The Research and Development activities of the School are largely aligned with academic and industry needs. The School has established some research groups based on faculty involvement and interests.

1. Smart Secure & Network Group (SSN) 
(It covers networking, cybersecurity, blockchain, IoT, and other related topics.)
Prof. Niranjan K. Ray (Coordinator)
Prof. Ajit Kumar Pasayat (Co-coordinator)
Prof. Partha Pratim Sarangi (Co-coordinator)

2. Machine Learning Group (ML)
(It covers Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and other related topics.)
Prof. Satyananda Champati Rai (Coordinator)
Prof. Nibedan Panda (Co-coordinator)
Prof. Santwana Sagnika (Co-coordinator)

3. Cognitive Data Science Group (CDS)
(It covers Data Science, Big Data, Natural Language Processing, Cognitive Science, Computer Vision, and other related topics.)
Prof. Ambika Prasad Mishra (Coordinator)
Prof. Mainak Bandyopadhyay (Co-coordinator)
Prof. Sricheta Parui (Co-coordinator)

4. Distributed Computing Group (DC)
(It covers Cloud Computing, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Quantum Computing, and other related topics.)
Prof. Anjan Bandyopadhyay (Coordinator)
Prof. Vijay Kumar Meena (Co-coordinator)
Prof. Dayal Kumar Behera (Co-coordinator)

5. Software System Design Group (SSD)
(It covers Software Engineering, Web Design, and other related topics.)
Prof. Jagannath Singh (Coordinator)
Prof. Saurabh Bilgaiyan (Co-coordinator)
Prof. Raghunath Dey (Co-coordinator)

These research groups aim at promoting research activities in both schools in the direction of,

– Publishing research papers,
– Writing funding proposals for different funding agencies,
– Inviting experts from academia/industry of repute,
– Conducting high-level workshops and FDPs,
– Collaboration with Academic Institutes/Industries for research
– and other research activities (not limited).