{"id":1090,"date":"2021-03-02T03:54:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T03:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/?page_id=1090"},"modified":"2026-02-08T13:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T13:01:43","slug":"news2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2019\/","title":{"rendered":"News 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;schedules section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;24px||17px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;zoom&#8221; animation_intensity_zoom=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||94px||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; min_height=&#8221;37px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||18px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">News: Year <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2026\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\">2026<\/span><\/span><\/a> | <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0c71c3;\">2025<\/span> | <\/span><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0c71c3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"News 2024\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\">2024<\/a><\/span> |\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\">2023<\/a><\/span><\/span> | <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0c71c3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2022\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"News 2022\">2022<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0c71c3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2021\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"News 2021\">2021<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> | <span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2020\/\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"News 2020\"><span>2020<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> | <\/span><span style=\"color: #0a039b;\">2019<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Timing and speaker&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; min_height=&#8221;1096px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|0px|0px||&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#e1e3e5&#8243; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;December 2019&#8243; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xe60a;||divi||400&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#a9aab7&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;24px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;24px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Merriweather|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||20px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Arial&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/iitgn.ac.in\/micro-bubbles\/workshop-schedule?authuser=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Microbubble Workshop IITGn 2019\" style=\"color: #2d2d2d;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">workshop<\/span><\/a> on &#8220;Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Application of Gas-filled Microbubbles in Biomedical Engineering&#8221; was held on 14th &#8211; 15th December at IIT Gandhinagar. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0172-1-scaled-e1580401280150.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-12-17-at-10.01.56-AM-e1580437668214.jpeg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|258px||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Timing and speaker&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|7px|0px||&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#e1e3e5&#8243; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; 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Dipesh holds a Ph.D. in Control Systems from Gujarat Technical University. Welcome Dipesh!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Timing and speaker&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|8px|0px||&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#e1e3e5&#8243; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;November 2019&#8243; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xe60a;||divi||400&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#a9aab7&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;24px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;24px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Merriweather|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||20px|&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Arial&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Prof. Himanshu Shekhar organized a workshop entitled &#8220;Putting your best foot forward: Preparing effective grad school applications&#8221; at IIT Gandhinagar. The key points discussed in the workshop were documented in this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #487c2c;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.iitgn.ac.in\/overcoming-the-hurdles-of-grad-school-application-process\/\" style=\"color: #487c2c; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Timing and speaker&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|40px|0px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#e1e3e5&#8243; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;November 2019&#8243; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xe60a;||divi||400&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#a9aab7&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;24px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;24px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Merriweather|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||20px|&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Arial&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Prof. Karla Mercado-Shekhar was invited to IIT Madras by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #7cda24;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/arunthittai\" style=\"color: #7cda24; text-decoration: underline;\">Prof. Arun Thittai<\/a><\/span> to serve as an external examiner for Sathiyamoorthi Selladurai&#8217;s doctoral thesis defense. Congratulations Dr. Selladurai!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=&#8221;359,357,360&#8243; gallery_orderby=&#8221;rand&#8221; posts_number=&#8221;3&#8243; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Timing and speaker&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|9px|0px||&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#e1e3e5&#8243; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;August 2019&#8243; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xe60a;||divi||400&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#a9aab7&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;24px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;24px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Merriweather|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||20px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;7px|||||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Arial&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Prof. Karla Mercado-Shekhar was featured in the IIT Gandhingar &#8220;Hear our story&#8221; video series.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Click<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;\"> <span style=\"color: #edf000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iitgn.official\/videos\/702451653553724\/\" style=\"color: #edf000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #14891a;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> to watch the video.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Timing and speaker&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|0px|9px|0px||&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#e1e3e5&#8243; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;August 2019&#8243; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xe60a;||divi||400&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#a9aab7&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;24px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;24px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Merriweather|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||92px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Arial&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;\">Profs. Mercado-Shekhar and Shekhar receive Internal Research Grants from IIT Gandhinagar to establish the Medical UltraSound Engineering (MUSE) Lab.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Timing and speaker&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; min_height=&#8221;111px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|40px|0px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#e1e3e5&#8243; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;July 2019&#8243; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xe60a;||divi||400&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#a9aab7&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;24px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;24px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Merriweather|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-8px|||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Arial&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;\">Prof. Karla Mercado-Shekhar receives the &#8220;Major Research Equipment Grant&#8221; from IIT Gandhinagar.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Timing and speaker&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|0px|40px|0px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#e1e3e5&#8243; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;April 2019&#8243; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xe60a;||divi||400&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#a9aab7&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;24px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;24px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; icon_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Merriweather|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#4646c4&#8243; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||20px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Arial,Georgia&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; font-size: medium;\">Karla Mercado-Shekhar and Himanshu Shekhar join the disciplines of Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering, respectively, at IIT Gandhinagar. Both Karla and Himanshu receive the &#8220;Excellence in Research&#8221; fellowship from IIT Gandhinagar.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||90px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; min_height=&#8221;37px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;5px||18px|0px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">News: Year <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2026\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\">2026<\/span><\/span><\/a> | <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0c71c3;\">2025<\/span> | <\/span><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0c71c3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"News 2024\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\">2024<\/a><\/span> |\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\">2023<\/a><\/span><\/span> | <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0c71c3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2022\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"News 2022\">2022<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0c71c3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2021\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"News 2021\">2021<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> | <span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.iitgn.ac.in\/muselaboratory\/news2020\/\" style=\"color: #0c71c3; text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"News 2020\"><span>2020<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> | <\/span><span style=\"color: #0a039b;\">2019<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Year 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |\u00a02023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019A workshop on &#8220;Ultrasound Contrast Agents: Application of Gas-filled Microbubbles in Biomedical Engineering&#8221; was held on 14th &#8211; 15th December at IIT Gandhinagar. 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