Research at MSRIT 2026 — CollegeAndFees

**By Sakshi Sonal** MSRIT''s research footprint is best measured by its **ten formal Centres of Excellence**, two of which have published Indian patents and several of which carry single-digit-crore industry-named funding. Aggregate publication output is reported at 700 papers per year across the institute, with named departments contributing as follows: ## Centres of Excellence (10 + BiSEP) | CoE | Industry / govt partner | Funding & equipment | |---|---|---| | **CIT** — Centre for Imaging Technologies | Samsung Prism, IGCAR Kalpakkam, Ramaiah Medical College, Manipal Hospitals, Mediscan, Lucid | FLIR T650SC thermal (20 mK), spectral-domain OCT 840 nm, 3× RTX 4000 GPU workstations, Tektronix MSO2000, Keysight DSO Infiniivision | | **CAMT** — Centre for Advanced Materials Technology | **Boeing India** (advisory board on RIT campus) | XRD, TGA/DSC, FTIR, UV-Vis, Dilatometer, Magnetron sputtering, Glove Box, UTM, Muffle furnace. Led by Dr. K.R.V. Subramanian (Cambridge PhD 2006); 12 named faculty across Mech / Chem / Physics / Chemistry / Biotech | | **CCPS** — Centre for Cyber Physical Systems | **NVIDIA**, Bosch IISc CPS Centre, Li2 Technologies | DGX Station with 4× Titan-X Pascal GPUs (32 GB each), Intel Xeon 20-core, 512 GB DDR4, 8 TB SSD, 10 KVA UPS; 10× Jetson Nano 2GB + 10× 4GB; 20× Raspberry Pi cameras; PyTorch / TensorFlow / MATLAB | | **CARFS** — Antennas & RF Systems | VGST KFIST-L2 ₹40L (Oct 2018) + AICTE MODROBS ₹10L (Dec 2018); BEL, NIT Durgapur, Elena Geo Systems, multiple GECs | Microwave & Antenna Lab; 8 named faculty (parimalap, sujatha, rosaline, nuthan.v, nisha_sln, flory.f, kori.akshu, te_premnath @msrit.edu); 2 published Indian patents; 22 publications; 19 consultancies (₹2.04L total) | | **Schneider CoE** — Building Automation | **Schneider Electric, Bangalore** | 5 Home Automation panels + 5 BMS panels + 5 Fire Alarm panels + 5 CCTV/Access Control panels | | **NI LabVIEW Academy** | National Instruments India | 30 LabVIEW licences + myDAQ / cDAQ / embedded kits | | **TI C2000 Electric Drives** | Altair India + Texas Instruments | F28335 Peripheral Explorer + Semikron 2 kVA IGBT stack + Altair sT Embed software | | **Apple AATCE** | Apple India | 30× iMac (21.5″ retina, i5, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD); macOS Big Sur + Xcode 13 + Julia | | **Simulation Lab** | Samsung Prism | 65× Dell Optiplex desktops + DSP TMS320C6713 (×15) + MATLAB R2021b (unlimited-user campus licence) | | **CBEM!** — Center for Bio & Energy Materials Innovation (est. 2022) | DST-SERB CRG ₹41.84L + VGST KFIST L2 ₹30L + EMPRI Karnataka ₹36.28L + SPARC-MHRD ₹54.30L | Coordinators Dr. Chandra Prabha M N (Biotech) + Dr. R. Hari Krishna (Chemistry) | | **BiSEP** — Biotechnology Skill Enhancement Programme | KBITS (Govt of Karnataka) | ₹1.625 Cr KBITS funded | ## Department-level research outputs (highlights) - **EEE**: ₹1.928 Cr research & consultancy + 222+ publications (last 7 years); High Voltage Research Lab; Professor Emeritus Dr. G.R. Nagabhushana (formerly Chairman, High Voltage Engg, IISc Bangalore) - **Biotechnology**: ₹5.14 Cr research funding + 30 publications/year + 16 PhD-holding faculty - **ME**: 17 patents (including Patent 353384 — "Synthesis of Nanotubes Reinforced Brake Liner Material"); ₹80L+ in AICTE/DRDO/SERB grants; Autodesk software grants + multiple SNAM Alloys consultancies - **AI&DS**: TIFAC CORE ₹5.12 Cr (Pervasive Computing); DST Gait Motion Analysis ₹55L; DST FIST ₹24.7L; ISRO ₹16.95L; ARTPARK-IISc ₹6.6L; AICTE ADMIT ₹9L; HoneyWell MoU (conveyor belt condition monitoring) - **Maths**: 26 PhD-holding faculty + 23 PhDs awarded + 220+ publications since 2014 + 12 workshops/FDPs in 5 years - **ECE**: 1 Crore+ project funding banner; TI Innovation Award $10,000; NBA-accredited 4× UG + 1× PG ## Patents (sample, granted) - **353384** — Synthesis of Nanotubes Reinforced Brake Liner Material (Dr. Raji George + Dr. Sridhar B.S., granted 2020) - **202141006846** (filed 21-Oct-2021) — A High Gain Ultra-Wideband Spiky Terahertz Microstrip Antenna (Dr. Viswanath Talasila + Dr. Swetha Amit + Surinder Singh + Manish Hooda + Gaurav Jayaswal) - **202141005075** (filed 21-Oct-2021) — A Liquid Antenna System for Transmitting and Receiving Electromagnetic Waves (Dr. Viswanath Talasila + Dr. Swetha Amit + Premnath P.M.) ## TEQIP-II Sponsorship MSRIT was selected as 1 of 9 Karnataka institutions and 1 of 19 nationally under **TEQIP-II sub-component 1.2 (PG Education & Research)**. Grant: ₹5.00 crores. Achievements: 147 workshops/FDPs/seminars/symposia/winter schools/pre-conference workshops; 229 faculty deputed. Programme Coordinator: Dr. N.V.R. Naidu (Principal). ## PhD pipeline - Full-Time PhD Fellowship: **₹25,000/month × 3 years** (committee-recommended annually), AY 2021-22 onwards - 7 faculty groupings: Engineering / Applied Sciences / Technology / Management Studies / EEE Sciences / Mech Sciences / Computer & Information Sciences - Application portal: [msrit-phd-applications.web.app](https://msrit-phd-applications.web.app/); Contact: phd@msrit.edu - Regulations: [PhD Regulations 2021 PDF](https://www.msrit.edu/research/phd/MSRIT_PhD_regulations_2021.pdf)

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