'Basics of Biosignal Aquisition - ECG, EEG and EMG' at the workshop - Electrical Measurements and Signal Conditioning, Dept. of Electrical Engg, NIT Calicut, 14-18 December 2020 (Talk on 16-12-2020).

'Neuromuscular Control Systems' - talk organized by IEEE Control Systems Society Student Branch on 08th November 2018 at the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut

 'Multichannel EMG aquisition to study writers' cramp' - talk in connection with Engineers Day on 15th September 2017 at the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut.

Resource Person for Faculty Development Programme – "Research Areas in Biomedical Engineering", conducted by Institute of Human Resources Development, Kerala at Model Engineering College Ernakulam from 26th to 30th September 2016. Delivered talk on 28th September 2016 on the topic 'Neuronal Modeling'.

Ph. D - Completed

1) Muhamed Jishad T K (July 2019 - June 2025)

Title of Thesis: Design and Implementation of Motor Imagery EEG Classification Techniques for Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Degree Awarded August 2025

Ph. D - Ongoing

1) Ansil Nazar (August 2021 Admission)

Area of Research: Biomedical Signal Processing for Epileptic Source Localization.

2) Bibina V C (December 2020 Admission) - Co-guiding with Dr. V Sakthivel, ECED.

Area of Research: Biomedical Signal processing for early detection of Epileptic Activity.

3) Sujith S (July 2025 Admission) - Co-guided by Dr. S N Deepa, EED.

Area of Research: Brain - Spinal Cord functional connectivity analysis.

4) Lekshmipriya J - QIP Scholar, NSS College of Engg, Palakkad Kerala (July 2026 Admission)

(Contact programme completed 2025-26) - Co-guided by Dr. Mithun M S, EED.

Area of Research: Biomedical Electronics & Instrumentation.

Guidance as part of Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence, NIT Calicut

Ph. D - Ongoing

1) Anusree C (December 2025 Admission) - Co-guided by Dr. B Umamaheswara Sharma, CSED.

Area of Research: Biomedical Image Processing.

2) Yazeed P (December 2025 Admission) - Co-guiding with Dr. Lijiya A, CSED.

Area of Research: Biomedical Image Processing.

M.Tech

Completed

17) Gladwin Yohan Mathew (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2024-26)

Thesis Title: Design and Implementation of an Instrumentation System for the analysis of Respiratory Function Parameters.

16) Krishna B Raj (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2024-26)

Thesis Title: Development of Finite Time Backstepping Control for Adaptive Upper Limb Robotic Rehabilitation with EMG Based Stroke Assessment

15) Aadil Muhammed H J (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2024-26)

Thesis Title: Design and Implementation of a Real Time EMG Acquisition and Telemetry System for Prosthetic Applications.

14) R Aravind (M.Tech Industial Power and Automation 2024-26)

Thesis Title: EEG Controlled Prosthetic Hand Using Brain-Computer Interface.

13) Sruthi B S (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2023-25)

Thesis Title: Long Term Monitoring and Analysis of ECG Signals.

12) Mridul K (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2022-24)

Thesis Title: Control Strategy Analysis and Develoment of Automation Test Bench System for USB PD Type-C Adapter.

11) Devdutt Bajirao Kadale (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2022-24)

Thesis Title: Optimal Fractional PID-type COntrol for Buck-Boost Converter using PSO Algorithm.

10) Amar Tolani (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2022-24)

Thesis Title: Model Predictive Controller for Bidirectional Buck-Boost Converter.

9) Shambu Amith (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2021-23)

Thesis Title: Automating Finite State Machine Verification Using Formal Tools and SystemVerilog Assertions for Control System Applications

8) Pawan (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2020-22)

Thesis Title: Identification of Grape Leaf Diseases using Image Processing.

7) Kumar Sourabh (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2020-22)

Thesis Title: A Closed Loop Contro System for Stable Electrosurgical Unit Performance

6) V Baby Pravallika (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2017 Admissions) (Thesis defended 2022)

Thesis Title: Design of Controllers for Antenna Servo System on Pointing Error Estimation Under Wind load

5) Aravind S (M.Tech Industrial Power and Automation 2019-21)

Thesis Title: ECG Classification and Arrhythmia Detection Using Wavelet Transform and Convolutional Neural Network.

4) Anjali Singh (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2019-21)

Thesis Title: Sickle Cell detection from microscopic blood images of sickle cell anaemia patients.

3) D. Hemanth Kumar (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2018-20)

Thesis Title: Design of EMG Control Interface and Position Control of Rotary Flexible Joint Using Biceps EMG.

2) Arpita Das (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2018-20)

Thesis Title: Design of Robust Controller for Single-link Flexible Joint Manipulator System

1) Ashik M S (M.Tech Instrumentation and Control Systems 2017-19)

Thesis Title: Flexible Control Strategy for DC-DC Converters in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

On-going

1) John Benoni Joe Dondapati (M.Tech Industrial Power and Automation 2025-27)

B.Tech

Completed - 12 (10 projects by Electrical Engg students, 1 by Engg Physics students and 1 in School of Biotechnology, NITC)

On-going - 2

External Project Student

1) Sreelakshmi P (M.Sc AI & ML, Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam) - Completed in July 2025.

Project Title: Predictive EEG Analysis for Brain-Computer Interface Applications for Colour Perfection in Subjects with Colour Vision Deficiency.

Assistant Professor Gr. II, Dept of Electrical Engg, National Institute of Technology Calicut since 26th April 2018.

Ad-hoc Faculty, Dept of Electrical Engg at National Institute of Technology Calicut from 12th July 2017 to 07th December 2017 and 11th December 2017 to 25th April 2018.

Assistant Professor (Contract), Dept of Biomedical Engg, Model Engg College, Ernakulam, Kerala from July 2016 – April 2017 (1 academic year).

Lecturer, Dept of Electronics and Communication Engg, Nehru College of Engg & Research Centre, Thiruvilwamala, Thrissur District, Kerala from July 2005 to July 2007 (2 years)

Teaching and Research Assistant for different courses and projects in the Department of Bioengineering, associating with other clinical departments at Christian Medical College Vellore during M.S Bioengg and Ph.D Bioengg.

MEMBER, TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, NEUROSCIENCE LAB AT INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES (IMHANS), KOZHIKODE SINCE MAY 2023.

MEMBER, BOARD OF STUDIES, ELECTRONICS AND BIOMEDICAL STREAM, APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - JANUARY 2021 TO JULY 2023.

MEMBER OF TECHNICAL COMMITTE IN CONNECTION WITH PURCHASE OF PET SCANNER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AT GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE KOZHIKODE (2021)

IEEE MALABAR SUB-SECTION - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER 2019 (DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE - KOZHIKODE)

QUESTION PAPER SETTER FOR KERALA UNIVERSITY AND APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, TRIVANDRUM

UG COURSES

EE3012E Instrumentation Systems

EE3004E Analog Integrated Circuits

EE2014E Control Systems - I

EE4033D Biosignal Processing

EE3030D Biomedical Engineering

EE2002D Signals and Systems

EE2003D Logic Design 

EE2001D Circuits & Networks 

ZZ1004D Computer Programming

EE3035 Biomedical Instrumentation

EE2008 Analog Electronic Circuits & Systems

EE2093E / EE3093D Electronics Lab - II

EE2091E / EE2094D Electronics Lab - I

EE2091D Basic Electrical Engineering Lab 

EE2093 Electronics Lab - II

EE2091 Electronics Lab - I

PG COURSES

EE6103E Principles of Measurement Systems

EE6142E Biomedical Instrumentation

EE6137E Biomedical Signal Processing and Applications

ZZ6001E Research Methodology

EE6104D Advanced Instrumentation 

EE6103D Measurements and Instrumentation

EE6325D Linear and Digital Electronics 

EE6121D Data Acquisition and Signal Conditioning 

EEG Signal Classification for Brain Computer Interfaces using Motor Imagery Tasks.

Epileptic EEG Signal Processing for Precise Localization of Seizure Onset Zones.

EEG Signal Analysis for Early Detection of Epileptic Activity using AI / ML Methods.

Computational Network Modelling of Neuronal Networks in Temporal Lobe of Brain in Health and Disease

Instrumentation Development for Respiratory Function Analysis

Control Systems for Medical Instrumentation

Link to Previous Research Work: https://nitc.ac.in/imgserver/uploads/attachments/research-details_402b5770-0372-4ea0-8071-eddc678491cb_0.pdf

Prospective Ph.D applicants / Internal and External Project students interested to work in the areas mentioned above or related areas may contact me via e-mail or may approach for a personal discussion with prior appointment.

Other areas in which I would be interested to take students are: ECG & EMG Signal Processing, Modelling of Physiological Systems and Biomedical Electronics and Instrumentation Systems

I. In Journals

6) Bibina V C, Sakthivel V & Sanjay M. Temporal Resolution and Overlapping Window Effects: Sensitivity of Seizure Forecasting to EEG Segmentation Parameters in Residual Network Architecture. International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering Systems (Accepted for publication, June 2026).

5) Nazar, Ansil & Sanjay, M. (2026) Integration of iEEG local microstate dynamics and neuro rank graph score for accurate SOZ localization. J. Neural Eng. 23(3). DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ae62a8.

4) Muhamed Jishad, T.K., Sudeep, P.V. & Sanjay, M. Motor imagery task classification using spatial–time–frequency features of EEG signals: a deep learning approach for improved performance. Evolving Systems 16, 67 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12530-025-09696-8

3) Thrikkannoor Kolathod MJ, Sanjay M. Use of covariance matrix images for electroencephalography signal classification for multiclass motor imagery-based brain computer interface. Int J Imaging Syst Technol. 2024; 34(1):e22935. doi:10.1002/ima.22935 (First published online July 2023)

2) Sanjay, M., Neymotin, S. A., and Krothapalli, S. B (2015). Impaired dendritic inhibition leads to epileptic activity in a computer model of CA3. Hippocampus; 25: 1336-1350 (doi: 10.1002/hipo.22440)

1) Sivadasan, A., Sanjay, M., Alexander, M., Devasahayam, S. R. and Srinivasa B. K, (2013) Utility of multi-channel surface electromyography in assessment of focal hand dystonia, Muscle and Nerve, 48: 415- 422. (doi: 10.1002/mus.23762) 

II. Invited Book Chapters

3) Muhamed Jishad T K and M Sanjay (2021) Brain Machine Interfaces: The Basics, State of the Art and Future. In: GR Sinha and Varun Bajaj (Eds) Analysis of Medical Modalities for Improved Diagnosis in Modern Healthcare, CRC Press

2) Sanjay M and Krothapalli SB (2018). Modelling Epileptic Activity In Hippocampal CA3. In: Cutsuridis V., Braham B., Cobb S., Vida I (eds) Hippocampal Microcircuits. Springer Series in Computational Neuroscience. Springer, Cham.

1) M Sanjay, Samuel A Neymotin, K Srinivasa Babu, William W Lytton (2017). Multiscale Computer Modeling Of Epilepsy. In: A. Moustafa (Ed.) Computational Models of Brain and Behavior, Wiley-Blackwell.

III. Conference Proceedings

10) Krishna B Raj, Mohamed Shahid. P.A, Hemachandran V., Dr. Sanjay M and Dr. A. P. Sudheer. "Robust Prescribed-Time Trajectory Tracking Control for Serial Robotic Manipulators: Application to a Kinova Gen3 6-DoF Robot" 2026 IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Electronics, Communication, Computing, Automation and Power (RECCAP), IIT Palakkad India (Presented and accepted for publication).

9) K. B. Raj, M. S. P.A., S. M, A. P. Sudheer, S. Kammili and S. Kalathummarath, "Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Stroke Classification Using Multi-Muscle Upper Limb EMG Features Across Functional Reaching Tasks," 2025 IEEE 22nd India Council International Conference (INDICON), Bengaluru, India, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/INDICON68490.2025.11392872.

8) R Aravind and Sanjay M. "Enhanced Motor Imagery Classification for EEG-Based Prosthetic Control Using Common Spatial Patterns and Support Vector Machine". 2025 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare (AIHC), NIT Calicut India (Presented and accepted for publication).

7) V Abhijith Narayan Rao and Sanjay M. 2025. Augmenting Predictive Accuracy in Pharmacological Mechanism of Action Models. In Proceedings of the 2024 8th International Conference on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (ICCBB '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 25–34. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715020.3715042

6) A. Shambu, V. Dalal, B. Naik and S. M, "Automation of FSM Verification Using Formal Tools," 2023 International Conference on Communication, Circuits, and Systems (IC3S), BHUBANESWAR, India, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/IC3S57698.2023.10169571.

5) K. R. Reddy, P. Nirupam Harsha Vardhan, S. Pary, S. Sharma and M. Sanjay, "A CNN-LSTM Model for Sleep Stage Scoring Using EEG Signals," 2023 International Conference on Communication, Circuits, and Systems (IC3S), BHUBANESWAR, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IC3S57698.2023.10169177.

4) A. Nazar and M. Sanjay, "Automatic Localization of Epileptogenic Zone Using Nonlinear Envelope Differential Instantaneous Energy Detector and High-Frequency Oscillation Analysis," 2023 International Conference on Communication, Circuits, and Systems (IC3S), BHUBANESWAR, India, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/IC3S57698.2023.10169783.

3) M. J. T K and M. Sanjay, "Topography Based Classification for Motor Imagery BCI Using Transfer Learning," 2021 International Conference on Communication, Control and Information Sciences (ICCISc), 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICCISc52257.2021.9484938.

2) A. S and M. Sanjay, "ECG Classification and Arrhythmia Detection Using Wavelet Transform and Convolutional Neural Network," 2021 International Conference on Communication, Control and Information Sciences (ICCISc), 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICCISc52257.2021.9485012.

1) M Alexander, A Sivadasan, M Sanjay, S Devasahayam, S Babu. Utility of multichannel surface EMG in understanding altered sensorimotor organization in writer’s cramp. Clin. Neurophysiol. 125(125):S20 June 2014 DOI: 10.1016/S13882457(14)50086-7.

IV. Patents

Indian Patent Application Submitted (June 2026)

Portable Spirometry System Utilizing Venturi-based Flow Tube and Differential Pressure Sensor for Remote Monitoring and Related Methods.

(Product development as part of M.Tech Thesis project by Mr. Gladwin Yohan Mathew (M.Tech Instrumentation & Control Systems, 2024-26))

Bioengineering, Computational Neuroscience, Medical Electronics, Neurophysiology, Biomedical Signal Processing (ECG, EEG & EMG), Modelling of Physiological Systems.

Prospective Ph.D applicants / Internal and External Project students interested to work in the areas mentioned above or related areas may contact me via e-mail or may approach for a personal discussion with prior appointment.

1) Faculty Advisor - B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering 2022-26 Batch & 2018-22 Batch.

2) Member, Institute Committee for IMS implementation (Training and Placement related )(effective December 2021)

3) Faculty-in-charge - Electronics Lab & Biosignal processing Lab, Dept of Electrical Engg.

4) Faculty-in-charge - Electrical Engineering Dept website.

5) Programme Co-coordinator - M.Tech Industrial Power & Automation (2025 -2027 Batch)

6) Programme Co-ordinator - M.Tech Instrumentation & Control Systems (2019 - 2021 Batch).

7) Department Faculty Co-ordinator (EED), Training and Placement Cell, NITC - July 2018 to July 2023.

8) Ph.D Co-coordinator, Centre of Excellence in AI, NIT Calicut, November 2025 - Till date

9) Class Committee Chairman - III Semester B.Tech EEE, Monsoon Semester 2021-22.

10) Class Committee Chairman - II Semester B.Tech EEE, Monsoon Semester 2023-24.

11) Class Committee Co-Chairman (2016 -20 Batch, Dept. of Electrical Engg during Monsoon & Winter semesters 2018-19).

Co-ordinator of High End National Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, IoT & Sensors for Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Conservation (AIIS 2023) organized by the Department of Electrical Engg, NIT Calicut, uner the KARYASHALA Scheme, SERB India, 24-30 July 2023.

Participated in the Faculty Development Programme - Advances in Mechanical Engineering Engineering for Biomedical Applications (AMEBA) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, 11-15 July 2022. 

Participated in the Faculty Development Programme - Biomedical Signal Analysis and Machine Learning (BSAML), conducted by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIT Calicut, 11-15 January 2021.

Co-ordinator of workshop on Electrical Measurements and Signal Conditioning, Dept. of Electrical Engg, NIT Calicut, 14-18 December 2020.

Co-ordinator of One Day National Workshop 'Advancements in Biomedical Engineering and Research' conducted by IEEE Power Engineering Society at National Institute of Technology Calicut on 21st December 2018.

Participated in the IAN Clinical Neurophysiology subsection workshop on Electro-neuro-myography and Autonomic Disorders conducted at Christian Medical College Vellore from 28 th to30 th August 2014 and demonstrated the PG Thesis Research work on Focal Hand Dystonia.

Course Participant of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology – Computational Neuroscience Course (OCNC) 2013 at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan from 17th June to 4th July 2013 and presented a poster related to Ph.D research work.

Participated in the National Workshop conducted by the Indian National Node for Neuro Informatics jointly at IIT Madras and Institute of Mathematical Sciences Chennai in the area of Computational Neuroscience from 5th to 7th November 2012.

Organizing Committee Member of the National Workshop in Experimental Physiology conducted jointly by the Departments of Physiology and Bioengineering, Christian Medical College Vellore from 3rd to 5th September 2008.