Bhallamudi Ravi

B. Ravi is Institute Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay. He is the founder and PI of Biomedical Engineering & Technology Innovation Centre (BETIC). Earlier, he headed Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship and continues as its associate faculty. He is Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering and Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellow.

Prof. Ravi led or mentored collaborative R&D projects in metal casting (AutoCAST, E-Foundry, SMART Foundry) and med-tech (BETIC, CollabDDS, OrthoCAD). These led to 60 patents and copyrights, most licensed to startups or industry; 8 products have reached the market. He shared this knowledge through 260 technical papers, 300 invited talks and 75 training programs.

As a member of governing councils of several institutes and member of expert committees of government agencies (AICTE, BIRAC, BIS, DBT, DST, ICMR, MoE, MeitY and NITI Aayog), Prof. Ravi contributes to vision setting, project reviews and policy recommendations. He is committed to strengthening the ecosystem connecting research, education, innovation and entrepreneurship (R.E.INV.ENT).