Dr.T. Selvaraju and his team were granted Indian Patent for the discovery relates to the synthesis of new spinel materials made up of metal chalcogenides such as nickel aluminum sulfides, nickel aluminum selenides and nickel tin sulphides. Its definite crystal structures and other physico-chemical characterization were carried out and explored its potential applications in the area of hydrogen generation, energy storage and so on. The University had filed a Patent for this research on 25 th May, 2021 and granted on 17 th August, 2023.