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 view the results of December 2024 intake.
Project Number
IMURA0902
Project Status
Candidate Required
Generation of dihydrogen from sea water: design of robust and efficient electrocatalysts
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Alexandr N Simonov
- Douglas R. MacFarlane
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Aswani Yella
Project Number
IMURA0901
Project Status
Candidate Required-December 2024
Understanding chromatin folding dynamics through molecular simulations
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Ravi Jagadeeshan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Ranjith Padinhateeri
Project Number
IMURA0900
Project Status
Candidate Required
Graphene-based composite for remediation of emerging contaminants/pollutants from water and wastewater
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Tanveer Adyel
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Shobha Shukla
- Sumit Saxena
Project Number
IMURA0899
Project Status
Candidate Required
Influence of Wet and Dry Friction on Polymer Dynamics
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Ravi Jagadeeshan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Rajarshi Chakrabarti
Project Number
IMURA0898
Project Status
Candidate Required
Crop Yield Forecasting using Earth Observation (EO) Satellite datasets
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Jeff Walker
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- RAAJ Ramsankaran
- Eswar Rajasekaran
Project Number
ID00897
Project Status
Candidate Required - December 2024
Preventing Sexual Harassment in Indian Public Transport Spaces through Gender-Sensitive Co-Design with Women and Girls
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management, Design
Monash University Supervisor
- Nicole Kalms
- Gene Bawden
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sugandh Malhotra
Project Number
IMURA0896
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Computational Multi-scale and multiphase modelling of metal additive manufacturing
Research Themes
Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Wenyi Yan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Shyamprasad Karagadde
Project Number
IMURA0894
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Shuvojit Nath
Algorithm for Improving Satellite Rainfall Estimates using Surface Soil Moisture
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Jeff Walker
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- RAAJ Ramsankaran
Project Number
IMURA0893
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Rufyid-u-Nissa
Physiotherapy-Assisting Technology
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Nemai Karmakar
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Maryam Shojaei Baghini
Project Number
IMURA0892
Project Status
Candidate Required
Selective conversion of biomass derived terpenes into flavour and fragrances products
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Circular Economy
Monash University Supervisor
- Akshat Tanksale
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Anil Kumar