Information
- Designation : Assistant Professor
- Email : shankar@ei.nits.ac.in
- Phone : 8870525684
Research Group
- We are currently a small research group comprising four members (including myself), working across diverse areas such as Pain management, Cancer diagnosis, and Sexting prevention. Our work focuses on addressing real-world challenges through engineering solutions. We aim to expand the group by bringing in members with aligned research interests, particularly in societal impact engineering and automation solutions designed for the general public.
Key Notes
- Conference: International - 5
- Journals: 8
- Conferences: 5
- Patents: 2
- PhD: Guided: 3
- Post Graduates: Guided: 3
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PUBLICATIONS3
DOCTORAL STUDENTS2
PATENTS2
PROJECTSIntroduction [Biosketch]
- Shankar.K. completed his schooling in St.Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Madurai in 1994 and under graduation (Instrumentation and Control Engineering) with First Class at A.K.College of Engineering (Madurai Kamaraj University) in the year 1998. He completed his M.Tech. (Biomedical Engineering) at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai in the year 2006 and was awarded with Ph.D. degree in the broad area of Biomedical Engineering (the title of the thesis is “Experimental Studies on Objective Pain Measurement using Ingenuously developed Pain Inducer”) from Anna University, Chennai in 2017.
Areas of Interest
- Biomedical Instrumentation
- Pain Measurement and Management
- Medical Devices Development, Testing and Validation
- Engineering studies on Kaya Kalpa Practice (காய கல்ப பயிற்சி)
- Role of Music in Health Care
- Human Factors Engineering / Automation – Exoskeleton
- Environmental Instrumentation
- Technology for Societal issues – disposal of condom and sanitary napkin; SEXTING.
| Institution | Year | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering (Madurai Kamaraj University) | 1998 | B.E. (Instrumentation and Control Engineering) |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 2006 | M.Tech. (Biomedical Engineering) |
| Anna University, Chennai | 2017 | Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering) |
Teaching Experience
NIT Silchar
NIT Silchar
NIT Silchar
National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Tamilnadu
Music on Human Emotions
Debashis Das
Enrolled: 11 July 2023
Completed :
15 May 2024
Supervisor : Dr. Shankar.K.
Co Supervisor : Dr. Jupitara Hazarika
Academic Year : 2023-2024
Objective Pain Measurement
Kandarpa Kumar Baishya
Enrolled: 17 July 2022
Completed :
15 May 2023
Supervisor : Dr. Jupitara Hazarika
Co Supervisor : Dr. Shankar.K.
Academic Year : 2022-2023
Stress Recognition
Durlov Jyoti Buragohain
Enrolled: 14 July 2020
Supervisor : Dr. Jupitara Hazarika
Co Supervisor : Dr. Shankar K.
Academic Year : 2020-2021
Pain Measurement
Nayan Jyoti Boro
Enrolled: 25 July 2019
Completed :
20 July 2026
Supervisor : Dr. Shankar.K.
Academic Year : 2026-2027
Prevention of Sexting
Debashis Das
Enrolled: 25 July 2024
Ongoing
Supervisor : Dr. Shankar.K.
Co Supervisor : Dr. Sudarsan Sahoo (Dept. of EIE, NIT Silchar)
Academic Year : 2024-2025
Cancer Diagnosis
R. Santhosh Kumar
Enrolled: 13 July 2022
Ongoing
Supervisor : Dr. Shankar.K.
Co Supervisor : Dr. Rajeev Kumar (CCHRC, Silchar)
Academic Year : 2022-2023
Awards And Honours
- Received International Travel Grant from Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) to attend International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME 2008) held at Singapore.
A Device for Assisting Respiration
“A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”
India
Patent
Registration ID, 429039
A Device for Assisting Respiration, (**GRANTED**)
A Portable Opthalmic Apparatus for Screening Diabetic Retinopathy
“A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”
India
Patent
Registration ID, 495538
A Portable Opthalmic Apparatus for Screening Diabetic Retinopathy, (**GRANTED**)
