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:
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Research Themes
Smart Materials, Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Boon Mian Teo
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Shobha Shukla
Research Themes
Infrastructure Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Hai L. Vu
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Gopal R. Patil
Research Themes
Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Sunita Chauhan
- Yunlang Tang
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Dipti Gupta
Project Number
IMURA0781
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Amyloid formation in frog peptides: Exploring peptide-lipid interactions
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Lisandra Martin
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Ajay S Panwar
Project Number
IMURA0695
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Premananda Ghosh
Synthesis of biologically relevant heterocycles via Aliphatic C-H Activation
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- David W. Lupton
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Debabrata Maiti
Project Number
IMURA0691
Project Status
Evaluating effects of milled asphalt pavement (MAP) materials on mechanical performances of asphalt mixes
Research Themes
Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Jayantha Kodikara
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Dharamveer Singh
Project Number
ID00687
Project Status
Sustainable design solutions for Agriculture practices in India
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management,Design
Monash University Supervisor
- Robbie Napper
- Selby Coxon
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sugandh Malhotra
Research Themes
Clean Energy
Monash University Supervisor
- Ranjith Pathegama
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- V. Vishal
Project Number
HSS0759
Project Status
Narratives of Music and Modernity in 19th Century Colonial Calcutta
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Adrian McNeil
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Suddhaseel Sen
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management
Monash University Supervisor
- Srinivas Sridharan
- Joseph Cheer
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Anush Kapadia