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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 

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Dr. Indu Yadav
Email: indu.yadav@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Wound Healing, eye related diseases (join in 2023)  

Ph.D. Students

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Hitasha Vithalani
Email: hitasha.vithalani@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Colon cancer, Bone Scaffolds, Wound Healing, Psoriasis, Biomedical devices (Joined in 2022)

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Efftesum Rahaman
Email:rahamanefftesum@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Rheumatoid arthritis, Drug synthesis (Joined in 2022)

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 Aniruddha Dan
Email: aniruddha.dan@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Wound Healing, Rheumatoid arthritis,

Drug synthesis (Joined in 2022)

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Prasanna Kumari
Email: 23310081@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Biopolymer, wound healing (Joined in 2023)

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Harshil Dave
Email: daveharshil@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Biomedical Devices, Wound dressings , Rheumatoid arthritis,
GI cancer (Joined in 2024)

M.tech Student

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Sebika Panja
Email: sebika.panja@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Drug synthesis

(Joined in 2023)

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Sejal Paliwal
Email: 24250083@iitgn.ac.in

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Garima Gupta
Email: 23210039@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Ionic liquid for biomedical applications

(Joined in 2023)

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Kanika Chauhan

Email: 24250042@iitgn.ac.in

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Shreyash  B. Apotikar 
Email:shreyash.apotikar@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Wound healing

(Joined in 2023)

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Pushkar Gopal

Email: 24210077@iitgn.ac.in

Research Intern

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Shruti Vadaliya
 

Prapti Pandya
 

Bhavya Mathur
 

Himadri Dalawadi
 

Ishan Patel
 

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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

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Devanshi Sharma
Master Dissertation

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Tishira Shah
Master Dissertation

Current Position: PhD at Buffalo University, USA 

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Ankita Panigrahi
Master Dissertation

Current Position: JRF at Biocon Industries at Banglore (ICMR funded) 

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Surya Suresh
Junior Research Fellow
Current Position: PhD at Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany

Aatika Vahora
Project Intern

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Manjot Singh
Project Assistant
Current Position: Ph.D. at IIT Bombay

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