Prof. Sirsendu Sekhar Ray
Email: hodbme@nehu.ac.in
Contact: 0364 2307930 3851
Department of Biomedical Engineering
North-Eastern Hill University
Shillong 793 022
Meghalaya
The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) was established in the year 2012, under the School of Technology, NEHU, Shillong, funded by MHRD, Government of India, with the specific purpose to promote studies in new emerging areas of medical sciences employing advancements in technology for the benefit of masses. In addition, the Department of the University intends to provide education to young minds to achieve better health care solutions with an emphasis on learning new techniques, developing innovative ideas through learning, skill development, Research and Development (R&D), and Industry-Institution interaction in the field.
The Department is one of the few institutes in the North-Eastern region offering programs in Biomedical Engineering. The Department aims to focus on strengthening R&D activities to develop products and services that can be transferred to society for the benefit of humankind. The students are being prepared to face the emerging challenges in Biomedical Engineering by faculty members having rich expertise, diversity, and experience in this field. The core part of the curriculum embodies scientific and engineering knowledge essential to the profession. In addition to the core courses, the program also incorporates current and emerging technologies relevant to Biomedical Engineering. To tackle unknown medical problems with engineering technology, the curriculum has been designed by balancing various core, specialized and elective courses by offering several practical papers and challenging projects. The curriculum is also enriched with management papers to give students exposure in the field of corporate management. The Department has faculty with rich research and teaching experience drawn from different parts of the country. The Department is offering B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D programs in Biomedical Engineering.
Over the years, the Department has developed one of the best infrastructure facilities for its various teaching and research programs. The Department has spacious lecture halls, tutorial rooms, and specialized laboratories to provide the requisite environment for students' overall growth and development. The lecture halls are equipped with audiovisual, e-learning, and internet facilities to impart quality teaching. In addition, the Department is well connected with high-speed internet facilities through the university's centralized VSAT network.
Department has specialized laboratories with quality research facilities. Students perform experiments on different subjects such as Biomedical instrumentation, Medical Signal, Image Processing, Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Biochemistry, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, Physiological systems modeling & Simulations, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine, etc.
Equipment's / facilities available in the Department:
| Sl. No. | Title of Project | Project Team members | Funding Agency |
| 1 | Design of Artificial Hand with Artificial Fingers | Mr. Nitin Sahai Dr. Dinesh Bhatia Dr. Sudip Paul Dr. Suresh Verma |
Twinning projects for the NE-2013, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India |
| 2 | To study relief of muscle spasticity in C.P. kids by employing r-TMS from 2014-16 | Dr. Dinesh Bhatia Dr. Arun Mukherjee |
SEED Division, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. |
| 3 | Design of pulsed electrical Knee stimulator for osteoarthritis (O.A.) patients from 2014-16 | Dr. Dinesh Bhatia Dr. Sudip Paul |
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. |
| 4. | Development of an interactive interface for early identification of abnormalities in lower limb muscles of humans | Dr. Dinesh Bhatia | NASI, DST, Delhi, GOI |
| 5. | Automatic Segmentation of Abdominal Organs from 3D Medical Data Sets for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning | Sh. Gajendra Kumar Mourya | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. |
| 6. | Design of Neural Network based Pacemaker | Dr. Dinesh Bhatia Mr. Nitin Sahai Dr. Sudip Paul |
DBT, Delhi |
| 7. | Analyzing Brain Activity in Understanding Cultural Interaction with Substance use and Stress | Dr. Dinesh Bhatia | UGC Kothari Fellowship, GOI |
| 8. | Design of Smart FES for Physically challenged | Dr. Dinesh Bhatia | DST, Delhi |
| 9. | Modeling, Simulation and Development of Smart Active Ankle Foot Orthotic Device for Gait Rehabilitation | Sh. Nitin Sahai Dr. Dinesh Bhatia |
Twinning Programme, DBT, GoI |
| 10. | Bottom-Up Nanobiocomposite Film of Protein, Polymer and Nanoparticles by Langmuir Bldgett/Layer by Layer Technique for Pesticide Sensing Application | Dr. Mrityunjoy Mahato Dr. Manashjit Gogoi |
SERB, DST, GoI |
| 11. | Conversion of Waste Plastic into Value Added Products | Dr.Mrityunjoy Mahato Dr. Manashjit Gogoi |
SERB, DST, GoI |
| 12. | Quantum Dot Based Biosensor for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer Using multiple biomarkers in Biological samples | Dr. Manashjit Gogoi Dr. Abhijeet Balwantrao Joshi Dr. Mrityunjoy Mahato Dr. Prashant Kodgire |
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. |
| 13. | Screening of human Brucellosis in Northeast region using point of care immunological and molecular tools | Dr. Surya Bhan Dr. Rajpal Singh Kashyap Dr. Nitin Sahai Dr. Manashjit Gogoi Dr. Aliabbas Hussian |
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. |
| 14. | Development of cost effective web and mobile application for detection of Parkinson's Disease | Dr. Sudip Paul Dr. M. Hussain Dr. Dinesh Bhatia |
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Delhi under IMPRINT-2 2019-2022 |
| 15. | Development of gait training tools and mobility aids for Parkinson's Patients | Dr. Sudip Paul Shri. Gajendra Kr. Mourya Dr. Neelesh Kumar |
DBT's Twinning Programme for NER, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India( 2021-2024) |
| Sl. No | Name of the Staff | Designation | Contact No. |
| 1 | Wanteibor Kharbuli | DEO | 87320-68439 |
| 2 | Kyrmenskhem Sohlang | MTS | 87875-00849 |
| 3 | Richman Kharwanniang | Lab Technician | 98626-27450 |
| 4 | Bansuklang Mylliemngap | Lab Technician | 89749-06122 |
2024, North-Eastern Hill University
Designed & developed at Bioinformatics Centre, NEHU
