2nd PFRC May 2016

CODE

Area

No of Projects

Y1

Y2

Y3

Total

Lakh Rs.

BASIC 

BASIC PLASMA

2

52.36

5.11

5.11

62.58

CRYO

CRYOGENICS & MAGNETICS

1

14.39

4.56

4.74

23.69

DIAG

DIAGNOSTICS

5

73.37

43.42

4.72

121.51

MAT

MATERIAL SCIENCE

5

81.28

31.19

5.44

117.91

NUCL

NUCLEONICS

1

11.52

7.90

6.01

25.44

RF

RF & MICROWAVE

5

88.14

41.14

0.00

129.29

SIM

SIMULATION

6

70.72

31.68

27.12

129.51

Total 

25

391.78274

164.99700

53.13800

609.91774

No.

Project No.

CAT

Title

Name of PI

LOC

IPR-Coordinator

Start date

Tenure

(Months)

1

2919

BASIC

Study of Ultracold plasma under strongly correlated regime

Dr. Ashok Vudayagiri

Asst. Professor, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046

TG

Ajai Kumar

R Ganesh

36

2

2878

BASIC

Experimental study of nonlinear waves and stable dust structures in moderately coupled dusty plasma

Dr. Jyotirmoy Pramanik, Department of Physics, Kharagpur College,                    Kharagpur, 700 305

WB

Pintu Bandyopadhyay

36

3

2929

CRYO

Theoretical Investigations and modeling of a double-screw Hydrogen Extruder

Dr. Senthil Kumar Arumugam

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

VIT University, Chennai Campus, Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road, Chennai-600127

TN

Samiran Mukherjee

Ranjana Gangradey

36

4

2958

DIAG

Studies and Development of reflectometry diagnostic system for proposed PAM antenna of Aditya-U tokamak

Shri. Keyur Mahant

Assistant Professor,

Charotar Space Research and Technology Center,CHARUSAT University, Anand, Gujarat 388 421

GJ

P K Sharma 

36

5

2931

DIAG

Spatially and temporally resolved measurements of Plasma rotation, ion temperature and impurity transport study using spectroscopic diagnostics on ADITYA-U and SST-1 Tokamak.

Dr. Balamurali Krishna M K.

Dept. Of Nuclear Energy, SOT,

Pandit Deendayal Petroleun University, Raisan, Gandhinagar-382007

GJ

J Ghosh,

M B Chowdhuri

36

6

2952

DIAG

Development of Interferometric tomography set up for studying laser-produced plasma

Prof. Atul Srivastava        

Department of Mechanical Engineering       

IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400076        

MH

Ajai Kumar

Rajesh K Singh

24

7

2915

DIAG

16-Channel Wireless Acquisition System for Magnetic Diagnostics of ADITYA-U Tokamak 

Dr. Sakuntala Mahapatra

Dept. of ETC, Trident Academy of Technology,

F-2/A, Chandaka Industrial Estate,

Bhubaneswar-751024

OR

D Raju

24

8

2821

DIAG

Development of Image Processing Technique to improve the performance of Optical Imaging Diagnostics on SST1

Dr. E. Logashanmugam

Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sathyabama University, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai  - 600 119

TN

M K Gupta

S Sunil

24

9

601

MAT

Influence of humid environment and high temperature hydrogen exposure on thermo-physical properties of Li2TiO3 and Li4SiO4 pebbles and its formation kinetics through solid-solid reaction.

Dr. Chinmay Ghoroi,

Associate Professor, Dept of Chemical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, 382424

GJ

Paritosh Chaudhuri

24

10

2917

MAT

Development and Production of tungsten coated tiles and their characterization under plasma operations in ADITYA Upgrade Tokamak.

Dr. Uttam Sharma

Department of Physics,

Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science, Baroli, Sanwer Road, Indore-453331

MP

J Ghosh

A Sanyasi

24

11

2862

MAT

Development of (W/W-Y-Cr) based double layer coating structures for plasma facing components

Shri Shubhra Bajpai,

Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technnology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar

OR

Rayjada R P

24

12

2852

MAT

Fabrication of Li4SiO4 pebbles with optimized strength and porosity by Extrusion-Spherodization technique

Prof. Santanu Bhattacharyya

Department of Ceramic Engineering,

NIT Rourkela, Rourkela 769009

OR

Paritosh Chaudhuri

12

13

2793

MAT

Development of Tungsten-Tantalum (W-Ta) composite film as a first wall coating for fusion blanket using RF sputtering processes

Dr. V. Umasankar

VIT University, Chennai Campus, Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road, Chennai-600127

TN

B Sarkar

36

14

2979

NUCL

Nuclear Data And Neutronics Study For Materials Of Interest In Fusion Technology

Dr. Bhawna Pandey

Assistant Professor

Department of Physics,

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar- Uttarakhand - 263145

UK

PV Subhash

Sudhirsingh Vala

36

15

2574

RF

Design & Development of Hardware Module for the Phase and Power Measurement for 64 channels of LHCD Experiments.

Dr. Prarthan D. Mehta

Associate Professor,

Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Faculty of Technology,

Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad-387001

GJ

P K Sharma

K K Ambulkar

24

16

2825

RF

Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Transition (Mode Convertor) from Free Space Gaussian Beam to a Fundamental D-Band Waveguide for fusion applications. 

Prof.Dhaval Pujara,

Deputy Director,

Academic Development and Research Cell, Nirma University,

Ahmedabad-382 481

GJ

H K Pandya

24

17

2897

RF

Design and Development of Phase Locked Loop (PLL) Circuit in Microwave Interferometer System for Fusion Plasma Diagnostics

Shri. Jitendra P Chaudhari,

Associate Professor,

Charotar Space Research and Technology Center,CHARUSAT University, Anand, Gujarat 388 421

GJ

S K Pathak

24

18

RF

2880

RF

Phase detection system based on digital signal processing in MM wave interferometer for plasma diagnostic

Dr. Hiren Mewada,

Associate Professor,

CHARUSAT Space Research and Technology Center, CHARUSAT University

Changa 388 421

GJ

S K Pathak

24

19

2895

RF

Design and Development of transmission line components for 42GHz/200kw/3sec Gyrotron for start-up studies in tokamak Aditya.

Dr. Amit V Patel,

Assistant Professor,

Charusat Space Technology and Research Center, Charotar Space Research and Technology Center,CHARUSAT University, Anand, Gujarat 388 421

GJ

S.V,Kulkarni, Sathyanaran K

24

20

2528

SIM

Laser-plasma interaction in strong coupling regime 

Dr. Devki Nandan Gupta

Assistant Professor

Department of Physics and Astrophysics,

University of Delhi, Delhi-110007

DL

Amita Das

36

21

2928

SIM

A first-principle numerical simulation of Strongly Coupled Multi-ion Plasma in the presence of an external magnetic field.

Dr. Swati Baruah 

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, LDRP Institute of Technology and Research, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Kh-5 Circle, Sector 15, Gandhinagar-382 015

GJ

R Ganesh

36

22

3045

SIM

Using deep learning to understand and predict the dynamics of Tokamak discharges

Dr Priyanka Sharma

Dept of CS, Nirma University,

Ahmedabad-382 481

GJ

Sutapa Ranjan

36

23

2473

SIM

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Radiation Damage in Lithium Metatitanate and Lithium Ortho Silicate

Dr. Narasimhan  Swaminathan

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036

TN

Paritosh Chaudhuri

24

24

3035

SIM

Simulation of plasma tranfered arc characteristics during plasma material processing

Prof. Ramachandran K.

Dept. of Physics, Bharatiar University, Coimbatore – 641114

TN

Bala C

24

25

2786

SIM

Interaction of laser pulse with quantum plasma : Regimes of propagation and instabilities with special treatment of spin-up and spin-down exchange interaction

Dr. Punit Kumar

Assistant Professor,

Department of Physics,

University of Lucknow,

Lucknow – 226007

UP

Amita Das

36