Summer Undergraduate Research Exposure (SURE) 2025

Feb 5, 2025

Applications are invited for Summer Undergraduate Research Exposure (SURE) Internships 2025

1. Number of Intake

  • Total: 250 interns (100 exclusive for girls only).

2. Amount of Fellowship

  • Rs. 15,000 per intern for 2 months.
  • Rs. 7,500 per month per intern or Rs. 10,000 for one-and-a-half months per intern.
  • Interns can choose one option: one month duration, one and a half month duration, or complete two months duration.
  • No other amount/benefit shall be applicable.

3. Duration

  • 1-2 months between May and July (Tentative: 15.05.2025 to 14.07.2025).
  • Minimum of one month and maximum of two months only.

4. Accommodation and Food

  • Hostel accommodation provided in IITH student hostels.
  • Mess charges to be borne by the interns.

5. Eligibility

  • ONLY NON-IIT HYDERABAD STUDENTS with the following criteria:
  • A. Should be a first year MSc (Maths/Physics/Chemistry/Biology) OR MA first Year OR MA Psychology 1st/2nd Year OR MSc Psychology 1st/2nd Year OR MRes Psychology 1st/2nd Year OR the 2nd/3rd Year B.Tech/ B.Des/B.Arch/B.A(All branches) OR the 3rd/4th Year Integrated B.Tech.-M.Tech. program.
  • B. Applicants should be among the top 20% based on CGPA/% score in all the previous years in their discipline in the College/ Institution/University (certified by the Head of the Institute/Principal).
  • C. The applicant should be a full-time/regular student at the time of application and till the completion of the internship.
  • D. The applicant should be able to work full time (minimum one month) for the Internship. Part-time/online internship is not allowed.

6. Application Submission

  • Applications must be submitted through the web portal only.
  • Offline applications and applications through emails shall not be entertained.
  • After the deadline, no applications shall be accepted.

7. Selection Procedure

  • a. Preliminary screening of applications followed by an interview (online mode) department/mentor faculty wise.
  • b. Selection based on academic performance, participation/recognition in competitions such as Olympiads, National Talent Search Exams, and performance in the interview.

8. Timelines

Event Date
Announcement inviting applications 04.02.2025
Last date for submission of online form 05.03.2025
12.03.2025
Declaration of results (on SRC website) 10.04.2025 (Tentative)
Start of the program 15.05.2025 (Tentative)

9. Notification of Selection

  • Selected candidates shall be informed through emails only.
  • The final list of selected interns shall also be displayed on the SRC Office webpage under the News/Announcement section.

10. Communication

  • No separate communication shall be sent to non-selected candidates.

11. Decision

  • The decision of IIT Hyderabad authorities shall be final in the selection of candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria.
  • No correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.

Application Form (Apply here)

Frequently Asked Questions

List of Interested Faculty to Mentor the SURE interns

Department Name of Faculty Areas of Interest(s)
Artificial Intelligence Dr. Konda Reddy Mopuri Deep Learning, explainability
Artificial Intelligence Dr. Ganesh Ghalme Fairness in Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence Dr. Karthik P N Online Learning
Artificial Intelligence Dr. Aditya T Siripuram Signal processing, Convex optimization
Biomedical Engineering Dr. Mohd Suhail Rizvi biomechnics, systems biology, biophysics, soft and active matter
Biomedical Engineering Dr. Avinash Eranki Ultrasound Imaging and THerapeutics
Biomedical Engineering Dr. Renu John Biomedical imaging, 3 D microscopy, AI and machine learning for medical image processing
Biomedical Engineering Dr. Harikrishnan Narayanan Unni Lab on Chip microfluidics, Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Biotechnology Dr. G. Narahari Sastry
Biotechnology Dr. Althuri Avanthi Biomaterials
Biotechnology Dr. Rahul Kumar
Biotechnology Dr. Gunjan Mehta
Chemical Engineering Dr. Kishalay Mitra AI / ML in Chem Engg
Chemical Engineering Dr. Balaji Iyer Vaidyanathan Shantha Computational Soft Matter
Chemical Engineering Dr. Debaprasad Shee Heterogeneous catalysis for value added chemical production
Chemical Engineering Dr. Lopamudra Giri Inflammatory marker detection in a microfluidic device
Chemical Engineering Dr. Devarai Santhosh Kumar Myco-protein from mycelium source
Chemical Engineering Dr. Suhanya Duraiswamy Microfluidics for Janus nanomaterial synthesis
Chemical Engineering Dr. Anand Mohan Biofluid Mechanics (Computational)
Chemical Engineering Dr. Narasimha Mangadoddy Critical Minerals separation
Chemical Engineering Dr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma Nanotechnology
Chemistry Dr. Surendra Kumar Martha Energy storage Materials especially batteries and supercapacitors
Chemistry Dr. Somnath Maji Bioinspired catalysts design for Solar Fuel research
Chemistry Dr. Sivakumar Vaidyanathan Luminescent Materials for Optoelectronics
Chemistry Dr. Anup Bhunia Organic Chemistry (Photocatalysis and Electrochemistry)
Chemistry Dr. Tarun Kanti Panda Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis
Chemistry Dr. Abhijit Sau Organic Synthesis and Biomolecular Chemistry
Chemistry Dr. Annadhasan M Nanophotonics: Luminescent crystals and materials
Chemistry Dr. Surajit Maity Pulsed laser ablation in liquid for synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles
Chemistry Dr. Bhabani Shankar Mallik Computational Biophysics and Catalysis
Chemistry Dr. Debasish Koner Computational chemistry and machine learning
Chemistry Dr. Saurabh Kumar Singh Molecular Magnetism and Spin-crossover Phenomenon
Chemistry Dr. C Malla Reddy Semiconducting molecular crystals with self-healing properties
Chemistry Dr. Jai Prakash Inorganic metal chalcogenides for semiconducting applications
Chemistry Dr. Priyadarshi Chakraborty Polymeric and supramolecular materials
Chemistry Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Mishra Bioorganic chemsirty
Civil Engineering Dr. Maheswaran R. Hydrology and statistics, forecasting
Civil Engineering Dr. Mahendrakumar Madhavan Steel Structures
Civil Engineering Dr. Meenakshi low carbon concrete using C&D waste
Civil Engineering Dr. Ambika S Nanomaterials/Membrane in Water Treatment & E-Waste Resource Recovery
Civil Engineering Dr. Seetha N. Groundwater flow and contaminant transport, Water filtration, Water distribution systems
Civil Engineering Dr. Biswarup Bhattacharyya Data-driven models for computational mechanics/dynamics
Civil Engineering Dr. Munwar B. Basha Rainfall induced slope stability analysis
Civil Engineering Dr. Asif Qureshi Biogeochemical cycling and climate
Civil Engineering Dr. Ramya Sri Mullapudi Sustainable Pavement materials
Civil Engineering Dr. Pritha Chatterjee Resource Recovery from Waste
Civil Engineering Dr. Suriya S. Prakash CFRP composites, UHPC
Civil Engineering Dr. Satish Kumar Regonda Climate, Weather, Rainfall, Floods, Data
Civil Engineering Dr. Debraj Bhattacharyya Degradation of micropollutants using ozone-based processes
Computer Science and Engineering Dr. Rameshwar Pratap Algorithms for Big Data, Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science and Engineering Dr. Shirshendu Das Computer Architecture, Hardware Security, Memory Technologies
Computer Science and Engineering Dr. Rajesh Kedia Computer architecture, VLSI Design, Embedded systems
Computer Science and Engineering Dr. Sobhan Babu Graph Analytics, Generative AI
Computer Science and Engineering Dr. Praveen Tammana Computer networks, Networked Robotics, Systems for AI/ML
Computer Science and Engineering Dr. Saurabh Kumar Malware Analysis, Threat Intelligence, Cyber Security
Computer Science and Engineering Dr. Ashish Mishra Program Synthesis, Program Verification, AI/ML for Synthesis.
Computer Science and Engineering Dr. Ramakrishna Upadrasta Compilers, MLoCompilers, Optimizations for ML Codes, LLVM, MLIR
Design Dr. Shiva Ji Architecture, Sustainability, Digital Heritage, AR VR MR, HTML, BIM, LCA
Design Ms. Ankita Roy UX-UI, Visual Culture, Heritage documentation, Graphic Design
Design Mr. Srikar A V R Product Design( Physical and Digital), Service And Systems Design,Social Impact XR, Museums, Ergonomics, 3D Construction Printing
Design Dr. Shahid Mohammad UI/UX, Typography, Digital Heritage, Graphic Design, Educational Game Design for school students
Design Dr. Anusmita Das UI/UX, HCI, UX Research, Behavioural Design, Electronic Product Design
Design Dr. Sonali Srivastav Film making, Video editing, Camera handling, Scripting & Research
Design Dr. Saurav Khuttiya Deori UI/ UX, Back end Coding, Information Architecture, 3D modeling & animation, Digital Heritage, XR
Design Dr. Deepak John Mathew Product design,3D software, AR/VR, Coding ,Design
Design Dr. Prasad S Onkar Product Design, Interaction Design, VR/AR, AI in Design
Electrical Engineering Dr. Sumohana S Channappayya Computer Vision, Image Processing
Electrical Engineering Dr. Siva Rama Krishna Vanjari Embedded Systems, Sensor fabrication
Electrical Engineering Dr. Jose Titus Electrical Machines
Electrical Engineering Dr. Rupesh Ganpatrao Wandhare Power Electronics, IoT and Embedded Systems
Electrical Engineering Dr. Abhishek Kumar Analog/RF VLSI design
Electrical Engineering Dr. Soumya Jana Medical signal/image processing
Electrical Engineering Dr. Ketan P. Detroja in the area of control systems and candidate must be in 3 year of engineering.
Electrical Engineering Dr. Myna Vajha Coding Theory and Wireless Communication Systems
Electrical Engineering Dr. Ravikumar Bhimasingu Renewable Energy Integration and Protection
Electrical Engineering Dr. Pechetti Sasi Vinay FPGA for Communications
Electrical Engineering Dr. Naresh Kumar Emani Optoelectronic Devices
Electrical Engineering Dr. Aneesh Sobhanan Photonic computing
Electrical Engineering Dr. Shubhadeep Bhattacharjee 2d materials growth and devices
Electrical Engineering Dr. Anjana A M Coding Theory and Wireless Communication Systems
Electrical Engineering Dr. Kapil Jainwal CMOS Image Sensors, Analog Compting
Electrical Engineering Dr. Aditya T Siripuram Signal processing, Convex optimization
Entrepreneurship and Management Dr. Lohithaksha Maniraj Maiyar Operations and Supply Chain
Entrepreneurship and Management Dr. Jayshree Patnaik Startup, Product Management
Entrepreneurship and Management Dr. Rajesh Ittamalla Marketing, consumer bevaviour
Entrepreneurship and Management Dr. Nakul Parameswar Strategic Management
Liberal Arts Dr. Neeraj Kumar Sensorimotor Learning and Memory
Liberal Arts Dr. Ganesh M. P. Social and industrial psychology
Liberal Arts Dr. Gaurav Dhamija Applied Microeconometrics, Development Economics
Liberal Arts Dr. Dinabandhu Sethi Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics and Public Economics
Liberal Arts Dr. Rashmi Singh Environment governance, Ecology, Human-wildlife interactions
Liberal Arts Dr. Aalok Dinkar Khandekar Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Urban Studies, Climate Health, Extreme Heat
Liberal Arts Dr. Mahati Chittem Health psychology, Medical psychology, Social psychology, Behavioural health, Psycho-oncology, Safe sex
Liberal Arts Dr. Anandita Pan Gender and governance, Sexuality, Gender and Labour
Mathematics Dr. Mrinmoy Datta Algebraic Geometry, Combinatorics, Finite Fields
Mathematics Dr. Venkata Ganapathi Narasimha Kumar Ch Number Theory, Algebra, Representation Theory
Mathematics Dr. Venku Naidu Dogga Functional analysis, Operator theory, Harmonic analysis, Analytic function spaces
Mathematics Dr. Subrahmanya Sastry Challa Mathematical aspects of data driven learning methods, Sparse optimization & Inverse problems
Mathematics Dr. Amit Tripathi Algebraic Geometry, Commutative algebra
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Karri Badarinath Cavitation, experimental fluid mechanics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Pankaj Sharadchandra Kolhe Flame speed measurements for ammonia and its blends, PLIF measurement capaign, Dual fuel engine experiments on CRDI and optical access engine
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Ankush Kumar Jaiswal Atmospheric water harvesting, adsorption chiller, heat exchangers, and thermal management
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Chandra Prakash Computational Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Material Failure Modeling
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Viswanath R R S R Chinthapenta Modlling aspects in Addtive manufacturing, Computational Solid mechanics, Fracture Mechanics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Safvan Palathingal Compliant mechanisms and robotics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Prakhar Gupta Soft robotics, computational mechanics using AI and ML, drone development, computational materials science
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Anurup Datta Laser based manufacturing (experiments and simulation)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Prabhat Kumar Soft robots design optimization, Structural optimization, AL/ML-driven designs, Computational mechanics and Finite element methods
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. S K Karthick High-speed imaging in hypersonic flow to see unsteadiness, laser scattering in transonic and supersonic flow for shock wave visualization, data-driven techniques in image processing
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Ramji M Damage mechanics in composites using FEA
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Raja Banerjee CFD in multiphase and reacting flows
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Sachidananda Behera Numerical Simulation of Fluid-Structure Interaction
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Gnanaprakash K Rocket propulsion, Combustion diagnostics of solid fuels, Pyrometry for temperature measurements
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Harish Nagaraj Dixit Fluid Mechanics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Sai Sidhardh Generative AI for solid mechanics, Machine Learning for flapping wing design
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Syed Nizamuddin Khaderi Solid mechanics, computational and experimental fracture mechanics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Ranabir Dey self-propelling droplet microswimmers
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Niranjan Shrinivas Ghaisas CFD of small wind turbines; Machine learning for RANS modeling
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Lakshmana Dora Chandrala Aerodynamic design using ML, Deep learning based Holography, and Aerooptics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. G Thulsiram Automated Defect Detection in Composite Structures using Machine Learning for Application in Ultrasonic NDE
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr. Himabindu Allaka Marine Robotics, Computer vision, Sensor Fusion
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Deepu J. Babu CVD of graphene
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Suresh Kumar Garlapati Semiconductor materials and devices
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Mayur Vaidya Interdiffusion in metallic alloys, CALPHAD based alloy design
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Suresh Perumal Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Ashok Kamaraj metal extraction & recycling, process modeling, sustainable metallurgy
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Anuj Goyal Computational modeling of materials using atomistics and machine learning models
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Suhash Ranjan Dey High entropy materials development for energy applications
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Bharat Bhooshan Panigrahi Powder Metallurgy, high Entropy alloys, MMC, Additive Manufacturing, Coating, Corrosion
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Rajesh Korla Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Alloy design
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal life cycle assessment, soft material deformation, food packaging, drug delivery, filtration
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Saswata Bhattacharya Development of high performance GPU codes for large scale phase field simulations, inverse modeling using physics informed machine learning
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee Development of Cost-effective High Entropy Alloys By Recycling Scraps: From Waste to Wealth
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Shourya Dutta Gupta Optical and Optoelectronic devices, Plasmonics, Nanofabrication, Microfluidics
Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Dr. Ranjith Ramadurai Smart materials and Devices
Climate Change / Greenko School of Sustainability Dr. Ambika S AI/ML in Agriculture-Climate-Sustainability Nexus, Nanomaterials/Membrane, EWaste Resource Recovery
Climate Change / Greenko School of Sustainability Dr. Kishalay Mitra AI/ML in Climate/Sustainability Applications
Climate Change / Greenko School of Sustainability Dr. Asif Qureshi Sustainable sustainability / climate mitigation-adaptation
Climate Change / Greenko School of Sustainability Dr. Deepu J Babu Carbon Capture
Climate Change / Greenko School of Sustainability Dr. Somnath Maji CO2 reducation catalyis/Water Spilitting
Climate Change / Greenko School of Sustainability Dr. Debraj Bhattacharyya Microplastic Screening of Urban Surface and Groundwater
Climate Change Dr. Pritha Chatterjee Sustainable Waste Management
Climate Change Dr. Maheswaran R. Moisture transport and extréme events ÀI and ML
Greenko School of Sustainability Dr. Ashok Kamaraj Green steelmaking, E-waste recycling & circular economy
Greenko School of Sustainability Dr. Lohithaksha Maniraj Maiyar Sustainable Supply Chain Modelling
Greenko School of Sustainability Dr. Surendra Kumar Martha Electrochemical Energy Storage, especially batteries and supercapacitors
Heritage Science and Technology Dr. Surendra Nadh Somala GenAI, Agentic AI
Heritage Science and Technology Dr. Mohd Suhail Rizvi Mechanics of musical instruments
Heritage Science and Technology Dr. Ramakrishna Upadrasta Sanskrit and NLP
Center for Interdisciplinary program Dr. Viswanath R R S R Chinthapenta Suturability of Corneal transplants
Center for Interdisciplinary program Dr. Prabhat Kumar AI/ML for battery-place optimization in EV vehical
Energy Science and Technology Dr. Rupesh Ganpatrao Wandhare Battery balancing, Power converters for energy storage and renewables, IoT in energy sector
Physics Dr. Shantanu Desai Data analysis in astrophysics
Physics Dr. Saranya Ghosh Experimental High Energy Physics with the CMS Experiment at the CERN LHC
Physics Dr. Sai Santosh Kumar Raavi Experimental Optoelectronic Devices
Physics Dr. Yogesh Kumar Srivastava Terahertz Devices
Physics Dr. Vandana Sharma 1. AI and image processing. 2. GuI for image processing.
Physics Dr. Saket Asthana energy storage materials
Physics Dr. Satish Laxman Shinde Nanophotonic devices
Physics Dr. Nithyanandan AI-assisted Smart Photonic System
Physics Dr. Mahesh Peddigari Oxide ceramic electrolytes for SSBs
Physics Dr. Saurabh Sandilya Data Analysis in HEP experiment
Physics Dr. Mayukh Pahari 1. spectro-polarimetric study of black holes, 2. Analysis of ultraviolet sky With UVIT
Physics Dr. Atanu Rajak 1. Quantum Resetting. 2. Quantum Thermal Machines
Physics Dr. Kanchana V Quantum Topological Materials