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Mechanical Engineering
Suman Chakraborty has research interests in micro/nano scale fluid dynamics and its applications focused towards sustainable technology goals for promoting good health and well-being of the underserved. The notable discoveries emerging from his fundamental research include: surface roughness-aided slippery flow, massively-amplified ionic-pumping in highly-confined water, sticky-flow of water on nano-engineered hydrophobic interfaces, programmable manoeuvring of tiny droplets along arbitrary preferential directions, generating controlled microbubbles on portable spinning-disc, reversing thermally-driven spontaneous migration of nano-droplets – defying common scientific intuitions in all cases. He also introduced niche low-cost bio-inspired fabrication and analytical tools to unveil several hitherto-unresolved mysteries of blood flow in human-body microvasculature, including the collective-dynamics of red blood cells. He innovated a biomimetic tumour-on-a-chip technology for unleashing the mechanisms of cancer progression.
Suman is the inventor of ‘Paper and Pencil Microfluidics’ technology - a new class of electrically-manipulative miniaturized devices that does not require any sophisticated fabrication-facility. This emerged as a backbone of manufacturing niche low-cost medical diagnostic devices, as well as facilitating water desalination and energy-harvesting systems on simple paper-strips. By harnessing such spontaneous ion-water interaction in an interlaced fibrous cellulose network, he further demonstrated electrical power generation using wet textiles, drawing analogies with water-transpiration in living plants.
Suman is a global-pioneer of disruptive diagnostic-technologies for resource-limited settings. His notable device inventions include: portable disc to perform a Complete-Blood-Count test, hand-held blood-perfusion imaging device for early screening of oral cancer, and a new Piecewise Isothermal Nucleic Acid test for infectious disease detection at point-of-care. He leads a National-level Research and Technology Development Hub on Affordable Healthcare, where his own innovated products are being manufactured by small-scale enterprises. This hub is functional as techno-socio-economic lifeline, empowering rural women with the essential skill-set of delivering primary healthcare-support to the last-mile, and rejuvenating rural livelihood via facilitating sustainable enterprise formation for the unemployed.
Cellular-Aggregation Dictates Universal Spreading Behaviour of a Whole-Blood Drop on a Paper Strip by Laha S., Kar S. , Chakraborty S. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 640 309-319 (2023)
Simultaneous quantitative detection of hematocrit and hemoglobin from whole blood using a multiplexed paper sensor with a smartphone interface by A., Das S. , Chakraborty S. Lab on a Chip 23 318-319 (2022)
Portable, Handheld and Affordable Blood Perfusion Imager for Screening of Sub-Surface Cancer in Resource-Limited Settings by Bhowmik A., Ghosh B. , Pal M. , Paul R. R., Chatterjee J. , Chakraborty S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 - (2022)
Molecular self-assembly Enables Tuning of Nanopores in Atomically Thin Graphene Membranes for Highly Selective Transport by Jang D., Bakli C. , Chakraborty S. , Karnik R. Advanced Materials 2108940- (2022)
Thermally Programmable Dynamic Capillarity in Nanofluidic Channels Grafted with Smart Elastomeric Layers by Narayanaswamy B. T., Dasgupta S. , Chakraborty S. Small 18 - (2022)
Electrical Power Generation from Wet Textile Mediated by Spontaneous Nano-Scale Evaporation by Das S. S., Pedireddi V. M., Bandopadhyay A. , Saha P. , Chakraborty S. Nano Letters 7191-7200 (2019)
Instrument-Free Single-Step Direct Estimation of Plasma Glucose Level from one Drop of Blood Using Smartphone-Interfaced Analytics on a Paper Strip by Biswas S. ., Chatterjee S. , Laha S. , Pakira V. , Som N. K., Saha S. , Chakraborty S. Lab on a Chip 22 4666-4679 (2022)
Smartphone-integrated label-free rapid screening of anaemia from the pattern formed by one drop of blood on a wet paper strip by Laha S., Bandopadhyay A. , Chakraborty S. ACS Sensors 7 2028-2036 (2022)
Frugal Approach toward Developing a Biomimetic, Microfluidic Network-on-a-Chip for In Vitro Analysis of Microvascular Physiology by Priyadarshani ., Roy T. , Das S. , Chakraborty S. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 7 1263-1277 (2021)
Electrokinetics with paper-and-pencil devices by P. Mandal, R. Dey, S. Chakraborty Lab on a Chip 12 - (2012)
Smartphone-Enabled Paper-Based Hemoglobin Sensor for Extreme Point-of-Care Diagnostics by Biswas S. K., Chatterjee S. , Bandyopadhyay S. , Kar S. , Som N. K., Saha S. , Chakraborty S. ACS sensors 6 1077-1085 (2021)
Generalization of interfacial electrohydrodynamics in the presence of hydrophobic interactions in narrow fluidic confinements by S. Chakraborty Physical Review Letters 100 - (2008)
A portable spinning disc for complete blood count by Agarwal R., Sarkar A. , Bhowmik A. , Mukherjee D. , Chakraborty S. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 150 111935- (2020)
A hand-held blood perfusion imager for the detection of oral pre-cancer and cancer SPATIAL KARMA RESOURCES PRIVATE LIMITED
Estimation of Blood Hemoglobin on Paper using Smartphone Huwel Lifesciences Private Limited
Healthcare technology adoption at Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) and Community Healthcare Centers (CHC) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Laboratory development for the ICMR-DHR Center of Excellence on Healthcare Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Technology Enhanced Determination of Specialized Educational and Research Contents on Engineering and Healthcare SolverBench Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Development of a multiplex portable spinning disc for effective monitoring of womens health during different stages of pregnancy Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Technology Transfer/Licensing for COVIRAP Bramerton Holdings LLC
COVIRAP Technology Transfer to M/s Aspen Biomedical Private Limited, Rapid Diagnostic Group of Companies ASPEN BIOMEDICAL PRIVATE LIMITED
Centre of excellence for training and research in Microfluidics IIT KHARAGPUR
Industry-Academia Collaborative Projects in the UAE Educare International Foundation FZ-LLC
Development and Validation of Covid-19 Testing Method and Device IITKGP FOUNDATION
Technology-Driven Empowerment of Sundargarh Oral Cavity Cancer -Governance Moonshot Program GLOQAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
Teaching and development of course materials in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and its application in the healthcare industry Ansys, Inc.
Common Research and Technology Development Hub (CRTDH) Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Common Research and Technology Development Hub (CRTDH) Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Technology Transfer of (i) A point of Care (POC) Device for Facilitating Nucleic Acid Based Testing and Method Thereof (ii) System for estimation of plasma glucose by integrated paper-based device and method thereof (iii) Smartphone based blood hemoglobin estimation system HealthLedger Diagnostics Private Limited
Paper-strip based Smartphone Interfaced Portable Device for Diagnostic Testing using a Drop of Body Fluid (Covered by the Patent Filing Identifiers 201931030435 and 201931030430) IMEDTECH LLP
A Paper-And-Pencil - Based Diagnostic Kit for Simultaneous Detection of One or Multiple Analytes (covered by the filed patent identifier number 701/KOL/2015) REVOLUT HEALTHTECH PRIVATE LIMITED
Thermographic System for Monitoring Blood Perfusion, and Metabolic Heat Generation, Method and Thermographic Device Thereof and its Applications for the Screening of Oral Cancer (covered by the filed the patent id 201831032157) IMEDTECH LLP
Quantitative Hematology and Biochemical Analysis from One Drop of Blood on a Portable Spinning Disc (covered by the filed patent id 202031011940) REVOLUT HEALTHTECH PRIVATE LIMITED
An Integrated Portable Detector for Quantitative Detection of Multiple Parameters (such as Temperature, Pulse rate, Oxygen Saturation) Via Non-invasive Acquiring and Processing of Body Signals EDUCARE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
An integrated portable detector for quantitative detection of multiple parameters (such as temperature, pulse rate, oxygen saturation) via non-invasive acquiring and processing of body signals EDUCARE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
A Paper-And-Pencil- Based Diagnostic Kit for Simultaneous Detection of One or Multiple Analytes (covered by the filed patent identifier number 701/KOL/2015) REVOLUT HEALTHTECH PRIVATE LIMITED
Development of a Nucleic Acid Based Low Cost Platform Technology for Real-Time Quantitative Diagnostics of Viral Infection Including Identification of Specific Strains at Point of Care (POC) in Resource-Limited Settings Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept. of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Paper based point of care devices for blood plasma glucose and haemoglobin level detection - Lab to market translation Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Development of a biofuel based liquid film microreactor for onboard hydrogen generation through non-catalytic reforming Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Technology Transfer /Licensing for COVIRAP InnoDx Solutions Private Limited
USHA: Urine Sense towards Health Analysis of Kidney Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept. of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Determination of Blood Hemoglobin Level using a Paper Strip Integrated with a Colorimetric Sensing and Readout Device Invitreo Healthtech Ventures Private Limited
Development of a POC plasma glucose assay with accuracy of gold standard by paper-based sensor TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION, FORCASTING AND ASSESSMENT COUNCIL (TIFAC)
Smartphone enabled paper-based Hemoglobin sensor for Extreme-Point-of-Care Diagnostics TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION, FORCASTING AND ASSESSMENT COUNCIL (TIFAC)
COVIRAP Technology Transfer to Surbhi Satcom Pvt Ltd, a SURBHI Group Company, Noida-201301, Uttar Pradesh SURBHI SATCOM PRIVATE LIMITED
Development of Point of Care Nucleic Acid test for Detection of Viral Load in Real Time Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Highly Parallelized Solver for Multiphase Micro-Hydrodynamics National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)
Designing Pyridine-based Mono-and Diamniotic Pincers for Main Group Mediated Catalysis Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Setting up of Remote Continuum of Care with Affordable Diagnostic Technology iKure Techsoft Private Limited
Paper-based Microfluidics for On-chip Detection of Haemoglobin Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Paper-based Microfluidics for On-chip Detection of Haemoglobin Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Development of Rapid, Low Cost Isothermal Nucleic Acid Testing Devices with Colorimetric Readout ASPEN BIOMEDICAL PRIVATE LIMITED
J C Bose Fellowship (Suman Chakraborty) Science and Engineering Research Board
National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development Department of Science and Technology (DST)
National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Technology enhanced dissemination of specialized educational and research contents on Engineering and Healthcare MAXBRIDGE SOLUTIONS LLP
Pathology on a Spinning Disc MHRD-STARS
Pathology on a Spinning Disc MHRD-STARS
Technology Transfer on the Development of a Paper based Diagnostic Device for Rapid Monitoring of Plasma Glucose Level in Human Blood Educare International Foundation FZ-LLC
Establishing a State-of the-Art Hybrid BSLIII Facility at IIT Kharagpur to Facilitate Fundamental Research and Development of Diagnostics and Therapeutics Against Class III Pathogen Caused Viral and Bacterial Diseases Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Planar 2D heterojunctions between atomically thin dissimilar materials Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
Non-Enzymatic Microfluidic Electrochemical Multiplex Sensor for Cost-Effective Soil Testing Indo-German Science & Technology Centre
Nano-electronics Network for Research and Applications (NNetRA)- IIT Kharagpur (DST Part) Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Nano-electronics Network for Research and Applications (NNetRA)- IIT Kharagpur (DST Part) Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Nano-electronics Network for Research and Application (NNetRA)- IIT Kharagpur (MEITY Part) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Nano-electronics Network for Research and Application (NNetRA)- IIT Kharagpur (MEITY Part) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Comparative Assessment of the Neutralization Efficacy of Indigenous Vaccines against Prevailing Variants of Concerns of SARS-Cov-2 Circulating in India Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept. of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
3D Printing and Directional Solidification of Aluminum-based Ternary Eutectic Alloy Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
CFD based Design of Mechanical Heart Valves Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Aditya Choubey Centre for Re-Water Research Mr. Aneesh Reddy and Mr. Anant Choubey
Kalyan Saha
Area of Research: Bio-Fluid Mechanics
Tanoy Kahali
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Ankit Agarwal
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Anjali
Area of Research: Microfluidics for biochemical analysis
Sujay Kumar Biswas
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Banuprasad T N
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Victor Pakira
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Guttapalli Naveen Kumar
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Rahul Roy
Area of Research: Computational multiphase flows
Saurabh Dhopeshwar
Area of Research: Computational multiphase flows
Aniruddha Guha
Area of Research: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Debdeep Bhattacharjee
Area of Research: Droplet microfluidics
Subhamoy Chatterjee
Area of Research: Bioelectronic systems
Avinash Kumar
Area of Research: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
K Prateekkumar R Kotegar
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Subho Samanta
Area of Research: Biomedical Science and Engineering
Seema Nakra
Area of Research: Droplet microfluidics
Ganesh Sahadeo Meshram
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Pawan Kumar Dubey
Area of Research: Additive manufacturing
Siladitya Bag
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Shubhra Sahu
Area of Research: Numerical Modeling and Simulation
Debmalya Roy
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Sampad Laha
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Biswadeep Roy
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Patwari Aditya Shivaji
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Anindita Bhattacharya
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Atin Kumar Dolai
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Sharma Siddharth Durgaprasad
Area of Research: CFD for Biological Flows
Subradip Debnath
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Sayak Ray
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Abhirup Chaudhuri
Area of Research: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Manideep Roy
Area of Research: Microfluidics
Bimalendu Mukherjee
Area of Research: Lab-on-a-Chip for Diagnosis
Chitrak Mondal
Area of Research: Microfluidics and miniaturization
Kunal Kumar
Area of Research: Microfluidics and miniaturization
Soumyadeep Das
Area of Research: Fluid mechanics and convective heat transfer
Sayantan Dawn
Area of Research: Biological Flows
Arghya Mukherjee
Area of Research: Microfluidics
