The Tata Centre acts as a virtual centre for teaching and research that draws faculty members,graduate, masters,phd and postdoc students from various academic units across IIT Bombay. The centre focuses on challenges in the areas of Agriculture and Food, Education, Energy, Healthcare, Housing, Water and Waste Management. It undertakes research projects in these areas by leveraging the expertise of the research community at IIT Bombay Tata Centre for Technology and Design at IIT Bombay closely works with its sister institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA and with other partner organisations and stakeholders across India.