Biography:
Dr. Ravi Kant Avvari is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He has received Ph.D. in Biomechanics from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur followed by a post-doctoral research in the area of Nanotechnology from IIT Kanpur. He has 9 years of teaching, research and a short industrial experience in an interdisciplinary area covering biomechanics, biofluid mechanics, biomathematics, bionics, controls modelling, high performance computing and nanotechnology. He has published more than 40 papers in various peer-reviewed journals/book series and conferences. Dr. Ravi Kant Avvari has also served as Technical Consultant in the area of robotics, instrumentation, embedded systems, and control & automation to various industries - Akrivia Pvt. Ltd., Arnium Technologies Pvt. Ltd., RKA Technologies & Consultants Pvt. Ltd and CWS Hospital. He has received research funding from reputed organizations (SERB, BDTD-DST, and NSTEDC–DST)
Title : The mechanics of gastrointestinal motility – how do we digest the food in our bowels?