We are the experimental Soft condensed matter group at BITS-Pilani K. K. Birla Goa campus. We are interested in the physics of soft, squishy materials from colloids to polymers to biological objects. Our research encompasses studies on active particles-microparticles that can be propelled using ion gradients, light or external fields and can be used as the 'engines' in micro-bots for targeted drug delivery. We also explore 'Programmable self-assembly' using colloids as building blocks that can be stitched together using specific DNA sequences and can be 'programmed' to assemble in desired configurations. Besides using colloidal particles as 'Lego blocks' and engines to produce microscale robots, we also use colloids as probes to study biomolecular interactions and diffusion physics in complex systems. For this we use techniques such as micro-rheology and machine learning based analysis of diffusion models. We are interested in the fundamental physics of anomalous diffusion and out-of-equilibrium phenomena as well as in applications such as controllable micro-swimmers for targeted drug-delivery and biosensors for detection of proteins.
Ours is an extensively interdisciplinary research area, and we combine techniques from physics, chemistry, material science and biology. 

We acknowledge funding from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Government of India and Birla Institute of Technology and Science competitive grant (ACRG).