Research will be conducted in a team-based approach. Research in The Academy will be truly multi-disciplinary which will allow discoveries to be made at the interface of disciplines.
The Academy’s intention is to organize research into classes of problems that seeks to address a key research-theme or sector-goal.
Seven key research themes have been identified:
EOI Applications are open. Click here to apply. Last date of submission is 27 February 2026.
Explore the list of tentative PhD research topics here.
These topics are meant for exploration and guidance only; the final research topic will be finalised by the next stage of Admissions.
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Fabio Capitanio
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Pinom Ering
Project Number
IMURA1111
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Akhilesh Modi
Smart plant protein production via upcycling of side streams of the food industry and underutilized crops
Research Themes
Circular Economy
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Sushil Dhital
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Amit Arora
Project Number
IMURA1110
Project Status
Developing next-generation of high-performance aluminium alloys for additive manufacturing
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Aijun Huang
- Dr. Yuman Zhu
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Amitava De
Project Number
IMURA1107
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Riya Kulkarni
Fabrication of micro and nanostructures for mesenchymal stromal cell studies
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Jess Frith
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Shobha Shukla
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies, Design
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Rowan Page
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Purba Joshi
Project Number
IMURA1105
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Pinaki Das
Low Resource Machine Translation
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Gholamreza Haffari
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya
Project Number
IMURA1102
Project Status
Design and Development of Novel Control Schemes for Stable Grid-Forming Operation of Type-4 Wind Farms
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Behrooz Bahrani
- Prof. Hassan Haes Alhelou
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Vivek Agarwal
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Nemai Karmakar
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Vivek Agarwal
Project Number
IMURA1100
Project Status
Prompt Learning and Data Efficient Machine Learning for Fine-grained and Long-tail Dataset
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Dr. Deval Mehta
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Kshitij Jadhav
- Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan
Project Number
IMURA1098
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Rajat Joshi
Causal role of functional brain networks underlying cognitive flexibility
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. James Coxon
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Nivethida T