Coventry University’s India Hub Deepens Research Partnerships in AI…

Sarah J · 2026-02-26T16:28:14.000Z

Coventry University Group is strengthening its collaborative engagement with Indian research and innovation ecosystems through a series of strategic partnerships facilitated by its India Hub a global engagement centre established in New Delhi to deepen academic, industrial and policy linkages between the United Kingdom and India. Over the past year, the Group has leveraged the Hub to expand research collaborations, joint education programmes and multi-disciplinary activities in priority areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), healthcare innovation and clean technology. A senior research delegation led by Professor Richard Dashwood, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), and including leading academics from Coventry University travelled to India for a week of high-level strategic engagements. The visit focused on building stronger relationships with Indian institutions, government partners and industry stakeholders to advance joint research agendas and co-develop impact-oriented projects. Among the key developments is a formalised collaboration with IIT Guwahati that enables joint research, co-funded PhD programmes , student and staff mobility, and community engagement initiatives. This partnership is designed to foster deeper academic integration and drive high-impact research outputs across sectors where innovation can deliver measurable societal and economic benefits. Coventry University Group also partnered with IIT Delhi to host a Winter School that concentrated on cutting-edge topics in energy storage, green hydrogen technologies and AI-driven materials research bringing together researchers and postgraduate candidates to exchange knowledge, share methodologies and explore joint supervision opportunities that broaden academic horizons while addressing real-world challenges. Through its partnership with GITAM University, Coventry has established a dual-award PhD programme with the first cohort of scholars already enrolled, engaging in cross-discipline research ranging from health technologies and clean growth to creative and cultural studies. This initiative highlights how academic collaboration can produce not just education outputs but sustained innovation pathways that bridge Indian and UK expertise. The India Hub’s role extends beyond research projects it also fosters policy-facing dialogue, institutional capacity building and multi-stakeholder engagement that bring government agencies, academic researchers and private industry into alignment around shared priorities in innovation, sustainability and societal wellbeing.

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