Principal investigator

Dr. Siddharth Tallur (B.Tech. EE IITB 2008; MS-Ph.D. Cornell University 2013) is an Associate Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay and faculty-in-charge of Wadhwani Electronics Lab (WEL) at IIT Bombay. Prior to joining IIT Bombay, he worked at Analog Devices Inc. Wilmington MA, USA on MEMS sensor product and applications development. His current research interests include MEMS and photonics, high resolution and low cost physical and biosensors, and high speed instrumentation and embedded systems for sensing applications, most notably for structural health monitoring.
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Siddharth Tallur
Principal Investigator
  • Educational background
    • B.Tech. Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2008; M.S. (2011) and Ph.D. (2013) Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
  • Professional experience
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (2016-21: Assistant Professor; 2021-present: Associate Professor)
    • Business Analyst, A.T.Kearney India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India, 2008-09
    • MEMS Product and Applications Engineer, Analog Devices Inc., Wilmington MA, USA, 2013-16
  • Editorial roles
    • Associate Editor, IEEE Access
    • Guest co-editor of the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (IOP Publishing) special issue on Advances in Microsystems, MEMS and NEMS in India
    • Review Editor: Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems (specialty section of Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering); Integrated Circuits and VLSI (specialty section of Frontiers in Electronics), and Imaging and Diagnostics (specialty section of Frontiers in Biomaterials Science); Imaging and Diagnostics (specialty section of Frontiers in Biomaterials Science)
  • Other roles:
    • Technical Program Committee (TPC) member: IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS - '16, '18, '20); European Frequency and Time Forum and IEEE International Frequency Control Joint Symposium (EFTF-IFCS - '17, '19, '21, '22, '23); IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC - '17 - '19)
    • Visiting faculty, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2018-20

I am currently serving as the faculty-in-charge at the Wadhwani Electronics Lab (WEL) at IIT Bombay and member of Core Committee at Wadhwani Research Centre for Bioengineering (WRCB) at IIT Bombay. My current research interests include MEMS and photonics, high resolution and low cost physical and biosensors, and high speed instrumentation and embedded systems for sensing applications, most notably for structural health monitoring.

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I also enjoy sketching (digitally, on iPad. My app of choice is Autodesk Sketchbook). Please scan the QR code to visit my Instagram page where I upload my artwork.

Post-doctoral fellows and Ph.D. students

Dr. Priyanka Roy
Post-doctoral fellow

B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Government Engineering College, Raipur, 2015

M.Tech. Optoelectronics & Laser Technology, Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, 2018

Ph.D. Physics (thesis submitted), NIT Raipur, Raipur 2023

Interests: Biosensors

Shruti Ahuja
Ph.D. student (CRNTS, co-supervised with Prof. Kiran Kondabagil, BSBE)

B.E. Biotechnology, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, 2014

M.Tech. Industrial Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University, 2017

Interests: Biosensors

Susmita Rath
Ph.D. student (co-supervised with Prof. Laxmeesha Somappa)

B.Tech. Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, 2015

M.Tech. Sensor Technology, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune, 2019

Interests: Biosensors and MEMS, biomedical engineering, motor neuroscience

Sheetal Patil
Ph.D. student

B.Tech. Electronics and Telecommunications, Fr. R. C. Institute of Technology, Vashi, 2018

Interests: FPGA based embedded systems, structural health monitoring

You could be here

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated new team members who enjoy new challenges and exploring new ideas. Interested students (Ph.D./M.Tech./B.Tech.) are welcome to get in touch with us via email (stallur [at] ee).

Institute and project staff (WEL)

Ankur Agarwal
Technical Superintendent, Wadhwani Electronics Lab (WEL)
Avani Kulkarni
Project Research Associate
Rutuja Chalke
Science Illustrator

M.Tech. students

Sagar Mahajan
M.Tech. RA

B.Tech. Electronics Engineering, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, 2018

Interests: Integrated sensor systems, machine learning

Poulami Mandal
M.Tech. RA

B.Tech. Biomedical Engineering, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, 2021

Interests: Sensors, VLSI design, integrated circuit design

Vishnu R.
M.Tech. student

Scientist at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

B.Tech. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum, 2014

Interests: Sensors, machine learning, embedded systems

You could be here

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated new team members who enjoy new challenges and exploring new ideas. Interested students (Ph.D./M.Tech./B.Tech.) are welcome to get in touch with us via email (stallur [at] ee).

Undergraduate students

Darshan Sinnarkar
Dual degree student (B.Tech. + M.Tech. Electronic Systems)

B.Tech. + M.Tech. Electronic Systems, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (expected 2025)

Project: Wall crawling robot

Pranoti More
B.Tech. student

B.Tech., Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (expected 2024)

Project: Nvidia Jetson Nano based quadruped robot

Krutheeka R K J
B.Tech. student

B.Tech., Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (expected 2024)

Project: Low latency and high density EEG signal acquisition and processing on FPGA

Ankith R.
B.Tech. student

B.Tech., Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay (expected 2024)

Project: Deployment of machine learning algorithms on RFSoC FPGA

You could be here

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated new team members who enjoy new challenges and exploring new ideas. Interested students (Ph.D./M.Tech./B.Tech.) are welcome to get in touch with us via email (stallur [at] ee).

Co-supervised/External students

  • Parijat Deshpande (External Ph.D. student; R&D manager, TRDDC Pune; co-supervised with Prof. Debjani Paul, BSBE IIT Bombay and Dr. Beena Rai, TRDDC)
  • Ramana Raja (Ph.D. student; Primary supervisor: Prof. Sauvik Banerjee, CE IIT Bombay)
  • Rizwan Ul Haq Madni (Ph.D. student; Primary supervisor: Prof. Avijit Maji, CE IIT Bombay)

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Alumni

Ph.D. students

  • Dr. Ruchira Nandeshwar (Ph.D. 2024)
  • Dr. Supriya Asutkar (Ph.D. 2024)
  • Dr. Durgesh Tamhane (Ph.D. 2022, joined IISc)
  • Dr. Pallabi Das (Ph.D. 2021, joined GlobalFoundries)

Post-doctoral fellows

  • Dr. Anju Joshi (Project sponsored post-doctoral fellow)
  • Dr. Shuvam Pawar (Institute post-doctoral fellow, 2022, joined NIT Puducherry as Assistant Professor)
  • Dr. Arathy Varghese (Institute post-doctoral fellow, 2020, joined Cardiff University)
  • Dr. Dhananjay Patel (Institute post-doctoral fellow, 2018, joined Vidyalankar Institute of Technology)

M.Tech. students

  • Maria D’costa (external M.Sc. student, joined Decode Age)
  • Hardik Ghoshal (external M.Sc. student, joined TU Dresden)
  • Vivekanand Dhakane (M.Tech. 2022, joined Micron)
  • Indrani Mukherjee (M.Tech. 2021, joined Silicon Labs)
  • Jinit Patil (M.Tech. 2021, joined Metal Power Analytical Pvt. Ltd.)
  • Keyur Mistry (M.Tech. 2020, joined Mathworks)
  • Priyanka Roy (external student, M.Tech. 2018, joined NIT Raipur)

B.Tech./Dual Degree (B.Tech. + M.Tech.) students

  • Harsh Borkar (B.Tech. 2023, joined Microsoft India Development Center)
  • Aryan Lall (B.Tech.+M.Tech. 2022, joined Qualcomm)
  • Anubhav Agarwal (B.Tech.+M.Tech. 2022, joined Ceremorphic)
  • Sudhanshu Nimbalkar (B.Tech.+M.Tech. 2022, joined Mercedes Benz)
  • Sanjoli Narang (B.Tech. 2021, joined Google)
  • Vaibhav Malviya (B.Tech. 2021, joined Texas Instruments)
  • Sagar Singh (B.Tech. 2021, joined UIUC)
  • Kiran Dhope (B.Tech.+M.Tech. 2020, joined Citi)
  • Hrishikesh Iyer (B.Tech. 2019, joined UIUC)
  • Ishu Choudhary (B.Tech.+M.Tech. 2018, joined Mastercard)
  • Shubham Patil (B.Tech.+M.Tech. 2018)
  • Keerthi Kumar Korakolla (B.Tech. 2017)