Biomaterial & Tissue Engineering Laboratory

A UNIT OF EXCELLENCE by DBT, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

Prof. Biman B. Mandal

Professor SwarnaJayanti Fellow and National Bioscience Awardee Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering Associated Faculty: Center for Nanotechnology Associated Faculty: School of Health Sciences and Technology Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Guwahati, Assam, India Associate Editor: ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering PMRF Subject Coordinator & Convenor for the theme "Biomedical Engg, Biological Sci and Agricultural Sci." Past President:Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine India (STERMI)

Educational Qualification:

• Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Boston USA (2009-2011).


• Ph.D. (Biotechnology), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2005-2009).


• M.Sc. (Biotechnology), H.P. University, Shimla, India (2003-2005).


• B.Sc. Presidency College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India (2000-2003).



Professional Experience:

• Associate Dean, Academics (UG), May 08, 2020 onwards


• Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati (2019 onwards).


• Associate Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati (2015-2019).


• Assistant Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati (2012-2015).


• Assistant Professor (on contract), Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati (2011-2012).



Research Interests:

• Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering


• 3D Bioprinting of Human Tissue and Organs


• Human Stem Cells Based Regeneration


• Targeted Drug Delivery Systems


• 3D Disease Models for High Throughput Drug Screening



Awards and Achievements:

• SWARNAJAYANTI Fellowship 2020 in Life Science by Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India.


• S. Ramachandran NATIONAL BIOSCIENCE AWARD for Career Development 2021 by Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India.


• B.M. BIRLA SCIENCE PRIZE 2018 in Biology Citation and cash award.


• Included in "World Top 2% Scientist List" prepared by Stanford University USA 2020.


• NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award 2016 in Medicine by The National Academy of Sciences India. Citation and cash award.


• INSA-MEDAL for Young Scientist 2015 by The Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India. Citation and cash award.


• NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award 2013 by The National Academy of Sciences India. Citation and cash award.


• APA- Young Scientist Award 2019 by Asian Polymer Association, an International forum on Polymer Science and Technology. Citation.


• DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award 2013 by Department of Science and Technology India. Supported by a major project.


• 3D PRINTING WORLD AWARDS 2019 as "Innovator in Tissue Engineering of the year - Medical" for contribution in 3D bioprinting of human organs and tissues for transplantation.


• Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences, India (M.N.A.Sc.), 2014 onwards.


• Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award (GYTI-2014) by Dr. R.A. Mashelkar at IIM Ahmedabad, by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) and SRISTI.


• MAHE-Young Scientist Award 2012 by Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India (SBAOI).


• SYIS-Young Investigator Award 2011, by Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) Asia-Pacific. Certificate and cash award.


• DAE-Young Scientist Award 2011, Department of Atomic Energy Govt. of India. Supported by a major project).


• DBT-Rapid Grants for Young Investigator (RGYI) Award 2012, Department of Biotechnology Govt. of India. Supported by a major project.


• DST-FAST TRACK Young Investigator Award 2013, Department of Science and Technology Govt. of India. Supported by a major project.


• DST- Travel Grant Award 2015 for attending TERMIS World Congress in Boston, USA.


• CSIR-Travel Grant Award 2014 for attending International Silk Conference in Shanghai, China.


• DST- Travel Grant Award 2012 for attending TERMIS World Congress in Vienna, Austria.


• DBT- Travel Grant Award 2013 for attending TERMIS International Conference in Shanghai, China.


• Invited Talk at MIT, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Boston, USA (Invited by Prof Christine Ortiz).


• JOURNAL COVER PAGES (12) in Small, PNAS, AFM (2), ACS-Nano, JMC-B, ACS Applied Biomaterials, Integrative Biology, ACS-BSE, Macromolecular Bioscience (2) and Biotechnology and Bioengineering.


• Research highlights in leading International, National Newspapers, Magazines and News Channels: BBC India, Scientific American, New Scientist, Rajya Sabha TV, The Hindu, Nature India, Faculty F1000 Prime and numerous National print media.


• INDO-SWISS Exchange Programme Award with full scholarship 2006-07, to work with Prof. Jeffrey Alan Hubbell at EPFL, Switzerland.


• Qualified CSIR-UGC-NET (Dec 2004 & June 2005), All India National Eligibility Test (NET) with full fellowship and was qualified for prestigious SPM examination (2005) (Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Scholarship).


• Qualified GATE-2004 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering with All India Rank of 282.


• Awarded M.Sc. Scholarship from DBT (Department of Biotechnology), Govt. of India (July 2003-June 2005).


• Qualified JNU conducted All India Entrance for Masters in Biotechnology, 2003.



Courses Taught:

• BT-618: Biomaterials (BTech/MTech/PhD).


• BT-101: Modern Biology (BTech).


• BT-501: Biotechniques (MTech/PhD).


• BT-636: Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells (BTech/MTech/PhD).


• BT-308: Animal Cell Biotechnology (BTech).


• NT-601: Nano Device: Fabrication, Productization and Patent Writing (PhD).



Visiting Faculty:

• University College London (UCL), London, UK 2015.


• KTH, School of Biotechnology, AlbaNova University Centre, Stockholm, Sweden 2014 & 2016.


• Justus- Liebig University, Gissen, Germany 2014.


• Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 2012.


• Gauhati University (GU), Department of Bioengineering and Technology, India 2015.



Editorial Board Member:

• Biofabrication (IF 9.95, IOP publishing UK) .


• Journal of the Indian Institute of Science (IISC Press and Springer).


• In vitro Models (Springer Nature).


• Biomedical Materials (IF 3.7, IOP publishing UK).


• Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Biomaterials (Associate Editor, IF 3.64).


• Frontiers in Materials (Associate Editor, IF 2.70).


• Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (Associate Editor, IF 4.1).


• Journal of Biomaterials Applications (Associate Editor, IF 2.76, SAGE Journals).


• Applied Nanomedicine (ScienceIn publishing).


• Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs (TIBAO).



Expert Member:

• President of STERMI (Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, India).


• Serving as external PhD thesis expert to various IIT's, IISER's, AIIM's, Central Govt. Universities and International Universities .


• Serving as Expert Member on Mulberry Sericulture by Central Silk Board, CSRTI-Berhampore and helping in project/progress evaluation.


• Expert PAC member to various DBT/DST/ICMR committees for project evaluation.



Member of Professional bodies/Scientific organizations:

• NASI - National Academy of Sciences India.


• SIRMB - Society for Interdisciplinary Research in Materials and Biology, India (Founding BOG member).


• TERMIS - Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society.


• BMES - Biomedical Engineering Society, USA.


• SBAOI - Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India (life member).


• ISNM - Indian Society of Nanomedicine (Life Member).


• STERMI - Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, India (life member).


• APA - Asian Polymer Association (life member).


• ISCA - The Indian Science Congress Association (life member).


• BRSI - The Biotech Research Society of India (life member).


• SfRBM - Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (Member).



Plenary/Popular and Invited Lectures Delivered:

• 70+ both Nationally and Internationally.



Reviewer for Journals:

• Biomaterials/ Advanced Functional Materials/ Small/ Advanced Materials/ Scientific Reports/ Advanced Healthcare Materials/ ACS- Applied Materials and Interfaces/ Tissue Engineering/ European Cells and Materials/ Acta Biomaterialia/ Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine/ PLOS ONE/ Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology/Polymer International/ Macromolecular Bioscience/Applied Surface Science/ Biotechnology and Bioengineering/ Biotechnology Progress/Journal of Biomaterials Applications/Current Science/ International Journal of Biological Macromolecules/Tumor Biology/ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering/Regenerative Medicine Research/PINSA/Stem Cell Research and Therapy/Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry/ ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering



Conference/Symposium/ Workshop Organised at IITG:

• BIRAC BIG-15 grant funding & Bio-entrepreneurship Workshop, May 15, 2019, IIT Guwahati (Coordinator).


• International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials (ICFNM-2019), February 22-25, 2019, jointly by IITG & IIT BHU, Varanasi (Convener).


• Five day AICTE supported QIP workshop on "Advances in Biomedical Engineering", February 25 to March 01, 2015, IIT Guwahati (Coordinator).


• INSA Annual General Meeting, October 17-18, 2016, IIT Guwahati (Convener).


• Five day AICTE supported QIP workshop on "Advances in Biomedical Engineering", February 25 to March 01, 2015, IIT Guwahati (Coordinator).


• 2nd Symposium on "Advances in Sustainable Polymers", January 21-22, 2015, IIT Guwahati (Coordinator).


• IIT Guwahati - Kyoto Institute of Technology Japan, Joint Symposium on Biobased Materials, January 20, 2015, IIT Guwahati (Co-organizer).


• 1st Symposium on "Advances in Sustainable Polymers", January 6-11, 2014, IIT Guwahati Coordinator).