Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras, where he has been a faculty member since 2010. He received his Ph.D. degree from USC-Columbia, USA in 2008, and subsequently did his Post-Doc at the University of Southampton, UK. He received his bachelors and master’s degree from NIT Rourkela and IISc Bangalore respectively.

After joining IIT Madras, he has secured research funding of nearly 800 lakhs from various funding agencies to setup and run a Microfluidics Research Facility to carryout cutting-edge research in the area. He has guided 4 PhD/MS scholars so far and currently guiding 15 PhD/MS scholars. He has published 51 research papers in various prestigious international journals and filed 5 patents. He has taught several core courses to PG/UG students, offered a new elective course on “Microfluidics and Microsystems” and also offered an NPTEL (online) course on “Microfluidics”. He has been actively participating in various administrative duties at both departmental and institute levels at IIT Madras.

He is the recipient of the Institute Research and Development Award (IRDA)- Early Career Level in 2017 (from IIT Madras), Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Young Engineer Award, 2013, Institution of Engineers India (IEI) Young Engineer Award, 2013 and DAAD Fellowship, 2012.

He is a member of Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer, Indian Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, and Indian Society of Smart Materials and Structures. His main research interests are in the areas of microfluidics based interfacial phenomena and healthcare diagnostics.