Sensing the invisible

At the Laboratory of Bio-Physio Sensors & Nanobioengineering we build reliable, elementary solutions to hard biological detection problems — for clinical & healthcare, the drug & chemical industry, and the environment. Our work spans bioanalytical systems, microfluidics, nanobioengineering and material engineering.

Biosensors Nanobiotechnology Point-of-Care Diagnostics Lab-on-Chip Nanomedicine
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Dr. Pranjal Chandra, Ph.D., FNASc, FNA(As.), FRSB, FICS
Dr. Pranjal Chandra, Ph.D., FNASc, FNA(As.), FRSB, FICS Coordinator & Associate Professor, School of Biochemical Engineering
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223Journal articles
30Patents filed & granted
24Books published & forthcoming
12,800+Citations
Framed certificate from The National Academy of Sciences, India, electing Dr. Pranjal Chandra a Fellow in 2025
Fellowship · 2025NASI

Elected Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India

Dr. Pranjal Chandra, Ph.D., FNASc, FNA(As.), FRSB, FICS has been elected a Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) in the year 2025, for his pioneering work involving nanobioengineering, biosensors and devices, and bioelectronics.
Founded in 1930, NASI is one of India’s foremost academies of science, and its Fellowship recognises sustained, distinguished contributions to research. The honour reflects the work of the whole Laboratory of Bio-Physio Sensors & Nanobioengineering at IIT (BHU) Varanasi — from nano-engineered sensing surfaces to portable devices that take diagnostics out of the lab.

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Dr. Pranjal Chandra and Supratim Mahapatra receiving the Eat Right Research Award 2022

A lab built on curiosity and clinical usefulness.

Dr. Chandra is Coordinator and Associate Professor at the School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi. He earned his Ph.D. at Pusan National University, South Korea, and completed post-doctoral training at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology. With 223 research articles and 24 published and forthcoming edited books, his interdisciplinary work spans nanobiotechnology, nanobiosensors, lab-on-chip systems and nanomedicine. His cancer-detection systems have been highlighted by the Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemistry World and Global Medical Discovery, Canada.

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National award

Dr. Pranjal Chandra, Ph.D., FNASc, FNA(As.), FRSB, FICS and Mr. Supratim Mahapatra received the Eat Right Research Award 2022 on World Food Safety Day for a nano-engineered portable sensing device — presented by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya.

Three pillars, one goal:
diagnostics that reach everyone.

Interdisciplinary work across sensing technology, nano-biotechnology and material science — aimed squarely at affordable, portable, easy-to-use devices for resource-limited settings.

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Bio-Physio Sensors

Medical devices for disease diagnostics and therapeutics — affordable to the mass population, easy to use and portable, so they work in remote or resource-limited settings.

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Point-of-Care Techniques

Lateral-flow immunoassays and portable electronics for signal processing and analysis — including sensor-based colorimeters and fluorimeters developed in-house.

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Nanobiotechnology

Synthesis of nanoparticles including semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots). Biofunctionalisation improves their utility in building next-generation biosensors.

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Fluorescence microscopy of cells, SEM of a nanostructured particle, and electrochemically grown gold nano-dendroids

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Scientists, doctoral fellows and M.Tech researchers driving the lab forward.

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Alumni

Where our postdocs, doctoral and master's graduates are now.

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Partners in Hungary, Thailand, Singapore and across India.

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