| Identified Thrust Areas | Sub-Areas |
| Separation Processes & Reaction Engineering | Clean Processes for Fuels and Chemicals Carbon Capturing & Utilisation Steam Reforming of Oxygenates Advanced Catalysis Phase Equilibrium Studies for Industrial Important Systems Advanced Distillation Systems Multiphase Flow |
| Energy | Biofuels Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production Applications of Solar Energy Biomass Gasification & Pyrolysis Energy and Exergy Analysis Simulation studies for Energy Savings |
| Sustainable Development | Sustainable Management of Resources Technological Modifications for Pollution Prevention Waste Management with Minimal Impact on Environment |
| Material Science | Polymer in Green and Clean Energy Material Synthesis, Modification and Degradation Studies Advanced Materials and Applications Smart and Nano Materials Simulation Studies on Materials |
| Identified Thrust Areas | Sub-Areas |
| Structural Engineering | Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning to Structural Engineering Experimental and numerical investigations on concrete, steel, masonry, concrete-steel composite, precast and prefabricated structural elements/structures Vibration diagnostics, seismic hazard & mitigation strategies of structures Resilient and sustainable built infrastructures Concrete technology including special concretes |
| Geotechnical Engineering | Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground improvement and its application Geo-environmental Engineering Physical & numerical analysis for soil characterisation |
| Geomatics | Remote sensing Geographical information systems Global positioning systems Advanced surveying – LIDAR, Drone, Laser scaning |
| Construction Technology | Advanced construction technologies & management Building information modelling, Lean construction and Integrated project delivery system Sustainable construction technologies |
| Identified Thrust Areas | Sub-Areas |
| Power System Engineering | Power Generation Technology Power System Dynamic and Stability, WAMs and its applications Power System Restructuring, Deregulation, Energy Market and Trading EHVAC, HVDC and FACTS AI Techniques and Optimisation in Power System Application of Power Electronics in Power Systems |
| Electrical Machines and AC-DC Drives | Conventional Electrical Machines Permanent Magnet Machines Electrical Drive Technologies Control of Electrical Machines Condition Monitoring of Electrical Equipment |
| Electric Vehicles | Electrical Vehicular Technologies Battery Technology and Battery Management Grid Interfacing Issues of Electrical Vehicle |
| Smart Grid Technologies and Micro-grids | Real-time pricing and Demand Response in Smart Grid Environment Smart Grid Communications Micro and Nano Grids: Issues and Solutions Smart Features in Electrical Grid IoT in Smart Grid Distributed Generation |
| Improved Power Quality for Power System of Future | Active Power Filters Active Front-End Converters Unity Power factor correctors |
| Identified Thrust Areas | Sub-Areas |
| Materials and Design Engineering | Composite Materials Smart Materials Computational Damage Mechanics Dynamic Analysis and Condition Monitoring of Equipment Biomechanics and Biomaterials Robotic Engineering |
| Thermal and Fluid Engineering | Refrigeration and Air conditioning Waste Heat Recovery and Thermal Management Sustainable and Renewable Energy Systems Numerical Simulation and CFD Analysis Performance Optimization of Thermo-Fluid Systems |
| Manufacturing Processes and Analysis | Sustainable Machining Micro and Nano Machining Manufacturing Process Analysis and Simulation Additive Manufacturing Low-Cost Automation Artificial Intelligence and IoT applications in Manufacturing |
| Industrial and System Engineering | Logistics & Supply Chain Management Quality and Reliability Engineering Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Decision Modelling and Quantitative Techniques |
