TRANSLATION RESEARCH PROJECTS 

63

Total Projects Supported

With a focus on AI interventions in Cyber-Physical Systems, the hub targets various domains including healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, energy, and transportation. The projects are designed to advance from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 to TRL 7, Translational Research in ensuring that pre-prototypes of AI and ML interventions are ready for industry scalability. This initiative fosters cutting-edge research and encourages the creation of startups, aiming to contribute significantly to India’s GDP 

AI in Agriculture

Sl/no. Project Title PI Name Sector PI affiliated Institute Email of the PIs
1 Insect detection in stored food grains using speech recognition and ML-based models Tusar Kanti Dash Agriculture CGU ODISHA tusar@cgu-odisha.ac.in
2 Utilizing UV and non-UV modalities for early detection and estimation of disease spread in agricultural crops Tushar Sandhan Agriculture IIT KANPUR sandhan@iitk.ac.in
3 Multispectral Imaging for Prediction of Crop Infestation in Hydroponics Systems using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Models G Lakshmi Priya Agriculture VIT Chennai lakshmipriya.g@vit.ac.in
4 An AI based autonomous Eco-system for smart agriculture J L Febin Daya Agriculture VIT Chennai febindaya.jl@vit.ac.in
5 Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered android platform for monitoring crop health using satellite, UAV, and phenocam data at TRL5 Siddhartha Khare Agriculture IIT Roorkee siddhartha.khare@ce.iitr.ac.in
6 Development of PV Assisted Intelligent Electric Drive for Rural Agricultural Applications Malligunta Kirankumar Agriculture Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation kiran.malligunta@gmail.com
7 Smart Autonomous Weed Detector and Removal Sanjay Patidar Agriculture Delhi Technological University sanjaypatidar@dtu.ac.in
8 Production of lactic acid and PLA from dining hall waste for an alternative renewable plastic: An integrated AI approach towards mechanization and automation Rintu Banerjee Agriculture IIT Kharagpur rb@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in
9 AI-enabled UAV for disease identification and control in Cotton Rajendra Machavaram Agriculture IIT Kharagpur rajendra@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in
10 AI-BASED e-SOIL HEALTH CARD (AI4SOIL) Somsubhra Chakraborty Agriculture IIT Kharagpur somsubhra@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in
11 4D Shape Reconstruction and Pose Estimation of Underwater Fish Towards Smart Aquaponic System Gourav Dhar Bhowmick & Ayan Chaudhury Agriculture IIT Kharagpur ayanc@cse.iitkgp.ac.in, gourav@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in
12 Organic vertical farming system for improved yield and quality of vegetables in subtropical climate Dilip K Swain Agriculture IIT Kharagpur swain@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in
13 Sensor-based soil moisture monitoring via Mobile App: Development of an AI-based intelligent system for marginal farmers Rajib Maity Agriculture IIT Kharagpur rajib@civil.iitkgp.ac.in
14 AI-based crop health monitoring and risk management for rice agro-ecosystems Arindam Biswas Agriculture IIEST Shibpur
abiswas.it@faculty.iiests.ac.in
15 Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Deep Neural Network Controller-Based Vector Control PMSM Drive System for Modern Multipurpose Agricultural Application Meghabriti Pramanik Agriculture Haldia Institute of Technology
meghabritipramanik@gmail.com

AI in Education

Sl/no. Project Title PI Name Sector PI affiliated Institute
Email of the PIs
1 Anatomix: Immersive Learning of Human Anatomy through Extended Reality for Medical Students Kaushal Kumar Bhagat Education IIT Kharagpur kkntnu@cet.iitkgp.ac.in
2 Using Large Language Models to enhance learning efficiency and student engagement in the Indian education system Pawan Goyal Education IIT Kharagpur pawang.iitk@gmail.com
3 Accent conversion from foreign-accented English to Hindi-accented English using Cycle Generative Adversarial Network (CycleGAN) Shyamal K Das Mandal Education IIT Kharagpur
sdasmandal@cet.iitkgp.ac.in
4 e-Monitor: Development of an AI-driven Smartphone based Assistive Framework to Monitor Student Stress as well as Learning Engagements in an Online Learning Platform Bivas Mitra Education IIT Kharagpur
bivasmitra@gmail.com
5 Auditing and Mitigating Biases in user-interfaced systems Animesh Mukherjee Education IIT Kharagpur
animeshm@gmail.com

AI in Energy

Sl/no. Project Title PI Name Sector PI affiliated Institute Email of the PIs
1 Reliability analysis of Energy Pile as renewable energy resource using AI/ML Ramakrishna Bag Energy IIT Patna rkbag@iitp.ac.in
2 Data-Driven Techno-economically Optimized Photovoltaic Cleaning Schedule Framework for University Campus (Opti-Clean) Anuradha Tomar Energy NSUT Delhi anuradha.tomar@nsut.ac.in
3 Impact of Climate Change on Offshore Wind and Wave Power Potential in the India EEZ Region S. Vasavi Energy Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College vasavi_movva@vrsiddhartha.ac.in

 

AI in Environment and Disaster Management

Sl/no. Project Title PI Name Sector PI affiliated Institute Email of the PIs
1 Quantification of plastics losses from landfills using surveillance cameras coupled with AI-based image processing architecture. Vinay Yadav & Brajesh Kumar Dubey Environment and Disaster Management IIT Kharagpur vinay@vgsom.iitkgp.ac.in
2 PoWear: A Wearable Pollution Meter Sandip Chakraborty Environment and Disaster Management IIT Kharagpur
sandipc@cse.iitkgp.ac.in
3 MARL-based Beam formation in IRS-Assisted Two-way Ultra Massive MIMO Communications for 6G Standardization Debarati Sen Environment and Disaster Management IIT Kharagpur
debarati@gssst.iitkgp.ac.in

AI in Healthcare

Sl/no. Project Title PI Name Sector PI affiliated Institute Email of the PIs
1 AI aSsisted point-of-caRe device for pre-screening of GlaUcoma using predictive modeling of tear fern patterns (ASRU) Debashree Guha Adhya Healthcare IIT Kharagpur debashree_smst@smst.iitkgp.ac.in
2 Artificial Intelligence augmented oocyte retrieval for improved outcome of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (AI4ART) Subhamoy Mandal Healthcare IIT Kharagpur smandal@smst.iitkgp.ac.in
3 Point-of-care device for multiplexed detection of lung cancer biomarkers using optical sensor and artificial intelligence Suman Chakraborty Healthcare IIT Kharagpur suman@mech.iitkgp.ac.in
4 AI-powered, OCT-based, early diagnosis of ophthalmic diseases via iOS app Manjunatha Mahadevappa Healthcare IIT Kharagpur mmaha2@smst.iitkgp.ac.in
5 Simulating Multimodal MRI Equivalents from CT for Emergency Neuroimaging Mrinal Kumar Acharya Healthcare IIT Kharagpur mrinal@bcrmrc.iitkgp.ac.in
6 Deep neural network and FET-based sensors for early detection of diseases through human breath Tarun Kanti Bhattacharya Healthcare IIT Kharagpur tkb@ece.iitkgp.ac.in
7 Developing a Fair and Interpretable Clinical Trial Search System Koustav Rudra Healthcare IIT Kharagpur krudra5@gmail.com
8 A Portable Multi-Sensor Device for Work of Breathing Monitoring, Acquisition and Analysis to Detect Severity of Chronic Respiratory Diseases. Goutam Saha Healthcare IIT Kharagpur gsaha@ece.iitkgp.ac.in
9 AI-based Personalized Drug Repurposing using Single-Cell Multi-Omics Data Pralay Mitra Healthcare IIT Kharagpur pralay@cse.iitkgp.ac.in
10 Machine-intelligent MoS2 functionalized paper-based sensing platform for quantitative estimation of uric acid and ascorbic acid in human serum samples Soumen Das Healthcare IIT Kharagpur sou@smst.iitkgp.ac.in
11 Automated Design and 3D Printing-based Fabrication of Cost-effective Patient-specific Cranioplasty Implants Sumanta Mukherjee, Ashish Kumar Dhara Healthcare BIT Sindri Jharkhand & NIT Durgapur
sumanta.prod@bitsindri.ac.in
12 Development of AI Augmented Multispectral Microscope for Precise Diagnosis of Oral and Prostate Cancer Ananya Barui Healthcare IIEST Shibpur ananya.barui@chest.iiests.ac.in
13 Improving the temporal resolution of light-based cerebral blood flow imaging system using deep learning: Towards a real time, bedside chronic stroke monitoring and management Hari M Varma Healthcare IIT Bombay harivarma@iitb.ac.in
14 Development of biologically informed multi-omics deep learning framework for clinical diagnosis cancer subtype for precision therapy Asim Bikas Das Healthcare NIT Warangal asimbikas@nitw.ac.in
15 Tensor-based Machine Learning for Early Detection of Keratoconus Eye Conditions Nithyanandan Kanagaraj Healthcare IIT Hyderabad nithyan@phy.iith.ac.in
16 i-PolluSense: Intelligent Personalized Air & Noise Pollution Sensing and Alert Companion Subrata Nandi Healthcare NIT Durgapur
subrata.nandi@cse.nitdgp.ac.in

Sl/no. Project Title PI Name Sector PI affiliated Institute Email of the PIs
1 LIDSS: Legal Intelligence and Decision Support System Indrajit Dubey Legal NLU Meghalaya vc@nlumeg.ac.in, basildd@nlumeg.ac.in
2 NyayKosh: Multi-Lingual Resources for Legal Analytics for India Saptarshi Ghosh Legal IIT Kharagpur

saptarshi@cse.iitkgp.ac.in 

 

AI in Manufacturing

Sl/no. Project Title PI Name Sector PI affiliated Institute Email of the PIs
1 AI-enabled NDT software for auto-evaluation of industrial ToFD data Surjya Kanta Pal Manufacturing IIT Kharagpur skpal@mech.iitkgp.ac.in
2 An adapting manufacturing system - Development of a smart micro-machining system with tool-breakage preventive protocol using Artificial Intelligence algorithm Soumya Gangopadhay Manufacturing IIT Bhilai soumya@iitbhilai.ac.in
3 DEVELOPMENT OF AI TRACKING SYSTEM FOR ARMED FORCES AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN GPS DENIED ENVIRONMENT Gaurav Rajput Manufacturing TIFR Hyderabad gauravrajput@tifrh.res.in
4 Nanofinishing of Cylindrical Camshafts powered with Machine Learning Tools with surface roughness measurement using Fiber Bragg Grating sensors Shantanu Bhattacharya Manufacturing IIT KANPUR bhattacs@iitk.ac.in
5 AI Based diagnostics and prognostics of electric motor & drives in process and EV industry Aurobinda Routray Manufacturing IIT Kharagpur
aurobinda.routray@gmail.com
6 Synthesis of single crystal emerald using artificial intelligence and hydrothermal apparatus Sujoy K Ghosh Manufacturing IIT Kharagpur
sujoy.ghosh@gg.iitkgp.ac.in
7 Digital Twins for Predictive Maintenance of Industrial Rotatory Equipment Akhilesh Kumar Manufacturing IIT Kharagpur
akumar@iem.iitkgp.ac.in

AI in Transportation & Safety

Sl/no. Project Title PI Name Sector PI affiliated Institute Email of the PIs
1 Embedding crowding to passenger information system using electronic ticketing data Rishman Jot Kaur Chahal Transportation IIT Roorkee rishman.chahal@hs.iitr.ac.in
2 AI Powered Public Battery Swapping Station for e-rickshaws Neeraj Kumar Goyal Transportation IIT Kharagpur ngoyal@hijli.iitkgp.ac.in
3 An Artificial Intelligence-based Real-Time Traffic Management System for Mitigating Congestion in Urban Road Networks Bhargab Maitra Transportation IIT Kharagpur maitrabhargab@gmail.com
4 Safe Reinforcement Learning for Neural Network-Controlled Autonomous CPS Soumyajit Dey Transportation IIT Kharagpur soumya@cse.iitkgp.ac.in
5 SAFAR: Safe and Accessible Future with AI on Roads Adway Mitra Transportation IIT Kharagpur adway@cai.iitkgp.ac.in
6 Development of an Artificial Intelligent based Real-Time Performance Management System for Smart Concrete Road Swati Maitra Transportation IIT Kharagpur swati@infra.iitkgp.ac.in
7 Development of a Predictive Analytics Cloud Platform for EV Batteries Connected over AI-enabled 5G Wireless Telecom Network Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay Transportation IIT Kharagpur smukh@ee.iitkgp.ac.in
8 Application of AI techniques to design and maintenance problems in railways in conjunction with block chain technologies for safety of operations Chittaranjan Mandal Transportation IIT Kharagpur chitta@iitkgp.ac.in
9 Health monitoring of EVs – Integration of AI enabled chipsets and smart BMS for ensuring high safety, longevity and charging cycles Amreesh Chandra Transportation IIT Kharagpur achandra@phy.iitkgp.ac.in
10 Traffic Enforcement using Computer Vision and AI Sudipta Mukhopadhyay Transportation IIT Kharagpur smukho@ece.iitkgp.ac.in
11 Optimal Use of Friction Modifiers Through Machine Learning for Improved Safety and Reduced Running Costs In Metro Trains Vikranth Racherla Transportation & Safety IIT Kharagpur vikranth.racherla@gmail.com
12 Malware Executable Detection and Classification through Visualization and Machine Learning Rajat Subhra Chakraborty Transportation & Safety IIT Kharagpur rschakraborty@cse.iitkgp.ac.in

 

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