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Hyderabad, IN

- Assisting with the grant evaluation process by conducting peer reviews of application submissions, - Providing guidance and assistance to the staff team in overseeing funded initiatives and evaluating their progress reports.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

- Initiated dynamic and on-chip culture of primary human hepatocytes derived organoids for hepatic drug clearance prediction of metabolically stable compounds- Initiated hepatic spheroids and organoids cultures from primary human hepatocytes for human DILI prediction using in-house protocols generated independently - Writing and publishing results..

• Among the top 10% of 15000+ applicants who are selected for the Global Governance Initiative Impact Fellowship program.
• Relevant coursework: Masterclasses on 1) MBA for impact, 2) management communication, 3) management consulting and sustainability, 4) case interview preparation, 5) product management and tech ethics, 6) data analytics.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Research experience in FDM 3D printed microfluidics:
• Compared FDM materials such as PETg, PLA, and PMMA with certified biocompatible 3D printing resins and found FDM materials have superior biocompatibility.
• Printed complex mixing devices with non-planar channels using FDM 3D printing
• Optimized process parameters in fused deposition modeling for enhancing optical transparency enabling light microscopy of cultured cells in FDM-printed microfluidic devices
• Performed 3D tumor spheroid cell culture in FDM microfluidic devices for the first time for drug screening applications
• Implemented a hybrid strategy integrating PDMS with 3D printed PETg which allowed gas exchange.Research experience in SLA 3D printed microfluidics:

Surat, Gujarat, India

• Even semester, BTech II, Online live lecture course on CAD modelling with Autodesk Inventor with hands-on practiceThe course content includes
• Basic 2D sketching tools,
• 3D modeling tools
• Assembly tools with examples of 4 bar linkage, gear assembly, and complex 4 stoke engine assembly.
• Kinematic analysis of 4 bar and slider crank mechanism using Inventor simulation tools. (Course content has been mentioned in detail on the website)Odd semester, BTech III, Online live lecture course on Ansys Workbench.
• Kinematic analysis of 4 bar, slider crank, and scotch yoke mechanisms in rigid dynamic module.

Thiruvananthapuram Area, India

• Designed and modified Reprap Prusa i3 FDM printer to accommodate 2 extruder motors for functionally graded printing by mixing 2 filaments in a single heating block and nozzle unit
• Prepared the manuscript and published the findings at International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN 10), IIT Madras, 2017

Bengaluru Area, India

• Modeled a spatial stewart platform with novel kinematic features to enable its additive fabrication as a whole bypassing the need to print single parts and assembling together
• Studied & formulated electrostatic equilibrium configurations of point charges under mechanical constraints such as four-bar mechanism which involved computational kinematic analysis with MATLAB and MapleSoft software..

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, 9.77/10

Activities and Societies: Flute performance at department inauguration and Sunshine club event and received an awardPrime Minister's.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 9.45/10 (Top 10 In The Department)

Activities and Societies: ●Performed on annual techno cultural fest of SVNIT - "SPARSH 2016" on flute ●Member of Music Club, SVNIT.

High School, Mechanical Engineering, 93.2%

Received silver medal for securing 6th rank in the state (Gujarat, India) in Higher Secondary Board (HSC) with 99.94 percentile rank.