SponsoredProjects
Externally-funded research at MLRIT — supported by national agencies and industry partners. Faculty across departments lead projects from initial proposal through completion and outcome reporting.
Selected projects currently underway.
A snapshot of funded projects from the three departmental research centres.
| Project Title | Principal Investigator | Department | Sponsor | Outlay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI for Crop Disease Detection | Dr. R. Kumar | CSE | DST-SERB | ₹28 L |
| Low-Power VLSI for IoT Edge | Dr. S. Reddy | ECE | AICTE-RPS | ₹15 L |
| Smart Irrigation with WSN | Dr. K. Iyer | ECE | MSME-IPFC | ₹10 L |
| Wearable Cardiac Monitor | Dr. P. Sharma | ECE | DBT | ₹22 L |
| Composite Materials for Aerospace | Dr. M. Joshi | Mechanical | DRDO | ₹35 L |
| Federated Learning for Healthcare | Dr. A. Verma | CSE | Industry | ₹18 L |
| Energy Harvesting Sensor Nodes | Dr. N. Krishnan | ECE | DST | ₹14 L |
| Additive Manufacturing of Bio-implants | Dr. B. Rao | Mechanical | DBT | ₹20 L |
Where our research grants come from.
MLRIT faculty have secured grants from a broad mix of central agencies and industry.
DST and SERB
Science and Engineering Research Board grants for fundamental and applied research in engineering and sciences.
AICTE
RPS, MODROBS and AQIS schemes for academic and infrastructure projects.
DRDO
Defence R&D collaborations on materials, embedded systems and signal processing.
DBT
Department of Biotechnology grants for healthcare, bio-engineering, and bio-implant projects.
MSME and IPFC
Ministry of MSME schemes including IPFC operational support and MSME tech-dev funding.
Industry
Sponsored R&D from semiconductor, IT, manufacturing and pharmaceutical partners.
Faculty: working on a grant proposal?
The R&D Cell helps with budgeting, agency selection, formatting and reviewer-style internal review before submission.