Biomaterial & Tissue Engineering Laboratory

A UNIT OF EXCELLENCE by DBT, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

Dr. Biman B. Mandal

Professor and Associate Dean, Academics (UG) 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

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).