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
Clean Energy, Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Parama Banerjee
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sumit Saxena
Project Number
IMURA0807
Project Status
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
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Yuan-Fang Li
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Ganesh Ramakrishnan
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Peter Stuckey
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- S. Sudarshan
Project Number
IMURA0802
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Simulating megasupramolecules for mist control and drag reduction
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Ravi Jagadeeshan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- P Sunthar
Project Number
IMURA0801
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Debendra Tewary
Fluorescence Sensing of Nitroaromatics & Explosives
Research Themes
Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- David Turner
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- M Ravikanth
Project Number
IMURA0800
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Chipscale nano optical sources using 2D materials
Research Themes
Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Sudha Mokkapati
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Anshuman Kumar
Project Number
IMURA0798
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Modelling subdiffusive motion of bacteriophage within mucus
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Ravi Jagadeeshan
- Jeremy J. Barr
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- P Sunthar
Project Number
IMURA0797
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Sanket Deshpande
Soluble Polymer Supports for Peptide Synthesis
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Tanja Junkers
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Nandita Madhavan
Project Number
IMURA0796
Project Status
Candidate Required
Smriti Subir Mukherjee
Peptidomimetic Oligoacrylamides Self-Assembly and Application
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Tanja Junkers
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Nandita Madhavan