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School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, IIT Madras

Doctoral research · Deep-tech ecosystems

PhD (Innovation & Entrepreneurship)

Rigorous, applied research on how innovation emerges, how startups scale, and how lab research reaches the market.

Mode

Full-time doctoral programme

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IIT Madras PhD Admissions Portal

Admissions

Closed for the current cycle

Backgrounds

Engineering, management, economics, policy

SIE is building a world-class research programme that generates rigorous and applied knowledge to inform practice, policy and pedagogy in the Indian deep-tech context.

Research domains span entrepreneurship (venture science, network effects, capital structure for early-stage deep-tech, venture studios) and innovation (design innovation for the creator economy, AI in innovation and manufacturing, open innovation for scaling academic R&D, innovation ecosystems and policy, lab-to-market commercialisation pathways).

Doctoral scholars work closely with faculty and industry stakeholders on critical challenges in India's evolving innovation ecosystem, with access to IIT Madras research facilities and its startup pipeline.