PARTNERSHIPS FOR ACCELERATED INNOVATION AND RESEARCH (PAIR)

Details of Hub Institutions:

S. No. Hub Institute Name Nodal Officer Themes
Name Email
1 Indian Institute of Technology Madras Prof. P. Chandramouli
Prof. R Sarathi		 mouli[at]iitm[dot]ac[dot]in
rsarathi[at]iitm[dot]ac[dot]in 		Smart & Sustainable Manufacturing
2 Indian Institute of Science Prof. Satyam Suwas satyamsuwas[at]iisc[dot]ac[dot]in Advanced Materials
3 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Prof. Sachin C. Patwardhan dean[dot]rnd[at]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Energy & Sustainability
    1. Sustainable Buildings
    2. Electric Vehicles
    3. Green Hydrogen and Storage
    4. Energy Harvesting/Harnessing & Storage
  2. Industry 4.0
    1. Mathematical Modelling & Artificial Intelligence
    2. Media Processing & Applications
    3. Digital Twin & Optimization
    4. Cyber Security
    5. AI Applications in Defence
  3. Advanced Materials
    1. Semiconductor Processing
    2. Energy Materials
    3. Additive Manufacturing
    4. Photonic Materials
    5. Structural Ceramics and Composites
    6. Advanced High-Strength Steels
4 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Prof. Vamsi Krishna Komarala vamsi[at]dese[dot]iitd[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Energy Technologies
  2. Photonics
  3. Environmental Sustainability
  4. Advanced Materials
5 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Prof. Raja Angamuthu adrd[at]iitk[dot]ac[dot]in
raja[at]iitk[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Semiconductor and digital technologies
  2. Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics
6 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Prof. Goutam Saha deanrd[at]iitkgp[dot]ac[dot]in
gsaha[at]ece[dot]iitkgp[dot]ac[dot]in

Principal theme :

  1. Healthcare and Medical Technologies

Support themes :

  1. Artificial Intelligence
  2. Electronics and Digital Technologies
  3. Advanced Materials
7 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Prof. Sai Ramudu Meka adci[at]iitr[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Advanced Materials
  2. Smart Manufacturing
  3. Energy Technologies
  4. Environmental Sustainability
8 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Dean (R&D)
Associate Dean (R&D) 		dornd[at]iitg[dot]ac[dot]in
adornd[at]iitg[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Smart Infrastructure and Materials
  2. Health and Medical Technologies
  3. Green Energy and Sustainable Technologies
9 Jawaharlal Nehru University Prof. Supriya Chakraborty schakraborty[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Molecular and Synthetic Biology
  2. Advanced Materials
  3. Environmental Sustainability
10 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Prof. Chandra Shekhar Sharma cssharma[at]che[dot]iith[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Advanced Materials
  2. Healthcare & Medical Technologies
  3. Energy Technologies
  4. Artificial Intelligence
11 Manipal Academy of Higher Education Mr. Royal Monteiro monteiro[dot]royal[at]manipal[dot]edu
grants[dot]mu[at]manipal[dot]edu
  1. Advanced Materials
  2. Photonics
  3. Advanced computation and mathematical modelling
  4. Green and sustainable chemistry
  5. Artificial Intelligence
  6. Sustainable Agriculture
  7. Health and Medical Technologies
  8. Molecular and Synthetic Biology
  9. Environmental Sustainability
  10. Quantitative Social Sciences.
12 University of Delhi Prof. Neeta Seghal
Prof. Raj Kishore Sharma		 neetasehgal[dot]du[at]gmail[dot]com
  1. Green and sustainable chemistry
  2. Energy technologies
  3. Artificial Intelligence
  4. Health and Medical Technologies
  5. Environmental Sustainability
13 Aligarh Muslim University Prof. Omar Farooq director-rdc[at]amu[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Health Science
  2. Engineering & Technology
14 Jadavpur University Prof. Joydeep Mukherjee joydeep[dot]mukherjee[at]jadavpuruniversity[dot]in
  1. Advanced Materials
  2. Artificial Intelligence
  3. Environmental Sustainability
15 AMRITA Vishwa Vidyapeetham Dr. Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh maneesha[at]amrita[dot]edu
provostoffice[at]amrita[dot]edu
  1. Climate Change Resilience and Sustainable Development
  2. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Digital Technologies for Life
  3. Health Technologies and One Health
  4. Smart and Advanced Materials and Sensors for Innovation
  5. Sustainable Infrastructure and Smart Systems
  6. Assistive and Inclusive Technologies
  7. Data Science, Internet of Things, and Cybersecurity
  8. Blue and Green Economies and Renewable Energy
  9. Multi hazard Management & Early Warning Systems
  10. AI powered Extreme Communication Systems
  11. Technologies for Sustainability and Resilience
16 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore Dr.N.Rajasekar nrajasekar[at]vit[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Energy Technology
  2. Smart Infrastructure
  3. Advance Materials
17 Anna University, Chennai Dr. T. Sivakumar pairwithaucsrc[at]gmail[dot]com
  1. Advanced Materials
  2. Environmental Sustainability
  3. Health and Medical Technologies
  4. Energy Technologies
  5. Smart Manufacturing
  6. Smart Infrastructure
  7. Sustainable Agriculture
18 Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao (PD)
Prof. Sanket Goel (Co- PI)		 vc[at]bits-pilani[dot]ac[dot]in

sgoel[at]hyderabad[dot]bits- pilani[dot]ac[dot]in

dean[dot]ri[at]bits-pilani[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Sensors and IoT
19 University of Hyderabad Prof. S. L. Sabat (Director R&D) slssp[at]uohyd[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Health and Medical Technology
20 Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Dr. Dhiraj Bhatia dhiraj[dot]bhatia[at]iitgn[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Biomedical engineering and affordable healthcare solutions (including biomedical robotics)
  2. Sustainability in Climate, Agriculture and Water Management
  3. Autonomous systems including AI and ML
21 Indian Institute of Technology (BHU),Varanasi Prof. Vikash Kumar Dubey
Dr. Sanjay Singh		 dord[at]iitbhu[dot]ac[dot]in
ssingh[dot]mst[at]iitbhu[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Advance materials
22 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli Dr. V. Sankaranarayanan vsankar[at]nitt[dot]edu
deanrc[at]nitt[dot]edu
  1. Energy Technologies
  2. Green and Sustainable Chemistry
  3. Environmental Sustainability
23 Indian Institute of Technology Indore Prof. Shailesh I. Kundalwal
Dr. Debayan Sarkar Dr. Sharad Gupta		 kundalwal[at]iiti[dot]ac[dot]in
sarkard[at]iiti[dot]ac[dot]in
shgupta[at]iiti[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Advanced Materials
  2. Environmental sustainability and Energy
  3. Health Care and Medical Technology
24 National Institute of Technology Rourkela Prof. Swadesh Kumar Pratihar
Prof. Himanshu Bhushan Sahu		 dean-sr[at]nitrkl[dot]ac[dot]in
skpratihar[at]nitrkl[dot]ac[dot]in
hbsahu[at]nitrkl[dot]ac[dot]in
dean_alumni[at]nitrkl[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Sustainable Materials
  2. Healthcare Technologies
  3. Environmental Sustainability
  4. Sustainable Agriculture
  5. Renewable Energy
  6. Advanced Computation & Mathematical Modelling
  7. Molecular and synthetic biology
25 Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad Prof. Ejaz Ahmad ejaz[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Critical Minerals
  2. Smart / Sustainable Mining
26 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune Prof. Srinivas Hotha s.hotha[at]iiserpune[dot]ac[dot]in
  1. Green and Sustainable Chemistry
  2. Biomolecular Systems for Health
  3. Health and Medical Technologies
  4. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  5. Environmental Sustainability and Energy
27 National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal Prof. Denthaje Krishna Bhat kishan[at]nitk.edu.in
  1. Aerospace, Defence and Security
  2. Biomedical Devices and Healthcare
  3. Climate and Disaster Resilience
  4. Drones, Robots and Automation
  5. Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Farming and Food Processing Green Buildings and Townships Heritage Structures and Tourism
28 Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Dr. Vivekanand Shukla vivekanand[dot]shukla[at]iitrpr[dot]ac[dot]i n

Broad Theme:

  1. Advanced materials

Sub Themes:

  1. Energy materials
  2. Quantum Materials and devices
  3. Photonic and plasmonics
  4. Materials modelling and simulations
  5. Alloy design and light materials