RESEARCHER | ENGINEER | EXPLORER
EDUCATION
2014 - 2018
Government Engineering College, BartonHill, Trivandrum
2002 - 2014
VSSC Central School, Trivandrum
Graduation (Full Time), CGPA 8.64, Mechanical Engineering
Higher Secondary - CBSE - 90.8%
Matriculation - CBSE - CGPA 10.0
2019 - Ongoing
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
Ph.D. (Full Time), CGPA 9.1, Electronic Systems Engineering
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS (Since Undergrad)
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Best Poster Award, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Annual National PMRF Symposium 2023.
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Sun Pharma Science Foundation Science Scholar Award-2022, Biomedical Sciences
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National Winner, the James Dyson Design Award 2022.
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The research article titled “Electromechanical Characterization of Human Brain Tissues: A Potential Biomarker for Tumor Delineation”, was selected as a featured article in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME) November Issue, 2022.
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Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship Annual Review 2022 – Recommended with Commendation and work displayed as “Top Ten Commendable Research by PMRFs under the Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering domain” on the PMRF website.
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SERB International Travel Grant for attending the 44th IEEE EMBC International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, July 11-15, 2022.
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BIRAC SITARE (Students Innovations for Translation & Advancement of Research Explorations) - GYTI 2021 award for the project titled, “An Intraoperative Probe for Brain Tumour Margin Delineation”.
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PMRF (Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship) – August 2020.
WORK EXPERIENCE
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BEES LAB, Dept. of Electronics Systems Engineering (DESE), IISc Bangalore- July 2018 - July 2019
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Project Assistant
• Development of a rapid platform for antibiotic susceptibility testing.
• Modelling and prototyping of mechatronics systems for biomedical applications.
• Designing and gait planning of bio-inspired microrobots.
• Mobile application development for biomedical devices.
PUBLICATIONS
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Suman Chatterjee, Tushar Sakorikar+, Arjun B. S.+, Rathin K. Joshi, Abhay Sikaria, Mahesh Jayachandra, Vikas V, and Hardik J. Pandya, "A Flexible Implantable Microelectrode Array for Recording Electrocorticography Signals from Rodents." Biomedical Microdevices, 2022. Impact Factor: 3.783 (+ Equal Contribution)
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Arjun B. S., Alekya B, Hari R S, Vikas V, Anita Mahadevan, and Hardik J. Pandya, “Electromechanical Characterization of Human Brain Tissues: A Potential Biomarker for Tumor Delineation”, IEEE TBME, 2022. Impact Factor: 4.538
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Arjun B. S., Anil Vishnu GK, Shilpa Rao, Manish Beniwal, and Hardik J. Pandya, “Electrical Phenotyping of Human Brain Tissues: An Automated System for Tumor Delineation”, IEEE Access, 2022. Impact Factor: 3.367
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V S N Sitaramgupta V, Arjun B. S., Uttam M. Pal, and Hardik J. Pandya, "Design and Analysis of MEMS-based Force Sensors for Catheter Contact Force Measurements." IEEE Sensors, 2022. Impact Factor: 3.076
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Alekya B, V S N Sitaramgupta V, Arjun B. S., and Hardik J. Pandya. "Sensor for Meso-scale Tissue Stiffness Characterization." IEEE Sensors, 2022. Impact Factor: 3.076
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V S N Sitaram Gupta V, Arjun, B. S., Bhagaban Behera, Deepak Padmanabhan, and Hardik J. Pandya. "A Ring-Shaped MEMS-based Piezoresistive Force Sensor for Cardiac Ablation Catheters." IEEE Sensors Journal (2021). Impact Factor: 3.076
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Arif Mohd Kamal, Uttam M. Pal, Ashika Nayak, Tejaswi Medisetti, Arjun B. S., and Hardik J. Pandya, “Towards Development of LED-based Time-Domain Near-IR Spectroscopy System for Delineating Breast Cancer from Adjacent Normal Tissue.” IEEE Sensors, 2021. Impact Factor: 3.076
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B Alekya, V S N Sitaramgupta V , Arjun B. S., V Bhushan, Kevin Abishek, Sanjay Rao, Yeongjin Kim, and Hardik J Pandya. “An intubation catheter integrated with flow sensors and smart actuators for characterizing airflow patterns in stenosed trachea: an objective guide for CAO management.” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2021. Impact Factor: 2.14
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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Arjun B. S., V S N Sitaramgupta V, Aswin S, Shilpa Rao and Hardik J. Pandya, “A System-based Approach for the Evaluation of Electromechanical Properties of Brain Tumors.” 44th IEEE EMBC International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, July 11-15, 2022. (Accepted)
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Ayush Tripathi, Atigadda Ramchandra Reddy, Arjun B. S., and Hardik J. Pandya, “Low-Cost IoT Device for Chronic Medication Adherence”, 9th IEEE R10 Humanitarian Conference 2021, 1 October 2021.
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Anil Vishnu G. K., Tamasa De, Arjun B. S., Annapoorni Rangarajan, Hardik J. Pandya, “Towards the development of a table-top system for tumour delineation using electro-thermal characterization”, IEEE CONNECT 2021, 9 July 2021.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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Arjun B. S., and Hardik J. Pandya, “Towards an Indigenous Smart Intraoperative Probe for Brain Tumour Delineation.” 14th EECS Research Students Symposium 2023, Bangalore, India, April 3-4, 2023. (Presentation)
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Arjun B. S., Anil Vishnu G K, Uttam Pal, Arif Mohd. Kamal, and Hardik J. Pandya, “Multimodal Technologies for Augmenting Breast Cancer Diagnosis.” IndoUK Breast Forum Annual Scientific Meeting, Windermere, Lake District, UK, March 26-27, 2023. (Presentation)
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Arjun B. S., and Hardik J. Pandya, “Towards an Indigenous Intraoperative Probe Integrated with MEMS-based Sensors for Brain Tumour Delineation.” PMRF Annual National Research Symposium 2023, Chennai, India, February 17-18, 2023. (Presentation)
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Hardik J. Pandya and Arjun B. S., “Towards a MEMS-based mechano-acoustic probe for soft tissue characterization”, 3rd International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering, Boston, USA, April 18-22, 2022.
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Anil Vishnu G K, Bhagaban Behera, Alekya B, Arjun B. S., Suman Chatterjee, Arun Baby, Saeed Rila, Misaal Khan, Arpitha R, Prathik B H and Hardik J. Pandya, “A Novel Microengineering-based Portable Platform for Rapid Real-time Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing” International Conference on Nanoscience and Materials World, Barcelona, Spain, November 18-19, 2019.
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Anil Vishnu G K, Bhagaban Behera, Arjun B. S., Arun Baby, Niranjana Sreekumar, Saeed Rila, Prathik B, and Hardik J. Pandya, “A point-of-care platform for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using electrical sensing”, Sensors in Medicine, London, the United Kingdom, September 22-23, 2019.
PATENTS
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Arjun B S, Ajay Krishnan A, Hari R S, Pushkraj Anil Janwadkar, and Hardik J. Pandya, “Method and system for real-time monitoring of fluids”, Indian: 202321003674 (January 18, 2023).
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Arjun B S, Anil Vishnu G K, Gokul A M, Arun Baby, Shilpa Rao, Manish Beniwal, Vikas V, Anita Mahadevan, and Hardik J. Pandya, “An in-vivo, intraoperative probe for brain tumor margin delineation and methods thereof”, Indian: 202041022728 (May 30, 2020), PCT: PCT/IB2021/055027 (June 08, 2021).
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Arjun B S, Ajay Krishnan A, Adithya Kumar, Paramesh H, and Hardik J. Pandya, “Reusable drug delivery device”, Indian: 202241018326 (June 06, 2022), PCT: Filing under progress.
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Arjun B S, Ajay Krishnan A, Pushkraj Anil Janwadkar, and Hardik J. Pandya, “A Reusable Multiangle Intradermal Drug Delivery Device”, Indian: 202241033770 (June 27, 2022).
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Arjun B S, Aswin S, Hari R S, Akhil M, and Hardik J. Pandya, “An apparatus for attaching a camera to a microscope”, Indian Design: 367940-001 (July 19, 2022).
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Arif Mohd. Kamal, Arjun B S, Uttam M. Pal, Manu K. S., Anil Vishnu G. K., and Hardik J. Pandya, “A multimodal intraoperative probe for breast cancer margin assessment and methods thereof”, Indian: 202241012649 (March 15, 2022).
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Alekya B, V S N Sitaramgupta, Arjun B S, Bhushan V, S Siddesh Shenoy, Sanjay Rao, Mayur Bhuva, Kevin Abhishek, and Hardik J. Pandya, “A handheld diagnostic tool for grading stenosis in pediatric upper airway and methods for characterizing the same.”, Indian: 202041027223 (May 22, 2021), PCT: PCT/IB2021/054690 (May 28, 2021).
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Hardik J. Pandya, Jagannathan Gopalakrishnan, Sonal Asthana, Vishnu Kurpad, Anil Vishnu G. K., Midhun C. Kachappilly, Arjun B S, Sudarshan Jagannathan, “A smart wearable device for real-time and continuous monitoring of body temperature and blood oxygen saturation”, Indian: 202041027011 (June 25, 2020).
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Hardik J. Pandya, Anil Vishnu G. K., Bhagaban Behera, Alekya B., Arun Baby, Saeed Rila, Arjun B S, Midhun C. Kachappilly, Prathik B.H., Nagasuma Chandra, Dipshikha Chakravortty, “Apparatus for high-throughput rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing and methods thereof.”, Indian: 202041024394 (June 08, 2021).
SKILL SETS
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Micro Fabrication, MEMS
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Mechanical modelling- SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor
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FEM and Analysis tools -COMSOL, MATLAB, OriginPro
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Graphical rendering tools: KeyShot, Photoshop
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Robotic Platforms: Arduino IDE, Raspberry Pi
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Graphical programming language- LabVIEW
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Programming languages- Python, C++
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PCB designing software- Altium, Eagle
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3D printing
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Machine Design
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Website Design