Dr. V.V. Raghavendra Sai is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering. He is the group leader of the Biosensors Research Laboratory at IIT Madras. Prior to joining IIT Madras in 2011, he was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Idaho, USA for two years. He received the Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2009 for the work done on development of two novel fiber optic biosensing technologies for detection of biomolecules and pathogens. The biosensors laboratory focuses on development of affordable and indigenous technologies for clinical diagnostics, water, food and environmental monitoring. He has authored more than 45 peer reviewed research articles, more than 25 conference presentations/proceedings and filed 10 patents. He is also a recipient of prestigious Young Engineer Award from Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and International travel award from Epson Research Foundation in 2015 and 2016 respectively. He has been part of several international research projects with US, UK, Germany and Norway. Some of the technologies developed by his group has been licensed and transferred to US and Indian startups. He has guided more than 15 PhD and MS scholars and mentored 10 Postdocs. Currently 10 research scholars (MS & PhD) and 6 Postdocs are working with him.

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