Research at IIT Indore 2026

IIT Indore consistently ranks among the top 16 in NIRF Engineering. Research spans every major engineering and applied science discipline with particular strengths in Astronomy and Astrophysics (uniquely strong within the IIT system), Materials Science, AI-ML and Energy. The institute hosts the Centre for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, Centre for Mechanical Engineering Studies, Centre for Energy and Environment, Innovation and Incubation Centre and many discipline-specific centres. The institute files 30+ 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, BARC, Ministry of Earth Sciences and several international agencies. Industry partnerships span Robert Bosch, Texas Instruments, Tata Group, Reliance, Cisco, Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA and many deep-tech startups. International collaborations span MIT, Stanford, CMU, ETH Zurich, Cambridge, Oxford, Tokyo Tech and ARIES.

Research & Industry Partnerships — IIT Indore