About PI
Dr. Mukesh Dhanka
Assistant Professor
Education and Experience:
B.Sc Biotechnology, University of Rajasthan, 2011M.Sc Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2013
Supervisor: Prof. Rohit Srivastava
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2019 (Awarded)
Supervisor: Prof. Rohit Srivastava
Research Associate, Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Postdoctoral Fellow, Local Immunomodulation Therapy, Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore, India (2020-2022)
Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2022-Present
Responsibilities: Faculty Recruitment committee member, Lab safety committee member.​
Teaching:
BE 601: Applied Biological Engineering
BE 617: Novel Drug Delivery Technologies: Fundamental Principles and Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellows
Ph.D. Students
Hitasha Vithalani
Email: hitasha.vithalani@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Colon cancer, Bone Scaffolds, Wound Healing, Psoriasis, Biomedical devices (Joined in 2022)
Manisha Meena
Email: manisha.meena@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Wound Healing material, Injectable hydrogel (Joined in 2023)
Efftesum Rahaman
Email:rahamanefftesum@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Rheumatoid arthritis, Wound healing (Joined in 2022)
Aniruddha Dan
Email: aniruddha.dan@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Wound Healing, Rheumatoid arthritis,
Drug conjugation (Joined in 2022)
Prasanna Kumari
Email: b.prasanna@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Biopolymer, wound dressings, Nanoparticles (Joined in 2023)
Harshil Dave
Email: daveharshil@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Biomedical Devices, Wound dressings, Arthritis, implant coatings, Injectable hydrogel (Joined in 2024)
M.tech Student
Sejal Paliwal
Email: 24250083@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Coating of Fabrics
(Joined in 2024)
Kanika Chauhan
Email: Kanika.chauhan@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Coating of Biomedical Devices
(Joined in 2024)
Pushkar Gopal
Email: 24210077@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Nanoparticles
for Drug Delivery
(Joined in 2024)
Ishika
Area of Research: Nanomaterial Wound Healing
(Joined in 2025)
Research Intern
Shruti Vadaliya
Prapti Pandya
Bhavya Mathur
Himadri Dalawadi
Ishan Patel
Kalgi Dudharejia
Khushi Shrimali
Dhyey Shah
Naitri Patil
Prasnuj Adroja
Shaik Maroof
Kashish Agrawal
Khushi Patel
Nirali Majithiya
Sreeparna Chatterjee
Aaryaraj Gupta
Deep Patil
Harishree Kagrna
Jigarkumar Vasava
Lab Alumni
Dr. Hemant Singh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: postdoc at Khalifa university
Dr. Muzammil Kuddushi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: PostDoc at the University of Alberta
Nachiket More
Project Assistant
Devanshi Sharma
Master Dissertation
Current Position: PhD at Nirma University, Ahmedabad
Tishira Shah
Master Dissertation
Current Position: PhD at
Buffalo University, USA
Ankita Panigrahi
Master Dissertation
Current Position: JRF at Biocon Industries, Banglore (ICMR funded)
Surya Suresh
Junior Research Fellow
Current Position: PhD at Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany
Aatika Vahora
Project Intern
Manjot Singh
Project Assistant
Current Position: Ph.D. at IIT Bombay
Karthikeyan Laxmanan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: Postdoc at Pukyong National University, South Korea
Dr. Deepa Garg
Area of Research: Hydrogel for Biomedical applications
Current Position: Postdoc at IIT Delhi
Dr. Indu Yadav
Email: indu.yadav@iitgn.ac.in
Current Position: Assistant Professor at SRM University
Sebika Panja
Email: sebika.panja@iitgn.ac.in
Current Position: PhD Scholar at University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Garima Gupta
Email: 23210039@iitgn.ac.in
Current Position: PhD Scholar at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
