Project 1

Title: Assessing Game-Engagement in A Video Game Designed for Senior Citizens in Goa (Ongoing) 

Principal Investigators: Rayson K. Alex and Reena Cheruvalath

Funding Agency: Cross-disciplinary Research Funding, BITS Pilani

Amount: 20 lakhs

Duration: July 2024 to July 2026

Project 2

Title: English Translation of Two Literary Works in Malayalam, Haritha Niroopanam Malayalathil (Ecocriticism in Malayalam) and Aa Aa Aanakkathakal (Those Elephant Stories) (Project Completed) 

Principal Investigator: Rayson K. Alex

Funding Agency: Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (USA)

Amount: USD 1000

Duration: December 2018-2020

Remark: The first book that is translated, titled, Ecocriticism in Malayalam is contracted with Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, and the second book will be published by the original publisher of the book, Green Books, Kerala.

Project 3

Title: Socio-Economic Mapping of the Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary at Chorao, Goa (Project Completed)

Principal Investigators: Rayson K. Alex & Solano Da Silva

Funding Agency: German Development Corporation and Goa Forest Department (2016)

Amount: 2 lakhs

Project 4

Title: Development and Demonstration of Two Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems

Principal Investigator: Dr. Srikanth Mutnuri, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus

Co-PI: Rayson K. Alex

Funding Agency: BITS Pilani

Amount: 30 Lakhs

Project 5

Title: ePathshala (e-Content Development for PG Subjects - English) 

Ref. No. 1-9/2013 (Project Completed)

Principal Investigator: Prof. Tutun Mukherjee (Professor, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad)

Funding Agency: MHRD-UGC (March 2014)

Amount: Rs.20,000

I was commissioned to create a detailed study material for the module titled “Media and Popular Culture” and “Postcolonial Theory.” The project is completed and submitted

Project 6

Title: Collection of Oral Literature of Mudugar and Kurumbar in Attappady, Palakkad District, Kerala (Project Completed)

Sponsoring Agency: World Oral Literature Project, University of Cambridge

Duration: March 2010 to March 2011

Amount: 4.5 Lakhs

Project 7

Title: Fieldwork for creating an audio dictionary of Mudugar

Sponsoring Agency: Firebird Foundation for Anthropology, USA (Project Completed)

Duration: 1.5 years (March 2011 - March 2013)

Amount: 4.5 Lakhs