Thematic areas
Health & Wellness
Health & Wellness: Health and well-being require a multidisciplinary approach to studying entire systems, from biological cells to individuals to social groups. Activities envisaged under this broad thematic area cut across academic boundaries and involve an integrated approach to prevent disease and illness, encourage healthy lifestyles in individuals and communities, and reduce the cost and impact of illnesses. Themes are identified under this are One Health and Digital Health.
One Health:
Vision: Build a network of practitioners and scientists who will engage with and inform policy-makers, city planners, health authorities, NGOs, municipal bodies and citizens, to minimize infectious and zoonotic disease risks to people and mitigate the challenges that novel outbreaks may bring.
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Digital Health:
Vision: Develop the base for a digital health platform to address two specific needs – personalized nutrition and diabetic footcare.
Urban life
Urban life: Urbanization is a major social and environmental transformation occurring in countries across the globe. This area is devoted to developing theoretical and applied knowledge for urban management, liveability and sustainability. Themes identified under this are Precision Agriculture, Urban Mobility and Monsoon, Climate & Weather.
Precision Agriculture:
Vision: Develop information and technology-based systems to measure variations in conditions within a field and tweak the input accordingly to ensure optimum yield and translate to open field agriculture and space agriculture.
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Urban Mobility:
Vision: Bring together academia, industry partners, government transport authorities and mobility service providers to develop long-term strategies for sustainable urban and megaregional mobility.
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Monsoon, Climate & Weather:
Vision: Use deep science to address important questions related to climate and monsoon variability with deliverables to directly benefit short to sub-seasonal scale forecasting of the monsoon.
Futuristic Technologies
Futuristic Technologies: This thematic area aims to support collaborations that will pursue interdisciplinary research on futuristic areas that can drive economic growth through innovation. Themes identified under this are Quantum technologies, Active Matter & Microrobotics and Jet Engines.
Quantum Technologies:
Vision: Establish a nodal entity to collectivize the quantum-related research and development in Bangalore to achieve the global goals of quantum technology, including those of the national quantum mission​
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Active Matter and Microrobotics:
Vision: Bridge the gap between fundamental researchers in theoretical and experimental active matter research and engineers, advance the field at a global scale and address locally relevant problems.
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Jet Engines:
Vision: Develop gas turbine engine for regional transport aircraft laying the foundation for more challenging goals such as building larger engines for commercial aircraft.