Bikramjit Basu is currently a Professor at the Materials Research Center and holds Associate Faculty position at Center for Biosystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He is appointed as Visiting Professor at University of Manchester, UK (2018-2023) and at the European Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia (2020-2021). After his undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Metallurgical Engineering from NIT Durgapur (1995) and IISc (1997) respectively, he earned his PhD in the area of Engineering Ceramics at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium in March, 2001. Following a brief post-doctoral stint at University of California; he served as a faculty in Materials Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur (2001-2011) and moved to IISc in May, 2011.

Bikramjit’s current research integrates biomaterials science and bioengineering approaches to address human healthcare issues. Employing quantitative experiments together with computational and pre-clinical studies, his laboratory has developed new multifunctional biomaterials (‘Piezobiocomposites’ with bone-mimicking functional properties) and implant prototypes (acetabular socket, dental implant), new processing approaches (spark plasma sintering or 3D inkjet powder printing) and new bioengineering concepts (intermittent delivery of electrical/magnetic stimulation, in vitro) to understand biophysical stimulation mediated modulation of cell functionality on implantable biomaterials and biomicrofluidic devices (e.g. HA-CaTiO₃, PVDF-CNT, doped PANI, etc). During 2018-2020, his group successfully conducted a pilot study on cranioplasty surgery on 15 patients.

Since 2015, he is leading India’s largest Translational Center of Excellence (CoE) on biomaterials, with 15 co-investigators (IIT Kanpur, IIEST, NIT Rourkela, two national labs, two hospitals and one start up). This CoE has so far trained 26 young researchers in partner institutions. Prof. Basu’s untiring efforts have led to the creation of the national hub of activities on biomaterials and implants with involvement of 63 researchers, including those from IITs (Kharagpur, Roorkee, Guwahati), NITs (Surathkal, Nagpur, Durgapur), 20 clinicians and 5 MSMEs.

Prof. Basu’s contributions in Engineering Science have been globally recognised. He received India’s most coveted science and technology award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 2013 for his significant contributions to the field of Biomaterials Science.A Chartered Engineer of the UK, he is an elected Fellow of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2020), Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2020), Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (2019), American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (2017), Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, UK (2017), National Academy of Medical Sciences, India (2017), Indian National Academy of Engineering (2015), Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs (2014) and National Academy of Sciences, India (2013). He remains the only Indian from India to receive the ‘Robert L. Coble Award for Young Scholars’, a prize named after an MIT Professor, from the American Ceramic Society (2008).

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Links to other websites

1. Laboratory for Biomaterials, IIT Kanpur
2. Centre of Excellence: Biomaterials for Orthopedic and Dental Applications
3. Visiting Professor teaching at the European Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia