**By Sakshi Sonal**
NMIT Bangalore operates 20+ research centres and discloses 109 funded research projects on nmit.ac.in/funded-research.php. Sponsored research has averaged INR 1.0-1.2 crore per year over 2019-22 (NIRF disclosures), with consultancy projects adding an additional INR 46-60 lakhs per year.
## Tier-1 flagship centres
| Centre | Funding / Partner | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Centre for Robotics Research (CRR) | VGST, Government of Karnataka — INR 60 lakhs establishment grant | Linked to MTech Robotics & AI + BTech Robotics & AI programmes |
| Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security & IoT | SUBEX industry partnership | Industry-funded |
| Centre for Space Research | Studsat-II student satellite (INR 45L Phase 1 VTU + INR 38L Phase 2 Consortium) | Heir to Studsat-I student satellite heritage |
| NMIT-AICTE Idea Lab | AICTE-recognised | Pre-incubation infrastructure |
| Intel Unnati Lab | Intel partnership | Industry-funded lab |
## Departmental and specialised centres
- Centre for Nanomaterials & MEMS
- Centre of Design Engineering
- Centre for Quantum Computing
- Centre for Cyber Security
- Centre for Women Empowerment
- Aerospace and Internet of Things Centre
- Power Engineering Centre
- ERCAM research group
- ERMA research group
- AI & ML Research / AI & Data Science Research
- Electronics & Communication Research
- Computer Science Research
- Civil Research / Mechanical Research / Aeronautical Research
- Information Science Research / EEE Research
- Promotion of Research office
## Funded research portfolio
**Total disclosed projects**: 109 sanctioned (per nmit.ac.in/funded-research.php).
**Highest single-project funding**: INR 66.48 lakhs from DST New Delhi for "Navigator and Collision Avoidance System for Visually Impaired."
### Lead funding agencies
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi — including TIDE and SERB sub-schemes
- Vision Group on Science and Technology (VGST), Government of Karnataka — including SMYSR and TRIP sub-schemes
- AICTE
- FIST programme (DST)
- TEQIP (Phases I and II)
- DRDO units — CVRDE, CAIR, NRB
- DSIR, ICSSR, KSCST, ISRO, IEDC (DST), VTU
- MGI (GoK)
- Internal NMIT funding (FSAE / eBaja / Solar Design Challenge)
### Top-10 headline projects
| # | Title | Agency | INR lakhs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navigator and Collision Avoidance System for Visually Impaired | DST New Delhi | 66.48 |
| 2 | Centre for Robotics Research (establishment grant) | VGST | 60.00 |
| 3 | Video Laryngoscope with Styletoscope Integrated with Mobile Phone | DST-TIDE | 52.00 |
| 4 | MEMS Microphone with Signal Conditioning for Hearing Aid | DST New Delhi | 46.72 |
| 5 | Student Satellite Project Studsat-II Phase 1 | VTU | 45.00 |
| 6 | Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as Catalyst for Pseudopeptides | DST-SERB | 44.61 |
| 7 | Polymer-Nano Composites for MEMS | VGST | 40.00 |
| 8 | Studsat-II Phase 2 | Consortium Fund | 38.00 |
| 9 | Cu-Oxide Solar Cells & Module by Magnetron Sputtering | SERB | 33.95 |
| 10 | Robot Mechanisms, Vision and Control Algorithms | DST New Delhi | 28.00 |
## Sponsored research summary (NIRF 2023)
| Financial Year | Sponsored projects | Funding agencies | Amount received (INR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 21 | 14 | 1,22,08,588 |
| 2020-21 | 16 | 8 | 1,02,42,011 |
| 2019-20 | 33 | 12 | 1,03,72,150 |
**3-year average**: ~INR 1.0-1.2 crore per year.
## Consultancy (NIRF 2023)
| Financial Year | Consultancy projects | Client orgs | Amount received (INR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 9 | 4 | 60,10,142 |
| 2020-21 | 16 | 11 | 46,37,273 |
| 2019-20 | 51 | 30 | 48,13,942 |
## PhD ecosystem
NMIT is a VTU-recognised research centre with notified supervisors across:
- Aeronautical, Chemistry, Civil, CSE, EEE, ECE, ISE, Mathematics, Physics, MBA, MCA
PhDs-awarded records published at nmit.ac.in/ph-d-awarded.php. PhD students pursued and graduated (full-time / part-time) reported each cycle in NIRF disclosures.
### Sample CSE PhD supervisors
Dr Vijaya Shetty S., Dr Nalini N., Dr Saroja Devi H., Dr Vani V., Dr Jyoti Neeli, Dr N. Sreenivasa, Dr Sujatha Joshi, Dr Dileep Reddy Bolla, Dr Vasanthakumar G.U., Dr Piyush Kumar Pareek.
### Sample ECE PhD supervisors
Dr H.C. Nagaraj, Dr V. Sridhar, Dr Parameshachari B.D., Dr Rajesh N., Dr Karunakara Rai B., Dr Ramachandra A.C., Dr Prasanna Paga, Dr Sowmya Madhavan, Dr Shashidhara K.S., Dr Rekha Phadke, Dr Naveen I.G., Dr Sunil S. Harakannanavar, Dr Thimmaraja Yadava G., Dr Viswanatha V., Dr Vinaykumar R., Dr Smitha G. Prabhu, Dr Harsha Karamchandani, Dr Manohara H.T.
## Patents and IP
Coverage report flagged patents_number as found but exact count not surfaced in current evidence (data ceiling — nmit.ac.in/research/ sub-pages would need targeted firecrawl).
## Data ceilings
- 2023-24 and 2024-25 sponsored research / consultancy figures — not in current evidence (only through 2021-22)
- Patents count published but exact number not extracted in current pipeline
- IP / start-up incubation outcomes from NMIT-AICTE Idea Lab — not enumerated
Last verified: 2026-05-16.