Support
Collaboration
Our group is focused on solving industrially-relevant problems. The group's students are currently working on projects with input from industry partners, including Himalaya Wellness Company and Biocon.
We welcome you to collaborate with us.
For more details on our ongoing work, please take a look at the Homepage.
Funding
Government Grants
IISc-Rice Collaborative Seed Grant 2024
(In collaboration with Prof. Qilin Li, Rice University)
Novel membrane synthesis and combined experimental and simulation-based investigation for pervaporation-based polar aprotic solvent recovery.
SERB Core Research grant (2024-2027)
Experimental and simulation-based investigation of extraction of phytochemicals using organic solvent nanofiltration and crystallization.
Ministry of Earth Sciences grant as Co-PI (2 years)
Experimental and simulation-based investigation of novel membrane material synthesized by collaborators for sea water desalination.
IISc Startup Grant (2021-2022)
Curcumin recovery using membrane separations and solvent separation using pervaporation
Industry R&D Funding
Himalaya Wellness Company (2024-2026)
Curcumin isolation using membrane separation
Biocon Limited (3 month project)
Polar aprotic solvent recovery by pervaporation through experiments for pharmaceutical processes
Assessment of water recovery from boiler effluent water using membrane separation by combined experimental and simulation-based investigations.
Industry CSR Grants
Earthwatch fund (2023-24)
Citizen science and sensitization for the effects of groundwater contamination in rural regions of Karnataka
Avnet and L&T
Pilot-scale implementation of Zero Waste Discharge (ZWD) scheme