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
IMURA0837
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Remote sensing assessment of groundwater depletion in India
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Ian Cartwright
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Pennan Chinnasamy
Project Number
IMURA0836
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Groundwater availability assessment for non-monsoon irrigation in arid regions of India
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Tim Peterson
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Pennan Chinnasamy
Project Number
IMURA0834
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
The role of executive functioning skills in decision-making under risk and uncertainty: Testing the influence of time pressure, distraction, and multitasking
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Kristian Rotaru
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Niranjan TT
Project Number
IMURA0833
Project Status
Psychophysiological Studies to Understand and Correct Cognitive Biases in Operations Management
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Kristian Rotaru
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Niranjan TT
Research Themes
Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Alison Funston
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Anindya Datta
Project Number
IMURA0831
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Fatigue Characteristics of Dissimilar Joints
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Wenyi Yan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Amber Shrivastava
Project Number
IMURA0829
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Discontinuous Galerkin schemes on Hybrid Meshes.
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Jerome Droniou
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Shivasubramanian Gopalakrishnan
- Neela Nataraj
Project Number
IMURA0792
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Artificial intelligence, from the lab to the field
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Nick Birbillis
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Rushikesh K Joshi
- Biplab Banerjee
Project Number
IMURA0827
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
The Arrow of Sophistication in Biological Self-Organization
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Adeel Razi
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Manoj Gopalkrishnan
Project Number
IMURA0826
Project Status
Supporting farmers’ decision making for resourceful utilization of electricity
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Robert Thomson
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Priya Jadhav