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
IMURA1033
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Uttam Sharma
Investigating morphology-controlled hybrid metal plasmonic materials in catalysis
Research Themes
Circular Economy, Clean Energy, Smart Materials, Sustainable Societies and Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Murali Sastry
- Prof. Akshat Tanksale
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Jayesh Bellare
- Prof. Arindam Sarkar
Project Number
IMURA0988
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Designing catalyst- containing industry-ready reactor for facile CO2 to CO conversion
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Sankar Bhattacharya
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Arnab Dutta Co-supervisor: Prof. Vikram Vishal
Project Number
IMURA0986
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Joint 3D Reconstruction of Human and Objects in a Dynamic Scene using Monocular Video
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi Co-supervisor: Prof. Jianfei Cai
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Biplab Banerjee Co-supervisor: Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri
Project Number
IMURA0954
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
What does safe, affordable drinking water mean?
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Murali Sastry
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Pankaj Sekhsaria
Project Number
IMURA1032
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Shivali Patkar
Advanced microgels for delivery and penetration of CAR-T cells into solid tumors
Research Themes
Biotechnology and Stem Cell Research
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. John ForsytheCo-supervisor: Prof. Daniela Loessner
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Prakriti Tayalia
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Wenyi Yan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Shivasubramanian Gopalakrishnan
Project Number
IMURA1030
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Unnati Nigam
Clustering of nonstationary and nonlinear time series
Research Themes
Biotechnology and Stem Cell Research
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Michael Burke
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Radhendushka Srivastava
Project Number
IMURA1029
Project Status
Candidate Required
The Governance of Place-based Transitions to Circular Economies in the Global South: Comparing body Rejuvenation Interventions to Circular Economy in Indonesia and India
Research Themes
Water, Humanities, Social Sciences & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Rob Raven Co-supervisor: Prof. Ruth Lane, Prof. Jane Holden
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. NC Narayanan Co-supervisor: Prof. Pradip Kalbar
Project Number
IMURA1028
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Jijo Johnson
Investigating the Feasibility of Adsorption-Based Personal Wearable Cooling Devices
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Matthew Hill
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. M.V. Rane
Project Number
IMURA1025
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Chandan Kumar Pradhan
Pathogen-Induced Transcriptional Re-programming in Host Defense Response
Research Themes
Biotechnology and Stem Cell Research
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Sureshkumar Balasubramanian
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Rajesh Patkar