About PI
Dr. Mukesh Dhanka
Assistant Professor
Education and Experience:
B.Sc Biotechnology, University of Rajasthan, 2011
M.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.
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Teaching:
BE 601: Applied Biological Engineering
BE 617 : Novel Drug Delivery Technologies: Fundamental Principles and Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Indu Yadav
Email: indu.yadav@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Wound Healing, eye related diseases (join in 2023)
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)
Efftesum Rahaman
Email:rahamanefftesum@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Rheumatoid arthritis, Drug synthesis (Joined in 2022)
Aniruddha Dan
Email: aniruddha.dan@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Wound Healing, Rheumatoid arthritis,
Drug synthesis (Joined in 2022)
Manisha Meena
Email: 23310075@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Bone cement ,Wound Healing (Joined in 2023)
Prasanna Kumari
Email: 23310081@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Biopolymer, wound healing (Joined in 2023)
Harshil Dave
Email: daveharshil@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Biomedical Devices, Wound dressings , Rheumatoid arthritis,
GI cancer (Joined in 2024)
M.tech Student
Sebika Panja
Email: sebika.panja@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Drug synthesis
(Joined in 2023)
Sejal Paliwal
Email: 24250083@iitgn.ac.in
Garima Gupta
Email: 23210039@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Ionic liquid for biomedical applications
(Joined in 2023)
Kanika Chauhan
Email: 24250042@iitgn.ac.in
Shreyash B. Apotikar
Email:shreyash.apotikar@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Wound healing
(Joined in 2023)
Pushkar Gopal
Email: 24210077@iitgn.ac.in
Research Intern
Shruti Vadaliya
Prapti Pandya
Bhavya Mathur
Himadri Dalawadi
Ishan Patel
Kashish Agrawal
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