Research at IIT Bhubaneswar 2026

IIT Bhubaneswar consistently ranks among the top 30 in NIRF Engineering. Research spans every major engineering and applied science discipline with strengths in Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Materials Science and Climate Change (uniquely strong given coastal Eastern India ecological positioning). The institute hosts the Centre for Renewable Energy, Centre for Cyber Security, Centre for Sustainability, Innovation Centre and many discipline-specific centres. The institute files 30+ patents annually with publications in Nature, IEEE Transactions, ACM, Springer, Elsevier and ACS venues. Major funding from DST, AICTE, MeitY, DBT, ISRO, DRDO, Ministry of Earth Sciences (given coastal location), Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Coal, Odisha State Council and several international agencies. Industry partnerships span Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Hindalco, Robert Bosch, Texas Instruments, Reliance, Cisco, Microsoft and many deep-tech startups. International collaborations span MIT, Stanford, ETH Zurich, Cambridge, Oxford, Tokyo Tech and several global universities.

Research & Industry Partnerships — IIT Bhubaneswar