IITKGP

Santanu Dhara

Professor

School of Medical Science and Technology

+91-3222-282306

sdhara@smst.iitkgp.ac.in

Responsibilities

  • Associate Dean, Research & Development
  • Prof-in-Charge, IPR and IR

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

  • Bioprinting of Skeletal Tissue Forwards Customized Phalanx Reconstruction and Regeneration by Tissue Engineering Approach
  • Development of customized implants via powder metallurgy process

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Development of biocompatible glass fibre composite for healthcare applications Ministry of Textile, GoI
  • Development of Porous Interbody Cage for Lumbar Spinal Fusion using Biomechanical Analysis and Digital Manufacturing Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • ICMR-IIT KGP Medtech Biodesign CLiMB Fellowship Program Indian Council of Medical Research, Dept. of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ph. D. Students

Anindya Khamaru

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Anish Das

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Ankit Porwal

Area of Research: Laser additive manufacturing of bio compatible materials

Anurag Kumar Pandey

Area of Research: Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticles for Biomedical and Energy Harvesting Applications

Arunima Sinha

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Asmita Biswas

Area of Research: Tissue Enginnering

Atul Kumar Ojha

Area of Research: Nanotechnology based biomedical application

Kanta Chakraborty

Area of Research: Immunology and Biomaterials

Krishna Dixit

Area of Research: Tissue Enginnering

Lakshmi M Mukundan

Area of Research: Polymer-bioactive glass composites for biomedical applications

Mitali Mishra

Area of Research: Ayurvedic Biololgy

Nikhil Kumar

Area of Research: Smart drug delivery vehicle

Prasanna Kumar Byram

Area of Research: Tissue Engineering

Pravin Vaidya

Area of Research: Powder Processing

Ragavi.R

Area of Research: Electroactive Nanofibrous Scaffold By Electrospinning: Physico-chemical characterization and cell biology assay

Rahul Gautam Talukdar

Area of Research: Biomechanics and Biomaterials

Rajdeep Paul

Area of Research: Biomaterials

S Krishna Chaitanya

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Saikat Biswas

Area of Research: Polymer and Tissue Engineering

Samir Das

Area of Research: Biomaterials

Sayan Das

Area of Research: Theranostics

Sayan Mukherjee

Area of Research: Tissue Engineering

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

Trina Roy

Area of Research: Bioresorbable Vascular graft

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