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:
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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
Project Number
IMURA1097
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Soham Biswas
Novel drug targets for Tuberculosis with Phage therapy
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Trevor Lithgow
- Prof. Fasseli Coulibaly
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Sandip Kaledhonkar
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. James Saunderson
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Vishnu Narayanan
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Dr. Stuart DC Walsh
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Manish M Pande
- Prof. NN Vishwanathan
Project Number
IMURA1094
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Ojo Patrick Duke
Accelerating smart building solutions with enhanced data analytics and optimization
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling , Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Jenny Zhou
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Anupama Kowli
Project Number
IMURA1093
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Amar Jagan
Protection of Power System with 100% Inverter-Based Resources
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling , Clean Energy, Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Reza Razzaghi
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Zakir Hussain Rather
- Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla
Project Number
IMURA1092
Project Status
Development of single atom catalysts for applications in storage of green hydrogen in the form of liquid hydrogen carriers
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling , Clean Energy, Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Akshat Tanksale
- Prof. Alan Chaffee
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Sonali Das
Project Number
IMURA1091
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Kriti Bijalwan
Development of photothermal catalysts for sustainable carbon dioxide conversion using solar energy
Research Themes
Circular Economy, Clean Energy, Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Alan Chaffee
- Prof. Akshat Tanksale
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Sonali Das
Project Number
IMURA1090
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Yash Desale
Study of Inflatable Wings for UAVs
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Mark Thompson
- Dr. David Burton
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Rajkumar Pant