IITKGP

Responsibilities

  • Member, Institution Committee for Stem Cell Research

Research Areas

  • Customized Scaffold Bioactivation
  • Near Net Shape Forming
  • Medical textile, Biopolymer modification
  • Nanofibers and Nanoparticle - Healthcare
  • Implants and Devices
BioMaterials and Tissue Engineering (BMTE) was established by Dr. Dhara in the year 2007 soon after joining SMST as faculty. BMTE Group has main emphasis on product development research based on fundamental understanding of cell–material interactions and in vivo response. Amongst different biomaterial aspects, BMTE group is working for the development of customized implants through various top down and bottom up fabrication strategies. Primarily, the group is developing permanent implants for rehabilitation and biodegradable implants for tissue regeneration. In this context, metal and ceramic based permanent implants like mandible, dental crown, cortical bone etc. are manufactured by near net shape fabrication (direct casting and green state machining) approach. Bioactivation/ surface modification of implants for biological fixation is another important area of research. Under regenerative medicine approach, this group is developing biodegradable/bioactive materials with nano-micro architecture for skin, bone and cartilage tissue engineering. Different factors like scaffold architecture, chemistry, dynamic and static conditions are studied to improve cell-material interactions towards stem cell differentiation into native tissue phenotypes. Also the group is exploring diverse natural resources for isolation of bioactive molecules, biopolymers and materials for better healthcare delivery. The group has activities from materials development, study of cell biology and biochemical assays in vitro and in vivo towards final product development.
 
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Principal Investigator

  • Advanced wound Managment Using Ionotropically Crosslinked Bioactive Superabsorbable Dressings- Bio - compatibility Shelf - life, Wound Healing Efficacy Through Clinical validation Of Chronic And Burn Wounds Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
  • Development of customized implants via powder metallurgy process Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • Development of Woven/Non-woven nano-micro fibrous Hierarchical Textile for Medical Applications Ministry of Textile, GoI
  • Onsite deployable ultrathin dressing by hand-held device for bed sore application. Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept. of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Development of Strong and multifunctional (fire Resistant/Anti-Bacterial/Hydrophobic) fabric Using Graphene (Activated Carbon from agriculturalWaste) and White-Graphene (hBN) Composite Ministry of Textile, GoI

Ph. D. Students

Anindya Khamaru

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Anish Das

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Arunima Sinha

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Asmita Biswas

Area of Research: Tissue Enginnering

Debesh Harh

Area of Research: Tissue Engineering

Debosmita Ghosh

Area of Research: Polymer and Tissue Engineering

Kanta Chakraborty

Area of Research: Immunology and Biomaterials

Koushik Jana

Area of Research: Biosensor and Point of Care Device for Health Care Application

Mitali Mishra

Area of Research: Ayurvedic Biololgy

Nikhil Kumar

Area of Research: Smart drug delivery vehicle

Saikat Biswas

Area of Research: Polymer and Tissue Engineering

Samir Das

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Sammohan Krishna Das

Area of Research: Tissue Engineering

Sayan Das

Area of Research: Theranostics

Sayan Kundu

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Sheeba Sonali

Area of Research: Application of ROS in Biomaterials and Healthcare

Suman Mishra

Area of Research: Carbon Nano-materials for medical textiles and nuclear medicine

Sushama Rani Sau

Area of Research: Cancer therapy drug delivery

Varisha Farheen

Area of Research: Drug and bioactive delivery systems

Virushni S N

Area of Research: Processing and structure-property relations of ultra-high temperature ceramic composites