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:
Click here to see the results of the December 2025 admissions intake.
Project Number
IMURA1113
Project Status
Development of machine learning methods for the analysis of photovoltaic powerplant data for extraction of soiling losses and degradation rates
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Dr. Markus Wagner
- Dr. M. Imad Khan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Anil Kottantharayil
- Prof. Rajbabu Velmurugan
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Hoam Chung
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Srikant Sukumar
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