Nikunj Arunkumar Bhagat

Nikunj Arunkumar Bhagat serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, with a joint appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences and Biosciences. His research focuses on neural engineering, rehabilitation technologies, and biomedical instrumentation.

Dr. Bhagat's research interests include Neural & Bio-signal processing, Medical Instrumentation, Brain-machine interfaces, Functional Electrical Stimulation, and Rehabilitation Engineering. His work bridges electrical engineering with neuroscience and rehabilitation medicine, developing technologies to assist individuals with neurological impairments.

His publication portfolio shows a strong focus on brain-machine interfaces, rehabilitation robotics, and neural decoding techniques. The research spans from fundamental neural signal processing to practical applications in stroke rehabilitation, tetraplegia assistance, and hand movement restoration. His most recent work (2023) continues to advance state-space control approaches for neuromuscular stimulation and object detection applications for hand rehabilitation.

Dr. Bhagat has established collaborative research with prominent institutions and researchers in the field of neurorehabilitation and brain-computer interfaces, as evidenced by his publications in high-impact journals such as IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, NeuroImage: Clinical, and Frontiers in Neuroscience.

His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston (2017), an M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay (2011), and a B.E. in Electronics Engineering from Sardar Patel College of Engineering, University of Mumbai (2007).