Our laboratory's research interest is to investigate at the interface between fundamental and applied research, by combining the principles of Textile Technology and Tissue Engineering:
(i) to develop novel engineering solutions for complex clinical diseases,
(ii) to gain better qualitative and quantitative understanding of the tissue microenvironmental conditions fundamental for tissue developments and pathogenesis.

BTech: Institute of Jute Technology, Kolkata, India, 1999
MTech: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, 2001
PhD: University of Basel, Switzerland, 2003-2006
Postdoctoral associate: Tissue engineering Resource Centre, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Boston, USA, 2007-2008
Assistant Professor: 2008-2012
Associate Professor: 2013-2018
Professor: 2018-ongoing
Visiting Professor: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich (Dept of Health Sciences and Technology, From 1st February, 2019)

Awards/Fellowships

Institute Chair Professor (1st January 2019 onwards)
Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowship: Kusuma Trust IIT Delhi, 2008-2012
MAHE award: Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, 2012
3D Printing World award, 2017- Innovator in Tissue Engineering services of the year (Trinity Media, Mumbai)
Stipendien For Angehende Forschende (Fellowship for Prospective Researchers) SNF, Switzerland: 2006-2007

Ancilliary activities

Chairman, Institutional Committee for Stem Cell Research (IC-SCR) of Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
Member, Expert group on Technology development in Silk and its biomaterials application, DBT
Member, Taskforce on Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, DBT
Member, Expert group on Bioengineering, ICMR
Review Editorial Board member, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (a speciality of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology)
Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
Editorial Advisory Board member, ACS Applied Bio Materials
Swiss University Alumni Ambassador

Membership

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)