Ms. Sandhya C.G

Academic Qualifications

• B.Tech ,Industrial Engineering,College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala University
• MBA , Institute of Management in Kerala, Kerala University

Professional Record

• Engineer F, Technology Business Division
• Engineer C/D/E (2009-2019)
• Lecturer, University Institute of Technology
• Field Officer, Centre for Management Development

Area of Interest

• Technology Transfer, Medical devices testing & evaluation, Training and skill development, Health sciences, Medical device failures, Project management

Current Activities

• Technology Transfer& Collaborations with medical device industry
• Co-ordination of testing & evaluation of medical devices & biomaterials under the Quality system platform
• Devising training programs for the medical device industry and academia
• Performance reports to Department of Science & Technology, Niti Ayog, DSIR registration etc

On-going Projects

• Usability engineering facility to meet medical device regulatory requirements
• Setting up of Technology Transfer Office at SCTIMST-TIMed funded by National Biopharma Mission, BIRAC
• Patent Landscape Reports (PLRs)???& Patent search reports, to Aid in high stake decision making of Product development from concept to product

Projects Completed

• A primer for technology transfer with technical , market, financial, clinical and regulatory inputs
• Web based registry for epilepsy patients
• Establishing TBI for Medical Devices and Biomaterials funded by Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India at SCTIMST

Training

• Trained on " Technology Transfer Practitioner Essentials Course" from STEM under the National Biopharma Mission
• Trained on International Fellowship on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) conducted by WHO Country Office for India in collaboration with National Health Systems Resource Center (NHSRC) and SAMEER
• Trainer for Evaluation and testing within a risk management process - ISO 10993 part 1
• Trainer at the Workshop on Project Management for practicing Physiatrists organized by Kerala chapter of Indian association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in association with Dept. of PMR, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
• Speaker at Opportunities at SCTIMST - Technology sourcing fest - MSME

अनुसंधान

• Recall of medical devices on select specialty and it's impact on health

Organisational Activities

• As the Co-ordinator of Industry Institute Partnership Cell of the Institute devised and co-ordinated around 35 workshops in various subject areas in the Biomedical Technology
• Conducting clinical focus group discussions aiding medical device development

Presentations

• C.G. Sandhya, Srinivasan, K. and Balram, S. (2022). ???Recall of Medical Devices???The Determinants???, in K., Jnaneswar, Manmadhan, Mithra, Subramoniam, Suresh and V.S., Unnikrishnan (eds.) Book of Abstracts on International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering and Management (ICAIEM 2022), ISBN: 978-93-91355-49-4, Excel India Publishers, New Delhi pp. 28.
• Ergonomic decisions for designing assistive devices - Case of interventions to relieve pressure ulcers- Presented in a conference HWWE - 16th International Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment

प्रकाशन

Article

1. Sandhya CG and S Balram, Delivering service on a quality platform:Case of medical device testing services froma research institution of national importance, Opinions in medical sciences, technology and health, 2023, , https://omsth.sctimst.ac.in/omsth/article/view/11/2