UTSAAH Laboratory

Universal Technology Solutions for Accessible and Affordable Healthcare Laboratory

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Principal investigator, Lab in-charge

Prof. Manish Arora

Position: Associate Professor

Email: marora@iisc.ac.in

Education:

B.Tech – Chemical Engineering (IIT Delhi)

PhD – Applied Physics (University of Twente, the Netherlands)

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Current PhD students

Sameer Kumar Gautam

PhD: Joined in 2019

Email: sameergautam@iisc.ac.in

Education:

B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering (Tezpur University)

M.Tech – Product Design and Development (MNNIT Allahabad)

Research Topic: Ultrasound Elastography | Biomedical Device Design

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Ansuman Sahu

PhD: Joined in 2019

Email: ansumansahu@iisc.ac.in

Education:

B.Tech – Industrial Design Engineering (NIT Rourkela)

M.Des – Product Design and Engineering (DM, IISc Bangalore)

Research topic: Additive Manufacturing | Polymers & Composites | Computational modelling

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Arpan Laha

PhD: Joined in 2018

Email: arpanlaha@iisc.ac.in

Education:

B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering (HIT Haldia)

M.Tech – Mechatronics (IIT Patna)

Research Topic: Mathematical modelling of acto-myosin system

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Utsav Swarnkar

PhD: Joined in 2020

Email: utsavs@iisc.ac.in

Education:

B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering (KIET GHAZIABAD)

M.Tech – Thermal Engineering (IIT Dhanbad)

Research Topic: Human Thermal Comfort and Heat transfer Analysis

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Arunkumar S

Education:

B.E. – Mechanical Engineering (GCT Coimbatore)

M.Tech – Additive Manufacturing (NIT Warangal) 

Research topic: Advanced manufacturing techniques, Multi-material Additive manufacturing

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Saladi Pravallika

Direct PhD: Joined in 2023

Fellowship: Prime Minister’s Research Fellow

Email: pravallikas@iisc.ac.in

Education:

B.Tech – Electronics and Communications Engineering with specialization in design and manufacturing (IIITDM Kurnool)

Research Topic: Ultrasound Imaging and Artificial Intelligence | AI for Biomedical Imaging

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Love Kush Tak

PhD: Joined in 2024

Email: lovekushtak@iisc.ac.in

Education:

B.Tech – Civil Engineering (IIT Bombay)

M.Tech – Computer Integrated Manufacturing (IIT Bombay)

Research topic: Additive Manufacturing | Computational modelling Fluid, Heat transfer, DEM, FEM | LPBF & DED processes

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Rimzhim Arora

Direct PhD: Joined in 2024

Email: rimzhimarora@iisc.ac.in

Education:

B.Tech – Biomedical Engineering (Mody University)

Research topic: Diagnostic Ultrasound, Medical Electronics

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Current M.Tech student

Aditi Nitturkar

M.Tech: Joined in 2024

Email: aditi@iisc.ac.in

Education:

BE – Mechatronic Engineering (UNSW Sydney Australia)

BSc – Computer Science (UNSW Sydney, Australia)

Research topic: Stroke Rehabilitation | Automated Motor Function Assessment | Clinical Study

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Other members

Deval Karia (Entrepreneurs In Resident)
Kavyashree Venkatesh (Project Lead, PhD – IIT Guwahati)
Komal Nikhil Shah (Entrepreneurs In Resident)

Alumni

Dr. Hemang Kumar Jayant (2022)
Dr. Amrutha Bhaskaran (2023)
Dr. Aparna Harindranath (2023)
Dr. Atheeth Shivalingaprasad (2025)

Alumni/Past Members

  • Siddharth Nair 
  • Satvika Bhardwaj
  • Narendra Bandineni
  • Vivek Sharma
  • Sanath K Nadiger
  • Adri Rajaraman
  • Sidhesh Kumar
  • Rishank Nair
  • Rohit S. Nambiar
  • Sourabh Alagundagi (BVBCET, Karnataka)
  • Arpitha R (DSCE, Bengaluru)
  • Anagha TK (DSCE, Bengaluru)
  • Vikas Garg (JNCASR, Bengaluru)
  • Dilip S (ACED, Bengaluru)
  • Dr. Dennis Thomas (IIT-KGP)
  • Anshul Gupta (IIT – KGP)
  • Adithya Premachandra
  • Kishan Kumar (NIT-K)
  • Krupakar Pasala
  • Kishore Kumar (BMSCE, Bengaluru)
  • Jagruthi D. Atada (BMSCE, Bengaluru)
  • Meghana Patil (BMSCE, Bengaluru)
  • Radha Kumari (IIT-BHU)
  • Nishant Khosla(BITS-Pilani)
  • Aditha Ukarade (BITS-Pilani)
  • Raghvendra (BMSCE, Bengaluru)
  • Meghana S.