Research Fundings

Latest Projects:

Title: Investigation on Characterization of Local Available Bamboo

Objective:

1) Identify and characterize the bamboo species available locally and assessment of physical and mechanical properties.

2) Perform structural testing on bamboo-reinforced concrete beams to assess their load-carrying capacity deflection, and failure modes.

PI Name : Mr. Satish Pitake, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering.

Call for Proposals

Name of Agency	Date From	Date To	Link
Indo-French Postdoctoral Research Programme for Women in Science (PROWIS-I)	--	23/09/2025	https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/announcementsopportunity/indo-french-postdoctoral-research-programme-women-science-prowis-i
DST- Inria Targeted Programme	--	16/10/2025	https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/announcementsopportunity/call-proposal-dst-inria-targeted-programme
ANRF	--	Throughout year	https://www.anrfonline.in/ANRF/Supra?HomePage=New
DRDO	—	Throughout year	https://drdo.uat.dcservices.in/DRDO/ARDB_ERG
BIRAC	—	Throughout year	https://birac.nic.in/cfp_view.php?id=81&scheme_type=14
CPRI	--	Open(Throughout year)	https://cpri.res.in/en/content/invitation-rd-project-proposal
Raman Charpak Fellowship	--	December 10, 2025	https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/announcementsopportunity/raman-charpak-fellowship
ANRF MISSION AI for Science and Engineering (AI-SE)	Tentative online opening on 15th October 2025	--	https://serb.gov.in/assets/pdf/Updated_CFP_30.09.2025.pdf

International Calls

Scheme Name	Agency	From	To	Link
InDiCo- Global Second Open Call	InDiCo	--	Open	https://indico-global-grants.eu/indico-global-second-open-call
Researcher Project with International Mobility (FRIPRO)	The Research Counsling of Norway	-	Open-ended	https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/call-for-proposals/2025/researcher-project-international-mobility-fripro/
Small Immediate Need Grants	IGSTC	--	Throughout year	https://www.igstc.org/home/sing

Fellowship Calls

Scheme Name	Name of Agency	Date From	Date To	Link
WISE-SCOPE Fellowship	DST	--	Throughout year	https://onlinedst.gov.in/Projectproposalformat.aspx?Id=2323
WIDUSHI (Women’s Instinct for Developing and Ushering in Scientific Heights & Innovation)	DST	--	Throughout year	https://onlinedst.gov.in/Projectproposalformat.aspx?Id=2315
DST DFG – International Research Training Groups (IRTG)	DST	--	Throughout year	https://onlinedst.gov.in/Projectproposalformat.aspx?Id=2232
WISE-PhD (Wise Fellowship for Ph.D.)	DST	--	Throughout year	https://onlinedst.gov.in/Projectproposalformat.aspx?Id=2319

Funded Research Projects

Preamble

Research Funding and Consultancy (RFC)

Investment in basic and applied research plays a crucial role in strengthening the economy, ensuring a cleaner and safer world, enhancing national security, and advancing solutions to global health challenges. Recognizing this importance, research funding is considered a fundamental aspect of science and technology programs.

At PCCOER, faculty members and students actively collaborate on innovative and challenging research projects, many of which reflect the Institute’s commitment to excellence in research and development. The Institute has established a dedicated Research Funding team that works to promote and support research activities. The major functions of Research Funding include:

• Encouraging faculty to submit high-quality research proposals to national and international funding agencies.

• Sharing timely notifications about various funding opportunities and assisting in proposal submission.

• Maintaining systematic records of all submitted proposals and sanctioned grants.

• Showcasing the Institute’s innovative research and fostering opportunities for industrial consultancy and collaboration.

Year wise Research Funding (Last 3 years)

Funding in Lacs	Department	Academic Year
5,00,000	Civil	2024-25
9,000,000	Mechanical, E&TC and Computer	2024-25
24,06,145	E&TC	2022-23
1,00,000	Computer	2021-22

Ongoing Funded Research Projects

Academic Year	Department	Research Project Title	Faculty Name ( Name of PI & CO-PI)	Duration	Funding Agency	Funds sanctioned, Amount inRs
2022-25	E & TC	"Design of Portable and User Friendly Ejection Fraction Calculation Device using Deep Learning Technique to Measure Capacity of the Heart from Echocardiographic Image Sequences"	Dr. Pallavi G. Adke (PI), Dr. Santosh N. Randive (CO-PI)	3 Years	DST (SERB)	24,06,145
2023-25	Civil	Investigation on Characterization of Local Available Bamboo Material and Assessment of Its Suitability for Use	Mr. Satish Avaba Pitake(PI) Dr Sudarshan Bobade(Co-PI)	2 Years	Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission (RGSTC)	5,00000
2024 - 27	Mechanical, E&TC and Computer	AICTE-IDEA Lab	Dr. Harish U. Tiwari Dr. Santosh N. Randive Dr. Vijay A. Kotkar	3 Years	AICTE	90,00,000/-

Training, Testing & Consultancy

Consultancy at PCCOER

Consultancy offers engineering faculty an excellent opportunity to apply their expertise, share insights, and address real-world industrial and societal challenges. Faculty members at PCCOER actively engage in diverse consultancy assignments, providing professional and technical solutions across multiple domains.

Avenues for Training, Testing, and Consultancy include (but are not Restricted to this):

• Design and development of customized Training Programs

• Material Testing and evaluation

• Determining strength of material Testing design.

• Landslide susceptibility analysis.

Highlights of notable consultancy assignments undertaken by PCCOER faculty are presented below.

Year	Department	Project Title	Faculty Name	Funding Agency	Amount received, Rs
27/03/2025	Civil	Brick casting	Prof. Amar Shitole	Pi Green Innovation Pvt Ltd ,	2500
07/01/2025	Civil	Steel frame design Brick casting and Testing design.	Prof. Amar Shitole	Pi Green Innovation Pvt Ltd ,	31,800/-
30/10/2024	Civil	Landslide susceptibility Mapping for defined site	Dr. Sudarshan Bobade	Rahi V Kulkarni,	10,000/-
09/06/2024	Civil	Determination of compressive strength	Prof. Amar Shitole	Pi Green Innovation Pvt Ltd ,	9000/-

Research seed Funding Provided to Faculties

Sr No	Department	PI	Project Budget Sanctioned	Title	Name of SEED funding Agency	A.Y.
1	E & TC	Dr. Pallavi G. Adke (PI),	24,06,145	"Design of Portable and User Friendly Ejection Fraction Calculation Device using Deep Learning Technique to Measure Capacity of the Heart from Echo cardio graphic Image Sequences"	DST (SERB)	2022-23
2	CIVIL	Mr. Satish Avaba Pitake	500000	Investigation on Characterization of Local Available Bamboo Material and Assessment of Its Suitability for Use as Beam Member Reinforcement	Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission (Government of Maharashtra) (RGSTC),	2023-24
3	Mechanical, E&TC and Computer	Dr. Harish U. Tiwari Dr. Santosh N. Randive Dr. Vijay A. Kotkar	90,00,000/-	AICTE-IDEA Lab	AICTE	2024-25

Logos of Travel Grant	Travel Grant Agencies	Link
	UGC Travel Grant	https://www.allconferencealert.com/blog/ugc-travel-grant-for-international-conference-2024/
	CSIR Travel Grant	https://www.csirhrdg.res.in/Home/Index/1/Default/2677/69?
	INAE Travel Grant	https://www.inae.in/aicte-inae-travel-grant-scheme/
	Indian Association for Research in Computing Science ACM India-IARCS Travel Grants	https://www.iarcs.org.in/activities/grants.php?
	ECOR Foundation Travel Grants	https://www.ecorf.org.in/fellowships-grants/grants/travel-grant?

Name of the Funding Agency	Website
A
Aeronautics Research & Development Board (ARDB)	https://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/boards/ardb/default.htm (Jamal Mohamed College)
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)	https://www.aicte-india.org/ (Jamal Mohamed College)
Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)	Note: Replaced SERB from 2023 onward (Wikipedia)
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)	https://www.aerb.gov.in/ (Jamal Mohamed College)
B
Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)	https://daebrns.gov.in/ (Jamal Mohamed College)
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)	https://birac.nic.in/ (sarvajanikuniversity.ac.in)
British Council Division, New Delhi	https://www.britishcouncil.in/ (Jamal Mohamed College)
C
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)	https://www.cdac.in/ (research.bennett.edu.in)
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)	https://www.csir.res.in/ (Jamal Mohamed College)
D
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)	https://www.daad.de/ (supports research, fellowships, international collaboration) — from international agency listings (blog.aje.com)
Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India	https://www.dae.gov.in/ (oldird.iitd.ac.in)
Department of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Homoeopathy), Govt. of India	https://ayush.gov.in/ (research.bennett.edu.in)
Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India	https://dbtindia.gov.in/ (research.bennett.edu.in)
Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)	https://www.drdo.gov.in/ (oldird.iitd.ac.in)
Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India	https://www.meity.gov.in/ (India Government Portal)
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India	https://dst.gov.in/
E
European Research Council (ERC)	https://erc.europa.eu/ (IP Helpdesk)
N
National Science Foundation (NSF), USA	https://www.nsf.gov/ (NSF - National Science Foundation)
S
Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), India	http://www.serb.gov.in/ (scipost.org)
U
University Grants Commission (UGC), India	https://www.ugc.ac.in/ (vplawcollege.org)