Research and development
Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management has notably strengthened its research initiatives to align with its mission of promoting quality education through competent research. The college has established the Centre for Research and Development, which serves as a hub for innovation and scholarly activities in both technical and management fields.
The institution actively encourages collaboration between academia and industry, facilitating a practical approach to research that solves real-world problems. This is achieved through partnerships with leading corporations and government bodies, enabling students and faculty to work on funded projects that often lead to groundbreaking discoveries and significant contributions to their fields.
Moreover, Sahyadri College has invested in advanced research facilities and laboratories equipped with the latest technologies and tools. These resources are designed to support a wide range of research activities, from computational studies and simulations to experimental and prototype development.
The faculty at Sahyadri are highly qualified and engage in continual professional development to stay at the forefront of their respective disciplines. They not only lead research projects but also mentor students in undertaking their own research initiatives. This mentorship cultivates a research-oriented mindset among students, encouraging them to pursue higher studies and contribute to academic journals and conferences.
Additionally, the college hosts annual conferences, research symposiums, and workshops that provide a platform for scholars to present their work, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations with peers from around the globe. These events enhance the research culture at Sahyadri, making it a vibrant community of learners and innovators dedicated to advancing knowledge and technology.
Team
Dr. Manjappa Sarathy
Director R&D
Dr. Manjappa Sarathy is the Director of Research and consultancy at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management. Dr. Manjappa completed his Ph.D. from Mysore university in 1982. He is a distinguished scientist and professor with more than 34 years of Research, consultancy and teaching. He has guided more than 15 Ph.D. students and numerous M.Tech students. He has published more than 44 journal papers. He has served in several government bodies related to pollution control and environment. He won several awards including the State Environment Award in 2009. His specialization is Environmental Chemistry and Environmental consultancy. He has been granted funded projects worth more than 4 crores in total.
Dr. Navaneeth Bhaskar
Assoc Dean R&D
Dr. Ajith B S
Asst. Dean IPR
Funding Details
| Sl No. | Name of Investigators | Title of the Project | Name of the Funding Agency with Sanction Order No. | Amount (Rs. in Lakhs) | Year of Sanction | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dr. Vidyavathi K | A study on Lapsation of Life Insurance Policies in India. | AICTE-RPS (20/AICTE/RIFD/RPS(POLICY-III) 89/2012-13) | 4.46 | 2012-2013 | Completed |
2 | Dr. Pushpalatha | Multi-stage detection system for violent activities in crowd through visual, gesture and cognitive modelling. | VGST-K-FIST (L1) (VGST/K-FIST(L1) (2014-15)/2015-16/GRD-353) | 20 | 2014-2015 | Completed |
3 | Dr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes | Development of New Technology for Identification of Most Wanted Criminals Across Age Groups and Age Progression Using Composite Sketches on A Digital Signal Processor. | VGST-SMYSR (VGST/SMYSR/GRD-402/2014-15) | 4 | 2014-2015 | Completed |
4 | Dr. Ashwath Rao | Underground water detection, replenishment and mapping using aerial infra-red application to enhance drinking water resources. | VGST-CISEE (VGST/CISEE/GRD-317/2014-15) | 30 | 2014-2015 | Ongoing |
5 | Prof. B. N. Karkera | Body Phone Hearing Aid Concept Deployment for Sonar Applications - A Technology Demonstration Project | NPOL (NPOL/ES/CNH/02) | 9.8 | 2014-2015 | Completed |
6 | Dr. Savitha M B | Studies on sorption properties of some selected Bio-Polymer gels and modified Bio-Polymer gels in water treatment application | VGST-SMYSR (VGST/SMYSR (2014-15)/GRD-406/2015-16) | 4 | 2014-2015 | Completed |
7 | Dr. Rathischandra R. Gatti | Design, Simulation, Fabrication and characterization of cantilever based in-vitro body energy harvester using piezoelectric composites. | INUP (P563716176_1) | 1.5 | 2015-2016 | Completed |
8 | Dr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes | Developing a Novel Technique for Identification of victims/criminals of sexual exploitation on women and children. | IEI (DR2016002) | 0.8 | 2015-2016 | Completed |
9 | Dr. Niraj Joshi | Fabrication and Evaluation of Prototype Ethanol Sensor Device Based on PLD Grown BiFeO3 thin films. | INUP (p551260494) | 1.5 | 2015-2016 | Completed |
10 | Dr. Jayarama A | Development of micro Methanol fuel cells with tunable conductance membranes for wearable devices | INUP (P658600471_1) | 1.5 | 2015-2016 | Completed |
11 | Dr. Niraj Joshi | Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Whispering Gallery Mode (WGM) resonators in Planar Waveguides for Detection of Bio-Molecules Using Terahertz Radiation | DST-EMR (EMR/2014/000622) | 55.9 | 2015-2016 | Completed |
12 | Dr. S. Manjappa | Development of food waste bio-gas plant for Sahyadri campus | Local Industries (3 Industries supported the activity) | 8.5 | 2015-2016 | Completed |
13 | Dr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes, Dr. S. N. Bharath Bhushan | Infant Detection in Vehicle and esleep System | University of Houston Downtown, USA (iChart2016007) | 0.7 | 2016-2017 | Completed |
14 | Dr. S. Manjappa | Production of biodiesel from fish oil on extraction of omega 3 fatty acid from fish oil. | AICTE, New Delhi (8-67/RIFD/RPS/POLICY-1/2016-17) | 13.23 | 2016-2017 | Completed |
15 | Dr. Navin Bappalige | Structural Characterization of Ferroelectric thin Films Grown by Spin Coating | VGST RFTT, GoK (VGST/GRD-621/2016-17/2017-18/40) | 5 | 2016-2017 | Completed |
16 | Principal | Incubation of promising projects developed by SCEM students for 3 years | NAIN, Dept. of IT, B & ST, GoK (K-tech No.20191103) | 120 | 2016-2017 | Ongoing |
17 | Principal | Sahyadri Conclave | SERB-DST, Science & Technology Conclave GoI (SSY/2017/001388). Department of ITBT, GoK Science & Technology Conclave. DST, Govt. of Karnataka Science & Technology Conclave (KSTePS/Program/22/2017-18/289) | 3.0+ 10.0+ 15.0 | 2017-2018 | Completed |
18 | Sri. Raghavendra G. Shetty | VLIR COB | Dept. of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T Govt. of Karnataka. (Start-up Grant) | 25 | 2017-2018 | Ongoing |
19 | Dr. Joyline Germine Dsa | Isense-Human activity measurement system integrated with Drug delivery devices. | Dept. of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T Govt. of Karnataka. (Start-up Grant) | 40 | 2018-2019 | Ongoing |
20 | Dr. Anush Bekal | Trackless Industrial Autonomous AGV with localization using LIDAR | Dept. of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T Govt. of Karnataka. (Start-up Grant) | 25 | 2018-2019 | Ongoing |
21 | Dr. Rathischandra R. Gatti | UBA 2.0 - Adopting and developing 5 villages | Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (SBIN619042627133) | 0.5 | 2018-2019 | Completed |
22 | Dr. Rathischandra R. Gatti Prof. Abhishek K Sri. Sunder | Development of Automated Welding Techniques in TIG & MIG for industries | KCTU (KCTU/R&D/SCEM/TIG-MIG/01/2018-19) | 109.91 | 2018-2019 | Completed |
23 | Dr.Rathishchandra R. Gatti | Design and Development of a Novel Point Absorber Type Wave Energy Generator for Micro-grids and Desalination for Agriculture Purposes | VGST (KSTePS/VGST-RGS-F/2018-19/GRD NO. 800/84/2019-20/290/1) | 5 | 2019-2020 | Completed |
24 | Prof. Ajith B S | Extraction of Biodiesel from Fish oil using nano catalysts | VTU-TEQIP 1.3 Belguam (VTU/TEQIP/3/2019/321) | 2 | 2019-2020 | Completed |
25 | Dr Ananth Prabhu G Prof. Harisha | Centre of Excellence in digital forensics Intelligence | VGST (VGST/CESEM/GRD-853/2019-20/2020-21/198) | 50 | 2019-2020 | Ongoing |
26 | Dr. Pushpalatha K Prof. Duddela Sai Prashanth | Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence for fostering groundbreaking research to develop the solutions that addresses societal problems | VGST VGST/KFIST(L2)/GRD-862/2019-20/2020-21/198 | 30 | 2019-2020 | Ongoing |
27 | Dr. Vishal Samartha Prof. Sushma V | Skill Assessment and Training to Empower Female Students of Government Undergraduate Colleges on Employability- A Study in Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka | Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) (02/55/2019-2020/MJ/RP) | 3.1 | 2019-2020 | Ongoing |
28 | Sri. S M Sunder Prof. Abhishek K | Development of Inner Valve assembly and Bushing Seat assembly for Nuclear reactor. | NPCIL, Tarapur, Maharastra. CMM/TAPS-1&2/TAPS -1&2/58028/PO- 88054 | 1.99 | 2019-2020 | Completed |
29 | Prof. Abhishek K Prof. Rakshith H S | Design and Development of Air Vent valve Assembly for battle tanks. | Heavy Vehicle factory, Ministry of Defence, Avadi, Chennai. HVF/LP/04191048/2019-2020/AJY/SD-OTE | 1.55 | 2019-2020 | Completed |
30 | Sri. S M Sunder | Development of Housing Fan for Tatra Truck. | BEML- Truck Division, Mysore MZ01/ZMF/6930005409/0 | 1 | 2020-2021 | Completed |
31 | Sri. Natrajan Prof. Abhishek K | Development of Rolling stock parts for Mumbai Metro. | BEML – Metro Division, Bengaluru. BR01/RRD/4660002895/0 | 3.2 | 2020-2021 | Ongoing |
32 | Sri. Natrajan | Development of under bogie parts of Metro. | BEML – Metro Division, Bengaluru. BR01/RRD/4660003023/0 | 2 | 2020-2021 | Completed |
33 | Prof. Abhishek K | Design and Development of Milk dairy utility components. | DKMUL, Mangaluru. DKMU/PUR/554206/2020-21 | 0.4 | 2020-2021 | Completed |
34 | Sri. S M Sunder Prof. Abhishek K | Development of Cover Rear for Metro. | BEML – Metro Division, Bengaluru. BR01/RRD/4660002895/0 | 5 | 2020-2021 | Completed |
35 | Prof. G B Janardhana Swamy | Eshravan-drive safe aid for deaf | Dept. of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T Govt. of Karnataka. (Start-up Grant) | 20 | 2021-2022 | Ongoing |
36 | Prof. Pavanalaxmi | Wireless condition analyzer | Dept. of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T Govt. of Karnataka. (Start-up Grant) | 15 | 2021-2022 | Ongoing |
37 | Dr.Vishal Samartha, Prof. Padmanabha B, Prof. Samarth Shenoy | Socio-Economic Development of Women Weavers’ community in D.K and Udup Districts of Karnataka | DSIR – Ministry of Science and Technology Govt of India | 27.91 | 2021-2022 | Ongoing |
38 | Dr.Vishal Samartha, Prof. Karthik Kudroli | Inventory and distribution system of blood supply chain – A study in Karnataka State | Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). | 5.9 | 2021-2022 | Ongoing |
39 | Dr. Anush Bekal | Centre of Excellence on Women Empowerment | Honeywell – ICT Academy | 1 | 2021-2022 | Ongoing |
40 | Prof. Harisha and Dr. Ananth Prabhu G | Design and Development of model for deep fake video detection by eye blinking rate detection using CNN and RNN | The government of Karnataka’s K-Tech Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity (CySecK) | 2.6 | 2021-2022 | Completed |
41 | Dr. Rajesha S Prof. Vasudeva Rao P. V | IoT based intelligent transport management and monitoring system through vehicle to vehicle communication | VTU- Research Grants Scheme | 10 | 2021-2022 | Ongoing |
42 | Dr. Ananth Prabhu G, Prof. Harisha | Comprehensive survey on a deep fake video detection technique and its challenges | CySeck (CoE Cyber Security Karnataka), GoK. (KSCST/COE-CS/365) | 2 | 2022-2023 | Ongoing |
43 | Dr. Navin N Bappalige Dr. Jyothi F Serrao Prof. Sharathchandra | Design and Development of VOC Sensor for Early Detection of Cancer | VGST, Govt. of Karnataka to fund under K FIST Level 1 | 15 | 2022-2023 | Ongoing |
44 | Principal | Build capacity of potential innovators through community engagements in innovation related events. | Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) under Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog | 250+250 | 2022-2023 | Ongoing |
45 | All Departments | Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) Students Projects Program. Financial Assistance for the Final Year Student Innovative Project Scheme of VTU. | KSCST, Bengaluru. VTU, Belagavi. | 7.655+ 2.5 | 2016-2017 to 2021-2022 | Completed |