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Ongoing Research Projects

Project title Duration Sponsoring agency Outlay
Rs. lakhs
Sustainable Wave Energy for Coastal Village Communities of India. 2020-21 PORTESCAP Pvt.Ltd under CSR funding 10
Renewable energies from Ocean: Adoptable and Sustainable technologies for Indian conditions 2019-21 SPARC-MHRD 78.08
Development of High Resolution Coastal Relief Model (CRM) of North Maharashtra 2019-21 CHRA-DST 34.76
Assessment of Nearshore Waves, Currents and Sediment Dynamics along the selected stretch of coasts off Gujarat and Maharashtra 2018-21 NCCR, MoES 155

Note:  @As a Co-PI of the project; #Indian component of the project; $Individual component of the project



Successful Research projects

Project title Duration Sponsoring agency Outlay
Rs. lakhs
Comprehensive Analysis of Siltation Behavior of Kandla port 2017-19 Min. of Shipping 91
Tidal Energy Resource Assessment for Potential Indian Sites and Impact of Energy Extraction on Environments 2015-17 UKIERI & DST 32
(11.96#)
Evaluation and mapping of flooding along Paradip coast due to storms and tides using Numerical modelling and Geo-Spatial Techniques@ 2014-17 ISRO 33.16
The monitoring and simulation of coastal hydrodynamics of India and Taiwan 2014-17 GITA 22.91
(12.768#)
Numerical modelling of waves & sediment transport characteristics along Pondicherry coast 2014-16 NIOT 14.76
Field Measurement of Hydrodynamics along Thane Creek, Mumbai 2014-16 BRNS 18.057
Knowledge transfer seminar on the impact of climate change on offshore wind, marine energy and costal defence systems 2014-15 DST-Royal Society, UK 9.78 (3.78#)
Hydrodynamic characteristics of porous barriers under nonlinear shallow water waves 2013-17 AISRF-DST 178.69
(30.80#)
Numerical modeling of oil-spill dispersion for Maharashtra coast 2013-16 RGSTC 50.01
Investigation of trapped waves between perforated barriers. 2013-16 DST-FAST track 17.04
Assessment of tidal current energy along coastal waters 2012-14 ACCESS-MAGEEP 2.5

Note:  @As a Co-PI of the project; #Indian component of the project; $Individual component of the project



Typical Successful Research Projects






Ongoing Research Projects