About

Founder and R&D Head

• Three verticals: dental 3D printing (orthodontic and prosthodontic); glass-filled 3D printed moulds for low-volume injection moulding; and replicating injection-moulded parts for prototyping using different resins and curing techniques.
• Dental 3D printing: developed ISO 10993 compliant dental resins alongside local resin manufacturers, and printed crowns, dentures, aligners and surgical guides for high-end dental clinics in western India.
• 3D printed moulds: developed a highly glass-filled resin that prints moulds able to withstand the thermal and structural loads of injection moulding up to 100 complex polycarbonate parts, used as inserts in steel frames.
• Prototyping resins: developed 3D printable resins replicating the tensile and bending properties of common injection moulding plastics, and ran tensile, compression, fatigue, bending and hardness tests to give clients comparison data sheets.

R&D Engineer

• Needle safety device for Lanreotide: developed a pre-filled-syringe-based passive needle safety device housing Lanreotide depot, a highly viscous drug for acromegaly and other growth-hormone disorders. Ran the usability engineering study with patients, risk management as per ISO 14971, test protocols based on ISO 11608, and all documentation for registering the device (DHF, DMR and so on).
• InsuPress smart wearable insulin injector: a mechanical insulin pump that can be worn on the body or carried in a pocket. Co-developed both the disposable and reusable versions, ran risk management as per ISO 14971 (DFMEA, residual risk benefit), the usability engineering study, all DHF, DMR and clinical trial documentation, and designed test protocols based on ISO 11608.
• Fixed and multi-dose platform injector: 50% smaller in volume than its competitors and far more ergonomic, with a dose counter in fewer parts than the Forteo predicate pen, and an injection-mouldable assembly. Co-developed it and drafted the technical brief and claims tree for patent submission.
• Reusable variable-dose injection pen: developed a new mechanism that does not hamper any existing pen injector patents.
• Subcutaneous port: a needle-less injection experience for people uncomfortable with needles.
• Wearable smart sanitiser dispenser: a wristband that detects handshakes or door-opening using an IMU and vibrates to remind the wearer to sanitise their hands, and can dispense sanitiser too.

Product Design Intern

• Explored the commercialisation of a compliant surgical gripper to replace conventional tools like towel clamps, sponge forceps and tube clamps, under the guidance of R&D engineers specialising in medical device design and manufacturing.

R&D Intern (remote, part time)

• Design and thermal analysis of a portable IP-65 rated battery pack built from 18650 cells for charging electric vehicles.
• Design and analysis of an electric vehicle carrying a 100 kWh prismatic battery pack.

Design and development of a microneedle patch

• With Tuhina Bhattacharya (MSc, Microbiology). See the microneedle platform project.

Microneedle platform →

Design and analysis of compliant surgical tools

• With Dr Krunal Mehta. Focused on using a compliant joint in a surgical gripper made of biocompatible plastics or Nitinol, eliminating multi-part assemblies for devices like towel clamps, sponge forceps and tube clamps.
• Received funding of ₹1,25,287 from the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, PDPU.
• Filed for patent in Dec 2020.

Prediction of the nCovid-19 outbreak in India

• With guidance from Dr Krunal Mehta. Published in IJSREM, Volume 04, Issue 04.

Covid-19 analytics →

e-ATV Research Group

• With Dr Alok Jain and Mr Rahul Deharkar. Led a team of 5 on the structural and thermal design of an electric all-terrain vehicle for e-BAJA SAE India 2021.
• Carried out CFD analysis of the entire battery, electronics and motor system to determine optimum component placement.
• Increased the torsional stiffness of the rollcage by 10% over the previous year’s design while reducing its weight by 2.3 kg.
• Developed an e-CVT.

ATV Research Group — Head of Design

• With Dr Vivek Patel and Mr Rahul Deharkar. Came first in the Virtual Design Round among 350 teams from all over India.

ATV research group →

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

• GPA 9.33/10

Rapid development of a mobile sanitisation kit

• A sanitisation kit of intuitively designed items useful across a wide variety of scenarios for fighting Covid-19: a varying-density sanitiser dispenser, a UV light stick, a UV disinfection box and a door handler.
• Everything fits in a shoulder laptop bag alongside a laptop.

Self-learning automatic gearbox with user preferences

• A conventional automated manual transmission with a machine learning algorithm that learns from the feedback loop of the user’s manual paddle shifts during automatic transmission mode.

Mathematics teacher

• Devised innovative methods to teach maths to young blind children.
• Made the permanent teachers more comfortable with computers and tablets so they could keep using them for teaching after my internship finished.

National karate champion

• Represented India in the South Asia Karate Championship and came third.
• Won several national, state and district karate tournaments.