IIT Bombay – Honeywell

Centre of Excellence for Future Skills & Innovation

Advancing sustainability education, applied research, innovation, and industry collaboration to build future-ready talent at scale.

Become Part of a Legacy

The Centre of Excellence is a strategic multifunctional platform that aims to accelerate sustainability driven transformation through skill development, research, entrepreneurship, and ecosystem engagement.

It is designed to systematically identify gaps, generate scalable solutions and drive their adoption across institutions, markets, and communities.

Prof. Bakul Rao

Professor

Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (C-TARA), IIT Bombay

About the Centre

India's First-of-Its-Kind Platform for Future Skills, Sustainability & Innovation

The IIT Bombay-Honeywell Centre of Excellence for Future Skills & Innovation is creating a powerful ecosystem where learning, research, innovation, and industry collaboration come together to solve real-world sustainability challenges. Through future-focused education, applied research, startup support, and fellowships, the Centre is enabling talent, ideas, and solutions that can drive meaningful impact across industries and communities.

The Ecosystem

We Are Building

A collaborative ecosystem that connects learners, researchers, innovators, industry, policymakers, and communities to solve sustainability challenges at scale.

Centre of Excellence

For Future Skills & Innovation

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Students & Learners

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Startups & Innovators

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Researchers & Academia

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Industry Partners

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Communities

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Policymakers & Enablers

Driving impact through

Four Strategic Pillars

The Centre's initiatives are designed to build sustainability capabilities, accelerate innovation, advance applied research, and create pathways for future leaders.

Skill & Knowledge Development

100,000+ Learners to be Trained

Building one of India's largest sustainability-focused talent pipelines through expert-led courses, interdisciplinary learning pathways, workshops, and future skills programmes designed to prepare learners for evolving industry and environmental challenges.

Translation Research

3 Sustainability Research Projects Initiated (2025-26)

Advancing applied research that addresses real-world sustainability challenges. Through collaborative, data-driven projects, the Centre bridges academic expertise and practical implementation to generate actionable insights and scalable solutions.

Innovation & Incubation

Seed Funding & Mentorship for High-Potential Innovators

Creating pathways from ideas to impact through national innovation forums, sustainability challenges, mentorship networks, and incubation support. Selected innovators receive guidance and resources to transform promising concepts into scalable ventures.

Research Fellowships

3 Research Fellows Onboarded (2025-26)

Supporting emerging researchers through interdisciplinary fellowships that contribute to the Centre's research, outreach, and capacity-building initiatives while nurturing the next generation of sustainability leaders.

Our Impact Goals

Students to be Trained

Modules to be Developed

Research Projects to be Initiated

Research Fellows to be Supported

Startups to be Incubated