Bibhuti Ranjan Bhattacharjya

L. A. Meetei, B. R. Bhattacharjya and C. Wong. 2021. Beyond the Ivory Tower: Can Technical University play an important role in the Periphery region? 17th ASIALICS – the 3rd SEAC-STIPM Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, November 3-5, 2021.

B. R. Bhattacharjya, S. Bhaduri, S. K. Kakoty. The making of a frugal innovation ecosystem: A case from North-east India, R&D Management Conference 2021, organized by the University of Strathclyde Glasgow, July 07-08, 2021.

B.R. Bhattacharjya, S.K. Kakoty. The determining factors of the frugal innovation process: The case of design and development of Improvised Pedal-Operated Chaak, Fore International Conference on Frugal Approach to Innovation, organized by Fore School of Management, New Delhi, December 13-14, 2019.

B.R. Bhattacharjya, S.K. Kakoty. Presenting an iterative innovation framework perceived for resource-constrained society, IEEE TEMS International Symposium on innovation and Entrepreneurship (ISIE), 24-26 October, 2019, Hangzhou, China.

B. R. Bhattacharjya and S. K. Kakoty, Innovating demand-driven technology for rural mechanization, All India Seminar on Rural Industrialization through Innovative Process Mechanization, The Institution of Engineers (India), Assam State Centre held on 08-09 June 2019.

B. R. Bhattacharjya and S. K. Kakoty, Towards an iterative technology innovation and management framework for resource-constrained society, 28^th International Conference for Management of Technology, 7 -11 April, 2019, Mumbai

B. R. Bhattacharjya and S. K. Kakoty, Fostering Sustainable Development Through Frugal Engineering Knowledge in the context of Pottery Sector of Assam, International Conference on Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development, 7 – 8 November, 2017, organized by Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa at Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, the Netherlands.

P. K. Sarkar, B. R. Bhattacharjya, N. Kalita, S. K. Kakoty, P. Mahanta, A comparative study of biomass dryers developed in India for drying agricultural products, National seminar on Make in India and Rural North East: The Challenges, February 25-26, 2016

B. R. Bhattacharjya and S. K. Kakoty, Technology intervention in supari business for economic upliftment of rural women, at International Conference on Science and Innovative Engineering 2015, Jawahar Engineering college, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 2015

TOPIC	START DATE	FIELD	DESCRIPTION	FINANCIAL OUTLAY	FUNDING AGENCY	OTHER OFFICERS
Craft Resource Centre	01 Apr 2025	Handicraft		1.6 Cr	Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), India	Smriti Saraswat (PI); Inderdeep Singh, Usha Lenka
Developing a roadmap for Handloom Industry of Tripura	05 Jun 2023	Design		4,99,000	NABARD	Prof. Smriti Saraswat (Co-PI)
Transdisciplinary Knowledge Translation for Social Transformation	10 Apr 2025	Design		$28,824 CAD	Universities Canada (UnivCan), QES 2025, Queen’s University, Canada	Qingguo Li
Development of a roadmap for Rejuvenating the Handloom sector of Assam	31 May 2025	Design		13,08,000/-	NABARD, Assam, India	Prof Smriti Saraswat
Empowering women through Appropriate technology intervention in weaving sector	01 Dec 2021	Technology transfer	Technology transfer and training to weavers	INR 37,29,756	Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi	Prof. Sashindra Kumar Kakoty, IIT Guwahati (PI); Dr. Bhaskra Bhowmick, IIT Kharagpur (Co-PI)
Design and development of Coffee Harvesting Machine	15 Mar 2023	Product design	To design and develop a Coffee Harvesting Machine for the Indian farmers	INR 24,73,800	Central Coffee Research Institute	Prof. Inderdeep Singh (CO-PI)
Frugal Innovation Ecosystems for Healthcare Technologies in India	15 Mar 2023	Frugal Innovation Ecosystem Studies		59,69,219	National S&T Management Information System, DST, Govt. of India	Prof Saradindu Bhaduri, JNU, New Delhi (PI); Dr Anup Kumar Das, JNU, New Delhi; Dr Abhay Kumar, NCERT
Developing a roadmap to rejuvenate the Handicraft of Tripura	15 Jan 2024	Handicraft rejuvenation	To prepare a roadmap for the Handicraft sector of Tripura	4,99,200/-	NABARD	Prof. Smriti Saraswat (Co-PI)
Ergonomic Assessment and workstation Design for the lndian Brass Metal Handicraft Artisans	31 May 2024	Ergonomic Design Intervention		20 Lacs	SRIC, IIT Roorkee
Workshop for One District One Product	15 Apr 2024	Jaggery Products		14,10,336/-	Invest India	Prof. Inderdeep Singh
Drudgery reduction and Income enhancement of the Handloom weavers through technology intervention in Tripura	01 Jul 2024	Technology intervention in the Handloom sector		75,27,634/-	DST, Govt of India	Prof. Inderdeep Singh; Prof. Vinay sharma; Prof. Rajat Agrawal; Dr. Mamoni Kalita; Dr Sujoy Hazari
Design and development of a solar-powered pottery Chaak	01 Oct 2021	Product design	Design and development of solar powered Pottery Chaak	INR 3,28,915	Assam Science Technology and Environment Council, Govt. of Assam	Prof. Sashindra Kumar Kakoty, IIT Guwahati (PI)
Drudgery reduction of tribal women through S&T intervention in betel nut cutting tool	01 Apr 2020	Product design	Design and development of Improvised Betel Nut cutter	INR 19,80,000	Science for Equity Empowerment and Development Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India	Prof. Sashindra Kumar Kakoty, IIT Guwahati (PI)