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was selected for the Young Scientist Award (BOYSCAST) by Government of India to pursue research in osteoarthritis (OA) for one year at Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Department, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA, where he was leading a multidisciplinary team of researchers. He is also the recipient of INAE Fellowship Award by the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He was selected as one of the twelve young biomedical scientists by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India, to pursue research fellowship in the field of sensory prosthetics at University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He has attended biomechanics and human gait training at Munich, Germany, and training of use of rTMS, EEG, and EMG equipment(s) in disabled children in Ivanovo, Russia. He delivered an Invited Talk on Gait and Osteoarthritis in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has several research papers in reputed journals, conference, seminars, and symposia with teaching and research experience of close to 20 years. He is invited panel member of many professional bodies, editorial boards, committees, government bodies, societies, and forums. He has worked on several funded projects from Government of India on physically challenged, disabled, and paralyzed persons and few projects are still ongoing. He has authored/published 300+ articles, 14 books, and 30 books chapters till date and supervised several UG, PG, and doctoral students. His research focuses on understanding muscle mechanics, joint kinematics, and dynamics involved in performing locomotion and routine tasks and undermining it effects during an injury or disease. His areas of interest are medical instrumentation, biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering, medical informatics, signal and image processing, marketing, and international business.

Dr. Mahesh Patel is a seasoned healthcare executive whose expertise spans over 15 enriching years within th