Research at IIT Guwahati 2026

IIT Guwahati ranks #8 in NIRF Engineering 2024. Research spans every major engineering and applied science discipline with particular strengths in Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Hydrology, AI-ML, Cyber-Physical Systems, Indian Knowledge Systems and Linguistic Sciences. The institute hosts the Centre for Energy, Centre for the Environment, Centre for Linguistic Sciences and Technology, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (uniquely strong on traditional Indian science and technology research), IITG Foundation for Innovation and Incubation Centre and many discipline-specific centres. The institute files 50+ patents annually with publications in Nature, Science, Physical Review Letters, IEEE Transactions, ACM and top Springer/Elsevier venues. Major funding from DST, AICTE, MeitY, DBT, ISRO, DRDO and several international agencies. Industry partnerships span Robert Bosch, Texas Instruments, Tata Group, Reliance, ONGC, Oil India and many deep-tech startups. International collaborations span MIT, Stanford, CMU, ETH Zurich, Cambridge, Oxford, Tokyo Tech and the Max Planck Society.

Research & Industry Partnerships — IIT Guwahati