our Alumni

Balavigneswaran C K

Current position: Associate Professor, VIT Vellore

Postdoctoral fellow at IIT Madras from 2018 to 2024

PhD, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi

Research interests: Self-healing hydrogels, Drug delivery platforms, 3D bioprinting for soft tissues, biomedical devices, stimuli-responsive smart hydrogels, bioinspired materials

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Sivakumar Singaravelu

Current position: Associate Professor, Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology

Postdoctoral fellow at IIT Madras from 2017 to 2019

PhD, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)

Research interests: Electrospun matrices and 3D sponges for wound healing and tissue engineering

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Aadinath W

Current position: Assistant Professor, SASTRA

Thesis title: Pickering emulsion-templated acrylate-based porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

Year of graduation: 2024

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Kartik Mitra V

Current Position: Research Fellow, National University of Singapore

Thesis title: Silk fibroin-based targeted drug delivery system to improve intra-granuloma mycobacterium drug targeting 

• Joint doctoral program (JDP) with NUS

• With Prof. Mukesh Doble as co-guide at IIT Madras and Prof. Hwa Leo Liang as guide at NUS

Year of graduation: 2024

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Hemalatha Kanniyappan

Current position: Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Thesis title: Development of nanocomposite bioactive interpenetrating polymer network scaffolds for bone repair and regeneration

Year of graduation: 2021

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Ramya Kannan

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Thesis title: Self-assembly and selected biomedical applications of poly(aryl ether)-based dendritic structures 

• Jointly guided with Prof. Edamana Prasad

Year of graduation: 2019

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Balaji Ramachandran

Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Thesis title: Surface modification of poly (ethylene terephthalate) to enhance haemocompatibility and endothelialization 

• Winner of the Keshav Ranganath (KR) Award

Year of graduation: 2019

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Sudhin Thampi

Current Position: Staff Biomaterial Scientist & Project Manager, Stryker

Thesis title: Graphene-based modifications of electrospun polyurethane for biomedical applications

• Winner of Class of 1979 Best Thesis Award

• Three Institute Joint Degree (BMD) Program

• Jointly guided with Dr. Ramesh P, SCTIMST

Year of graduation: 2016

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Dharani Devi R

Thesis title: Fabrication of a novel interpenetrating network hydrogel scaffold using natural biomaterials suitable for bone tissue repair and regeneration 

• With Prof. T S Sampath Kumar as co-guide

Year of graduation: 2025

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Vasudha T K 

Current Position: PhD student @ Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany

Thesis title: Quaternary ammonium salt-modified isabgol scaffold as an antibacterial dressing to improve wound healing

Year of graduation: 2022

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Joseph Jose

Current Position: Self-employed

Thesis title: A novel, rapid, and cost-effective method for separating drug-loaded liposomes prepared from egg yolk phospholipids

Year of graduation: 2022

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Sudip Chakraborty

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Mayo Clinic, Arizona campus

Thesis title: Design of reduced graphene oxide-loaded nanocomposite scaffolds for enhanced angiogenesis in tissue engineering applications

• With Prof. Madhulika Dixit, IIT Madras as co-guide

Year of graduation: 2018

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Naagarajan Narayanan

Current Position: Thin films module engineer, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro

Thesis title: Controlled release of bioactive molecules and its mathematical modeling for potential biomedical applications

Year of graduation: 2014

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