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.
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Rico Tabor
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Ajay S Panwar
- Dipti Gupta
Project Number
IMURA0221(A)
Project Status
Student completed
Pratham Arora
Techno-economic evaluations of biomass gasification with carbon capture for syngas feedstock to ammonia production
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Andrew Hoadley
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sanjay Mahajani
- Anuradda Ganesh
Project Number
IMURA0197
Project Status
No Candidate
Development of novel methods for prediction of transmembrane protein structure and drug binding
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Patrick Sexton
- Arthur Christopoulos
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- K.V. Venkatesh
- Supreet Saini
Project Number
IMURA0612
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Highly efficient metal oxide sulfur composite for metal-sulfur batteries
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Douglas R. MacFarlane
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sagar Mitra
Project Number
IMURA0067
Project Status
Student completed
Anu Thomas
Integrated approaches to normally-sequential enterprise-wide optimisation problems
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Mohan Krishnamoorthy
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Jayendran Venkateswaran
Project Number
HSS0707a
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Lives, Livelihoods and Aspirations of the Kolis in Mumbai: Urban Transformation, Space, Habitat, and Coastal Contestations
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Samanthi Gunawardana
- Marika Vicziany
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- D. Parthasarathy
Project Number
IMURA0673
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Pore-scale characterization of carbonate reservoir and effect of micro-pores on permeability and electrical conductivity
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Ranjith Pathegama
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Hemant Kumar Singh
Project Number
IMURA0331
Project Status
Student completed
Anjali Sairaman
Design and Synthesis of Small Organic Molecules as Blockers of Neuronal Calcium Ion Channels Relevant to Neuropathic Pain
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Kellie Tuck
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Krishna P Kaliappan
Project Number
HSS0731
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Demand for Cash: An Econometric Model for India
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Greg Markowsky
- Mehmet Ozmen
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Pushpa Trivedi
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Michael Ure
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Paulomi Chakraborty
- Siby K. George