Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

  1. Title: EMI/ EMC and Electrical Safety Testing Facility, IIT Kanpur
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India
    Period: October 2019-October 2023
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 14,51,65,000 (INR. Forteen crore fifty one lakhs sixty five thousand only)

  2. Title: Design of Polymer Nanocomposites Based Wideband Microwave Absorbers for Stealth and Electromagnetic Shielding Applications
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: ISRO / STC
    Period: April 2018 – March 2020
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 24,92,000 (INR. Twenty four lakhs ninety two thousand only)

  3. Title: Development of Microwave Sensor System for Humanitarian Technology Applications
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: DST
    Period: December 2016 – December 2019
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 55,90,000 (INR. Fifty five lakhs ninety thousand only)

  4. Title: Develop a Compact Microwave Sensor for Characterization of Radomes and Dielectric Signature Detection of Materials in 3G And 4G ISM Bands
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
    Period: September 2015 – August 2018
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 15,00,000 (INR. Fifteen lakhs only)

  5. Title: Application of Meta-Material Mushroom Structure for Realization of Planar Single/Triple Passband Filter for Significant Size Reduction
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar, Co-investigator: Dr. Animesh Biswas
    Sponsoring Agency: ISRO / STC
    Period: July 2015 – July 2017
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 26,40,000 (INR. Twenty six lakhs forty thousand only)

  6. Title: Microwave Active Remote Sensing of Buried Objects
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: ISRO / STC
    Period: July 2015 – July 2017
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 19,90,000 (INR. Nineteen lakhs ninety thousand only)

  7. Title: Microwave Imaging and Remote Sensing of Concealed Objects
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: DST-SERB
    Period: September 2013 – September 2016
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 45,50,000 (INR. Forty five lakhs fifty thousand only)

  8. Title: Millimeter-wave Network Analyzer
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: DST under FIST Grant
    Starting Date: May 2011
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 50,00,000 (INR. Fifty lakhs only)

  9. Title: Microwave Processing Characterization and Modeling of Metal Powder Compact
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar (Joint research project proposal in collaboration with a German Research Group)
    Sponsoring Agency: DFG (German Research Foundation) and DST (Department of Science and Technology, India)
    Period: September 2010 – September 2012
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 22,30,000 (INR. Twenty two lakhs thirty thousand only)

  10. Title: Permittivity and Permeability Measurements of Thin Samples in X- and Ku- Frequency Bands
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: DRDO, DMSRDE, Govt. of India
    Scheme: Research Service Qualitative Requirement (RSQR) under CARS scheme of DRDO
    Period: August 2010 – August 2013
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 10,00,000 (INR. Ten Lakhs only)

  11. Title: RF and Microwave Characterization Virtual Lab
    Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar, Co-investigator: Dr. K. V. Srivastava
    Sponsoring Agency: MHRD, Govt. of India
    Period: June 2010 – March 2014
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 43,00,000 (INR. Forty three lakhs only)

  12. Title: Establishment of a Facility for the Determination of Electromagnetic Properties of Materials Over a Wide Band of Frequency
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: IIT Kanpur under CARE 2009 Proposal
    Starting date: October 2009
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs.40,00,000.00 (INR. Forty lakhs only)

  13. Title: Electromagnetic Characterization of Advanced Composites & Dielectrics
    Principal Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar
    Sponsoring Agency: IIT Kanpur Initiation Grant
    Period: September 2009 – September 2010
    Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 10,00,000.00 (INR. Ten lakhs only)

  14. Title: Design and Development of High Power Traveling Wave Tubes
    Place: Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, India
    Duration: 1993-1997
    Position: Dr. M. J. Akhtar, Scientist / Research Associate

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

  1. Title: Microwave Curing of Ceramic Kitchen Sinks
    Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar, Co-investigator: Dr. L. Feher
    Sponsoring Agency: Blanko GmbH
    Place: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
    Duration: January 2008 – March 2009

  2. Title: Development of Innovative Industrial Microwave Systems for the Curing of Advanced Composite Materials
    Investigator: Dr. M. J. Akhtar, Co-investigator: Dr. L Feher and colleagues from other institutes under Consortium
    Sponsoring Agency: BMBF
    Place: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
    Duration: August 2007 – March 2009

  3. Title: Establishment of a Test Facility for the Electromagnetic Characterization of Dielectric and Composite Materials in the Microwave Frequency Band
    Place: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
    Duration: 2003-2007
    Position: Dr. M. J. Akhtar, Postdoctoral Research Scientist

  4. Title: Reconstruction of One-dimensional Permittivity Profiles of Non-planar Objects with Controllable Resolution
    Place: Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
    Duration: 2000- 2002
    Position: Dr. M. J. Akhtar, Research Assistant / Doctoral Student