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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
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: Tissue Engineering,
Drug Delivery, Decellularization, Wound Healing
Ph.D. Students
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Hitasha Vithalani
Email: hitasha.vithalani@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Colon cancer, Bone Scaffolds, Self-assembly hydrogels, Stretchable Hydrogels
Join in 2022
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Efftesum Rahaman
Email:rahamanefftesum@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Self-assembled hydrogel, Biosensors
Join in 2022
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Aniruddha Dan
Email: aniruddha.dan@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Wound Healing, Self-assembled hydrogel, Osteoarthritis, IBD
Join in 2022
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Prasanna
Area of Research: Self-assembled hydrogel, Osteoarthritis
Join in 2023
Masters Students
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Harshil Dave
Email: daveharshil@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Injectable hydrogel, Biomedical Devices, Wound dressings
Batch:2022-24
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Sebika Panja
Email: sebika.panja@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Drug synthesis
Batch : 2023-25
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Garima Gupta
Email: 23210039@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Ionic liquid for biomedical applications
Batch : 2023-25
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Shreyash B. Apotikar
Email:shreyash.apotikar@iitgn.ac.in
Area of Research: Diagnostic biomedical devices
Batch : 2023-25
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Shruti Vadaliya
Prapti Pandya
Bhavya Mathur
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Himadri Dalawadi
Ishan Patel
Lab Alumni
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Dr. Hemant Singh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Area of Research: Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery, Decellularization, Wound Healing
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Dr. Muzammil Kuddushi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Development of self-assembled biomaterials for drug delivery
Current Position: PostDoc at the University of Alberta
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Nachiket More
Project Assistant
Project: Development of small molecules based self-assembled biomaterials for localized antimicrobial delivery
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Devanshi Sharma
Master Dessertation
Position: Silver NPs embedded tannic acid based composite hydrogel for infectious wounds
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Tishira Shah
Master Dessertation
Project: Multifunctional Hydrogel for chronic wound healing
Current Position: PhD at Buffalo University, USA
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Ankita Panigrahi
Master Dessetation
Project: Cu-MOFs embedded gellan gum/zein hydrogel for wound healing
Current Position: JRF at Biocon Industries at Banglore (ICMR funded)
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Surya Suresh
Junior Research Fellow
Project: Synthesis of modified polymers for biomedical applications
Current Position: PhD at Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany
Aatika Vahora
Project Intern
Project: Nanoengineered oxygen-releasing polymeric scaffold with sustained release of dexamethasone for bone regeneration
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