Specialisation:

Biomedical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Chemical and Bio Sensors and Instrumentation, Fiber optic sensors, Plasmonic nanoparticles

Major Professional Contributions:

Research and Technology Development towards fiber optic plasmonic sensor solutions for point-of-care and affordable clinical diagnostics, water & food safety and pharma & chemical processes.

Development of ultra-sensitive labelled and label-free biosensor strategies for detection of analytes of interest down to sub-femtomolar and attomolar (10^-15 to 10^-18 M) concentrations.

Proof-of-concept for detection of lipoarabinomanna (LAM) biomarker for urine-based tuberculosis screening

Development of sensor strategies for small molecule detection for water and food safety

Technology Transfer to US and Indian based startups including Ricovr Healthcare Inc., and ChemBioSens Pvt Ltd, Chennai.

Consultancy Areas:

Chemical and Bio sensors;

Pharma and Biochemical process monitoring; 

Clinical diagnostic technologies

Water and Food quality monitoring

Sector Associated With:

Academia

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Educational / Academic institutions,

R&D Organizations, Government (including funding agencies),

Industry (Private), Industry (PSUs),

Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, Law Enforcement Agencies, Consultancy Firms, Private Agencies, Individuals

Professional Experience

2022- till date : Professor, IIT Madras

2017-2022: Associate Professor, IIT Madras

2011 - 2017: Assistant Professor, IIT Madras,

2009 - 2011: Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Idaho, USA

2002 - 2003: Lecturer, Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engg., Visakhapatnam, AP.

Keywords

Fiber optic sensors & Instrumentation, Nanoparticles, Raman spectroscopy, Chemical and Bio Sensors & instrumetation, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical diagnostics; Water, food and environmental monitoring; Pharma and biochemical process monitoring