GOI Sponsored Research Project (On-going as Co-PI)

Project Title

On-going Project Details as Co- Principal Investigator

1.       Development of Fodder Pellets Using Locally Available Leaves:  An Approach to Doubling Farmer Income

Funding Agency:  NABARD

Budget: INR 26.18 Lakhs

Duration: 2 Years (2025-2027)

Project Team:

Sushil Kumar Yadav (PI) and Srikanta Routroy (Co-PI)

2.       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: 42 Lakhs (Approximately)

Research Team: P Srinivasan (PI); & Srikanta Routroy (Co-PI)

3.       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

Duration: 1.5 Years (2023-2025)

Sanctioned Amount to BITS Pilani: 34.614 Lakhs

Investigators in the Project from BITS Pilani:

Anupam Singhal (PI) and Srikanta Routroy (Co-PI)

4.       Encapsulated PCM-based Magnetic Nanoparticles and AI Applications for Optimising Separation of Carcinogenic Industrial Solvents Using Solar Energy: Shaping Towards Sustainable Development

Funding Agency:  Scheme for Promotion of Academic & Research Collaboration (SPARC) Scheme, Ministry of Education, India

Research Team:

PI: Suvanjan Bhattacharyya & Co-PI:  Ranjan Dey, Srikanta Routroy and Saket Verma

Duration: 02 years (01/04/ 2024 to 31/03/2026)

Proposed Budget: 73,20,000 (INR)

BITS Pilani Sponsored Research Project (On-going)

Project Title

On-going Project Details as Principal Investigator

1.    Design of Green Logistics System for Milk Supply Chain: A Business and environmental Sustainable Approach

Funding Agency: BITS Pilani

Scheme: 2^nd Cross Disciplinary Research Framework (CDRF)

Project Investigators:  Srikanta Routroy & Subhasis Pradhan

Sanctioned Amount:  Approximately 40   Lakhs [It includes financial support of 20 Lakhs plus one Institute supported Research Scholar for four years]

Duration: 02 Years (2024-26)

2.    Integrating supply chains in smart cities for enhanced community service: A business and environmental sustainability approach

Funding Agency: BITS Pilani and La Trobe University, Australia.

Scheme: Asian Smart Cities Research and Innovation Network (ASCRIN)

Research Team:

BITS Pilani: Srikanta Routroy (PI) & Prasanta K Sahu (Co-PI)

LA TROBE University: Sean Arisian (PI), & Aniruddha Desai (Co-PI)

Duration: 04 Years (2024-2028)

3.    Lean Supply Chain Designs to Reduce Food Waste for Business and Environmental Sustainability: An Indo-Australian Study

Funding Agency: BITS Pilani and RMIT University, Australia.

Scheme: BITS-RMIT PhD Program

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)

Duration: 04 Years (2023-2027)

4.    Decarbonized Supply chain for Additively Manufactured Natural Fibre Based Automotive Components: A Sustainable Business Model

Funding Agency: BITS Pilani and RMIT University, Australia.

Scheme: BITS-RMIT PhD Program

Research Team:

BITS Pilani: Srikanta Routroy (PI) and Radha Raman Mishra (Co-PI)

RMIT University: Muhammad Abdulrahman (PI) and Kamrul Ahsan (Co-PI)

Duration: 04 Years (2025-2029)

Funding from Industry (Completed and ongoing) including consultancy

Consultancy Project as Co-PI (Completed)

Project Title

Completed Project Details as Co-Principal Investigator

Study of the warehouse operations and services parameters to frame guidelines and requirements for Non-Agri warehousing service providers

Funding Agency: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Investigators: 

PI: Prof. Satyendra Kumar Sharma (PI), 

Co-PI: Srikanta Routroy & Krishna Manyur

Sanctioned Amount: INR 6.6 Lakh

Duration: Six Months

Management Development Programme (MDP) for Indian Army (On-going)

MDP Title

MDP Details

IT, inventory management & accounting

Funding Agency: Army Management Studies Board (AMSB)

Sanction Amount: INR 2,72,58,000

Duration: 03 MDPs each year with two weeks’ duration for 3 Years (2025-26, 2026-27 & 2027- 28)

Team: Satyendra Kumar Sharma, Srikanta Routroy and Saurabh Chadha