Research and Development Faculty members at IIT Bhilai work on contemporary, high impact research areas that frequently span multiple departments. Researchers from Sciences and Engineering departments complement each others’ expertise in advancing technology in several areas. The institute gives emphasis to achieving a right balance of theoretical and experimental research. The research outcomes of the faculty members are published in the best journals and conferences of the related field, and the impact of their work has ensured a high average h-index.

Emphasis is given to the research problems of immediate industrial and practical application. The institute is in process of building world-class labs with industry collaboration to provide the faculty and students an access to the relevant research problems and opportunity for adoption of their solutions. Faculty members are currently conducting research under significant grants obtained from reputed external funding agencies.