Resume of Dr. Ravinder Agarwal

  1. Name and Designation: Dr. Ravinder Agarwal, Prof. & Head
  2. Personal Details:
  • Date of Birth: October 20, 2014
  • Residential Address: # Doctors Colony, Patiala
  • Contact details: Phone 01752393052 email:

3. Academic Qualification: Ph.D.

5. Professional Experience: R&D Lab / Industry: 07years (1987-1993) and
Teaching with R&D: 20 years (since 1994 till date)

6. Specialization: Biomedical Instrumentation

7. Membership of Societies: Fellow of MSI, USI, IETE, IE and Life Member of ISOI

8. Academic Details:

Courses taught:

UG level -Biomedical Instrumentation, Measurement Science Technique, Industrial Measurement, Elements and Analysis of Instrumentation Technique, Sensors & Transducers, Electromagnetic Field, Electrical & Electronic Measurements, Analytical Instrumentation, Sensors and Signal Conditioning, Concepts in Biomedical Instrumentation etc.

PG level- Measurement Science, Trends in biomedical Instrumentation, Environment Monitoring Instrumentation, Ultrasonic Laser & Fiber Optics, Ultrasonic Laser & Fiber Optical Based Instrumentation, Opto-electronic Instrumentation, etc.

Books / book chapters AICTE / CEEP Notes

a)Computer Application in Bio-instrumentation, AICTE, 2002

b)Metrology and Instrumentation, DDE, TU, 2006

c)Electrical & Electronic Measurements, DDE, TU, 2006

d)Biomedical Instrumentation, DDE, TU, 2010

9. Research details

Research Area:Biomedical Instrumentation, Rehabilitation devices, Characterization of biological tissues, sports cognition, Environment Monitoring Instrumentation for Health, etc.

Foreign Visits:

1. Neuchatel, Switzerland4th European Freq. and Time Forum March 13-15, 1990

2. Beijing, China 14th International Congress on Acoustics Sept. 3-10, 1992

3. Taipei, Taiwan AFSUMB’98 October 24-27, 1998

4. Singapore ICMAT 2005 July 3-8, 2005

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Tutorial – Organized

  • One day Tutorial on Basics in Metrology, Pre-AdMet event, Feburary 18, 2014, Thapar University, Patiala
  • 3rd National Conference on Advances in Metrology (AdMet – 2014), February 19-21, 2014, Thapar University, Patiala
  • Workshop on Health Effects of Particulate Air Pollution [HEPAP], November 26-27, 2009, Thapar University, Patiala
  • National Conference on Information Technology: Emerging Engineering Perspectives & Practices [ITEEPP’07], April 6 - 7, 2007, Thapar University, Patiala
  • Short term course on PC Problem Solving, July 5-6, 2006, TIET, Patiala
  • TePP Innovation Funding Camp, September 28, 2006, TIET, Patiala
  • Staff Development Programme [SDP] on Recent Trends in Sensors & Their Applications, May 22 – June 02, 2006, 2006, TIET, Patiala
  • National Conference on Sensors, November 25-26, 2006, TIET, Patiala
  • Workshop on Health Care Instrumentation, November 25, 2005, TIET, Patiala
  • A refresher course on Computer Maintenance, May 31 – June 01, 2004, TIET, Patiala
  • National Conference on Materials and Related Technologies (NCMRT- 2003) September 19-20, 2003, TIET, Patiala
  • A course on Operation and Maintenance of PCs and Peripherals, October 31- November 01, 2002, TIET, Patiala
  • Workshop on Calibration and Testing of Pressure Measuring Instruments, December 12-13, 2001, TIET, Patiala

Honors, awards, achievements and fellowships:

  • An Iris Recognition Based Health Examination System, Atul Bansal, Ravinder Agarwal and R.K.Sharma, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • Development of A Prototype of Automatic Water Flow Measurement System, Shiv Kumar Jaiswal, I. S. Taak, Chatar Singh, Sanjay Yadav,A. K.Bandyopadhyay, Sanjay Sharma and Ravinder Agarwal, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • A Combined Statistical and Time-Frequency Approach to the Analysis of
    Electromyography Signals, Amanpreet Kaur, Ravinder Agarwal &1Amod Kuma, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • Fuzzy SEMG Signal Classifier for Prosthesis Control, Yadvendra Singh, Nirbhow Jap Singh, & Ravinder Agarwal, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • Analysis of EMG Signal Using MATLAB SP Tool, Piyush Samant and Ravinder Agarwal, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • Best poster paper entitled “Study the effect of wheat-rice residue burning on the pulmonary functions of the healthy subjects in Patiala city: two year study (2007-08), Amit Awasthi, Nirankar Singh, Susheel Mittal, Prabhat K Gupta* and Ravinder Agarwal, International Conference on Environmental and Health Technology (EH&T), March 15-17, 2010, IIT, Kanpur
  • Second Prize, paper entitled “Automatic water pump ON/OFF system” Anupam Attri and Ravinder Agarwal, ITEEPP’07, April 6-7, 2007, Thapar University, Patiala
  • Best research paper entitled “Voltage Controlled Variable Gain Amplifier for MEMS Sensor”, Preet Yadav, Ravinder Agarwal, S.C. Bose and Alpana Agarwal, National Conference on Sensors’05, November 25-26, 2005, TIET, Patiala.

Sponsored Research Projects

S.No. / Title of project / Funding Agency / Status / Duration / Amount in Rs. (lacs)
1 / Impact of aerosols and gases pollutants in the atmosphere on physiological parameters of human health due to agriculture crop residue burning in and around Patiala / DST / Completed / June 2006-June 2010 / 33.76
2 / Study and development of above elbow prosthetic arm / DST / In process / Jan 2011 – Dec 2014 / 26.60
3 / Particulate matter dose relationship with lung function efficiency of children during agriculture crop residue burning episodes / ICMR / In process / July 2013 –July 2016 / 39.10
4 / Study and development of SEMG based exoskeleton knee / DST / In process / April, 2014
March 2017 / 40

Infrastructure Project

S.No. / Title of project / Funding Agency / Status / Duration / Amount in Rs. (lacs)
1 / Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence Scheme (MODROB) / AICTE / Completed / April ‘ 11–March ‘12 / 06.00
2 / Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)
(PHASE – II): Environment Management and Energy Management (7 Co-PIs) / UGC / In process / 2013 & 2014 / 500.00

10. Doctorate thesis mentoring

Completed

Title of the Thesis/Project / Student Name / Year of completion
Study of issues in the development of electronically operated prosthetic arm / Hardeep Singh / 2012
Study of human respiratory functions in relation to crop residue burning / Amit Awasthi / 2012

11.ME/MTech/MS Dissertation Guided

  • Ecological Validation of Virtual Reality Mall Cognitive Assessment and Evaluation, Anurag Sohane, 2013
  • Arousal Level Determination in Video Game Playing Using Galvanic Skin Response, Navjot Singh, 2013
  • Ultrasonic Characterization of Different Wood Samples, Rakesh Sharma, 2013
  • Design and development of 89c51 based electrical impedance tomography system, Udayan J Trivedi, 2013
  • Effect of oral functionality on human masticatory muscle SEMG, Shivil, 2012
  • Effect of immersion on visual attention and alertness by comparison of two dimensional display environments and desktop virtual reality environments, Lokesh, 2012
  • Prosthetic arm control using microcontroller, Babli, 2012
  • Design and development of low cost active electrode for SEMG, Vineet, 2012
  • Study and Analysis of SEMG Signal between Elbow and Shoulder using Labview, Asish, 2011
  • Analysis of different possible designs for fingertip sensor cantilever beams, Deep, 2011
  • Wireless ECG using Bluetooth, Ashish, 2010
  • Remote controlled operated prosthetic arm, Amardeep, 2010
  • Development of strain gauge pressure transducer up to 2000 bar, Anuj, 2010
  • Study of physiological parameters of respiratory system during wheat crop residue burning in the outskirts of Patiala by Prateek Gupta, 2007
  • Digital phase locked loop interface design by Pravesh Kumar Saini, 2006
  • Comparative study of CMOS voltage controlled oscillators by Jayna Chawla, 2006
  • Analysis of human monitoring system using LAB VIEW by Prashant, 2006
  • Design of CMOS based signal conditioning circuit by Preet Yadav, 2005
  • A comparative study of pressure at the denture base-mucosal surface interface under mandibular complete dentures fabricated using two different impression techniques by Komal Sehgal, 2003
  • Comparative study of pressure under complete dentures at denture base-mucosal surface interface with two different occlusal systems by Ruhee Sathi 2002

12. Publications:

Publication in SCI Journal (50)

2014

  • A Statistical model to quantify the effect of pollution loading due to field crop residue burning on PFTs of healthy subjects”, Ravinder Agarwal, Amit Awasthi, Susheel Mittal, Nirankar Singh and Prabhat Kumar Gupta, MAPAN - Journal of Metrology Society of India, vol. 29, 57-65, 2014

2013

  • Epidemiology on healthy people living close to agriculture crop residue burning sites and its relation with their PFTs, Ravinder Agarwal, Amit Awasthi, Nirankar Singh, Prabhat Kumar Gupta and Susheel Mittal, International Journal of Environmental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 4, pp 281-295, 2013
  • Nondestructive grading of black tea based on physical parameters by texture analysis, Gagandeep Singh Gill, Amod Kumar and Ravinder Agarwal, Biosystems Engineering vol. 16, pp 198-204, 2013

2012

  • Realization of SEMG based multifunctional prototype elbow prosthesis, Hardeep S. Ryait, A. S. Arora and Ravinder Agarwal, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, vol. 9, pp 72-87, no. 1, 2012(IF 0.9)
  • Effects of exposure to rice-residue burning on pulmonary functions and oxygen saturation level of human being in Patiala, Ravinder Agarwal, Amit Awasthi, Nirankar Singh, Susheel Mittal and Prabhat Kumar Gupta, Science of the Total Environment, vol. 429, pp 161-166, 2012
  • State-of-the-Art in Water Flow Calibration – A Review”, S.K. Jaiswal, Sanjay Yadav and Ravinder Agarwal, MAPAN, vol. 27, no. 2, pp 63-76, 2012
  • Using Impedance Control Method to Achieve Signal Integrity in Biomedical Equipment, Surinder Singh, Ravinder Agarwal and V.R. Singh, Instrumentation Science and Technology, vol. 40, issue 6, pp 476-489, 2012

2011

  • Study of size and mass distribution of particulate matter due to crop residue burning with seasonal variation in rural area of Punjab (India), Amit Awasthi, Ravinder Agarwal Susheel Mittal, Nirankar Singh, Khan Singh and Prabhat Kumar Gupta, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol. 13, pp 1073-1081, 2011 (IF 2.225)
  • SEMG signal analysis at acupressure points for elbow movement, Hardeep S. Ryait, A. S. Arora and Ravinder Agarwal, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, vol. 21, pp 868-878, 2011 (IF 2.6)
  • Monitoring and Grading of Tea by Computer Vision: A Review,Gagandeep Singh Gill, Amod Kumar and Ravinder Agarwal, Journal of Food Engineering, vol. 106, pp 13-19, 2011 (IF 2.616)
  • A computer controlled precision high pressure measuring system, S. Sadana, S. Yadav, N. Jha, V.K. Gupta, Ravinder Agarwal, A.K. Bandyopadhyay and T.K. Saxena, Measurement Science Review, vol. 11, pp 198-202, no. 6, 2011

2010

  • Effect of rice-straw burning on pulmonary functions of human being in Patiala,Ravinder Agarwal, Amit Awasthi, Prabhat Kumar Gupta, Nirankar Singh and Susheel Mittal, Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, vol. 34, no. 1, pp 23-28, 2010
  • Impact of rice crop residue burning on levels of SPM, SO2 and NO2 in the ambient air of Patiala, Nirankar Singh, Susheel Mittal, Ravinder Agarwal, Amit Awasthi and Prabhat Kumar Gupta, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, vol. 90, no. 10, pp 829-843, 2010 (IF 1.9)
  • Interpretations of wrist operations from Surface-EMG signals at different locations on arm along with Acupressure points, Hardeep S. Ryait, A.S.Arora and Ravinder Agarwal, IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 4, no. 2, pp 101-111, 2010
  • Effects of agriculture crop residue burning on children and young on PFT’s in North West India, Amit Awasthi, Nirankar Singh, Susheel Mittal, Prabhat Kumar Gupta and Ravinder Agarwal, Science of the Total Environment, vol. 408, pp 4440-4445, 2010 (IF 3.19)

2009

  • Study of issues in the development of surface EMG controlled human hand, Hardeep S. Ryait, A.S.Arora and Ravinder Agarwal, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, vol. 20, spl.1, pp S107-S114, 2009
  • Characterization of atmospheric aerosol for OTM and LOI during CRB episodes and NCRB months in Patiala, India, Nirankar Singh, Ravinder Agarwal, Amit Awasthi, Prabhat Kumar Gupta and Susheel Mittal, Atmospheric Environment, vol. 44,pp 1292-1300, 2009 (F 2.9)
  • Ambient air quality during wheat and rice crop stubble burning episodes in Patiala
    Susheel Mittal, Nirankar Singh, Ravinder Agarwal, Amit Awasthi and Prabhat Kumar Gupta, Atmospheric Environment, vol. 43 , pp 243 - 244 , 2009.

Publication in International Conference (50)

2013

  • Effect of Immersion on Visual Attention and Alertness by Comparison of Two Dimensional Display Environments and Desktop Virtual Reality Environments”, Lokesh Kumar, Ravinder Agarwal and Susheel Chandra,
  • International Conference on Electrical Electronics and Data Communication (ICEEDC), 3rd Feb 2013, Bhopal
  • Development of Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer up to 2000 bar,RA, SY, AKB, Anuj, 8th International Conference on Advances in Metrology [Admet-2013], February 21-23, 2013, NPLI, New Delhi
  • S.K. Jaiswal, Ravinder Agarwal and Sanjay Yadav, Progress towards Development of an Automatic Indian National Primary Standard for Water Flow Measurement, The 8th International Conference on Advances in Metrology (AdMet-2013), February 21-23, 2013, NPL, New Delhi
  • A capillary based micro-viscometer,Utkarsh Gupta, Rahul Prajesh, Ravinder Agarwal and Ajay Agarwal, International Conference on Emerging Technologies: Micro to Nano 2013 (ETMN-2013), GOA
  • Ultrasonic Characteristics of Wood Samples, Deepti Mittal, Rakesh, Ravinder Agarwal and S.K. Sharma, International Congress on Ultrasonics (ICU 2013), May 2-5, 2013, Singapore
  • Implementation and Comparison of different Inverse Solver and Image Priors used in EIT using 89C51 based Setup, Udayan Trivedi, Ravinder Agarwal and T.K. Saxena, International Conference on Advanced Electronic Systems (ICAES- 2013), September 21-23, 2013 CEERI, Pilani.
  • Fully Computer Controlled Electrical Resistive Tomography System to Produce Cross Sectional Images using Embedded Technology, Udayan J Trivedi, Avneesh Mittal, Ravinder Aggarwal, Vijay Sharma, T.K.Saxena, Acoustics 2013New Delhi: Technologies for a Quieter India, November 10-15, 2013, NPLI, New Delhi

2012

  • FAR and FRR Based Analysis of Iris Recognition System, Atul Bansal, Ravinder Agarwal, R.K. Sharma, IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Computing and Control (ISPCC-12), March 15-17, 2012, JUIT, Wakanghat, Shimla
  • SVM Based Gender Classification Using Iris Images, Atul Bansal, Ravinder Agarwal, R.K. Sharma,4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (CICN), IEEE Computer Society & GLA University, Mathura Mathura, Nov. 3-5, 2012 [DOI 10.1109/CICN.2012.192]

2011

  • Monitoring of trace gases and aerosols during open agricultural residue burning in Patiala (NW-India),Nirankar Singh, Amit Awasthi, Ravinder Agarwal, Susheel Mittal and Prabhat K Gupta, World Congress for Man and Nature, Nov 11 – 13, November, 2011, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar

2010

  • Study the effect of wheat-rice residue burning on the pulmonary functions of the healthy subjects in Patiala city: two year study (2007-08), Amit Awasthi, Nirankar Singh, Susheel Mittal, Prabhat K Gupta* and Ravinder Agarwal, International Conference on Environmental and Health Technology (EH&T), March 15-17, 2010, IIT, Kanpur
  • Trends in Iris Recognition Algorithms, Atul Bansal, R.K. Sharma and Ravinder Agarwal, Asia Modeling Symposium 2010, May 26-28, 2010, Malysia
  • Association between PM10 and decrements in pulmonary parameters during wheat residue burning period, Ravinder Agarwal, 3rd International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-10), September 16-18, 2010, University of Mauritius, Mauritius

Papers in National Conferences (84)

2014

  • An Iris Recognition Based Health Examination System, Atul Bansal, Ravinder Agarwal and R.K.Sharma, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • Development of A Prototype of Automatic Water Flow Measurement System, Shiv Kumar Jaiswal, I. S. Taak, Chatar Singh, Sanjay Yadav, A. K. Bandyopadhyay, Sanjay Sharma and Ravinder Agarwal, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • A Combined Statistical and Time-Frequency Approach to the Analysis of
    Electromyography Signals, Amanpreet Kaur, Ravinder Agarwal and Amod Kuma, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • Fuzzy SEMG Signal Classifier for Prosthesis Control, Yadvendra Singh, Nirbhow Jap Singh, and Ravinder Agarwal, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • Analysis of EMG Signal Using MATLAB SP Tool, Piyush Samant and Ravinder Agarwal, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • EMG Feature Evaluation of Knee Movements Along with Various Daily Life Activities, Ravinder Agarwal and Inderjeet Singh Dhindsa, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • Development of a Prototype of Automatic Water Flow Measurement System, Shiv Kumar Jaiswal, I. S. Taak, Chatar Singh, Sanjay Yadav, A. K. Bandyopadhyay, Sanjay Sharma and Ravinder Agarwal, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala
  • Grading of Made Black TeaBased on Statistical Textural Features byComputer Vision, G.S. Gill, Amod Kumar and Ravinder Agarwal, Advances in Metrology AdMet – 2014, Feb. 19-21, 2014 Thapar University, Patiala

2013

  • Muscular force based semg analysis for above elbow arm using non invasive technique, Karan veer, Sanjeev kumar, Ravinder Agarwal, Amod Kumar, Zonal Seminar on Emerging Trends in Embedded System Technologies (ETECH-2013), August 23-24, 2013
  • Validating the VR-Based Virtual Mall for Executive Function, Anurag Sohane, Ravinder Agarwal, Sushil Chandra, Zonal Seminar on Emerging Trends in Embedded System Technologies (ETECH-2013), August 23-24, 2013
  • Arousal Level determination in the game playing using galvanic skin response, Navjot Singh, Ravinder Agarwal, Zonal Seminar on Emerging Trends in Embedded System Technologies (ETECH-2013), August 23-24, 2013

2012

  • Current status and progress towards the development of flow measurement standards at NPLI, New Delhi, Shiv Kumar Jaiswal, I.S. Taak, Chatar Singh, Sanjay Yadav, A.K. Bandyopadhyay, Sanjay Sharma and Ravinder Agarwal, 2th National conference on Advances in Metrology (AdMet-2012), Feb. 5-7, 2012, Pune

2011

  • SEMG analysis for fuzzified elbow movement, Hardeep S. Ryait, A. S. Arora and Ravinder Agarwal, National Conference on Recent Advances in Computational Techniques in Electrical Engineering (RACTEE-2011), February 25-26, 2011, SLIET, Longowal

2010

  • Development of a computer controlled precession high pressure measuring system, Sunit Sadana, Sanjay Yadav, Nisha, V.K. Gupta, Ravinder Agarwal, A.K. Bandypadhyay and T.K. Saxena, 3rd Conference on Mathematical Techniques: Engineering Paradignes for Electronics and IT Industries (MATEIT’10), January 30-31, 2010, Delhi University, Delhi
  • SEMG signal analysis for forced gripping and elbow movement at acupressure points on arm,Hardeep S. Ryait, A. S. Arora and Ravinder Agarwal, National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Electronics Engineering & Computing” (E3C 2010) J D College of Engineering, Nagpur, pp1323-1328, February 9 - 10, 2010
  • An Investigation on the resistive and dielectric loses in high speed bio - medical PCBs Surender Singh, S.K. Chauhan and Ravinder Agarwal, National Conference on Latest Trends in Neural Networks and Digital Signal Processing, March 26, 2010, GCET, Noida
  • Design of wireless prosthetic hand, Amardeep Bajwa, Arindam Chaterjee, Amod Kumar, Ravinder Agarwal, National Conference on Emerging Medical Instrumentation (CEMI – 2010), May 11-12, 2010, CSIO, Chandigarh
  • Development of single channel semg elbow, Hardeep S. Ryait, A. S. Arora and Ravinder Agarwal, National Conference on Emerging Medical Instrumentation (CEMI – 2010), May 11-12, 2010, CSIO, Chandigarh
  • Wireless ECG System Using Bluetooth Technology,Ashish Kumar, Susheel Chandra* and Ravinder Agarwal, National Conference on Emerging Medical Instrumentation (CEMI – 2010), May 11-12, 2010, CSIO, Chandigarh
  • Fasloo ko jalane se uttpan hua dhuwe ka aam janta ke swashak ghatko per prabhav, Amit Awasthi, Ravinder Agarwal, Nirankar Singh, Susheel Mittal, Khem Singh and Prabhat Gupta, Proceeding in National Symposium on Metrology & its Relavence to Society, May 20-21, 2010, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
  • An electrostatic sprayer for preservation of fruits and vegetables, C. Ghanshyam, Ravinder Agarwal and Amandeep Sharma, National Bilingual Conference on Agrionics and Food Processing Instrumentation (NCAFPI-2010), September 26-28, 2010, CSIO, Chandigarh
  • Residual effects of crop residue burning practices on the respiratory parameters of human subjects, Amit Awasthi, Nirankar Singh, Susheel Mittal, Prabhat K Gupta and Ravinder Agarwal, National Seminar on Impact of Uranium and Other Heavy Metal on Human Health, October 15, 2010, Faridkot
  1. Major Administrative Responsibilities
  • Head, EIED [since May 2014]
  • General Secretary[since Nov 2012]
  • National Service Scheme Coordinator [July 2005 – April 2013]]
  • Head, University Science Instrumentation Centre [April 2002-Augest 2011]
  • Quality Manager - Pressure Calibration Laboratory [2000 – 2005]
  • Warden, Hostel – C [April 1999 – July 2006]

(Ravinder Agarwal)