversion to Bio-based Monomeric Molecules
Duration : 2023-2026
Funding agency : SERB-DST, India
Budget : 40.20
PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela
Co-PI : None.

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Title : Underwater natural resources to disinfectants and corrosion resistant materials (Project number: TIH/TD/0113)
Duration : 2023-2026
Funding agency : IITG-TIDF
Budget : 18.88
PI : Nageswara Rao Peela

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Title : Investigation of the Reentrant Disorder Behavior and CatalyticProperties of Frustrated Pyrochlore Nanostructures
Duration : 2023-2025
Funding agency : SERB-DST, India
Budget : 61.71
PI : Prof. Subhash Thota, Dept. Physics, IITG
Co-PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela

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Title : Integrated bio-refinery process for sustainable production of bio-crude oil from algal biomass and its upgrading to synthetic transportation fuels (SPARC project number: P2704)
Duration : 2023-2025
Funding agency : SPARC
Budget : 60.99
PI : Prof. VV Goud, ChE, IITG
Co-PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela

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Title : Process Validation of Bamboo biomass conversion to levulinic acid and its derivatives for pharmaceutical applications (Project Number: BIRAC/KIIT01881/BIG-SP/02/22)
Duration : 2023-2025
Funding agency : BIRAC
Budget : 50.00
PI : Nageswara Rao Peela

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Title : Smart Wearable Advanced Nanosensing Technologies in Healthcare ASICs (SWASTHA)
Duration : 2022-2026
Funding agency : Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY)
Budget : 42,00.00
PI : Dr. Akshai Kumar, Head, Center for Nanotechnology, IITG
Co-PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela and others

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Title : Glucose and Xylose Conversion to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and Levulinic Acid
Duration : 2018-2020
Funding agency : IIT Guwahati
Budget : INR 10 Lakh
PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela

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Title : Carbohydrates (Cellulose, Glucose and Fructose) Conversion to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural using Ionic Liquid Encapsulated Mesoporous Zeolite Catalysts
Duration : 2016-2019
Funding agency : SERB-DST (File No. YSS/2015/000911)
Budget : Rs. 31,70,000
PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela

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Title : Design and Fabrication of an Integrated Optofluidic Device for Solar Irradiated Water-splitting using Bio-synthesized Metal/TiO2 Photocatalysts.
Duration : 2016-2019
Funding agency : DST-CERI (File No. is DST/TMD/CERI/C19(G))
Budget : Rs. 44,19,200
PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela

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Title : Metal Encapsulated Zeolite Catalysts for upgradation of Bio-oil
Duration : 2014-2016
Funding agency : IIT Guwahati
Budget : Rs. 500000
PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela

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Consultancy

Title : Coating of LTA zeolite membranes onto the ceramic tubes
Duration : 21122020-20122021
Funding agency : ChemDist Process Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Pune
Budget : 15.00
PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela
Co-PI : G. Pugazhenthi

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Title : ChemDist Center of Excellence (CoE) for Industrial NanoTech Innovations: Carbohydrates conversion to levulinic acid and formic acid at 2 L reactor scale
Duration : 2022-2025
Funding agency : ChemDist Membrane Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Pune
Budget : Rs. 18,63,000/- in cash, a pilot plant and 2 project staff in kind
PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela
Co-PI : None.

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Title : Kinetic studies for production of HCl and Sodium bicarbonate from NaCl, H2SO4 and ammonium bicarbonate: Phase-I
Duration : 2016-2019
Funding agency : Garima Industries, Guwahati
Budget : Rs. 15,87,000
PI : Dr. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay
Co-PI : Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela

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