Research at IIT Palakkad 2026

IIT Palakkad spans every major engineering and applied science discipline with strengths in Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Materials Science and AI-ML (uniquely positioned given Western Ghats ecological location). The institute hosts the Centre for Renewable Energy, Centre for Sustainable Engineering, 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, Kerala State Council and several international agencies. Industry partnerships span Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe, Robert Bosch, Texas Instruments, Tata Group and many deep-tech startups.

Research & Industry Partnerships — IIT Palakkad