Off late, many engineering colleges have realized the significance of industry-academia linkages as a key ingredient for the empowerment of the faculties and students as well through collaborative involvement and coordinated efforts. Trident Academy of Technology has always played a lead role through Trident Research in establishing linkage with frontline industries, institutions of repute and research organizations to provide intellectual inputs to its faculties and students both. Trident Research provides one of the best working environments to motivate faculty and students to work towards the accomplishment of the targeted R&D vision of the organization.Trident Research has developed very good research linkages with outside world through the relationships that have been developed by its senior faculty members due to their research connection and academic interactions among outside experts. Few noteworthy research linkages of senior faculty members of Trident Research are:
Research Linkage

Organization | Faculty Member & case of involvement. |
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | Dr. Sakuntala Mahapatra has coordinated the setup of the National MEMS Design Centre (NMDC) – a Center of Excellence established in the institute in collaboration with IISc, Bangalore under NPMASS Programme. |
Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar | Dr. Sakuntala Mahapatra was the Principal Investigator (PI) for a project funded by Board of Research in Fusion Science and Technology (BRFST), Gandhinagar. |
Berhampur University | Dr. Sakuntala Mahapatra is associated with Berhampur University as External Examiner and Evaluator. She is also associated with the University as a Research Advisor and guide for Ph.D. Scholars |
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India | Dr. Sakuntala Mahapatra is a guide and Research Advisor for innovative and experimental sponsored projects under Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC), Govt. of India |
Elsevier Conference, Bhubaneswar, India | Dr. Sakuntala Mahapatra was a technical chair for evaluating research papers of the presenters at the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication and Convergence (ICCC-2016), Elsevier. |
IEEE Conference, Dehradun, India | Dr. Sakuntala Mahapatra was one of the members of the Technical Program Committee of International Conference on Advance Computing, Communication & Automation (ICACCA-2016), IEEE, Dehradun, India. |
IJSSAN | Dr. Sakuntala Mahapatra is the member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Smart Sensors and Ad Hoc Networks (IJSSAN) |
University of Lubeck, Germany;
Doyen Diagonositic& Research Foundation, Kolkata |
Being a principal investigator in a Indo-German project (DFG-ICMR) Dr. Arup Sarkar has taken a collaborative research initiative to establish a linkage with other international academic institute (University of Lubeck) and a health industry (Doyen Diagonositic& Research Foundation)
Industry Partner – Mr.Subir Roy, CEO, Doyen Diagonositic& Research Foundation, Kolkata International Academic Partner: Prof.Tamas Laskay, University of Lubeck, Germany |
University of Lubeck, Germany;
University of Minho, Portugal; CNRS, Paris, France; National Center for Cell Sciences, India |
Dr. Arup Sarkar is acting as principal investigator in the multilateral Indo-European call for proposal named “INFECT-ERA-2016” and thus got academically connected with 3 international and one national organizations
International Academic Collaborators: Dr. Ricardo Silvestre, University of Minho, Portugal, Prof. TamasLaskay, University of Lubeck, Germany Prof. Jerome Estaquier, CNRS, Paris France National Academic Collaborator: Dr.Bhaskar Saha, NCCS, Pune, India |
Aston University, Birmingham, UK;
Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria; University of Cambridge, UK; NIST, USA; CSIC, Madrid, Spain; Park Clinic, Barcelona; University of Lubeck, Germany; University of Minho, Portugal; OncoQR ML GmbH, Vienna, Austria; NCCS, Pune, India |
Dr. Arup Sarkar is an independent investigator in a European commission sponsored project named “Horizon 2020” and thus developed a successful research consortium with 8 European, USA and Indian organizations
International Academic Collaborators: Prof. Darren Flower, Aston University, Birmingham, UK Prof.Irini Doytchinova, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria Dr. Nathan Zuccai, University of Cambridge, UK Dr. Susan Krueger, NIST Center for Neutron Research, USA Prof. Luis Rivas, Centro de InvestigacionesBiológicas (CIB), Madrid, Spain Dr. Miriam Royo, FundacioParcCientific De Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Prof. Tamas Laskay, University of Lubeck, Germany Dr. Ricardo Silvestre, University of Minho, Portugal National Academic Collaborator: Dr. Bhaskar Saha, NCCS, Pune, India International Industrial Collaborator: – Dr. Geert Mudde, CEO, OncoQR ML GmbH, Austria |
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary;
University of Calcutta, India |
Dr. Arup Sarkar is acting as a Co-investigator in a Indo-Hungarian project collaborating with other international and national organization
International Academic Collaborator: Prof. Atilla Mocsai, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary National Academic Collaborator: Dr.Biswanath Maity, Ramalingaswamy Fellow, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (Acting as Principal Investigator for Indian side in the project) |
Chonnam National University, 77, Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, South Korea- 500757 | Dr. Bharat Bhusan Patnaik,
Prof. Han, Yeon Soo Professor and Head, Institute of Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea Consultancy Project: Tenebrio molitor genome sequencing, Elucidation of innate immunity pathway genes and host-pathogen interactions |
Soonchunhyang University
22, Soonchunghyangro, Shinchang-myeon, Asan City, South Korea |
Dr. Bharat Bhusan Patnaik,
Prof. Lee, Yong Seok Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics Group, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, School of Natural Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea Consultancy Project: DNA and RNA Sequencing of endangered and endemic invertebrates of Korea |
Soonchunhyang University
22, Soonchunghyangro, Shinchang-myeon, Asan City, South Korea |
Dr. Bharat Bhusan Patnaik,
Prof. Han, Man-Deuk Associate Professor & Head-Industry Cooperation and Linkage, Microbial Physiology Group, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea Consultancy Project: Isolation and Biophysical characterization of bioactive compounds from herbs and mushrooms, Bacterial community dynamics in traditional food. |
Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Dr. Bharat Bhusan Patnaik,
Dr. Jyotirmaya Mohanty Principal Scientist, Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar, Odisha Extramural Project Partner: Development of a RNA-interference based gene-silencing approach in Macrobrachium rosenbergii. (DBT, GoI Project) |
Asian Institute of Public Health (AIPH), Bhubaneswar- 751002 | Dr. Bharat Bhusan Patnaik,
Dr. Bijay Kumar Padhi Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health, Asian Institute of Public Health (AIPH), Bhubaneswar- 751002, Odisha Extramural Project Partner: Development of an Online Digital Library with community participation for the documentation of ethno-economic plants of Odisha State (NRDMS, DST, GoI Project) |
Ministry of Mines, Government of India |
Dr. Abhaya Kumar Samal was the Principal Investigator for a project funded by Ministry of Mines, Government of India. |