The following is a list of key areas of knowledge competency at IIIM. Typically, each of these knowledge competency areas has both curiosity and client-driven research programs.

Natural Products Chemistry (Plants) Fermentation Technology Division Natural Products Chemistry (Microbes) Microbial Biotechnology Division Medicinal Chemistry Division Clinical Microbiology Division Bio-Organic Chemistry Division Cancer Pharmacology Division Discovery Informatics Division Inflammation Pharmacology Division Instrumentation Division PK-PD and Toxicology Division Chemical Engineering Division Quality Control, Quality Assurance and CMC Division Plant Sciences Division IIIM Branch Srinagar Genetics Resources and Agrotechnology Division