SUBMITTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PROPOSALS

Dr.P.C.ANGELO
DEAN, PSG CENTRE FOR NON-FORMAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION DIRECTOR, METALS TESTING AND RESEARCH CENTRE PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

COIMBATORE

Agencies Funding R&D Projects in India

There are three types of organizations that are funding R&D projects to academic institutions in India. These are: R&D sponsoring bodies such as: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Central Power Research Institute (CPRI)

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Department of Information Technology (DIT) Department of Bio Technology (DBT) Department of Ocean Development (DOD)

Department of Coal (DOC)

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) India Meteorological Department (IMD) Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) University Grants Commission (UGC)

R&D performing bodies such as : Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Department of Space (DoS) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Central Ministries Supporting R&D Projects :

Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MFPI) Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MOSJE) Ministry of Water Resources (MOWR)

Funding by Major Scientific Departments

Three main R & D sponsoring bodies DST, AICTE and UGC and Four R & D performing bodies CSIR, DRDO, DAE and DOS emerge as the main sponsors of R & D in recent years.

SERC supports

Promotion of research in emerging areas of science and engineering Selective promotion of general research capability in relevant area of science and engineering Encouraging young scientists to take up challenging R & D activities. Giving special encouragement to projects from relatively less endowed academic institutions. Project support to scientists in challenging areas in various disciplines Unit and core group around outstanding scientists Training programmes involving young scientists Student Fellowships Chairs in key areas of S&T Setting up of Research support facilities Women's scientist scheme Mission of Nano Science and Technology Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Higher Educational Institutions (FIST)

Areas of research supported by AICTE

Engineering and Technology Architecture Town Planning Management Pharmacy Hotel Management and Catering Technology Applied Arts and Crafts etc.

Research & Institutional Development Schemes of AICTE

Modernization & Removal of Obsolescence Schemes

(MODROBS)

Research Promotion Schemes (RPS) Industry-Institute Interaction Schemes

Entrepreneurship Development Cells (EDC)

National Facilities in Engineering & Technology with Industrial Collaboration (NAFETIC)

Nationally Coordinated Project (NCP)

Modernization & Removal of Obsolescence Schemes (MODROBS)

To equip technical institutions with modern infra-structural facilities Maximum Funding is Rs. 15 lakhs with 2 years duration.

Research Promotion Schemes (RPS)

Three research avenues within RPS are the following:
Proof of Concept Work - Rs. 5-10 lakhs. Capacity Building for Research Rs. 10-12 lakhs, (Doctoral research in a reputed institution) Patentable Technology Development Rs. 20 lakhs.

Industry-Institute Interaction Schemes

Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) To establish institute-industry liaison by encouraging:

Conduct of industrial training programmes

Facilitating exchange of resource personnel Carry out industrial R&D Conduct of industrial visits Developing appropriate curricula and Undertake consultancy services, etc.

National Facilities in Engineering & Technology with Industrial Collaboration (NAFETIC)

To establish national level facilities in the frontier areas of Engineering & Technology through collaboration between industry's and institutions for

Product development, Basic research, Trouble shooting, Consultancy,

Testing & training purposes.

Entrepreneurship Development Cells (EDC)

To encourage students to consider self-employment as a career option and provide training in entrepreneurship.

Nationally Coordinated Project (NCP)

To plan, coordinate & execute integrated R&D programmes at
national level by a group of institutions. Centrally funded Institutes such as IITs, IISc, IIMs, NITs are

eligible for this scheme

UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (UGC)

The quantum of assistance for a research project under UGC :

Major Research Project in Sciences including Engineering &

Technology, lacs. Medical, Pharmacy Agriculture etc. - Rs. 12

Major Research Project in Humanities, Social Science, Languages, Rs. 10 lacs. Literature, Arts, Law and allied disciplines -

Minor Research Project - Rs. 1 lac

COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (CSIR)

CSIR operates the following schemes for Academic Institutions :

Research Schemes

Sponsored Schemes
Emeritus Scientist Scheme

Visiting Associate ship Scheme

DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

Grants-in-Aid Scheme of DRDO

Directorate of Extramural Research (ER)

Aeronautics Research and Development Board (AR&DB) Armament Research Board (ARMREB)

Naval Research Board (NRB)

Life Sciences Research Board (LSRB) CARS

DRDO Research Boards

AR & DB approves projects in the field of Aeronautics and related areas.

ARMREB approves projects in the fields of high energy materials, sensors, ballistics and other armament related fields.

NRB approves projects in the field of Materials, Hydrodynamics,

Sonar & Signal Processing, Ocean Environment, Scientific

Computing

LSRB approves projects in the areas of biological and bio-medical

sciences, psychology, physiology, bio-engineering, specialized

high altitude agriculture, food science and technology.

DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY - BRNS

BRNS Supports

R & D programmes and projects Award fellowships to pursue doctoral programmes.

Award research grants to young scientists.

Create infrastructure facilities for advanced research.

Identify/create and support centres of excellence.

AREAS OF INTEREST TO BRNS

Research Projects in the areas of interest to BRNS are evaluated and supported by the following committees

Advanced Technologies Committee (ATC)

Basic Sciences Committee (BSC) Nuclear Reactor & Fuel Cycle Committee (NRFC) Radiation Technologies & Applications Committee (RTAC)

Among the above four ATC and BSC are of relevance for academic

institutions.

DEPARTMENT OF SPACE - RESPOND

Areas of Research Supported by ISRO:

Space Science
Space technology

Space Application

WRITING A PROJECT PROPOSAL

PROPOSAL CAN BE
A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
A CHANGE IN THE STYLE OF OPERATION

A REVISED PROCEDURE A SCHEME FOR ENHANCEMENT OF

EFFICIENCY.

PHYSICAL FORM OF PROJECT PROPOSAL

AN ATTRACTIVE TITLE PAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT / EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PROJECT PROPOSAL RESUME OF PROJECT INVESTIGATORS THE STYLE MUST BE READABLE

A PROPOSAL MUST HAVE

TITLE OF THE PROPOSAL

AN OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSAL

DURATION OF THE PROJECT COST OF THE PROJECT ACTIVITY CHART DELIVERABLES

THE PROPOSAL MUST HAVE

- AN INTRODUCTION GIVING BACKGROUND OF THE PROPOSAL MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTATION BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSAL
- BODY OF THE PROPOSAL MUST EXPLAIN EVERY ELEMENT IN DETAIL ADVANTAGES OF THE SCHEME BUDGET

MUST CONTAIN WHAT, WHY, WHEN, WHERE, HOW AND BY WHOM

THE STAGES IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PROPOSAL

DISCUSS WITH COLLEAGUES BRAINSTORMING DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IDEAS

STRUCTURE YOUR PROPOSAL FOR ACCEPTANCE

PROJECT OVERVIEW

BE SPECIFIC AND CONCISE (NO DETAILS)

SHOULD ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK SHOW YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDING ORGANISATION HIGHLIGHT THE STRENGTH OF COLLABORATING ORGANISATION(S) OVERVIEW MUST BE WRITTEN AT THE END REVIEWER MUST BE IMPRESSED AND NOT COMMENT

NOT AN ORIGINAL IDEA RATIONALE IS WEAK WRITING IS VAGUE UNCERTAIN OUTCOMES DOES NOT HAVE RELEVANT EXPERIENCE PROBLEM IS NOT IMPORTANT PROPOSAL IS UNFOCUSED PROJECT IS TOO LARGE

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE SIMILAR STUDIES IF ANY

REVIEW THE PROPOSAL BY AN EXPERT FROM A DIFFERENT FIELD

ELIMINATE USE OF :

JARGON TRENDY OR IN WORDS ABBREVIATIONS COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS REDUNDANT PHRASES CONFUSING LANGUAGE

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM - Contd.,

EXPLAIN HOW THE PROPOSAL WILL DO BETTER THAN THE EARLIER ATTEMPTS EXPLAIN WHY THE PROPOSAL NEEDS SUPPORT CHECK THE FUNDING AGENCY WOULD BE / SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN YOUR PROPOSAL EXPLAIN WHY YOU OR YOUR ORGANISATIONS IS THE BEST TO CARRY OUT THE PROJECT EXPLAIN WHETHER YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN SOME STEPS TO BEGIN THE PROJECT

NEED ASSESSMENT SURVEY RESULTS

PROJECT PROPOSAL DETAILS

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

GOALS ARE LARGE STATEMENTS NOT MEASURABLE

OBJECTIVES TELL SPECIFIC THINGS THE PROJECT WILL ACCOMPLISH MEASURABLE

OBJECTIVES WILL REQUIRE ACTIVITIES LEADING TO MEASURABLE RESULTS ENSURE YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE IN LINE WITH THE FUNDING AGENY PRESENT MEASURABLE RESULTS WITH TIME

WHO IS THE USER? HAVE YOU CONTACTED THE USER? DO YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF USER?

IS THE USER INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE

PROJECT PROPOSAL ARE ALL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE USER GROUP CONSULTED? HELPING THE USER IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE FUNDING AGENCY

MAKE SURE THE FIT IS GOOD

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CONVINCE THEM THAT FUNDING YOU, WILL HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS

SHOW THEM THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED OR EXPECT
MAKE CONNECTIONS AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH FUNDING PEOPLE.

MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED IN TIME

AFTER A WEEK CALL TO FIND OUT THE RECEIPT OF YOUR PROPOSAL BY THE FUNDING AGENCY.

THE LAST WORD

THE PROJECT PROPOSAL IS MEANT TO HELP YOU CRYSTALLIZE THE DETAILS OF YOUR PROJECT AND FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS

THE PROJECT PROPOSAL IS TO CONVINCE YOUR FUNDING

AGENCY THAT YOUR PROPOSAL HAS VALUE AND THAT YOU CAN COMPLETE IT SUCCESSFULLY AND ON TIME

PROJECTS DO NOT COME OUT OF NOTHING. THEY ARISE OUT OF A SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS A NEED A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED, AN EQUIPMENT TO BE DESIGNED AND FABRICATED, AN IMPROVEMENT IN AN EXISTING EQUIPMENT.

THE LAST WORD Contd.,

THE PROPOSAL MUST BE ABLE TO CONVINCE THE FUNDING AGENCY THAT YOU HAVE THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE TO ACHIEVE THE STATED OBJECTIVE AND THAT YOU HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO MANAGE THE PROJECT AND COMPLETE THE PROJECT EFFECTIVELY.

Conclusion
Only 2% of institutions getting R & D support accounted for 50% of

funding. This may be due to lack of exposure among the faculty of

many academic institutions, lack of motivation among faculty and absence of conducive research environment and facilities. Regional conferences such as the one being organized by Sona College of Technology may help faculty of academic institutions to become aware of the opportunities of Government Funded R & D projects for academic institutions and take advantage of the same.

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Sponsored Projects Completed

Project Title
Reliability studies on Winch Cable Assembly Modernisation of Non-destructive testing Laboratory Reliability studies related to failure of Aluminium 7075 alloy for aerospace applications Diffusion Bonding in Superalloys This project had been graded "A" (Excellent) during the annual monitoring exercise. Improving the Weldability of armour steel Characterisation of Aluminium 7075 alloy with special reference to Stress Corrosion Cracking Establishment of the laboratory for heat treatment of metals Development & characterization of Titaniumbased coatings on austenitic stainless steels by molten salt route for applications in severe corrosive nitric acid environments. Melting & Characterisation of Nitrogen Alloyed Stainless Steels Development of Diffusion Bonding of (i) Ti-6Al4V with Ti-6Al-4V, (ii) INCO 718 with INCO 718 and (iii) Ti-6Al-4V with INCO 718 Development of oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic stainless steel by mechanical alloying

Project Duration
1998-2000 1998-2000

Amount Received (Rs. in lakhs) 2.50 10.00

Funding Agency DRDO/ CASSA AICTE / MODROB DRDO/ CASSA

Investigator(s)
S.S.Ramakrishnan M.Sundar M.Sundar V.Balusamy V.Balusamy B.Ravisankar

1999-2001

1.50

1999-2001

7.00

AICTE

B.Ravisankar S.S.Ramakrishnan V.Balusamy M.Sundar V.Balusamy P.Gopalakrishnan

1999-2002

6.23

DRDO - R&D AICTE R&D AICTE

2000-2002

5.00

2000-2002

10.00

2001-2005

11.52

BRNS

P.Gopalakrishnan S.S.Ramakrishnan S.S.Ramakrishnan S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen P.C.Angelo B.Ravisankar P.C.Angelo R.Subramanian

2001-2004

11.80

DRDO

2003-2005

8.80

AR&DB

2002-2005

28.00

DST

Manufacture of wear parts by hot consolidation of mechanically alloyed copper-iron powder Development of Diffusion bonding of Ti-6Al-4V with a nickel based super alloy in 718 Deformation Studies of Armor Steel under Medium Strain Rates Development of oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic stainless steel by mechanical alloying Multicomponent boriding and laser surface modification

2003-2005

48.16

DST

R.Subramanian P.C.Angelo

2003-2005

7.00

AICTE

B.Ravisankar

2003-2005 2003-2005

16.13 47.67

DRDO DST

B.Ravisankar P.C.Angelo P C Angelo R Subramanian P.Gopalakrishnan P.C.Angelo S.S.Ramakrishnan P.Gopalakrishnan P.C.Angelo S.S.Ramakrishnan

2003-2006

24.50

DRDO

Manufacture of wire drawing dies, moulds, pins and chains by multicomponent boriding Improving wear life of engineering components by paste boronising FIST

2003-2006

13.53

DST

2004-2007
2003-2007

5.00
40.00

AICTE
DST

K.Thillairajan
P.C.Angelo

Sponsored Projects Ongoing

Requirement and specifications for the development and realization of bonding of INVAR with magnetic materials using vacuum diffusion bonding technology Synthesis, characterization and property evaluation of ODS 9Cr-1Mo Ferritic Stainless steels for high temperature applications Manufacture of Hollow Cylinder in YBCO by Hot Pressing under Superplastic Condition Diffusion Bonding of Alnico Magnets With Mild Steel Development of technology for porous aluminum castings Development of Ultrasonic Method for Assuring Reliability of Components Manufactured by Diffusion Bonding 2003-2007 4.50 ISRO P.C.Angelo B.Ravisankar J.Krishnamoorthi

2005-2008

15.0

DST-WSS

Ms.S.Kavithaa

2006-2008 2006-2008 2006-2008

14.90 13.50 14.38

DRDO IGCAR

Dr.P.C.Angelo Mr.J.Krishnamoorthi Dr.P.C.Angelo Mr.J.Krishnamoorthi S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen J.Anburaj Dr.P.C.Angelo B.Ravisankar Mr.J.Krishnamoorthi V.Balusamy

IGCAR

2007-2010

43.775

AR&DB

Improving Mechanical Properties of development proposal Titanium Alloys by Severe Plastic Deformation
Simulation studies on forming of Superalloy sheets

2008-2010

20.112

AR&DB

Dr.V.Ramaswamy Dr.P.C.Angelo Mr.J.Krishnamoorthi V.Balusamy

Dr V Balusamy Dr.G.Chandramohan Ms.M.Deepa Ms.R.Sivasankari

2008-2010

38.819

AR&DB

List of Research Publications

International Journals 1. "Laser Surface modification of Low Carbon Borided Steels", Scripta Materialia, 44, 2001, 701-712. 2. "Interrupted Boriding of Medium Carbon Steel" Metallurgical and Materials Transactions - A, 33A, 2002, p.1474 - 1485. 3. "Diffusion Modified Boriding Treatment as Interlayer for Deposition of Low Carbon Residual Stress CVD Diamond Films on Steel Substrate", Thin Solid Films 462, 2003, 85-93. 4. "Microstructural and Microchemical Modifications on Interrupted Boriding of Carbon Steels", Journal of Materials Science Technology, Vol.10, 2002, No.4, 53-65. 5. "Preparation and Study of structural and optical properties of chemical bath deposited copper indium diselenide thin films", Phisica status solidi(a) 191, No.1, 2002, 149-160. 6. R.Subramanian, S.S.Ramakrishnan and P.Shankar, "Role of Disclinations and Nanocrystalline State in the Formation of Quasicrystalline Phases on Mechanical Alloying of Cu-Fe Powders" Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 6, June 2000.

7. R.Subramanian, S.Kavithaa, R.Subramanian,,P.C.Angelo, H.Venkataraman and P.Shankar, Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Yttria by Sol-Gel Method

Materials Letters (48), July 2001.

8. R.Subramanian, B.Vijayakumr, S.Selvaekarapandian et.al., "Synthesis and ion dynamics of Nanocrystalline Mg Stabilized Zirconia , Physica B, 334 ( 2003) 9. R.Subramanian, S.S.Ramakrishnan, N.Mohanasundaram et.al., "Production of Aluminium Silicon Carbide particulate composites by Powder Metallurgy Route, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) Oct., 1996 10. R.Subramanian, P.C. Angelo, G.Ramprasad et.al, Ionic Conductivity Studies on Mg Stabilized Zirconia by Impedance Spectroscopy Ceramics International, Vol. 30 (2004), 1631-34

11. R.Subramanian, S.Kumaran et.al, Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Structure

Formation In Ti-Al System during High Energy Ball Miling, Powder metallurgy, 2005, Vol 48 (4) , pp 354-357. 12. R.Subramanian, S.Basavrajappa et.al., Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour of Al2219-

SiCp Metal Matrix Composites, Accepted for publication in Materials

Science (Poland)

Ph.D - Ongoing
Name of the Guide Title Name of Candidate Month & Year of Completion Completed In Progress

Dr.S S Mohamed Nazirudeen Dr.P.Gopalakrishnan

Duplex Stainless Steel Surface Engineering

V Valasamudram M.Prince

Dr.P.Gopalakrishnan
Dr.S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen Dr.S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen Dr.S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen Dr.S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen Dr.S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen

Surface Engineering
High Nitrogen stainless steels Carbidic ADI Non Porous Aluminium Cast Porous Aluminium Castings Modelling of cast steels

B.Viswanath
P M Kavimani P.Dhanapal A.K.Shaik Dawood S. Sridhar K. Soorya Prakash

In Progress
In Progress In Progress In Progress In Progress In Progress

Dr.S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen

Casting Engineering

J. Anburaj

In Progress

Dr.S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen Dr.S.S.Mohamed Nazirudeen Dr.V.Balusamy Dr.V.Balusamy Dr.V.Balusamy Dr.V.Balusamy Dr.V.Balusamy Dr.V.Balusamy Dr.R.Subramanian Dr.R.Subramanian Dr.R.Subramanian Dr.R.Subramanian Dr.R.Subramanian

Welding Engineering Micro alloyed steels Welding Engineering Welding Metallurgy Welding Engineering Welding Engineering Diffusion Bonding Friction stir welding of Aluminium Alloys Metal Matrix Composites Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloys Cryogenic Treatment of Metal Matrix composites Hybrid Metal matrix Composite Hybrid Metal matrix Composite Metal Matrix Composites with intermetallic dispersoids

A. Chandrasekhar B.Chokalingam K Venkatesan K Balasubramanian R.Padmanaban N.Rajamanickam J.Krishnamoorthi K.Thillairajan K.P.Dhanabalakrishnan S.Kavithaa S.Dharmalingam K.Somasundara Vinodh A.Velmurugan

Completed In Progress Completed In Progress In Progress Completed In Progress In Progress In Progress Completed In Progress In Progress In Progress

Dr.R.Subramanian

A.Shanmugasundaram

In Progress