BME @ IITH

Welcome to BME @ IITH

Biomedical Engineering department at IITH is a highly interdisciplinary department that is working on various aspects to address the grand healthcare challenges facing humanity. The department offers engaging and dynamic under-graduate, graduate and doctoral programs in various focus areas to invigorate the passionate minds. We are a department with 12 Faculty, 11 Staff members, 85 Under Graduate, 27 Post Graduate and 100 PhD students and counting.

Department building inauguration captures held on 13.11.2021

CoE-ICMR Medical Device and Diagnostic Mission Secretariat, Nov 2021

BMilaap 4.0 held on 29.11.2024

lighting the lamp ceremony during BME Dept Day BMilaap 4.0, 2024

Group Picture of BME Fraternity, 2024

BME Staff during BME Dept Day BMilaap 4.0, 2024

Rangoli being designed at BME Dept Day BMilaap 4.0 2024

Rangoli by PhD scholars during BME Dept Day BMilaap 4.0, 2024

Poster drawing by PhD student during BME Dept Day BMilaap 4.0, 2024

UG Final Year students with Faculties during BME Dept Day BMilaap 2023

Group picture of BME fraternity during BME Dept Day BMilaap 2023

UG students in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

PhD Students in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Non-invasive neuromonitoring

Optical Coherence Tomography, Biomedical Optics Lab

Extrusion-based 3D bioprinter

FDM 3D printer 1

FDM 3D printer 2

Multimodal recording - Human Electrophysiology

SLA 3D printer

Mathematical modeling of the mechanics of fibrous scaffolds

P-NAS Lab Group Photo

3D printable blue biomaterial

3D printable SiO2 nanoparticle ink for Bone

3D Cancer-on-chip model for anti-cancer drug testing

Admissions

The offer letters for the PhD admissions (July 2025 intake) have been sent to the selected candidates. Looking forward to meeting you all at the campus.

PhD Interviews (July 2025 intake): Shortlisted candidates to be interviewed ONLINE from 22nd May 2025 to 24th May 2025 (09:00 AM - 09:00 PM).

Announcements

Dr. Falguni Pati has been appointed as Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Aug, 2025.

Dr. Kousik Sarathy Sridharan has been appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Aug, 2025.

Mr. B Rajander has joined as Junior Assistant in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, July, 2025.

Time Table (July - Dec 2025) for B.Tech, M.Tech & PhD is updated under Academic Section. Click here for more details.

The interviews for the posts of Research Associate (RA) and Junior Research Fellow (JRF) under the ICMR-funded project “3D Bioprinted Corneal Stroma for Partial Keratoplasty: A Step Towards Restoring Vision” have been completed. The selected candidates have been duly informed of their selection.

Advertisement for the Post-doctoral Research Fellowship (PDF) position at Regenerative Medicine & Stem cell (RMS) Lab, Deptartment of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad. Click here to know more.

An Early Career Research Day 2024 nRESiDE Workshop is going to be organised at IIT Hyderabad on 06th Nov 2024. Click here for more details.

Glimpses of Reseacrh Instruments present at the department could be visulaised in the Facilites under Research section. Click here to load the page.

Advertisement for the Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position at the RMS Lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad. Click here to know more.

Advertisement for the Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (PDF) or JRF position at the RMS Lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad. Click here to know more.

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Highlights

India’s First Image-guided HIFU Device Dr. Avinash Eranki (IITH & Eranki Labs) has developed a non-invasive ultrasound technology to treat solid tumors like breast cancer, now in collaboration with leading hospitals. Aug, 2025.

Dr. Falguni Pati has been promoted to the position of Professor. Prof. Pati’s research focuses on Biofabrication, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, and the development of in vitro tissue, organ, and tumor models, making significant contributions to the field of translational biomedical science.

Dr. Kousik Sarathy Sridharan has been promoted to the position of Associate Professor. Dr. Kousik’s research spans Neuromodulation, Neuroimaging, Intra-operative Neuromonitoring, and Healthcare Data Analytics, contributing to innovations at the interface of engineering and clinical practice.

🚀 MINDH Lab (Dr. Nagarajan G.), BME-IITH, joins ISRO’s HOPE Analog Mission to pioneer AI-based mental health and physiological monitoring for India’s human spaceflight program. July, 2025

Prof. Subha Narayan Rath has been awarded the Faculty Research Excellence Award (Engineering Category: Above 40 Years) on the 17th Foundation Day of IIT Hyderabad, Apr, 2025.

Mr. Rebba Vinod Kumar has been awarded the Staff Excellence Award (Category: Pay Level 1-5) on the 17th Foundation Day of IIT Hyderabad, Apr, 2025.

Mr. Sudarshan K has been promoted to Senior Technical Superintendent in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Jan, 2025

Dr. Krushna C Hembram has been promoted to Senior Technical Superintendent in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Oct, 2024

Dr. M Sairam has been promoted to Senior Technical Superintendent in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, May, 2024

Mr. Saransh Khandelwal has been promoted to Senior Technical Superintendent in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, May, 2024

Dr. Aravind Kumar Rengan has been awarded the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award on the 16th Foundation Day of IIT Hyderabad, Mar, 2024.

Dr. Falguni Pati has been awarded the Faculty Research Excellence Award (Category: Above 40 Years) on the 16th Foundation Day of IIT Hyderabad, Mar, 2024.

Dr. Avinash Eranki has been awarded the Faculty Research Excellence Award (Category: Below 40 Years) on the 16th Foundation Day of IIT Hyderabad, Mar, 2024.

Ms. Pooja Bandari has joined as Junior Technician in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jan, 2024.

Mr. Rameshwar Rathod has joined as Junior Technician in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jan, 2024.

Website for In vivo Reserach Facility has been launched for advancing the capabilities in laboratory animal experimentation at IITH. Click here to view.

Dr. Neelavalli Jaladhar has been appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Nov, 2023.

Ms. B Jayalakshmi has been promoted to Senior Technician in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Aug, 2023

Dr. Aravind Kumar Rengan has been selected for the prestigious G. D. Naidu Young Scientist Award 2023 in recognition of outstanding research work, as evidenced in publications in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Aug, 2023

Dr. Jyotsnendu Giri has been appointed as a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Aug, 2023

Mr. K Velmurugan has been promoted to Senior Assistant in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, Aug, 2023

Mr. Anbumani D has joined as Biosafety Officer in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, July, 2023

Testimonials

Biten Kathrani
B.E (Biomed), M.Tech (Biomed), MBA
Head of R&D, Asia Pacific, Johnson & Johnson Vision

“I’m delighted to see IIT Hyderabad’s plans to start a B.Tech program in Biomedical Engineering. What is even more exciting is the forward looking curriculum which will provide future talent to be industry ready with a deep understanding of how human biology and cross functional engineering disciplines can help prevent disease and improve, extend and save lives. This is a program will make India a talent hub for the global medtech / health tech industry. I wish IIT Hyderabad, its faculty and future students the very best”

Navid Farr
Ph.D (Bioengineering, University of Washington)
Senior Device Engineer, AstraZeneca, Maryland, USA

"BioMedical Engineering at IIT Hyderabad is most suited for people wanting to learn and apply engineering skills and successfully translating research discoveries to real-world applications by bridging the traditional disciplines of biology, medicine and engineering to drive healthcare forward. This gives the biomedical engineers a wide variety of career choices, from working alongside medical practitioners, developing new medical techniques, medical devices, and solving complex problems in medicine to help people combat disease and disability"