The role of Research pertaining to the built environment has been the focus at SMMCA Nagpur’s Ph.D. cell since its inception in 2011. Since then efforts towards documentation of different built environment, methods to nurture creativity, and multi-disciplinary research has been envisaged and carried out by the institute.
SMMCA is the only institute to have an active research cell affiliated with RTMNU, Nagpur with six supervisors, a group of eminent research panelists, and twenty scholars who have made their original contributions in the varied areas of research in built environments.
The Ph.D. cell has 11 scholars currently pursuing their doctoral research. The institute has an independent research and publication unit ‘Mimansa’. Other than publication, it is also engaged with spreading awareness amongst the architecture fraternity and the general public through research presentations. Currently, the institute has fourteen faculties with Ph.D. degrees (13 in architecture and one in education).