A student-led initiative to make IIT Delhi’s research accessible, searchable, and impactful.
IITD Research Ambit is an open, student-driven research intelligence platform built at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Our mission is to bring every research contribution from IITD — across departments, centres, labs, faculty, and research groups — into one unified, searchable hub.
World-class research at IITD spans engineering, sciences, humanities, technology, entrepreneurship, and interdisciplinary domains. But this knowledge remains fragmented across lab websites, PDFs, newsletters, and isolated systems.
Research Ambit changes this.
We index, structure, and surface IITD’s research outputs so that students, faculty, industry partners, and collaborators can access them effortlessly.
- Create the single source of truth for IITD research.
- Simplify discovery using full-text and semantic search.
- Build a platform where ideas, innovations, and researchers become discoverable instantly.
- Showcase IITD’s impactful research to the global academic and industry community.
A fast, intuitive search experience with:
- Keyword + semantic search
- Filters for department, faculty, year, domain, publication type
- Cross-paper contextual understanding
A unified, structured repository of:
- Publications
- Patents
- Research projects
- Preprints
- Lab updates
- Student theses
- Media mentions
Backed by automated pipelines to ingest, clean, and index data.
NLP/LLM-powered modules to:
- Summarize research
- Extract methods, datasets, keywords
- Provide non-expert explanations
- Generate impact briefs for industry & public
A modern, accessible web interface offering:
- Live research search
- Researcher profiles
- Trending topics
- Lab-wise pages
- Collaboration opportunities
Our repositories include:
data-pipelines→ scrapers, normalizerssearch-index→ keyword + vector indexesapi→ unified research APIfrontend→ web UImodels→ NLP/LLM tasks
A multidisciplinary team of IIT Delhi students passionate about:
- Research communication
- Machine learning + NLP
- Data engineering
- Full-stack development
- Product & design
Collaborating with:
- IITD faculty
- Research groups & labs
- Student research clubs
- Alumni mentors
IIT Delhi produces groundbreaking research, but accessibility is often limited.
Tech Ambit empowers the community by providing:
- One place to find all IITD research.
- Visibility for labs to increase collaborations and citations.
- Discoverability for students exploring research opportunities.
- Industry engagement for innovation and tech transfer.
| Repository | Description |
|---|---|
| frontend | React/Next.js interface for search & discovery. |
| api | Unified REST/GraphQL API for IITD research. |
| data-pipelines | Automated ingestion, cleaning, enrichment scripts. |
| search-index | Vector DB + keyword indexing + ranking logic. |
| models | LLM/NLP pipelines: summarization & metadata extraction. |
| design-system | UI components and branding assets. |
| docs | Architecture, contribution guidelines, and standards. |
(Adjust if needed.)
We welcome contributions from:
- Students
- Researchers
- Developers
- Designers
- Alumni
Ways to contribute:
- Add new research data sources
- Improve ingestion and cleaning pipelines
- Enhance search ranking
- Build UI/UX components
- Write documentation
- Improve metadata extraction models
See CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
- Email: techambit@iitd.ac.in
- Slack/Discord: (internal link)
- Website: (coming soon)
For faculty, labs, or research groups wanting integration — reach out.
For students exploring research — this platform is built for you.
We thank:
- IIT Delhi faculty advisors
- Student contributors and volunteers
- Open-source community
- Alumni supporters
Tech Ambit — Where IITD’s research meets accessibility, intelligence, and impact.