Title | Knowhow is available for | Scientific/ engineering subject areas | Industries | Whether patents are part of this offering ? |
New Reverse Enteric Polymer (NREP)/Taste masking in drugs |
A polymer that can be used in drug formulations for taste masking and custom release purposes. |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
Gel-O-Fuel |
Polymer based gels,that can absorb organic liquids and fuels |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Polymers, Plastics, Elastomers, Fibers, Adhesives, Paints, Specialty Polymers, Natural Polymers, Fibers and Leather |
Yes |
Value added chemicals from Cashew Nut Shell Liquid(CNSL) |
Specialty monomers and polymers from CNSL that have wide ranging industrial and consumer applications |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Polymers, Plastics, Elastomers, Fibers, Adhesives, Paints, Specialty Polymers, Natural Polymers, Fibers and Leather |
Yes |
Titanium Dioxide nanoneedles |
A simple one step process for producing pure rutile titanium dioxide nanoneedles at room temperature with high aspect ratio and high morphology control with potential applications in paints, coating, as photo catalysts, etc |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Electronics, Photonics, Magnetics |
Yes |
Ballast Water Treatment |
A mechanical process (based on hydrodynamic cavitation) which can be used to kill micro-organisms and purify ballast water released from ships/ to produce drinking water from a contaminated source |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Natural Resources, Water, Environment, Sustainability |
Yes |
Membrane purification of Palm Sap (Neera) |
A process for enhancement of shelf life of palm sap by using polymeric membranes to remove microbes and impurities |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Agriculture, Agro-biotech, Agro-products, Fertilizers, Food processing & Secondary Agriculture |
No |
Quartz Crystal Micro balance (QCM) |
An in situ quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), based on a compact embedded system, that can be used to study molecular recognition and for other scientific/ research purposes |
Mathematical/ computational sciences & engineering |
Computing & Electronic Devices, Instrumentation |
No |
Polyurethane (PU) microspheres/ microcapsules |
Spherical PU microspheres of uniform shape and size used in getting a film of uniform thickness without any defects or fat edges with applications in coatings, paints, powder coating/molding. PU microcapsules that can encapsulate any chemical of interest, that could be later released when required. |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Polymers, Plastics, Elastomers, Fibers, Adhesives, Paints, Specialty Polymers, Natural Polymers, Fibers and Leather |
Yes |
Membranes for gas/liquid separation |
Thin film composite membranes that are used for gas separation, pervaporation (dehydration of organics) and aroma recovery. Uses include producing oxygen enriched air for medical applications and other medical and industrial applications |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Polymers, Plastics, Elastomers, Fibers, Adhesives, Paints, Specialty Polymers, Natural Polymers, Fibers and Leather |
Yes |
New drug target & promising chemical starting point for treating cancer - PIP3 Antagonists |
A new therapeutic strategy that identifies a new drug target and development of various promising small molecules that show promising results in animal testing to be further developed into drugs for treatment of cancer. |
Life sciences/ biosciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
Process for Preparation of Copolymer-1-used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis |
Process for synthesis of CoPolymer1 and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
Biomaterials from Regenerated Silk Fibroin - with applicaitons in tissue engineering, drug delivery, cosmetics etc. |
Various novel methods for producing 3D porous biomaterials from regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) – which has wide ranging applications in tissue engineering, wound healing bandages, drug delivery, cosmetic applications etc |
Life sciences/ biosciences & engineering |
Medical Biotechnology, Biomed Products, Medical Healthcare, Diagnostics |
Yes |
A library of new small molecules that could be used as anticancer, antiviral drugs |
A synthetic routine that allows one to manipulate the substrate flexibility at the final/penultimate steps- yielding a small library of modified nucleosides without the need for synthesising every compound from the beginning, and hence siginificantly reducing drug development time and costs. |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
A New method to synthesize anti malarial drug and its analogues called Flinderoles |
A simple and efficient procedure for the chemical synthesis of otherwise naturally derived compound called flinderole and its analogues, which can be used to prepare drugs against multiply resistant strains of the malarial parasite, plasmodium falciparum. The process will enable the user to produce the compounds in commercial quantities. |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
Nanoparticle-polymer complex for sustained release of oral care products |
A process for preparation of nanoparticle-polymer multilayer complexes for sustained release of active oral agents, which can anchor and retain on the surface enamel of the teeth, for extended periods of activity. |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Surfactants, Detergents, FMCG |
Yes |
Self standing nanoparticle networks/scaffolds with applications in drug delivery, tissue engineering, catalysis etc |
A novel process of preparing self standing nano particle networks with adjustable mesh size, prepared from various materials and having a wide variety of applications. The pore size ranges from nano to micro porous (500nm to 1mm) and is very precisely controllable |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Medical Biotechnology, Biomed Products, Medical Healthcare, Diagnostics |
Yes |
Nanogold-loaded sharp-edged carbon bullets as gene carriers |
A process for making sharp edged carbon bullets, embedded with nanogold particles for gene delivery applications - with a capacity to carry more DNA cargo and perform efficient transformation when compared to conventional gene delivery methods |
Life sciences/ biosciences & engineering |
Medical Biotechnology, Biomed Products, Medical Healthcare, Diagnostics |
Yes |
Injectable biodegradable gels with hydrophobic pockets/cavity for delivery of drugs |
Injectable, biodegradable, polymer hydrogel (that cross links in-situ) with one or more hydrophobic cavities which can be used to deliver drugs, with the desired release profile - having various biomedical applications |
Life sciences/ biosciences & engineering |
Medical Biotechnology, Biomed Products, Medical Healthcare, Diagnostics |
Yes |
Continuous flow synthesis of sulphoxide compounds for use in drug formulations |
A process for continuous flow synthesis of pharmaceutically important sulphoxide compounds (used as Proton Pump Inhibitors- used in treating gastric disorders) with very less reaction time and easy scalability |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
A novel process for making monomer used in producing Polybenzimidazole (PBI) - a specialty/engineering polymer |
A process for production of high yielding, very pure 3,3,4,4 - Tetraamino biphenyl (TAB) monomers, which are used for preparing polybenzimidazole (PBI) polymers. |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Defense, Aerospace, Atomic Energy (Strategic) |
Yes |
Process for the continuous flow synthesis of beta-amino crotonate (for use in anti-hypertensive drugs) |
A process for continuous flow synthesis of >99.98% pure beta- amino crotonates which are intermediates to calcium channel blockers (anti-hypertensive drugs) |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
Slow release hydrogel system for nutrient delivery to recombinant cell lines |
Slow release polymer hydrogel system to feed nutrients to cell lines for optimal selection of high protein yielding recombinant cell lines |
Life sciences/ biosciences & engineering |
Medical Biotechnology, Biomed Products, Medical Healthcare, Diagnostics |
No |
A single-step process for the preparation of highly pure alkyl esters used in making lactic acid, poly lactic acid |
A single-step process for preparation of highly pure alkyl esters, which is used in the manufacture of lactic acid and further to poly lactic acid – both with wide industrial and commercial applications |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
Process yielding high value fuel additives (octane enhancers) from lignin |
Efficient process for the depolymerization of lignin to produce substituted phenolic monomer compounds that are further converted to fuel additives |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Energy, Fuels |
Yes |
Single step process for making high-value chemicals like xylose and arabinose from hemicellulose |
Improved single step hydrolytic process for generating high value chemicals such as xylose and arabinose from hemicellulose |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
Low energy consuming novel impeller for stirred tank reactors |
A novel impeller that completely covers the stirred tank reactor causing uniform mixing with less power consumption |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
Modified Porous Polymers with Enhanced Biocompatibility for Implants and Tissue Engineering Applications |
Surface modified porous polyethylene biomaterial which promotes cell growth and prevents microbial infections for applications in biomedical implants and tissue engineering. |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Medical Biotechnology, Biomed Products, Medical Healthcare, Diagnostics |
Yes |
New Chemical Entities (NCE) for treatment of malaria and CNS disorders |
New Chemical Entities (NCE) that may be employed as potential leads to prepare antimalarial drugs or treatment of Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
Novel silica based substrate (SBA-15) for efficient small molecules analysis in mass spectrometry |
Mesoporous silica (SBA-15) based substrate that enables efficient and selective analysis of small molecules from a complex mixture that contains both small and large molecules, using mass spectrometry. |
Life sciences/ biosciences & engineering |
Computing & Electronic Devices, Instrumentation |
Yes |
A process for the selective synthesis of one enantiomer of venlafaxine via a novel approach |
A novel approach towards total synthesis of (-)-venlafaxine with a short process for asymmetric synthesis of venlafaxine, wherein one enantiomer is obtained in improved yields and in high enantiomeric purity, circumventing the need for resolution |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Pharmaceuticals, Bulk Drugs, Formulations |
Yes |
A cost effective process for manufacture of Yellow 11, an industrial dye with uniform color tone for textile and printing industry |
An economical, single step process for synthesis of Yellow 11 (Y-11) dye with on-line UV monitoring system to ensure color uniformity and consistency |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
Continuous flow synthesis of nanocrystalline metal oxides |
A process for continuous flow synthesis of nanocrystalline metal oxides used as catalysts and toxic adsorbents |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Inorganic and Hybrid materials, Inorganic materials |
Yes |
A device for effective waste water treatment for effluent with high COD load, colour and ammoniacal nitrogen |
A device which uses a vortex diode to effectively treat effluents from various industries, such as chemical, paper and pulp, tannery, dyes and pigments |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Natural Resources, Water, Environment, Sustainability |
Yes |
MAGIC (Modular Agile Intensified Continuous) reactors |
Technology for adapting conventional batch processes of specialty chemicals to continuous processes leading to compact plants which have lower inventories, are intrinsically safer, have a lower environmental footprint and have consistency in product quality and better control on selectivity |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
Innovative and efficient flow reactor cum heat exchanger for chemical processes with improved mixing and heat transfer |
A device which acts as a continuous flow reactor cum heat exchanger useful for the chemical process industry, which can be easily adapted in a quick, reconfigurable manner for enhanced mixing and heat transfer |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
A cost effective process for the preparation of phosphorous ligands and their precursors (valuable intermediates in organic synthesis) |
A cost effective, one reactor synthesis process for aryl phosphonates/phosphinates/phosphine oxides which are important ligand useful in organic synthesis |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
A cost-effective one pot acylation process of aromatic amines for preparation of various amides used in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, cosmetic and flavouring agents |
A general methodology for a cost-effective, efficient and environmental friendly acylation process for the preparation of amides from aromatic or aliphatic amines using non-toxic, harmless, cheap and easily available acylating agent such as DEM |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
One pot process for the arylation of beta-dicarbonyl compounds to produce a diverse range of complex bioactive natural products |
A transition-metal-free, chemo-selective, one pot process for the C- arylation of malonamide esters at room temperature with good yield |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
An efficient and simple process for preparation of arylsulfones (used as building block for various drugs) |
A simple, one step process for the synthesis of aryl sulfones which is an important building block in organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
A cost effective process for the synthesis of beta, gamma-unsaturated ketones |
A simple, cost effective process for the synthesis of biologically active compounds beta,gamma-unsaturated ketones useful in synthesis of fine chemicals, utilizing readily available materials |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
A cost effective process for the synthesis of cleistenolide, its derivatives and analogs |
A simple, cost effective process for the synthesis of natural product cleistenolide useful as antifungal and anti-tumor agent |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Organic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Intermediates, Feedstocks |
Yes |
Novel Adhesives for Bonding Friction Materials to Clutch Discs (Automotive) |
A novel adhesive composition that allows bonding friction materials to clutch discs without use of rivets, resulting in longer-lasting, cheaper, lighter clutch discs. |
Chemical sciences & engineering |
Transportation |
Yes |