Ongoing Projects
1. Bacterial Cellulose derived Nanostructured Carbon Materials with Tunable Porosity as High Performance Anode for Lithium ion Battery.
Funding Agency: SERB
Duration: 2019-2022
PI: Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal Co PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma
2. Scientific understanding & technological development of Metal-CO2 battery with CO2 as an energy carrier for India’s Mars Mission.
Funding Agency: DST-SERB
Duration: 2020-2025
PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma
3. Scaling up of electrospinning process for nanofibers.
Funding Agency: Ministry of Textiles
Duration: 2021-2022
PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma
4. Patterned activated carbon nanofibers for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitor applications.
Funding Agency: Ministry of Textiles
Duration: 2021-2022
PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma
Completed Projects
1.Polymer and Carbon based Three Dimensional Micropatterned Nanofabric with Enhanced Wettability Contrast .
Funding Agency: DST-UKIERI
Duration: 2015-2017
PI: Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal (India), Prof. Stephen J. Eichhorn (UK) Co PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma
2. Direct Recycling of Polystyrene based Waste Objects using Orange Peel Extract for Oil Spills Remediation.
Funding Agency: Waste Management Technologies program of Technology Development and Transfer Division (TDT Division) of DST
Duration: 2016-2018
PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma & Dr. Kishalay Mitra
3. Electrospun Polymer and Carbon Nanofibers for Energy, Environment and Healthcare Applications.
Funding Agency: DST INSPIRE Faculty Award
Duration: 2015-2020
PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma
4. Catalytic Graphitization of Resorcinol Formaldehyde based Xerogel and Its Performance as Lithium Ion Battery Anode Material.
Funding Agency: SERB
Duration: 2016-2019
PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma
5. Electrospun Nano-fiber as Carrier for Controlled Release of Amphotericin-B and Piperine: Connecting Drug-Polymer Fiber Properties to Release Kinetics.
Funding Agency: DST Nanomission
Duration: 2017-2020
PI: Dr. Saptarshi Majumdar & Dr. Chandra S Sharma
6. Bio-inspired engineering of nano-hierarchical musculoskeletal tissue architecture for stem cell recruitment to treat compound non-healing bone fractures.
Funding Agency: DST Nanomission
Duration: 2017-2020
PI: Dr. Subha N. Rath Co PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma
7. Hierarchical nanostructured carbon materials derived from candle soot and graphene for high rate and high performance electrodes for automotive batteries and supercapacitors.
Funding Agency: MHRD, Department of Heavy Industries (IMPRINT)
Duration: 2017-2020
PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma Co PI: Dr. Tata N. Rao (ARCI, Hyderabad)
8. Extreme Point of Care Diagnostics on a CD.
Funding Agency: MHRD, ICMR (IMPRINT)
Duration: 2017-2020
PI: Prof. Suman Chakraborty (IIT KGP) Co PI(s): Dr. Chandra S Sharma (IITH), Dr. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay (IITG), Dr. Chirasree Ray Chaudhuri (IIEST), Dr. Dipayan Sanyal (CGCRI), Dr. Satadal Saha (JSV Innovations)
9. Development of macro-encapsulation device for islet cell transplantation for diabetes treatment.
Funding Agency: MHRD, ICMR (IMPRINT)
Duration: 2017-2020
PI: Dr. Subha N. Rath Co PI(s): Dr. Chandra S Sharma (IITH), AIG Team (Dr. Sasikala, Dr. GV Rao, Dr. R. Pradeep, Dr. R. Talukdar, Dr. D. Nageshwar Reddy)
10. Hierarchical Hybrid Micro/Nano-Textured Monocrystalline Silicon and Polymer Anti- reflective Surfaces for High Efficiency Solar Cells.
Funding Agency: SERB
Duration: 2017-2020
PI: Dr. Prem Pal Co PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma
11. Feasibility study for generation of hierarchical carbon nano-materials from tailing coal and coal tar.
Funding Agency: TATA Steel
Duration: 2020-2021 (1 year)
PI: Dr. Saptarshi Majumdar Co PI: Dr. Chandra S Sharma