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:
EOI applications are open for the next intake. Click here to apply. The last date of submission is 27 February 2026. The projects for the intake will only be uploaded at a later stage.
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Tanja Junkers
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Anil Kumar
Project Number
IMURA0949
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Enock Kajubi
Rainfall-runoff relationships and catchment resilience in India
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Tim J Peterson
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Arpita Mondal
Project Number
IMURA0948
Project Status
Distributed Algorithms for Mixed Integer Convex Optimization
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- James Saunderson
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Avinash Bhardwaj
Project Number
IMURA0947
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Hydrogen and Chemicals from renewable feedstock
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Sankar Bhattacharya
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Neeraj Kumbhakarna
Project Number
IMURA0946
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Kuntalika Das
Experimental and modelling studies on Plastic-Biomass co-gasification for decentralised waste management
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Sankar Bhattacharya
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sandeep Kumar
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management, Design
Monash University Supervisor
- Robbie Napper
- Selby Coxon
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Nishant Sharma
Project Number
IMURA0944
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Harpreet Kaur
Hybrid Lipid-Protein Based Nano Drug Delivery Systems
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Leonie van’t Hag
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Nand Kishore
Project Number
IMURA0943
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Novel In-situ Process Diagnostics and Monitoring for Hybrid Additive-Subtractive Manufacturing
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Yunlong Tang
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Soham Mujumdar
Project Number
HSS0942
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Anamica Sharma
Affective Approaches to Justice as a Way of Life
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Michael Ure
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Siby K. George
Project Number
IMURA0941
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Aishi Dasgupta
An Antiviral Drug Target and Screening Platform for Anti-COVID Therapeutics
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Mibel Aguilar
- John Lee
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Shobhna Kapoor