Our Team

Parvaiz Ahmad Shiekh

DST INSPIRE Faculty

Centre for Biomedical Engineering

Block II, Room No: 294

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

New Delhi, 110016, India

sparvaiz@cbme.iitd.ac.in

The Coach

Shiekh Parvaiz is a biomedical researcher and faculty at the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India. He started his formal education with Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences from S. P. College Srinagar (University of Kashmir) followed by a Masters in Biotechnology from Central University of South Bihar (CUSB). Trained as a bioengineer and material scientist, Parvaiz earned his PhD in Bioengineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), Kanpur, India. After a year of Postdoctoral fellowship at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Parvaiz joined Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) as DST INSPIRE faculty.

Education

PhD

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), Kanpur, UP, India

MSc Biotechnology

Central University of South Bihar (CUSB), Gaya, Bihar, India

Awards and honors

Awarded the SBAOI Best PhD Thesis Award of the Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs India (SBAOI), Dec 2022
Awarded DST AWSAR award from Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for popular science story, Feb 2022
Awarded ILBS-TATA Emerging Leader (Junior Fellow) fellowship by Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, Nov -Dec 2021
Awarded Young Researcher Award at 3rd National Biomedical Research Competition-2021 (NBRCCOM 2021) from Society of Young Biomedical Scientists (SYBS), Dec 2021.
Awarded Golden Award in the 2021 TERMIS-AP Virtual Student Paper Contest by Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society- AP, Dec 2021
Selected for Innovative Student Project Award 2021 at Doctoral Level by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Oct 2021
Awarded DST INSPIRE faculty fellowship from Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, July 2021
Awarded Dr. S. K Maulik Award and Certificate of Excellence by Cardiovascular Research Convergence 2021- All AIIMS Alliance, April 2021
Awarded the "Outstanding PhD. Thesis Award" 2020 by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Oct 2020
Awarded the "SIIC Student Innovation Award (SSIA) 2020" for the best innovative project in path-breaking technology of global importance by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Oct 2020
Awarded Bajpai-Saha "Student Award" at BioTERM 2019, organized by The Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs India (SBAOI), IIT Kanpur, November 28th to December 1st 2019 at IIT Kanpur, India
Awarded the "Torrent ISHR Young Investigator Award" at the Cardiovascular Research Convergence 2017 (CRC-2017), organized by AIIMS New Delhi and THSTI Faridabad India
Selected to participate in the Sakura Exchange Program in Science under the framework of the Japan-Asia Youth Exchange program in science organized by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Nov 24-Dec 3 2016
Exchange fellow at University College London (UCL) London UK for 2 months to work on 3D printing and electrospun polyurethane scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, under DST-UKIERI exchange program, June-July 2016
Awarded best poster presentation at 5th Annual International Conference "Bio-Tech 2015-Advances in Biotechnology, IIT Kanpur, March 2015
Awarded Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Summer Research Fellowship 2011
Qualified Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-UGC) National Eligibility Test for Junior Research Fellowship (NET JRF), June 2013, All India Rank: 60
Qualified DBT Junior Research Fellowship (DBT-JRF) 2013
Qualified GATE 2013 All India Rank: 79 (among top 1% qualifiers) and GATE 2012 All India Rank: 513

The Squad

Athmuri Durga Nandini

M Tech

I belong to Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. I have completed my undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Dental Surgery from People’s Dental Academy, Bhopal. My research interest is in regenerative medicine, biomimetics, and 3D bioprinting. Currently, as an MTech student at CBME-IITD, in the SMART lab, I am working on the synthesis and fabrication of a cardiac patch for the treatment of myocardial infarction.

Email: bmt212795@iitd.ac.in

Arushi

Junior Research Fellow

I belong to Chandigarh Punjab. I am a Masters in Biotechnology from Punjab University. I joined the lab in July 2023 as a JRF. I am working on development of oxygen generating materials for chronic burn wounds.