Ongoing Projects
- Developing earth based building products utilizing solid wastes, University Grants Commission (UGC), India and UK-India Education & Research Initiative (UKIERI), 2017-2019 (with Prof. B.V.V. Reddy (PI) and Nanjunda Rao)
- EnSure – Promoting and Ensuring (Biodiversity) Resource Conservation and Livelihood Sustainability in Rural Villages at Sirsi, Karnataka, EarthWatch Institute**, India; 2015-2016 (with Shri. H. I. Somashekar and Prof. B.V.V. Reddy )
- Assessing Resource and Energy Demand attributed to Modern Urbanizing Transitions in Rural Dwellings; 2012-2014 (with Prof. B.V.V. Reddy and Shri. H. I. Somashekar).
- Studies into the impact of dust and PV temperature on PV system (performance) efficiency in tropical regions, Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems##, Indian Institute of Science; 2012-2014 (with Dr. Praveen Ramamurthy).
- Technology and Human Development: A Capability Approach, Delft University of Tech. funded by The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research ;2010-2014 (with Prof. B. Gurumoorthy)
Completed Projects
- Development, Testing and Promotion of Technology Packages for Total Rural Sanitation for Women in Coastal and Semi-Arid Village/Household Clusters
- BHEL-IISc Joint research programme on Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) (with Prof. B.V.V. Reddy)
- Technical advice on construction of Green Building for Bio-Fertilizer factory at Chennai (with Prof. B.V.V. Reddy)
- Development and Testing of Domestic (Household level) Photovoltaic Integrated Hybrid Solar Still.
- Technical advice towards design and construction for housing and sanitation in select Tsunami affected villages in Nagapattinam (with Prof. B.V.V. Reddy)
- Design and Development of Technology Management Electronic Newsletter for DSIR, Government of India; www.techmotivator.iitm.ac.in (with Prof. L.S. Ganesh (PI), and Mrs. Geethanjali M.)
- Sustainable Manufacturing – Boeing-IISc joint project (with Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti)