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:
Click here for the list of projects available for the upcoming intake.
Project Number
IMURA0471
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
The Influence of Internal Friction on Dilute Polymer Solution Dynamics
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Ravi Jagadeeshan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Rajarshi Chakrabarti
Project Number
IMURA0257
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Development of microbial fuel cells with improved performance
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Samuel Adeloju
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prakash C Ghosh
Project Number
IMURA0241
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Investigation of Butyrolactone like Small Molecules in Regulation of Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Milton Hearn
- Reinhard Boysen
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Ruchi Anand
Project Number
IMURA0171
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
A numerical and experimental study of interacting wakes
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Mark Thompson
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Amit Agarwal
- Atul Sharma
Project Number
IMURA0113
Project Status
Student completed
Gunjan Gupta
Development of Corrosion Resistance Conducting Polymer Coatings
Research Themes
Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Nick Birbillis
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- A.S Khanna
Project Number
IMURA0198
Project Status
Student completed
Wankhede Ruchi Grover
Development of hydrophobic / Hydrophilic Coatings by Sol-gel route using fatty acids modified nano materials.
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Nick Birbillis
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- A.S Khanna
Project Number
IMURA0464
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Geophysical signatures of craton-mobile belt interactions: additional constraints of India’s position in Rodinia Supercontinent
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Peter Betts
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- M. Radhakrishna
- T K Biswal
Project Number
IMURA0305
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Enhanced and desirable lipid synthesis in algae for efficient biofuel production
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- John Beardall
- Madhu Chetty
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Pramod Wangikar
Research Themes
Advanced Computational Engineering, Simulation and Manufacture
Monash University Supervisor
- Mark James Carman Also includes an external supervisor from Infosys
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Pushpak Bhattacharyya Also includes an external supervisor from Infosys
Project Number
IMURA0628
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Development of paper based Point of Care microfluidic diagnostic devices
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Mainak Majumder
- Adrian Neild
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Santosh Noronha