Research at SNU Chennai
Shiv Nadar University Chennai places special emphasis on cutting edge research and encourages its faculty and students to involve in research-oriented activities. It provides state-of-the-art infrastructure and access to existing research. Apart from this, it promotes collaboration with funding agencies and other institutions and industry for research. STIRS is a unique programme that instils a research aptitude and nurtures a research orientation among the undergraduate students even in their first year at the university.
Areas of Research
Computer Science & Engineering
Civil Engineering
The key areas of research under the School of Science & Humanities, are listed below:
Economics
Physics
Mathematics
English
The key areas of research under the School of Commerce and Management are listed below:
List of Supervisors
| Sl No | Name of Faculty | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. S. K. Bhattacharyya | Vice Chancellor, SNU Chennai |
| 2 | Dr. Nagarajan T | Professor and Head CSE |
| 3 | Dr. Chandrakala S | (Professor, CSE) |
| 4 | Dr. Jiji. C.V | (Professor, CSE) |
| 5 | Dr. Santhi Natarajan | Associate Professor, CSE |
| 6 | Dr. Sundharakumar K. B | Assistant Professor, CSE |
| 7 | Dr. Vidhusha S | (Assistant Professor, CSE) |
| 8 | Dr. Surya K | (Assistant Professor, CSE) |
| 9 | Dr. M. Amsaprabhaa | (Assistant Professor, CSE) |
| 10 | Dr. S. Veeramani | (Assistant Professor, CSE) |
| 11 | Dr. Anushiya Rachel G | (Assistant Professor, CSE) |
| 12 | Dr. Vegesna S M Srinivasavarma | (Assistant Professor, CSE) |
| 13 | Dr. Sathyanarayanan Srinivasan | (Assistant Professor, CSE) |
| 14 | Dr. Rohit Kumar | (Assistant Professor, CSE) |
The faculty at SNU Chennai were able to garner project funding worth over Two Crore Rupees in its initial year of inception. The details of the projects are listed below
- Under the National Language Translation Mission, a project titled "Speech Technologies in Indian Languages" has received administrative approval from the "Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology" with total project outlay of INR 50 Crores, for which IIT Madras is the consortium leader. In this, Dr T Nagarajan, SNU Chennai (as a consortium member) will be implementing a module with the title "Prosody Modelling", for which the funding allotted is INR 1 Crore.
- Dr. T. Nagarajan received a project worth INR 50 Lakhs for his research on “Stand alone Domain Specific Speech to Speech Translator for English and Indian Languages”.
- DST-SERB sanctioned a research project titled ‘Fabrication of periodically poled structures using pure and rare earth doped KTP and RTP single crystals by flux grown method for nonlinear optical applications’ worth Rs. 36 Lakhs for three years. Dr. N.P Rajesh is the principal investigator.
- A DIR, BRNS project titled ‘Development of real-time fibre coupled luminescent dosimetry system for radiation detection applications’ for Rs 20,47,650 /- has been sanctioned in June 2022 with Dr N.P Rajesh, Dept of Physics, SNU Chennai as PI and Dr Prita Nair as the Co-PI.
The SNU Chennai faculty have got recognition for their academic leadership and rigour from various bodies and organisations. Some such notable external recognitions are listed below:
- Vice Chancellor of SNU Chennai. Prof SK Bhattacharyya has been recently elected as the Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) 2021. The National Academy of Sciences, India was founded in 1930, with the objectives to provide a national forum for the publication of research work carried out by Indian scientists and to provide opportunities for exchange of views among them. The Academy now has 1820 Members and 1856 Fellows from all parts of the country; including 17 Honorary Fellows and 106 Foreign Fellows from various disciplines of Science and Technology. The Academy is also recognized as the Professional Body of the DST and SIRO of the DSIR, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.
- Dr Prita Nair has been nominated as Governing Council Member of the Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS) for a period of 3 years. ISSS is a Professional Society that helps to keep pace with the advances being made and gives impetus to the emerging Smart technology in India. The basic aim of this Society is to foster dedicated research among Indian scientists in this vital, state-of-the-art/cutting edge technology. This Society has access to infrastructure and scientific support of all DRDO, CSIR, DAE, DOS Laboratories, and Academic Institutions in various cities of the country.
School of Engineering
School of Commerce
School of Sciences & Humanities
Economics
Mathematics
English
Physics
- Centre for NanoScience & Engineering, IISc Bangalore.
- InFab Technologies , Bangalore.
- Speech Lab, IIT Madras
- Speech Lab, IIT Kharagpur
- Centre for Speech and Language Technology (SPEECH).
- Centre for High Performance Accelerated Computing.
- Centre for Radiation Environmental Science and Technology (CREST)
Stimuli for Technological Innovation & Research for Students (STIRS)
- Special scholarship scheme through which Shiv Nadar University Chennai funds student projects from the first-year of study.
- Students can apply for internal-funded projects by submitting a proposal and taking a faculty member as supervisor.
- Short-listed projects will be funded up to Rs. 30,000/- to carry out their ideas.
- Come up with an idea, experiment with it, make it a product, and patent
- SERB School on Single Crystals of Functional Materials and their Applications - Click here for more info
- International Conference on South Asian perspectives of the teaching of English language and literature - Click here for more info