The Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology carries out basic research in Himalayan Geology and related fields which includes geodynamic evolution, mountain building processes, geoenvironment and mineral resources. The research activities of the Institute are conducted through time - bound project mode and the areas of its multi- disciplinary research are organised into the following four areas namely: 

• · Tectonophysics 
• · Petrology & Geochemistry 
• · Lithogenesis- Biostratigraphy and 
• · Earth Resources and Environment 

The field of specialisation in each area of research are as follows : 

Tectonophysics - Kinematic analysis of structures in rocks, lineaments using remote sensing techniques, experimental structural geology, regional geology and tectonic analysis, neotectonics and active faults. Seismicity, seismotectonics, palaeoseismology and gravity - magnetic studies. 

Petrology & Geochemistry - Petrology and geochemistry of magmatic ( particularly granitoids and volcanics) and metamorphic rocks including geothermobarometry, ore-microscopy and fluid inclusion, fission track dating, petrological data base and application of computers in petrology. 

Lithogenesis- Biostratigraphy - Ancient fluvial and marine processes, magnetostra- tigraphy, palaeoclimatic and tectonic studies. Invertebrate, vertebrate palaeontology, micropalaeontology and palynology. Specialisation in  ostracodes, conodonts, foraminifera, brachiopods, bivalves, trilobites and tracefossils, early forms of life, stromatoloites, algae and micro-vertebrates. 

Earth Resources and Environment - Geomorphological processes, landform analysis, palaeoclimatic studies, natural resources, landslides and glaciological studies.