Dr. Abhishek M Appaji
Treasurer
Assistant Professor, Dept of Medical Electronics,B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore Abhishek Appaji is a graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp specialized in New Ventures Leadership and was invited to talk at MIT Beyond Food Bootcamp. He is currently working as Assistant Professor, Dept of Medical Electronics, B.M.S College of Engineering (BMSCE), Bangalore, India. He obtained his Bachelors of Engineering in Medical Electronics with University Rank from BMSCE and Masters of Engineering (M.E) in Bioinformatics from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore and Masters of Technology in Information Technology from KSOU, Mysore. He is pursuing his research in Medical Image Processing from Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He is the Senior member of IEEE. He was the Chair of IEEE Young Professionals Bangalore Section during 2017 and 2018. Currently, he is the SIGHT Chair of IEEE Bangalore Section, Treasurer of IEEE TEMS Bangalore Chapter, Execom Member of IEEE PES Bangalore Chapter and advisor for IEEE EMB BMSCE Chapter. He is co-founder of Glucotek Inc, Australia, a startup in Medtech space and Director – Projects & Trainings at MecLink, Bangalore. He has collaborations with Academic Institutes, Hospitals and Industries in India and abroad for various funded and research projects. Abhishek has also worked as research associate in Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He has two patents filed in Medtech Space.
He has more than 40 International/National journal publications and conferences to his credit. He has been a part of more than 60+ Invited expert talks in various conferences, Forums, and events. He has renowned laurels including IEEE International Best paper Award in Malaysia, MGH CamTech Jugadathon Awards, Best Nodal Coordinator award, Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2016 at Rastrapathy Bhavan (President of India House) New Delhi, Elderly care Hackathon (the Netherlands), Winner of Class 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, IEEE MGA Young Professional Achievement Award, etc. He has conducted/organised more than 100 events as an IEEE and IEEE EMBS/ IEEE Young Professional initiative.