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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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
Research Themes
Humanities, Social Sciences & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Michael Ure
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Siby K George
Project Number
IMURA1023
Project Status
Candidate Required-December 2022
Structure-function relationship in Non-fullerene based Organic Solar Cells
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Christopher R McNeillCo-supervisor: Prof. Ameila Liu
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Dinesh Kabra
Project Number
IMURA1022
Project Status
Candidate Required
Climate change, air pollution and human health in India: Current impacts and future risks
Research Themes
Humanities, Social Sciences & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Yuming Guo
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Harish C. Phuleria
Project Number
IMURA1020
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Rahul Sreedhar
A data-model fusion approach for flood-inundation forecasting
Research Themes
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Jeffrey Walker
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Basudev Biswal
Project Number
IMURA1018
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Rahul Awale
2-D topological quantum field effect transistors for emerging low-power electronics
Research Themes
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Michael S FuhrerCo-supervisor: Prof. Nikhil Medhekar
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Bhaskaran Muralidharan