Ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. . Given the names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise.
Sl.No. |
Funding Agency |
Title of the project |
Grant Received (lakhs) |
1 |
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, Department of Space, Govt. of India, New Delhi |
National Vegetation Carbon Pool – Kerala Region |
4.5 |
2 |
DST-SERB |
Mercury geochemistry in agricultural wetland ecosystem |
25.87 |
3 |
UGC |
Mercury pollution in the sediments of Vembanad Wetland: a chronological approach |
2.85 |
4 |
MoES |
Chemical transformation and bioaccumulation of Mercury in the Vembanad wetland ecosystem |
65 |
5 |
KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala |
Accumulation of Mercury and Cadmium in Benthic Food Web of Cochin Estuary – a Stable Isotope Approach |
10.85 |
6 |
DoECC, Govt. of Kerala |
Minor Project : Impact of Climate Change on the Mercury Geochemistry in a Tropical Wetland Ecosystem |
0.38 |
7 |
DoECC, Govt. of Kerala |
Minor Project :Geochemistry of selected heavy metals in Kuttanad agricultural wetland ecosystem |
0.58 |
8 |
KSCSTE-BTL, Govt. of Kerala |
Evolution of Karamana river basin and its implications on hydrogeology: A geomatics approach using morphometric analysis |
15.96 |
9 |
KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala |
Perchlorate contamination of drinking water resources in Kerala |
22.5 |
10 |
Indo-French ARCUS Project |
Pulse radiolysis of biomolecules |
25 |
11 |
BRNS |
Radiation and photochemical studies of chitosan modified polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Environmental Pollutants) |
15 |
12 |
KSCSTE |
Sonochemical degradation of organic water pollutants |
14.2 |
13 |
UGC |
An investigation on the potential microalgal species for the production of biodiesel from Kuttanad wetland ecosystem, Kerala. |
8.5 |
a) National collaboration
Sl.No. |
Funding Agency |
Title of the project |
Grant Received (lakhs) |
1. |
BRNS |
National |
10 |
2. |
BRNS |
Investigation of the spacial distribution |
22.92 |
3. |
DAE-IUC |
Heavy ion induced modification of DNA |
3.5 |
4 |
IIRS, ISRO, DOS, Govt. of India |
“National Vegetation Carbon Pool”(VCP) Assessment” (South Kerala) |
4.6 |
b) International collaboration
Sl. No. |
Funding Agency |
Title of the project |
Grant Received (lakhs) |
1 |
CALTECH, USA |
Development of Self contained, PV powered domestic toilet and waste water treatment system. |
11.4 |
2 |
Collaborating agency : |
Microbial Fuel Cells |
Collaboration is in the initial stage , Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) has been signed between the collaborating institutions (February 2015) |
Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received.
Sl.No. |
Funding Agency |
Title of the project |
Grant Received (lakhs) |
1 |
UGC |
Obama-Singh Knowledge Initiative programme -An Interdisciplinary and Community Oriented Innovative Approach Towards Sustainable Development |
62.5 |
2 |
DST |
To strengthen the post-graduate teaching and research facilities in the Environmental Chemistry area |
85 |
3 |
KSCSTE- SARD, Govt. of Kerala |
Investigation of the intermediates and final products of chemical and biological treatment of contaminated water and solid wastes |
29 |
4 |
DST |
National Centre (Sophicated Analytical Instrument Facility- SAIF) |
650 |