Research at IIT Patna 2026

IIT Patna ranks among the top 30 in NIRF Engineering. Research spans every major engineering and applied science discipline. The institute hosts the Centre for Cyber Security, Centre for Renewable Energy, Innovation and Incubation 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 and several international agencies. Industry partnerships span Robert Bosch, Texas Instruments, Tata Group, Reliance, Cisco, Microsoft, Google and many deep-tech startups. International collaborations span MIT, Stanford, ETH Zurich, Cambridge, Oxford, Tokyo Tech and several global universities supporting student exchange and joint research.

Research & Industry Partnerships — IIT Patna