Prof Sunita Chauhan is a Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Equitable and Personalized Health at Plaksha University and serves as Dean of Research. Her work has been featured in leading newspapers and scientific magazines. She has delivered more than 70 invited talks and participated in short courses and workshops in India and internationally.
Prof Chauhan’s current research develops safe, intelligent robotic systems for healthcare and other infrastructure. Her work combines robotics, mechatronics, and AI for medical assistance, diagnostics, surgical training, and inspection.
Areas of work:
- Medical and surgical robotics, including safety-driven design and control
- Robotic exoskeletons and minimally invasive surgery
- AI-based surgical training and automated assessment
- Intelligent diagnostics and infrastructure inspection
- Sports engineering
- Robotics for agriculture, buildings, and other systems
Prof Chauhan has been conferred various international awards and accolades, notably: IEEE Asia Pacific Most Inspiring Engineer of the Year Award by IEEE R10 (Asia and Pacific Region) for contribution towards advancing technology for humanity through her work on surgical robotic systems for management of breast cancers; ROAR & OASIS Fellowship with professional attachments in Europe; the Public Sector Innovation Award (TEC – The Entrepreneur Challenge), Prime Minister Office, SG, along with her enterprising students, 2006; Hind Rattan Award (Jewel of India) by NRI Soc., c/o Govt. of India; nominated for Sword of Honor (Pravasi Bhartiya Divas) and Mahatma Gandhi Samman (organized at the House of Commons, London); Commonwealth Scholarship/Fellowship Award to pursue PhD in Robotics & AI by British Council.
Prof Chauhan has supervised nationally and internationally funded research projects. The source profile does not identify individual project titles.
Prof Chauhan is the sole or principal inventor on several granted and pending patents related to her research.