JICA Research Grant

List of JICA FRIENDSHIP Fellowship

FRIENDSHIP 2.0 Fellowship for New Partnership 2nd Batch (January 2026 - December 2026)

No.	IITH Faculty Name	Department	Japanese Partner Name	Organization	Affiliation
1	Nakul Parameswar	Entrepreneurship and Management	Yuka Ishihara	Ehime University	Institute of Research, Innovation and Collaboration (IRIC)
2	Jaladhar Neelavalli	Biomedical Engineering	Kohsuke Kudo	Hokkaido University	Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Imaging
3	Neetu Tiwari	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Yuji Tasaka	Hokkaido University	Graduate School of Engineering
4	Saket Asthana	Physics	Tomoya Ohno	Kitami Institute of Technology	Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Materials Science
5	Sivakumar Vaidyanathan	Chemistry	Chihaya Adachi	Kyushu University	Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA)
6	Ankita Roy	Design	Mao Kudo	Kyushu University	Faculty of Design, Department of Media Design
7	Atanu Rajak	Physics	Tomotaka Kuwahara	RIKEN	Center for Quantum Computing
8	Aravind Kumar Rengan	Biomedical Engineering	Mamoru Wakayama	Ritsumeikan University	College of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology
9	Lopamudra Giri	Chemical Engineering	Sadao Ota	The University of Tokyo	Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
10	Vikas Krishnamurthy	Mathematics	Hiroyuki Miyoshi	The University of Tokyo	Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
11	Satyavrata Samavedi	Chemical Engineering	Taichi Ito	The University of Tokyo	Graduate School of Engineering
12	Srinvas Varanasi Rama	Material Science and Maalurgical Engineering	Motomochi Koyama	Tohoku University	Institute for Materials Research
13	Saswata Bhattacharya	Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	Akinori Yamanaka	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering
14	Harish Nagaraj Dixit	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering	Yoshiyuki Tagawa	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering
15	Suresh Kumar Garlapati	Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	Ayako Yoshida	Yamagata University	Innovation Center for Organic Electronics

FRIENDSHIP 2.0 Fellowship for New Partnership 1st Batch (May 2024 - June 2025)

No.	IITH Faculty Name	Department	Japanese Partner Name	Organization	Affiliation
1	Sandilya Saurabh	Physics	Shohei Nishida	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies
2	Saride Sireesh	Civil Engineering	Tatsuya Ishikawa	Hokkaido University	Graduate School of Engineering
3	Poomangalath Neelakantan Keshavan	Design	Tohru Ueda	KINDAI University	Graduate School of Science and Engineering
4	Yemula Pradeep Kumar	Electrical Engineering	-	Kyoto University	Graduate School of Energy Science
5	Vaidyanathan Shantha Balaji Iyer	Chemical Engineering	Hedong Zhang	Nagoya University	Graduate School of Informatics
6	Naskar Anirban	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Kentaro Shinoda	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute
7	Singh SAURABH KUMAR	Chemistry	Takahiro Nakajima	RIKEN	Center for Computational Science
8	Babu Deepu J.	Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	Miryala Muralidhar	Shibaura Institute of Technology	Graduate School of Science and Engineering
9	Acharyya Amit	Electrical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence	Masato Futagawa	Shizuoka University	Faculty of Engineering, Division of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
10	Kanagaraj Gnanaprakash	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Shinji Nakaya	The University of Tokyo	Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
11	Misra Ashish	Biotechnology	Tatsuro Hirose	The University of Tokyo	Graduate School of Engineering
12	Kamaraj Ashok	Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering	Shigeru Ueda	Tohoku University	Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials