Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Lab
Department of Biological Sciences and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India



Current Team

Dr. Mukesh Dhanka

Principal Investigator (PI)

Dr. Mukesh Dhanka

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences and Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Recognitions and Awards
– Wilson Greatbatch Memorial Award 2025 (BioHeal)
– Young Scientist Award 2025 (SYBS, India)

Teaching

– BE 601: Applied Biological Engineering
– BE 617: Drug Delivery Technologies: Fundamental Principles and Engineering

Ph.D. Scholars

Hitasha Vithlani

Hitasha Vithlani

Email: hitasha.vithalani@iitgn.ac.in

Research Areas: Colon cancer, Bone Scaffolds, Wound Healing, Psoriasis, Biomedical Devices

Year of Joining: 2022


Efftesum

Efftesum Rahaman

Email: rahamanefftesum@iitgn.ac.in

Research Areas: Rheumatoid arthritis, Wound healing

Year of Joining: 2022


Annirudha

Aniruddha Dan

Email: aniruddha.dan@iitgn.ac.in

Research Areas: Wound Healing, Rheumatoid arthritis, Drug conjugation

Year of Joining: 2022


Manisha

Manisha Meena

Email: manisha.meena@iitgn.ac.in

Research Areas: Wound Healing material, Injectable hydrogel

Year of Joining: 2023


Prasanna

Prasanna Kumari

Email: b.prasanna@iitgn.ac.in

Research Areas: Biopolymer, wound dressings, Nanoparticles

Year of Joining: 2023


Harshil

Harshil Dave

Email: daveharshil@iitgn.ac.in

Research Areas: Biomedical Devices, Wound dressings, Arthritis, implant coatings, Injectable hydrogel

Year of Joining: 2024


Omkar

Omkar Sonkawade

Email: orsonkawade@iitgn.ac.in

Research Areas: Biomaterials, Stem cells and regenerative medicine, Bioimaging

Year of Joining: 2026

M.Tech. Students

Batch: 2024-2026

Kanika Chauhan

Kanika Chauhan

Email: kanika.chauhan@iitgn.ac.in


Pushkar Gopal

Pushkar Gopal

Email: 24210077@iitgn.ac.in


Sejal Paliwal

Sejal Paliwal

Email: 24250083@iitgn.ac.in



Batch: 2023-2025

Garima Gupta

Garima Gupta

Email: 23210039@iitgn.ac.in


Sebika Panja

Sebika Panja

Email: sebika.panja@iitgn.ac.in


Shreyash  B. Apotikar

Shreyash B. Apotikar

Email: shreyash.apotikar@iitgn.ac.in

Our Potential Collaborators

Prof. Dhiraj Bhatia

Prof. Dhiraj Bhatia

Professor @ IIT Gandhinagar

Work Specialization: Hydrogels, Biomaterials, Tissue engineering, Biomedical Therapeutics


Prof. Syed Shahabuddin

Prof. Syed Shahabuddin

Professor @ Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU)

Work Specialization: Nano-fluids, Conductive Polymers, Photocatalysis


Prof. Peter Timashev

Prof. Peter Timashev

Director @ Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov Medical University

Work Specialization: Supercritical fluids, Atomic force microscopy, Collagen, Nanobio, Bioprinting


Prof. Sriram Seshadri

Prof. Sriram Seshadri

Professor @ Nirma University

Work Specialization: Gut dysbiosis, Nanoparticle, Cancer Biology


Prof. Archana Navale

Prof. Archana Navale

Professor @ Parul University

Work Specialization: Diabetes mellitus, Anticancer Agents


Dr. Abhinav Jain

Dr. Abhinav Jain

Gastroenterologist

Work Specialization: Endoscopy, Hepatology


Prof. Ajeet Kaushik

Prof. Ajeet Kaushik

Professor @ Florida Polytechnic University

Work Specialization: Nanomedicines, Nano-Theragnostic