Research and Development Cell is committed to promote quality research among faculty members and research scholars in FISAT. The R&D cell at FISAT had a humble beginning in 2018, as an Interdisciplinary Research Cell at the institution level which then began functioning as the College Research Cell. It was renamed as Research and Development Cell in 2023. R&D cell is committed to encouraging high-quality research among teachers and researchers. The Cell envisions to provide adequate infrastructure facilities and other support for collaborative research and product development.

The following are the major activities envisaged by the Cell:

1. Promoting Research and Innovation culture among the faculty members and students.
2. Coordinating Research work of faculty members and research scholars.
3. Promoting interdisciplinary research/ Consultancy.
4. Helping the faculty members / Departments in preparing Minor / Major Project proposals to various funding agencies.
5. Establishing ‘Project Bank’ and monitoring the project proposals.
6. Coordinating periodical review meetings on the progress of research being carried out by Ph.D. scholars.
7. Coordinating systematic review of the progress of funded projects.
8. Guiding researchers for filing patents.
9. Organising seminars/workshops for Ph.D. scholars/PG students.
10. Exploring the proposals for establishing a new research centre.
11. Providing the report of the activities of the Cell or Institute.

One of the cell’s primary functions is to supervise research at APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and other universities, ensuring that researchers carry out their work in accordance with their research proposals, that the study is completed on time and within budget, and that the work is done ethically.

List of Approved Research Supervisors of KTU/Supervisor activation date

There are 19 approved research supervisors from various departments. A detailed list is given below.

1. Dr.Jacob Thomas V , Principal (15/09/2017)
2. Dr. Arun kumar M N, Professor, Department of CSE   (19/10/2018)
3. Dr. Anil Kumar M N, Professor, Department of ECE  (19/10/2018)
4. Dr. Rejeesh C R, Associate Professor, Department of ME (25/05/2020)
5. Dr. Krishnakumar S, Professor, Department of ECE (05/10/2021)
6. Dr. Archana R, Professor, Department of EEE (05/10/2021)
7. Dr.Kavitha P E, Associate Professor, Department of CE (05/10/2021)
8. Dr. Parvathy R, Professor, Department of EEE (06/10/2021)
9. Dr. Unnikartha G, Professor, Department of CE (06/10/2021)
10. Dr. Paul P Mathai, Associate Professor, Department of CSE (5/10/2021)
11. Dr.Asha Joseph, Associate Professor, Department of CE  (19/02/2022)
12. Dr. ANISH MATHEW K, Assistant Professor, Department EIE (19/02/2022)
13. Dr. Ayswarya E P, Assistant Professor, Department of Science & Humanities (19/02/2022)
14. Dr. Sujesh Lal, Assistant Professor, Department of MCA  (06/08/2022)
15. Dr. Jyothish K John, Professor, Department of CSE   (18/09/2023)
16. Dr. Hema Krishnan, Professor, Department of CSE   (18/09/2023)
17. Dr. Reshmi R, Assistant Professor, Department of CSE   (18/09/2023)
18. Dr. Shahna K U, Assistant Professor, Department of MCA   (18/09/2023)
19. Dr.Surya Susan Alex, Associate Professor, Department of EEE( 23/10/2023)

 

Research Scholars Registered for Ph.D programme at FISAT Research Centre ( in KTU) OR  in any other University (Joint supervision-supervisors of FISAT and other Institution’s supervisor)

 

 

Ph.DScholars registered in AY 2024-25

Sl. No.	Name of Scholar	University	Guide	Remarks (if Any)
1	Shameer K S	KTU	Dr.Sujesh P Lal
2	Rubitha Chand	KTU	Dr.Sujesh P Lal

 

Research Scholars Registered for Ph.D programme at FISAT Research Centre ( in KTU) OR  in any other University (Joint supervision-supervisors of FISAT and other Institution’s supervisor)

Ph.DScholars registered in AY 2023-24

Sl. No.	Name of Scholar	University	Guide	Remarks (if Any)
1	SIMI STEPHEN	KTU	Dr.Jyothish K John	5 subjects completed
2	NITHIN SEBASTIAN	KTU	Dr.Jyothish K John	2 subjects completed
3	SOUMYA S RAJ	KTU	Dr.Paul P Mathai	3 subjects completed
4	ANAND RAJAGOPAL	KTU	Guide from Muthoot Institute of Technology	Course work completed
5	ARAVIND RAJAGOPAL	KTU	Guide from Muthoot Institute of Technology	3 subjects completed
6	TONY MATHEW	KTU	Guide from Muthoot Institute of Technology	2 subjects completed

 

 

Progress of Ph.D Scholars registered in AY 2022-23

Sl. No.	Name of Scholar	University	Remarks	Guide
1	Jency Thomas	KTU	Pre-Comprehensive completed	Dr.Paul P Mathai (CSE Department)
2	Jisha James	KTU	Course work completed	Guide from Muthoot Institute of Technology
3	Juby Joseph	KTU	Appeared examination of coursework subjects (Course discontinued)	Guide from Muthoot Institute of Technology
4	Jyotsna E	KTU	Comprehensive Examination Completed	Dr.Paul P Mathai (CSE Department)
5	Reshmi P R	KTU	Course work completed	Dr.Kavitha (CE Department)
6	Nikhil R	KTU	Course work completed	Dr.Asha Joseph  (CE Department)

 

Progress of Ph.D Scholars registered in AY 2021-22

Sl. No.	Name of Scholar	University	Remarks	Guide
1	Sruthy Suresh (Odd semester registration)	KTU	Comprehensive Examination Completed	Dr.Arun Kumar M N
2	Panjami (Registered in July 2022)	IISc, Bangalore	Comprehensive Examination Completed	Dr.Arun Kumar M N (Co-Supervisor)
3	Lakshmi Raj	KTU	Comprehensive Examination completed	Dr.Arun Kumar M N
4	Roshna K I	KTU	Comprehensive Examination completed	Dr.Arun Kumar M N
5	Meenu Mathew	KTU	Completed course work	Dr.Arun Kumar M N
6	Vinitha V	KTU	Completed course work	Dr.S Krishna Kumar
7	Sona Mary Louis	KTU	Completed Comprehensive Examination	Dr.Paul P Mathai
8	Preethi N P	KTU	Pre-Comprehensive Completed	Dr.Paul P Mathai
9	Aishwarya Vijayakumar	KTU	Pre-Comprehensive Completed	Dr.Paul P Mathai
10	Treesa Sebastin	KTU	Completed Comprehensive Examination	Dr.Archna
11	Ajith S Panackal	KTU	Proposal submission completed	Dr.Anil Kumar M N
12	Anoop Sankar	KTU	Completed Comprehensive Examination	Guide from Muthoot Institute of Technology
13	Binol Vargheese	KTU	Completed course work	Guide from Muthoot Institute of Technology
14	Daniel A. V	KTU	Completed course work	Guide from Muthoot Institute of Technology

Progress of Ph.D Scholars registered before AY 2021-22

Sl. No.	Name of Scholar	University	Remarks	Guide
1	Anitha T Nair	VTU, Karnataka	a) Completed Comprehensive Examination b) Published 3 research paper in international journals. c)Completed Open seminar-1	Dr.Arun Kumar M N (Co-Supervisor)
2	Pankaj Kumar G	VTU, Karnataka	a)     Published 5 research papers in journals/conferences b)     Completed course work.	Dr.Arun Kumar M N (Co-Supervisor)
3	Hansa J Thattil	KTU	a) Completed comprehensive examination b). Preparing a research paper and research proposal	Dr.Arun Kumar M N
4	Neena K A	KTU	a) Completed course work and -comprehensive viva. Preparing a research paper and research proposal	Dr.Anil Kumar M N
5	Dhanya S	KTU	a) Completed course work and  comprehensive viva. A research paper communicated to SCI Journal	Dr.Anil Kumar M N
6	Shanooja	KTU	a)      Research Proposal Submitted b)      Open seminar-1 completed	Dr.Anil Kumar M N

 

 

 

 

Activities of R&D Cell

1. JASETM: Journal of Applied Science, Engineering, Technology and Management (JASETM) is a half-yearly online journal published in-house by FISAT.

The faculty of FISAT perform commendable research and publish them in peer-reviewed international journals with high impact factors. Research articles have been published in Scopus-indexed and SCIE-indexed journals with impact factors.

In addition to this, several other papers (un-indexed) are also published by the faculty of FISAT including our in-house journal JASETM.

Chairman releasing Vol 1. Issue 2 (2023)

 

2. Webinar on Research Publication: The Research & Development (R&D) cell at FISAT has organized a webinar on “Research Publication and Journal Indexing” on 28th September 2023. Resource person: Dr. Elammaran Jayamani, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (SUTS). Around 30 faculty members and research scholars from various departments attended the webinar.

 

 

 

3. Amrit Kaal Vimarsh: Viksit Bharat@2047: The Research & Development (R&D) cell at FISAT has organized an invited talk titled “Role of Academia in Defense R&D eco system” on 23^rd February 2024. Resource person: Dr. Ajith Kumar K, Director, Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), DRDO. Around 240 Students and faculty members from various departments attended the session.

 

 

4. Invited Talk titled Essence of Research in Academe: The Research & Development (R&D) cell at FISAT has organized an invited talk titled “Essence of Research in Academe” on 14^th March 2024.

 

Resource person: Dr. Raman Unnikrishnan, Professor, College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA. Around 50 faculty members and research scholars from various departments attended the session.

5.A technical session on Research Methodology was organized on 24-01-2025. The resource person was Dr. R Sridharan, Professor, NIT Calicut. Around 50 faculty members and research scholars from various departments attended the session.

 

 

 

4. Project competitions and exhibitions

 

3. a) Women Hackathon 3.0: FISAT Technology Business Incubator (TBI) and Research & Development (R&D) cell, in collaboration with the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Gov. of India, organized the Women Hackathon 3.0 in August 2023. This event provided a platform for women-led teams to showcase their innovative ideas and an opportunity for incubation with funding. Six teams participated in the event and 4 ideas were shortlisted and recommended to MSME for funding.

 

 

1. b) Rural Innovators Meet (RIM) organized by KSCSTE: Rural Innovators Meet (RIM) is a programme for encouraging and promoting the unorganized rural and grass root innovators engaged in the development of rural technologies.

 

 

 

 

1. c) VSSC World Space Week 2023: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU) & Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) under Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) conducted a one-day workshop on 5^th October 2023 in Trivandrum with the theme “Space and Entrepreneurship”. The workshop offered an opportunity for our students to pitch their ideas in space sector.

 

 

1. d) 7 women faculty & IEDC staff in charge attended the “Women in STEM are vital to Future Development” programme from FISAT organized by Kerala Startup Mission in collaboration with the British High Commission in India, Chevening alumni, and the University of Oxford.

 

 

1. e) KETCON 2024 – APJ AKTU TECHFEST

3 student teams from FISAT have participated and won accolades at the TECHFEST organized by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram and hosted at Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology, Palakkad.

 

 

1. f) AICTE Millets Recipe Unleashing Talent (AMRUT)

AMRUT is a Millet recipe preparation competition for students, serving faculties and supporting staff from approved institutions to and come out with innovative yet traditional recipes. Two teams from FISAT submitted the application for AICTE Millets Recipe Unleashing Talent (AMRUT).

1. g) AICTE VAANI (Vibrant Advocacy for advancement and Nurturing of Indian Languages)

Two faculty attended the webinar on the launch of VAANI scheme. It was decided to apply for the VAANI scheme and we received a funding assistance offer for 2 lakh rupees to organise the seminar.

 

 

 

 IPR Cell – Intellectual Property of FISAT

The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell at FISAT is set up under the R&D Cell with an aim to foster and endorse original ideas, designs or creations by inculcating innovation and creativity among the faculty and students of the institution. FISAT has instituted a variety of schemes and policies designed to bolster and facilitate the filing and publication of patent-worthy concepts.

The IPR Cell at FISAT organises regular awareness programmes and events to familiarise the concept of intellectual property and the need for protecting it through patents and copyrights. IPR Cell extends comprehensive assistance to faculty members and students in the process of patent application/filing and publishing of patentable ideas and also continuously monitors the process until the patent gets granted. Financial support is also allocated exclusively to published patents/intellectual property, under the stipulation that the Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT) is a co-applicant in the application.

Activities of IPR Cell

1. IPR awareness programme: Understanding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): An Asset to Engineers

An IPR awareness programme titled “Understanding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): An Asset to Engineers” was organised by the IPR CELL at FISAT in association with DPIIT-IPR Chair & Inter University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS) at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin.

The programme was conducted on 24th Nov 2023 from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM at Conference Hall (AB 205) of FISAT. The target audience included the students and staff of FISAT. A total of 62 participants attended the sessions.  The sessions emphasized on the role of IPRs in the journey of an engineering graduate.

Resource Persons

Dr. M. Bhasi

Director, IUCIPRS, CUSAT &

Co-Ordinator, DPIIT-IPR Chair

Mr. Muhammed Faris V

Research Assistant

DPIIT-IPR Chair, IUCIPRS, CUSAT

 

2. Workshop on IPR studies: IPR Cell FISAT organized a One-day workshop on “Patents and Copyright Filing Procedures in India” on 18th August 2023. Resource person: Prof. J E Moshe Dayan (Coordinator, PSNA IPR Cell, PSNA CET, Dindigul). He has extensive knowledge and experience in the field of Intellectual Property Rights. 32 faculty members from various departments attended the workshop.

Research Grants

 

Academic Year 2023-2024

Grants offered from Government and Non-Government agencies for research projects, sponsored events during Academic Year 2023-24.

A total of Rs 35,47,898/- has been received/sanctioned for the Academic Year 2023-2024.

Item	Amount
Grants for startups	5,00,000/-
University Research Grants	22,17,238/-
KTU Student Project	93,260/-
Seed Money for Research	6,00,000/-
Grants for Organizing Conference	1,10,000/-
Grants for Organizing Workshops/FDP/Seminar	25,000/-
Grants for IPR Awareness and patent filing	2,400/-
Total	35,47,898/-

 

Grant for Startups:

A startup (Rastelx Technologies Private Ltd) incubated at federal labz FISAT has received a grant of Rs 5,00,000/- from the Ministry of Agriculture and farmers welfare through the Kerala Agriculture University to develop SEVAFARM-a web portal for farmers to get a fair price. Ms. Raji P and Ms. Honey Devassy are the founders of the startup and are Assistant professors in the EIE department.

 

CERD Research Grants

Sl. No.	Name of the Investigator	Project No.	Funding Agency	Title of the project and duration	Amount sanctioned
1	Lakshmi Raj/ Dr. ArunKumar M N	U.O.No.617/2023/KTU U.O.No.3177/2023/KTU	CERD, KTU	Development of novel techniques for automated detection of cervical cancer (3 years)	5,70,702/-
2	Jyotsna E/ Dr. Paul P Mathai	U.O.No.804/2023/KTU	CERD, KTU	Human action recognition using machine learning (3 years)	1,16,667/-
3	Ms. Shanooja M A/ Dr. Anil kumar M N	U.O. No. 617/2023/KTU U.O.No.3177/2023/KTU	CERD, KTU	Development of a novel symmetric algorithm specific to selected prime fields  (3 years)	9,60,000/-
4	Mr. Ajith S Panackal/ Dr. Anil kumar M N	U.O.No.617/2023/KTU U.O.No.3177/2023/KTU	CERD, KTU	Analysis of Cryptographic Algorithms (3 years)	5,69,869/-
Total					22,17,238/-

 

KTU Student Project

A total of Rs 93,260/- has been sanctioned.

Sl. No	Name of PI	Title of Project	Department	Amount Sanctioned
1	Dr. Harish T M, Assistant Professor	Methodological analysis into the mechanical and microstructural attributes of functionally graded Inconel 825-SS 304 L manufactured using wire arc additive manufacturing	Mechanical Engineering	35,000/-
2	Mr. Pankaj Kumar G, Assistant Professor	Efficient Image-to-Text Conversion for Railway and Disaster Management using LoRaWAN and Asus Prime X570	Computer Science and Engineering	31,000/-
3	Ms. Dhanya S, Assistant Professor	Autonomous Search and Rescue Rover	Electronics and Communication Engineering	27,260/-
Total				93,260/-

 

Seed Money for Research- Supported by FISAT

A total of 6 lakh rupees were granted to 12 principal investigators across 6 departments of FISAT. A list of Selected Projects in 2023-24 is given below.

Sl.  No	Name of Applicant	Title of Project	Sanctioned amount
1	Ms. Panjami K Asst. Professor, Civil Engineering Dept.	Study of Seismic Wave Propagation on underground cavities through Model Studies – A Step towards developing Low-cost Detection Tool	Rs. 70,000/-
2	Dr. Harish T M Asst. Professor (Spl. Grade), Mechanical Engineering Dept.	Advanced Superalloy based Functionally Graded Materials development for critical applications through Metal Additive Manufacturing: Fabrication and Analysis	Rs. 70,000/-
3	Dr. Sona Narayanan Asst. Professor (Spl. Grade), Science and Humanities Dept.	Development of cellulose nanocomposites for bone tissue engineering	Rs. 65,000/-
4	Ms. Ambili A R Asst. Professor (Sr. Grade),  Electronics and Communication Engineering Dept.	SIGN-LIPDETECTRON	Rs. 60,000/-
5	Dr. Keerthi G. Nair Asst. Professor, Science and Humanities Dept.	Bimetallic nanoparticles embedded Carbon nanostructures-based room temperature Hydrogen gas sensors	Rs. 60,000/-
6	Mr. Noble G Asst. Professor (Spl. Grade),  Electronics and Communication Engineering Dept.	Development of hardware architectures for Artificial Intelligence (AI)	Rs. 60,000/-
7	Ms. Anisha Joseph Asst. Professor (Spl. Grade), Science and Humanities Dept.	A Study on SnO2, PANI/ SnO2 Nanocomposites and Thin Films on Acetone and LPG Sensing	Rs. 50,000/-
8	Ms. Vidya T P Asst. Professor (Spl. Grade), Science and Humanities Dept.	Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles and their characterization	Rs. 50,000/-
9	Ms. Raji P Asst. Professor (Spl. Grade), Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering Dept.	Wearable tracking device for kids	Rs. 50,000/-
10	Dr. Abi P Mathew Professor, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering Dept.	Less Water Urinal	Rs. 25,000/-
11	Lt. Dr. Prasad J C Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Dept.	A Decentralized Approach to Certificate Management: Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Enhance Security and Transparency	Rs. 25,000/-
12	Dr. Anish Mathew K Asst. Professor (Sr. Grade), Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering Dept.	Generation of electricity from solid waste material	Rs. 15,000/-
		Total	Rs. 6,00,000/-
		Six lakh Rupees only

 

Grants Received to organise Events

A total of Rs 1,37,400/- has been sanctioned for the Academic year 2023-2024.

Item	Department	Agency	Amount
SPECon-2024: Second International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power and Renewable Energy on April 2 – 4, 2024	EEE	KSCSTE	50,000/-
		KTU	60,000/-
3-day National Seminar	CE	KSCSTE	25,000/-
KAPILA: Kalam Program for IP Literacy and Awareness	IPR Cell	MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC)	2,400/-
		Total	1,37,400/-

 

 

 

 Academic Year 2024-2025

Grants offered from Government and Non-Government agencies for research projects, and sponsored events during Academic Year 2024-25.

A total of Rs 15,01,000/- has been received/sanctioned for the Academic Year 2024-2025.

 

Item	Amount
Grants for startups	6,00,000/-
Research Seed Money	1,71,000/-
KTU Student Project	–
Other Student Projects	–
Grants for Organizing Workshops/FDP/Seminar	5,50,000/-
Grant for Organizing Conference	1,60,000/-
Grants for IPR Awareness and patent filing	20,000/-
Total	15,01,000/-

 

Woman Productization Grant:

A startup (Rastelx Technologies Private Ltd) incubated at federal labz FISAT has received a productization grant of Rs 6,00,000/- from Kerala Startup mission to develop COMPANION- a mobile app for kids and elderly people. Ms. Raji P and Ms. Honey Devassy are the founders of the startup and are Assistant professors in the EIE department.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSM Research Seed Money 2024

A total of Rs 1,71,000/- has been sanctioned.

Sl. No	Name of PI	Title of Project	Department	Amount Sanctioned
1	Dr. Keerthi G. Nair, Assistant Professor	Carbon nanofibers-based Room temperature Hydrogen gas sensors	Science and Humanities	88,500
2	Mr. Noble G, Assistant Professor	Configurable RISC-V based Neural Network Accelerator Design for High-Performance AI applications.	Electronics and Communication Engineering	82,500
Total				1,71,000/-

 

Grants Received to organise Events

Item	Department	Agency	Amount
3 Day Seminar on Green Energy and Sustainability: Combating Global Warming from 20/11/2024 to 22/11/2024	R&D Cell	AICTE-VAANI (Vibrant Advocacy for Advancement and Nurturing of Indian Languages) scheme	2,00,000/-
Emerging Trends and Innovations in Additive Manufacturing from 20/01/2025 to 25/01/2025	ME	AICTE Funded ATAL FDP	3,50,000/-
SECON 24	CE	KTU-CERD Grant for Organizing Conference	60,000/-
ICAEMS 2024	Science and Humanities	ANRF (DST- SERB) Grant for Organizing Conference	1,00,000/-
Innovate and Insulate: Workshop on IPR	IPR Cell	KSCSTE-IPRICK Kerala	20,000/-
KAPILA: Kalam Program for IP Literacy and Awareness	IPR Cell	MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC)
		Total	7,30,000/-