Research & Consultancy
| Sl. No. | Name of the funding agency and Scheme | Project Title | Year of Funding | Duration (years)  | 
            Amount Sanctioned (In Lakhs)  | 
            Status completed/ ongoing | PI/Co-PI | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AICTE (TAPTEC)  | 
            Manufacture of wear resistant components from particulate reinforced composites | 1999 | 3 | 
             12.00  | 
            
             Completed  | 
            Dr. B. B. Pani | 
| 2 | DST (SERC)  | 
            Design, Development and Fabrication of a CVD set-up for diamond coating on cemented carbide cutting tool inserts for machining non-ferrous materials | 2007 | 3 | 
             18.36  | 
            
             Completed  | 
            Dr. S. K. Sarangi | 
| 3 | DST (FIST)  | 
            Development of Mechanical Engineering Laboratories | 2008 | 5 | 
             67.57  | 
            
             Ongoing  | 
            HOD | 
| 4 | AICTE (RPS)  | 
            Characterization of Hot Filament Chemical Vapour Deposition (HFCVD) diamond coated carbide inserts | 2008 | 2 | 
             5.50  | 
            
             Completed  | 
            Dr. S. K. Sarangi | 
| 5 | AICTE (RPS)  | 
            Biasing and Nucleation study by addition of metal powders on growth of diamond by Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition (HFCVD) method on cemented carbide inserts | 2009 | 3 | 
             6.49  | 
            
             Completed  | 
            Dr. S. K. Sarangi | 
| 6 | AICTE (MODROB)  | 
            Modernization of Material Research Laboratory | 2010 | 1.5 | 
             7.56  | 
            
             Completed  | 
            HOD/Dr. S. K. Sarangi | 
| 7 | AICTE (RPS)  | 
            Development of nano/ultranano diamond coating on cemented carbide inserts by Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition (HFCVD) method | 2012 | 2 | 
             14.10  | 
            
             Ongoing  | 
            Dr. S. K. Sarangi | 
| 8 | CSIR-ERD-2013 | Development of NCD and UNCD diamond coatings and their characterization on cemented carbide inserts | 2013 | 3 | 
             21.92  | 
            
             Ongoing  | 
            Dr. S. K. Sarangi | 
| 9 | DRDO-2014 | Development of ultrasonic absorbent composite material using date palm leaf fiber | 2014 | 3 | 
             7.358  | 
            
             Ongoing  | 
            Dr. J. R. Mohanty | 
| 10 | UGC-MRP-2013 | Development of a high vacuum brazing furnace for joining metals to ceramics | 2015 | 3 | 
             14.97  | 
            
             Ongoing  | 
            Dr. S. K. Sarangi | 
Major Equipments:
- Universal Testing Machine- Instron, USA, Model 3382 (Rs.30.00 lakhs)
 - Piezo Electric Force Dynamometer-Kistler, Swizerland (Rs.25.00 lakhs)
 - CVD Diamond Coating Set-up (Rs.20.00 lakhs)
 - Wear and Friction Monitor (Rs.6.00 lakhs)
 - Optical Inverted Metallurgical Microscope- Olympus, Japan (Rs.5.00 lakhs)
 - Optical Upright Metallurgical Microscope- Nikon, Japan (Rs.4.00 lakhs)
 - Microprocessor Based Temperature Controlled Sintering Furnance (Rs. 2.80 lakhs)
 - Microbalance Kern, Germany (Accuracy upto 10-4 grams) (Rs. 1.08 lakhs)
 - Wirecut Electrode Discharge Machine (Rs. 25 lakhs)