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Dr. Nitha V Panicker Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering nithapanicker@tkmit.ac.in RADHEYAM, MUKKOLAKKAL P.O, TRIVANDRUM, Pin : 695043

Educational Qualification & Specialization

  • UG: B.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering), Cochin University of Science and Technology (2004)
  •  PG: M.Tech (Optoelectronics and Optical Communication), University of Kerala (2009)
  • PG Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights from  Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
  • Ph.D (Electronics and Communication Engineering), University of Kerala (2016)

Professional Experience

  • Teaching -11 years
  • Industry – 4.5 years
  • Research – 14 years

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Teaching and Research

Membership in Professional Bodies

  • Life Member, Telemedicine Society of India
  •  Life Member, ISTE
  •  Member, IEEE EMBS
  • Member, Indian Science Congress Association

Courses and Training Attended

  • Effective Implementation and Internal Audit on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Laboratory Management System (LMS) & NABL Criteria, Sep 28 { Oct 1, 2020 organized by FICCI Quality forum, Tansen Marg, NewDelhi
  • Training session on the Quality Assessment of Analytical Measurements organized by CDC, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, November 7, 2020.
  • Awareness and Internal Audit course as per ISO 13485:2016, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, April 2-5, 2019.
  • Workshop on Biological Evaluation based on ISO 10993, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, October 1, 2018.
  • Research Document Preparation Using LaTeX Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Trivandrum,Jan 27-31, 2015.
  • STTP on Recent Advances in Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Nov 3-8, 2015.College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
  • Workshop on Software De ned Radio (SDR) for Realtime Communication and Signal Processing, on 27th February, 2014,organized by Amrita school of Engineering, Coimbatore.
  • Short term Training Programme on Emerging trends in Communication Engineering Sponsored by TEQUIP-II (18th March-23rd March 2013) at Govt. Engg College Barton Hill, Trivandrum.
  • International Conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief ACWR 2011, (18th-21st December 2011) at Amrita Deemed University, Amritapuri, Kollam.
  • Workshop on Enhancing teaching skills 28/11/2011 to 02/12/2011 organized by ISTE chapter of P.A. Aziz College of Engineering, Trivandrum 97th Indian Science Congress 03/01/2010 to 07/01/2010, University of Kerala at Kariavattom Campus, Trivandrum.
  • Workshop and seminar on Television Engineering 13/06/2007 to 14/06/2007, IEEE chapter at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kollam.
  • Short term training programme on Ancient Indian Mathematics, 19/06/2006 to 24/06/2006, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amritapuri, Kollam.
  • VLSI workshop 05/03/2006 to 06/03/2006, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amritapuri, Kollam
  • Faculty Empowerment programme 12/06/2006 to 15/06/2006, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amritapuri, Kollam.
  • Personality Development Programme 01/11/2005 to 03/11/2005, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kollam.
  • Workshop and seminar International Colloquium-2005, 04/08/2005 to 06/08/2005, Rajagiri College of Engineering, Ernakulum.

Research Interest & Ongoing PhDs

  • Wearable Devices
  • Medical IoT
  • Implantable Medical Devices
  • Biomedical Signal Processing
  • Biomaterials

Consultancy & Sponsored Projects

Lead role in Projects funded by Department of Science Technology (DST) 
  • Deep Brain Stimulator System for movement disorders (SCTIMST, Trivandrum and BARC, Mumbai, 5.5 Crore project), 2016-2020
  • Intracranial Electrode development for use in acute and chronic Electro-Corticography (SCTIMST,1 Crore project), 2016-2018
  • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (SCTIMST), 2017-2020

Achievements

  • Certified Internal Auditor on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Laboratory Management System (LMS) & NABL Criteria.
  • Certified Internal Auditor on ISO 13485:2016 Medical Device Quality Management Systems.
  • Gained experience in Medical device design, development and testing particularly in Active implants.
  • Reviewer (Elsevier Journals: Biomedical Signal Processing and Control).
  • Reviewer (Elsevier Journals: Informatics in Medicine).
  • Reviewer (AMSE Journals: Advances in modelling series B Signal Processing and Pattern recognition).
  • Reviewer (IEEE Conferences).
  • Obtained “Centre For Engineering Research and Development (CERD) Research Fellowship” with First Rank, Govt. of Kerala (2013).
  • Obtained First Rank for M.Tech from University of Kerala.

Publications

Patents
  • Lead Body Flexion Testing Device for Implantable leads, Muraleedharan Chirathody Vayalappil, Jithin Krishnan, Nitha Velayudha Panicker Indian Patent Application Number: 201741041605 Date of Filing 21.11.2017, Publication Date: 24.05.2019.
  • A Conductor Flex Test System to Test Fatigue Resistance Of Uniform Lead Body, Muraleedharan Chirathody Vayalappil, Jithin Krishnan, Nitha Velayudha Panicker Indian Patent Application Number:201841005220 Date of Filing 12.02.2018, Publication Date:16.08.2019
International Journals
  • Nitha V. Panicker and A. Sukesh Kumar, Tablet PC Enabled Body Sensor System for Rural Telehealth Applications, International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications, vol. 2016, Article ID 5747961, 9 pages, 2016.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Wireless sensor based systems for biomedical monitoring: A review, AMSE Journal of Modeling Measurement and Control, Series C Bioengineering, Vol. 75; No. 1, pp. 65-78, 2014.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Medical Validation of a Wrist Cuff Device against Arm Cuff Device for Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate Measurement Springer AISC Series, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, ISSN 1876-1100, 2015.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Patient Monitoring System using GSM and ZigBee Technology, AMSE Journal of Modeling Measurement and Control, Series C Bioengineering,Vol. 75, No.1 ,pp 13-21, 2014.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, BER Performance Evaluation of Different Digital Modulation Schemes for Biomedical Signal Transceivers under AWGN and Fading Channel Conditions, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT). ISSN: 2249 – 8958,Volume-3, Issue-5, pp.212-215, June 2014.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Transceivers for wireless Telemedicine, International Journal of Mobile Communication and Networking. ISSN 2231-1203 Volume 4,Number 1, pp.1-6, 2013.
International Conferences
  • Vishnuprasad K, Nitha V Panicker, Jithin Krishnan, Jithin T J, Muraleedharan CV, Mechanical Fatigue Testing System for Implantable Electrode Leads. IEEE  International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Computers, Communication, Mechanical and Computing (EECCMC) 28th & 29th January 2018,P, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu,India.
  • Jithin Krishnan, Rethnagireeshwar R, Biju Benjamin, Nitha V Panicker and Biju Ramu A R, High Precision Resistance Spot Welding with Subdural Electrodes for Acute Electrocorticography Applications. IEEE International Conference on Power, Control, Signals and Instrumentation Engineering (ICPCSI-2017), 21 – 22 Sep 2017,Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Medical Validation of a Wrist Cuff Device against Arm Cuff Device for Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate Measurement, International Conference on Soft Computing Systems, ICSCS-2016, 19-20 February 2016,Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Tablet PC Enabled Telemedicine Solution for Rural Primary Health Centres in India, 11th International Conference of Telemedicine society of India, (Telemedicon 2015), 27-29 November 2015,Salt lake, Kolkata.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Real Time Monitoring of Vital Signals Through Telemedicine for Community Healthcare, IEEE International Conference on Control Communication and Computing, ICCC,19-21 November 2015, Trivandrum, Kerala.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Design of a Telemonitoring System for Detecting Falls of the Elderly, IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Internet of Things, ICGCIoT,8-10, October 2015, Greater Noida, Delhi.
  •  Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Development of a Blood Pressure Monitoring system for Home health Application, IEEE International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies, ICCPCT,19-20 March 2015,Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Development of a Real time Physiological Pa- rameter Estimation System for Home health Application using Bluetooth Technology, IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics , Mechanical and Computer Engineering ICEEMCE, Chennai, 25-27 January, 2015.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Implementation of a wireless blood pressure monitoring and alert system for home health application, 10th International Conference of Telemedicine Society of India (Telemedicon 2014), AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, A Zigbee and GSM Based Patient Monitoring System For Remote Healthcare Application in Proc. 9th International Conference of Telemedicine society of India (Telemedicon 2013), Jaipur, Rajasthan on 29,30 Nov and 1st Dec. 2013.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Recent Trends In Wireless Technologies For Health-care Applications in proc. of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Eng and Tech. ICETET, Munnar, Kerala on 4,5 October 2013.
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Transceivers for wireless telemedicine in the proc 8th International Conference Telemedicine society of India
National Conferences
  • Nitha V. Panicker, Sukeshkumar A, Current trends in wireless technologies for telemedicine applications in Proc. of the National Conference on Advancements In Computer Intelligence and Communication Technology, NCACICT, LBS institute of Technology for women, Trivandrum on 26,27June 2013.
Books Authored
  •  Introduction to Microcontrollers and Applications
  •  Basic Communication and Information Engineering
  •  Laboratory manual for Digital design and PIC Microcontroller

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