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
IMURA0787
Project Status
Monica Upadhyay
Finding cues for metabolism inside giant virus particles – Are giant viruses ‘alive’?
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Gregory Moseley
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Kiran Kondabagil
- Kiran Kondabagil
Project Number
IMURA0769
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Understanding water-energy interactions and hydrologic partitioning in natural river basins
Research Themes
Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Marc Parlange
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Basudev Biswal
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Zhaolin Chen
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Ajit Rajwade
Project Number
IMURA0784
Project Status
Candidate Required
Characterizing membrane mimetic biosensors: Towards cell free antibiotic drug screening
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Mibel Aguilar
- John Lee
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Shobhna Kapoor
Project Number
IMURA0783
Project Status
Candidate Required
Design, Synthesis and Utility of the Nickel Complexes of N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes in Cross-Coupling Reactions and in Enantioselective Cyclopropanation Reactions
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Joel Hooper
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prasenjit Ghosh
Project Number
IMURA0779
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Thejus Valoor
Tuning the dimensions of 2D materials with nanoscale machining
Research Themes
Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Jing Fu
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Rakesh G Mote
- M. Aslam
Project Number
HSS0770
Project Status
Candidate Required
The value, implementation and uptake of distributed generation solutions in light of poor quality grid supply in low usage rural areas: the impact of technical, political and social factors
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Robert Thomson
- Dharma Arunachalam
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Priya Jadhav
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Robert Thomson
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Priya Jadhav
Project Number
IMURA0773
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Diesel particulate matter around mining: Exposure characterization and risk assessment
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Mohan Yellishetty
- Victor Chang
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Harish C. Phuleria
Project Number
IMURA0774
Project Status
Candidate Required
Secure and Stable Grid Integration of large-scale Solar PV power
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Reza Razzaghi
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Zakir Hussain Rather
- Suryanarayana Doolla