Non-oxidative catalytic conversion of methane into aromatics over metal impregnated hierarchical zeolite
With continuous increase in the world energy demand and ever-increasing dependency on petroleum, over 86.7 million barrels of petroleum are processed every day in refinery around the world to meet the demand. The declining crude reserves have shifted focus on the natural gas as an alternative supply...
Ontologies of Force: Violence, Non-Violence and Resistance (Studies of Indian and Australian historical contexts through philosophy, film, literature.)
This project proposes to explore the relation between force, violence, non-violence, and resistance at two levels. From an ontological perspective, the task is to consider 'the being of force' to ask how and whether violence (and non-violence) and resistance are located in the categories through whi...
Exploring the potential of Health Tech Start-ups in India: A Critical Success Factors Framework
Health Information Technology (IT) Startups have become a booming industry. The phenomenon is global having health IT Startups emerging almost in all countries around the world. India's health IT Startup sector has made a significant impact on the economy. India's goal of reaching a $1 trillion digi...
Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in the Macroeconomy
This research project aims at deepening our understanding of the adoption of automation technologies in the economy, both from a positive and from a normative perspective.
IoT based EV infrastructure: Data Driven Approach for analysis and optimization of Distribution system Operation (DSO) under uncertainties
Traditionally, the distribution systems are designed for uni-directional power flow with power source elsewhere and are always connected to transmission system. Also, the changes in system configuration were not too frequent. Introduction of renewable energy based distributed generations (DGs), batt...
Talent Allocation in the Indian Economy: Measurement and Policy Implications
Various features of the Indian labor market spanning regulation, financial constraints, and social norms naturally translate into a suboptimal allocation of workers' talent across productive units. In turn, such misallocation can lead to significant losses in aggregate productivity, as highlighted b...
Motorized Two-wheeler safety – a comparative risk study of the occupants in Indian and Australian context
Globally out of the 1.35 million road traffic deaths, more than half of them are amongst the pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. There are more Motorized (Powered) Two Wheelers (MTWs) in Indian cities compared to other modes (10-15%), excluding pedestrian and public transport. Further nearly 34...
Understanding Brain-Behavior link: Using Structural (frontal asymmetry) and Neurochemical (neurotransmitters) Basis of Cognitive and Affective Processing to Improve Prediction of Health-related Outcomes in Epilepsy patients from low socio-economic.
To use structural and neurochemical basis of cognitive-affective process for improving predictions of post-surgery outcomes in epilepsy patients from low socioeconomic strata.
Identification of Transgenic Plant Species Using Non-invasive THz Spectroscopy for Advancing Natural and Organic Farming Practices
The recent advancement in Precision Agriculture which aims to achieve yield maximization with natural resource optimization in farming practices worldwide; has brought the techniques of 'Agri-Photonics' to the forefront. In this regard, the increasing food literacy in consumer market has brought abo...
Professor Aleksandar Rakic
School of Information Technology and Electrical EngineeringAssessment and Comparison of Performance of Thermal and Electrical Battery for Renewable Energy Applications
The project targets to harness the excess electricity (or electricity spillage) generated by solar PV and wind power plants which will be converted into thermal energy, and in turn will be stored in a thermal energy storage system (Thermal battery). The thermal battery is envisaged to store heat at ...