MANAS is a modular, self-contained device to cultivate microorganisms which could enable scientists to carry out biological experiments in space. The design applies lab-on-chip philosophy to create miniaturized and fully automated biological experiments.
Project Investigator
Prof. Aloke Kumar
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
E-mail: alokekumar@iisc.ac.in
Project Investigator
Dr. Koushik Viswanathan
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
E-mail: koushik@iisc.ac.in
Other details
U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bangalore