People
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)
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

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

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

Arunkumar S
Education:
B.E. – Mechanical Engineering (GCT Coimbatore)
M.Tech – Additive Manufacturing (NIT Warangal)
Research topic: Advanced manufacturing techniques, Multi-material Additive manufacturing

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

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

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
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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Alumni




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.