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Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Bioengineering, Biomechanics, Finite Element Modeling, Lab-on-chip, Mechanobiology, Micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS), Microfluidics, Multi-physics coupled filed problems, Nanobiotechnology, Sensors, Structural vibrations
Room No.-6020-H,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Journals

S. No. Authors name Title Journal Name Vol. Issue Year Page No. DOI
1 Yashika Tomar, Srinath Innani, Ankit Jain, Venkatesh KP Rao , Gautam Singhvi Unlocking the Potential of Photodynamic Therapy in Psoriasis: Mechanistic Insights, Wide-ranging Applications, Challenges and Future Directions Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 122   2025 107260 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2025.107260
2 Vimal Chauchan, Shayam Sunder Yadav & Venkatesh KP Rao Influence of electric potential boundary condition on the electrospraying process Journal of Electrostatics 136   2025 104-119 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2025.104119
3 Vimal Chauchan, Shayam Sunder Yadav & Venkatesh KP Rao A Three Dimensional Open Source Solver for Incompressible Viscoelastic Two-Phase Flows Journal of Fluids Engineering 147 10 2025 101001 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4068358
4 Diplesh Gautam, Yashika Tomar, Pradeep Shukla, Vamshi Krishna Rapalli, Venkatesh KP Rao & Gautam Singhvi Influence of nanocarrier additives on biomechanical response of a rat skin IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience 24 2 2025 191-199 10.1109/TNB.2024.3471588
5 Pradnya Chabbi, Diplesh Gautam, Venkatesh KP Rao & Sujan Yenugantti Experimental Studies on Dynamic Response of Piezoelectric Based Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope Sensors Review 44 6 2024 638-645 https://doi.org/10.1108/SR-08-2023-0343
6 Pradnya Chabbi & Venkatesh KP Rao Design and Fabrication of Single drive tri-axis MEMS Gyroscope Measurement 227   2024 114307 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2024.114307
7 Diplesh Gautam, Abhilasha Srivastava, Rajdeep Chowdhury, Inamur R Laskar, Venkatesh KP Rao, and Sudeshna Mukherjee Mechanical microscopy of cancer cells: TGF-β induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition corresponds to low intracellular viscosity in cancer cells The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154 3 2023 1787–1799 https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020848
8 Pingale A, Gautam, D, Owhal A, Deshwal D, Belgamwar S U, Venkatesh KP Rao Development of Non-Destructive Dynamic Characterization Technique for MMCs: Predictions of Mechanical Properties for Al@Al2O3 Composites NDT 1 1 2023 22-34 https://doi.org/10.3390/ndt1010003
10 Diplesh Gautam, Ayush Owhal, Venkatesh KP Rao &. Sachin U. Belgamwar Atomistic analysis of effect of cholesterol on cancerous membrane protein system: Unfolding and associated resistance stresses under strain Molecular Simulation 49 10 2023 1019-1030 https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2023.2208241
11 Diplesh Gautam and Venkatesh K P Rao Modulating the Mechanical Resonance of Huh-7 Cells Based on Elasticity of Adhesion Proteins IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience 22 3 2023 664-672 10.1109/TNB.2023.3235645
12 Harsh Sharma, Ayush Owhal, Diplesh Gautam, Sharad Shrivastava, Jitendra Singh Rathore, Sachin U. Belgamwar, Venkatesh K.P. Rao Thermoatomic analysis of monovacancy defected single-walled boron nitride nanotube under quasi-static strain: Insights from molecular dynamics, Materials Chemistry and Physics 294   2023 127020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.127020
13 Ayush N Deshmukh, Venkatesh KP Rao Effect of external electric potential on the mechanical resonance of MEMS cantilever resonator Engineering Research Express 4 3 2022   https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ac84c5
14 Diplesh Gautam, Nizam Ahmed and Venkatesh KP Rao Modelling the Effect of Geometry and Loading on Mechanical Response of SARS-CoV-2 Bionanoscience 12   2022 867-876 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-022-00993-z
15 Ayush Owhal, Diplesh Gautam, Sachin U. Belgamwar & Venkatesh KP Rao Atomistic approach to analyse transportation of water nanodroplet through a vibrating nanochannel: scope in bio-NEMS applications Molecular Simulation 48 9 2022 737-744 10.1080/08927022.2022.2052065
16 Venkatesh KP Rao, Shweta Rai, Tribhuvan Batish, & Anmol Gulati Coupled Field Analysis of Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope International Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems 14 2 2022   10.4273/ijvss.14.2.06
17 V. Kachawal, A. Srivastava, S. Thakar, M. Zubiria-Ulacia, D. Gautam, S. Majumder, Venkatesh K P Rao, D. Casanova, R. Chowdhury, N. P. Rath, S. Mukherjee, P. Alemany and I. R. Laskar Engineering a light-driven cyanine based molecular rotor to enhance the sensitivity towards a viscous medium Material Advances 2 14 2021 4804-4813 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00277E
18 Diplesh Gautam and Venkatesh KP Rao Nondestructive Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Femur Bone Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation 40 22 2021 44572 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-021-00754-0
19 Diplesh Gautam and Venkatesh KP Rao Modelling the Influence of Protein expression Levels on the Mechanical properties of Femur Bone Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs 33 4 2019 98-105  
20 Venkatesh KP Rao Fertilizer monitoring using micromachined cantilever Journal of agricultural science and technology 11 3 2019 217-220 10.15547/ast.2019.03.037

Conference Proceedings

S. No. Authors name Title Conference Dates Month Year Place
1 Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao Design of Single drive tri-axis MEMS Gyroscope IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (IEEE – iSES) 2025 15-17 December 2025 MNIT Jaipur
2 Venkatesh KP Rao Mechanical Diagnosis of Cancer International Conference on Biomaterials and Healthcare 2025 27-30 October 2025 IIT Roorkee
3 Saswata Rath, Rajdeep Chowdhury Suvanjan Bhattacharyya, Venkatesh KP Rao Sudeshna Mukherjee Understanding The Role Of Nuclear Membrane-associated Proteins Under Flow Dynamics Driving EMT And Survival Of Tumor Cells Mechbio: Indian mechanobiology Meeting 15-16 October 2025 NCBS, Bangalore
4 Anasuya Banerjee, Diplesh Guatam, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Venkatesh KP Rao, Rajdeep Chowdhury Unravelling the Role of Semaphorins in Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Mechbio: Indian mechanobiology Meeting 15-16 October 2025 NCBS, Bangalore
5 Venkatesh KP Rao Biomechanics of Haltere and Biomimetics Mechbio: Indian mechanobiology Meeting 15-16 October 2025 NCBS, Bangalore
6 Venkatesh KP Rao MEMS Gyroscope Tri servises Academia Symposium (TSATS) 2025 22-23 September 2025 Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi
7 Venkatesh KP Rao Multiphysics Modelling of Interfacial Failure Between Metal and Polymer Redistribution Layers of High-density Substrates 1st National Industry Consortium Conference 30-31 August 2025 ITC, Dwaraka, Delhi
8 Pradeep Shukla & Venkatesh KP Rao Mechanical Diagnosis of Psoriosis Indian Semiconductors and Packaging Ecosystem Conference (ISPEC) 2025 5-7 March 2025 Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar
9 Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao Development of Single drive tri-axis MEMS Gyroscope Indian Semiconductors and Packaging Ecosystem Conference (ISPEC) 2025 5-7 March 2025 Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar
10 Venkatesh KP Rao Lab-on-chip Diagnosis of Cancer Indian Semiconductors and Packaging Ecosystem Conference (ISPEC) 2025 5-7 March 2025 Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar
11 Pradeep Shukla, Diplesh Gautam & Venkatesh KP Rao Investigating Skin Deformation: The Impact of Indenter Diameter and Thickness on Mechanical Properties IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON) 20-22 January 2025 IITH, Hyderabad
12 Kusuma N, Harsha S, Hemant Kumar Singh, Venkatesh KP Rao Modelling the influence of corrugations on the performance of MEMS pressure sensor 6th International Conference on Emerging Technologies: Micro to Nano (ETMN 2024) 22-23 November 2024 Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
13 Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao Coupled field Analysis of MEMS Tuning Fork Gyroscope International Conference on Micro Nano and Smart Systems (IC-MNSS 2024) 9-12 July 2024 IISc., Bangalore
14 Vinay V Ram, Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao Modeling and Simulation of a High Sensitivity MEMS Tuning Fork Gyroscope International Conference on Semiconductor Technology 17-20 December 2023 BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
15 Anasuya Banerjee, Simran Khanna, Diplesh Gautam, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Venkatesh KP Rao, Rajdeep Chowdhury Alteration in cellular mechano-transducers upon exposure of tumor cells to shear stress- the role of Axon Guidance molecules Frontiers in Genome ​Engineering 2023 14-16 November 2023 BITS Pilani, Goa
16 Venkatesh KP Rao and Pradnya Chabbi Indigenization of a milli- Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope INDSEM 2023: Indian Navy 27 September 2023 Naval Dockyard, Mumbai
17 Vinay V Ram, Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao Design and Simulation of Tactical Grade Capacitive Based MEMS Vibratory Ring Gyroscope IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON) 23-25 January 2023 Bengaluru, India
18 Vimal Chauhan, Shyam Sunder Yadav & Venkatesh KP Rao 2D Numerical Simulation of the Electrospraying Process of a Viscoelastic Liquid in an Ambient, Highly Viscous Liquid Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power 14-16 December 2022 IIT Roorkee
19 Pradyna Chabbi, Anant Khedkar, Venkatesh KP Rao Design and analysis of single drive tri-axis MEMS gyroscope Microactuators, Microsensors and Micromechanisms. MAMM 2022. 3-5 December 2022 IITH, Hyderabad
20 Amit Kumar, Venkatesh KP Rao An investigation of Vehicle Stopping Distance under different conditions through virtual Simulation Techniques SAEINDIA International Mobility Conference 1 October 2022 Bengaluru, INDIA
21 Amit Kumar, Venkatesh KP Rao, Akshat Gupta, Sitikantha Padhy Measurement of Neck Injuries during Frontal Offset Crash of Passenger Car- An application of Sensors in Automotive Domain Measurement, Sensor Systems & Applications Conference (MeSSAC 20200) 1 August 2022 China
22 Kusuma N, Abey Shawn D, Harsha S, Venkatesh KP Rao ಅಂತರಿಕ್ಷಯಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಳಸಲು ಪೈಜೊ-ರೆಸಿಸ್ಟಿವ್ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಸೂ.ವಿ.ಯಾಂ.ವ್ಯ ವೇಗವರ್ಧಕದ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸದ ಉನ್ನತೀಕರಣ (ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮವಾಗಿಸುವಿಕೆ) National Conference in Science and technology in Aerospace and Defence Sector at 15 July 2022 NAL, Bangaluru
23 Diplesh. Gautam, Ayush Owhal , Venkatesh KP Rao, Sachin U. Belgamwar Conformational temporal changes in transmembrane protein using molecular dynamics ME@75 Research Frontiers Conference, IISC, Bengaluru, INDIA 28 June 2022 Bengaluru, INDIA
24 Pradyna Chabbi, Anant Khedkar, Venkatesh KP Rao Analytical stiffness model of novel Single Drive, Three-axis MEMS Gyroscope ME@75 Research Frontiers Conference, IISC, Bengaluru, INDIA 28 June 2022 Bengaluru, INDIA
25 Vimal Chauhan, Shyam Sunder Yadav & Venkatesh K. P. Rao Numerical Simulation of Rod Climbing Effect of Newtonian Fluids Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 3) 1 December 2021 Pilani, INDIA
26 Pradyna Chabbi, Diplesh. Gautam, Venkatesh KP Rao Experimental And Numerical Studies on Mechanical Resonance of Piezoelectric Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT) 1 December 2021 Bengaluru, INDIA
27 Diplesh. Gautam, Venkatesh K P Rao Classification of diaphysis based on the mechanical response of femur bone Vibroengineering PROCEDIA 1 November 2019 Noida,India
28 Pavan R , Shyamsundar P I , Venkatesh K P Rao Analysis of vibration based windmill coupled micromachined energy harvester Vibroengineering PROCEDIA 1 November 2019 Noida,India

 


Book Chapters

 

S. No. Authors name Title Book Series Vol. Year Page No. Editors DOI
1 Vimal Chauchan, Shayam Sundar Yadav, Venkatesh KP Rao 2D Numerical Simulation of the Electrospraying Process of a Viscoelastic Liquid in an Ambient, Highly Viscous Liquid Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 5 2024 667–679 Krishna Mohan, Dutta Sushanta, Subudhi Sudhakar and Nikhil Kumar https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6074-3_61
2 Pradnya Chabbi, Anant Khedkar, Venkatesh KP Rao Design and Analysis of Single Drive Tri-Axis MEMS Gyroscope Mechanisms and Machine Science 126 2022 172-182 Pandey, A.K., Pal, P., Nagahanumaiah, Zentner, L https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20353-4_13