Faculty members at IIT Madras carry out research in their areas of interests, often in collaboration with research scholars, doctoral scholars and other researchers. The Institute has ongoing research collaborations with several universities, governments and industries. The research expertise available at the Institute is organized below by department.
Please use this slide deck to get an idea of the research areas studied by our faculty members.
Research Topics by Faculty Member
- Abhishek Sinha
- Networks, Information Theory, Machine Learning, Optimization and Control
- Andrew Thangaraj
- Coding Theory,Information-theoretic Security,Information Theory
- Anjan Chakravorty
- LDMOS Modeling,SiGe HBT,Modeling of Nano FET
- Arun Pachai Kannu
- Information Theory, Compressive Sensing, Cellular Networks
- Arunkumar D Mahindrakar
- Nonlinear control with applications to Robotics
- Avhishek Chatterjee
- Stochastic networks, Engineering systems theory, Communication and social networks, Crowdsourcing,
- Balaji Srinivasan
- Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors and Distributed Fiber Sensors, High Power Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers
- Bijoy Krishna Das
- Silicon Photonics and Optical Interconnect Technologies, Integrated Optics and Optoelectronic Devices
- Boby George
- Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation
- Deepa Venkitesh
- Photonics, Nonlinear Optics, Fiber Lasers, Optical Signal Processing
- Deleep R Nair
- Semiconductor devices, MEMS, Circuit - Device interactions
- Devendra Jalihal
- Signal Processing, Wireless Communication
- Enakshi Bhattacharya
- Other silicon: amorphous, porous, poly, MEMS/NEMS, Biosensors
- Giridhar K
- Signal Processing for Wireless Communications, Performance Analysis of 4G/5G Access Networks, Tactical Communications and
Custom Air Interface Designs
- Harishankar Ramachandran
- plasma physics,RF,optical communication,photonics,computational methods
- Jagadesh Kumar V
- Measurements,Instrumentation,Sensors and signal conditioning electronics for sensors,Biomedical sensors and devices
- Kalyankumar B
- Power system dynamics, Flexible AC transmission devices (FACTS) modeling and control, Wind generation systems, Power quality
- Krishna S
- Power System Stability Analysis and Control
- Krishna Vasudevan
- Power Electronics,Motor Control,Renewable energy
- Lakshmi Narasamma
- Power Electronics, High Efficient High power density Power Supplies for telecom and space applications, Solar PV and Renewable Energy Applications.

