National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Biomechanics and Biotransport Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Bio-inspired design, Micro/nano fabrication, Additive manufacturing, Lab-on-chip, Micro/nanofluidics, polymeric membranes, Medical devices innovation and Entrepreneurship

Prasoon Kumar Assistant Professor Grade-II

Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

kumarprasoon@nitrkl.ac.in

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DOCTORAL STUDENTS

4

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Prasoon Kumar

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

Room Number: BM-316

Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2018

Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering (Design Engineering)
IITB-Monash Research Academy ( Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia)

2010

M.Tech
Bioengineering (Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

2008

B.E
Biotechnology
Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, Ranchi

Teaching Experience
  • Biotechnology and Medical Engineering,  National Institute of Technology, Rourkela,   19 Jun 2020 - Present
  • Medical Devices Innovation,  National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Ahmadabad,   04 Oct 2018 - 18 Mar 2020
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Biomaterials and Tissue engineering, Organ-on-chips,  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,   22 Mar 2017 - 28 Sep 2018
Industrial Experience
  • Biomedical Imaging and Image processing,  Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIR), Chandigarh,   13 Oct 2010 - 30 Jun 2011

Development and validation of an Artificial Intelligence based portable screening device for potentially malignant and malignant oral disorders by integrating narrow band imaging with autofluorescence and white light Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Development and translation of a non-invasive, saliva & gingival crevicular fluid based sensor for management of diabetes Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Development of non-invasive glucose monitoring sensor ring for management or prevention of diabetes Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 18
  • Running   Sponsored
Innovating paper microfluidic device to achieve rapid and uniform spreading of whole blood and demonstrate its applicability as a point-of-care diagnostic device. Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Implantable Closed-loop Diabetes Management System. DST
  • Co-Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored


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Total Publications: 33
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C. Kaushik, S. R. K, P. Kumar, R. Mukesh, S. Atul, and K. Ajai,"Effect of confined geometry on the size distribution of nanoparticles produced by laser ablation in liquid medium", Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, vol.17, pp.129--137, Elsevier 2019, 10.1016/j.nanoso.2018.12.006       Article

A. Prashant, G. P. S, M. Mainak, and P. Kumar,"Insight into the design and fabrication of a leaf-mimicking micropump", Physical Review Applied, vol.12, no.3, pp.031002, APS 2019, 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.12.031002       Article

V. Srikanth, S. Viren, P. Kumar, and S. H. K,"Feature extraction through wavelet decomposition for automatic detection of landmarks on cephalogram images", biorxiv, pp.125286, cold spring harbor laboratory 2017, 10.1101/125286       Article

P. Kumar and K. Rishav,"Geometric modeling of electrospun micro-/nano-fiber system for simulation of physical properties", International journal of science and research (ijsr), vol.4, no.4, pp.1261--1266, www.ijsr.net 2015       Article

S. Prabhash, P. Kumar, Das. Amitava, S. Viren, and S. H. K,"Image registration: a pre-step in patient's position verification in radiation therapy", in 2011 international conference on image information processing, pp.1--4 2011, 10.1109/ICIIP.2011.6108961       Inproceedings

International Conference on Biological Innovation, Technology, Engineering and Sciences (BITES-2024) Biotechnology and Medical Engineering (Conference)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 18 Dec 2024 - 20 Dec 2024
  • Brochure
Next Gen Medical Devices (NGMD-2023-S2) Biotechnology and Medical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Karyashala, High-End Workshop on AI-APMED: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Aided Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery Biotechnology and Medical Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 05 Jan 2023 - 12 Jan 2023
  • Brochure
National Bioengineering Conference 2022 Biotechnology and Medical Engineering (Conference)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 06 Jan 2022 - 07 Jan 2022
  • Brochure

  • BM2003 : Medical Science II {Theory}
  • BM2502 : Thermodynamics and Biochemical Reaction {Theory}
  • BM3000 : Medical Diagnostic Techniques {Theory}
  • BM3001 : Analytical Instrumentation and Techniques {Theory}
  • BM6033 : Intellectual Property Right and Bio-safety for Bioengineers {Theory}
  • BM6534 : Bioreactor and Plant Design {Theory}
  • EA1270 : Value Education and Ethics {Theory}
  • BM2763 : Bio-engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • BM3702 : Medical Diagnostic Techniques Laboratory {Practical}
  • BM4713 : MATLAB Programming for Bioengineering Analysis {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [6]
Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, cell and molecular biology
Ruchira Chakraborty
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Fabrication of Bioinspired multi-analyte sensing platform by using paper-based micro/nano fluidic device
Pragyan Ray
Enrolled: Sep 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Tissue Engineering, medical devices and biomaterials
Swagatika Barik
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Design and Development of Surface Engineered PDMS Microfluidic device for 3D cell culture
Oindrila Banik
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Bioprocess Engineering
Rishi Bhattacharjee
Enrolled: Aug 2024
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Biosensors, Medical electronics
Shirke Tushar Baneshwar
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
Biotechnology and Medical Engineering
Thalapaneni Penchala Naidu
Enrolled: Aug 2022
Continuing
Co-Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • BRICS Young Scientist Forum 2022 (New Materials),   2022
  • BIRAC SITARE Gandhian Young Innovator Award by SITARE and BIRAC, DBT, Govt of India,   2020
  • Biotechnology Ignition Grant by BIRAC, DBT, Govt of India,   2020
  • Biotechnology Ignition Grant by BIRAC, DBT, Govt of India,   2019
  • 2nd prize in Bio-business plan BEST India by ABLE and DBT, Govt of India,   2018
  • Awarded innovator award by BETiC, IIT Bombay,   2018
  • Biotechnology Ignition Grant by BIRAC, DBT, Govt of India,   2018
  • 1st prize for the oral presentation in National Conference on Convergence of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biomedical Technology, NIPER-Ahmedabad,   2018
  • Awarded best innovator award in NanoSparX in 8th International conference of Bangalore India Nano,   2016
  • 3rd prize in Bio-business plan BEST India by ABLE and DBT, Govt of India,   2014
  • 2nd Prize in Bio-business Plan by Teckriti techfest at IIT Kanpur,   2009
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Life-time member of Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs ( SBAO), India,   2021
  • SERB-National Post-Doctoral Fellowship,   2017
  • IITB-Monash PhD Fellowship,   2011
  • MHRD Gate Fellowship,   2008