▌ About Us
The founding directors are a group of Scientist from Indian institute of technology Madras with a focus of helping the fellow mankind to live a disease free and contaminant free world.
▌Founding Director
Dr. Pushpavanam
He is the Y.B.G Varma Institute Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering in the at I.I.T Madras. His expertise is in developing devices based on chemical engineering processes like flow, adsorption and chemical reaction. He exploits the physico chemical properties of the system to innovate and develop new devices.
Dr. Saranya
She is an inter-disciplinary researcher passionate in developing point of need sensors by applying principles of biology and engineering. She has experience in developing PDMS and paper-based microfluidic systems, which are affordable, sensitive, and user-friendly.
Dr. Richa
Dr. Richa is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. By education, she is a Bioengineer and is currently working on cellular dynamics using Lab-on-a-chip devices. She is working on a fundamental understanding of diseases like sepsis and antibacterial resistance and is focused on disease diagnosis.