Research at IIT Mandi 2026

IIT Mandi consistently ranks among the top 30 in NIRF Engineering. Research is uniquely strong in Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Disaster Mitigation, Bioengineering, Indian Knowledge Systems and Materials Science — leveraging the Himalayan-region location for environmental and ecological research. The institute hosts the Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, IIT Mandi Catalyst (the institute's incubator) 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, NHPC, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Earth Sciences (given Himalayan ecology) and several international agencies. Industry partnerships span Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Robert Bosch, Texas Instruments, Tata Group, Reliance, NHPC, BHEL and many deep-tech startups. International collaborations span MIT, Stanford, ETH Zurich, Cambridge, Oxford and several global universities.

Research & Industry Partnerships — IIT Mandi