List of Funded Projects

Project-I

• ASIC Chip-Tapeout of Reconfigurable Multiple-Radix Parallel-Turbo-Decoder for Next-Generation Wireless-Communication Systems.
• Principle Investigator: Dr. Rahul Shrestha.
• Scheme: 2015 Early-Career Research-Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB).
• Granting Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
• Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 24,78,000/-.
• Duration: Three years (Started on Feb-2015).
• Status: Completed.

Project-II

• ASIC Implementation of Hardware-Efficient & Low-Power Spectrum Sensor Based on Cyclostationary Feature Detection for Cognitive-Radio Mobile-Broadband System.
• Principle Investigator: Dr. Rahul Shrestha.
• Scheme: Faculty Seed Grant.
• Granting Agency: Indian Insitute of Technology (IIT) Mandi.
• Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 10,00,000/-.
• Duration: Three years (Started on April 2018).
• Status: Completed.

Project-III

• Development of a low cost low magnetic field MRI for Point of Care Testing, and associated CAD system.
• Co-Principle Investigator: Dr. Rahul Shrestha.
• Granting Agency: Jointly funded by IIT Ropar IIT Mandi PGIMER Chandigarh BioX Consortium, Government of India.
• Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 20,00,000/-.
• Duration: Two years (2016-2018).
• Status: Completed.

Project-IV

• Design and Fabrication of an Interface ASIC for a Vibratory Gyroscope Sensor Application.
• Co-Principle Investigator: Dr. Rahul Shrestha.
• Granting Agency: Indain Space Research Organisation (ISRO) - Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 48,00,000/-.
• Duration: Three years (2018-2021).
• Status: Completed.

Project-V

• High-Throughput & Energy-Efficient Flexible-Turbo/LDPC Decoder for the Next- Generation Wireless- Communication System.
• Principle Investigator: Dr. Rahul Shrestha.
• Scheme: Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (ICPS) Programme.
• Granting Agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
• Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 58,00,000/-.
• Duration: Three years (Extended) (Started on October 2019).
• Status: Completed.

Project-VI

• The Design and Analysis of a Silicon particle detector Array using High Voltage CMOS Process for Space Applications.
• Co-Investigator: Dr. Rahul Shrestha.
• Scheme: Under RESPOND Programme.
• Granting Agency: Indain Space Research Organisation (ISRO) - Department of Space
• Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 32,29,000/-.
• Duration: Three years (Started on April 2022).
• Status: Ongoing.

Project-VII

• ASIC and Package Design of Ultra Small Atomic Clock.
• Co-Investigator: Dr. Rahul Shrestha.
• Scheme: Under Chip to Startup (C2S) Programme.
• Granting Agency: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Microelectronics Development Division) - Government of India
• Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 2,85,00,000/-.
• Duration: Five years (Started on July 2023).
• Status: Ongoing.

Project-VIII

• Development of Sub-Nyquist Sampling based Wideband Spectrum Sensing Algorithm & On-Chip Hardware Solution for Mobile Broadband Services in Rural India using Cognitive Radio Technology.
• Principle-Investigator: Dr. Rahul Shrestha.
• Scheme: Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF), under Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) of Department of Telecom (DOT), Government of India.
• Granting Agency: Center for Development of Telematics (C-DOT).
• Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 1,31,58,720/-.
• Duration: Two years (Started on January 2025).
• Status: Ongoing.