Prof.M.Manivannan
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
- Associate Editor: “Medicine & Biological Engineering & Computing”, a Springer journal, Founded in 1963.
- Associate Editor: Frontiers in Virtual Reality
- Associate Editor: Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Specialization
Virtual Reality; Haptics; Medical Simulations, Skills training, Rehabilitation; Computational Biomechanics, Computational Physiology, Computational Geometry, Computational Neuroscience, Psychophysics, Emergency Medicine, Human-Computer Interactions.
Research Interests
Needs of Vision Impaired, Hearing Impaired, and Touch Impaired. Medical Simulations with Haptics Feedback. Applications of Haptics in Computer Games. Science of Touch in Indian Medicine.
Publications
Academic Services
- Expert for Faculty Selection in IITs and IISc.
- Expert for Faculty Selection in Medical Colleges
- Design of Clinical Engineering Program at IIT Madras
- Introduction of new GATE paper for Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Experience
- Visiting Scientist in the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Boston.
- Visiting Faculty in the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Academic Honors
- Fellow of International Medical Academy (IMSA) 2018, presented at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow.
- Research Affiliate at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Tech.) 2004-2010, 2013
Ph.D, Masters and Bachelor theses
Spin-Offs
- Experiential Technology Innovation Center (XTIC) or IoE-CoE on VR and Haptics
- Merkel Haptics Systems
- Ariano Instruments (by alumnus Arul Praveen)
- Abhipsta Technolgies (by alumnus Dr.Abhjit Biswas)
- UDYAM Labs LLP (by alumnus Prasad Natekar)
- Varma Research Foundation
- Wellness Consortium
- CAVE – VR Consortium
Promoting Engineering of Alternative Medicine
- Two-day workshop on “Varma Naadi Based Clinical Diagnosis: Dasa Naadi – Clinical and Scientific Exploration”, Jul 26,27 2012. [link]
- 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. [link]
- 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.