Discipline

Tentative Intake

Broad Area of Research

Biological Engineering

13

Proteomics in Neuroscience, Biomechanics, Biomolecular Simulations, DNA Regulatory Mechanisms, C. elegans neuronal transport, Molecular motors and intracellular transport system, kinesins and Dyneins, Epigenomics and Cellular Homeostasis, Cellular Mechanism of DNA Damage, Kinases in DNA Damage/Repair pathways and Cancer therapeutics for Helicobacter pylori and related pathogens, structural biology and macro-molecular X-ray crystallography of chronic disease related proteins, Nucleic Acid Biophysics and Quadruplex DNA Targeting, Protein misfolding in Alzheimer Disease, Peptide Synthesis and therapeutics

Chemical Engineering

15

Process Safety, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Multiphase reactions, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Polymer Processing, Smart Polymeric Systems, System Identification, Waste Water Treatment, Process Systems Engineering, Colloids and Interfaces, Rheology, Powder Technology, Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Molecular simulations, Protein aggregation and protein folding

Chemistry

12

Computational Chemistry, Density Functional Theory; Molecular Dynamics; Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery: Infectious diseases ( H pylori) and Cancer (Kinases), Chemical Biology of Cancer: Targeting DNA damaging mechanism involving Kinases; Asymmetric Supramolecular catalysis / Asymmetric Organocatalysis; Synthesis of photoresponsive π-conjugated materials; Bio-inorganic chemistry, electrochemistry, enzyme-inspired catalysts design, small molecule activation for renewable energy research; single particle spectroscopy, spectroscopy of gold nanoparticles, plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy, plasmonic sensors; Bio-conjugates of porphyrins and Boron-dipyrromethene days for chemosensing and bio-imaging applications; Development of anti-inflammatory drugs; design of sulfonylurea-based metalloenzyme inhibitors; synthesis of cyanine dyes; Electrocatalysis and electrochemistry for CO2 reduction, Catalysis for energy and environment; Chemical crystallography of small molecules and studies on weak interactions.

Civil Engineering

9

Performance-based earthquake design of masonry and concrete structures, blast-resistant design, Dynamic response of fine grained soils, Liquefaction and Cyclic Instability in Soils, Constitutive modeling of frictional materials, Numerical Modeling of Geotechnical Structures, Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Modeling of hydrologic extremes (droughts and floods), Real time flood/drought monitoring, Climate change impacts on water resources, Ground motion characterization, Spatial variability of ground motion, Seismic protective systems, Structural performance assessment, Behavior of irregular buildings under seismic excitation, Confined masonry buildings, Multi-physics study of structures under fire, Structural design for fire safety, Assessment of building facade systems under fire, Large scale hydrologic modeling, River engineering, Transients in pipes, Transients in open channels, Water resource management

Cognitive Science

3

Neuroeconomics, decision making, visuomotor sequence learning, neuroinformatics, Brain imaging, Brain connectivity, Deep learning; control of attention;

Computer Science & Engineering

12

Theoretical Computer Science, Algorithms, Computational Complexity, Game Theory, Mechanism Design, Data Mining, Social Networks, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Computer Architecture, Memory and Storage Systems, High Performance Computing.

Earth Sciences

6

Earth Surface Processes, River Science, Remote Sensing and GIS, Hydro-geochemistry, Groundwater modeling, Contaminant transport, Metal speciation, Isotopic fingerprinting, Surface -groundwater interaction, Soil and water pollution, Bioremediation, Black Carbon

9

South Asian Literature, South Asian History, Gujarat : Society, Politics, Literature, Partition Studies, Ageing/Gerontology, Social Demography, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, Language, Identity and Politics, Bengali Literature, Modern Indian History, History of North East India, Democracy and Civil Society, Translation Theory and Practice, Philosophy of mind, Consciousness, Moral Cognition, Urban transformations, Caste, City spaces, Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Sociology, Indian writing in English, Postcolonial literature, Education Policy, Biodiversity Conservation, Human-Animal relations, Indigenous peoples, Ecotourism, Cultural Anthropology

Electrical Engineering

18

Research Areas

1. Nanoelectronics, Semiconductor Devices, Nanotechnology
2. VLSI Design, Asynchronous Circuits, Computer Architecture
3. Biomedical Engineering, Human Computer Interaction
4. Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition
5. Signal Processing, Soft Computing, Image & Video Processing, Multimedia Forensics & Security
6. Control Systems, Estimation Theory
7. Power Systems and Smart Grid
8. Photonic Sensors, Fiber Optics, Nanophotonics, Electromagnetic Metamaterials, Computational Electromagnetics
9. High Performance Computing, GPU Computing

Mechanical Engineering

15

Experimental, Analytical and Computational Research in the areas of Solid Mechanics, Dynamics and Control, Wave Propagation, Robotics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Energy Systems, Combustion & Energetic Materials, and Nanotechnology,

Materials Science & Engineering

10

1. Structure & property of material interfaces,
2. Thin film solar cells, transparent conductors, electronic materials, investigation of optoelectronic properties, oxidation,
3. Biomaterials, Nanotoxicology,
4. Heat transfer and material flow modelling, Friction stir welding and processing of materials, additive manufacturing,
5. Thermodynamic and kinetic modeling of material processes with experimental validation,
6. Self-cleaning materials, Fusion peptides, Design of antibiotics, Drug delivery through cell-penetrating peptides

Mathematics

6

Algebraic Geometry; Analytic Number Theory; Commutative Algebra; Elliptic Partial Differential Equations; Group Theory; Nonlinear Analysis; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Special Functions; Theory of Partitions and q-series.

Physics

3

Nano-science, Physics of Surface and Interfaces, Growth and Characterization of Nanomaterials and Organic Thin Films, Phase Transition and Structural Re-organization of Nanomaterials at Surfaces and Interfaces