Team
News
- Dr. Pratik Prajapati successfully defended his doctoral thesis on 09th December 2024.
- Ms. Aneri Bhuptani joined as a junior research fellow in September 2024
- Mr. Arpeet Dhal was promoted to junior research fellow in September 2024.
- Dr. Teja Krishna Mamidi joined as a postdoctoral fellow in October 2023.
Faculty
Vineet Vashista
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Center for Cognitive Science, & Bio-medical Center, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Students & Staff
Post-doctoral Fellow (Oct. 2023)
He is currently working on the design and development of cable-driven lower-limb exosuits.
Pratik Prajapati
Research Associate I (Sept. 2024), Ph.D. (2019-2024), M. Tech (2017-2019)
His research interests include aerial robotics and human-robot interactions.
Randheer Singh
Ph.D. (July 2020)
He is currently developing musculoskeletal models to study the impact of external dynamics on humans impedance.
Syed Mohammad Faraz
Ph.D. (Dec. 2022)
He is developing virtual reality-based training and assessment paradigms for rehabilitation.
Rhitosparsha Baishya
Ph.D. (July 2023)
He is developing wearable sensors for gait events detection and classification.
Jenishkumar Chauhan
Ph.D. (Aug. 2024), M. Tech (2023-2024)
He is developing an upper limb exoskeleton and predictive musculoskeletal simulation framework to control it.
Dharmesh Makvana
Ph.D. (July 2024)
He is exploring the field of human-robot interactions with aerial robots.
Chetan Sharma
Ph.D. (July 2024)
He is working on the design and development of wearable robots for knee and elbow joints.
Aleena Vettiyadan
M.Sc., Cognitive Science (July 2023)
She is working on extracting relevant gait parameters for rehabilitation from wearable sensors.
Shreya Gakhar
M.Sc., Cognitive Science (July 2023)
She is investigating gait balance and recovery with the help of augmented and virtual reality and the neural activity measured using EEG.
Shrinithi S.
M.Sc., Cognitive Science (July 2023)
She studies emotional cognition using navarasa stimuli and plans to develop an ML-based algorithm to recognize emotions from EEG signals.
Aneri Bhuptani
Junior Research Fellow (Sept. 2024)
She is developing algorithms to extract kinematic parameters using wearable sensors.
Ronak Vyas
Research Assistant (Aug. 2024), Research Intern (2022-2024)
He is studying the impact of a passive back exoskeleton on reducing fatigue during manual material handling activities.
Arpeet Dhal
Junior Research Fellow (Aug. 2024), Research Intern (2023-2024)
He is investigating the viability of hybrid actuation paradigms in lower limb and back exoskeletons.
Alumni
Name
Lab Affiliation
Current Affiliation
Profile
Gayatri Nerpagar
2023 – 2024: Sabarmati Bridge Research Fellow, Cognitive Science
2021 – 2023: Master of Science, Cognitive Science
Doctoral Scholar, University of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg
Dhyey Mistry
2023 – 2024: Research Assistant
Master of Science, Robotics, Northeastern University, Boston
Dhyey Shah
2023 – 2024: Junior Research Fellow
2022 – 2023: Research Intern
Master of Science, Robotics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Akshayraj B. Shinde
2020 – 2024: Project Associate
Master of Science, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
Rishab Kumar
2022 – 2024: Master of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
Yogesh Singh
2018 – 2023: Doctoral Scholar, Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor, School of Artificial Intelligence, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru
Siddharth Bhardwaj
2020 – 2023: Postdoctoral Fellow
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Smriti Saini
2021 – 2023: Master of Science, Cognitive Science
Doctoral Scholar, Brain and Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
N. S. S. Sanjeevi
2022 – 2023: Associate Research Fellow
2017 – 2022: Doctoral Scholar, Mechanical Engineering
2015 – 2017: Master of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad
Vamsi Jonnalagadda
2022 – 2022: Project Assistant
Automation Intern, Parker Hannifin, Kearney, Nebraska
Vikram Negi
2021 – 2022: Project Assistant
2019 – 2021: Master of Science, Cognitive Science
Graduate Student Researcher, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
Chinmay Jategaonkar
2019 – 2021: Master of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Engineer, Eaton, Pune
Sagar Parekh
2019 – 2021: Project Assistant
Doctoral Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Vinay Rodrigues
2019 – 2020: Project Assistant
Research Fellow, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa
Azba Shaikh
2017 – 2019: Master of Science, Cognitive Science
Doctoral Scholar, Rehabilitation Science, McGill University, Montreal
Saurabh Lanje
2016 – 2019: Master of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Scientist D, ISRO Satellite Center, Bengalure
Joel V. Joseph
2017 – 2019: Master of Science, Cognitive Science
SDE-II, Noviga.tech, Pune
Srikesh Iyer
2017 – 2019: Master of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Master Teacher, Oda Class, Bengaluru
Prankur Saxena
2017 – 2019: Master of Science, Cognitive Science
Doctoral Scholar, Center for Nueroscience, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru
Nevilkumar Panchal
2016 – 2018: Master of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Senior Assistant Manager – R&D Design, Omori India Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara
Mitta Viswanath
2014 – 2018: Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Manager, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Bellary
Aniket Mazumder
2015 – 2017: Master of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Research Technician, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Manan P. Anjaria
2017 – 2018: Project Assistant
Research Engineer, Kessler Foundation, New Jersey