Join the lab

We welcome PhD students, postdocs and interns interested in AI for sustainability. Find the row that fits you.

Listings may not reflect every opportunity — you are welcome to write to us at any time.

Role	For	When	How to apply
PhD	Students interested in AI for sustainability: LLMs, VLMs, computer vision and ML for real-world problems	● Open each admission cycle	Apply through the IIT Gandhinagar PhD portal; you can also write to Prof. Batra
Postdoc	Candidates interested in applying for a fellowship	● Open rolling	Fellowships such as the National Postdoctoral Fellowship; contact Prof. Batra
6-month internship	Students wanting deep, sustained research experience	● Open rolling	Complete the selection task
Summer internship	Undergraduate and early graduate students	○ Usually opens in February	Through IIT Gandhinagar SRIP (2025 project codes: IP0NB0000019, IP0NB0000020)

What you'll work on

Computer vision on satellite imagery and LLMs for environmental policy; VLMs and sensing for respiratory health; time-series models for energy; multimodal models for social good.

Current research

How you'll learn

New to research? That's fine. New members start with the Research Skills Bootcamp, then weekly group meetings, a reading group and shared GPU servers.

Research Skills Bootcamp

Where you'll go

Alumni are at Cambridge, Microsoft Research, Google DeepMind, CMU, UIUC, Oracle and Nykaa, and in PhD programmes worldwide.

Alumni

When writing to us, please include

DatesHow long you can commit, and when you can start

CVYour most recent version

InterestsWhich of our research areas excite you most

PapersOne or two papers from the lab you have read, and what interested you

MotivationWhy AI for sustainability, and why this lab

BackgroundRelevant coursework, projects or experience

Browse our publications first. Quality of engagement matters more than a long email.

In their words

“Working at Sustainability Lab gave me the foundation I needed for my role at Google DeepMind. The research experience and mentorship were invaluable.”

Aditi Agarwal · BTech 2024, now Predoc at Google DeepMind

“From daunting first papers to award-winning research, the Sustainability Lab shaped not just my thesis but my confidence, curiosity, and career.”

Ankita Jain · M.Tech 2023, now MTS at Oracle Bangalore

“From debugging Pyro to publishing at a NeurIPS workshop, Sustainability Lab gave me not just research skills but a lifelong mentor and a second family.”

Gautam Vashishtha · BTech 2023, now Data Scientist at Skan.ai