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Photonic Integrated Circuits and Systems

This project aims to demonstrate a working prototype of a multipurpose photonic integrated circuit chip suitable for microwave and quantum applications.

Deployable Artificial Intelligence

An ethical framework in the field of AI should not be a mere appendage to its technological aspects. Rather, ethical understanding should be treated as an important aspect of the …

Responsive Soft Matter

According to epidemiological studies conducted on the fatal ruptured aneurysms (of all types) during 1999-2016 in the United States, an overwhelming 65% of the deaths occurred due …

Healthcare Technologies

IITM’s Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC) is a leading med-tech centre in the country with a unique combination of R&D, innovation, clinical validation, technology …

Materials and Manufacturing for Future Mobility

Additive Manufacturing , Applied Magnesium Research , Architected Materials Design and Manufacturing forNext-Generation Electric Vehicles & High-Speed Railway, Ceramics …

Photo- and Electro- Chemical Energy Sciences

Water is an important commodity chemical in many energy storage and conversion devices. The chemical reactions

Biosensing

Accurate and precise sensing/imaging is a critical requirement in healthcare and water quality monitoring, specifically with a focus on bio-chemical analytes. Conventional …

Memory Studies

Centre for Memory Studies focuses on the emergent and exciting field of ‘Memory Studies’, which is interdisciplinary, transnational, and innovative in its enquiries and research …

Quantum Information, Communication and Computing

Quantum technologies make use of the fundamental features of quantum theory - superposition and entanglement, to perform communication and computational tasks beyond what classical …

Millimeter and Microwave Metamaterials

Microwave and millimeter wave based applications are constrained by (a) materials and processing costs, (b) energy losses during transmission, propagation, and reception and (c) …

Micro Nano Bio – Fluidics

We plan to pursue a set of research problems in the area under three different verticals – Interfacial Microfluidics, Nanofluidics and Lab on Chip Technology. The topics are …

Medical Device Regulations and Standards

India is one of the top 20 global devices market and it is the fourth largest market in Asia. In spite of that, innovations of small and medium scale Medical Device Industries in …

Atomistic Modelling and Materials Designing

The combination of quantum many body theory, sophisticated computational tools based on fast Fourier transforms, statistical and first principles approaches as well as the …

Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilisation and Storage

Over 60% of the country’s power generation still relies on fossil fuels. While we transition from conventional energy sources to renewable ones with lower carbon footprint, it is …

Advanced Memory and Computing

Today’s computing systems use a hierarchy of volatile and non-volatile data storage devices to achieve an optimal trade-off between cost and performance. Conventional Silicon based …

OLED Display Technology

In this proposal, the AMOLED-CoE at IITM is interested in extending its process and product capabilities at the center to the development of a new class of AMOLED displays (Class …

Gallium Nitride Devices

In this project, we specifically aim to create enhancement-mode GaN devices suitable for applications in power switching and power amplifiers (PA).

Marine Autonomous Systems

The board topics of research under the center can be classified into

Strings, Gravitation and Cosmology

We are living in an age of discovery in gravitation and cosmology. In particular, the detection of gravitational waves and the dawn of precision cosmology have given us precise …

Experimental High Energy Physics

We are living in an age of discovery in gravitation and cosmology. In particular, the detection of gravitational waves and the dawn of precision cosmology have given us precise …

Water and Sustainability

Population growth, technological interventions and changes in life style have put a significant stress on water resources. While unsustainable rates of consumption are continuously …

Subsurface Mechanics and Geo-Energy

One of the grand challenges for the policy makers of the 21st century is sustainably addressing the growing energy demand of a rapidly industrializing world. Indeed, …

Safety Critical Systems

The operating life of any safety critical system is dependent on variety of parameters such as material of which it is made, interface with other components of the system, …

Quantum Information Theory of Matter and Spacetime

Information is Physical Landauer's principle states that information processing capabilities of a device is inseparable from the laws of physics governing its behavior. The twin …

Quantum Centers in Diamond and Emergent Materials

Understanding the implications of quantum phenomena such as superposition, entanglement and topology has been an area of intense theoretical studies during the last century. …

Molecular Architecture

Metal driven self-assembly has been well explored for making 2 Dimensional (2D) and 3 Dimensional (3D) coordination cages. Each of such coordination cages possess a single discrete …

Low Carbon Lean Construction Technologies

Several approaches exist to minimize waste in construction, such as to focus on reduction and recycling. For many construction sites, significant amounts of resources (in terms of …

Large-scale Ocean Research

The CFLOR is proposed for carrying out tests close to prototype conditions in the field of Ocean research to gain valuable insight into key physical processes that remain a great …

Connected Intelligent Urban Transportation

While significant research attention is given to connected and autonomous transportation solution development for homogeneous and lane-based transportation systems, they are too …

Computational Mathematics and Data Science

In the era of digitalization, data is the main source of information. If this information is processed correctly then it helps authorities to frame the efficient policies and …

Complex Systems and Dynamics

The aim of the proposed center is to contribute to the development of new techniques and tools for mathematical modelling and analysis of complex dynamical systems and to …

Atmospheric and Climate Sciences

The interdependence of atmosphere and climate processes makes it imperative that we study and investigate weather phenomena, atmospheric composition, and climate systems in more …

Advanced Laser Material Processing

Development of unrestricted 3D micro/nano freeform structures has been an engineering curiosity over the last few decades. Though there are various advancements in ultra-precision …

2D Materials

Current century is marking the beginning of 4th industrial revolution with the rapid development of information and communication technologies such as artificial Intelligence (AI) …

Virtual Reality and Haptics

The initiative has five major objectives,

Systems Biology and Medicine

IBSE collaborates with institutions and clinicians to identify unique studies that address India-specific healthcare problems and develop novel analytical techniques that cannot be …

Start-ups and Risk Financing

Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing would aspire to become globally recognized as a leading centre of research engaged in-

Sports Science and Analytics

The work plan will focus on four sports - cricket, tennis, running and football - using three methodological approaches - physics-based, data-driven and sensor and IoT driven. …

Soft and Biological Matter

One of the focus area of this center will be investigation of evaporation of of complex fluids, which is a simple and inexpensive method to coat a variety of substances such as …

SMART Maritime Technology

To fulfil a vision of smart maritime and to address the transition process the centre will provide models, methods and tools for improved design, assessment and validation of …

RF, Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits

Analog, RF, and mixed-signal ICs form the basis for converting real-world signals into digital form, and storing, processing and transporting these signals.

Renewable Energy Systems

According to recent estimates, the demand for energy in India could double by 2040, with electricity demand potentially tripling as a result of increased appliance ownership and …

Pyrometallurgy

The production of iron and steel and non-ferrous metals by pyrometallurgical processes is an important and essential requirement. Pyrometallurgy is a specialised field that is …

Optoelectronic Carbon Nanostructures

Current OLED rely on phosphorescence for red and green and fluorescence for blue. Next generation high efficiency emitters are TADF but such materials lack blue emission. CDs have …

Network Systems

Network systems science deals with the study of complex networks with the following goals- (i) characterizing network structure and dynamics, (ii) understanding their fundamental …

Molecular Medicine

We work on the following objectives to identify new molecules and therapeutic agents for treating chronic diseases like cancer, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and neurodegenerative …

Microgrid Technologies

The questions to be addressed in this work are as follows.

Human Factors & Safety Science

CoEHfS will function as a think tank at IIT Madras in developing products/processes and systems for road safety and in a data-driven advisory for all stakeholders, industries …

Geophysical Flows Lab

Geophysical flows refer primarily to the natural fluid phenomena that occur in the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. Studying them is relevant to understand a wide range of phenomena …

Functional Oxides

Exploring the perovskite oxides for the photo-ferroelectric phenomena (photovoltaic, photodetector, photostriction, etc) and magnetoelectric effects by modulating the composition, …

Extra Terrestrial Manufacturing

The race to space, with a vision to inhabit and exploit the extra-terrestrial (ET) spaces is the key focus among the scientific community in this century. The hurdles likely to be …

Energy Storage and Conversion

Energy conversion, storage and its safe utility are the dire needs of the society at present. Innovation in creating efficient processes of conversion and storage, while keeping …

Cryptography, Cybersecurity and Distributed Trust

The importance of designing methods to protect data in the modern world cannot be overstated. The urgency of this need is reflected in mainstream media - newspapers and websites …

Critical Transitions in Complex Systems

Many complex systems such as turbulent thermo-fluid systems, climate systems, financial markets, power grids, infectious diseases exhibit critical transitions where the system …

Computer Vision

In the area of multimodal learning, our goal is to learn subtle but implicit relations that tie video + audio + text together in streaming multimedia content. The general idea is …

Chiral Technology

The biggest challenge in the area of chiral synthesis is the productions of chiral molecules in enantiopure form. Any development in the area of chiral synthesis will favour the …

Cancer Genomics & Molecular Therapeutics

Pancreatic cancer (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer death worldwide and is projected to be the second within a decade. Advances in therapy have only achieved incremental …

Autonomous Systems and Technologies

Autonomy is at the core of modern man-made engineering systems as these systems need to take decisions on their own to reduce the need for humans to decide on what to do, why to …

Advanced Gas Turbine Engines

The aviation industry produces roughly 2% of global manmade carbon emissions. Aviation’s annual passenger numbers are expected to grow up to 6.9 billion by 2035. The increase in …

Multiscale Digital Neuroanatomy

How do human brains develop? What distinguishes the brains of individuals with major neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative disorders, and neurotypical controls? How …

Quantum Analysis

We propose a Centre for Quantum Analysis (CQA) at IITM. By a centre, we mean a place where there is a continuous mathematical activity of both learning and research with the …

Correlative Microscopy

The present day experimental techniques and advancements in microscopy tools facilitate imaging of almost all types of defect structures except the 0D defects in isolation. Even …

Algebraic Geometry

In algebraic geometry the spaces parametrizing geometric objects, such as varieties with given invariants, or sheaves on varieties, are themselves endowed with a natural …

Advanced Microscrocopy and Materials

In this project, we will develop cost effective 3rd generation Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) through a novel computational alloy design approach. To reduce the carbon …