Professor, Department of Biotechnology

Associate Chair, Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE)

Coordinator, BS in Data Science and Applications and NPTEL

I am a Chemical Engineer by training. I received my BTech in Chemical Engineering from A. C. Tech, Anna University, Chennai. After that, I pursued my Master's degree in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at University of Maryland, Baltimore County and PhD in Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. I also worked as a post-doc at Johns Hopkins University. I joined the Department of Biotechnology at IIT Madras in October 2010. My research interests are on developing biomaterials for tissue restoration.

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Current Projects

• Development of bioactive wound dressing materials
• Fabrication of nanocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering
• Design of novel injectable self-healing hydrogels for biomedical applications
• Surface modification of polymeric biomaterials

If you are interested in pursuing an internship in my lab, you can apply through the IITM Summer Fellowship Program or NPTEL Internship Program. I do not take interns outside of these fellowships.

My publications can be viewed on Scopus or Google Scholar.

For more details, please visit the Lab Website