Research at IIT Gandhinagar
Research at IIT Gandhinagar covers a wide spectrum and is inspired by both real-world challenges and issues of fundamental importance. Being interdisciplinary is a core principle and our work usually involves researchers from various disciplines and integrating seamlessly to work jointly and progress beyond disciplinary ambit.
Our team of researchers comprises of faculty members, visiting scholars, post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students who collaborate with each other on research projects across the Institute. Our ambitious growth plans and inclusive culture is open to embracing the best talent, skills and all the intellectual minds out there to join and thrive at IITGN.
Research Spectra
IIT Gandhinagar aspires to promote world-class research that will make a positive impact on society today and groom the leaders and creators of tomorrow’s technologies.
The Institute is also fostering ties with various institutes in India and abroad, which enables IITGN undergraduate students pursue short term research stints during the summer. Our Summer Research Internship Programme (SRIP) has become flagship program among students with a selectivity of about 1 in 100 applications.
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Research Capsules
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Exploring nanomaterial’s potential to capture carbon dioxide from environment
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Carbon capture and storage is considered one of the most effective approaches to reduce carbondioxide (CO2) emissions that drive global climate change. Researchers at IITGN explore the potential of nanoscaled metal diborides to enhance the CO2 capture.
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Exploring mathematics from a literary perspective
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A paper by Prof. Arka Chattopadhyay of IITGN makes us think about the social and political significance of numbers and counting in everyday life. To think about number in our social life, let us consider everyday operations like OTP or the number of likes on social media. Prof Chattopadhyay’s work explores J. M. Coetzee's novel, The Schooldays of Jesus (2016), which presents a mythology of numbers as stars and imagines dance as a way of invoking these numbers. The study is a step towards thinking numbers as an idea that goes beyond calculation and shows how processing numbers can evoke feelings. For example, we could think of numbers and anxiety the way we would look at Covid numbers everyday on the news, during the pandemic.
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Study could help design novel, advanced bio-inspired composites
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Nacre, an inner layer of molluscan shells, has attracted the attention of researchers over the past few decades owing to its remarkably high toughness and mechanical strength. Various applications of nacre- inspired composites have also been extensively studied. This IITGN-led research opens new avenues for synthesis and use of advanced nacre-inspired composites with numerous applications in the development of high-strength armour materials, strong and durable scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, automobile and aviation applications, etc.
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Large-scale, eco-friendly production of highly pure nanosheets
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#Nanostructured compounds of Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), an inorganic compound, attract attention as their favourably unique properties allow their use in various applications. Large-scale synthesis of MoS2, though attempted several times, continues to remain a challenge for good-quality commercial production. The study explores a novel, eco-friendly approach for large-scale and high-yield production of stable MoS2 nanosheets that find potential applications in printing electrodes of capacitors and batteries, inkjet devices, and flexible and wearable electronic devices. The reported high-pressure spray method results in high-yield exfoliation of 4 to 7 layers of MoS2 #nanosheets.
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Tuning cable-driven manipulator’s stiffness to enable human-robot interaction tasks
Moreflip_to_frontTuning cable-driven manipulator’s stiffness to enable human-robot interaction tasks
Manipulators with serial chain architectures are being widely used by the robotics community owing to their unique properties like high repeatability, large workspace, and ease of control. Over the years, cable-driven serial-chain manipulators (CDSMs), where motor actuated cables apply external forces on links to control the end-effector motion, have emerged as an important robotic platform. Among the various performance measures of a manipulator, stiffness is a critical characteristic as it regulates its rigidity, positioning, and trajectory tracking accuracy during a physical interaction task. An IITGN-led work provides insight into the ability of a CDSM to tune stiffness for human-robot interaction tasks.
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R&D Horizons
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Maker Bhavan
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“𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴/𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵’ 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺,” says Aniruddh Mali, Project Officer, Maker Bhavan, IITGN.
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UNICEF collaboration with IITGN Social Action and Policy Lab
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"𝘜𝘕𝘐𝘊𝘌𝘍 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘐𝘛𝘎𝘕 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘣 𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦-𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴," says Prof Jaison Manjaly, Head of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar.
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IITGN based startup MiCoB success story
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“𝘔𝘪𝘊𝘰𝘉 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘗𝘩𝘋 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘐𝘛 𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴,” says Prof Manish Kumar, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, IITGN.
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Portals to Research
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“𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵, 𝘐𝘐𝘛𝘎𝘕 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙&𝘋 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 ‘𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩’ 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 (𝘗𝘋𝘍𝘴),” says Prof Ravi Sastri Ayyagari, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and coordinator of R&D’s Postdoc and Project Staff Welfare section.
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Research Park at IITGN
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The newly-built Research Park at IITGN is much more than a physical space; dedicated to fostering innovation and stimulating research & development (R&D) collaborations among various stakeholders from academia and industry. Scientific advancement, entrepreneurship, and social impact are integral to research parks and implemented through models and frameworks to develop industrial R&D, research laboratories, and R&D centres of excellence. The IITGN Research Park facilitates the exchange of ideas and networking among institutes, universities, research laboratories, industries and entrepreneurs.
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Research Snips
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Research Snip 1.95
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DNA-based hydrogels have attracted significant attention in recent years for their properties and applications in fields like biosensing, bioimaging, and therapeutics. The paper summarises the recent advances in the area of DNA hydrogels where these are used either as structural material or as functional entities to make hybrid constructs with various biomedical applications.
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Research Snip 1.94
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Neurological disorder like stroke can adversely affect one’s ability to shift weight while standing and maintaining postural control during everyday activities. Cerebral transcranial direct current stimulation (ctDCS) is a promising therapeutic technique in treating neurological disorders. This study is conducted to understand the implication of ctDCS on the postural control of stroke patients. Researchers refined and utilised VR-based Balance Training platform which offered different goal-directed weight shifting tasks to post-stroke patients.
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Research Snip 1.93
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This paper reviews the literature on the temporal binding phenomenon in both multisensory and motor-sensory contexts and suggests future research directions for advancing the field. Temporal binding is the brain’s ability to group together separate events occurring at different time points into one coherent and meaningful event sequence. By critically evaluating the literature, the paper suggests that common computational principles are responsible for the temporal binding in multisensory and motor-sensory contexts.
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Research Snip 1.92
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DNA damage response (DDR) is the mechanism to identify and repair damaged DNA when DNA damage is detected. Ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated (ATM) protein is one of the key regulators of the DDR. The focus of this article is on targeting the key mediator of the DDR pathway, the ATM kinase. The study reports a new set of quinoline-3-carboxamides, as potential inhibitors of ATM.
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Research Snip 1.91
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The photon sphere is a region near black hole where the gravity is so strong that light itself can travel in orbits. A photon sphere shapes a dark region, called black hole shadow, surrounding the black hole. Researchers study the evolution of the photon sphere and black hole shadow for rotating and non-rotating black holes by solving the associated differential equation for various dynamical black hole models, leading to several non-trivial results.
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Latest at IIT Gandhinagar
The following are some glimpses into our current research activity. Discover more stories here, learn more about our research facilities, centers, publications, students IR&P council, sponsored research projects.
Vegshakti Mahila Kalyan Sangathan signs MoU to support two BTech female students
IITGN and Vegshakti Mahila Kalyan Sangathan (VMKS), a registered society under the aegis of National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide financial support to two BTech female students of IITGN.
Vegshakti Mahila Kalyan Sangathan signs MoU to support two BTech female students
The MoU was signed between Ms Sarita Khare, President, VMKS, and Prof Sudhir K Jain, Director, IITGN, on October 8, 2020. As a part of this benevolent agreement, IITGN has agreed to establish ‘Vegshakti Mahila Kalyan Sangathan Scholarship’ at the Institute, which would provide financial support of Rs 75,000/- per year towards educational expenses of each of the two selected female students for the period of four years of their BTech at IITGN.
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IITGN and NIPER-A join hands for academic, research and knowledge exchange
IITGN and the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research- Ahmedabad (NIPER-A) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate various activities for academic, research and knowledge transfer.
IITGN and NIPER-A join hands for academic, research and knowledge exchange
The MoU was signed and exchanged by Prof Sudhir K Jain, Director, IITGN, and Prof Kiran Kalia, Director, NIPER-A on October 12, 2020. With this new collaboration, IITGN and NIPER-A intend to work together in knowledge creation, technology development, and human resource development through joint R&D proposals. As a part of this agreement, the faculty, students, and researchers of both institutions would also be able to use each other’s lab infrastructure. It would also facilitate incubation in various areas and students’ internships for “hands-on” exposure.
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IITGN and C-DAC signed MoU to establish 650 TF Supercomputing System
In a significant development, the IITGN today signed a MoU with the C-DAC, a premier R&D organisation of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, to install a Supercomputing System at IITGN under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
IITGN and C-DAC signed MoU to establish 650 TF Supercomputing System
In a significant development, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a premier R&D organisation of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, to install a Supercomputing System at IITGN under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).
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