Centre for Biomedical Engineering

IIT Gandhinagar

Research Focus

The Center for Biomedical Engineering at IITGN is focusing on conducting cutting-edge scientific research with an aim to improve research and practice in biomedical engineering. Research at this Center has three main focus areas:

1. Diagnostic/Therapeutic Tools and Techniques

This involves developing novel methods to detect and treat diseases. The tools and techniques currently being developed use optical sensors, microbubble engineering, computational design, dye based assays, therapeutic peptides and many others.

2. Automated Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Techniques

This involves use of robotics and virtual environments to provide newer, more efficient and more intuitive techniques for application by physiotherapists, neurologists and surgeons.

3. Public Health Techniques

This involves developing tools and techniques to prevent disease and promote health in the community.

Awards and Fellowships

Prof. Arup Lal Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, has been selected for the ‘Distinguished International Associates Award (2021)’ of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), UK. The award will support collaborative research with Prof Ken Grattan, OBE, FREng, City, University of London for a project titled “UAV-based laser spectroscopic monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions in urban and rural India”, with Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, India as an industry collaborator. Another larger RAE grant named ‘Transforming Systems through Partnership’ has been awarded to the duo of Professor Chakraborty and Professor Grattan. The two activities will complement each other.

Prof. Ashutosh Srivastava, Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering, has been selected for the prestigious ‘DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship’ for the year 2020-21 by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. The fellowship is awarded every year to young Indian scientists who are working overseas in various fields of biotechnology and life sciences and are interested in taking up scientific research positions in India.

Prof. Himanshu Shekhar, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, has been awarded the Har Govind Khorana-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (2021) by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. This award includes a research grant and a three-year fellowship which will enable Professor Shekhar to pursue ultrasound-based approaches for treating breast cancer. He aims to exploit moderate-intensity ultrasound exposure along with novel therapeutics and image guidance for treating breast cancer.(15,February). He has been awarded the “Star Ambassador Award”, IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society, 2020.

Prof. Sivapriya Kirubakaran (Associate Professor, Chemistry) and her team have received a Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG),2021 from Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC). The team has been awarded the grant in the ‘Drugs & Drug Delivery’ category which will help them to commercialise their research idea. As part of this programme, successful BIG Innovators receive monetary support for research projects with commercialisation potential for a duration of up to 18 months.

Prof. Uttama Lahiri, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering has received the prestigious TATA Innovation Fellowship 2020-21. Professor Lahiri is one among the five recipients of the fellowship, an initiative of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, to promote innovation in science and finding effective solutions to major existing challenges in modern Biology/Biotechnology.

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