Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

R & D Highlights

About Us

Research and Development (R&D) at IIT Bombay has evolved and

flourished over the decades since the Institutes inception in 1958. The
synergy of academics and research has catapulted IIT Bombay into the
illustrious circle of world-class institutions. Apart from offering sound
science and technology solutions to various government sectors, the
industry and to society, IIT Bombay pursues basic research leading to
knowledge generation that lays the foundation for empowering us as a
nation to be technologically confident and self-reliant.

IIT Bombay at a Glance

Academic units: 15 Departments, 9 Centres, 4 Interdisciplinary Programmes and 1 School
Faculty: 573 full time + 100 part time
Students: 9000 (55% PG ; 2500 PhD)
Number of postdoctoral scholars: 40
Degrees awarded in 2014: 2256
PhD degrees awarded in 2014: 216
Research publications in 2013: 1500
Research project staff: 750
R&D funding for FY 2013-14: 35 million USD
Patents filed in 2014: 39 (till August)
Technology transfers/deployment: > 130
Total companies incubated: 55

R & D Funding
IIT Bombay has seen significant growth in R&D funding in the last decade.
During the last five years, R&D receipts grew at a compounded annual
growth rate of over 24%.

2008-09

National
International
organizations organizations
66.4

Total
Receipts

6.4

72.8

2009-10

95.3

102.3

2010-11

170.3

9.5

179.8

2011-12

181.02

8.9

189.9

2012-13

277.8

15.7

293.5

2013-14

199.01

14.58

213.6

` in Crore

Financial
year

Research Funding
(` in Crores)

Year

Research Facilities
The Institute provides high end infrastructure facilities and laboratories
to support research activities. Facilities are augmented and upgraded
regularly.

Sudarshan: The National Geotechnical

Centrifuge Facility

Dielectric Broadband Spectrometer

Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope

NanoIndenter: a depth-sensor for thin films

and small structures

Central Surface Analysis Facility

Cryo FEG Scanning Electron Microscope

Centres of Excellence / Consortia

Biomedical Engineering and Technology (incubation) Centre
Centre for Aerospace System Design & Engineering
Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Indian Nano Users Programme
Centre of Excellence in Steel Technology
Centre for Formal Design and Verification of Software
Geospatial Information Science and Engineering Laboratory
Healthcare Consortium
IIT Bombay-Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Cell
ISRO-IIT Bombay Research Cell
National Centre for Aerospace Innovation and Research
National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education
National Mission on Education through ICT
National Solar Thermal Research, Testing and Simulation Facility
PowerAnser Laboratory
Tata Teleservices-IIT Bombay Centre of Excellence in Telecommunication
VLSI Research Consortium

Glimpses of Research
IIT Bombay has been contributing to several national research
programmes and addressing societal needs in diverse technology areas.

Energy

In-house fabricated solar cells

The National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE):

part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission of the Government of
India and supported by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE)
to promote solar voltaics R&D. http://www.ncpre.iitb.ac.in/
The 1 Million Solar Urja Lamps (SoUL) Initiative through the National
Clean Energy Fund to reach out to students in remote rural areas and
conduct training workshops. http://www.millionsoul.iitb.ac.in/

Solar Urja Lamp

The National Solar Thermal Power Testing, Research and Simulation

Facility: a grid-connected 1MWe solar thermal power plant designed,
installed and commissioned at Gurgaon, New Delhi.
Consortium members: Tata Power, Tata Consulting Engineers, Larsen
& Toubro, KIE Solartherm, Clique, Solar Energy Centre and the KGDS
Renewable Energy. http://www.ese.iitb.ac.in/~NSTPP/
Unit developed at the Cummins Engine Research Facility to support
sustainable development and electrify villages. Project awarded Most
Innovative Energy Saving Product under the CII National Awards for
Excellence in Energy Management in 2010.

1MWe solar thermal power plant at Gurgaon

Information & Communication Technologies

TICET Unlicensed Band Radio

The TTSL-IIT Bombay Centre of Excellence in Telecommunication

(TICET): a joint initiative of IIT Bombay, Tata Teleservices Ltd & the
Department of Telecommunication, Government of India for capacity
building, design and fabrication, and offering advisory support to
the telecom sector; various technologies developed including costoptimization tool to reduce fuel consumption at telecom towers; supports
entrepreneurship. http://ticet.iitb.ac.in/ticet/home.html
Low cost, power-efficient high speed ethernet switch routers deployed at
different sites by the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd, Mumbai, RailTel
and National Knowledge Networks.

Inauguration of ECR 1000 Series Router

Outreach
Several projects funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government
of India including Integration Tools for Teacher-Student Empowerment to train about
1,50,000 teachers through workshops and projects.
The National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT) initiative:

Teach 10,000 Teachers programme

Interactive web portal for open source e-content

ProxyMITYa multimedia lecture integration tool

Clickera student response system for classrooms

Aakash Tableta convenient educational tool
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict/home
Sandhana search engine for Indian languages developed in consortium with many
institutions; intended for the tourism domain. http://clia.iitb.ac.in:8080/sandhan

Aerospace & Security

The ISRO-IITB Space Technology Cell: promotes advanced research
related to space technology. http://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/isro_cell/
The National Centre for Aerospace Innovation and Research: a joint
initiative of IIT Bombay, Boeing, Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to provide
economically viable and sustainable solutions to Indian aerospace
manufacturers. http://www.ncair.in/
Cantilever based e-Nose

Cryocooler technologies: having applications in defence, space, surgical

techniques, medical imaging and MagLev trains
Cantilever based e-Nose for explosive detection: low cost, sensitive
device; detects RDX and TNT in parts per billion; has integrated wireless
transmission capability
RoVer: the remotely operated vehicle for handling and disposing
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)

RoVer

SChek

Healthcare
SChek: a low cost diabetes testing kit
Biomedical Engineering and Technology (incubation) Centre (BETiC): a
multidisciplinary, multi-institutional translational initiative funded by the
Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission of the Government of
Maharashtra and the Department of Science and Technology, Government
of India
Integrated facilities for design, analysis, prototyping and testing
Facilitation of clinical trials, IPR and technology transfers in
collaboration with medical and industrial partners

 Polysensor based portable device to monitor water quality

Low cost, high quality knee mega-prosthesis to circumvent amputations
in bone tumor cases
Carbogen gas inhaling apparatus for stress relief for people working in
high-noise environments
Drishti: auto-tunable lens for universal eye glasses; winner in product
design category in Samsung Innovation Awards 2012

Urban Development
The Centre for Urban Science and Engineering(C-USE): an
interdisciplinary centre working to improve the quality of urban life.
Member of the New York based international consortium, Centre for Urban
Science and Progress (CUSP). http://cuse.iitb.ac.in/

Frontier Areas

State-of-the-art nanofabrication facility

The Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (CEN) established in 2006:

collaborative project between IIT Bombay and Indian Institute of Science
(IISc), Bangalore; funded by the Department of Electronics & Information
Technology (DeitY), Government of India:
State-of-the-art nanofabrication facilities
Research projects with social relevance leading to prototype
development
Successful Indian National User Program (INUP) for access to users
across the country
More than 200 journal and conference papers
http://www.cen.iitb.ac.in/ and http://www.inup.iitb.ac.in/

R & D for Society

Includes tools and technologies for the village industry and craft sector;
educational and communication aids; products for alleviating problems
of those with disabilities; devices for extending benefits of computer
technologies to rural communities and other useful innovations for the
common person.

Dry sanitation system

K-Yan: the compact media centre

aAQUA web portal for Indian farmers

IIT Bombay and Industry

Collaboration with IIT Bombay

Access to fresh ideas, innovation & talented student base

Partner in knowledge creation, technology development
and human resource development
Complementary skills and capabilities upgradation
Access to new technologies
Modes of Interaction: Examples
Access to high end equipment and other resources
Multidisciplinary research pool
R & D Projects:
Facilitating processes and systems for collaboration
Leverage public funding
IRCC, IITB
Partners in various collaborative
modes personnel
Access to qualified
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Student sponsorships

Chair Professorship

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Consortia
Consortia:

Chair Professorship:

Licensing

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Licensing:

StudentR&D
Sponsorship:
projects

The Applied Materials Manufacturing Laboratory: to promote

research in nanoelectronics, nano-manufacturing and solar photovoltaic
technology

Endura equipment for PVD

The PowerAnser Lab: an IIT Bombay, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

and Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE) partnership to bring the benefits of
IT to the power sector; deployed webSTLF technology and webNETUSE to
stakeholders
The Yahoo! Hadoop Cluster Lab: to help conduct research on searchbased technologies
The TCS-IITB Research Cell: for long term collaboration with TCS in
multiple areas of research and development

Yahoo! Hadoop Cluster Laboratory

inauguration

Healthcare Consortium: multiple partners including leading hospitals,

cancer research centres, medical technology companies and NGOs.

Student Initiatives
Project Biosynth: a self-sustaining biodiesel producing plant; won
award for Outstanding Research in the Field of Green Chemistry and
Engineering at the Industrial Green Chemistry Workshop held in Mumbai
in 2009. http://www.che.iitb.ac.in/chea/biosynth/index.php
Matsya: an autonomous underwater vehicle; won Best Autonomous
Machine and Most Innovative Design Award in 2011 at ROBOCON, the
Robotic Contest. http://www.auv-iitb.org/
Biosynth

Solar Decathlon (Versailles, France, July 2014): Students of IIT

Bombay and the Rachna Academy of Architecture, Mumbai designed and
constructed a 700 sq m house powered entirely by solar energy.
http://teamshunya.in/
IIT Bombay Racing: the team competed in three international
competitions in the design and engineering of amateur high performance
race cars; endurance run completion at Formula Student UK14; judged as
one of the best in design documentation. http://www.iitbracing.org

Matsya

Pratham: design of satellite to orbit at an altitude of 817 kms; four

months mission life; two downlinks and weight of 10 kgs; more than 40
students from various departments involved.
http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/pratham/

Solar powered house

Pratham

Endurance run completion at Formula Student UK14

Technologies Transferred / Licensed

Direct licensing

Zero Sum: an educational game based on

mathematics

Board games design

Ethernet switch routers
WebNC for product design and process planning for CNC machining
V-trough concentrated module
Soil biotechnology for waste management
Software for bid matching in day-ahead spot electricity market
Multi-utility heat pump technology
Hybrid cooling system technology

Licensing through collaborative development

Amplified fluorescence polymers as TNT sensors
Asymmetric device applications in advanced CMOS technologies
Design of ATM enclosure - ASAN
Fuel additives for improving efficiency
Laminated Object Manufacturing - rapid prototyping process
Short term load forecasting
Silicon locket for cardiac monitoring
Steer-by-wire system for vehicles
Supercritical fluid extraction technology

Fuel additives

http://www.iitb.ac.in/licensing

Ethernet switch router

Sewage treatment plant set up at BMC,

Mumbai

Steer-by-wire system for vehicles

Multi utility heat pump

Carbogen breathing apparatus

Modular hybrid air conditioner

Technology Business Incubation

The Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) established in 2004 actively supports
entrepreneurship among faculty and students by enabling commercialisation of research
activities. Incubated companies cover a diverse spectrum of technology areas including
Computational Fluid Dynamics Technologies, Artificial Intelligence based Consumer
Analytics, Geographical Information Systems and Image Processing, and Intelligent Audio
Applications among many others.

Companies incubated in SINE

55

Companies graduated

29

Jobs created through entrepreneurship / start-ups

1100-1200

www.sineiitb.org/

Faculty & Students

Faculty Strength

No. of Faculty

No. of Students

Student strength

Year
Year

Awards

Fellowships

Padma Shri Award: 2

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and
Technology: 13
Infosys Prize: 1
Swarnajayanti Fellowship Award: 10
J C Bose National Fellowship: 4
DAE-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator Award: 4

Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi: 10

Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore: 19
Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering,
New Delhi: 25
Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India
(Allahabad): 28

Publications & Patents

No. of Papers

Cumulative No. of Publications

Papers

Year

Year

Cumulative No. of Citations

for all Publications

No. of Citations in the Calender Year

Citations

Year

Year
(Source: Scopus)

No. of Indian patent applications filed

Patent applications filed

Patent applications filed during 2013-2014

Year

Indian

61

PCT

US

11

EU & Brazil

Trademarks (Indian)

Copyrights (Indian)

I am pleased to share with you that the Institute continues to be ranked

as one of the top universities of the country and among the best in the
world. IIT Bombay attracts the brightest students from the country for
its Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral programmes; and in the 56 years
of its existence, more than 46,000 students have graduated from IIT
Bombay. The alumni of the Institute have made their alma mater proud
through their achievements and contributions in diverse fields and our
engagements with them are steadily growing.

Prof Devang V Khakhar

Director, IIT Bombay

Contact
The Dean (Research & Development)
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400076.
Phone: +91-22-25767030 / 7039
Fax: +91-22-25723702
Email: dean.rnd.office@iitb.ac.in
Website: www.ircc.iitb.ac.in

October 2014