From electronics to medical devices: why I’m starting this blog

I have always loved science and biology, most of all. Like many students, I hoped to study medicine, but it didn’t work out. When I started looking at other options, biomedical engineering felt like the closest path to what I loved.

Life had other plans first; my father wanted me to study close to home. So I joined National Engineering College, one of the best colleges in southern Tamil Nadu. The only problem was that it didn’t have a biomedical engineering department. I felt quite clueless. After some research, I chose Electrical and Electronics Engineering because it offered the broadest scope, and I studied there from 2016 to 2020.

Then 2020 happened.

I graduated straight into the pandemic. I had two job offers, and I lost both because of COVID. Nobody knew when companies would start hiring again. I didn’t want to waste time waiting, so I decided to do a master’s.

At first, I chose VLSI design. Before classes began, the university held an introductory event where alumni spoke about biomedical engineering. I still can’t fully explain it, but something inside me said, “This is it.” I had almost finished paying for VLSI, but I emailed the university and asked to switch my course to biomedical engineering.

The turning point

When classes started and I saw the syllabus, I knew I had made the right choice. I would work for hours on projects and exam preparation, and it never felt like effort. It came from love.

That decision shaped everything that followed. It led me to work as a regulatory affairs professional, helping medical devices get approved, and then to research in the UK. The rest, as they say, is history.

Why this blog

My path has never been a straight line, and I’ve learned something at every turn. This blog is where I’ll share those lessons:

• Research: what I’m working on and learning
• UK Life: living and working here as an international researcher
• Daily Thoughts: reflections like this one
• Medical Devices & Regulatory: how medical devices go from an idea to patients

If you’re unsure about your own path, or you’ve had to change direction, I hope something here helps you. Thank you for reading, and feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn.