Indian Institute of Science
VerifiedIndia's flagship research institute. Centres include the Department of Electrical Engineering, the IISc Battery Lab and the Centre for Sustainable Technologies — strong EV/storage research output.
Affiliated with Institute of Eminence
Research overview
Research pillar score: 97/100 on the emobility.careers institution-ranking rubric. See full rankings →
IISc Bengaluru is India's highest-impact fundamental EV research institution. The combination of materials engineering, power-electronics device research and systems-level energy research lets IISc work simultaneously on next-gen chemistries, next-gen converters and next-gen integration patterns.
Research centres (4)
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering — EV labs
Power electronics, controls, BMS algorithms
Head: Prof. Vinod John
Department of Materials Engineering — Battery group
Cathode + anode + electrolyte materials
Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research (ICER)
EV + storage + renewables systems-level research
Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST)
EV adoption modelling, lifecycle analysis
OEM collaborations (4)
Bosch India
Joint Bosch-IISc lab for automotive electronics
researchsince 2017Tata Motors EV
researchsince 2018Ather Energy
researchsince 2019Continental India
researchsince 2020
Ongoing research projects
Solid-state battery prototyping
Cell chemistry · Funded by DST + Tata Sons · ACTIVE
Wide-bandgap power devices (SiC + GaN) for EV converters
Power electronics · ACTIVE
Lithium-ion recycling — hydromet process intensification
Recycling · ACTIVE
Major facilities & labs
- ▪Cell-formation cycler bank
- ▪Microfabrication clean rooms
- ▪Power-electronics test cell
- ▪Material characterisation (TEM / SEM / XRD / NMR)
- ▪Battery abuse test cell