1. National Textile Mission, Ministry of Textiles

Title: Geosynthetic-reinforced infrastructure in seasonally frozen regions of India.

Approved amount: Rs. 4.15 Cr.

PI’s: Dr. Riya Bhowmik, Dr. Prasun Halder

Status: Ongoing

2. Education Project of National Textile Mission, Ministry of Textiles

Title: Education Project for Civil Engineering under NTTM of Ministry of Textiles.

Approved amount: Rs. 1.97 Cr.

PI’s: Dr. Pratik Kumar, Dr. Sivakumar, Dr. Riya Bhowmik, Dr. Prasun Halder, Dr. Sarah Abraham, Dr. Ankit Kathuria, Dr. Vinay Chembolu, Dr. Divyesh Varade

Status: Ongoing

3. SERB Core Research Grant (CRG)

Title: Field-scale experiments on geosynthetic-reinforced hilly roads: Effects of 2-D and 3-D confinement of local material in pavement base layer.

Approved amount: Rs. 50 Lakhs

PI’s: Dr. Prasun Halder, Dr. Riya Bhowmik

Status: Completed

4. SERB Start-up Research Grant (SRG)

Title: Landslide Mitigation Structures: Investigations on geosynthetics-reinforced barriers impacted by rockfall.

Approved amount: Rs. 27 Lakhs

PI’s: Dr. Riya Bhowmik

Status: Completed

5. New Faculty SEED grant of IIT Jammu

Title: Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Resilience of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Embankments for Mitigation of Rockfall Impacts

Approved amount: Rs. 30 Lakhs

PI’s: Dr. Riya Bhowmik

Status: Completed

6. New Faculty SEED grant of IIT Jammu

Title: Influence of Geogrid and Geocell Reinforcements in the Pavement Base Layer of Hilly Terrain Low Volume Roads: Field Experiments and Prototype Model Tests.

Approved amount: Rs. 30 Lakhs

PI’s: Dr. Prasun Halder

Status: Completed

7. New Faculty SEED grant of IIT Jammu

Title: Crack growth in rocks having pre-existing flaws under impact loading.

Approved amount: Rs. 30 Lakhs

PI’s: Dr. Sivakumar G.

Status: Ongoing

8. iDeas Scheme 2025

Title: Additive Manufacturing in Geotechnical Applications: From the Perspective of 3D-Printed Geogrids

Approved amount: Rs. 5 Lakhs

PI’s: Dr. Rajkumar V., Dr. Prasun Halder, Dr. Riya Bhowmik

Status: Ongoing

9. SERB Vritika: Accelerate Vigyan Scheme

Title: Numerical investigation on the behaviour of geosynthetics-reinforced embankment under dynamic impact force of rockfall

Approved amount: Rs. 0.6 Lakhs

PI’s: Dr. Riya Bhowmik

Status: Completed