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 24 August 2025. The projects for the intake will only be uploaded at a later stage.
Project Number
IMURA1196
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Syam Mohan
Federated learning for enabling cost-efficient distributed LLMs for mobile sensing data in healthcare
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Pari Delir Haghighi
- Prof. Jackie Rong
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. RK Shyamasundar
- Prof. Pankaj Dutta, Prof. D Manjunath
Project Number
IMURA1195
Project Status
High-performance electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction and O2 evolution reactions using advanced multiscale modelling and AI
Research Themes
Circular Economy, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Smart Materials
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Prof. Nikhil Medhekar
- Dr. Swarit Dwivedi
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Ojus Mohan
Project Number
IMURA1164
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Neeru Yadav
Computational Fluid Dynamics ( CFD ) of turbulent flows containing particles and polymers
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Prabhakar Ranganathan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Jason Ryan Picardo
- Prof. Partha Sarathi Goswami
Project Number
IMURA1201
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Nistha Srivastava
Analysing the Energy Transition Pathways in Transportation Sector in India using Bottom-up Modelling Approach
Research Themes
Infrastructure, Clean Energy, Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Srinivas Sridharan
- Prof. Vinod Mishra
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Anand B. Rao
Project Number
IMURA1199
Project Status
Development of Bio-Inspired Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biomass-Derived Feedstock Valorisation to High-Value Chemicals and Fuels
Research Themes
Circular Economy, Clean Energy, Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Priya Samudrala
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Arnab Dutta
Project Number
IMURA1194
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Jothilingam Duraisamy
Optimal coordinating mechanisms in agricultural supply chain to reduce inefficiencies through policy interventions
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies, Infrastructure.
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Alka Nand
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Priyank Sinha
Project Number
IMURA1193
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Suyasha Pandey
Identifying optimal policies for greening Indian MSME’s
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Ananya Bhattacharya
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Priyank Sinha
Project Number
IMURA1192
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Zahir Khan
Data Science and AI Techniques for Signal/Image Reconstruction from Samples at Unknown Locations
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Emanuele Viterbo
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Ajit Rajwade
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Clean Energy, Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Hao Wang
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Swaprava Nath
Project Number
Imura1186
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Sreenath Dey
Investigation of Cell Fates and Disease Progression through Structural Insights on Skp1-FBXO36 in context of prostate cancer
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Santosh Panjikar
- Prof. Senthil Armugam
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Ashutosh Kumar