Information for Internal Quality Assurance CELL, VIT Vellore

1. Ms. Pearlin's name has been placed in the principal panel of scholars recommended for William Fullbright Fellowship 2021 - 2022.

2. Dr. Vinod Kumar Reddy received Post Doctoral Fellowship to work with Prof. Moo-Yeal Lee in the Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, USA.

3. Mr. Sudhagar Rajan received a scholarship from CAPES Foundation to conduct research at UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO (SEDE). Brazil. Dec 2020.

4. Ms. Jayshree Narayanan received the DoRA Plus grant under European Regional Development Fund for Doctoral Studies to conduct research work at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia starting Feb. 2021.

5. Mr. Chaitanya Vinay (Research Scholar) secured Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship for one year starting Jan 2021 to conduct his research work at Prudue University, USA (August 2020).

6. Mr. Jitin Vishnu wins AWSAR Award under best story category 2019 by DST (AW/2019/904).

Ansheed A. R.

JRF

Title: "Enhancement of Biocompatibility and wear resistance of orthopaedic beta titanium alloy Ti-35Nb-7Zr-5Ta By nanosurface modification."

Funding Agency: CSIR

PI: Dr. Geetha Manivasagam.

Appointment Letter

Chaitanya V Vinay

CSIR-SRF

Title: "Fabrication, characterization and Modelling of Auxetic foams for Rehabilitation Applications "

Guide: Dr. Mohan Varma D S.

Appointment Letter

Ritu Singh Rajput

JRF

Title:"Formulation and Delivery of Dental Pulp Stem cells in oral and maxillofacial reconstruction"

Funding agency: Sree Anjaneya Medical Trust (Consultancy)

PI: Dr Murugan Ramalingam.

Appointment Letter

Shoma Suresh K

JRF

Title: Human Dental Pulp Stem cells as multi-faceted tool for accelerating neural regeneration.

Funding Agency: Sree Anjaneya Medical Trust (Consultancy)

PI: Dr. Murugan Ramalingam

Appointment Letter

Palaniappan A

JRF

Title: Design and development of an affordable gait training device.

Funding Agency: DST

PI: Dr. D. S. Mohan Varma

Appointment Letter

Praveen K

SRF

Title: Effect of shot peening and laser shock peening on fatigue behavior Ti-15V-3Al-3Sn-sCr.

Funding Agency: ISRO

PI: Dr. Geetha Manivasagam

Appointment Letter

Ceera M

SRF

Title: Tumor specific inhibition of NF- kB: A potential gene therapy approach for treating Glioblastoma"

Funding Agency: DBT

PI: Dr. Amit Jaiswal

Appointment Letter

Vinod Kumar Reddy

CSIR-SRF

Title: Enhanced cell survival, anti-inflammation and angiogenesis properties of human-MSCs by DOR signaling for cardiac tissue regeneration

Funding Agency: CSIR

Appointment Letter

https://sites.google.com/view/cbcmt-vit/awards-and-recognition

2020

1. Tanya Chhibber, Ravikumar Shinde, Behnaz Lahooti, Sounak Bagchi, Sree Pooja Varahachalam, Anusha Gaddam, Amit K. Jaiswal, Evelyn Gracia, Hitendra S. Chand, Ajeet Kaushik, Rahul Dev Jayant,Hydrogels in Tissue Engineering, 2020,ISBN : 978100303605

2. D. S. Mohan Varma, Synthesis and Analysis of Jansens Leg Based Mechanism for Gait Rehabilitation, 2020, ISBN : 978-981-15-4476-7

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2019

3. Sudhagara Rajan Soundararajan, Jithin Vishnu, Geetha Manivasagam and Nageswara Rao Muktinutalapati, Heat Treatment of Metastable Beta Titanium Alloys, 2019, ISBN : 92301

4. T. V. V. L. N. Rao, Ahmad Majdi Abdul Rani, Geetha Manivasagam, Squeeze Film Bearing Characteristics for Synovial Joint Applications, 2019, ISBN : 978-981-13-9977-05

5. S. Sudhagara Rajan, Geetha Manivasagam, Satya Swaroop, M.Nageswara Rao, A Comparison of Surface and Sub-surface Features Induced by Shot Peening vs. Laser Peening on a Duplex Aged Beta Ti Alloy, 2019, ISBN : 978-981-15-0054-1

6. Magesh Sankar Jithin Vishnu Manoj Gupta Geetha Manivasagam, Magnesium based alloys and nanocomposites for biomedical application, 2019, ISBN : 978-0-12-813740-6

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7. M. Lickmichand, Crystal Sara Shaji, N. Valarmathi, Amy Sarah Benjamin, R.K. Arun Kumar, Sunita Nayak, Radha Saraswathy, S. In vitro biocompatibility and hyperthermia studies on synthesized cobalt ferrite nanoparticles encapsulated with polyethylene glycol for biomedical applications, ISBN: 2019,22147853, Conference Proceeding

8. Sagaraju Siva Kumar,Minu Boban, Kaliya Perumal Venkatesan, Jomon Raphael, Mathew Varghese, R. Murali and N.Arunai Nambi Raj, A Step to In Vivo Dosimetry Using Electronic Portal Imaging Device Initial Experience, 2019, ISBN : 9789811314766, Conference Proceeding.

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2018

9. S. Sudhagara Rajan, Jithin Vishnu, Geetha Manivasagam, M.Nageswara Rao, Processing of Beta Titanium Alloys for Aerospace and Biomedical Applications, 2018,1,Book Authored

10. Sudhagara Rajan Soundararajan, Jithin Vishnu, Geetha Manivasagam, Nageswara Rao Muktinutalapati, Processing of Beta Titanium Alloys for Aerospace and Biomedical Applications,2018, ISBN : 978-953-51-7873-6

11. Geetha Manivasagam, Aakash Reddy, Dwaipayan Sen, Sunita Nayak, Mathew T Mathew, Asokami Rajamanikam, Dentistry Restorative and Regenerative Approaches, 2018, ISBN : 9780128048290

12. Reetoja Nag Jyotirmoy Chatterjee Ranjan Rashmi Paul Mousumi Pal Raunak Kumar Das,Nuclear Segmentation and its Quantification in HE Stained Images of Oral Precancer to Detect its Malignant Potentiality, 2018, ISBN : 9781538637029, Conference Proceeding

13. Vendhan S, Murali R, Arunai Nambiraj N, Saraswathi Chitra S, Muthukumaran M, Murali V, Validation of Patient Specific Quality Assurance of Flattening Filter Free based Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Stereotactic Radirgery Stereotactic Radiotherapy using EBT3 films, 2018, Conference Proceeding.

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14. Balasubramanian Shunmugam, Shobana M K, Arunai Nambi Raj N, Anbalagan D, Raghul RJ, Dinesh Singh, Sandeep Agarwal, A dosimetric study on feasibility of better hippocampal sparing with different planning margin from hippocampus in whole brain irradiation with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy, 2018, Conference Proceeding

2017

15. S.Magesh G.Vasanth A.Revathi M.Geetha, Use of nanostructured materials in implants,2017, ISBN : 978-0-08-100716-7

16. Magesh S, Vasanth G, Revathi A, Geetha Manivasagam, and Murugan Ramalingam,Metallic Nanobiomaterials,2017, ISBN : 978-3-527-34067-5

17. Saralasrita Mohanty, Geetha Manivasagam, Metallic Nanofiber Composites, 2017, ISBN : 9780081001738

18. M. Geetha, R. Asokamani, J. Amit Kumar and M. Ramalingam, Mechanical characterization of nanofiber composites,2017, ISBN : 978-0-08-100208-7

19. Shounak Ghosh, Venkatesh K Sen D,Current advancements and challanges in stent mediated Gene therapy,2017, ISBN : 9780128051443

2016

20. Sunita Nayak · Subhas C. Kundu,Silk Protein Sericin Promising Biopolymer for Biological and Biomedical Applications,2016, ISBN : 9781119126218

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1. Cellular and Molecular Laboratory: This facility comprises all the equipment and instruments needed to perform cellular studies and other molecular biology studies. Lab in-charge: Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy (loganathan.r@vit.ac.in ).

List of Major Research Facilities in CML.

2. Tissue Engineering Laboratory: This facility has all the basic equipments needed to fabricate polymeric scaffolds, hydrogels and nanomaterials which are crucial for tissue engineering lab. Lab in-charge: Dr.Amit Kumar Jaiswal (amitj@vit.ac.in).

List of Major Research Facilities in TEL.

3. Medical Physics Laboratory: This laboratory has all the basic equipments needed to perform experiments related to medical physics applications. Medical Physics is the application of Physics concepts, theories and principles to medicine or health care. Some of the key areas of research include: Radiation Physics, Growth and characterization of urinary crystals (Invitro and Invivo), Ultrasonics, Biomechanics & Biomaterial characterization, Synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanoparticle for Hyperthermia application and Biophotonics. Lab In-charge: Dr.Arunai Nambi Raj, Email:narunainambiraj@vit.ac.in

List of Major Research Facilities in MPL.

4. AntiMicrobial Studies Laboratory: This laboratory has all the basic equipments needed to perform anti-microbial studies. Lab in-charge: Dr.Raunak Kumar Das (raunakkumardas@vit.ac.in ).

List of Major Research Facilities in AML.

5. 3D BioPrinting Laboratory (HOME Lab): 3D bioprinting facilities are a recent addition to our centre. The advanced 3D bioprinting facility is called HOME (Human Organ Manufacturing and Engineering) Lab, equipped with two high-end Cellink BioX bioprinter as well as few basic bioprinters. With this addition, the centre is better positioned to fabricate 3D organoids and tissue mimics, which will be also be one of the key focus areas in coming years. Lab In-charge: Dr.Arunkumar Palaniappan (arunkumar.p@vit.ac.in).

List of Major Research Facilities in HOME Lab.

6. BioCorrosion and BioTribology Laboratory: Corrosion and wear are the major factors that affects the service period of an implant when exposed to the aggressive environment as in human body. Development of new materials and coatings to alleviate wear and corrosion are the major focus of biomaterials research to enhance the longevity of mankind. The major focus of this facility is to evaluate and understand the behaviour of widely used implant materials such as titanium and magnesium in simulated body conditions. The corrosion of coated and uncoated substrates are evaluated using ACM Gill potentiostat under controlled environment. A reciprocator wear tester (Ducom) with temperature, pH and environment-controlled equipment is utilized to assess wear rate and friction of materials. The scratch resistance of the thin film coatings is measured using either a static or ramp loaded scratch tester provided with 200 µm dia diamond indenter. Lab In-charge: Dr.Mohan Varma D. S. (mohanvarma@vit.ac.in)

List of Major Research Facilities in BCBT Lab.

7. Biomaterials Processing Laboratory: Key challenges in the field of implantology are stress shielding, low fatigue strength, poor bone bonding and formation of biofilim on implants. This laboratory has all the basic equipments needed for the development of materials with tailored mechanical properties. Materials with grain size ranging from micron and to nano are being investigated to have optimum modulus closer to bone and high fatigue and mechanical strength. Two high temperature furnaces with controlled environment is available to facilitate this work. In addition, novel coatings to improve the osseointegration and prevent bacterial formation are developed using simple cost-effective techniques such as Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) and micro arc oxidation (MAO). In addition, this laboratory also involves activities related to replacement and reconstruction of diseased or damaged parts of the musculo-skeletal/dental systems by near net shape manufacturing of implants using different material and biological characterizations. Further, this lab focuses on development of new generation of ceramic, ceramic- polymeric/metallic composites for different biomedical applications. A substantial portion of this lab is involved in colloidal process of ceramics, bio-ceramics, protein coagulation casting, sol-gel and implant designing (dental and maxillofacial prosthesis) for bio-medical applications. Lab In-charge: Dr.Suya Prem Anand (suyapremanand.p@vit.ac.in)

List of Major Research Facilities in BMP Lab.

FY 2020-21 FY 2019-20 FY 2018-19 FY 2017-18 FY 2016-17

• May 2020 : Interview with Dr. Murugan Ramalingam on the RISE of 3D Printing against CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) published in technology.org. Weblink.

• April 2020 : 3D Printing to play a major role in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Weblink.

• April 2020: April 16th: Live Interview with Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy on ‘Corona Virus and Medicines’ in Kalainar TV from 2.30 PM to 3.00 PM. Weblink.

• Dr. Geetha Manivasagam - One of the speakers for “Women-in-Science-and-Engineering” (WiSE) held at IIT Kanpur – Virtual Talk (Video Clip) in Inauguration ceremony of WiSE Conference held in October 2019.

• Visit by Dr. Abhay Pandit, Advisor to CBCMT. 20^th to 27^th July, 2019

• Dr. Geetha Manivasagam, Chief Guest for FDP on “Challenges and Opportunities in Biomaterials Research” at VSR College of Engg. And Tech. Dec 2019.

• Dr. Poorvasi Balan of Monash University, Malaysia visited CBCMT under RTF-DCS Fellowship (Oct 2019 - Feb 2020) for collaborative research with Dr. Geetha Manivasagam.

• Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy - Delivered a talk on 'Coronavirus treatments, challenges, and opportunities’ at Einstein College of Arts and science, Tirunelveli on August 01, 2020.

• Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy - Resource person for the five days Faculty Development Programme on “Challenging role of Chemistry in Drug design and Development” (CCDD – 2K20) organized by Department of Chemistry and Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), K S Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode. Namakkal (Dt.), Tamilnadu, India on August 08, 2020.

• Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy - Delivered a webinar on ‘In search of Coronavirus Treatments: Challenges and Opportunities’ at Nehru Institute of Engineering and Technology – Coimbatore on July 24, 2020.

• Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy - Delivered webinar on ‘In search for coronavirus treatments: challenges and opportunities’ at PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore on May 21, 2020.

• Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy - Delivered a webinar on 'Developments of therapeutics and vaccines for covid-19' at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore on May 12, 2020.

• Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy - Delivered a webinar on 'Coronavirus Research - Drugs and Diagnostics' at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode, Tamil Nadu on May 09, 2020.

• Dr. Amit Kumar Jaiswal – Invited Talk at National Symposium on Biomaterials, Drug Delivery & Regenerative Engineering (NSBDR 2019) held on 2-3 November, 2019 organized by Department of Biomedical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University, Manipal-576104, Karnataka, India.

• Industrial visit to Kudakulam Nuclear Power Plant March 2020 - Organized by Prof. Arunai Nambi Raj (Photo1 and Photo2)

• Visit to Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMPS), Bangalore 26th September 2019 organized by Dr. Amit Jaiswal (Photo)