147 Startups, 5100 + Sponsored Research Projects: IIT Delhi Research Report
On January 27, 2025, IIT Delhi released a Research Impact Report to mark the Institute’s 67th Foundation Day. The Research Impact Report highlights the Institute’s contribution to nation-building through various research and innovations in the last seven years by IIT Delhi faculty and students.
The report was released during the Foundation Day event by Ms. Jaya Jagadish, Country Head & SVP, Silicon Design Engineering, AMD India Private Limited, and Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi. On this occasion, senior functionaries of the institute, faculty, staff, and students were present. Ms. Jaya also participated in a fireside chat on leadership and innovation in Silicon Design Engineering.
The Research Impact Report features successful start-ups, important technologies developed and licensed to industry, high-impact research in different areas of science and technology published in leading journals, international collaborative research projects with leading universities in the world, and finally several research stories featuring cutting-edge research, technology, and product developments, as well as research projects of societal relevance undertaken by faculty and students of IIT Delhi, all during the period 2018-2024. This period also corresponds to the award of the “Institute of Eminence (IoE)” status to IIT Delhi by the Government of India.
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Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director of IIT Delhi, while addressing a press conference today presented key highlights of the Research Impact Report:
147 startups incubated at IIT Delhi by its Faculty and Alumni in last 7 years in the areas of Agritech, AL/ML/IoT, IT, Cybersecurity, automotive, bio-tech, healthcare/med-tech, EV/E-mobility, drones, space technology, sustainability and many more
Several technologies developed at IIT Delhi are successfully transferred to industry; for example,
- A single-step, probe-free assay for COVID-19 developed and commercialized by IIT Delhi that is easily scalable and affordable (less than USD 5 per test)
- Advanced Ballistics and High-energy Defeat (ABHED) Body Armor for Indian Armed Forces: Lightweight body armor to defeat 7.62 mm armor-piercing projectiles from AK-47s and Sniper rifles. The technology is transferred to three industries for production.
Strong international research collaboration with leading universities across the globe:
- 271 international collaborative research projects funded by different agencies during 2018-2024
- IIT Delhi has launched joint seed funding program to intensify international research collaborations: 139 international collaborative projects funded during 2018-2024
- IIT Delhi has started a new campus in Abu Dhabi. The first M.Tech. program started on 29th Jan 2024. Two B.Tech. Programs (Energy Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering) started on September 2, 2024.
- Joint degree programs with the University of Queensland (UQ) Australia (110 joint PhD students) and with the National Chiao Tung University Taiwan (20 joint PhD students)
Impactful research: In the last 7 years, the Institute has undertaken 5100+ sponsored research projects with cumulative funding of Rs. 2340 Cr. and about 3000 consultancy projects worth ~ Rs. 300 Cr.
- Advanced communications: Fiber-based Quantum Secure Communications; Advanced THz Detector and Source Device Technologies (6G & Beyond)
- Medtech/healthcare: Probe-free RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2, Empowering Independent Mobility in Parkinson’s Disease Patients; Innovative Exoskeleton for Upper-limb Recovery in Stroke Rehabilitation; Hearing screening device, Biosensors for pathogen detection, MRI for evaluation of knee joint dynamics, Portable ECG device, Patient Specific Surgical Guides; Dental Implants, Bioresorbable Cardiovascular Stents, and High-performance Antimicrobial Fabric to Prevent Infections
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science: Traffic forecasting leveraging; Use of ML on satellite imagery to understand changes in waterbodies, forests and plantations; materials design; modeling system for rivers and floodplains (transferred to ISRO); AI-based System for Geospatial Data Processing
- Automotive/transportation/EV: Powertrain for Long Range Electric Vehicles; Crash analysis, Autonomous driving, Compressed Biogas Enrichment and Bottling Technology, Flex-Fuel Vehicle Technology, Simulation software for bullet train
- Energy: Development of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery for Large Scale Renewable Energy Storage, Next generation solar cells, Solar water pumping, Shadowless Solar Photovoltaic Tower with Mirror Reflection Concentration
- Infrastructure: Sustainable calcined clay (LC3) cement, devices for earthquakes.
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Protection of Structures, Novel Energy Dissipating Devices to Resist Earthquakes
- Robotics/Cobotics: I Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), AI-based algorithm for robot to understand human instructions
- Defence: Advanced Ballistics and High-energy Defeat (ABHED) Body Armor for Indian Armed Forces
- Technologies for Rural society: Clean cooking devices, Innovative Farming Technologies, Efficient Potters’ Kilns and Air-Biomass Feeders
- Society: Alleviation of Childhood Blindness; Assistive technologies for persons with visual impairment aiding mobility; AI-based cost-effective point-of-care device for cancer screening; Tactile Diagrams to Visually Impaired Individuals
- Personal products: Sports textiles, Pollutants Adsorbing Smart Textiles.
On the Foundation Day, the Institute also awarded Faculty Research Awards 2024 to the following IIT Delhi faculty members. Gaddam Vijaya Prakash, Physics Department, Prof. K.L. Chopra Faculty Research Award in Basic Research. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, Civil Engineering—Prof. P.C.P. Bhatt Faculty Research Award in Applied Research. Arnab Banerjee, Civil Engineering; Prof. Souvik Chakraborty, Applied Mechanics; Prof. Dibyajyoti Ghosh, Materials Science and Engineering—Mrs. Veena Arora Early Career Award
