The Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Jigmi Basumatary, who has joined the Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology as Assistant Professor in October 2026. He specialises in photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging, single-molecule imaging, and light-sheet imaging. Dr. Basumatary comes to IIT Guwahati after serving as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Jammu. His earlier research appointments include: Postdoctoral Res

IIT Guwahati is happy to welcome Rakesh Kumar, Ph.D, to the Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology as Assistant Professor in September 2026. Dr. Kumar’s specialisations include Diagnostic development Protein engineering Blood and CSF biomarkers Neurobiology and neurodegeneration Protein biochemistry and biophysics Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease research Dr. Kumar joins IIT Guwahati with extensive research experience in neurodegenerative diseases

The Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Saurabh Kumar, who has joined the Jyoti Bhupat Mehta School of Health Science & Technology as Assistant Professor in September 2026. Dr Kumar specialises in Biosensors Flexible and wearable sensors 2D nanomaterial MXene synthesis and applications Rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices, Non-invasive diagnostics He also has expertise in quality management systems and internal audit (IS/ISO/IEC 17025:2017), medical device testing and ca

Three MTech students from IIT Guwahati received training to bridge human, animal and environmental health at a One Health workshop organised by the Centre for One Health, Education, Research & Development (COHERD), Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG). Published 25 July 2026 | Category Meetings and Workshops | Office Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology Three final-year MTech students from the Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health

Two M.Tech students from IIT Guwahati are headed to Germany this year to conduct thesis research at the country's top technical universities. Published 10 June 2026 | Category Awards | Office Academic Affairs Swetha Gowdaman and Jonakdeep Saharia have been named recipients of the DAAD KOSPIE Scholarship for 2026–27. KOSPIE (Combined Study and Practice Stays for Engineers from Developing Countries) is an initiative of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) that funds engi

IIT Guwahati is happy to welcome D. Bhrigu Kumar Lahkar to the Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology as an Assistant Professor. Dr Lahkar did his PhD in École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers. This was followed by postdoctoral research in IIT Madras and Université Gustave Eiffel. He then worked as an Assistant Professor in ECAM LaSalle and IIT BHU.

More than 1.8 million people in India suffer from a stroke every year. Teams at IIT Guwahati are part of an international open source community creating devices that can bring life-saving emergency MRI diagnostics closer to patients - increasing access, affordability, and portability. Published 15 May 2026 | Category Research and Development | Office SHST and EEE What is an MRI? Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of medicine's most powerful diagnostic tools. It uses