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{{Short description|Indian academic (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Sanket Goel
| native_name = संकेत गोयल
| native_name_lang = hi
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|12|31}}
| birth_place = [[Aligarh]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| fields = [[MEMS]] [[Microfluidics]] [[Nanoelectronics]]
| workplaces = {{Unbulleted list | [[BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus]] (2015 onwards)| UPES, [[Dehradun]] (2011–2015)| [[Agency for Science, Technology and Research]], [[Singapore]] (2008–2011)| [[Stanford University]] (2006–2008) | [[Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory]], [[DRDO]], [[Bangalore]] (2006) | [[Institute for Plasma Research]], [[Gandhinagar]] (2000–2001)}}
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list | [[University of Alberta]] ([[Ph.D.|PhD]]), (2001–2005) |[[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]] ([[M.Sc.|MSc]]) (1998–2000) |[[Ramjas College]], [[Delhi University]] ([[B.Sc.|B.Sc Honors]] [[Physics]]) (1995–1998)}}
| thesis_title = Opto-biochips for Microcytometry
| thesis1_title = Opto-biochips for Micro Cytometry
| thesis2_title = Study on Optical Fiber Bragg Gratings and their sensing applications
| thesis_url = https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/344b872d-8fb4-4e0b-8dd8-705105a3136b
| thesis1_url = https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/344b872d-8fb4-4e0b-8dd8-705105a3136b
| thesis_year = 2006
| website = http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/~sgoel
| thesis1_year = 2006
| thesis2_year = 2000
}}

'''Sanket Goel''' (born 31 December 1977) is an Indian academic working with the department of [[electrical and electronics engineering]] at [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani|Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani]], [[BITS Pilani, Hyderabad|Hyderabad Campus]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]. He is the [[principal investigator]] of the MEMS, microfluidics and nanoelectronics (MMNE) Lab<ref name="Shrimansi">{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/hyderabad-researchers-develop-affordable-diabetes-testing-device-1853802 |last=Kaushik |first=Shrimansi |date=12 January 2025 |title=Hyderabad Researchers Develop Affordable Diabetes Testing Device |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=6 September 2025 |title=Prof. Sanket Goel of BITS Pilani Honoured with National Award to Teachers 2025 for Exemplary Contribution to Education and Innovation |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/hans/education-careers/prof-sanket-goel-of-bits-pilani-honoured-with-national-award-to-teachers-2025-for-exemplary-contribution-to-education-and-innovation-1003979 |access-date=17 September 2025 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref> and founding director of Cleome Innovations Pvt. Ltd.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Chiranti |date=26 January 2023 |title=India leverages student entrepreneurship to fuel disruptive innovations |work=[[Gulf News]] |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/india-leverages-student-entrepreneurship-to-fuel-disruptive-innovations-1.1674716577083 |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="Cleome">{{cite web |url=https://www.cleome.in/ |title=Focus Areas |website=Cleome Innovations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606203149/https://www.cleome.in/ |archive-date=6 June 2023 |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref> As of 2025, he is listed as Dean – Research and Innovation at BITS Pilani.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Urunkar |first=Salil |date=27 November 2024 |title=DIAT and BITS Pilani Sign MoU to Boost Research and National Security Collaboration |url=https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/news/diat-and-bits-pilani-sign-mou-to-boost-research-and-national-security-collaboration |access-date=17 September 2025 |website=The Bridge Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ITN |date=30 July 2025 |title=UST and BITS Pilani Sign MoU to Accelerate Innovation, Skilling, and Research Excellence |url=https://indiatechnologynews.in/ust-and-bits-pilani-sign-mou-to-accelerate-innovation-skilling-and-research-excellence/ |access-date=17 September 2025 |website=India Technology News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 October 2024 |title=BITS Pilani develops new device to trace bacterial infections quickly |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/revolutionary-device-from-bits-pilani-detects-bacterial-infections-in-just-15-minutes/articleshow/114196439.cms |access-date=17 September 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Scientific contributions ==
Goel's research centers on [[Microelectromechanical systems|MEMS]], [[microfluidics]], and [[nanoelectronics]], with applications in [[Sensor|sensing]], [[energy harvesting]], and [[Energy storage|storage]].<ref name="MMNE Flipbook">{{cite web |url=https://heyzine.com/flip-book/b8d49aa588.html |title=Innovations Through Micro-Nano Engineering |website=MMNE Lab |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref> His works include published topics such as [[sustainable fuel]], laser-induced [[graphene]], and [[enzymatic biofuel cell|biofuel cell]] technologies, along with 24 co-filed patents and two edited books on microelectronics and electrochemical devices. He also works with the MMNE Lab and the associated Cleome Innovations company on [[Miniaturization|minimal-scale]] sensing platforms and energy systems.<ref name="Cleome"/> The group has developed droplet-based microfluidics,<ref name="Shrimansi" /> underwater [[solar cell]] designs,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Biswas |first=Preeti |date=23 August 2021 |title=Solar cells by Hyderabad scientists to make waves |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/solar-cells-by-city-scientists-to-make-waves/articleshow/85548890.cms |website=The Times of India}}</ref> and [[3D printing|3D-printed]] devices for extraterrestrial settings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vatyam |first=Nirupa |date=16 March 2021 |title=Academic deploys 3D printing tech for space projects |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Academic-deploys-3D-printing-tech-for-space-projects/articleshow/81518611.cms |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Other projects include tools for [[Soil science|soil]] diagnostics,<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 March 2022 |title=Low-cost soil nutrients detection device unveiled |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-telangana/low-cost-soil-nutrients-detection-device-unveiled/article65229606.ece |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> [[DNA amplification]],<ref name="PCR">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/new-device-developed-by-bits-reduces-pcr-test-time/articleshow/84424422.cms |last=Vatyam |first=Nirupa |date=15 July 2021 |title=New device developed by BITS Pilani reduces PCR test time |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref> and nanomaterial processing.

Since 2021, his team has also worked on biomedical technologies, including a wearable glucose monitoring patch using sweat,<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 August 2023 |title=3D printed device uses sweat to detect & monitor diabetes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/3d-printed-device-uses-sweat-to-detect-monitor-diabetes/articleshow/103000052.cms}}</ref> an implantable system powered by blood glucose,<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 November 2024 |title=Safer implants: BITS Pilani, Hyderabad team powers them via blood glucose, not cells |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/safer-implants-bits-pilani-hyderabad-team-powers-them-via-blood-glucose-not-cells/articleshow/114966233.cms}}</ref> and a field-ready [[Polymerase chain reaction|PCR]] system.<ref name="PCR"/> Their work has also included space-oriented diagnostic platforms<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 September 2024 |title=This BITS Pilani project is making tools to overcome astronaut health problems |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/this-bits-pilani-project-is-making-tools-to-overcome-astronaut-health-problems-2606276-2024-09-26}}</ref> and low-cost diabetes test kits.<ref name="Shrimansi" />

In 2025, Goel developed a nano-engineered fiber-optic portable sensor for brain health monitoring, in collaboration with IIT Bombay,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bits-pilani-iit-bombay-develop-low-cost-portable-sensor-for-brain-health-monitoring/article70052577.ece |date=19 September 2025 |title=BITS Pilani & IIT Bombay develop low cost, portable sensor for brain health monitoring |work=The Hindu |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref> along with a cost-efficient multiplexed potentiostat.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/bits-team-builds-affordable-testing-device-1910420 |last= |date=15 October 2025 |title=BITS Team Builds Affordable Testing Device |work=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref>

== Honors and awards ==
Goel has won several awards, honors and distinctions, including the [[Japan Society for the Promotion of Science]] Invitational Fellowship (2021),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Japan Society of Promotion of Science Short-Term fellows 2021 |url=https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-inv/adoptlist/data/FY2020/2020_short_2_e.pdf |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=Japan Society for Promotion of Science}}</ref> [[Fulbright Fellowship]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fulbright Scholars Program |url=https://fulbrightscholars.org/grantee/sanket-goel |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=Fulbright Scholars}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharucha |first=James |title=Fulbright-Nehru Program |url=https://www.bharucha.org/fulbright-nehru |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=James Bharucha |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329011730/https://www.bharucha.org/fulbright-nehru |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Dr C R Mitra Best Faculty Award by Prof V S Rao Foundation / BITS-Pilani (2021). In 2022, he has become the fellow of [[Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers|Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)]] and [[Institution of Engineers (India)|Institution of Engineers (IE)]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=IEEE.vTools |title=International Event on Optical Sensors (ISOS) 2025 |url=https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/468605 |access-date=16 July 2025 |website=events.vtools.ieee.org |language=en}}</ref>

Goel is with the editorial team of several journals including ''[[IEEE Sensors Journal]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=IEEE Sensors |title=IEEE Sensors Journal, Editorial Board |url=https://ieee-sensors.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jsen-cover2-fill-3167591.pdf |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=IEEE Sensors}}</ref> ''[[IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, Editorial Board |url=https://www.embs.org/tnb/associate-editors/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society}}</ref> ''[[Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. Editorial Board |url=https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/journals/journal-of-micromechanics-and-microengineering/editorial-board/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=IOP Publishing}}</ref> ''[[Applied Nanoscience]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Applied Nanoscience, Editorial Board |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/13204/editors |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=Springer |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401124638/https://www.springer.com/journal/13204/editors |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''Journal of Nanobiotechnology''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journal of Nanobiotechnology, Editorial Board |url=https://jnanobiotechnology.biomedcentral.com/about/editorial-board |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=[[BioMed Central]]}}</ref> Earlier, he was in the Editorial Board of [[IEEE Access|''IEEE Access Journal'']]. He has also been appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer by the [[IEEE Sensors Council]] for a term of 2 years from 2024-2026.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 October 2022 |title=Distinguished Lecturer Program - IEEE Sensors Council |url=https://ieee-sensors.org/distinguished-lecturer-program/ |website=ieee-sensors.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 5 September 2025, Goel was among the 21 faculty members nationwide recognised by the President of India for excellence in teaching, research, innovation, and institution-building through the National Award for Teachers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hans News Service |date=6 September 2025 |title=Prof. Sanket Goel of BITS Pilani Honoured with National Award to Teachers 2025 for Exemplary Contribution to Education' Innovation |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/hans/education-careers/prof-sanket-goel-of-bits-pilani-honoured-with-national-award-to-teachers-2025-for-exemplary-contribution-to-education-and-innovation-1003979 |work=The Hans India}}</ref> This award was presented by the President of India at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2025 |title=Prof Sanket Goel of BITS Pilani honoured with National Award to Teachers 2025 |url=https://telanganatoday.com/prof-sanket-goel-of-bits-pilani-honoured-with-national-award-to-teachers-2025 |work=Telangana Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |date=6 September 2025 |title=Department of Higher Education selects 21 teachers from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Polytechnics for National Awards to Teachers (NAT) 2025 |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/hans/education-careers/prof-sanket-goel-of-bits-pilani-honoured-with-national-award-to-teachers-2025-for-exemplary-contribution-to-education-and-innovation-1003979 |work=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
* {{Cite journal |last1=Singh |first1=Sonal |last2=Jain |first2=Shikha |last3=Ps |first3=Venkateswaran |last4=Tiwari |first4=Avanish K. |last5=Nouni |first5=Mansa R. |last6=Pandey |first6=Jitendra K. |last7=Goel |first7=Sanket |date=1 January 2015 |title=Hydrogen: A sustainable fuel for future of the transport sector |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032115006127 |journal=Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews |volume=51 |pages=623–633 |doi=10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.040 |bibcode=2015RSERv..51..623S |url-access=subscription }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Kothuru |first1=Avinash |last2=Hanumanth Rao |first2=C. |last3=Puneeth |first3=S. B. |last4=Salve |first4=Mary |last5=Amreen |first5=Khairunnisa |last6=Goel |first6=Sanket |date=July 2020 |title=Laser-Induced Flexible Electronics (LIFE) for Resistive, Capacitive and Electrochemical Sensing Applications |journal=IEEE Sensors Journal |volume=20 |issue=13 |pages=7392–7399 |bibcode=2020ISenJ..20.7392K |doi=10.1109/JSEN.2020.2977694 |issn=1558-1748 |s2cid=216415990}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Rewatkar |first1=Prakash |last2=Goel |first2=Sanket |date=October 2018 |title=Paper-Based Membraneless Co-Laminar Microfluidic Glucose Biofuel Cell With MWCNT-Fed Bucky Paper Bioelectrodes |journal=IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=374–379 |doi=10.1109/TNB.2018.2857406 |issn=1558-2639 |pmid=30028713 |bibcode=2018ITNB...17..374R |s2cid=51706033 |doi-access=free}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003168225 |title=Microelectronics and Signal Processing: Advanced Concepts and Applications |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2021 |isbn=9780367640125 |editor1-last=Goel |editor1-first=Sanket |doi=10.1201/9781003168225 |s2cid=235504021}}
* {{Cite book |last=Goel |first=Sanket |title=Miniaturized Electrochemical Devices - Advanced Concepts, Fabrication, and Applications |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2023 |isbn=9781032392714}}

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