Research & Development Cell (R&D)

Academic research projects by staff and students are supported and coordinated by the Research and Development Cell of the UPL University of Sustainable Technology. It coordinates the university’s research and innovation-related activities. Supports are provided to Faculty members and Students to do research and consultancy projects through the R&D Cell.

R&D Cell Committee

1. Prof (Dr.) Shrikant J Wagh, Provost
2. Prof (Dr.) Alok Gautam , Dean R&D
3. Dr. Sourav Choubey, R&D Coordinator

Sponsored Research Projects:
Sr. No Name of Project Sponsored by
1 Managing E-Waste Through Pyrolysis Institution of Engineers India
2 Production of fuel grade products from waste plastic through pyrolysis Institution of Engineers India
3 Thermal catalytic degradation of e-waste for fuel oil production Gujarat Environment Management Institute
4 Inventorization of bio-medical waste from Health Care Facilities of Bharuch district Gujarat Environment Management Institute
5 Liquid-liquid extraction of glycerol from Jatropha biodiesel using synthesized deep eutectic solvents Institution of Engineers India
6 Thermal catalytic degradation of e-waste for fuel-oil production Gujarat Environment and Management Institute
7 Design, development and experimental analysis of combind focus solar collector for 1kW power generation Gujcost
8 Utilization of Sludge from Common Effluent Treatment Plant for Extraction of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
Patent Filed:
SR. No. Title Granted / Published Name of the Faculty involved
1 Process for recovery of Silver Chloride and Mercury Sulphide Nanoparticles from Chemical Oxygen demand test Waste Water Granted Alok Gautam & Shina Gautam
2 Design to Router Granted Rupali Pravin Attarde
3 Robotic Hand Granted Uddyalok Chakraborty, Nidhi Parmar
4 Process for the treatment of paint sludge Granted Nilesh Badgujar
5 Ground manoeuvrable plastic litter, suction and separation device Granted Urvij Dave
6 Automated chemical reaction,analysis chamber Granted Omprakash Kishanrao Mahadwad
7 Process for conversion of silver chloride from chemical oxygen demand test wastewater into silver sulphate Granted Alok Gautam & Shina Gautam
8 A process for extraction of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from Secondary Treatment Wastewater Sludge Granted Alok Gautam & Shina Gautam
9 Device to Monitor and Alert Heart Attack Granted Anuja Gunale
10 Agricultural Drone for Weed Detection and Control Granted Anuja Gunale
11 AI-Powered Magnetic Stirrer with Hot Plate Granted Anuja Gunale
12 Smart Pill Dispensing System Granted Anuja Gunale and Miti Desai
13 Design and develop Neon Materials for Covid 19 Published Swapna P. Panda
14 Cement Free paper Block and Process Thereof Published Pratibha Gautam and Darshan Salunke