Research

Research areas  

 

Biomedical-Photonics and Medical Imaging

  • Dr. Rajesh Kumar’s lab is centered on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of physics, engineering, and medical science, with a focus on optical imaging, hyperspectral imaging, Raman spectroscopy, fluorescence, and NIR spectroscopy. The lab employs bio-photonics, image processing and advanced data analysis techniques based on AI/ML for various applications in healthcare and agriculture.
  • Dr. Puneet Goyal’s lab is working on burns imaging, medical app development and assistive technologies for visually impaired.

 

Medical Devices

 

  • Dr. Ashish Sahani’s lab is actively engaged in development of medical devices and instrumentation spanning across wide number of medical specialties.
  • Dr. Navin Kumar’s lab is active in bone implants and biomechanical instrumentation.

 

Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy

 

 

  • Bioheat Transfer, Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy, Heat Transfer and Applied Thermal Engineering: Dr. Ramjee Repaka

 

  • Cellular Engineering in Tumor Microenvironment – Cell Based Therapy For Cancer: Dr. Durba Pal

 

 

Biomaterials

 

  • Biomaterials, Biological/Biomaterial Characterization, Mechanics of Nanomaterials, Finite Element Modeling (FEM): Dr. Navin Kumar

 

  • Polymeric and peptide hydrogels/gels for drug delivery and wound healing: Dr. Yashveer Singh

 

Tissue Engineering

 

  • Adult stem cell plasticity; Cell based therapeutics in disease biology: Dr. Durba Pal

 

Immunology / Biomechanics / Molecular Spectroscopy

 

  • Immunology of infectious diseases, Vaccines, Gult microbiome: Dr. Javed N Agrewala

 

 

  • Molecular understanding of interfacial water structure and cause of cancer; Early cancer detection using vibrational spectroscopy:  Dr. Kailash Jena

Funding

 

Dr. Druba Pal

 

  • Exploring the role of hypoxymiR in CAF cells plasticity in the regulation of breast tumor angiogenesis (Women Excellence Award, SERB)

 

  • Role of microRNAs in obesity induced adipocyte reprogramming causing inflammation and insulin resistance (ECR, SERB)

 

  • Understanding the role of adipose tissue remodelling in exercise induced insulin sensitivity (DBT Twining Program 2017-2018, co-PI: Dr. Suman Dasgupta, Tejpur University) 

 

Dr. Rajesh Kumar

 

  • Analysis of osteoarthritic disorders using unconventional imaging tools  (DBT)

 

  • In-situ identification of the ‘Indian Yellow Dragon’ : A citrus disease (SERB)

 

  • Optical Sensing for Efficient Fertilizer Use and Increased Yield in Small Farms (MIT, USA)

 

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning in Histopathology (IIT/AIIMS)

 

 

Dr. Javed N. Agrewala

 

  • J. C. Bose Award – 2018 (SERB)

 

  • Generation of promiscuous peptides entrapped nanoparticles displaying TLR-2 ligand to impart protective immunity againstMycobacterium tuberculosis (SERB, co-PI: Dr. V. Bhalla, Sr Scientist, IMTECH, Chandigarh)

 

Dr. Srivastava Naidu

 

  • Investigation of the functional roles of the RNA polymerase I transcription factor complex selectivity factor 1 by CRISPR/Cas9 assisted genome engineering (ECR, SERB)

 

  • An integrative transcriptomics approach to investigate the global gene expression trends in response to hyperactive RNA polymerase I transcription (DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship)