Micro Nano Bio Fluidics Unit

Research Team

Post Doctorate

PhD scholars

Name : Niladri Sekhar Satpathi

Research Topic: Droplet Impact Dynamics, Extreme Wettability Surfaces, Surface Acoustic Waves

Duration: 2019 - till date

Brief Bio:

Completed my schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Durgapur. I did my Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Durgapur in 2017. I worked in the education industry for one year then left for direct Ph.D. programme in Thermal Engineering at IIT Madras in 2019. I  work on drop impact dynamics, surface acoustic waves and liquid interaction, extreme wettability surfaces and everything in between. I am also interested in working with biological cells, active matter and their behavior under various impulses.

Here is the link to my personal website - 

https://sites.google.com/view/niladri/research?authuser=0

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EzWk6S8AAAAJ&hl=en

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Niladri-Satpathi

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niladri-satpathi-356579134/


Name : Lokesh Malik

Research Topic: Microfluidics

Duration: 2019 - till date

Brief Bio:

I received Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering in 2012 and Master’s degree in Thermal engineering in 2015.

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=YwBFFQcAAAAJ

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lokesh_Malik

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Name : SUJITH T

Research Topic: Microfluidics

Duration: 2021-till date

Brief Bio:

Sujith is presently pursuing PhD program at IIT Madras.


Name : Subhas Nandy

Research Topic: Acoustofluidics

Duration: 2021 - till date

Brief Bio:

My name is Subhas Nandy. I completed my B.Tech from National Institute of Technology, Durgapur. Following my graduation in 2018, I worked for a couple of months at Vedanta Resources PLC (in the unit of Bharat Aluminium Company), where I was in charge of Operations & Maintenance of Alloy Ingot Production Facility along with Inventory Management and Control. I had developed a keen interest in Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer back during my undergraduate education, and so I decided to return to the field of academics. After preparing for a couple of months, I appeared in GATE-2020 and managed to secure a decent AIR of 347, which allowed me to get admitted into the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. I have developed an inclination towards understanding the physics of Microscale Fluid Flow processes. Being an inquisitive learner, I am looking forward to a great experience in this renowned research group under the guidance of Prof. Ashis Kumar Sen.

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Name : Debasish Ghosh

Research Topic: Microfluidics

Duration: 2021 - till date

Brief Bio:

Debasish is currently a Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Madras in Ashis Research Group. He received ME in Power Engg. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2020 and BTech in Mechanical Engg. from Birbhum Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2016. He also served as a Trainee Engineer in Pinnacle Infotech Solutions, Durgapur during 2016-2017.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debasish-ghosh-0119a788/

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Name : Pulak Roy

Research Topic: Microfluidics

Duration: 2022 – till date

Brief Bio:

I completed my BTech in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Thermal Engineering from NIT Silchar in the years 2018 and 2022, respectively. Currently, I am pursuing Ph.D. program at IIT Madras.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pulak-roy-600241189/


Name : Aayanshu

Duration: 2023-till date

Brief Bio:

Aayanshu has completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engg. from BIT Sindri, Dhanbad in Jharkhand in the year 2021. He did his M.Tech in Thermal and Fluids stream from IIT Ropar, Punjab. Following this, he joined Ashis Research Group for his PhD in july 2023.


Name : Sruthi Kumar

Research Topic: Microfluidics

Duration: 2024-till date

Other Interests:

Sruthi Kumar completed her Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology (First class with Distinction) from the Anna University, Chennai. Further, she received her Master of Science (by Research) in Molecular Biology from the Auburn University, Alabama, USA. Currently, she is in IDRP to pursue her PhD on Tumor spheroids in Microchip for Cancer Studies under the supervision of Prof. Ashis Kumar Sen and Prof. Kiran Raj M.


MS

Name : Desu Harsha

Research Topic: Passive capillary valves in microfluidics

Duration: 2021 - till date

Brief Bio:

I have completed B.tech in Mechanical Design and Manufacturing from IIITD&M, Kancheepuram in 2018. I worked for 2 years as a Project Associate in Ashis Research group, then joined as an MS scholar.

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Project Associates

Name : Monica Manohar

Duration: 2023-till date

Brief Bio:

I completed my masters degree in biotechnology in 2018. I have three years of research experience in the fields of molecular biology, immunology, and infection biology.


Name : Suriya K P

Duration: 2023-till date

Brief Bio:

I have completed my Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. I am currently working as a project associate at MNBU, working under Professor Ashis Kumar Sen. My focus and enthusiasm are directed towards research in the field of acoustofluidics.
 


Name : Jangid Suresh

Duration: 2023-till date

Brief Bio:

I have completed my B.tech in Aerospace Engineering from M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences. I am currently working as Project Associate on Acoustofluidics at Micro Nano Bio Fluidics Unit under the guidance of Prof. Ashis Kumar Sen.
 

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Name : Avinash Kumar

Research Topic: Microfluidics

Duration: 2024-till date

Brief Bio:

Dr. Avinash Kumar earned his B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University, Jaipur, in 2013, followed by an M.Tech degree in Thermal Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar, Assam, in 2017. He completed his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal in 2024. Dr. Kumar has authored 9 journal papers, 3 conference proceedings papers, and has presented his work at 4 international conferences. His research interests include microfluidics and nanofluidics, transport phenomena, electrokinetics, micro/nano-scale fluid flow and heat transfer, energy conversion, and bio-microfluidics.

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yuBXDEAAAAAJ&hl=en

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avinash-kumar-5090512b6/


Name : Uttam Kumar Kar

Research Topic: Microfluidics

Duration: 2024-till date

Brief Bio:

Uttam received his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Seacom Engineering College,
Howrah, in 2011. He worked in the steel industry for two years then worked in the education
industry for six years. After that, he joined the M.Tech programme in Fluid Mechanics and Heat
Transfer at NIT Durgapur in 2016. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from NIT
Durgapur in 2024. His research interests include impinging jets, porous media flow, convective heat
transfer, condensation of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, and microfluidics.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/uttam-kar-3bb153b1/


M.Tech / Dual Degree

Name : Ajit Kumar

Research Topic: Acoustofluidics

Duration: 2024-till date

Brief Bio:

I have completed my Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering. I have worked at ISRO (System and Reliability - Cryogenic Stage Integration Group) on the LVM-3 project, including India s prestigious missions Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-3. Currently, I am pursuing an M. Tech in Thermal Engineering at IIT Madras.


Alumni

PhD

Name : Dr. P. Sajeesh

Affiliation with Lab (duration): PhD, 2012 - 2016

Current affiliation :

Assistant Professor, NSS College of Engineering, Kerala.


Name : Sudeepthi Aremanda

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2016-2020

Current affiliation :

Post-Doc at Technion, Israel


Name : Alwar Samy R

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2015-2020

Current affiliation :

Post-Doc at IISc, Bengaluru


Name : Abhishek Raj

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2013 - 2018

Current affiliation :

Assistant Professor, IIT Patna.


Name : Karthick S

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2014 - 2018

Current affiliation :

Assistant Professor, IIITDM Kancheepuram


Name : Jayaprakash K S

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2014 - 2019

Current affiliation :

Assistant Professor, BITS-Pilani.


Name : Sk Rameez Iqbal

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2015-2020

Current affiliation :

Post-Doc, ETH, Zurich


Name : Utsab Banerjee

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2016-2021

Current affiliation :

Post Doc, University of Waterloo, Canada.


Name : E. Hemachandran

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2016-2021

Current affiliation :

Assistant Professor, NIAMT Ranchi


Name : Butunath Majhy

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2016-2021

Current affiliation :

Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi.


Name : Amalnath M

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2017-2023

Current affiliation :

Post Doc, Lund University, Sweden.


Name : Shamik Hazra

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2017-2022

Current affiliation :

Post-Doc, University of Manchester.


Name : Ravindra Suresh Gaikwad

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2016-2022

Current affiliation :

Scientist, Saber Biotech, Paris, France.


Name : Sazid Zamal Hoque

Affiliation with Lab (duration): PhD (2019-2023)

Current affiliation :

Post-Doc at DTU, Denmark.


MS

Name : N. Kumar

Affiliation with Lab (duration): MS, 2012 - 2016


Name : Priyankar Shivhare

Affiliation with Lab (duration): MS, 2014 – 2018

Current affiliation :

 Presently as a project scientist at AIIMS


Name : Abhishek Srivastava

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2014-2018

Current affiliation :

PhD Scholar, University of Frieburg, Germany


M.Tech/ Dual Degree

Name : Suresh Dhiman

Affiliation with Lab (duration): M.Tech, 2015 - 2017

Current affiliation :

Presently working at Sundaram Clayton


Name : Pradeep K

Affiliation with Lab (duration): M.Tech, 2015 - 2017

Current affiliation :

Presently working at Bosch


Name : Rakesh P E

Affiliation with Lab (duration): M.Tech, 2014 - 2016

Current affiliation :

Presently working as a research and development engineer at Tecumseh Products


Name : Sachin B S

Affiliation with Lab (duration): M.Tech, 2014 - 2016

Current affiliation :

Presently working at Quest Global


Name : Sai Prakash Reddy C

Affiliation with Lab (duration): Dual Degree, 2011 - 2016

Current affiliation :

Presently working as technology development engineer at Wrig Nanosystems


Name : Utsab Banerjee

Affiliation with Lab (duration): M.Tech, 2013 - 2015

Current affiliation :

Presently a PhD student in Ashis Research Group


Name : Rahul Halder

Affiliation with Lab (duration): M.Tech, 2013 - 2015

Current affiliation :

Presently a PhD student at NUS, Singapore


Name : Satnam Singh

Affiliation with Lab (duration): M.Tech, 2012 - 2014

Current affiliation :

Presently working at General Motors


Name : Derosh George

Affiliation with Lab (duration): Dual Degree, 2008 - 2013

Current affiliation :

Presently a PhD student at UC Irvine


Name : K Pramod

Affiliation with Lab (duration): Dual Degree, 2008 - 2013

Current affiliation :

Presently at Deutsche Bank, Mumbai


Name : Sravan B

Affiliation with Lab (duration): Dual Degree, 2008 - 2013

Current affiliation :

Presently at TVS Motors, Chennai


Name : Ujjal Barman

Affiliation with Lab (duration): Dual Degree, 2008 - 2013

Current affiliation :

Presently at IMEC, Belgium


Name : Jeevithesh RV

Affiliation with Lab (duration): Dual Degree 2017-2018

Current affiliation :

Asst. Manager at ICICI bank


Name : Vinayak Garg

Affiliation with Lab (duration): Dual Degree 2017-2018


Name : A Sai Gowtham

Affiliation with Lab (duration): Dual Degree 2017-2018

Current affiliation :

Asst. manager at ICICI bank


Name : Chiranjit Mandal

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2018-2019


Name : Ved Prakash Singh

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2018-2019


Name : Anuj Dawane

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2019-2021


Name : Krishnayan Bhattacharyya

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2020-2021


Name : Vikas Sharma

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2021-2022


Name : Gajjala Sai Goutham Reddy

Affiliation with Lab (duration): M.Tech (2022-2023)


Name : Akram Hossain Middya

Affiliation with Lab (duration): M.Tech(2023-2024)


B.Tech

Name : Sabareesh M

Affiliation with Lab (duration): B.Tech, 2013 - 2017

Current affiliation :

Currently at Purdue University, USA


Name : Anoop R

Affiliation with Lab (duration): B.Tech, 2011 - 2015

Current affiliation :

Currently at MIT, USA


Name : Rajanikanth B.

Affiliation with Lab (duration): B.Tech, 2008 - 2013

Current affiliation :

Presently with MRF, Chennai


Name : Piyush Bagdi

Affiliation with Lab (duration): B.Tech, 2008 - 2013

Current affiliation :

Presently with Reliance


Name : Pankaj Kumar Sahu

Affiliation with Lab (duration): B.Tech, 2008 - 2013

Current affiliation :

Presently at University of Alberta


Visiting Students

Project Associates

Name : Avinash Thirunavokarasu

Affiliation with Lab (duration): Project Associate (2023-2024)


Post Doctoral Fellow

Name : Pearlson Prashanth Austin Suthanthiraraj

Affiliation with Lab (duration): As a Post Doctoral Fellow, 2017-2019

Current affiliation :

Scientist, Jiva Sciences, Bangalore


Name : G Narendran

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2019-2021

Current affiliation :

Assistant professor, IITDM Kancheepuram


Name : Krishnadas Narayanan Nampoothiri

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2021-2022

Current affiliation :

Assistant Professor, Amrita School of Engineering.


Name : Arthi N

Affiliation with Lab (duration): 2022-2023

Current affiliation :

NCBS, Bangalore.