Research Projects

Driving innovation through funded initiatives in sustainable energy, hydrogen production, and advanced materials.

Ongoing Initiatives

6 Active Projects
ENSUS CORE GRANT
Green HydrogenAmmoniaElectrocatalysis
Development of earth abundant nanostructured electrocatalysts for solar hydrogen and ammonia generation from sea water at ambient temperature.
Role
Principal Investigator
Funding
700K USD (OCP Foundation)
Period
2021 - 2025
Research Start Grant UM6P
Material ScienceHydrogen Energy
Fundamental research into systems for the hydrogen energy sector, focusing on material synthesis and characterization.
Role
Principal Investigator
Funding
500K USD
Period
2021 - 2027
CHAIR NRG Science and Technology
Energy TechnologyLarge Scale
Advanced research initiative for next-generation energy technologies.
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Funding
30 Million Euro
Period
2024 - 2029
Green Ammonia Vision Project
Green AmmoniaSustainable Energy
Strategic development of green ammonia production technologies.
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Funding
1.5 Million Euro
Period
2025 - 2030
Green Ammonia GAPP (Green Ammonia Pilot Plant)
Pilot PlantIndustrial Scale
Steering committee membership for the establishment of a large-scale green ammonia pilot plant.
Role
Steering Committee Member
Funding
60 Million Euro
Period
2022 - 2027

Completed Projects

3 Archived
Research Start Grant Jain University
PhotoelectrochemistryHematiteBio-hybrid
Understanding Photoelectrochemical Charge Transfer Phenomena at Hematite Nanoarchitectures Functionalized with the Light-Harvesting Membrane Protein.
Role
Principal Investigator
Funding
300,000 INR
Period
2017 - 2021
BFE - Swiss Federal Office of Energy Grant
BiomassHydrogenSemiconductors
Photoelectrochemical hydrogen production from Biomass derivatives with visible light-harvesting semiconductor photoelectrodes.
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Funding
621,000 CHF
Period
2017 - 2020
National Seminar on Frontiers on Material and Chemical Sciences
ConferenceOrganization
Conference grant from Karnataka Science and Technology Academy to organize a national seminar.
Role
Coordinator
Funding
1,700 USD
Period
Completed 2019