IIT Bombay has placed considerable emphasis on research and developmental work as key component of its activities in pursuit of excellence. The institute plays a very significant role in diverse facets of R&D in keeping with the rapidly expanding frontiers of knowledge, national needs and global developments.

The department of Reliability Engineering being an Interdisciplinary Programme in nature, is highly research oriented. Students from this department works along with other departmetns/centers and schools to achieve common goals. Most research activities here revolves around Reliability of the systems(mechanical, electrical or software). In this page we will try to provide you the glimpse of research activities going on in the department.