Research & Development Cell :

The Research and Development Cell is headed by a Director assisted by a team of experienced and qualified staff to undertake Research and Development work. An active and healthy interaction between the institute and the industries is ensured through the following:

 

 


                      R & D PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
                                          Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sl.
No.

Title of the Project

Funding Agency

Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator

Present Status

1.

AICTE MODROBS for Material Testing Lab

AICTE

Dr  D.N. Shivappa

Ongoing

2.

Product Development for Environmental friendly Manufacturing Process

AICTE

Dr  D.N.Drakshayani
Sri M.S.Ganesh Prasad

Ongoing

3.

Evaluation of Mechanical Properties Polymer Composites Reinforced with Nanoceramics oxides

VTU

Sri A J K Prasad

Ongoing

4.

“Structural Modeling of Rotating Systems”

ARDB, New Delhi

Dr G.R. Srinivasa
Dr G. Gargesa
Sri P.R.Venkatesh

Completed

5.

“Studies on effect of joint interference on the fatigue crack growth behaviour at pin/bolted joints of gas turbine engines”

ARDB, New Delhi

Dr  G. Gargesa
Sri G. Srinivasa Rao

Completed

6.

AICTE MODROBS for Design and Control Lab

AICTE

Prof. P.Ananthacharyulu

Completed

7.

“Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Tansonic Stator having controlled diffusing Aerofoil and Comparison with conventional Aerofoil”

EMR II, CSIR, New Delhi

Sri A.S. Devaraja

Completed

MOU with Industry:

The Department has signed MOU with M/S SELCO Solar light Private Limited, Bangalore which includes the following salient features:


                            Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Sl.
No.

Title of the Project

Funding Agency

Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator

Present Status

1.

Design and Development of a 5.0KVA v/f Inverter for AC Rail Coach Power Supply

Ministry of Power under RSOP scheme through Nodal agency CPRI Bangalore

Dr. M.S.Indira
Sri  N. Balaji

Completed

2.

Design and Development of a Electronic power controller for low current and high voltage power supply units

VTU

Dr. M.S. Indira
Sri  N. Balaji

Ongoing

 MOU with Industry:

The Department has signed MOU with M/s Power Research and Development consultant limited, Bangalore which includes the following salient features:

    • Collaborative research and access to knowledge resources.
    • Collaborative student training programs.
    • Extending facilities and financial assistance to students during internships at the company.


                                                   Department of Bio Technology

    Sl.No.

    Title of the Project

    Funding Agency

    Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator

    Present Status

    1.

    Sequence analysis and comparative modeling studies of hypothetical proteins in the human genome

    UGC

    Dr. H.G. Nagendra

    Completed

    2.

    In silico investigations of human hypothetical proteins containing disordered regions: implication towards cancer and elucidation of potential drug targets

    VTU

    Dr. H.G. Nagendra

    Ongoing

    3.

    Genetic improvement of Mucuna species for anti nutritional factors

    Kirkhouse Trust, UK

    Dr. N. Sathyanarayana

    Ongoing

    4.

    Collection and Evaluation of Germplasm of Mucuna spp. of India

    DST

    Dr. N. Sathyanarayana

    Ongoing

    5.

    Purification and Characterization of fibrinolytic metalloprotease from Alkalophilic Bacillus subtilis

    KET

    Dr. Chandrashekar Naik

    Ongoing

    6.

    Biochemical Investigations on In vivo enzyme profiles within germinating green gram seeds in response to anti-cancer herbal drugs

    Herbal Science Trust and KET

    Dr. Mrinalini Menon

    Ongoing

    7.

    Investigation on in vivo enzyme profiles in response to herbal anti-cancer drugs using seed germination as a model system

    VTU

    Dr. Mrinali Menon
    Sri C. Rajendra Singh

    Ongoing

     

    MoUs signed with other organizations

      • University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore.
      •  M/s Richcore Life Sciences, Bangalore.
      •  Herbal Science Trust, Bangalore

                                             Department of Mechanical Engineering
                                                           Faculty pursuing Ph.D.

    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    Mr. M.S. Ganesh Prasad

    Studies on passive heat extraction techniques in dry machining.

    Mechanical Engg. Science

    Dr. D.N.Drakshayani

    Mrs. V. Shantha

    Characterization and structure properties correlation in doped Tungsten.

    Mechanical Engg. Science

    Dr. D.N.Drakshayani

    Dr. M.N. Vijay Shankar

    Mr. A.J.K. Prasad

    Development and Comparative studies of Polymer Composites Reinforced with Nanoceramics oxides

    Mechanical Engg.

    Dr. S.M. Shashidhar

    Dr. B.K. Muralidhara

    Mr. K.S. Manoharan

    Studies of spiral plate heat exchangers.

    Mechanical Engg.

    Dr. K. Saravanan

    Mr. Mallikarjun C. Mutt

    Low cost feed stocks for the production of Esters (Bio-Diesel) and their effect on Diesel Engine

    Thermal Engineering

    Dr. Sudheer Prem Kumar

    Dr. Soma V. Chetty

    Mr. R. Manjunatha

    Wear behaviour of carbide inserts on steel machining.

    Mechanical Engg. Science

    Dr. C.K. Umesh

     

    No. of papers published by faculty at national and international conferences / Journals: 22


                                             Department of Computer Applications
                                                           Faculty pursuing Ph.D.

    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    Mr. Arun Kumar B.R.

    Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

    Computer Application

    Dr. Lokanatha C. Reddy

    No. of papers published by faculty at national and international conference: 27

     

    Department of Bio Technology
    Faculty pursuing Ph.D.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     


    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    Mr. Jagadeesh Kumar D.

    Structural & Neuroinformatics Analysis of Neuropeptides implicated in alzheimeis disease

    Bio informatics

    Dr. H.G. Nagendra

    Ms. Priya Narayan

    Structural investigations of  neuropeptides implicated in Alzheimics Disease

    Structural Biology

    Dr. H.G. Nagendra

    Ms. Reshma

    Structural characterization of hypothetical sequences

    Structural Biology

    Dr. H.G. Nagendra

    Mr. Kuldeep D. Raju

    Insilico investigation of  disordered proteins and hypothetical  sequences implicated in cancer

    Bio-informatics

    Dr. H.G. Nagendra

    Mr. C. Rajendra Singh

    Purification of Anti-cancer drugs from herbal source

    Bio Chemistry

    Dr. Chandrashekar Naik

    Ms. A. Niveditha

    Heavy metal removal using Immobilized Enzyme in Tacked and fluidized bed reactors

    Bio-Technology

    Dr. Archana, MSRIT.

    Ms. Sudevi Basu

    Modeling of river water quality

    Environmental Engg.

    Dr. K.S. Lokesh, SJCE, Mysore

     

                                List of students pursuing M.Sc., (Engg.) by Research

    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    1. Deepthi K.

    Bio-chemical investigations on a cancer palliative drug obtained from Asteracantha longifolia Nees

    Enzyme Chemistry

    Dr. Mrinalini Menon

    2. Leelambika M.

    Efficacy of Isozyme RAPD & AFLP markers for genetic analysis of Mucuna Species

    Molecular Biology

    Dr. N. Sathyanarayana

    3. Harini S.S.

    Establishment of in vitro regeneration system for genetic improvement of Mucuna spices for anti-nutritional factors

    Plant Bio-Technology

    Dr. N. Sathyanarayana



                                                 List of students pursuing Ph.D.


    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    1. Mohammed Jaheer

    Collection, establishment of germplasm & molecular characterization of Mucuna species of India

    Plant Bio-Tech

    Dr. N. Sathyanarayana

    2. Mahesh S.

    Identification of elite germplasm, DNA fingerprinting and development of framework linkage map in Indian Velvet Beam (Mucuna proteins)

    Genomics

    Dr. N. Sathyanarayana

    No. of papers published by faculty at national and international conference/Journals: 43


                                                     Department of Civil Engineering
                                                              Faculty pursuing Ph. D.

    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    Mr. K. Raghupathi

    Universal approach to analysis of liquid jet

    Hydraulics Engg.

    Dr. N. Balasubramanya

    Mr. K.V.R.Prasad

    Investigation on utilization of recycled PT for Road Construction

    Highway Engg.

    Dr. S.P.  Mahendra

    Dr. N.S. Kumar

    Mr. H. Ravi Kumar

    A study on the buckling resistance and behaviour of short composite tubes columns of various cross sections.

    Structural Engg.

    Dr. K.U. Muthu

    Dr. N.S. Kumar

    Mrs.  Jaya R.S.

    Evaluation of effective bitumen film thickness from aggregate mixes

    Highway Engg.

    Dr. Krishna Murthy


    Department of Computer Science and Engineering / Information Science and Engineering
                                                          Faculty pursuing Ph. D. 

    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    Mr. G.C.Bhanuprakash

    Available Bandwidth Estimation in a Network Path between End to End systems

    Computer Networks

    Dr. K.V.Ramakrishnan

    Mr. G. Thippeswamy

    Face Recognition

    Image Processing

    Dr.  Shekar

    Mrs. Suma Swamy

    Robust Speech Recognition using Neural Networks and Hidden Markov Models (HMM) for hand held devices

    Speech Processing

    Dr. K.V.Ramakrishnan

    Mr. Srinivasa B.C.

    Congestion Detection in Ad-hoc Networks

    Computer Networks

    Dr. K.V.Ramakrishnan

    Mrs. Sheela Kathavate

    Content Based Image Retrieval

    Image Processing

    Dr. Srikanta Murthy

    Mrs. Pallavi R.

    Web Mining / Grid Computing / Cloud content

    Data Mining / Computer Architecture

    Dr. Ashwini Chaturvedi

    Mr. Sheshappa S.N.

    Parallel Processing

    Operating Systems

    Dr. K.V.Ramakrishnan

    Mrs. Vanipriya C.H.

    Sentimental Analysis on the Net

    Data Mining

    Dr. Ashwini Chaturvedi

    No. of papers published by faculty at national and international conference: 16


                      Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
                                                         Faculty pursuing Ph. D.

    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    Mr. T.M. Ramesh

    Flight Vehicle Parameter Estimation based on WT Processing of Acoustic Signals.

    E & C

    Dr. T.V. Rama Murthy

    Mrs.  Krishnapriya
    Sharma

    Optical Communication

    E & C

    Dr. N.G. Kurhatti

    Mrs. Anitha M

    Methodologies for realizing interface architectures for low power sensors

    TE

    Dr. N.G. Kurahatti

    Mrs. Savitha Unni

    Detection of Speech in the presence of background noise and speaker identification.

    E & C

    Dr. K.V. Rama Krishnan

    Mr. M.D. Neelappa

    RFID

    TE

    Dr. N.G. Kurahatti

    Mrs. Seema Singh

    Failure detection and Compensation of actuators in aircraft.

    TE

    Dr. T.V. Rama Murthy

    Mrs. Roopa K

    Aircraft recognition using image.

    TE

    Dr. T.V. Rama Murthy


                               Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
                                                            Faculty pursuing Ph. D.

    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    Mr. N. Balaji

    Performance of power switching semiconductor device under over load / short circuit conditions

    Power Electronics

    Dr. M.S. Indira

    Mr. M.S. Suresh

    AI Applications to Power Systems

    Power Systems

    Dr. M.S. Indira

    Mr. C.V. Mohan

    Integration of distribution generation to the power grid

    Electrical

    Dr. M.S. Indira

    Mr. Sivapriyan  R.

    Design of Power Converters

    Power Electronics

    Dr. M.S. Indira

    No. of papers published by faculty at national and international conference/Journal: 13


                                  Department of Master of Business Administration
                                                             Faculty pursuing Ph. D.

    Name of the Research Scholar

    Research Topic / Title

    Discipline

    Name of the Guide

    Mr. Joel Gnanapragash

    The power of celebrity endorsement in brand choice behaviour: An empirical study of consumer attitude in Bangalore

    Adversisitng

    Dr. P.C. Sekar

    Mrs. Sandhya Suswaram

    The relationship between self leadership & personality. A comparison of hierarchical factor structures.

    Human Rsource

    Dr. Nagaraj

    Mrs. Shalini Jha

    Effect of sensorial Environment on consumer attitude

    Retailing

    Guide is yet to be allotted by the university