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 27 February 2026. The projects for the intake will only be uploaded at a later stage.
Project Number
IMURA1210
Project Status
Enhancing Corrosion Resistance of Ti6Al4V alloy for Biomedical Applications via Femtosecond Laser Processing
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Raman Singh
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Deepak Marla
Project Number
HSS1206
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Debpriya Adhikary
Sociological perspectives of social inequality through the lives and livelihoods of marginalised communities in India due to the impact of climate change, risk and environmental justice
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Dharmalingam Arunachalam,
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Sarmistha Pattanaik
Project Number
IMURA1205
Project Status
MMLAGEN: A Multimodal Learning Analytics and Generative AI Framework for Personalized Educational Scaffolding
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Dragan Gasevic
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof.Ramkumar Rajendran
Project Number
IMURA1204
Project Status
Understanding cloud microphysical processes using direct numerical simulations and observations
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Steven Siems
- Prof. Peter May
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. S. Ravichandran
- Prof. Bipin Kumar (IITM Pune)
Project Number
HSS1203
Project Status
Candidate Allotted - Rajashree Biswas
The interaction between cognition and consciousness
Research Themes
Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Jennifer Windt
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Rashmi Gupta
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Athanasios Pantelous
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Sudeep R. Bapat
Project Number
IMURA1198
Project Status
Developing an integrated computational model to study structure and dynamics of actively driven biopolymers.
Research Themes
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling, Health Sciences
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Ravi Jagadeeshan
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Sayantan Dutta
Research Themes
Circular Economy
Monash University Supervisor
- Prof. Jean Pierre Fenech
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Prof. Piyush Pandey
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