IITKGP
Microfluidics lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering at IITKharagpur invites applications from interested students for doing research with us. Please write an email to suman@mech.iitkgp.ac.in |

Responsibilities

  • DIRECTOR
  • Dean, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Research Areas

  • Technologies for Affordable Healthcare
  • Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
  • Fluid Dynamics
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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

Principal Investigator

  • "A hand-held blood perfusion imager for the detection of oral pre-cancer and cancer" - Licensed Technology MOUTHWISE DIAGNOSTICS PRIVATE LIMITED
  • 4D Cardiac Modelling of Pediatric heart TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
  • A hand-held blood perfusion imager for the detection of oral pre-cancer and cancer SPATIAL KARMA RESOURCES PRIVATE LIMITED
  • Affordable Point-of-Care MRI system for applications in India IITKGP Foundation (USA)
  • An approach to Disruptive Intervention in Rural Livelihood via Combined Technology Enabled Education and Affordable Healthcare LECTURENOTES TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
  • Application For JC Bose Fellowship Renewal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • Application For JC Bose Fellowship Renewal Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • Application of Aptamer, Microfluidics and Protein Targeted Approaches for Sex Specific Spermatozoa Enrichment in Bovines and Technology Development Thereof DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • Centre of excellence for training and research in Microfluidics IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Cervical and Circulating HPV DNA Detection in Carcinoma Cervix Using An Indigenous Point-of Care Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification Device: Determination of Diagnostic Accuracy and Prognostic Utility (HINA) DBT, NEW DELHI
  • Collaborative studies on INGENE_Mini DNA lab and its Pharmacogenomics impact on Population genetics SMARTQR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
  • Collaborative Vision for Fertility and Womens Health Innovation Kyvra Labs Pvt Ltd
  • Comprehensive Health Screening Program for Students in the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Developing Novel Nano-Bio Sensors for Highly Sensitive and Specific Detection of Target Analytes on a Chip TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
  • Development and Field-Adaptation of a Platform-Technology Device for Infections Disease Detection at Extreme Point of Care Settings IITKGP Foundation (USA)
  • Development of a multiplex portable spinning disc for effective monitoring of womens health during different stages of pregnancy Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • Development of Investors Connect portal, Tech-Bridge portal, Credit-sphere portal and Eval-Track Portal under West Bengal MSME Elevate Platform (WB-MEP) West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited- WEBEL
  • Differential diagnostics of infectious diseases on a multiplexed lateral flow assay platform using gargle samples Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • EDUVERSE 4.0: Reimagining Engineering Education for an AI-Driven Workforce St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology
  • Electrically Modulated Dynamics of Soft-Particle Laden Complex Fluids in Deformable Microfluidic Capillaries Indo-French Centre for the promotion of Avanced Research (CEFIPRA)
  • Establishment of the Saurabh Hemraj Bora Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Inclusive Technologies for Precision Engineering and Womens Health Saurabh Hemraj Bora
  • Estimation of Blood Hemoglobin on Paper using Smartphone Huwel Lifesciences Private Limited
  • From Lab to Beside: An attempt to take the multiplex enteric virus real-time PCR detection assay, a step further to Hand held PCR INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (ICMR)
  • GC HIV/TB: Nanomaterial-Integrated Microfluidic Membrane - Enhanced Lysis GATES FOUNDATION
  • Graphene decorated keratin-nanocellulose nanofiber-based highly sensitive electrochemical sensing of arsenic in clinical, environmental, and food samples- a one health approach INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (ICMR)
  • Lateral Flow Assay (LFA) based Differential Screening of Bacterial and Viral infections for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTI) SURAKSHA DIAGNOSTIC LIMITED
  • Machine Learning Guided 3D Printing of Self-Healing Sustainable Concrete from Waste Materials Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer Detection By Multimodal Magnetic Nanoparticle-Assisted Microfluidic Device Department of Biotechnology
  • Multi-level Al based Anemia screening technology with a combination of non-invasive and minimally invasive devices for Extreme Point of Care settings Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • Multiplexed Diagnostics of Mosquito-borne Fever INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (ICMR)
  • Nanotechnology for sensors in healthcare, intelligent environmental monitoring and diagnostics (NANO-SHIELD) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • Oroscreen Lab to Field Translation Towards Upscaled Commercial Adaptation Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
  • Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of IIT Kharagpur (Sub-Project of PJC) IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Project FUSION: Converging AI, Digital Engineering and Industry - Academia Power DC Technologies FZ LLC
  • Research and Development of Affordable MRI in the area of Point of Care Healthcare Devices for the rural downtrodden people in West Bengal and India as well VYOMLIFECARE PRIVATE LIMITED
  • Solar Driven AI Enabled Digital Smart Classrooms OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND COLLECTOR MALDA- PLANNING SECTION
  • Solar Light for the purpose of Illumination, Energy Conservation and Green Energy Promotion Policy of Government OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND COLLECTOR MALDA- PLANNING SECTION
  • Sustainability through revenue generation from CRTDH Facility Various Sponsors
  • Technology Enhanced Determination of Specialized Educational and Research Contents on Engineering and Healthcare SolverBench Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  • To develop an portable, low-field MRI system capable of delivering affordable point-of-care imaging in resource-limited and bedside settings XIMAGING Inc., Delaware, USA
  • Use of CRTDH Lab Diagnostic Devices for testing purposes Foundation for Innovations in Health
  • ViablE Residual Disease at Intracavitary brachytherapy after Chemo-radioTherapy in Carcinoma Cervix: Detection, Characterization and Prognostic Significance (VERDICT) DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • Womens Health Technology Adaptation and Community Deployment Sohamm Group

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Assam Skill University (ASU) Management and Operating System Development KPMG ADVISORY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
  • Development of a novel technique for fabricating W/dissimilar metal graded composites using interlayers by laser direct energy deposition Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • Development of a novel technique for fabricating W/dissimilar metal graded composites using interlayers by laser direct energy deposition Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • Development of a Point of care nucleic acid test for detection of flu-like infections of Similar Symptomatic Format, With Particular Focus on Adenovirus and Influenza Viruses WB-DST
  • ENLIGHTEN: Easy Non-invasive detection of Latent tuberculosis Infection in Geographically High Tuberculosis ENdemic areas Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept. of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • 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)
  • Portable Intraoral Multispectral Imager for Cancer screening Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Ph. D. Students

Abesh Barman

Area of Research: Microfluidics and point of care device

Abhirup Chaudhuri

Area of Research: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Amitabha Chattopadhyay

Area of Research:

Arijit Bera

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Atin Kumar Dolai

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Bimalendu Mukherjee

Area of Research: Lab-on-a-Chip for Diagnosis

Biplab Kumar Pal

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Biswadeep Roy

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Camellia Mitra

Area of Research: Biomicrofluidics

Chandak Darshankumar Onkardas

Area of Research:

Chitrak Mondal

Area of Research: Microfluidics and miniaturization

Debayan Chatterjee

Area of Research: Nanomaterials for Healthcare

Debmalya Roy

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Devraj Sarkar

Area of Research: Molecular Diagnostics

Ganesh Sahadeo Meshram

Area of Research: Microfluidics

K Prateekkumar R Kotegar

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Kunal Kumar

Area of Research: Microfluidics and miniaturization

Manideep Roy

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Partha Acharya

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Patwari Aditya Shivaji

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Pranjali Nema

Area of Research: FRP Composites

Sakshi Suryawanshi

Area of Research: Point of Care Devices for Disease Screening

Saugata Dutta Roy

Area of Research: Fluid Dynamics

Saurabh Dhopeshwar

Area of Research: Computational multiphase flows

Sayak Ray

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Sayan Kundu

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Sayantan Dawn

Area of Research: Biological fluid dynamics

Sharma Siddharth Durgaprasad

Area of Research: CFD for Biological Flows

Shubhra Sahu

Area of Research: Numerical Modeling and Simulation

Siladitya Bag

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Soham Biswas

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Soumyadeep Das

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Sourav Datta

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Sourav Dutta

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Soutrik Chakraborty

Area of Research: 4D Cardiac Modelling and Visualization

Subham Adhikari

Area of Research: Nanomaterial-based point of care device

Subham Ghosh

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Subhamoy Chatterjee

Area of Research: Bioelectronic systems

Subho Samanta

Area of Research: Biomedical Science and Engineering

Subradip Debnath

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Tanishk Kumar

Area of Research: Microfluidics

Ujjal Bikash Parashar

Area of Research: Bioelectronics for healthcare

Utsab Pal

Area of Research: Microscale transport phenomena

MS Students

Himopravo Chowdhury

Area of Research: Microfluidics