GRANTS RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

YEAR	PROJECT TITLE	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR	ORGANIZATION SANCTIONING THE FUND
2024-2025	Development of a Novel Mosquito Attractant Device for Targetted Control and Elimination	Dr.Gireesh Baiju K	CERD
2021-2022	Biosensing Stress Biomarkers	Dr.Shalini A Nair	CERD
2019-2020	Comparative Analysis of Co Digestion of Waste Glycerol with Different Biomass	Dr.Shalini A Nair	CERD
Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of a Fluidized Bed Reactor for Decomposition of Ammonium Nitrate and Reduction of Nox Emission	Dr. K M Usha	CERD
2018-2019	Design of a Water Disinfection System Using Silver and Copper Nanoparticle Impregnated Coconut Waste Carbon	Dr. K M Usha	CERD
	Design and Fabrication of a Cost Effective Combined Food Plastic Waste Treatment System	Prof. Shyjina S S	CERD
	Refining of used Engine Oil Using Solvent Extraction and Clay Treatment	Prof. Shyjina S S	CERD
2016-2017	Isolation and Characterisation of Cholestrol Biodegrading Bacteria From Industrial Waste Partial Purification of Cholestrol Oxidase and its Bioreactor and Application Studies	Dr. P Roopa	KSCSTE
	Invitro Antioxidant, Anti Inflammatory, Antimicrobial and Cytoprotective Activities of Methanol Extract of Fruit and Root of Coccinia Grandis	Dr. Shalini A Nair	KSCSTE

Papers Published

YEAR OF PUBLICATION	TITLE OF PAPER	NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
2022	Numerical modelling and simulation of heat sink assisted thermal sintering of titania film on polymer substrates for the fabrication of high-performance flexible dye sensitized solar cells	K. Gireesh Baiju, Mahendra N. Nandanwar, K. Jayanarayanan, Duraisamy Kumaresan
	Fabrication of high-efficiency PET polymer-based flexible dye-sensitized solar cells and tapes via heat sink-supported thermal sintering of bilayer TiO2 photoanodes	B. Murali, K. Gireesh Baiju, R. Krishna Prasad, K. Jayanarayanan, Duraisamy Kumaresan
	Preparation and characterization of magnetized GO nanoparticle enhanced microencapsulated phase change material for thermal energy storage application	V Aiswarya, Sudev Das, Satish Kumar & Aparesh Datta
2021	Heat sink assisted elevated temperature sintering process of TiO2 on polymer substrates for producing high performance flexible dye-sensitized solar cells	K. Gireesh Baiju, B. Murali, R.S. Rao K. Jayanarayanan D. Kumaresan
	Ferroelectric barium titanate microspheres with superior light-scattering ability for the performance enhancements of flexible polymer dye sensitized solar cells and photodetectors	K. Gireesh Baiju, B.Murali, Duraisamy Kumaresan
2020	Pharmacognostic and antibacterial activity evaluation of Acacia caesia (L.) Willd	Rahul Anil Babu, Thara Gautham M, Aswathy T R, Indu S and Achuthsankar S Nair
	Hydrothermal synthesis, dielectric properties of barium titanate, cobalt doped barium titanate, and their graphene nanoplatelet composites	K. Gireesh Baiju, V.N. Aishwarya, M.S. Akshaya, S.R. Deva Darsan, K. Vignathi, B. Murali, Duraisamy Kumaresan
	Fabrication of Cost-Effective Reduced Graphene Oxide Based Parallel Grids Embedded Dye-Sensitized Solar Mini-Modules	D. V. Raj, M. Balu, Gireesh Baiju, G. Nagarajan, M. R. Subramaniam and D. Kumaresan
2019	Bi-layer photoanodes with superior charge collection ability and diffusion length of sub-layer nanostructures for the fabrication of high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells	Murali Balu, Kuttappan Gireesh Baiju, Mohan Raj Subramaniam, Duraisamy Kumaresan
	Biosorption of Methylene Blue dye from aqueous solutions	Devika R, Abhirami A P, Anjaly Priya, Indu G, Nidhin Sreekumar
2018	Synthesis of hierarchical barium titanate micro flowers with superior light-harvesting characteristics for dye sensitized solar cells	K. Gireesh Baiju, B. Murali, Duraisamy Kumaresan
2017	Extraction of Biofuel from Oscillotoria	Nayana Jose, Shalini A Nair
2016	Isolation, characterization and identification of diesel engine oil degrading bacteria from garage soil and their bioremediation potential	Shwetha Sreekumar, Lakshmi Girija, Ansha Raveendran and Roopa Prasad
	In Vitro Isolation of microorganism for bioremediation of monocrotophos pesticide	Athul Sanjeev, Roopa Prasad

DATE	NAME OF SEMINARS / CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS
16/10/21	Science-ing with Zebrafish
05/06/21	A career in Bio- pharmaceutical Industry for Biotechnology and biochemical engineering graduates
08/05/21	Research and Higher Education Opportunities in Biotechnology and biochemical Engineering
24/04/21	The science and art of building a career
11/12/2019 – 13/12/2019	Bioengineering and Solid waste Management
19/12/2017 – 21/12/2017	Advances in Bioenergy and Biomaterials & Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics