Dr.Shankar. K.

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 - 4
  • Journals: 8
  • Conferences: 4
  • Patents: 2
  • PhD: Guided: 3

12

PUBLICATIONS

3

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

PATENTS

2

PROJECTS

Introduction [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
  • Medical Devices
  • 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
Assistant Professor, Grade-I
18 October 2023 - Present
NIT Silchar

Assistant Professor, Grade-II
18 February 2021 - 17 October 2023
NIT Silchar

Assistant Professor, Grade-II
12 July 2019 - 17 February 2021
NIT Silchar

Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor
26 August 1999 - 10 July 2019
National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, Tamilnadu

Jackson Daniel, A.Abudhahir, K.Shankar, Soundra Pandi, “Detection and Classification of Defects in Steam Generator Tube using Magnetic Flux Leakage Imaging”, In Proceedings INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING TRENDS IN ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, December 9th 2016 - December 10th 2016, 2016, Indexed in Others

Pain Measurement

Nayan Jyoti Boro
Enrolled: 25 July 2019
Supervisor : Dr. Shankar.K.

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**)

Sl.No: 1

Title Of Research Project: " Establishment of Science Technology and Innovation Hub in NIT Silchar, Cachar, Assam, for the socio-economic upliftment of SC/ST population in Assam "

Sponsored By: DST

Overall Budget: Rs 14437843

Duration: Feb 15, 2022 - Feb 15, 2025 (3 years)

Status: Completed

Principal Investigator: Dr. Biplab Das, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Enginereing, NIT Silchar

Co Principal Investigator: Dr. Shankar.K., Dept. of EIE, NIT Silchar along with other Co-PIs from each engineering departments of NIT Silchar

Sl.No: 2

Title Of Research Project: " New Generation Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre "

Sponsored By: DST

Overall Budget: Rs 28750000

Duration: Jun 15, 2017 - Jun 15, 2022 (5 years)

Status: Completed

Principal Investigator: Mr. G. Esakkimuthu, Asso. Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti (2017-2018) - Chief Coordinator Dr. Shankar.K., Asso. Prof., Dept. of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti (2018-2019)- Chief Coordinator

Co Principal Investigator: Dr. Shankar.K., Asso. Prof., Dept. of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti (2017-2018)- Coordinator Dr. I. Sankar, Asso. Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti (2018-2019)- Coordinator