Current Sponsored Projects

• Project Title : Realization of Packet-switched Node with optoelectronic and Photonic technologies for ultrabroadband communication systems and networks
  Principal Investigator : P K Datta
  Sponsor : Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
• Project Title : Study of hyperfine structure and isotope shift of Isotopes using relativistic highly correlated many-body theory
  Principal Investigator : Sonjoy Majumder
  Sponsor : BRNS, DAE
• Project Title : Investigation of electronic properties of heusler alloys for the development of environmentally friendly thermoelectric materials.
  Principal Investigator : V. Srinivas
  Co-Principal-Investigators : V. Adyam
  Sponsor : Department of Science and Technology
• Project Title : Development and evaluation of novel nanostructured ionic conductors for low temperature solid-state secondary battery applications
  Principal Investigator : A.K. Thakur
  Co-Principal-Investigators : V. Srinivas
  Sponsor : ARMREB,DRDO
• Project Title : Molecular Structural Evolution of Nanoparticles Mediated Amyloid Protein Fibrils
  Principal Investigator : Anushree Roy and Swagata Dasgupta
  Sponsor : DST
• Project Title : Development of Soft Magnetic Materials from Nano Dispersion of Magnetic Particles for High Frequency Applications
  Principal Investigator : V. Srinivas
  Co-Principal-Investigators : A.K. Thakur
  Sponsor : ARMREB (DRDO)
• Project Title : Nanostructured, Hetero-junction Solar Cell based on ZnO Nanorods and Copper Indium Gallium Selenide Nanoparticles
  Principal Investigator : Jhasaketan Nayak
  Sponsor : SRIC, Innovative Research and Development (ISIRD) programme, IIT Khargapur
• Project Title : Investigation of Electrical-, Magneto-Transport, Extraordinary Hall resistivity, Specific Heat and Magnetic studies in nanostructured CMR Manganites
  Principal Investigator : Dr. T. K. Nath
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. V. Srinivas
  Sponsor : DST, India (Completed, 2012-13)
• Project Title : Co-operative Phenomena and Nanosize effect in some Correlated Systems
  Principal Investigator : Prof. A. Taraphder
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. T. K. Nath
  Sponsor : DAE-BRNS
• Project Title : Second order cascaded nonlinear optical processes for all-optical photonic devices
  Principal Investigator : P K Datta
  Sponsor : DST, Govt. of India
• Project Title : Development and Charaterization of Nanostrucrtured thin films for SiGe Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) and ferroelectric based gas/chemi
  Principal Investigator : S K Ray
  Co-Principal-Investigators : A Dhar, I Manna
  Sponsor : DRDO
• Project Title : Theoretical Study of Hyperfine Interaction in Heavy Atoms and Molecules for Quantum Computation and Frequency Standard
  Principal Investigator : Sonjoy Majumder
  Sponsor : IIT-Kharagpur(ISIRD)
• Project Title : MBE growth of strained Si/Ge layers and self-assembled Ge islands for heterostructure MOSFETs and flash memory devices
  Principal Investigator : S. K. Ray
  Sponsor : DST, New Delhi
• Project Title : To strengthen the post-graduate teaching and rsearch facilties in the department
  Principal Investigator : Head, Physics
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Various faculty members
  Sponsor : DST, New Delhi
• Project Title : Generation of tunable mid-infrared coherent radiation in the range of 12.7-17um for strategic spectroscopic application
  Principal Investigator : P K Datta (Phys)
  Co-Principal-Investigators : P K Dutta (EE)
  Sponsor : BRNS
• Project Title : Pre-operative programme for Indian participation in the FAIR projectat GSI, Darmstadt Germany- Accelerator and Detector-related R&D andprotot
  Principal Investigator : A.K. Singh
  Sponsor : DST
• Project Title : Studies on Laser-Optical Fiber-Based Micro-Imaging Techniques in the Analysis of Tissue Structure and Detection of Abnormalities
  Principal Investigator : P. Roy Chaudhuri
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Completed
  Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
• Project Title : FIST PROJECT - TO STRENGTHEN THE POST-GRADUATE TEACHING AND RESEARCH FACILITIES IN THE DEPARTMENT. (FPH II PHASE)
  Principal Investigator : Prof.Samit Kumar Ray
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Sonjoy Majumder, Achintya Dhar , Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, Amreesh Chandra
  Sponsor : DST
• Project Title : Nanomaterials for smart energy systems
  Principal Investigator : Amreesh Chandra
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. Anil Kumar, NCL Pune
  Sponsor : UKIERI
• Project Title : Proposal for Developing an Advanced Electromagnetic Modeling Platform for Complex, Arbitrary Microstructured Fiber and Designing Inline Active and No
  Principal Investigator : Partha Roy Chaudhuri
  Sponsor : DST, Government of India
• Project Title : Detection/measurement of low magnetic field through phase modulation of light in optical fiber/ photonic crystal fiber coated with ceramic magnetostri
  Principal Investigator : Partha Roy Chaudhuri
  Sponsor : BRNS, Government of India
• Project Title : Development of Fluorescent Whole Cell Optical Fibre Biosensor for Heavy Metal Pollutants
  Principal Investigator : Dr. Aparna Chaudhari
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. Ramkrishna Sen
  Sponsor : DOB, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
• Project Title : Semiclassical Strings in AdS/CFT
  Principal Investigator : K L Panigrahi
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Sayan Kar
  Sponsor : Department of Science and Technology, India
• Project Title : Graphene based hybrid solar cells
  Principal Investigator : Prof. S. K. Ray
  Sponsor : CSIR
• Project Title : Si/Ge Nanostructure sensitized hybrid solar cells
  Principal Investigator : Prof. S. K. Ray
  Sponsor : DST
• Project Title : Development of realtime gamma dosimeters employing thin films of different metal oxides and their mixtures.
  Principal Investigator : Prof. S.L. Sharma
  Co-Principal-Investigators : S. K. Srivastava
  Sponsor : BRNS
• Project Title : Development of Real Time Gamma Radiation Dosimeters Employing Thin Films of Different Metal Oxides and Their Mixtures
  Principal Investigator : S. L. Sharma
  Sponsor : BRNS-DAE-GOI (SRIC-Code: DRG)
• Project Title : A Detailed Study of the Effect of Gamma Radiation on Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Indium Oxide Doped Tellurium Dioxide Thin Films
  Principal Investigator : S. L. Sharma
  Sponsor : DAE-BRNS-GOI (Submitted for funding)
• Project Title : Theoretical studies on transition metal dichalcogenides (TID)
  Principal Investigator : A. Taraphder
  Co-Principal-Investigators : D. Parihari
  Sponsor : DST
• Project Title : Next generation supercapacitors with high energy density
  Principal Investigator : Amreesh Chandra
  Sponsor : SGIRG, IIT Kharagpur
• Project Title : STUDY MISFOLDING AND AMYLOID FORMATION OF AMYLIN PROTEIN BY LASER LIGHT SCATTERING
  Principal Investigator : Amar Nath Gupta
  Sponsor : SRIC
• Project Title : Studies on Ultrafast Processes for Electronic, Spintronic, Magnonic and Photonic Applications,
  Principal Investigator : Dr. P.K. Datta
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. T.K. Nath, Dr. B.N. Shivakiran Bhaktha, Dr. A.K. Das, , Dr. Samit K Ray and Dr. A. Taraphder, Ph
  Sponsor : SGIGC, IIT Kharagpur (2014)
• Project Title : Upgradation of Basic Low Temperature and High Magnetic Field Facility for Spin-Electronics Research,
  Principal Investigator : Prof. T.K. Nath, Physics
  Sponsor : SGIRG, IIT Kharagpur (2014)
• Project Title : Spiral Phase Contrast Imaging using Higher Order and Fractional Order Spiral Phase Filters
  Principal Investigator : Maruthi Manoj Brundavanam
  Sponsor : DST under INSPIRE Faculty Scheme
• Project Title : Semiclassical strings in AdS/CFT
  Principal Investigator : K. L. Panigrahi
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Sayan Kar
  Sponsor : DST
• Project Title : Green photonics using semiconductor nanostructures
  Principal Investigator : Prof. S. K. Ray
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Prof. L. Pavesi, University of Trento, Italy
  Sponsor : DST
• Project Title : Semiconductor Superlattices for Terahertz Emission at Room Temperature
  Principal Investigator : Prof. S. K. Ray
  Co-Principal-Investigators : Dr. M.S.Kagan, Russian Academy of Sciences
  Sponsor : DST-Russian Foundation of Basic Research
• Project Title : Multifunctional Hybrid Nanostructures for Alternative Energy Systems
  Principal Investigator : Amreesh Chandra
  Sponsor : Max Planck Partner Group (DST-MPG)
• Project Title : Study of novel nonlinear phenomena in silicon based nano-structured waveguides
  Principal Investigator : Samudra Roy
  Sponsor : SRIC
• Project Title : Experimental generation of fractional vortex beams and their interaction with birefringent crystals
  Principal Investigator : Maruthi Manoj Brundavanam
  Sponsor : ISIRD, IIT Kharagpur
• Project Title : Experimental study on the transformation of the properties of femtosecond pulses near self focusing threshold in YVO4 crystal
  Principal Investigator : Maruthi Manoj Brundavanam
  Sponsor : SERB (DST)