Head

Collaborating Faculty

• Dr. Sourav Rakshit, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras
• Dr. Sundararajan Natarajan, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras
• Dr. Sivakumar Balasubramanian, Professor, Department of Bioengineering, CMC Vellore

Project Officers

• Swostik Sourav Dash
• Ashish Mohan Sharma
• Siddharth Daga
• Rahul Bhamare
• Vivek Sarda

Senior Scientist

• Dr. Javeed Shaikh Mohammed

Clinical Team

• Samson Daniel (OT)
• Amirtha Varshini (PT)
• S. Tribhuvan (OT)
• Karthik Ranganatha Rao (PT)

PhD Scholars

• S Sudeesh (joint guidance with Prof. M. S. Shunmugam)
• TM Balaramakrishnan (joint guidance with Prof. Sundararajan Natarajan)
• G. Padma Naveena (joint guidance with Prof. Marcus Pandy, University of Melbourne)
• S. Nagarajan
• Aravind Nehru (joint guidance with Prof. Sivakumar Balasubramanian, CMC Vellore)
• Preethi Srinivasan (joint guidance with Prof. Hemachandran Karah, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Prem Kumar (joint guidance with Prof. Sivakumar Balasubramanian, CMC Vellore)

Project staff

• Seethapathi
• Praveen Kumar
• Rajesh
• Mounika Pasavula

Alumni of R2D2 Lab

PhD

• N Babu (joint guidance with Prof. S. Narayanan), Kinematic, Dynamic and Stability Study of Track, Leg, and Hybrid Locomotion Robot, PhD 2019
• Ganesh Bapat, Development, Analysis And Clinical Evaluation Of Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis With Alternative Knee Joint Designs, PhD 2018
• Solomon Seid Kebede, Optimal Design of Magnetorheological Damper for Prosthetic Knee Application (joint guidance with Prof. C. Sujatha, PhD 2017
• DS Mohan Varma, Minimal kinematic models for the inverse dynamics analysis of normal and asymmetric gait, PhD 2015

MS

• Gunjan Patel (joint guidance with Dr. Rajdeep Ojha and Dr. Judy John, CMC), Development and Clinical Validation of a Portable and Wearable System for Gait Analysis, MS 2019
• Sandeep Guguloth, Design and development of robotic mechanisms for upper extremity rehabilitation (joint guidance with Dr. Sivakumar Balasubramanian, CMC Vellore), MS 2018
• Nitin Prakash Kamble, Stair Climbing Mechanism for Wheelchair, MS 2016
• Kumaraswamy Udugu, Tolerance Analysis in mechanisms (joint guidance with Prof. M. S. Shunmugam), MS 2013

MTech/DD

• Pranjali Manjrekar, Mobility Device assisted by Functional Electrical Stimulation, DD 2020
• C Mohan Raj, OPENSIM Modeling of Standing Wheelchair, M. Tech (Clinical Engineering) 2020
• G. Manideep,Biomechanics of Standing Wheelchair, M.Tech 2019
• Venkat Teja, Development of an exercising device using muscle stimulation, DD 2019
• Sanjay Hansdah, Wheelchair Bike, DD 2017
• Sripriya Kalidoss, Electromechanically Assisted Gait and Lower Body Exercise Device, DD 2016
• Ashish Mohan Sharma, Development of motorized assistive device for people with paraplegia, DD 2016
• K Narayan Pai, Development of Clutch Adjustment Device, M.Tech 2016
• Harsha Vardhan Reddy, Computer aided optimal synthesis of fixed length and adjustable planar mechanisms, DD 2015
• Kaushik Naidu, Transfer device for wheelchair users, M. Tech 2015
• TS Anand, Synthesis and Design of Polycentric Knee for Transfemoral Prosthesis, M. Tech 2014
• Vivek Sarda, Training and Mobility Device for Children with Cerebral Palsy, DD 2014
• Swostik Sourav Dash, Swimming Pool Lift for Physically Challenged, DD 2013
• Sumit Pethwadajkar, Design of an Improved Standing Wheelchair (joint guidance with Prof. Shankar Krishnapillai), DD 2013
• M. V. Jairaj, Design of a Low Vision Telescope, DD 2013
• P. S. Satyanarayana, Development of a novel mechanically variable valve timing (M-VVT) system to improve volumetric efficiency of small engines (joint guidance with Prof. A. Ramesh), M. Tech 2013
• Harshal Chaudhari, Development of a Standing Wheelchair, DD 2012
• Varun Joshi, Software for Mechanism Design, DD 2012
• K. Aravind Reddy, Design and Analysis of KAFO with improved stance stability, DD 2011
• Banugade Nitin Madhukar, Design of gravity-balancing leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation, M.Tech 2011
• Ramu Banoth, Design of polycentric knee mechanism for above-knee amputee, M.Tech 2011
• T. Praveen, Standing wheelchair (joint guidance with Prof. Seshadri Shekar), M. Tech 2011
• J. Santi Sagar, Manufacturing improvements for the Jaipur foot, M.Tech 2010
• G. Veerababu, Mechanical characterization of the Jaipur foot, M.Tech 2010
• Mayank Pareek, Development of an adjustable KAFO, DD 2009
• Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Development of a knee mechanism for a KAFO, M.Tech 2009
• R Ramaraj, Design, development and performance evaluation of mechanically operated multiplate wet clutch for PTO application (joint guidance with Prof. M. M. Mayuram), M.Tech 2009

BTech

• Subham Swastik Kamal, Cyclic Knee Testing Machine, B. Tech 2020
• Akshay Molawade, Design and Spring Balancing of a Manually Operated Pool Lift, B. Tech 2019
• Sourya Varenya, Stance Control Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses, B. Tech 2018
• Manish Prajapat and Vishwajeet Sikchi, Add-on Device to Assist Stair Climbing of a Wheelchair, B. Tech 2017
• Saish Kapadi, Design of an All-Terrain Wheelchair, B. Tech 2014
• VVK Harish, Design of a Coconut Tree Climber, B. Tech 2014
• Sushant Veer, Spring Balancing of Orthotic and Prosthetic Devices, B. Tech 2013
• Girish A, Interactive Technology for Orientation and Mobility training of Blind and Visually Impaired Children, B.Tech 2013
• Prashant Poondla, Design of the I-Tilt and Go (i-TAG) device, B.Tech 2012