Research

Biomedical Engineering

National and International Research Collaboration

ORGANIZATION

John Hopkins University, USAUniversity of Montpellier, France

National University of Singapore

Columbia University, New York, USA

State University of New York, Albany, USA

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia

CMC, Vellore, IndiaCivil Medical Hospital, Ahmedabad

Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata

RESEARCH AREA

Prosthetic techniquesRehabilitation tools/techniques for stroke patients

Prosthetic techniquesStroke rehab. and prosthetic techniquesPublic Health

Public HealthRehabilitation tools/techniques for stroke patients

Stroke rehab. and prosthetic techniques

Clinical studies in the area of automated rehabilitation techniques

NATIONAL

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Prof. Anita Mahadevan, Professor, Department of Neuropathology, 

Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Prof. Bhoomika Patel, Assistant Professor

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India.

Prof. Debabrata Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Electronics and Communication Engineering

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Prof. Hardik Pandya, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Sciences

Bharat Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Surat, Gujarat, India.

Prof. Jayesh D. Patel, Professor, Surgical Oncology.

Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Prof. Rakesh Rawal, Professor, Department of Life Science.

INTERNATIONAL

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

Dr. Abhijit Das, Consultant Neurologist

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York USA.

Prof. Anirban Dutta, Research Associate Professor, Neuroengineering and Informatics for Rehabilitation Laboratory (NIRlab), Department of Biomedical Engineering

University of Chicago School of Medicine, Illinois, U.S.A.

Prof. Kenneth Bader, Assistant Professor, Radiology

Colorado State University, USA.

Prof. Ketul Popat, Mechanical Engineering

Institut Curie, Paris, France, Visiting Scientist.

Prof. Ludger Johannes

Diagnostic Tools and Techniques

Title: Computational pipeline for integrated analysis of large scale NGS data to accurately define genome-wide binding profiles of proteins

Principal Investigator : Prof. Sharmistha Majumdar

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Biotechnology

Beginning Year : April 2017

Title: Disulfide-rich peptides as scaffold for the development of tau protein aggregation inhibitors in Alzheimer Disease

Principal Investigator : Prof. Sharad Gupta

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Science and Technology

Beginning Year : October 2015

Title: Targeting IMPDH (Inosine Monophosphate Dehydogenase): Developing Novel therapeutics for H pylori Infection

Principal Investigator : Prof. Sivapriya Kirubakaran

Sponsoring Agency : Science and Engineering Research Board

Beginning Year : October 2016

Title: Mechanistic analysis of eukaryotic mobile genetic elements

Principal Investigator : Prof. Sharmistha Majumdar

Sponsoring Agency : Science and Engineering Research Board

Beginning Year : December 2016

Title: Understanding the thermodynamics and Kinetic factors affecting polymorphism of Pharaceuticals ingredients

Principal Investigator : Prof. Sameer Dalvi

Sponsoring Agency : Science and Engineering Research Board

Beginning Year : January 2017

Title: Developing amino acid containing, bio-inspired cobalt-based electrocatalysts for H2 production under a broader chemical space

Principal Investigator : Prof. Arnab Dutta

Sponsoring Agency : Science and Engineering Research Board

Beginning Year : August 2016

Title: Aptamer-magnetic nanoparticle constructs for multiplexed detection of food-borne pathogens

Principal Investigator : Prof. Bhaskar Datta

Sponsoring Agency :  Department of Science and Technology

Beginning Year : August 2013

Title: Structural investigation of tetraspanin CD151 and laminin-binding integrin α3β1: A possible target for cancer therapy

Principal Investigator : Prof. Vijay Thiruvenkatam

Sponsoring Agency : Science and Engineering Research Board

Beginning Year : September 2016

Automated Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Techniques

Title: Motor adaptation and skill learning in Parkinson’s disease

Principal Investigator : Prof. Pratik Mutha

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Science and Technology

Beginning Year : September 2015

Title: Development of low cost intelligent headphones for improving social interactions of children with autism spectrum disorders

Principal Investigator : Prof. Nithin V George

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Science and Technology

Beginning Year : April 2013

Title: Integrating Robotic Gait Training System with Virtual Reality for Gait Rehabilitation – a novel approach in Neurorehabilitation

Principal Investigator : Prof. Uttama Lahiri

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Science and Technology

Beginning Year : December 2015

Title: Intelligent Adaptive Reality based Stoke Rehabilitation Platform for Elderly

Principal Investigator : Prof. Uttama Lahiri

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Science and Technology

Beginning Year : July 2014

Title: Post Stroke tele-neurohabilitation using an operant conditioning paradigm under volitionally driven transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Principal Investigator : Prof. Uttama Lahiri

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Science and Technology-INRIA

Beginning Year : February 2014

Title: MindEye:A low-cost, portable, easy-to-use, eye-tracking device integrated with computerized cognitive tests for early diagnosis of Dementia at community level using big-data analytics in cloud under a highly affordable Software-As-A-Service model

Principal Investigator : Prof. Uttama Lahiri

Sponsoring Agency : BIRAC

Beginning Year : May 2017

Title: Development of a robotic system for gait characterization and performance measurement

Principal Investigator : Prof. Vineet Vashistha

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Science and Technology

Beginning Year :  March 2016

Title: Development of a novel Wearable Cable-Driven Leg Exoskeleton for Robotic Neurorehabilitation

Principal Investigator : Prof. Vineet Vashistha

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Science and Technology

Beginning Year : March 2017

Public Health Techniques

Title: Regulation of inter-allelic epigenetic differences by CGGBP1-CTCF axis

Principal Investigator :  Prof. Umashankar Singh

Sponsoring Agency : Science and Engineering Research Board

Beginning Year : August 2016

Title: Anti-CGGBP1 adjunct cancer therapy: Regional advantage in Gujarat

Principal Investigator : Prof. Umashankar Singh

Sponsoring Agency : Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission

Beginning Year : October 2016

Title: How are context and health of older adults related?: Incorporation of geospatial analysis into sociology of aging

Principal Investigator : Dr Tannistha Samanta

Sponsoring Agency : Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Beginning Year : November 2013

Title: Development of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Risk Assessment model for Diverse Ethnic Indian Population

Principal Investigator : Prof. Malavika Subramaniyan

Sponsoring Agency : Department of biotechnology

Beginning Year : January 2017

Title: Modeling spread of vector borne diseases in urban areas from spatially interacting network perspective

Principal Investigator : Prof. Shivakumar Jolad

Sponsoring Agency : Science and Engineering Research Board

Beginning Year : September 2014