National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
Areas of Interest
  • Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Wound Healing

Devendra Verma Associate Professor & HOD (Biotechnology and Medical Engineering)

Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

vermad@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2286

3

PATENTS / COPYRIGHTS

44

PUBLICATIONS

6

SPONSORED PROJECTS

8

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Devendra Verma

Associate Professor

Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

Room Number: BM-115

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

2008

Ph.D.
Materials and Nanotechnology
North Dakota State University

2003

M.Tech
Materials Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2001

B.E
Ceramic Engineering
National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Teaching Experience
  • Biotechnology and Medial Engineering,  National Institute of Technology Rourkela,   14 Feb 2014 - 01 Nov 2019
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Biomedical Engineering,  Rutgers University,   2009 - 2013

An exploratory, prospective, open-label, randomized controlled trial of the safety and efficacy of StopBleed™ in patients with moderate-to-severe superficial bleeds and development of a gauze Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Running   Sponsored
Multi-functional sprayable hydrogels for prevention of post-surgical abdominal adhesions. ICMR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Development of an injectable hemostatic device for non-compressible hemorrhage. ICMR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
First clotting clinical grade hemostatic agent for emergency care SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Preparation of stable self-assembled hybrid nanostructure of bovine a-lactolbumin and egg white lysozome for the evaluation of antiproliferative activity in multiple cancer cells: Study of simultaneous targeting and anti cancer drug delivery application SERB
  • Co-Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of Nanocomposite scaffolds with High Wet Strength for Bone tissue Engineering DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

D. Verma and S. Hossain,"Self-assembled nano-fibers as hemostatic agent",IN 376918, Granted to NIT Rourkela, 2021       << Patent >>

D. Verma, J. J. Pandit, A. Shrivastava, and T. Bharadwaj,"A CYTOCOMPATIBLE AND BIODEGRADABLE PROTEIN-BASED HYDROGEL CROSSLINKED BY A PHOSPHINE-BASED CROSSLINKER AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME",IN 464059, Granted to NIT Rourkela, 2023       << Patent >>

D. Verma and W. G. Kumari,"FIBROUS POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD COMPOSITIONS, PREPARATION METHOD, AND AN APPLICATION THEREOF",IN 479691, Granted to NIT Rourkela, 2023       << Patent >>

Total Publications: 44

W. G. Kumari and D. Verma,"Injectable and thermosensitive nanofibrous hydrogel for bone tissue engineering", Materials Science and Engineering:C, vol.107, pp.110343, Elsevier, February 2020, 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110343       Article

D. Verma, M. L. Previtera, R. Schloss, and N. Langrana,"Polyelectrolyte complex membranes for prevention of post-surgical adhesions in neurosurgery", Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol.40, no.9, pp.1949-1960, Springer, December 2012, 10.1007/s10439-012-0564-x       Article

M. Buriuli, W. G. Kumari, and D. Verma,"Evaluation of hemostatic effect of polyelectrolyte complex-based dressings", Journal of Biomaterials Applications, vol.32, no.5, pp.638–647, SAGE 2017, 10.1177/0885328217735956       Article

W. G. Kumari and D. Verma,"Molecular interactions in self-assembled nano-structures of chitosan-sodium alginate based polyelectrolyte complexes", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol.114, pp.10-17, Elsevier, July 2018, 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.03.075       Article

W. G. Kumari and D. Verma,"Polysaccharides as biomaterials", Fundamental Biomaterials: Polymers, ch.3, pp.37-70, Elsevier, woodhead publishing in biomaterials, April 2018, 10.1016/B978-0-08-102194-1.00003-7       Inbook

Workshop/FDP on “From Bench to Bedside: Challenges in Translational Biomedical Research Biotechnology and Medical Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 19 Aug 2024 - 23 Aug 2024
  • Brochure

  • BM2005 : Biostatistics {Theory}
  • BM3201 : Biomaterials {Theory}
  • BM321 : Biomaterials {Theory}
  • BM429 : Materials in Medical Science {Theory}
  • BM6132 : Advanced Tissue Engineering {Theory}
  • BM6231 : Computational Methods in Biomedical Engineering {Theory}
  • BM625 : Nanobiotechnology {Theory}
  • BM626 : Advanced Tissue Engineering {Theory}
  • BM628 : Nanotechnology in Medical Application {Theory}
  • BM631 : Computational Methods in Biomedical Engineering {Theory}
  • BM636 : Artificial Organ and Rehabilitative Engineering {Theory}
  • BM2703 : Biochemistry and Microbiology Laboratory {Practical}
  • BM367 : Product Development Laboratory – I {Practical}
  • BM368 : Product Development Laboratory – II {Practical}
  • BM3700 : Tissue Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • BM471 : Application of MATLAB in Bioengineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • BM475 : Tissue Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • BM486 : Modeling and Simulation in Bioengineering {Practical}
  • BM672 : Advanced Tissue Engineering Lab {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [8]
Design and Development of Biomimetic Hydrogel Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering
Wasupalli Geeta Kumari
Enrolled: Jan 2016
Graduated :  Jan 2023
Supervisor
Chitosan-based Bioactive Nanofibrous Hemostatic Agent for Emergency Care
Balaram Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Thesis Submitted
Co-Supervisor
Bone Tisue Engineering
Tanmay Bharadwaj
Enrolled: Jan 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
Stem cells and tissue engineering
Shreya Chrungoo
Enrolled: Feb 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Tissue Engineering (Reproductive)
Nimbal Kalita
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Biomaterials
Ritvesh Gupta
Enrolled: Feb 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Hemostatic Biomaterials
Samadrita Roy
Enrolled: Aug 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Biomaterials, tissue engineering
Pratyusa Sar
Enrolled: Jul 2023
Continuing
Supervisor