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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Project Number
HSS0818
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Where does the shoe pinch – mapping the contours of child malnutrition to plan its elimination
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Dharma Arunachalam
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Ashish Singh
- Satish B. Agnihotri
Project Number
IMURA0817
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Development of a Robotic Platform for Paediatric Surgery
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Elahe Abdi
- Gita Pendharkar
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- P.S Gandhi
- Maryam Shojaei Baghini
Project Number
IMURA0816
Project Status
Candidate Required
Optimal wellbore configuration for gas hydrate reservoir systems
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Ranjith Pathegama
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- V. Vishal
Project Number
IMURA0815
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Krunal Tulsawadekar
Fluid dynamic investigation of gas hydrate bearing sediments
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Ranjith Pathegama
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- V. Vishal
Project Number
IMURA0814
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Reena Joshi
Nanomaterials & ecosystems: Potential effect and involved processes
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Circular Economy
Monash University Supervisor
- Mike Grace
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Shobha Shukla
Project Number
IMURA0813
Project Status
Candidate Required
Optimal damage detection in structures through uncertainty quantification
Research Themes
Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Ye Lu
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Siddhartha Ghosh
Project Number
IMURA0811
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
2D and 3D patterned surfaces for tip-enhanced raman spectroscopy
Research Themes
Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Bayden Wood
- Donald McNaughton
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Shobha Shukla
- Sumit Saxena
Project Number
IMURA0809
Project Status
Candidate Required
Stimului responsive materials for energy storage
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Kei Saito
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sumit Saxena
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Parama Banerjee
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sumit Saxena
Project Number
IMURA0807
Project Status
Candidate Required-December 2024
Effect of texture on formability of hexagonal metals (Zn and Mg)
Research Themes
Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Jian-Feng Nie
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sushil Mishra
- I Samajdar