CV

Education

• 2023: PH.D. in Nanotechnology from IIT Roorkee with 8.9 CGPA
• 2016: M. Tech in Biomedical Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra with 9.0 CGPA
• 2012: B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from SDDIET Kurukshetra University

Work experience

Since July’19: Heal Agnostic Innovations Pvt. Ltd.,

• Co-Founder and Director (A startup incubated at TIDES IIT Roorkee)
• Highlights:
  • Received a SEED funding of INR 2 Lakhs from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
  • Funding of INR 10 Lakhs through TIDES 2.0 Role:
  • Developing affordable technologies for tissue regeneration, biomedical devices, and early diagnosis of degenerative diseases and their bench-to-bedside translation
  • Outlining plans for the development of technologies; worked from initial concept and design to research
  • Evaluating project proposals for government funding, product manuals, project reports, journal papers and delivering presentations at in-house meetings as well as at external workshops/seminars
• Facilitating seamless technology transfer in coordination with internal departments like Dean of innovations, Regulatory Affairs, Assurance, Project Management and Engineering

  Aug’16 to Oct’17: India Medtronic Pvt. Ltd.

  • Associate Technical Service Specialist
  • Role:
    • Key Responsibility included Learn Cardiac Rhythm Management Therapies and provide technical assistance to implanters during therapy delivery. Ensure customer satisfaction with effective and competitive services for securing repeat business
    • Lead sales & services of Cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices in assigned territory, additional revenue generation by service contract: AMC & CMC at various accounts. Managed technical service
    • Managed channel partners & clinical support team for pacemakers and remote monitoring devices. Territorial management to ensure adequate coverage of all implanting centers and customers
    • Provided technical support required for implant and post-implant services for various CRHF products in South Delhi and Haryana centers. Supported clinical cath-lab pacemaker implants and follow-ups at hospitals.
    • Worked closely with cardiologists in Delhi, NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, western UP, and Haryana Successfully thrived for implant upgrades with technical expertise and providing state-of-the- art Therapies
    • Excelled in all the Cardiac Rhythm Therapy trainings conducted by Medtronic
    • Conducted patient awareness programs at several medical institutes across Delhi NCR with renowned cardiologists.

Skills

• Biosensors
• Nanobiotechnology
• Material Science
• Biomedical Device
• 2-D Thin Films
• Sputtering
• Research & Development
• Project Execution
• Biomedical Instrumentation
• Medical Electronics
• Biomedical Technology
• Biomedical Devices
• Polymer Nanocomposites
• Gas Sensors
• Supercapacitors
• EDX
• Sputtering
• XPS
• Nanostructures
• Biosensing
• Thin Films
• Nanogenerators

Publications

Corrosion evaluation of nitride sputtered coating on fabricated ex-situ BNNPs reinforced Al-707 composite.

Kumar, A., Sharma, S., Malik, G., Chandra, R., & Mulik, (2021). Corrosion evaluation of nitride sputtered coating on fabricated ex-situ BNNPs reinforced Al-707 composite. CIMS 2021.

Precursors controlled morphologies of nanocrystalline h-BN and its growth mechanism

Kumar, A., Malik, G., Sharma, S., Chandra, R., & Mulik, R. S. (2021). Precursors controlled morphologies of nanocrystalline h-BN and its growth mechanism. Ceramics International, 47(21): 30985-30992 (IF: 5.532).

Catalyst-free grown carbonaceous MoS2 nanoworm electrodes for symmetrical supercapacitors.

Kumar, A., Tyagi, S., Kumar, R., Sharma, S., Sharma, M., Adalati, R., Kumar, Y., & Chandra, R. (2022). Catalyst-free grown carbonaceous MoS2 nanoworm electrodes for symmetrical supercapacitors. Materials Letters, 323, 132576. (IF: 3.45)

Metal nitride-based nanostructured sheet-electrodes alternately stacked in asymmetric configuration towards flexible supercapacito

Adalati, R., Sharma, M., Kumar, A., Sharma, S., & Chandra, R. (2022). Metal nitride-based nanostructured sheet-electrodes alternately stacked in asymmetric configuration towards flexible supercapacitor. Journal of Energy Storage, 55, 105617 (IF: 9.4).

Single- step fabrication of di-titanium nitride thin-film flexible and biocompatible supercapacitor.

Sharma, S., Adalati, R., Sharma, M., Jindal, S., Kumar, A., Malik, G., & Chandra, R. (2022). Single- step fabrication of di-titanium nitride thin-film flexible and biocompatible supercapacitor. Ceramics International, 48(23), 34678-34687. (IF: 5.532)

Metal nitrides as efficient electrode material for supercapacitors

Adalati, R., Sharma, M., Sharma, S., Kumar, A., Malik, G., Boukherroub, R., & Chandra, R. (2022). Metal nitrides as efficient electrode material for supercapacitors: A review. Journal of Energy Storage, 56, 105912. (IF: 9.4).

Mn incorporated CeO2 lattice endorsement of electrochemical performance in symmetric supercapacitor.

Meenakshi Sharma; Ravikant Adalati; Reenu Rani; Siddharth Sharma; Ashwani Kumar; Ramesh Chandra. Mn incorporated CeO2 lattice endorsement of electrochemical performance in symmetric supercapacitor. Energy Technol. 2023, 2300321 (IF: 4.149).

Enhanced electrochemical corrosion resistance of SS-304 alloy with nano-pyramids c-TiN layer for saline media application.

Malik G., Kumar A.; Adalati R., Sharma S., Chandra R. Enhanced electrochemical corrosion resistance of SS-304 alloy with nano-pyramids c-TiN layer for saline media application. Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems 3 (2023) 100028

Physiological Fluid-Assisted Nanostructured NbN@Cu Foam Supercapacitor Towards Flexible and Biocompatible Energy Storage Applications.

Sharma, S., Adalati, R., Unnikrishnan BS., Gopinath P., Dutta S., Bansal A., & Chandra, R. Physiological Fluid-Assisted Nanostructured NbN@Cu Foam Supercapacitor Towards Flexible and Biocompatible Energy Storage Applications. Journal of Energy Storage 73PC (2023) 109089 (IF: 9.4)

Physiological fluid based flexible NbN TiN supercapacitor for biocompatible energy storage applications.

Sharma, S., Adalati, R., Sharma, M., Unnikrishnan BS., Gopinath P., & Chandra, R. (2023) Physiological fluid based flexible NbN TiN supercapacitor for biocompatible energy storage applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds , 960, 170749, ISSN 0925-8388 (IF: 6.371)

Palladium enhanced electrochemical supercapacitive performance of Chromium oxide thin films synthesized by sputtering process.

Rani R., Sharma M.; Sharma S., Chandra R. Palladium enhanced electrochemical supercapacitive performance of Chromium oxide thin films synthesized by sputtering process. JALCOM (Communicated) (IF: 6.371).

Talks

Recent advances in a graphene field effect transistor-based biosensor: a review

April 15, 2016

presentation at International Conference on Biomaterials, Bio diagnostics & Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, IIT Delhi, Delhi, India

Preparation of graphene and its derivatives for bio-sensing application

June 04, 2016

presentation at National conference on Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNIT-2016), NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

Graphene-based human motion monitoring strain sensor

November 01, 2016

presentation at International Conference on Recent Advances in Analytical Sciences, IIT BHU, Uttar Pradesh, India

harvesting energy from body motions International Conference on Biomaterial based Therapeutic Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

November 28, 2019

presentation at IIT Kanpur, India, IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

How to build a startup

September 07, 2020

Talk at WIT Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Startup Ecosystem in India

September 08, 2020

Talk at WIT Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Singe step fabrication of tungsten nitride-based electrode for the supercapacitor application

December 02, 2021

presentation at International Conference on Advanced Materials and Mechanical Characterization, IIT Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India

Single-step fabrication of titanium nitride based thin film Supercapacitors

September 01, 2022

presentation at IEEE NAP 2022, Krakow, Poland

Teaching

Teaching experience

Awards and Recognition

• Our innovation, ‘Biosensor for detection of breast, lung, and oral cancer using exhaled breath,’ received the best innovation award in 2020 by the Confederation of Indian Industries.
• This technology was highlighted in different print and electronic media
• Received a grant of Post Graduate Scholarship 2014-16 from MHRD, Government of India
• Received Junior research fellow scholarship 2017-2019 from MHRD, Government of India
• Received Senior research fellow scholarship 2020-2023 from the Ministry of Education,
• Government of India Formulized hand sanitizer with herbal ingredients during the initial phase of COVID-19 and distributed over 150 Liters free of cost to the IIT Roorkee community, Roorkee municipal corporation, and military hospital Roorkee
• This work was highlighted in more than 20 print and electronic media