In India, social work research is changing its landscape in response to the changing socio-political contexts and changing definition of social work. This chapter aims to capture these changes and examine the areas of social work research that strengthen social work practice. Based on a scoping review, it identifies and examines trends in four areas of social work research, namely social work literature, philosophical and methodological orientations, themes and research sites, and methods that shape social work practice in India. Publications in Indian social work journals constitute the largest form of social work literature and encompass empirical studies, perspectives, indigenous groups, indigenous knowledge and practice, which are based on Indian realities. Trends in philosophical and methodological orientations showed a growth of non-positivist epistemologies and pragmatism in social work doctoral works. Emerging themes and research sites reveal new forms of injustice and discrimination, people’s struggle, indigenous and tribal perspectives. Use of technology such as photography, online interviews and telephonic interactions are new methods used in digitized research. One common trend in all the four areas is the focus on decolonized perspectives and methodologies. Informed by rich cultures, indigenous practices, and different forms of inequalities, Indian social work research is in the process of decolonization and is gradually accepting methodologies of the peripheralized sections of the country.