Dare To Dream 4.0

James Bhaskaradas

• Challenge Area- Detection & Classification of Low Probability of Intercept Radar Signals for Electronic Support Systems 

• Technology Name- Intercept receiver for ES 

• Citation- The proposed technology is a intercept receiver designed on a software defined radio platform with the capability to sweep a broad band of frequencies with ideal instantaneous bandwidth of around 500/1000 MHz. 

Arunachalam N

• Challenge Area- Underwater MEMS Acoustic Vector Sensor 

• Technology Name- Diamond based MEMS acoustic vector sensor 

• Citation- Our innovation is to provide a compressive-type piezoelectric accelerometer by utilizing the high acoustic velocity materials such as diamond (base) and AlN (piezoelectric) as axial vector sensor for sustained performance.

Prasenjit Ghose

• Challenge Area- Artificial Intelligence based detection of a person based on physiological parameters 

• Technology Name- HIMAT - Human Identification Model Artificially Trained 

• Citation- Our country faces many disturbances, both in the form of external aggression like war and terrorist attacks. Such attacks pose serious threats to our national security.It becomes a gruelling task to identify the infiltrators and offenders like sleeper cells and smugglers disguised as someone else.

Himanshu Buckchash

• Challenge Area- Artificial Intelligence based detection of a person based on physiological parameters 

• Technology Name- mPLIT - Multiveiw Person Localization, Identification and Tracking 

• Citation- The proposed technology provides prognostics tools for predicting health conditions of aero-engines. The prognostics technique utilizes vibration signal processing and machine learning techniques for constructing health indicators to track engine faults and calculating their remaining useful life. 

Akhand Rai

• Challenge Area- Data Driven Health Monitoring and Early Warning Diagnostic Tools for Aero Gas Turbine Engines 

• Technology Name- Performance degradation assessment and Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Prognostics of Aero-engine Bearings. 

• Citation- The proposed technology provides prognostics tools for predicting health conditions of aero-engines. The prognostics technique utilizes vibration signal processing and machine learning techniques for constructing health indicators to track engine faults and calculating their remaining useful life. 

Arjun Chauhan

• Challenge Area- Open Category: Exploring the Unthinkable and Unimaginable 

• Technology Name- Armed Personnel Tracking in GPS Denied Environment 

• Citation- We have developed a device, called “IKHNAIE”, based on wearable technology for Tri-Services and CAPF which can be integrated with pre-existing systems so as to track troops on the ground at all times, even in GPS-denied areas while sending data to the ground station. 

Akshay Vivek Joshi

• Challenge Area- Open Category: Exploring unthinkable and unimaginable 

• Technology Name- Speed Loader for INSAS Magazines 

• Citation- The present invention relates to a magazine loader to be used for loading the bullets into the magazine of small arms such as INSAS rifle with least possible time (20 rounds in 6sec) and human efforts and which can work normally under rough and varied conditions.

Rahul Singh

• Challenge Area- Eco-friendly Explosive Waste Management 

• Technology Name- Bio-Degradation of Trinitrotoluene Contaminated Soil/Groundwater using White Rot-Fungi and Wheat Straw Powder 

• Citation- Proposed  an improved composition of bio-formulation comprising of White Rot-Fungi (WRF) and Wheat Straw Powder (WSP) in the presence of sodium bicarbonate, as a carrier, for the mineralization of TNT and other explosives from the contaminated soil and groundwater using in-situ looping injection technique.

Poornakantha Handral

• Challenge Area- Development of Neuromorphic Vision Sensors (Design,Fabrication of Sensors and Image Reconstruction Algorithms) 

• Technology Name- eCLOUD 

• Citation- We develop a novel solution using bio-inspired neuromorphic cameras and smart algorithms in computational geometry. Our technology breaks the shackles of frame-based imaging in high-speed experimental mechanics. 

Sudipta Sarkar

• Challenge Area- Eco-friendly Explosive Waste Management 

• Technology Name- Hybrid Anaerobic Reactor and Microbial Fuel Cell for Enhanced Biodegradation and Energy Harvesting from Wastewater containing TNT (HAnMFC) 

• Citation- 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)-bearing wastewater is difficult to degrade. We conceptualize a novel two-stage process consisting of an anaerobic process followed by a microbial fuel cell (MFC). Product water shall contain only nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus while the MFC shall generate energy. 

Pitambar Panda

• Challenge Area- Open Category 

• Technology Name- EXNOS WIND TURBINE 

• Citation- EXNOS is the most Efficient Design of Vertical Axis Wind 

Omkar Dilip Shirodkar

• Challenge Area- Low powered Tethered UAV 

• Technology Name- Tether Heavy Lift UAV Drone 

• Citation- Developed “Tether UAV drone” which gives full 24-hour surveillance in a day at 200-meter from ground. Instead of using large battery in drone, we have developed tether cable which supplies electric power from ground station to flying drone. It covers 8km diameter area for surveillance with HD day light & infrared night vision camera. It will use for security and surveillance, search and rescue operations. 

Dr Sirisha Daggubati

• Challenge Area- Data Driven Health Monitoring and Early Warning Diagnostic Tools for Aero Gas Turbine Engines 

• Technology Name- ANoise Invariant Multivariate Time series Classification for Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine Health Monitoring 

• Citation- The aim of project is to design an intelligent health monitoring system for aircraft gas turbine engine using supervised machine learning approach. Monitoring 
  health of engine is formulated as a real time multi variate time series classification problem, and a supervised learning model is built using historical flight 
  data and simulated data.

Himanshu Rai Sharma

• Challenge Area- LOW POWERED TETHERED UAV 

• Technology Name- PATANG 

• Citation- PATANG is a kite-shaped Tethered UAV. It is a concept design inspired by the Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter with a levelled rotor placement inspired from 3-D Chess. PATANG's purpose is to provide aid in surveillance of government buildings and border area. 

Gurpreet Singh

• Challenge Area- Data Driven Health Monitoring and Early Warning Diagnostic Tools for Aero Gas Turbine Engines 

• Technology Name- Engine control modules for gas-turbines for testing and optimization 

• Citation- One of the biggest challenges in running a successful gas turbine is to mitigate combustion instabilities while ensuring optimum performance throughout lean combustion. The developed engine control module can mitigate high amplitude pressure oscillations by offering real-time prediction methods based on the development of statio- wise stability index to monitor the dynamics of the aero-engine. 

Anirban Roy

• Challenge Area- Materials and Technologies for Fire Suppression/Protection 

• Technology Name- An automatic and environment-friendly aerosol-based fire suppression system for use in defence establishments 

• Citation- A smart and environment-friendly aerosol-based fire detection and suppression system has been developed. The outbreak of fire is sensed by monitoring the temperature of a given space using a temperature sensor. When temperature crosses a predefined threshold, an electronic circuit activates an alarm and aerosol-based fire suppressant is released from a metallic canister, leading to extinguishment of the fire.

Mainak Basu

• Challenge Area- Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor Interrogator 

• Technology Name- AI assisted Passive Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor Interrogator 

• Citation- The technology enables a cost effective yet logistically viable distributed fiber optic sensor interrogator that is assisted via an Artificial Intelligence. The system has use in high cost and high maintenance platforms like aircrafts and ships to extend their operational lifespan and reduce maintenance cost. 

Pravin N

• Challenge Area- Materials & Technologies for Fire Suppression/ Protection 

• Technology Name- Flame retardant nanoparticles coated Natural fibre Reinforced Biobased epoxy resin composite 

• Citation- Developed a Flame retardant Composite by using Natural resources. For flame retardant property, coated nanoparticles obtained from natural resources, thus making the flame retardant composite bio compatible and biodegradable.

V Sai Deepthi

• Challenge Area- Detection & Classification of Low Probability of Intercept Radar Signals for Electronic Support Systems 

• Technology Name- LPI Algorithms for FPGA based ELINT Sub-System 

• Citation- Develop PRI De-Interleaving Algorithms to tackle LPI PRI patterns and attack the RF LPI waveforms. It is comprehensive and self-contained system handled in real-time.  

Venugopal Santhanam

• Challenge Area- Detection & classification of low probability of intercept radar signals for electronic support systems 

• Technology Name- Choi Williams Distribution Processor FPGA Implementation for analysis of LPI radars 

• Citation- Inspiration: self-reliant India & a super power 

Dr. J. Jayaseelan

• Challenge Area- Development of robotic arm for scooping / machining of cured solid propellant (Shore 'A' hardness≥ 70)Robotic  

• Technology Name- Propellant Machining System with 6 Degree of Freedom (DOF) 

• Citation- The technology development for machining intricate special profiles on cured solid propellant cast inside rocket motors is a challenging task for which ARI has expertise. This technology, developed by Dr. J. Jayaseelan, Dr. K.R.Vijayakumar and Mr. S. Karthikeyan covers design, development and testing of Machining System integrated with Robotic telescopic arm to achieve 6 DOF. The Scooping cutter geometry and material, specially designed with vacuum chip removal ducting will ensure safe mac 

Dr. Shivani Verma

• Challenge Area- Artificial Intelligence based detection of a person based on Physiological parameters. 

• Technology Name- AI based detection of a person based on physiological parameters 

• Citation- The proposed design would be an Intelligent person detection& Identification system, with high level of confidence and low false alarm rate, in all adversities such as occluded, obscured, low light condition, artificial distortion of movement/postures etc. The inspiration is to help the Armed and paramilitary forces for identification of anti-social elements and terrorists even in disguise or in dim light. 

Bioscan Research

• Challenge Area- Open Category: Exploring the Unthinkable and Unimaginable 

• Technology Name- CEREBO - Fast, portable and non-invasive brain hemorrhage detector 

• Citation- CEREBO®'s novel application of near-infrared spectroscopy makes it possible to detect intracranial hemorrhages non-invasively. The machine learning algorithm eliminates the need of manual calibration and expert data interpretation. This will impact more than 50 million people across the world. 

UptimeAI Tech. Pvt. Ltd.

• Challenge Area- Data Driven Health Monitoring and Early Warning Diagnostic Tools for Aero Gas Turbine Engines
• Technology Name- Hawk -AI enabled Intelligent Warning System
• Citation- "AI based virtual expert" to increase manufacturing profits

Vashishtha Research Private Limited

• Challenge Area- Development of robotic arm for scooping /machining of cured solid propellant (Shore 'A' hardness>=70) 

• Technology Name- Propellant Machining Robot 

• Citation- Robot used for machining conical slots in solid propellant 

Bellatrix Aerospace Pvt Ltd

• Challenge Area- Open Category: Exploring the Unthinkable and Unimaginable 

• Technology Name- Air Breathing Electric Propulsion for Very Low Earth Orbit Surveillance Satellites 

• Citation- Today, most satellites operate at altitudes >400km and achieve sub-meter resolution. Surveillance from VLEO orbits will improve resolution and reduce cost and mass/volume. Bellatrix is developing next generation electric propulsion technologies that allow satellites to operate at these altitudes. 

Sagar Defence Engg Pvt Ltd

• Challenge Area- Low Power Tethered UAV  

• Technology Name- Apaar drshti vaayu-yaan 

• Citation- अपार दृष्टि वायु-यान (Apaar drshti vaayu-yaan)is an indigenously developed unmanned aerial system embedded with on board redundant accelerometers, gyro, magnetometers, navigational sensors, FHD resolution camera for unlimited surveillance using the power from ground with minimum transmission losses. 

Yaakhai Healthcare Pvt Ltd

• Challenge Area- Underwater MEMS Acoustic Vector Sensor 

• Technology Name- A Piezoelectric Underwater Acoustic Vector Sensor 

• Citation- The proposed idea is to enhance the sensitivity and performance of the underwater acoustic vector sensor at a low-frequency range. Our MEMS sensor possesses low power consumption with low cost with simple integration into the systems. Small-Sized underwater autonomous vehicles inspired us to develop these battery-less detection sensors. 

ModeliCon InfoTech LLP

• Challenge Area- Data Driven Health Monitoring and Early Warning Diagnostic Tools for Aero Gas Turbine Engines 

• Technology Name- VIGnAN- A robust tool for Diagnostics and Prognostics of Aero Gas Turbines  

• Citation- We have proposed a robust and novel engine lifing tool: VIGnAN (Versatile aIrcraft engine lifing using Generative Adversarial Networks). Complete engine failure history is sparse as regular preventive maintenance is undertaken before the final failure of any component or the engine. This makes the task of failure prediction a challenge even with data-based techniques. VIGnAN overcomes this crucial gap by employing a state-of-the art artificial intelligence technique called Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN).

Chistats Labs Pvt Ltd

• Challenge Area- Data Driven Health Monitoring and Early Warning Diagnostic Tools for Aero Gas Turbine Engines 

• Technology Name- TENET 

• Citation- ‘Predictive Maintenance’ using data analytics has become one of the important strategies in aero gas turbine today for maximization of Operational Efficiency of the asset. 
  Chistats presents a comprehensive solution for a fault prediction engine for the aero gas turbine on near real-time basis that is based on the use of standard and stable open-source tools. These tools will specifically help to integrate with data streams from various sensors using Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to create a dependable and reliable Predictive Engine.

Lightmotif Automation Sensors and Systems Pvt Ltd

• Challenge Area- Detection & classification of low probability of intercept radar signals for electronic support systems. 

• Technology Name- Photonic microwave receiver 

• Citation- Photonic microwave receiver with a 1-20GHz RF coverage and 1GHz instantaneous bandwidth is developed. It includes compressive sensing and machine learning for efficient and high-speed signal processing. In the environment of rapidly emerging electronic threats, we are engineering photonics to enhance performance of modern EW systems so they can monitor wide electronic spectrum to detect, analyze, and mitigate new threats 

Securefire Safety Industries Private Limited

• Challenge Area- Materials & Technologies for fire suppression/protection 

• Technology Name- Thermal Insulation & Fire Protecting Materials and Process of Their Development 

• Citation- TiFi (fire-proof/fire retardant material) is available in fiber, gel and composite forms for fire-proofing accommodation, tents, ammunition storage, extreme weather personal clothing, furnishings and office furniture, fire suits and insulation for high performance engines. The material has thermal tolerance including insulating characteristics from sub-zero to 1000°C. Inspired by a desire to reduce loss of life/property due to fire accidents. 

Adpix Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

• Challenge Area- Artificial Intelligence based detection of a person based on physiological parameters. 

• Technology Name- Project Garuda 

• Citation- The prototype analyses other physiological features like gait, height, built, Iris and ear lobe to recognize people in most public spaces. 

Mirai-Drone Pvt Ltd

• Challenge Area- Low Power Tethered UAV  

• Technology Name- MD-T100 

• Citation- MD-T100 is a Tethered Multirotor UAV system capable of Carrying 2 kgs of payload to 100m height and fly for 8-10 hours continuously. Our aim to make this system a useful tool for Border surveillance, Communication relay and Disaster relief work. 

CYRAN AI Solutions

• Challenge Area- Development of Neuromorphic Vision Sensors 

• Technology Name- CYRAN Comprehensive Neuromorphic Sensing & Processing Suite 

• Citation- Energy efficient neuromorphic sensing and processing capabilities that are bio-inspired.

Log 9 Materials Scientific Private Limited

• Challenge Area- Materials & Technologies for Fire Suppression/ Protection 

• Technology Name- Novel and Efficient Aluminium Crosslinked Graphene Oxide for Fire Protection in Defence Applications 

• Citation- To solve the challenges of conventional fire-retardant materials and to reduce the fire-related casualties especially in the defence sector, Log9 has developed an efficient flame-retardant nanomaterial i.e., Aluminium-crosslinked Graphene Oxide, which resists combustion in ambient air by formation of char.  

Greyeast Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

• Challenge Area- Eco-friendly Explosive Waste Management 

• Technology Name- EffluePureX: A bioremediation solution to treat explosive wastes 

• Citation- EffluePureX is a specially designed bio culture to tackle difficult to degrade explosive waste generated in explosive waste manufacturing. EffluePureX consists of diversity of organisms catalyzed by proprietary enzyme formulation. Everyday in India, 76000 Million litres of effluent is discharged which if reused can solve problem of domestic water supply and improve farm yields. Our aim is to impact this situation in a most sustainable way we can thereby empowering industries to achieve a circular economy. 

Frshr Technologies Pvt Ltd

• Challenge Area- Artificial Intelligence based detection of a person based on physiological parameters. 

• Technology Name- AIRecognize - AI Powered Gait & Audio Recognition for Person Identification 

• Citation- AIRecognize - AI Powered Gait & Audio Recognition 

Aerostrovilos Energy Pvt Ltd

• Challenge Area- Data Driven Health Monitoring and Early Warning Diagnostic Tools for Aero Gas Turbine Engines 

• Technology Name- AI ML system for Gas Turbine monitoring 

• Citation- High fidelity AIML system based on Signed Digraphs method

AI Drone Private Limited

• Challenge Area- Detection & classification of low probability of intercept radar signals for electronic support systems 

• Technology Name- AI based SDR for LPI Radar Detection & Classification 

• Citation- AI based SDR for LPI Radar Detection & Classification 

AiDrone Private Limited

• Detection & classification of low probability of intercept radar signals for electronic support systems
• AI based SDR for LPI Radar Detection & Classification
• AI based SDR for LPI Radar Detection & Classification
• Detection & classification of low probability of intercept radar signals for electronic support systems
• AI based SDR for LPI Radar Detection & Classification
• AI based SDR for LPI Radar Detection & Classification

Sourabh Chatterjee

Development of a Hexapod robot for Non-destructive testing of Aerospace Structures and panels such as launch vehicles and aircrafts. Prototype developed with downward facing camera instead of NDT (Non Destructive Testing) sensor. Proposed an adhesion mechanism for wall climbing (suction cup, vacuum cup) and the same is under development. In house electronics for legs and suction cups. Localization of April tags on robots using image from multiple cameras. NDT thermography equipment under development.

Inkers Technology Pvt. Ltd

Designed, developed 3D real time reconstruction of targeted landscape using low cost sacrifice-able drones. Real time execution of algorithms is done in UAV not in ground station. Real time reconstruction and transmission in swarms missions. Low cost hardware.