Research

Research that leaves the lab

Four flagship centres, undergraduate research from the second year, and an open-access-first publication policy.

₹48 crore

Sponsored research funding

612

Publications this year

21

Patents filed

94

PhD scholars in residence

Centre for Trustworthy AI

Lead: Dr. Neha Gupta

Robustness, interpretability and evaluation of ML systems; 64×H100 GPU cluster; industry consortium with three product companies.

Quantum Materials Lab

Lead: Dr. Karthik Nair

12-qubit superconducting testbed with cloud access for undergraduates; collaboration with TIFR and two national labs.

Systems & Security Group

Lead: Prof. Vikram Rao

Operating systems, distributed databases and campus-scale SDN testbeds; 3 patents granted this year.

EV Mobility Centre

Lead: Prof. Anil Joshi

Powertrain design and battery analytics with OEM partners; student-built Formula EV team races nationally.

Undergraduate research, by design

Year 2 — Apprentice

Join a lab as a research apprentice; every centre reserves seats for second-years.

Year 3 — Contributor

Own a workstream on a sponsored project; travel grants for your first conference.

Year 4 — Author

Capstone thesis with publication support — 38 undergraduate first-author papers last year.