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. Click here to apply. Last date of submission is 27 February 2026.
Explore the list of tentative PhD research topics here.
These topics are meant for exploration and guidance only; the final research topic will be finalised by the next stage of Admissions.
Project Number
IMURA0917
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Data Science coupled Multiscale Mechanics for Understanding Fatigue Behaviour of 3D Printed Ti6Al4V Alloy
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Raman Singh
- Rhys Jones
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Alankar Alankar
Project Number
IMURA0916
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Mohammad Nawaz Khan
Crustal evolution of the Archean basement and associated Proterozoic supracrustal rocks in the Aravalli Craton (NW India): Insights from the Bhilwara-Nadhwara transect.
Research Themes
Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Robin Armit
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prabhakar Naraga
Project Number
IMURA0915
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Modelling and Control strategies for Soft robotic actuation
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Sunita Chauhan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Abhishek Gupta
Project Number
IMURA0914
Project Status
Modelling and Control strategies for object manipulation with soft robots
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Sunita Chauhan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Abhishek Gupta
Research Themes
Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Tuncay Alan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sanjeev V. Sabnis
Project Number
IMURA0912
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Amrutha Suresh
Development of porous polymers as scaffolds for sodium ion-and potassium-ion supercapacitors
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Neil Cameron
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- C. Subramaniam
Project Number
IMURA0907
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Anjani Mittal
Investigation of qualitative and quantitative composition of kinetochore complex in mitosis and meiosis using yeast as eukaryotic model
Research Themes
Circular Economy
Monash University Supervisor
- Ralf Schittenhelm
- Ana Traven
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Santanu K. Ghosh
Project Number
IMURA0906
Project Status
Candidate Allotted-Shashank Shukla
Assessment of circular economy adoption for global sustainability
Research Themes
Circular Economy
Monash University Supervisor
- Andrew Hoadley
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Yogendra Shastri
Project Number
IMURA0904
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Development of scaffolds for in vitro culture of immune cells
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Neil Cameron
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prakriti Tayalia
Project Number
HSS0903
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Eleanor Felicia Pinto
Literatures of decoloniality, Philosophies of difference
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Jarrod Hayes
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Amrita Banerjee