Research Funding


F9. (PI) Design of Feedback Controllers for Safe Operations of Autonomous Systems (ongoing)
    Sponsor: SERB MATRICS
    Funding: INR 6,60,000
    Duration: 3 year (February 2020 - February 2023)

F8. (Faculty Advisor) Precise and protective agriculture with a cloud-based multi-UAV system (completed)
    Sponsor: DST, LockHeed Martin and Tata Trusts
    Funding: INR 11,00,000
    Duration: 1 year (August 2019 - November 2020)

F7. (PI) Developing Safe and Secure Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems (ongoing)
    Sponsor: MHRD SPARC
    Funding: INR 71,76,000
    Duration: 2 years (June 2019 - May 2021)

F6. (PI) Max-Planck Partner Group with Max-Planck Institute for Software Systems (ongoing)
    Sponsor: Max-Planck Society
    Funding: EUR 100000
    Duration: 5 years (January 2019 - December 2023)

F5. (PI) Automated Synthesis of Motion Plans for Large-Sclae Multi-Robot Systems from Complex Specifications (ongoing)
    Sponsor: DRDO JCBCAT
    Funding: INR 1,12,42,600
    Duration: 3 years (November 2018 - October 2021)

F4. (PI) Formal Verification of Autopilot Software for UAVs (ongoing)
    Sponsor: Indo-French Center for the Promotion of Advanced Research
    Funding: INR 37,00,803
    Duration: 3 years (November 2018 - October 2021)

F3. (Co-PI) FMSAFE: A Networked Centre for Formal Methods in Validation and Certification Procedures for Safety- Critical ICT Systems (completed)
    Sponsor: MHRD IMPRINT Program and Indian Railways
    Funding: INR 1,15,70,000
    Duration: 3 years (April 2017 - April 2020)

F2. (PI) A Framework for Synthesizing Robust Motion Primitives for UAVs (completed)
    Sponsor: DST SERB Early Career Research Award
    Funding: INR 52,47,000
    Duration: 3 years (September 2016 - September 2019)

F1. (PI) Formal Methods Assisted Software Development Frameworks for Complex Robotic Applications (completed)
   Sponsor: IIT Kanpur Initiation Grant
    Funding: INR 25,00,000
    Duration: 2 Years (May 2016 - May 2018)


Research Award

A2. (PI) Cloud-Assisted Receding Horizon Planning for Large Scale Multi-Robot Applications (completed)
    Sponsor: Google Cloud Platform Research Award
    Funding: USD 6000
    Duration: 6 months (May 2019 - October 2019)

A2. (PI) Cloud-Assisted Receding Horizon Planning for Large Scale Multi-Robot Applications (completed)
    Sponsor: Microsoft Azure Research Award
    Funding: USD 20,000
    Duration: 1 year (July 2017 - July 2018)

A1. (PI) An End-to-End Software Development Framework for Robot Swarm Applications (completed)
    Sponsor: DAAD Research Stay Grant
    Funding: EUR 4,525
    Duration: 2 months (May 2016 - July 2016)