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Dr Balaji Ayyanar is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, India; Dr Ayyanar’s research interests include modelling, computer aided design, preparation of manufacturing drawings using Auto CAD, Modeling (Pro- E) and analysis of machine elements using FEM. He has written 18 publications in international journals, four book chapters and 24 papers in international and national conferencesDr. E. Santhini is a Senior Scientific Officer at The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), Coimbatore, India. She carried out her post-doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. She has over 10 years of experience in medical textilesDr Trishna Bal is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, India. Her research interests include natural polymers, graft copolymers, hydrogel, polymer composites, wound healing and nanofiber materialsDr Faiza Sharif is currently working as a Tenured Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore Pakistan. She has a long career in Biological Science. She gained her PhD from Leiden University the Netherlands in 2011 and Post Doctorate from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield UK in the field of biomedical materials and tissue engineering. She has been working in the field for over 10. Her research interests include development of degradable biomedical materials for treatment of hard and soft tissue defectsDr. N. S. Smrithi is currently pursuing her third year of Prosthodontics Senior Residency from The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R Medical University and has wide expertise in the field of Prosthodontics and Implantology. She completed her Bachelors in Dental Surgery from The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R Medical University (Sri Ramakrishna Dental College) in 2022. Her current research areas include hydrogels, dental material sciences and ImplantologyDr Misra has a decade of experience in contributing to the innovation and startup ecosystem in various capacities at KIIT TBI. She is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer since Aug 2023 in Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster, an initiative of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of IndiaDr Priyadarshini Pillai is an Assistant Professor and Head of Department at Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore, a position she has held since May 2017. Her earlier roles include Project Scientist at the R.K. Institute of Management and Computer Science (June 2012 - April 2014) and Research Scientist at GVK Bio-campus (December 2007 - May 2012. Dr Pillai began her academic career as a Lecturer and Research Scholar at Vikram University (July 2003 - December 2006) and as a Lecturer at Government Madhav Science College
