Director

Prof. Bikramjit Basu took over as Director, CSIR-CGCRI on November 08, 2024. Prior to that, he was a Professor at the Materials Research Center, since May – 2011 and held Associate Faculty at the Interdisciplinary Center for Energy Research, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.

After his undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Metallurgical Engineering from NIT Durgapur and IISc respectively, he earned his PhD in the area of Engineering Ceramics at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium in March, 2001. Following a brief post-doctoral stint at University of California, Santa Barbara; he served as a faculty of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur during 2001-2011. He has been pursuing research at the confluence of Ceramic Science, Biomaterials, Additive Manufacturing (binderjetting laser/electron beam/extrusion-based 3D printing), Biological Science, and Medicine, to address many unanswered questions related to renewable energy and regenerative engineering. In the field of healthcare, his research group has effectively applied the principles and tools of these disciplines to develop next-generation implants and bioengineering solutions to address unmet clinical needs for musculoskeletal, dental, and neurosurgical applications; thereby impacting human healthcare. His research group has developed technologies related to the manufacturing of bioceramics, acetabular liners, customized bone flaps for cranioplasty surgeries, dental implants and variants of 3D bioprintable hydrogels. These technologies are transferred to multinational corporates or start-ups, and many of the products, after regulatory clearances, are currently used for patient care in India. His 250+ peer-reviewed research articles are cited more than 19,000 times with H-index of 73 (Google Scholar). He has co-authored 5 textbooks, two reference books and one research monograph related to policy on Biomaterials and Implants. A Chartered Engineer of the UK, he has the unique distinction of being the only ceramic scientist from India to get elected to all the major international ceramic societies and academies, including the World Academy of Ceramics (2024), the European Ceramic Society (2023), the American Ceramic Society (2019). In India, he is an elected Fellow of all the National Academies of Engineering, Science and Medicine, including the Indian National Science Academy (2021), Indian Academy of Sciences (2020), National Academy of Medical Sciences (2017), Indian National Academy of Engineering (2015), and National Academy of Sciences, India (2013). Internationally, he is an elected fellow of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2020), International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (2017) and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (2015). He is a recipient of India’s most prestigious Science and Technology award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2013) from the Prime Minister of India; and globally competent awards, like Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation (2022), and International Richard Brook Award from the European Ceramic Society (2022). He is currently serving on many advisory panels of the national institutes, European universities and federal funding agencies as well as major multinational corporates.