LEADERSHIP

Head of Laboratory

Professor M. Manivannan - Visionary Leader in Haptics and Biomedical Engineering

Head of the Laboratory

Professor M. Manivannan - Coordinator of the Laboratory

Prof.M.Manivannan

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, IIT Madras

Academics

Dr.M.Manivannan is a professor of Biomedical Engineering in IIT Madras. He was a visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) of Harvard Medical School (HMS) in Boston, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Maryland, and a visiting faculty in the Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore, and Indian Institute of Science (IISc). He joined IIT Madras in Jun 2005, he has setup the first Touchlab in India at IIT Madras, which is also known as Haptics Lab. In 2021, he has setup a center for VR and Haptics known as Experiential Technology Innovation Center (XTIC) (https://xtic.org). He holds PhD and ME degrees from the Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bangalore; and Bachelors degree from Guindy Engineering College, Anna University.

Journal Editorship

Ph.D, Masters and Bachelor theses

Promoting Engineering of Alternative Medicine

  • Two-day workshop on "Varma Naadi Based Clinical Diagnosis: Dasa Naadi – Clinical and Scientific Exploration", Jul 26,27 2012.
  • Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with National Insitute of Siddha on 22nd June 2011
  • One-day workshop on "Varma Naadi Based Clinical Diagnosis", Dec 2010.
  • Spin-off research foundation: International Varma Research Foundation National workshop on "Scientific Approaches in Siddha Drugs for Siddha Doctors" SASDSD­2010 April 22nd – 23rd – 2010.
  • Two-day workshop on "Alternative Medicine and Biomedical Engineering"; AMBE2006.

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