Ph.D. (July 2003- Dec 2008) |
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India Thesis: Design and Development of Label-Free Optical Biosensors Two novel, cost effective and field deployable sensing schemes for detection of bacteria and proteins have been demonstrated. |
Bachelor of Engg. (1998-2002) |
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India (Electronics & Instrumentation) |
August 2017 – Present |
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras |
August 2011 – Present |
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras |
Mar 2009 – Feb 2011 |
Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID Worked on development of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) based DNA biosensor, receptor mediated detection of explosives and applications of nanomaterials for development of drug delivery systems for anti-sense and anti-gene oligonucleotide based therapeutics. |
Jan 2009 - Continued a part of Ph.D work |
Research Associate, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India The development of sensing modalities for field deployable biosensors. Improvements to the existing sensor probes were proposed. Some of the proposed sensor designs have been demonstrated successfully. |
August 2002 – June 2003 |
Lecturer, GVP College of Engg, Visakhapatnam, India Responsibilities consisted of teaching courses and running lab sessions. |
Updated on 01stDecember, 2017
Updated on 01stDecember, 2017
Updated on 01stDecember, 2017
Courses Taught
Jan-May 2012 | AM1100 Engineering Mechanics (85 Students) |
Jul-Nov 2012 | AM3010 Introduction to Biomechanics (37 students) |
Jan-May 2013 | AM5140 Biomedical Instrumentation (19 students) |
AM3020 Fundamentals of Medical Instrumentation (62 students) | |
Jul-Nov 2013 | AM3010 Introduction to Biomechanics (35 students) |
Jan-May 2014 | AM5140 Biomedical Instrumentation (25 students) |
AM3020 Fundamentals of Medical Instrumentation (36 students) | |
Jul-Nov 2014 | AM3010 Introduction to Biomechanics (20 students) |
Jan-May 2015 | AM1100 Engineering Mechanics (85 students) |
Jul-Sept 2015 | AM5520 Medical Electronics (17 students) | AM1100 Engineering Mechanics (34 students) |
Jan-May 2016 | AM6514 Biomedical Sensors (4 students) |
Jul-Nov 2016 | AM5520 Medical Electronics (10 students) |
Jan-May 2017 | AM3020 Fundamentals of Medical Instrumentation (8 students) |
Students Trained
Current Students | Gowri A (Ph.D., Jan 2013) | Christina Christopher (Ph.D., Jul 2013) | Ramakrishna B (Ph.D., Dec 2011) | Hariharan Manoharan (Ph.D., Jan 2014) | Divagar Murugan (Ph.D., Jun 2017) | Kuzhandai Shamlee J (Ph.D., Jun 2017) | Swetha S Menon (Ph.D., Jun 2017) | Allwyn S Rajamani (Ph.D., Jan 2016) |
Updated on 01stDecember, 2017
Updated on 01stDecember, 2017
Updated on 5thJune, 2015