LAB NEWS

Nov 2024

Shrihari MS (ChemE 2025) wins Icon Excellence Award for Best Paper Presentation at the 14th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management - Circular Economy & IPLA Global Forum 2024 (IconSWM-CE & IPLA GF), organized by International Society of Waste Management, Air, and Water (ISWMAW) in collaboration with GITAM University, Visakhapatnam. HUGE congrats !!

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath delivered an invited lecture at the Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR)-India International Conference on Developments in the Science of Oxidative Stress and Redox Medicine (DISCOVER) 2024 organized by SFRR-India and BARC, Mumbai. He also chaired a session at the conference.

Sep 2024

Saraswathi BL (ChemE 2025) won Best Project Award in Chemical Engg in Healthcare category and Shrihari MS (ChemE 2025) won Second Best Project Award in the Green Chemical Engg category at the National Level Students Chemical Engineering Conference (SChemCon 2024) organized by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) in Amethi, UP. HUGE Congrats !!

July 2024

Namratha receives a research intern position in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Hyderabad to work on microfluidic-based synthesis of nanoliposomes. Congrats !!

May 2024

Suraj receives a research internship in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IISc Bangalore to work on microfluidic-based point of care biomedical devices. Congrats !!

Shrihari (ChemE 2025) gets a research internship at the Center for Sustainable Technologies at IISc Bangalore. Congrats !!

Suraj and Deepika (both ChemE 2024) receive Second Best Project of the Year at the IIChE-BRC Project Competition. Many congrats !!

Two projects done by Deepika and Suraj (both ChemE 2024) / Namratha and Meghashree (both Biotech 2024) and Karthik and Namitha (both ChemE 2024) receive the Best Projects of the Year award from the Dept of Chem Engg at SIT. Way to go !!

Apr 2024

Dr. Tanusree Saha joins the lab as Research Associate (Postdoc) in the DBT-funded project on Cancer Immunotherapy. Welcome !!

Mar 2024

Deekshith and Madeeha (both ChemE 2024) receive the IIChE-BRC Student Project Grant for the Lithium Ion Sieve project. Congrats!!

Deepika TG (ChemE 2024) gets Finaslist position in oral presentation at AZeotropy conference, IIT Bombay. Congrats !!

Feb 2024

Anjana and Kavya join the lab as Project Manager and Junior Research Fellow (JRF), respectively in the DBT-funded project on Cancer Immunotherapy. Welcome !!

Dr. Sudhir delivers presentations at the Nature Conference on Nanomaterials in Biomedical Applications organized by Nature Publishing Group and MAHE Manipal.

Jan 2024

Namratha (Biotech 2024) receives the prestigious Sigma Xi Grant of USD 2500 (Rs. 2.08 lakhs) for vision research from Sigma Xi, USA. She is the only Indian to get it this year.  Many congrats to her!!

Dec 2023

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath delivered an invited talk on Qualities of a Scientific Mind organized by Science Forum, Government First Grade College, Tumkur

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath delivered an invited talk and was part of a panel discussion at the first International Summit on Progress in Regenerative and Investigational Medicine (PRIME) 2024 organized by Narayana Netralaya, Bangalore

Suraj K S (ChemE 2024) received Second Prize for Poster Presentation at the first International Summit on Progress in Regenerative and Investigational Medicine (PRIME) 2024 organized by Narayana Netralaya, Bangalore. Many congrats to him !!

Oct 2023

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath receives a research grant of ₹3.36 crores from the Department of Biotechnology (Govt. of India) for 3 years to work on glioblastoma immunotherapy research in collaboration with NIMHANS, Bengaluru.

Our work on fusogenic liposome-coated nanoparticles for rapid internalization into donor cornea is accepted for publication in Nanoscale Advances published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London. HUGE Congrats to Suraksha and team !!

Sep 2023        

Karthik Banakar and Namitha P (both ChemE 2024) receive Research Internship at the Center for Sustainable Technologies, IISc Bangalore

Suraj KS (ChemE 2024) and D Sharanya (Biotech 2024) receive Research Internship at the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad

Namratha and Shreya Gedigeri (Biotech 2024) receive Research Internship at the Department of Neurochemistry, NIMHANS, Bangalore

Deekshith R and Karthik Banakar (both ChemE 2024) won Best Project Award in two different categories (Biochemical Engg & Alternate Energy) at the National Level Students Chemical Engineering Conference (SChemCon 2023) organized by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) in Tamil Nadu.

Aug 2023          

Lab publishes a review article in the journal Interdisciplinary Medicine in collaboration with Western University, Canada on Engineering multifunctional adhesive hydrogel patches for biomedical applications. Congrats!!

June 2023       

Rachana C/Shreya R and Suraksha TS/Samarth V (all ChemE 2023) receive IIChE-BRC Student Project Grant of Rs. 5000/- each for their undergraduate research projects.

Shreya Gedigeri (Biotech 2024) receives Research Internship at Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras. HUGE Congrats !!

May 2023       

Lab publishes a research article in the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology & Therapeutics in collaboration with Indiana University, USA on Grading the Severity of Damage to the Perijunctional Actomyosin Ring and Zonula Occludens-1 of the Corneal Endothelium by Ensemble Learning Methods. Congrats!!

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath delivered an Invited Lecture at Samskara-PG Orientation Program at Ashwini Medical College, Tumkur

March 2023

Suraksha TS (ChemE 2023) receives Third Prize in poster presentation at the 14th International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials, organized by the Govt. of India (Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers) and CIPET, Bengaluru. Many Congrats !!

Deepika TG (ChemE 2024) gets Second Prize in oral presentation at Chemplus Conference, IIT Madras. HUGE Congrats !!

Rachana, Karthik, Deekshith, Suraj, Samarth (ChemE undergraduate students of our lab) present their research work at AZeotropy Conference, IIT Bombay

Feb 2023

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath is elected as a Full Member of the Sigma Xi, which is world’s largest and most prestigious scientific research honor society.

Our research article is published in the Journal of Liposome Research on the Evaluation of suitability and detection range of fluorescent dye-loaded nanoliposomes for sensitive and rapid sensing of wide ranging osmolarities. Congrats to Debjyoti Roy and Gangaram Udugiri (both undergraduate ChemE students) !!

Suraksha TS (ChemE 2023) , Namratha and Meghashree BM (Biotech 2024) give poster presentations at the Annual Biosciences and Bioengineering Symposium at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

Jan 2023 

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath delivered an invited lecture on Nanotechnology interventions to tackle eye diseases at the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay

Our research article is published in the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology & Therapeutics in collaboration with Indiana University, USA on the role of oxidative stress on the disruption of the endothelial apical junctional complex during corneal cold storage. Congrats to Anupama C (Research Scholar) !!

Dec 2022

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath visits IIT Bombay to work on the development of PDMS-based microstructures for biomedical applications as a part of the prestigious INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship from Indian National Science Academy.

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath delivered an invited lecture on the effect of oxidative stress on corneal endothelium at the Bioscience Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai

Debjyoti Roy (ChemE 2022) joins IIT Bombay as a research assistant to work on organ-on-chip project.

Oct 2022

Department of Chemical Engineering and Bio-INvENT Lab hosts Prof. William B Krantz (Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, USA) as the Fulbright-Nehru Specialist from October to November 2023. The program was fully funded by the US-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) and the Fulbright Foundation, USA.

Archana V (Biotech 2024) completed her internship under the prestigious Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Research Fellowship (IASc SRFP 2022) at University of Lucknow. HUGE congrats!!

Dr. Sudhir Ranganath gets an international patent published by the International Bureau of WIPO, Switzerland on Nano plant defense.