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BIO-DATA Name : Dr S Venkata Mohan Present Position : Principal Scientist Address for communication : Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences (BEES) CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad-500 007, India E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] www.iictindia.org Date of Birth : 1 st July, 1970 Education Degree Year University Subject Class Ph.D. (Specialization in Environmental Engineering) 1998 Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati Removal of textile dye color from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto coal/coal based adsorbents - M.Tech 1993 Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati Environmental Engineering Distinction B.Tech 1991 Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati Civil Engineering Distinction Post-Doctoral Research as Alexander von Humboldt Fellow worked with Prof. Dr.- Ing.P.A.Wilderer (recipient of 2003 Stockholm Water Prize, Sweden) research group at Institute of water quality control and waste management, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany on „Gene transfer mediated conjugation using dual labeled Psedomonas sp encoded with Tol plasmid for bioaugmenting sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR)‟ from 2001 to 2002. Professional Positions 1. Principal Scientist, Basic and applied research, Bioengineering and Environmental Centre, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad since October 2010. 2. Senior Scientist, Basic and applied research, Bioengineering and Environmental Centre, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad from October 2007 to September 2010.

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Page 1: BIO-DATA Name : Dr S Venkata Mohan - Indian Institute …iictindia.org/staffprofiles/Resumes/iict1522CV.pdfBIO-DATA Name : Dr S Venkata Mohan Present Position : Principal Scientist

BIO-DATA

Name Dr S Venkata Mohan

Present Position Principal Scientist

Address for communication Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences (BEES)

CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Hyderabad-500 007 India

E-mail vmohan_syahoocom

svmohaniictgovin

wwwiictindiaorg

Date of Birth 1st July 1970

Education

Degree

Year University Subject Class

PhD (Specialization in Environmental Engineering)

1998 Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati

Removal of textile dye color from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto coalcoal based adsorbents

-

MTech

1993 Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati

Environmental Engineering

Distinction

BTech

1991 Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati

Civil Engineering Distinction

Post-Doctoral Research as Alexander von Humboldt Fellow worked with Prof Dr-

IngPAWilderer (recipient of 2003 Stockholm Water Prize Sweden) research group at

Institute of water quality control and waste management Technical University of Munich

(TUM) Germany on bdquoGene transfer mediated conjugation using dual labeled Psedomonas

sp encoded with Tol plasmid for bioaugmenting sequencing batch biofilm reactor

(SBBR)‟ from 2001 to 2002

Professional Positions

1 Principal Scientist Basic and applied research Bioengineering and Environmental

Centre Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad since October 2010

2 Senior Scientist Basic and applied research Bioengineering and Environmental

Centre Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad from October 2007 to

September 2010

2

3 Scientist C Basic and applied research Bioengineering and Environmental Centre

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad October 2003 to September

2007

4 Scientist B Basic and applied research Bioengineering and Environmental Centre

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad October 1998 to September

2003

5 Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu Japan from September 2005 to December 2005

6 Alexander von (AvH) Humboldt Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control and

Waste Management Technical University Munich Germany May 2001 to April

2002

7 Post-doctoral Researcher Department of Civil Engineering Sri Venkateswara

University Tirupati May 1997 to September 1998

8 Senior Research Fellow (SRF-CSIR) Doctoral research Department of Civil

Engineering Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati 1994 to 1997

Awards

1 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology for the year

2014 in Engineering Sciences

2 National Bioscience Award-2012 Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government

of India

3 bdquoProSPERNET-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

for year 2010‟ in Energy Category by United Nations University MS Elsevier and

International Bureau of the BMBF Germany

4 bdquoNASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award in Earth Oceanographic amp

Environmental Sciences‟ for year 2010 by The National Academy of Sciences India

and MS Elsevier

5 Visiting Professorship Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu Japan 2005

6 Outstanding Reviewer Award for five consecutive years 2009 2010 2011 2012

and 2013 from Elsevier Ltd Oxford UK

7 The Nawab Zain Yar Jung Bahadur Memorial Prize for the year 1994-95 by The

Institution of Engineers (India)

8 The Best Paper Prize for the year 1998 for the research article published in Journal of

IWWA from The Indian Water Works Association

9 IICT Roll of Honour award for the year 2010 by CSIR-Indian Institute of

Chemical Technology

10 IICT Gaurav Sanman for the year 2010 by CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical

Technology

11 The Best Performance Award 2013 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 20274 from 14 research papers by CSIR-IICT

12 The Best Performance Award 2012 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 38 from the 26 research papers by CSIR-IICT

3

13 The Best Performance Award 2011 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 2925 from the 22 research papers by CSIR-IICT

14 IICT Special Appreciation Awards-2011 as member of Team which made

significant overall research contribution by CSIR-IICT

15 The Best Performance Award-2009 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 1857 from the 16 research papers by CSIR-IICT

16 Special Appreciation Award 2008 for significant contributions in research by Indian

Institution of Chemical Technology on occasion of Foundation Day Celebrations 5th

August 2009

17 The Best Performance Award 2000-2001 for completion of projects and

productivity by Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad

Honors and Recognition

1 Membership in Professional and Scientific Organizations 1 Fellow- Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) Germany

2 Fellow- Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (Elected Jan 2015)

3 Fellow- Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences (APAS) (elected on 24th

December

2011)

4 Fellow- The Institution of Engineers (India) (FIEI) (F-118684-8) (elected on 03-

04-2014)

5 Fellow- The Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) (LM 870) (elected on 12-

11-2010)

6 Full Member - The Institute of Advanced Studies on Sustainability Institute of the

European Academy of Sciences and Arts Germany (2009)

7 Life Member- Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IICh) (elected on 11th Oct

2003 LM-27702)

8 Life Member- Indo-German Nachonakt Association (IGNA)

9 Life Member- Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS)

10 Life Member- International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIBiop) (M140)

(2012)

2 Editorial Assignments

1 Editor (Subject) Journal of Energy Hindawi (2012-)

2 Associate Editor

Frontiers in Environmental Science (Wastewater Management specialty

section) (2015- )

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Bioenergy and Biofuels

specialty section) (2015- )

Frontiers in Energy Research (Bioenergy and Biofuels specialty section

(2015- )

3 Guest Editor

Special Issue on bdquoMicrobial Fuel cell‟ Bioresource Technology (Vol 195 Page

1-288 Nov 2015)

Special Issue on bdquoWaste Biorefinery‟ Bioresource Technology (2015-) (In

progress)

4

4 Editorial Board Member

Bioresource Technology (2015- )

Journal of Telengana State Akademi of Sciences (TSAS)- Engineering

Sciences (2015- )

Internation Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (2015- )

The Open Waste Management Journal published by Bentham Science

Publishers (2008- )

The Open Biotechnology Journal published by Bentham Science Publishers

(2007- )

Dataset Papers in Atmospheric Sciences Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2012-)

The Advances in Energy Research An International Journal (ERi) KIST

(2013- )

JUET Research Journal India (2013- )

5 Editorial Board ISMET News International Society of Microbiology and

Technology (ISMET) (2015-)

3 Vice-President (Elected) Board of Governors and Management Council The

Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) (2015- )

4 Adjunct Professor Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology

University Thanjavur (2012- )

5 Member

Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster Preparedness

HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in

Ganga River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) (2015)

Indian Government delegation to Sweden to formulate ajoint call between India

and Sweden on biofuels 19th

-22rd

August 2014

International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation has prepared a report on

bdquoSustainable systems in the post-2015 development agenda Keeping societies

economies and ecosystems resilient‟ through The Institute of Advanced Studies on

Sustainability Institute of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Germany

(Oct 2013)

Review Commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (2014)

University Research Board PRIST University Thanjavur (2012-)

6 Listed as one of the Top Researchers in 100+ list (in Environmental Science India)

published by Carrer 360 Magazine March 2014 issue

7 Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship Institute of Water Quality Control and

Waste Management Technical University Munich Germany 2001-02

8 Board of Governors Member (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

9 Member Board of Studies

Environmental Science and Technology (EST) Jawaharlala Nehru Technological

University (JNTUH) Hyderabad (2012- )

Environmental Sciences Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati (2006-2012)

5

Biotechnology KL University Gunture (2009- 2011)

Integrated Five years Science Programe Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati

(2006-2009)

13 Research work on Microbial fuel cell was highlighted in Nature India online edition

under quoted under Research Highlights as bdquomicrobial cells to fuel the future‟

published on 28th

April 2008 doi101038nindia2008188

14 Research work on bdquoMicrobial fuel cell‟ was reported in Know how section The

Telegraph daily Kolkata Edition Monday July 16 2007 as news iteam bdquoMaking

electricity from waste‟

15 Research paper published in J Hazardous Materials 2002 90(2) 189-204 received

citations in top 1 within its field and is considered as highly influential which is

making significant impact in the field of study according to Essential Science

Indicators Thomson Scientific

16 Paper published in bdquoWater Research 41 (2007) 2652-2664‟ listed as one of the Top-

25 most cited article from 2007-2011

17 Paper published in

Applied Energy 93 (2012) 31-37 listed as most downloaded articles from 1 to 31 May 2012

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed as most downloaded articles in the last 90 days 30th

June 2012

Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41(4) (2007) 506-515 listed as most cited articles published

since 2007

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed at 22nd

place among Top 25 Hottest articles during

July-September 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 24 (2008) 41-47‟ listed at 24th place among Top 25 Hottest articles

during July-September 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 16th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 2nd place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 23 (2008) 1326-1332‟ listed at 23th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Bioresource Technology 99 (2008) 596-603‟ listed at 25th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Oct-Dec 207

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 68 (2007) 252ndash262‟ listed at 23rd place among

Top 25 Hottest articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26 listed at 24th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during Aug-Sept 2005

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26‟ listed at 6th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2005

6

Recognition to Research Group

Fellowships and appointments to Research Group

1 DrManu Agarwal Assistant Professor Maharaja Sayajirao University of

Baroda (July 2015) 2 Dr SSrikanth Research Scientist IOCL Noida (June 2015)

3 MrMVenkateswara Reddy JSPS Fellow (2015) 4 DrSVRaghavulu King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi

Arabia (June 2015)

5 Dr G Venkatash Subash Scientist Reliance Industries Mumbai (Aug 2014) 6 Dr G Mohanakrishn Marie Curie Fellowship (IEF-2013)

7 Mr Manu Agarwal worked at RMIT Australia as part of RMIT-IICT PhD Programe

(June 2013- May 2014)

8 MrPSuesh Babu Indo-Belgium Exchange Fellow worked for part of PhD at Belgium for 8

months (July 2013- March 2014)

9 MrsKAmulya and MissJAnnie Modestra Project Fellows selected for Short-Term

exchange program to visit various research institutes in EU (Germany The

Netherlands and Belgium) from 30th

March to 10th

April 2014

10 DrSVRaghavulu Irish Research Council Fellowship (2012-14) 11 Mr SSrikanth Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF-2012)

12 Dr Nunna Chandrsekhar Rao Senior Manger Ramkey Vishakaptnam

13 DrBPReddy Editor (Handling Biosciences Biotechnology and Ecology) Clean-Air Soil

Water (Wiley)

Awards Recognition to Research Group 14 Mr K Vamsi Krishna selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2014

by CSIR-IICT

15 Rashmi Chandra HEAM Scholar-2014 Award in National competition for research

scholar on Hydrogen energy project by Indian association for Hydrogen energy and

advance material in association (17th

Nov 2014)

16 Rashmi Chandra AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2014 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research 17 DrManu Agarwal Selected for bdquoDr Megan Clark Excellence Award-2013‟ for

academic achievements in the field of Australian minerals and resources science and

technology from RMIT Austrialia (March 2014) 18 MrMVenkateswara Reddy selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF

for the Year 2012 by CSIR-IICT

19 MrKChandrasekhar selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF for the

Year 2011 by CSIR-IICT

20 MissRashmi Chandra selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2011

by CSIR-IICT

21 DrAKiran Kumar selected for Best Performance Award 2011 for significant contribution in

achieving the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

22 Mr MVenkateswara Reddy selected for first rank for business plan bdquoGreen fuel for today-

biodiesel from microalgae (ENORME)‟ in the 9th Training program on bdquoTechnology Led

Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengulur March 15-30th 2012 conducted at CSIR-IICT

Hyderabad

7

23 MrSSrikanth selected for best business plan award as Group Leader and Technology

Manager for ldquoHydropreneurs- biohydrogen production (Ecohydrogen India LLP) 8th Training

program on bdquoTechnology Led Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengaluru 4-18 July 2011

conducted at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad

24 Mr SSrikanth AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2010 by The Biotech Research Society

of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

25 Dr GMohanakrishna AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2009 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

26 Dr AKiran Kumar Best Performance Award 2009 for significant contribution in achieving

the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

27 MrsGVelvizhi selected for ProfSKRangarajan Memorial Medal for year 2010 by Central

Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) Karikudi for the work presented at NCE 15th

Feb 2010

28 MrGMohanakrishna Senior Research Fellow was selected for Directors‟s Special

Appreciation best SRF award for the Year 2008

29 Mr SSrikanth was selected for Dr R N Sarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2008 by

CSIR-IICT

30 PaperPoster Awards for the research group Mr K Vamsi Krishna Best poster prize for bdquoRole of NADH dehydrogenase (ndh2) in extracellular

electron transport in bio-electrochemical systems International Conference on Emerging Trends in

Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and BRSI 6th -

9th November 2014‟

MrsSSreelatha Special appreciation prize for poster bdquobio-electrocatalyzed treatment of azo

dye in single chambered microbial fuel cell‟ National Seminar on emerging Trends in

Analytical Sciences (ETAS-2013) Indian Society of Analytical Scientists CSIR-IICT 27th-

28th Nov 2013

MrPChiranjeevi Second best poster award International Conference on Advances in

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013)

MrsKAmulya Best Speaker Prize 7th International Symposium on feedstock Recycling of

Polymeric materials CSIR-IIP and FSRJ-Japan 23rd

-26th Oct 2013 New Delhi

MrsGVelvizhi First prize for oral presentationbdquoBiocatalyst Behavior Under Self-Induced

Electrogenic Microenvironment and Its Influence On Complex Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Treatment‟ National Seminar on Enzymes and Biocatalysis The Versatile Actors Current

Trends And Future Perspectives (NSEB) Periyar University Salem Jan 5-6 2012

MrKNaresh Selected as best poster bdquoFunctional role of anoxic microenvironment in

comparison with aerobic and anaerobic conditions during azo dye degradation Bio-

electrochemical analysis‟ International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum 21-24th Nov 2011

MsNazira Fatima Selected for 2nd

best oral presentation bdquoEvaluation of wastewater as

renewable source to produce bioelectricity through biologically catalyzed fuel cells with

simultaneous treatment‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

MrMLenin Babu Selected for 2nd

best poster presentation bdquoEffect of anodic biofilm growth

on bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cell Process evaluation by bio-electrochemical

behavior and enzymatic activity‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

8

Institutional committees

1 Convenor- Research amp Development Core Advisory Committee CSIR-IICT

(2015- )

2 Chairman- AcSIR committee on CSIR-800 projects (2015- )

ScientificAdvisory Committee

1 Vice-President Board of Governors and Management Council The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

2 National organization committee- New Horizons in Biotechnology-2015 (NHBT-

2015) Nob 22-25 and BRSI NIIST Trivandrum

3 Member-Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster

Preparedness HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

4 Scientific committee- The 5th International Meeting on Microbial Electrochemistry

and Technologies (ISMET-2015) Arizona state university US October 1-4 2015

5 Scientific committee- International Scientific- International Conference on Energy

Environment and Climate Change (ICEECC 2015) - MAURITUS - 8-9 July 2015

6 Member-National Advisory Board 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy

Environment and Sustainable Technologies 28-31 January 2015 (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31th

Januaray 2015

7 Member-Scientific Advisory Committee International Conference on Environment

and Energy JNTUH 15-17th

Dec 2014

8 Member Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in Ganga

River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

9 Sectional Secretary-Engineeirng Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Scinces 13-15th

Nov 2014

10 Member Board of Governors (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

11 International Scientific Committee Second Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (2nd

AP-ISMET) with Conference

Theme Bioelectrochemical Science and Technologies for Environmental

Applications National University of Singapore July 21-23 2014

12 International Review Panel 4th

International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference

Organized by The University of Queensland amp International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology

13 Scientific Committee National Conference on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability and

Society The Growing Paradigm Shift (ESS-2013)‟ March 30-31 2013 Jaypee

University of Engineering amp Technology Guna

14 Scientific Committee International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and

Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai

27-30th

Januaray 2013

15 International Scientific Committee First Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (1st AP-ISMET) Conference

Theme Energy from environmental contaminants Harbin Institute of technology

China 13-15th

January 2013

9

16 Scientific Committee International conference on Algal Biorefinery A Potential

source of Food Feed Biochemicals Biofuels and Biofertilizer Organized by IIT

Kharagpur January 10-12 Kharagpur India 2013

17 Scientific Committee International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2012

18 Scientific Committee International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

19 Scientific Committee International Workshop on Biohydrogen Technology (IWBT

2008) IIT Khargapur 7-9th

February 2008

Fellowships

1 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2001) by AVH Foundation

Germany for carrying out Post-doctoral research

2 Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) Government of India for carrying out doctoral research

Countries visited

1 International Conference on Ecology Environment amp Energy (3E) organized by

Energy Research Center National Taiwan University and Alexander von Humboldt

(AvH) Germany 20-22nd

April 2015

2 New Indigo Project (Bio-e-MAT) project Kick-off Meeting Yeldiz Technical

University Istanbul Turkey 22-25th

January 2015

3 ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable

Development) Roma Italy 20-21st November 2014

4 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Mol Belgium 19-20th

November 2014

5 FP7-Indo-EU final project review meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 18-19th

November 2015

6 Stockholm Sweden as a member in Indian team of Scientists to formulate joint call

between India and Sweden on biofuels and to participate in Indo-Swedish Workshop

on biofuels organized by Formas and Lund University 19th

-22rd

August 2014

7 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore Chaired as Session and delivered

Keynote lecture in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟ 21-24th

July 2014

8 RMIT University Melbrone Austrialia 30th

Nov to 6th

Dec 2013 as team member in

delegation led of Director CSIR-IICT

9 Ministry of Economic Affairs NL Agency The Netherlands 24-31st October 2013

for SAHYOG Symposium and Project Twining

10 FP7-Indo-EU project Kick-off meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 11-13th

January

2012

11 China Shanghai Tongji University Shanghai July 2010

12 Japan Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu from September 2005 to December 2005

10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

Page 2: BIO-DATA Name : Dr S Venkata Mohan - Indian Institute …iictindia.org/staffprofiles/Resumes/iict1522CV.pdfBIO-DATA Name : Dr S Venkata Mohan Present Position : Principal Scientist

2

3 Scientist C Basic and applied research Bioengineering and Environmental Centre

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad October 2003 to September

2007

4 Scientist B Basic and applied research Bioengineering and Environmental Centre

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad October 1998 to September

2003

5 Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu Japan from September 2005 to December 2005

6 Alexander von (AvH) Humboldt Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control and

Waste Management Technical University Munich Germany May 2001 to April

2002

7 Post-doctoral Researcher Department of Civil Engineering Sri Venkateswara

University Tirupati May 1997 to September 1998

8 Senior Research Fellow (SRF-CSIR) Doctoral research Department of Civil

Engineering Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati 1994 to 1997

Awards

1 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and Technology for the year

2014 in Engineering Sciences

2 National Bioscience Award-2012 Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government

of India

3 bdquoProSPERNET-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

for year 2010‟ in Energy Category by United Nations University MS Elsevier and

International Bureau of the BMBF Germany

4 bdquoNASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award in Earth Oceanographic amp

Environmental Sciences‟ for year 2010 by The National Academy of Sciences India

and MS Elsevier

5 Visiting Professorship Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu Japan 2005

6 Outstanding Reviewer Award for five consecutive years 2009 2010 2011 2012

and 2013 from Elsevier Ltd Oxford UK

7 The Nawab Zain Yar Jung Bahadur Memorial Prize for the year 1994-95 by The

Institution of Engineers (India)

8 The Best Paper Prize for the year 1998 for the research article published in Journal of

IWWA from The Indian Water Works Association

9 IICT Roll of Honour award for the year 2010 by CSIR-Indian Institute of

Chemical Technology

10 IICT Gaurav Sanman for the year 2010 by CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical

Technology

11 The Best Performance Award 2013 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 20274 from 14 research papers by CSIR-IICT

12 The Best Performance Award 2012 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 38 from the 26 research papers by CSIR-IICT

3

13 The Best Performance Award 2011 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 2925 from the 22 research papers by CSIR-IICT

14 IICT Special Appreciation Awards-2011 as member of Team which made

significant overall research contribution by CSIR-IICT

15 The Best Performance Award-2009 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 1857 from the 16 research papers by CSIR-IICT

16 Special Appreciation Award 2008 for significant contributions in research by Indian

Institution of Chemical Technology on occasion of Foundation Day Celebrations 5th

August 2009

17 The Best Performance Award 2000-2001 for completion of projects and

productivity by Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad

Honors and Recognition

1 Membership in Professional and Scientific Organizations 1 Fellow- Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) Germany

2 Fellow- Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (Elected Jan 2015)

3 Fellow- Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences (APAS) (elected on 24th

December

2011)

4 Fellow- The Institution of Engineers (India) (FIEI) (F-118684-8) (elected on 03-

04-2014)

5 Fellow- The Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) (LM 870) (elected on 12-

11-2010)

6 Full Member - The Institute of Advanced Studies on Sustainability Institute of the

European Academy of Sciences and Arts Germany (2009)

7 Life Member- Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IICh) (elected on 11th Oct

2003 LM-27702)

8 Life Member- Indo-German Nachonakt Association (IGNA)

9 Life Member- Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS)

10 Life Member- International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIBiop) (M140)

(2012)

2 Editorial Assignments

1 Editor (Subject) Journal of Energy Hindawi (2012-)

2 Associate Editor

Frontiers in Environmental Science (Wastewater Management specialty

section) (2015- )

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Bioenergy and Biofuels

specialty section) (2015- )

Frontiers in Energy Research (Bioenergy and Biofuels specialty section

(2015- )

3 Guest Editor

Special Issue on bdquoMicrobial Fuel cell‟ Bioresource Technology (Vol 195 Page

1-288 Nov 2015)

Special Issue on bdquoWaste Biorefinery‟ Bioresource Technology (2015-) (In

progress)

4

4 Editorial Board Member

Bioresource Technology (2015- )

Journal of Telengana State Akademi of Sciences (TSAS)- Engineering

Sciences (2015- )

Internation Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (2015- )

The Open Waste Management Journal published by Bentham Science

Publishers (2008- )

The Open Biotechnology Journal published by Bentham Science Publishers

(2007- )

Dataset Papers in Atmospheric Sciences Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2012-)

The Advances in Energy Research An International Journal (ERi) KIST

(2013- )

JUET Research Journal India (2013- )

5 Editorial Board ISMET News International Society of Microbiology and

Technology (ISMET) (2015-)

3 Vice-President (Elected) Board of Governors and Management Council The

Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) (2015- )

4 Adjunct Professor Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology

University Thanjavur (2012- )

5 Member

Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster Preparedness

HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in

Ganga River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) (2015)

Indian Government delegation to Sweden to formulate ajoint call between India

and Sweden on biofuels 19th

-22rd

August 2014

International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation has prepared a report on

bdquoSustainable systems in the post-2015 development agenda Keeping societies

economies and ecosystems resilient‟ through The Institute of Advanced Studies on

Sustainability Institute of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Germany

(Oct 2013)

Review Commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (2014)

University Research Board PRIST University Thanjavur (2012-)

6 Listed as one of the Top Researchers in 100+ list (in Environmental Science India)

published by Carrer 360 Magazine March 2014 issue

7 Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship Institute of Water Quality Control and

Waste Management Technical University Munich Germany 2001-02

8 Board of Governors Member (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

9 Member Board of Studies

Environmental Science and Technology (EST) Jawaharlala Nehru Technological

University (JNTUH) Hyderabad (2012- )

Environmental Sciences Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati (2006-2012)

5

Biotechnology KL University Gunture (2009- 2011)

Integrated Five years Science Programe Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati

(2006-2009)

13 Research work on Microbial fuel cell was highlighted in Nature India online edition

under quoted under Research Highlights as bdquomicrobial cells to fuel the future‟

published on 28th

April 2008 doi101038nindia2008188

14 Research work on bdquoMicrobial fuel cell‟ was reported in Know how section The

Telegraph daily Kolkata Edition Monday July 16 2007 as news iteam bdquoMaking

electricity from waste‟

15 Research paper published in J Hazardous Materials 2002 90(2) 189-204 received

citations in top 1 within its field and is considered as highly influential which is

making significant impact in the field of study according to Essential Science

Indicators Thomson Scientific

16 Paper published in bdquoWater Research 41 (2007) 2652-2664‟ listed as one of the Top-

25 most cited article from 2007-2011

17 Paper published in

Applied Energy 93 (2012) 31-37 listed as most downloaded articles from 1 to 31 May 2012

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed as most downloaded articles in the last 90 days 30th

June 2012

Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41(4) (2007) 506-515 listed as most cited articles published

since 2007

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed at 22nd

place among Top 25 Hottest articles during

July-September 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 24 (2008) 41-47‟ listed at 24th place among Top 25 Hottest articles

during July-September 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 16th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 2nd place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 23 (2008) 1326-1332‟ listed at 23th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Bioresource Technology 99 (2008) 596-603‟ listed at 25th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Oct-Dec 207

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 68 (2007) 252ndash262‟ listed at 23rd place among

Top 25 Hottest articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26 listed at 24th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during Aug-Sept 2005

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26‟ listed at 6th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2005

6

Recognition to Research Group

Fellowships and appointments to Research Group

1 DrManu Agarwal Assistant Professor Maharaja Sayajirao University of

Baroda (July 2015) 2 Dr SSrikanth Research Scientist IOCL Noida (June 2015)

3 MrMVenkateswara Reddy JSPS Fellow (2015) 4 DrSVRaghavulu King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi

Arabia (June 2015)

5 Dr G Venkatash Subash Scientist Reliance Industries Mumbai (Aug 2014) 6 Dr G Mohanakrishn Marie Curie Fellowship (IEF-2013)

7 Mr Manu Agarwal worked at RMIT Australia as part of RMIT-IICT PhD Programe

(June 2013- May 2014)

8 MrPSuesh Babu Indo-Belgium Exchange Fellow worked for part of PhD at Belgium for 8

months (July 2013- March 2014)

9 MrsKAmulya and MissJAnnie Modestra Project Fellows selected for Short-Term

exchange program to visit various research institutes in EU (Germany The

Netherlands and Belgium) from 30th

March to 10th

April 2014

10 DrSVRaghavulu Irish Research Council Fellowship (2012-14) 11 Mr SSrikanth Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF-2012)

12 Dr Nunna Chandrsekhar Rao Senior Manger Ramkey Vishakaptnam

13 DrBPReddy Editor (Handling Biosciences Biotechnology and Ecology) Clean-Air Soil

Water (Wiley)

Awards Recognition to Research Group 14 Mr K Vamsi Krishna selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2014

by CSIR-IICT

15 Rashmi Chandra HEAM Scholar-2014 Award in National competition for research

scholar on Hydrogen energy project by Indian association for Hydrogen energy and

advance material in association (17th

Nov 2014)

16 Rashmi Chandra AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2014 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research 17 DrManu Agarwal Selected for bdquoDr Megan Clark Excellence Award-2013‟ for

academic achievements in the field of Australian minerals and resources science and

technology from RMIT Austrialia (March 2014) 18 MrMVenkateswara Reddy selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF

for the Year 2012 by CSIR-IICT

19 MrKChandrasekhar selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF for the

Year 2011 by CSIR-IICT

20 MissRashmi Chandra selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2011

by CSIR-IICT

21 DrAKiran Kumar selected for Best Performance Award 2011 for significant contribution in

achieving the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

22 Mr MVenkateswara Reddy selected for first rank for business plan bdquoGreen fuel for today-

biodiesel from microalgae (ENORME)‟ in the 9th Training program on bdquoTechnology Led

Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengulur March 15-30th 2012 conducted at CSIR-IICT

Hyderabad

7

23 MrSSrikanth selected for best business plan award as Group Leader and Technology

Manager for ldquoHydropreneurs- biohydrogen production (Ecohydrogen India LLP) 8th Training

program on bdquoTechnology Led Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengaluru 4-18 July 2011

conducted at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad

24 Mr SSrikanth AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2010 by The Biotech Research Society

of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

25 Dr GMohanakrishna AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2009 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

26 Dr AKiran Kumar Best Performance Award 2009 for significant contribution in achieving

the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

27 MrsGVelvizhi selected for ProfSKRangarajan Memorial Medal for year 2010 by Central

Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) Karikudi for the work presented at NCE 15th

Feb 2010

28 MrGMohanakrishna Senior Research Fellow was selected for Directors‟s Special

Appreciation best SRF award for the Year 2008

29 Mr SSrikanth was selected for Dr R N Sarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2008 by

CSIR-IICT

30 PaperPoster Awards for the research group Mr K Vamsi Krishna Best poster prize for bdquoRole of NADH dehydrogenase (ndh2) in extracellular

electron transport in bio-electrochemical systems International Conference on Emerging Trends in

Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and BRSI 6th -

9th November 2014‟

MrsSSreelatha Special appreciation prize for poster bdquobio-electrocatalyzed treatment of azo

dye in single chambered microbial fuel cell‟ National Seminar on emerging Trends in

Analytical Sciences (ETAS-2013) Indian Society of Analytical Scientists CSIR-IICT 27th-

28th Nov 2013

MrPChiranjeevi Second best poster award International Conference on Advances in

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013)

MrsKAmulya Best Speaker Prize 7th International Symposium on feedstock Recycling of

Polymeric materials CSIR-IIP and FSRJ-Japan 23rd

-26th Oct 2013 New Delhi

MrsGVelvizhi First prize for oral presentationbdquoBiocatalyst Behavior Under Self-Induced

Electrogenic Microenvironment and Its Influence On Complex Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Treatment‟ National Seminar on Enzymes and Biocatalysis The Versatile Actors Current

Trends And Future Perspectives (NSEB) Periyar University Salem Jan 5-6 2012

MrKNaresh Selected as best poster bdquoFunctional role of anoxic microenvironment in

comparison with aerobic and anaerobic conditions during azo dye degradation Bio-

electrochemical analysis‟ International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum 21-24th Nov 2011

MsNazira Fatima Selected for 2nd

best oral presentation bdquoEvaluation of wastewater as

renewable source to produce bioelectricity through biologically catalyzed fuel cells with

simultaneous treatment‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

MrMLenin Babu Selected for 2nd

best poster presentation bdquoEffect of anodic biofilm growth

on bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cell Process evaluation by bio-electrochemical

behavior and enzymatic activity‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

8

Institutional committees

1 Convenor- Research amp Development Core Advisory Committee CSIR-IICT

(2015- )

2 Chairman- AcSIR committee on CSIR-800 projects (2015- )

ScientificAdvisory Committee

1 Vice-President Board of Governors and Management Council The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

2 National organization committee- New Horizons in Biotechnology-2015 (NHBT-

2015) Nob 22-25 and BRSI NIIST Trivandrum

3 Member-Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster

Preparedness HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

4 Scientific committee- The 5th International Meeting on Microbial Electrochemistry

and Technologies (ISMET-2015) Arizona state university US October 1-4 2015

5 Scientific committee- International Scientific- International Conference on Energy

Environment and Climate Change (ICEECC 2015) - MAURITUS - 8-9 July 2015

6 Member-National Advisory Board 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy

Environment and Sustainable Technologies 28-31 January 2015 (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31th

Januaray 2015

7 Member-Scientific Advisory Committee International Conference on Environment

and Energy JNTUH 15-17th

Dec 2014

8 Member Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in Ganga

River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

9 Sectional Secretary-Engineeirng Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Scinces 13-15th

Nov 2014

10 Member Board of Governors (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

11 International Scientific Committee Second Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (2nd

AP-ISMET) with Conference

Theme Bioelectrochemical Science and Technologies for Environmental

Applications National University of Singapore July 21-23 2014

12 International Review Panel 4th

International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference

Organized by The University of Queensland amp International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology

13 Scientific Committee National Conference on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability and

Society The Growing Paradigm Shift (ESS-2013)‟ March 30-31 2013 Jaypee

University of Engineering amp Technology Guna

14 Scientific Committee International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and

Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai

27-30th

Januaray 2013

15 International Scientific Committee First Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (1st AP-ISMET) Conference

Theme Energy from environmental contaminants Harbin Institute of technology

China 13-15th

January 2013

9

16 Scientific Committee International conference on Algal Biorefinery A Potential

source of Food Feed Biochemicals Biofuels and Biofertilizer Organized by IIT

Kharagpur January 10-12 Kharagpur India 2013

17 Scientific Committee International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2012

18 Scientific Committee International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

19 Scientific Committee International Workshop on Biohydrogen Technology (IWBT

2008) IIT Khargapur 7-9th

February 2008

Fellowships

1 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2001) by AVH Foundation

Germany for carrying out Post-doctoral research

2 Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) Government of India for carrying out doctoral research

Countries visited

1 International Conference on Ecology Environment amp Energy (3E) organized by

Energy Research Center National Taiwan University and Alexander von Humboldt

(AvH) Germany 20-22nd

April 2015

2 New Indigo Project (Bio-e-MAT) project Kick-off Meeting Yeldiz Technical

University Istanbul Turkey 22-25th

January 2015

3 ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable

Development) Roma Italy 20-21st November 2014

4 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Mol Belgium 19-20th

November 2014

5 FP7-Indo-EU final project review meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 18-19th

November 2015

6 Stockholm Sweden as a member in Indian team of Scientists to formulate joint call

between India and Sweden on biofuels and to participate in Indo-Swedish Workshop

on biofuels organized by Formas and Lund University 19th

-22rd

August 2014

7 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore Chaired as Session and delivered

Keynote lecture in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟ 21-24th

July 2014

8 RMIT University Melbrone Austrialia 30th

Nov to 6th

Dec 2013 as team member in

delegation led of Director CSIR-IICT

9 Ministry of Economic Affairs NL Agency The Netherlands 24-31st October 2013

for SAHYOG Symposium and Project Twining

10 FP7-Indo-EU project Kick-off meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 11-13th

January

2012

11 China Shanghai Tongji University Shanghai July 2010

12 Japan Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu from September 2005 to December 2005

10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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3

13 The Best Performance Award 2011 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 2925 from the 22 research papers by CSIR-IICT

14 IICT Special Appreciation Awards-2011 as member of Team which made

significant overall research contribution by CSIR-IICT

15 The Best Performance Award-2009 for significant contribution in achieving the

individual impact factor of 1857 from the 16 research papers by CSIR-IICT

16 Special Appreciation Award 2008 for significant contributions in research by Indian

Institution of Chemical Technology on occasion of Foundation Day Celebrations 5th

August 2009

17 The Best Performance Award 2000-2001 for completion of projects and

productivity by Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad

Honors and Recognition

1 Membership in Professional and Scientific Organizations 1 Fellow- Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) Germany

2 Fellow- Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (Elected Jan 2015)

3 Fellow- Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences (APAS) (elected on 24th

December

2011)

4 Fellow- The Institution of Engineers (India) (FIEI) (F-118684-8) (elected on 03-

04-2014)

5 Fellow- The Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) (LM 870) (elected on 12-

11-2010)

6 Full Member - The Institute of Advanced Studies on Sustainability Institute of the

European Academy of Sciences and Arts Germany (2009)

7 Life Member- Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IICh) (elected on 11th Oct

2003 LM-27702)

8 Life Member- Indo-German Nachonakt Association (IGNA)

9 Life Member- Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS)

10 Life Member- International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIBiop) (M140)

(2012)

2 Editorial Assignments

1 Editor (Subject) Journal of Energy Hindawi (2012-)

2 Associate Editor

Frontiers in Environmental Science (Wastewater Management specialty

section) (2015- )

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Bioenergy and Biofuels

specialty section) (2015- )

Frontiers in Energy Research (Bioenergy and Biofuels specialty section

(2015- )

3 Guest Editor

Special Issue on bdquoMicrobial Fuel cell‟ Bioresource Technology (Vol 195 Page

1-288 Nov 2015)

Special Issue on bdquoWaste Biorefinery‟ Bioresource Technology (2015-) (In

progress)

4

4 Editorial Board Member

Bioresource Technology (2015- )

Journal of Telengana State Akademi of Sciences (TSAS)- Engineering

Sciences (2015- )

Internation Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (2015- )

The Open Waste Management Journal published by Bentham Science

Publishers (2008- )

The Open Biotechnology Journal published by Bentham Science Publishers

(2007- )

Dataset Papers in Atmospheric Sciences Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2012-)

The Advances in Energy Research An International Journal (ERi) KIST

(2013- )

JUET Research Journal India (2013- )

5 Editorial Board ISMET News International Society of Microbiology and

Technology (ISMET) (2015-)

3 Vice-President (Elected) Board of Governors and Management Council The

Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) (2015- )

4 Adjunct Professor Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology

University Thanjavur (2012- )

5 Member

Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster Preparedness

HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in

Ganga River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) (2015)

Indian Government delegation to Sweden to formulate ajoint call between India

and Sweden on biofuels 19th

-22rd

August 2014

International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation has prepared a report on

bdquoSustainable systems in the post-2015 development agenda Keeping societies

economies and ecosystems resilient‟ through The Institute of Advanced Studies on

Sustainability Institute of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Germany

(Oct 2013)

Review Commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (2014)

University Research Board PRIST University Thanjavur (2012-)

6 Listed as one of the Top Researchers in 100+ list (in Environmental Science India)

published by Carrer 360 Magazine March 2014 issue

7 Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship Institute of Water Quality Control and

Waste Management Technical University Munich Germany 2001-02

8 Board of Governors Member (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

9 Member Board of Studies

Environmental Science and Technology (EST) Jawaharlala Nehru Technological

University (JNTUH) Hyderabad (2012- )

Environmental Sciences Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati (2006-2012)

5

Biotechnology KL University Gunture (2009- 2011)

Integrated Five years Science Programe Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati

(2006-2009)

13 Research work on Microbial fuel cell was highlighted in Nature India online edition

under quoted under Research Highlights as bdquomicrobial cells to fuel the future‟

published on 28th

April 2008 doi101038nindia2008188

14 Research work on bdquoMicrobial fuel cell‟ was reported in Know how section The

Telegraph daily Kolkata Edition Monday July 16 2007 as news iteam bdquoMaking

electricity from waste‟

15 Research paper published in J Hazardous Materials 2002 90(2) 189-204 received

citations in top 1 within its field and is considered as highly influential which is

making significant impact in the field of study according to Essential Science

Indicators Thomson Scientific

16 Paper published in bdquoWater Research 41 (2007) 2652-2664‟ listed as one of the Top-

25 most cited article from 2007-2011

17 Paper published in

Applied Energy 93 (2012) 31-37 listed as most downloaded articles from 1 to 31 May 2012

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed as most downloaded articles in the last 90 days 30th

June 2012

Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41(4) (2007) 506-515 listed as most cited articles published

since 2007

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed at 22nd

place among Top 25 Hottest articles during

July-September 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 24 (2008) 41-47‟ listed at 24th place among Top 25 Hottest articles

during July-September 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 16th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 2nd place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 23 (2008) 1326-1332‟ listed at 23th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Bioresource Technology 99 (2008) 596-603‟ listed at 25th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Oct-Dec 207

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 68 (2007) 252ndash262‟ listed at 23rd place among

Top 25 Hottest articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26 listed at 24th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during Aug-Sept 2005

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26‟ listed at 6th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2005

6

Recognition to Research Group

Fellowships and appointments to Research Group

1 DrManu Agarwal Assistant Professor Maharaja Sayajirao University of

Baroda (July 2015) 2 Dr SSrikanth Research Scientist IOCL Noida (June 2015)

3 MrMVenkateswara Reddy JSPS Fellow (2015) 4 DrSVRaghavulu King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi

Arabia (June 2015)

5 Dr G Venkatash Subash Scientist Reliance Industries Mumbai (Aug 2014) 6 Dr G Mohanakrishn Marie Curie Fellowship (IEF-2013)

7 Mr Manu Agarwal worked at RMIT Australia as part of RMIT-IICT PhD Programe

(June 2013- May 2014)

8 MrPSuesh Babu Indo-Belgium Exchange Fellow worked for part of PhD at Belgium for 8

months (July 2013- March 2014)

9 MrsKAmulya and MissJAnnie Modestra Project Fellows selected for Short-Term

exchange program to visit various research institutes in EU (Germany The

Netherlands and Belgium) from 30th

March to 10th

April 2014

10 DrSVRaghavulu Irish Research Council Fellowship (2012-14) 11 Mr SSrikanth Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF-2012)

12 Dr Nunna Chandrsekhar Rao Senior Manger Ramkey Vishakaptnam

13 DrBPReddy Editor (Handling Biosciences Biotechnology and Ecology) Clean-Air Soil

Water (Wiley)

Awards Recognition to Research Group 14 Mr K Vamsi Krishna selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2014

by CSIR-IICT

15 Rashmi Chandra HEAM Scholar-2014 Award in National competition for research

scholar on Hydrogen energy project by Indian association for Hydrogen energy and

advance material in association (17th

Nov 2014)

16 Rashmi Chandra AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2014 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research 17 DrManu Agarwal Selected for bdquoDr Megan Clark Excellence Award-2013‟ for

academic achievements in the field of Australian minerals and resources science and

technology from RMIT Austrialia (March 2014) 18 MrMVenkateswara Reddy selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF

for the Year 2012 by CSIR-IICT

19 MrKChandrasekhar selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF for the

Year 2011 by CSIR-IICT

20 MissRashmi Chandra selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2011

by CSIR-IICT

21 DrAKiran Kumar selected for Best Performance Award 2011 for significant contribution in

achieving the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

22 Mr MVenkateswara Reddy selected for first rank for business plan bdquoGreen fuel for today-

biodiesel from microalgae (ENORME)‟ in the 9th Training program on bdquoTechnology Led

Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengulur March 15-30th 2012 conducted at CSIR-IICT

Hyderabad

7

23 MrSSrikanth selected for best business plan award as Group Leader and Technology

Manager for ldquoHydropreneurs- biohydrogen production (Ecohydrogen India LLP) 8th Training

program on bdquoTechnology Led Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengaluru 4-18 July 2011

conducted at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad

24 Mr SSrikanth AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2010 by The Biotech Research Society

of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

25 Dr GMohanakrishna AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2009 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

26 Dr AKiran Kumar Best Performance Award 2009 for significant contribution in achieving

the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

27 MrsGVelvizhi selected for ProfSKRangarajan Memorial Medal for year 2010 by Central

Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) Karikudi for the work presented at NCE 15th

Feb 2010

28 MrGMohanakrishna Senior Research Fellow was selected for Directors‟s Special

Appreciation best SRF award for the Year 2008

29 Mr SSrikanth was selected for Dr R N Sarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2008 by

CSIR-IICT

30 PaperPoster Awards for the research group Mr K Vamsi Krishna Best poster prize for bdquoRole of NADH dehydrogenase (ndh2) in extracellular

electron transport in bio-electrochemical systems International Conference on Emerging Trends in

Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and BRSI 6th -

9th November 2014‟

MrsSSreelatha Special appreciation prize for poster bdquobio-electrocatalyzed treatment of azo

dye in single chambered microbial fuel cell‟ National Seminar on emerging Trends in

Analytical Sciences (ETAS-2013) Indian Society of Analytical Scientists CSIR-IICT 27th-

28th Nov 2013

MrPChiranjeevi Second best poster award International Conference on Advances in

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013)

MrsKAmulya Best Speaker Prize 7th International Symposium on feedstock Recycling of

Polymeric materials CSIR-IIP and FSRJ-Japan 23rd

-26th Oct 2013 New Delhi

MrsGVelvizhi First prize for oral presentationbdquoBiocatalyst Behavior Under Self-Induced

Electrogenic Microenvironment and Its Influence On Complex Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Treatment‟ National Seminar on Enzymes and Biocatalysis The Versatile Actors Current

Trends And Future Perspectives (NSEB) Periyar University Salem Jan 5-6 2012

MrKNaresh Selected as best poster bdquoFunctional role of anoxic microenvironment in

comparison with aerobic and anaerobic conditions during azo dye degradation Bio-

electrochemical analysis‟ International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum 21-24th Nov 2011

MsNazira Fatima Selected for 2nd

best oral presentation bdquoEvaluation of wastewater as

renewable source to produce bioelectricity through biologically catalyzed fuel cells with

simultaneous treatment‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

MrMLenin Babu Selected for 2nd

best poster presentation bdquoEffect of anodic biofilm growth

on bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cell Process evaluation by bio-electrochemical

behavior and enzymatic activity‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

8

Institutional committees

1 Convenor- Research amp Development Core Advisory Committee CSIR-IICT

(2015- )

2 Chairman- AcSIR committee on CSIR-800 projects (2015- )

ScientificAdvisory Committee

1 Vice-President Board of Governors and Management Council The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

2 National organization committee- New Horizons in Biotechnology-2015 (NHBT-

2015) Nob 22-25 and BRSI NIIST Trivandrum

3 Member-Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster

Preparedness HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

4 Scientific committee- The 5th International Meeting on Microbial Electrochemistry

and Technologies (ISMET-2015) Arizona state university US October 1-4 2015

5 Scientific committee- International Scientific- International Conference on Energy

Environment and Climate Change (ICEECC 2015) - MAURITUS - 8-9 July 2015

6 Member-National Advisory Board 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy

Environment and Sustainable Technologies 28-31 January 2015 (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31th

Januaray 2015

7 Member-Scientific Advisory Committee International Conference on Environment

and Energy JNTUH 15-17th

Dec 2014

8 Member Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in Ganga

River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

9 Sectional Secretary-Engineeirng Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Scinces 13-15th

Nov 2014

10 Member Board of Governors (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

11 International Scientific Committee Second Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (2nd

AP-ISMET) with Conference

Theme Bioelectrochemical Science and Technologies for Environmental

Applications National University of Singapore July 21-23 2014

12 International Review Panel 4th

International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference

Organized by The University of Queensland amp International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology

13 Scientific Committee National Conference on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability and

Society The Growing Paradigm Shift (ESS-2013)‟ March 30-31 2013 Jaypee

University of Engineering amp Technology Guna

14 Scientific Committee International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and

Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai

27-30th

Januaray 2013

15 International Scientific Committee First Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (1st AP-ISMET) Conference

Theme Energy from environmental contaminants Harbin Institute of technology

China 13-15th

January 2013

9

16 Scientific Committee International conference on Algal Biorefinery A Potential

source of Food Feed Biochemicals Biofuels and Biofertilizer Organized by IIT

Kharagpur January 10-12 Kharagpur India 2013

17 Scientific Committee International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2012

18 Scientific Committee International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

19 Scientific Committee International Workshop on Biohydrogen Technology (IWBT

2008) IIT Khargapur 7-9th

February 2008

Fellowships

1 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2001) by AVH Foundation

Germany for carrying out Post-doctoral research

2 Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) Government of India for carrying out doctoral research

Countries visited

1 International Conference on Ecology Environment amp Energy (3E) organized by

Energy Research Center National Taiwan University and Alexander von Humboldt

(AvH) Germany 20-22nd

April 2015

2 New Indigo Project (Bio-e-MAT) project Kick-off Meeting Yeldiz Technical

University Istanbul Turkey 22-25th

January 2015

3 ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable

Development) Roma Italy 20-21st November 2014

4 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Mol Belgium 19-20th

November 2014

5 FP7-Indo-EU final project review meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 18-19th

November 2015

6 Stockholm Sweden as a member in Indian team of Scientists to formulate joint call

between India and Sweden on biofuels and to participate in Indo-Swedish Workshop

on biofuels organized by Formas and Lund University 19th

-22rd

August 2014

7 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore Chaired as Session and delivered

Keynote lecture in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟ 21-24th

July 2014

8 RMIT University Melbrone Austrialia 30th

Nov to 6th

Dec 2013 as team member in

delegation led of Director CSIR-IICT

9 Ministry of Economic Affairs NL Agency The Netherlands 24-31st October 2013

for SAHYOG Symposium and Project Twining

10 FP7-Indo-EU project Kick-off meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 11-13th

January

2012

11 China Shanghai Tongji University Shanghai July 2010

12 Japan Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu from September 2005 to December 2005

10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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4

4 Editorial Board Member

Bioresource Technology (2015- )

Journal of Telengana State Akademi of Sciences (TSAS)- Engineering

Sciences (2015- )

Internation Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (2015- )

The Open Waste Management Journal published by Bentham Science

Publishers (2008- )

The Open Biotechnology Journal published by Bentham Science Publishers

(2007- )

Dataset Papers in Atmospheric Sciences Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2012-)

The Advances in Energy Research An International Journal (ERi) KIST

(2013- )

JUET Research Journal India (2013- )

5 Editorial Board ISMET News International Society of Microbiology and

Technology (ISMET) (2015-)

3 Vice-President (Elected) Board of Governors and Management Council The

Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) (2015- )

4 Adjunct Professor Ponnaiyah Ramajayam Institute of Science and Technology

University Thanjavur (2012- )

5 Member

Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster Preparedness

HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in

Ganga River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) (2015)

Indian Government delegation to Sweden to formulate ajoint call between India

and Sweden on biofuels 19th

-22rd

August 2014

International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation has prepared a report on

bdquoSustainable systems in the post-2015 development agenda Keeping societies

economies and ecosystems resilient‟ through The Institute of Advanced Studies on

Sustainability Institute of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts Germany

(Oct 2013)

Review Commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (2014)

University Research Board PRIST University Thanjavur (2012-)

6 Listed as one of the Top Researchers in 100+ list (in Environmental Science India)

published by Carrer 360 Magazine March 2014 issue

7 Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship Institute of Water Quality Control and

Waste Management Technical University Munich Germany 2001-02

8 Board of Governors Member (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

9 Member Board of Studies

Environmental Science and Technology (EST) Jawaharlala Nehru Technological

University (JNTUH) Hyderabad (2012- )

Environmental Sciences Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati (2006-2012)

5

Biotechnology KL University Gunture (2009- 2011)

Integrated Five years Science Programe Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati

(2006-2009)

13 Research work on Microbial fuel cell was highlighted in Nature India online edition

under quoted under Research Highlights as bdquomicrobial cells to fuel the future‟

published on 28th

April 2008 doi101038nindia2008188

14 Research work on bdquoMicrobial fuel cell‟ was reported in Know how section The

Telegraph daily Kolkata Edition Monday July 16 2007 as news iteam bdquoMaking

electricity from waste‟

15 Research paper published in J Hazardous Materials 2002 90(2) 189-204 received

citations in top 1 within its field and is considered as highly influential which is

making significant impact in the field of study according to Essential Science

Indicators Thomson Scientific

16 Paper published in bdquoWater Research 41 (2007) 2652-2664‟ listed as one of the Top-

25 most cited article from 2007-2011

17 Paper published in

Applied Energy 93 (2012) 31-37 listed as most downloaded articles from 1 to 31 May 2012

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed as most downloaded articles in the last 90 days 30th

June 2012

Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41(4) (2007) 506-515 listed as most cited articles published

since 2007

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed at 22nd

place among Top 25 Hottest articles during

July-September 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 24 (2008) 41-47‟ listed at 24th place among Top 25 Hottest articles

during July-September 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 16th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 2nd place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 23 (2008) 1326-1332‟ listed at 23th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Bioresource Technology 99 (2008) 596-603‟ listed at 25th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Oct-Dec 207

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 68 (2007) 252ndash262‟ listed at 23rd place among

Top 25 Hottest articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26 listed at 24th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during Aug-Sept 2005

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26‟ listed at 6th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2005

6

Recognition to Research Group

Fellowships and appointments to Research Group

1 DrManu Agarwal Assistant Professor Maharaja Sayajirao University of

Baroda (July 2015) 2 Dr SSrikanth Research Scientist IOCL Noida (June 2015)

3 MrMVenkateswara Reddy JSPS Fellow (2015) 4 DrSVRaghavulu King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi

Arabia (June 2015)

5 Dr G Venkatash Subash Scientist Reliance Industries Mumbai (Aug 2014) 6 Dr G Mohanakrishn Marie Curie Fellowship (IEF-2013)

7 Mr Manu Agarwal worked at RMIT Australia as part of RMIT-IICT PhD Programe

(June 2013- May 2014)

8 MrPSuesh Babu Indo-Belgium Exchange Fellow worked for part of PhD at Belgium for 8

months (July 2013- March 2014)

9 MrsKAmulya and MissJAnnie Modestra Project Fellows selected for Short-Term

exchange program to visit various research institutes in EU (Germany The

Netherlands and Belgium) from 30th

March to 10th

April 2014

10 DrSVRaghavulu Irish Research Council Fellowship (2012-14) 11 Mr SSrikanth Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF-2012)

12 Dr Nunna Chandrsekhar Rao Senior Manger Ramkey Vishakaptnam

13 DrBPReddy Editor (Handling Biosciences Biotechnology and Ecology) Clean-Air Soil

Water (Wiley)

Awards Recognition to Research Group 14 Mr K Vamsi Krishna selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2014

by CSIR-IICT

15 Rashmi Chandra HEAM Scholar-2014 Award in National competition for research

scholar on Hydrogen energy project by Indian association for Hydrogen energy and

advance material in association (17th

Nov 2014)

16 Rashmi Chandra AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2014 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research 17 DrManu Agarwal Selected for bdquoDr Megan Clark Excellence Award-2013‟ for

academic achievements in the field of Australian minerals and resources science and

technology from RMIT Austrialia (March 2014) 18 MrMVenkateswara Reddy selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF

for the Year 2012 by CSIR-IICT

19 MrKChandrasekhar selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF for the

Year 2011 by CSIR-IICT

20 MissRashmi Chandra selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2011

by CSIR-IICT

21 DrAKiran Kumar selected for Best Performance Award 2011 for significant contribution in

achieving the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

22 Mr MVenkateswara Reddy selected for first rank for business plan bdquoGreen fuel for today-

biodiesel from microalgae (ENORME)‟ in the 9th Training program on bdquoTechnology Led

Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengulur March 15-30th 2012 conducted at CSIR-IICT

Hyderabad

7

23 MrSSrikanth selected for best business plan award as Group Leader and Technology

Manager for ldquoHydropreneurs- biohydrogen production (Ecohydrogen India LLP) 8th Training

program on bdquoTechnology Led Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengaluru 4-18 July 2011

conducted at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad

24 Mr SSrikanth AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2010 by The Biotech Research Society

of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

25 Dr GMohanakrishna AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2009 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

26 Dr AKiran Kumar Best Performance Award 2009 for significant contribution in achieving

the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

27 MrsGVelvizhi selected for ProfSKRangarajan Memorial Medal for year 2010 by Central

Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) Karikudi for the work presented at NCE 15th

Feb 2010

28 MrGMohanakrishna Senior Research Fellow was selected for Directors‟s Special

Appreciation best SRF award for the Year 2008

29 Mr SSrikanth was selected for Dr R N Sarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2008 by

CSIR-IICT

30 PaperPoster Awards for the research group Mr K Vamsi Krishna Best poster prize for bdquoRole of NADH dehydrogenase (ndh2) in extracellular

electron transport in bio-electrochemical systems International Conference on Emerging Trends in

Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and BRSI 6th -

9th November 2014‟

MrsSSreelatha Special appreciation prize for poster bdquobio-electrocatalyzed treatment of azo

dye in single chambered microbial fuel cell‟ National Seminar on emerging Trends in

Analytical Sciences (ETAS-2013) Indian Society of Analytical Scientists CSIR-IICT 27th-

28th Nov 2013

MrPChiranjeevi Second best poster award International Conference on Advances in

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013)

MrsKAmulya Best Speaker Prize 7th International Symposium on feedstock Recycling of

Polymeric materials CSIR-IIP and FSRJ-Japan 23rd

-26th Oct 2013 New Delhi

MrsGVelvizhi First prize for oral presentationbdquoBiocatalyst Behavior Under Self-Induced

Electrogenic Microenvironment and Its Influence On Complex Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Treatment‟ National Seminar on Enzymes and Biocatalysis The Versatile Actors Current

Trends And Future Perspectives (NSEB) Periyar University Salem Jan 5-6 2012

MrKNaresh Selected as best poster bdquoFunctional role of anoxic microenvironment in

comparison with aerobic and anaerobic conditions during azo dye degradation Bio-

electrochemical analysis‟ International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum 21-24th Nov 2011

MsNazira Fatima Selected for 2nd

best oral presentation bdquoEvaluation of wastewater as

renewable source to produce bioelectricity through biologically catalyzed fuel cells with

simultaneous treatment‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

MrMLenin Babu Selected for 2nd

best poster presentation bdquoEffect of anodic biofilm growth

on bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cell Process evaluation by bio-electrochemical

behavior and enzymatic activity‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

8

Institutional committees

1 Convenor- Research amp Development Core Advisory Committee CSIR-IICT

(2015- )

2 Chairman- AcSIR committee on CSIR-800 projects (2015- )

ScientificAdvisory Committee

1 Vice-President Board of Governors and Management Council The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

2 National organization committee- New Horizons in Biotechnology-2015 (NHBT-

2015) Nob 22-25 and BRSI NIIST Trivandrum

3 Member-Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster

Preparedness HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

4 Scientific committee- The 5th International Meeting on Microbial Electrochemistry

and Technologies (ISMET-2015) Arizona state university US October 1-4 2015

5 Scientific committee- International Scientific- International Conference on Energy

Environment and Climate Change (ICEECC 2015) - MAURITUS - 8-9 July 2015

6 Member-National Advisory Board 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy

Environment and Sustainable Technologies 28-31 January 2015 (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31th

Januaray 2015

7 Member-Scientific Advisory Committee International Conference on Environment

and Energy JNTUH 15-17th

Dec 2014

8 Member Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in Ganga

River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

9 Sectional Secretary-Engineeirng Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Scinces 13-15th

Nov 2014

10 Member Board of Governors (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

11 International Scientific Committee Second Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (2nd

AP-ISMET) with Conference

Theme Bioelectrochemical Science and Technologies for Environmental

Applications National University of Singapore July 21-23 2014

12 International Review Panel 4th

International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference

Organized by The University of Queensland amp International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology

13 Scientific Committee National Conference on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability and

Society The Growing Paradigm Shift (ESS-2013)‟ March 30-31 2013 Jaypee

University of Engineering amp Technology Guna

14 Scientific Committee International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and

Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai

27-30th

Januaray 2013

15 International Scientific Committee First Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (1st AP-ISMET) Conference

Theme Energy from environmental contaminants Harbin Institute of technology

China 13-15th

January 2013

9

16 Scientific Committee International conference on Algal Biorefinery A Potential

source of Food Feed Biochemicals Biofuels and Biofertilizer Organized by IIT

Kharagpur January 10-12 Kharagpur India 2013

17 Scientific Committee International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2012

18 Scientific Committee International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

19 Scientific Committee International Workshop on Biohydrogen Technology (IWBT

2008) IIT Khargapur 7-9th

February 2008

Fellowships

1 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2001) by AVH Foundation

Germany for carrying out Post-doctoral research

2 Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) Government of India for carrying out doctoral research

Countries visited

1 International Conference on Ecology Environment amp Energy (3E) organized by

Energy Research Center National Taiwan University and Alexander von Humboldt

(AvH) Germany 20-22nd

April 2015

2 New Indigo Project (Bio-e-MAT) project Kick-off Meeting Yeldiz Technical

University Istanbul Turkey 22-25th

January 2015

3 ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable

Development) Roma Italy 20-21st November 2014

4 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Mol Belgium 19-20th

November 2014

5 FP7-Indo-EU final project review meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 18-19th

November 2015

6 Stockholm Sweden as a member in Indian team of Scientists to formulate joint call

between India and Sweden on biofuels and to participate in Indo-Swedish Workshop

on biofuels organized by Formas and Lund University 19th

-22rd

August 2014

7 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore Chaired as Session and delivered

Keynote lecture in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟ 21-24th

July 2014

8 RMIT University Melbrone Austrialia 30th

Nov to 6th

Dec 2013 as team member in

delegation led of Director CSIR-IICT

9 Ministry of Economic Affairs NL Agency The Netherlands 24-31st October 2013

for SAHYOG Symposium and Project Twining

10 FP7-Indo-EU project Kick-off meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 11-13th

January

2012

11 China Shanghai Tongji University Shanghai July 2010

12 Japan Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu from September 2005 to December 2005

10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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5

Biotechnology KL University Gunture (2009- 2011)

Integrated Five years Science Programe Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati

(2006-2009)

13 Research work on Microbial fuel cell was highlighted in Nature India online edition

under quoted under Research Highlights as bdquomicrobial cells to fuel the future‟

published on 28th

April 2008 doi101038nindia2008188

14 Research work on bdquoMicrobial fuel cell‟ was reported in Know how section The

Telegraph daily Kolkata Edition Monday July 16 2007 as news iteam bdquoMaking

electricity from waste‟

15 Research paper published in J Hazardous Materials 2002 90(2) 189-204 received

citations in top 1 within its field and is considered as highly influential which is

making significant impact in the field of study according to Essential Science

Indicators Thomson Scientific

16 Paper published in bdquoWater Research 41 (2007) 2652-2664‟ listed as one of the Top-

25 most cited article from 2007-2011

17 Paper published in

Applied Energy 93 (2012) 31-37 listed as most downloaded articles from 1 to 31 May 2012

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed as most downloaded articles in the last 90 days 30th

June 2012

Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41(4) (2007) 506-515 listed as most cited articles published

since 2007

Renewable Energy 43 (2012) 276-283 listed at 22nd

place among Top 25 Hottest articles during

July-September 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 24 (2008) 41-47‟ listed at 24th place among Top 25 Hottest articles

during July-September 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 16th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 39 (2008) 121-130‟ listed at 2nd place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 23 (2008) 1326-1332‟ listed at 23th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2008

Bioresource Technology 99 (2008) 596-603‟ listed at 25th place among Top 25 Hottest

articles during Oct-Dec 207

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 68 (2007) 252ndash262‟ listed at 23rd place among

Top 25 Hottest articles during Jan-March 2008

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26 listed at 24th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during Aug-Sept 2005

Biochemical Engineering Journal 24 (2005) 17-26‟ listed at 6th place among Top 25

Hottest articles during April-June 2005

6

Recognition to Research Group

Fellowships and appointments to Research Group

1 DrManu Agarwal Assistant Professor Maharaja Sayajirao University of

Baroda (July 2015) 2 Dr SSrikanth Research Scientist IOCL Noida (June 2015)

3 MrMVenkateswara Reddy JSPS Fellow (2015) 4 DrSVRaghavulu King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi

Arabia (June 2015)

5 Dr G Venkatash Subash Scientist Reliance Industries Mumbai (Aug 2014) 6 Dr G Mohanakrishn Marie Curie Fellowship (IEF-2013)

7 Mr Manu Agarwal worked at RMIT Australia as part of RMIT-IICT PhD Programe

(June 2013- May 2014)

8 MrPSuesh Babu Indo-Belgium Exchange Fellow worked for part of PhD at Belgium for 8

months (July 2013- March 2014)

9 MrsKAmulya and MissJAnnie Modestra Project Fellows selected for Short-Term

exchange program to visit various research institutes in EU (Germany The

Netherlands and Belgium) from 30th

March to 10th

April 2014

10 DrSVRaghavulu Irish Research Council Fellowship (2012-14) 11 Mr SSrikanth Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF-2012)

12 Dr Nunna Chandrsekhar Rao Senior Manger Ramkey Vishakaptnam

13 DrBPReddy Editor (Handling Biosciences Biotechnology and Ecology) Clean-Air Soil

Water (Wiley)

Awards Recognition to Research Group 14 Mr K Vamsi Krishna selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2014

by CSIR-IICT

15 Rashmi Chandra HEAM Scholar-2014 Award in National competition for research

scholar on Hydrogen energy project by Indian association for Hydrogen energy and

advance material in association (17th

Nov 2014)

16 Rashmi Chandra AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2014 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research 17 DrManu Agarwal Selected for bdquoDr Megan Clark Excellence Award-2013‟ for

academic achievements in the field of Australian minerals and resources science and

technology from RMIT Austrialia (March 2014) 18 MrMVenkateswara Reddy selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF

for the Year 2012 by CSIR-IICT

19 MrKChandrasekhar selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF for the

Year 2011 by CSIR-IICT

20 MissRashmi Chandra selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2011

by CSIR-IICT

21 DrAKiran Kumar selected for Best Performance Award 2011 for significant contribution in

achieving the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

22 Mr MVenkateswara Reddy selected for first rank for business plan bdquoGreen fuel for today-

biodiesel from microalgae (ENORME)‟ in the 9th Training program on bdquoTechnology Led

Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengulur March 15-30th 2012 conducted at CSIR-IICT

Hyderabad

7

23 MrSSrikanth selected for best business plan award as Group Leader and Technology

Manager for ldquoHydropreneurs- biohydrogen production (Ecohydrogen India LLP) 8th Training

program on bdquoTechnology Led Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengaluru 4-18 July 2011

conducted at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad

24 Mr SSrikanth AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2010 by The Biotech Research Society

of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

25 Dr GMohanakrishna AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2009 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

26 Dr AKiran Kumar Best Performance Award 2009 for significant contribution in achieving

the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

27 MrsGVelvizhi selected for ProfSKRangarajan Memorial Medal for year 2010 by Central

Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) Karikudi for the work presented at NCE 15th

Feb 2010

28 MrGMohanakrishna Senior Research Fellow was selected for Directors‟s Special

Appreciation best SRF award for the Year 2008

29 Mr SSrikanth was selected for Dr R N Sarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2008 by

CSIR-IICT

30 PaperPoster Awards for the research group Mr K Vamsi Krishna Best poster prize for bdquoRole of NADH dehydrogenase (ndh2) in extracellular

electron transport in bio-electrochemical systems International Conference on Emerging Trends in

Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and BRSI 6th -

9th November 2014‟

MrsSSreelatha Special appreciation prize for poster bdquobio-electrocatalyzed treatment of azo

dye in single chambered microbial fuel cell‟ National Seminar on emerging Trends in

Analytical Sciences (ETAS-2013) Indian Society of Analytical Scientists CSIR-IICT 27th-

28th Nov 2013

MrPChiranjeevi Second best poster award International Conference on Advances in

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013)

MrsKAmulya Best Speaker Prize 7th International Symposium on feedstock Recycling of

Polymeric materials CSIR-IIP and FSRJ-Japan 23rd

-26th Oct 2013 New Delhi

MrsGVelvizhi First prize for oral presentationbdquoBiocatalyst Behavior Under Self-Induced

Electrogenic Microenvironment and Its Influence On Complex Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Treatment‟ National Seminar on Enzymes and Biocatalysis The Versatile Actors Current

Trends And Future Perspectives (NSEB) Periyar University Salem Jan 5-6 2012

MrKNaresh Selected as best poster bdquoFunctional role of anoxic microenvironment in

comparison with aerobic and anaerobic conditions during azo dye degradation Bio-

electrochemical analysis‟ International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum 21-24th Nov 2011

MsNazira Fatima Selected for 2nd

best oral presentation bdquoEvaluation of wastewater as

renewable source to produce bioelectricity through biologically catalyzed fuel cells with

simultaneous treatment‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

MrMLenin Babu Selected for 2nd

best poster presentation bdquoEffect of anodic biofilm growth

on bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cell Process evaluation by bio-electrochemical

behavior and enzymatic activity‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

8

Institutional committees

1 Convenor- Research amp Development Core Advisory Committee CSIR-IICT

(2015- )

2 Chairman- AcSIR committee on CSIR-800 projects (2015- )

ScientificAdvisory Committee

1 Vice-President Board of Governors and Management Council The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

2 National organization committee- New Horizons in Biotechnology-2015 (NHBT-

2015) Nob 22-25 and BRSI NIIST Trivandrum

3 Member-Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster

Preparedness HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

4 Scientific committee- The 5th International Meeting on Microbial Electrochemistry

and Technologies (ISMET-2015) Arizona state university US October 1-4 2015

5 Scientific committee- International Scientific- International Conference on Energy

Environment and Climate Change (ICEECC 2015) - MAURITUS - 8-9 July 2015

6 Member-National Advisory Board 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy

Environment and Sustainable Technologies 28-31 January 2015 (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31th

Januaray 2015

7 Member-Scientific Advisory Committee International Conference on Environment

and Energy JNTUH 15-17th

Dec 2014

8 Member Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in Ganga

River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

9 Sectional Secretary-Engineeirng Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Scinces 13-15th

Nov 2014

10 Member Board of Governors (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

11 International Scientific Committee Second Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (2nd

AP-ISMET) with Conference

Theme Bioelectrochemical Science and Technologies for Environmental

Applications National University of Singapore July 21-23 2014

12 International Review Panel 4th

International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference

Organized by The University of Queensland amp International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology

13 Scientific Committee National Conference on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability and

Society The Growing Paradigm Shift (ESS-2013)‟ March 30-31 2013 Jaypee

University of Engineering amp Technology Guna

14 Scientific Committee International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and

Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai

27-30th

Januaray 2013

15 International Scientific Committee First Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (1st AP-ISMET) Conference

Theme Energy from environmental contaminants Harbin Institute of technology

China 13-15th

January 2013

9

16 Scientific Committee International conference on Algal Biorefinery A Potential

source of Food Feed Biochemicals Biofuels and Biofertilizer Organized by IIT

Kharagpur January 10-12 Kharagpur India 2013

17 Scientific Committee International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2012

18 Scientific Committee International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

19 Scientific Committee International Workshop on Biohydrogen Technology (IWBT

2008) IIT Khargapur 7-9th

February 2008

Fellowships

1 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2001) by AVH Foundation

Germany for carrying out Post-doctoral research

2 Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) Government of India for carrying out doctoral research

Countries visited

1 International Conference on Ecology Environment amp Energy (3E) organized by

Energy Research Center National Taiwan University and Alexander von Humboldt

(AvH) Germany 20-22nd

April 2015

2 New Indigo Project (Bio-e-MAT) project Kick-off Meeting Yeldiz Technical

University Istanbul Turkey 22-25th

January 2015

3 ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable

Development) Roma Italy 20-21st November 2014

4 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Mol Belgium 19-20th

November 2014

5 FP7-Indo-EU final project review meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 18-19th

November 2015

6 Stockholm Sweden as a member in Indian team of Scientists to formulate joint call

between India and Sweden on biofuels and to participate in Indo-Swedish Workshop

on biofuels organized by Formas and Lund University 19th

-22rd

August 2014

7 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore Chaired as Session and delivered

Keynote lecture in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟ 21-24th

July 2014

8 RMIT University Melbrone Austrialia 30th

Nov to 6th

Dec 2013 as team member in

delegation led of Director CSIR-IICT

9 Ministry of Economic Affairs NL Agency The Netherlands 24-31st October 2013

for SAHYOG Symposium and Project Twining

10 FP7-Indo-EU project Kick-off meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 11-13th

January

2012

11 China Shanghai Tongji University Shanghai July 2010

12 Japan Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu from September 2005 to December 2005

10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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6

Recognition to Research Group

Fellowships and appointments to Research Group

1 DrManu Agarwal Assistant Professor Maharaja Sayajirao University of

Baroda (July 2015) 2 Dr SSrikanth Research Scientist IOCL Noida (June 2015)

3 MrMVenkateswara Reddy JSPS Fellow (2015) 4 DrSVRaghavulu King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi

Arabia (June 2015)

5 Dr G Venkatash Subash Scientist Reliance Industries Mumbai (Aug 2014) 6 Dr G Mohanakrishn Marie Curie Fellowship (IEF-2013)

7 Mr Manu Agarwal worked at RMIT Australia as part of RMIT-IICT PhD Programe

(June 2013- May 2014)

8 MrPSuesh Babu Indo-Belgium Exchange Fellow worked for part of PhD at Belgium for 8

months (July 2013- March 2014)

9 MrsKAmulya and MissJAnnie Modestra Project Fellows selected for Short-Term

exchange program to visit various research institutes in EU (Germany The

Netherlands and Belgium) from 30th

March to 10th

April 2014

10 DrSVRaghavulu Irish Research Council Fellowship (2012-14) 11 Mr SSrikanth Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF-2012)

12 Dr Nunna Chandrsekhar Rao Senior Manger Ramkey Vishakaptnam

13 DrBPReddy Editor (Handling Biosciences Biotechnology and Ecology) Clean-Air Soil

Water (Wiley)

Awards Recognition to Research Group 14 Mr K Vamsi Krishna selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2014

by CSIR-IICT

15 Rashmi Chandra HEAM Scholar-2014 Award in National competition for research

scholar on Hydrogen energy project by Indian association for Hydrogen energy and

advance material in association (17th

Nov 2014)

16 Rashmi Chandra AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2014 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research 17 DrManu Agarwal Selected for bdquoDr Megan Clark Excellence Award-2013‟ for

academic achievements in the field of Australian minerals and resources science and

technology from RMIT Austrialia (March 2014) 18 MrMVenkateswara Reddy selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF

for the Year 2012 by CSIR-IICT

19 MrKChandrasekhar selected for Directors‟s Special Appreciation award for best SRF for the

Year 2011 by CSIR-IICT

20 MissRashmi Chandra selected for DrRNSarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2011

by CSIR-IICT

21 DrAKiran Kumar selected for Best Performance Award 2011 for significant contribution in

achieving the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

22 Mr MVenkateswara Reddy selected for first rank for business plan bdquoGreen fuel for today-

biodiesel from microalgae (ENORME)‟ in the 9th Training program on bdquoTechnology Led

Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengulur March 15-30th 2012 conducted at CSIR-IICT

Hyderabad

7

23 MrSSrikanth selected for best business plan award as Group Leader and Technology

Manager for ldquoHydropreneurs- biohydrogen production (Ecohydrogen India LLP) 8th Training

program on bdquoTechnology Led Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengaluru 4-18 July 2011

conducted at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad

24 Mr SSrikanth AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2010 by The Biotech Research Society

of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

25 Dr GMohanakrishna AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2009 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

26 Dr AKiran Kumar Best Performance Award 2009 for significant contribution in achieving

the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

27 MrsGVelvizhi selected for ProfSKRangarajan Memorial Medal for year 2010 by Central

Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) Karikudi for the work presented at NCE 15th

Feb 2010

28 MrGMohanakrishna Senior Research Fellow was selected for Directors‟s Special

Appreciation best SRF award for the Year 2008

29 Mr SSrikanth was selected for Dr R N Sarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2008 by

CSIR-IICT

30 PaperPoster Awards for the research group Mr K Vamsi Krishna Best poster prize for bdquoRole of NADH dehydrogenase (ndh2) in extracellular

electron transport in bio-electrochemical systems International Conference on Emerging Trends in

Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and BRSI 6th -

9th November 2014‟

MrsSSreelatha Special appreciation prize for poster bdquobio-electrocatalyzed treatment of azo

dye in single chambered microbial fuel cell‟ National Seminar on emerging Trends in

Analytical Sciences (ETAS-2013) Indian Society of Analytical Scientists CSIR-IICT 27th-

28th Nov 2013

MrPChiranjeevi Second best poster award International Conference on Advances in

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013)

MrsKAmulya Best Speaker Prize 7th International Symposium on feedstock Recycling of

Polymeric materials CSIR-IIP and FSRJ-Japan 23rd

-26th Oct 2013 New Delhi

MrsGVelvizhi First prize for oral presentationbdquoBiocatalyst Behavior Under Self-Induced

Electrogenic Microenvironment and Its Influence On Complex Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Treatment‟ National Seminar on Enzymes and Biocatalysis The Versatile Actors Current

Trends And Future Perspectives (NSEB) Periyar University Salem Jan 5-6 2012

MrKNaresh Selected as best poster bdquoFunctional role of anoxic microenvironment in

comparison with aerobic and anaerobic conditions during azo dye degradation Bio-

electrochemical analysis‟ International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum 21-24th Nov 2011

MsNazira Fatima Selected for 2nd

best oral presentation bdquoEvaluation of wastewater as

renewable source to produce bioelectricity through biologically catalyzed fuel cells with

simultaneous treatment‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

MrMLenin Babu Selected for 2nd

best poster presentation bdquoEffect of anodic biofilm growth

on bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cell Process evaluation by bio-electrochemical

behavior and enzymatic activity‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

8

Institutional committees

1 Convenor- Research amp Development Core Advisory Committee CSIR-IICT

(2015- )

2 Chairman- AcSIR committee on CSIR-800 projects (2015- )

ScientificAdvisory Committee

1 Vice-President Board of Governors and Management Council The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

2 National organization committee- New Horizons in Biotechnology-2015 (NHBT-

2015) Nob 22-25 and BRSI NIIST Trivandrum

3 Member-Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster

Preparedness HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

4 Scientific committee- The 5th International Meeting on Microbial Electrochemistry

and Technologies (ISMET-2015) Arizona state university US October 1-4 2015

5 Scientific committee- International Scientific- International Conference on Energy

Environment and Climate Change (ICEECC 2015) - MAURITUS - 8-9 July 2015

6 Member-National Advisory Board 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy

Environment and Sustainable Technologies 28-31 January 2015 (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31th

Januaray 2015

7 Member-Scientific Advisory Committee International Conference on Environment

and Energy JNTUH 15-17th

Dec 2014

8 Member Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in Ganga

River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

9 Sectional Secretary-Engineeirng Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Scinces 13-15th

Nov 2014

10 Member Board of Governors (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

11 International Scientific Committee Second Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (2nd

AP-ISMET) with Conference

Theme Bioelectrochemical Science and Technologies for Environmental

Applications National University of Singapore July 21-23 2014

12 International Review Panel 4th

International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference

Organized by The University of Queensland amp International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology

13 Scientific Committee National Conference on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability and

Society The Growing Paradigm Shift (ESS-2013)‟ March 30-31 2013 Jaypee

University of Engineering amp Technology Guna

14 Scientific Committee International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and

Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai

27-30th

Januaray 2013

15 International Scientific Committee First Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (1st AP-ISMET) Conference

Theme Energy from environmental contaminants Harbin Institute of technology

China 13-15th

January 2013

9

16 Scientific Committee International conference on Algal Biorefinery A Potential

source of Food Feed Biochemicals Biofuels and Biofertilizer Organized by IIT

Kharagpur January 10-12 Kharagpur India 2013

17 Scientific Committee International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2012

18 Scientific Committee International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

19 Scientific Committee International Workshop on Biohydrogen Technology (IWBT

2008) IIT Khargapur 7-9th

February 2008

Fellowships

1 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2001) by AVH Foundation

Germany for carrying out Post-doctoral research

2 Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) Government of India for carrying out doctoral research

Countries visited

1 International Conference on Ecology Environment amp Energy (3E) organized by

Energy Research Center National Taiwan University and Alexander von Humboldt

(AvH) Germany 20-22nd

April 2015

2 New Indigo Project (Bio-e-MAT) project Kick-off Meeting Yeldiz Technical

University Istanbul Turkey 22-25th

January 2015

3 ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable

Development) Roma Italy 20-21st November 2014

4 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Mol Belgium 19-20th

November 2014

5 FP7-Indo-EU final project review meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 18-19th

November 2015

6 Stockholm Sweden as a member in Indian team of Scientists to formulate joint call

between India and Sweden on biofuels and to participate in Indo-Swedish Workshop

on biofuels organized by Formas and Lund University 19th

-22rd

August 2014

7 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore Chaired as Session and delivered

Keynote lecture in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟ 21-24th

July 2014

8 RMIT University Melbrone Austrialia 30th

Nov to 6th

Dec 2013 as team member in

delegation led of Director CSIR-IICT

9 Ministry of Economic Affairs NL Agency The Netherlands 24-31st October 2013

for SAHYOG Symposium and Project Twining

10 FP7-Indo-EU project Kick-off meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 11-13th

January

2012

11 China Shanghai Tongji University Shanghai July 2010

12 Japan Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu from September 2005 to December 2005

10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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7

23 MrSSrikanth selected for best business plan award as Group Leader and Technology

Manager for ldquoHydropreneurs- biohydrogen production (Ecohydrogen India LLP) 8th Training

program on bdquoTechnology Led Entrepreneurship‟ conducted by IIM Bengaluru 4-18 July 2011

conducted at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad

24 Mr SSrikanth AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2010 by The Biotech Research Society

of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

25 Dr GMohanakrishna AU-CBT Excellence award for the year 2009 by The Biotech Research

Society of India (BRSI) for his achievements during doctoral research

26 Dr AKiran Kumar Best Performance Award 2009 for significant contribution in achieving

the individual impact of research papers (under group III) by CSIR-IICT

27 MrsGVelvizhi selected for ProfSKRangarajan Memorial Medal for year 2010 by Central

Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) Karikudi for the work presented at NCE 15th

Feb 2010

28 MrGMohanakrishna Senior Research Fellow was selected for Directors‟s Special

Appreciation best SRF award for the Year 2008

29 Mr SSrikanth was selected for Dr R N Sarma Memorial Best JRF Award for the year 2008 by

CSIR-IICT

30 PaperPoster Awards for the research group Mr K Vamsi Krishna Best poster prize for bdquoRole of NADH dehydrogenase (ndh2) in extracellular

electron transport in bio-electrochemical systems International Conference on Emerging Trends in

Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and BRSI 6th -

9th November 2014‟

MrsSSreelatha Special appreciation prize for poster bdquobio-electrocatalyzed treatment of azo

dye in single chambered microbial fuel cell‟ National Seminar on emerging Trends in

Analytical Sciences (ETAS-2013) Indian Society of Analytical Scientists CSIR-IICT 27th-

28th Nov 2013

MrPChiranjeevi Second best poster award International Conference on Advances in

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013)

MrsKAmulya Best Speaker Prize 7th International Symposium on feedstock Recycling of

Polymeric materials CSIR-IIP and FSRJ-Japan 23rd

-26th Oct 2013 New Delhi

MrsGVelvizhi First prize for oral presentationbdquoBiocatalyst Behavior Under Self-Induced

Electrogenic Microenvironment and Its Influence On Complex Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Treatment‟ National Seminar on Enzymes and Biocatalysis The Versatile Actors Current

Trends And Future Perspectives (NSEB) Periyar University Salem Jan 5-6 2012

MrKNaresh Selected as best poster bdquoFunctional role of anoxic microenvironment in

comparison with aerobic and anaerobic conditions during azo dye degradation Bio-

electrochemical analysis‟ International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum 21-24th Nov 2011

MsNazira Fatima Selected for 2nd

best oral presentation bdquoEvaluation of wastewater as

renewable source to produce bioelectricity through biologically catalyzed fuel cells with

simultaneous treatment‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

MrMLenin Babu Selected for 2nd

best poster presentation bdquoEffect of anodic biofilm growth

on bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cell Process evaluation by bio-electrochemical

behavior and enzymatic activity‟ Emerging trends in Science and Technology (1st AP Science

Congress 2008) AP Akademi of Sciences Nov 14-16 2008

8

Institutional committees

1 Convenor- Research amp Development Core Advisory Committee CSIR-IICT

(2015- )

2 Chairman- AcSIR committee on CSIR-800 projects (2015- )

ScientificAdvisory Committee

1 Vice-President Board of Governors and Management Council The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

2 National organization committee- New Horizons in Biotechnology-2015 (NHBT-

2015) Nob 22-25 and BRSI NIIST Trivandrum

3 Member-Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster

Preparedness HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

4 Scientific committee- The 5th International Meeting on Microbial Electrochemistry

and Technologies (ISMET-2015) Arizona state university US October 1-4 2015

5 Scientific committee- International Scientific- International Conference on Energy

Environment and Climate Change (ICEECC 2015) - MAURITUS - 8-9 July 2015

6 Member-National Advisory Board 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy

Environment and Sustainable Technologies 28-31 January 2015 (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31th

Januaray 2015

7 Member-Scientific Advisory Committee International Conference on Environment

and Energy JNTUH 15-17th

Dec 2014

8 Member Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in Ganga

River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

9 Sectional Secretary-Engineeirng Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Scinces 13-15th

Nov 2014

10 Member Board of Governors (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

11 International Scientific Committee Second Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (2nd

AP-ISMET) with Conference

Theme Bioelectrochemical Science and Technologies for Environmental

Applications National University of Singapore July 21-23 2014

12 International Review Panel 4th

International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference

Organized by The University of Queensland amp International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology

13 Scientific Committee National Conference on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability and

Society The Growing Paradigm Shift (ESS-2013)‟ March 30-31 2013 Jaypee

University of Engineering amp Technology Guna

14 Scientific Committee International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and

Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai

27-30th

Januaray 2013

15 International Scientific Committee First Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (1st AP-ISMET) Conference

Theme Energy from environmental contaminants Harbin Institute of technology

China 13-15th

January 2013

9

16 Scientific Committee International conference on Algal Biorefinery A Potential

source of Food Feed Biochemicals Biofuels and Biofertilizer Organized by IIT

Kharagpur January 10-12 Kharagpur India 2013

17 Scientific Committee International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2012

18 Scientific Committee International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

19 Scientific Committee International Workshop on Biohydrogen Technology (IWBT

2008) IIT Khargapur 7-9th

February 2008

Fellowships

1 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2001) by AVH Foundation

Germany for carrying out Post-doctoral research

2 Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) Government of India for carrying out doctoral research

Countries visited

1 International Conference on Ecology Environment amp Energy (3E) organized by

Energy Research Center National Taiwan University and Alexander von Humboldt

(AvH) Germany 20-22nd

April 2015

2 New Indigo Project (Bio-e-MAT) project Kick-off Meeting Yeldiz Technical

University Istanbul Turkey 22-25th

January 2015

3 ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable

Development) Roma Italy 20-21st November 2014

4 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Mol Belgium 19-20th

November 2014

5 FP7-Indo-EU final project review meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 18-19th

November 2015

6 Stockholm Sweden as a member in Indian team of Scientists to formulate joint call

between India and Sweden on biofuels and to participate in Indo-Swedish Workshop

on biofuels organized by Formas and Lund University 19th

-22rd

August 2014

7 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore Chaired as Session and delivered

Keynote lecture in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟ 21-24th

July 2014

8 RMIT University Melbrone Austrialia 30th

Nov to 6th

Dec 2013 as team member in

delegation led of Director CSIR-IICT

9 Ministry of Economic Affairs NL Agency The Netherlands 24-31st October 2013

for SAHYOG Symposium and Project Twining

10 FP7-Indo-EU project Kick-off meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 11-13th

January

2012

11 China Shanghai Tongji University Shanghai July 2010

12 Japan Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu from September 2005 to December 2005

10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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8

Institutional committees

1 Convenor- Research amp Development Core Advisory Committee CSIR-IICT

(2015- )

2 Chairman- AcSIR committee on CSIR-800 projects (2015- )

ScientificAdvisory Committee

1 Vice-President Board of Governors and Management Council The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

2 National organization committee- New Horizons in Biotechnology-2015 (NHBT-

2015) Nob 22-25 and BRSI NIIST Trivandrum

3 Member-Earth and environmental Sciences Research Committee on Disaster

Preparedness HRD-CSIR Government of India (2015-18)

4 Scientific committee- The 5th International Meeting on Microbial Electrochemistry

and Technologies (ISMET-2015) Arizona state university US October 1-4 2015

5 Scientific committee- International Scientific- International Conference on Energy

Environment and Climate Change (ICEECC 2015) - MAURITUS - 8-9 July 2015

6 Member-National Advisory Board 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy

Environment and Sustainable Technologies 28-31 January 2015 (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31th

Januaray 2015

7 Member-Scientific Advisory Committee International Conference on Environment

and Energy JNTUH 15-17th

Dec 2014

8 Member Committee to explore and assess the techno-economic feasibility of

implementation of bdquoZero Liquid Discharge‟ in Pulp amp Paper Mills operating in Ganga

River Basin Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

9 Sectional Secretary-Engineeirng Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Scinces 13-15th

Nov 2014

10 Member Board of Governors (elected 2011-13 2013-15 2015- ) The Biotech

Research Society of India (BRSI)

11 International Scientific Committee Second Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (2nd

AP-ISMET) with Conference

Theme Bioelectrochemical Science and Technologies for Environmental

Applications National University of Singapore July 21-23 2014

12 International Review Panel 4th

International Microbial Fuel Cell Conference

Organized by The University of Queensland amp International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology

13 Scientific Committee National Conference on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability and

Society The Growing Paradigm Shift (ESS-2013)‟ March 30-31 2013 Jaypee

University of Engineering amp Technology Guna

14 Scientific Committee International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and

Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai

27-30th

Januaray 2013

15 International Scientific Committee First Asia-Pacific International Society for

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies Meeting (1st AP-ISMET) Conference

Theme Energy from environmental contaminants Harbin Institute of technology

China 13-15th

January 2013

9

16 Scientific Committee International conference on Algal Biorefinery A Potential

source of Food Feed Biochemicals Biofuels and Biofertilizer Organized by IIT

Kharagpur January 10-12 Kharagpur India 2013

17 Scientific Committee International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2012

18 Scientific Committee International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

19 Scientific Committee International Workshop on Biohydrogen Technology (IWBT

2008) IIT Khargapur 7-9th

February 2008

Fellowships

1 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2001) by AVH Foundation

Germany for carrying out Post-doctoral research

2 Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) Government of India for carrying out doctoral research

Countries visited

1 International Conference on Ecology Environment amp Energy (3E) organized by

Energy Research Center National Taiwan University and Alexander von Humboldt

(AvH) Germany 20-22nd

April 2015

2 New Indigo Project (Bio-e-MAT) project Kick-off Meeting Yeldiz Technical

University Istanbul Turkey 22-25th

January 2015

3 ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable

Development) Roma Italy 20-21st November 2014

4 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Mol Belgium 19-20th

November 2014

5 FP7-Indo-EU final project review meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 18-19th

November 2015

6 Stockholm Sweden as a member in Indian team of Scientists to formulate joint call

between India and Sweden on biofuels and to participate in Indo-Swedish Workshop

on biofuels organized by Formas and Lund University 19th

-22rd

August 2014

7 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore Chaired as Session and delivered

Keynote lecture in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟ 21-24th

July 2014

8 RMIT University Melbrone Austrialia 30th

Nov to 6th

Dec 2013 as team member in

delegation led of Director CSIR-IICT

9 Ministry of Economic Affairs NL Agency The Netherlands 24-31st October 2013

for SAHYOG Symposium and Project Twining

10 FP7-Indo-EU project Kick-off meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 11-13th

January

2012

11 China Shanghai Tongji University Shanghai July 2010

12 Japan Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu from September 2005 to December 2005

10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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9

16 Scientific Committee International conference on Algal Biorefinery A Potential

source of Food Feed Biochemicals Biofuels and Biofertilizer Organized by IIT

Kharagpur January 10-12 Kharagpur India 2013

17 Scientific Committee International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2012

18 Scientific Committee International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology

Organized by BRSI and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

19 Scientific Committee International Workshop on Biohydrogen Technology (IWBT

2008) IIT Khargapur 7-9th

February 2008

Fellowships

1 Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2001) by AVH Foundation

Germany for carrying out Post-doctoral research

2 Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) Government of India for carrying out doctoral research

Countries visited

1 International Conference on Ecology Environment amp Energy (3E) organized by

Energy Research Center National Taiwan University and Alexander von Humboldt

(AvH) Germany 20-22nd

April 2015

2 New Indigo Project (Bio-e-MAT) project Kick-off Meeting Yeldiz Technical

University Istanbul Turkey 22-25th

January 2015

3 ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable

Development) Roma Italy 20-21st November 2014

4 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Mol Belgium 19-20th

November 2014

5 FP7-Indo-EU final project review meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 18-19th

November 2015

6 Stockholm Sweden as a member in Indian team of Scientists to formulate joint call

between India and Sweden on biofuels and to participate in Indo-Swedish Workshop

on biofuels organized by Formas and Lund University 19th

-22rd

August 2014

7 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore Chaired as Session and delivered

Keynote lecture in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial

Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟ 21-24th

July 2014

8 RMIT University Melbrone Austrialia 30th

Nov to 6th

Dec 2013 as team member in

delegation led of Director CSIR-IICT

9 Ministry of Economic Affairs NL Agency The Netherlands 24-31st October 2013

for SAHYOG Symposium and Project Twining

10 FP7-Indo-EU project Kick-off meeting ENEA Brussels Belgium 11-13th

January

2012

11 China Shanghai Tongji University Shanghai July 2010

12 Japan Visiting Professor Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

(RCEQM) Kyoto University Otsu from September 2005 to December 2005

10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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10

13 Germany Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow Institute of Water Quality Control

and Waste Management Technical University Munich from May 2001 to April 2002

Research Collaborations

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany Ryerson University Canada

Kyoto University Japan DLR Germany The Flemish Institute for Scientific

Research (VITO) Belgium ENEA Italy Renewable energies Germany National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece RMIT Australia KHU Korea

Temper University of Science and Technology Finland Yildiz Technical University

Turkey

IIT-Kharagpur TERI New Delhi Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar

CSIR-IIP Deharadun CSIR-NEERI Nagpur CSIR-CLRI Chennai Banaras Hindu

University (BHU) Banaras Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati EPTRI

Hyderabad Allahabad University Allahabad GB Pant University Patnagar

Appropriate Rural Technology institute (ARTI) Pune JNU Delhi Tezpur University

Assam JNTUH IIT-Guwahati University of Hyderabad

Research Interest

Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering Bioenergy Bioengineering

1 Advanced Biological and integrated treatment methods for treating industrial

wastewater contaminated soil and solid waste

2 Environmental-Waste Biorefinery

3 Bioelectricity production from industrial wastewater using microbial fuel cell (MFC)

4 Biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using fermentative process

5 Periodic discontinuous batch process (sequencing batch) for the treatment of complex

industrial wastewater

6 Adsorption- application of low cost adsorbents and elucidation of sorption mechanism

7 Algal based biofuels

8 Bioaugmentation strategies to enhance bioprocess performance

9 Enzymatic catalyzed degradation of inhibitory compounds

10 Value added products recovery from wastewastewater

IndustrialConsultancyProjects completed

Process developmentfull scalepilot scale

1 Technology for biohydrogen production from wastewater (pilot plant design with 10

m3 capacity)

2 Evaluation and design of treatment Strategies for GACL Effluents towards zero

discharge Gujarath Alkalines and Chemical Limited

3 Designed and executed full scale anaerobic suspended film up flow reactor (110 m3)

for treating chemical based wastewater MS Gland Chemical Ltd Hyderabad

4 Process for demonstration for biohydrogen production from wastewater (10 m3)

(MNRE)

5 Developed a process to treat bulk drug effluent employing anaerobic fixed film

reactor MS NATCO Industries Kothur and Hyderabad

11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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11

6 Development of methodlogy to identify mercury contamination in environmental

matrix and established a process for safe disposal of mercury contaminated soil MS

APPCB

7 Designed and executed pilot scale anaerobic biofilm reactor facility (25 m3) for

treating bulk drug effluents under PATSER Program (DSIR)

8 Process developed for the treatment of hypersaline wastewater treatment at 35 of

TDS levels and demonstrated at Pilot scale (02 m3) MS JETL Hyderabad

9 Laboratory and pilot plant studies (2 m3) for the composite chemical wastewater

treatment using UASB and ASP for CETP application MS Bulk Drug Association

Hyderabad

10 Demonstration of alcohol production using yeast based crystals at a scale of 1001000

liters MS Gauri Industries Ltd Gauribidanoor

Environmental Related Industrial Project

1 Carrying capacity based strategic planning for sustainable industrial development of

Visakhapatnam region based on water (surface) and soil quality Andhra Pradesh

Government

2 Review of effluent standards and development of emission standards for basic

organic chemical manufacturing industry Ms Central Pollution Control Board

(CPCB) New Delhi

3 Evaluation of environmental status of textile unit based on wastewater

characterization quantification and ETP performance Ms Andhra Pradesh Pollution

Control Board (APPCB)

4 Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plant (ETP) Sugar Unit III Bhimadole

Ms The Andhra Sugars Ltd

5 Environmental performance evaluation studies for Unit 1 and 2 MS UNI-SANKYO

Hyderabad

6 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Hazardous waste secured landfill

facility MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

7 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) studies for LPG bottling plant MS BPCL at

Nagpur Pune and Goa

8 Devlopment of methodology for estimation mercury in brine sludge MS The Andhra

Sugars Ltd Saggonda and Kovvur

9 Environmental Auditing for MS Rallis Chemical Ltd Hyderabad and MS UNI-

SANKYO Hyderabad

10 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for process conversion from mercury based

to membrane based technology MS The Andhra Sugars Ltd Kovvur

11 Rapid environmental impact (EIA) study for Black oil terminal plant at Paradeep

MS BPCL

12 Technical report on bdquoStrategic Research Agenda supporting the Roadmap for biofuel

production in India and EU‟ SAHYOG Project Grant agreement no 289615 EU-DBT

Project (2014) (Prepared by in collaboration with Italian National Agency for New

Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy TERI

ARTI Deutsches Zentrum fuumlr Luft - und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany GB Pant

University of Agriculture amp Technology Pantnagar JNU National Technical

University of Athens Greece Netherlands Enterprise Agency ndash Ministry of Economic

12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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12

Affairs Agriculture and Innovation The Netherlands Tezpur University Vlaamse

Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Belgium Wageningen University

amp Research Centre Food amp Biobased Research The Netherlands WIP Renewable

Energies Germany)

Research Grant Projects

Presently in operation

1 bdquoBio-e-MAT project-Low-Cost and Efficient MFC Materials for Bioelectricity

Production from Waste Materials (INDIGO-DST2-036) New INDIGO (Energy- New

Energy Materials and Smart Grids) (collaborating with Temper University Finland

IIT-Delhii Yildiz Technical University Turkey) (NoDSTIMRCDNew IndigoBio-

e-MAT2014(G)(ii) dated 5th

August 2014) (2014-17) (GAP-0480)

2 National Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production through Biological Routes

New Technology Group Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE No

1031312008-NT dated 7th

February 2010) Government of India (2010-2016)

3 DrKArunasri DBT- Biocare Programe Exploring the microbial diversity and

hydrogenase activities in microbial electrogenic cell (MEC) for enhanced biohydrogen

production from wastewater DBT-Biocare (No BTBio-CARe064632011-12 26th

Sept 2013) (Rs 3606 lakhs) (2014-17) (GAP-044) (Co-investigator)

4 Development of bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) process for enhanced treatment

of wastewater in association with bioelectricity generation National Bioscience

Award for Carrier Development-2012 DBT (2013-16)

(NoBTHRDNBA34012012 (vi) dated 02-09-2013 (Rs 90 lakhs) (GAP-0432)

5 Nodal and coordinating lab for project bdquoDevelopment of Sustainable Waste

Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries (SETCA)-CSC-0113‟

(Under Chemical Sciences Cluster) CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17)

6 bdquoCentre for Excellence Waste Utilization amp Management (WUM) ndashESC0108‟ (under

Engineering Sciences Cluster‟ CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (CSIR-NEERI))

(2012-17)

7 bdquoPhoto-biological process to produce bioenergy through carbon sequestration and

wastewater utilization-Biomass to Energy (BioEn)-CSC-0116‟ (Under Chemical

Sciences Cluster CSIR 12th

Five Year Plan Project (2012-17))

Completed

8 Strengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste Conversion-

Biotechnology for Europe - India Integration (SAHYOG)-EU-FP7-KBBE and DBT

project (No BTINEU07PMS2011 dated 29th

December 2011) (2012-15)

9 Development of Solar Powered Microbial Fuel Cell (Photo MFC) for Integration with

Photo Fermentative Biohydrogen Production for Bioelectricity Generation‟

(collaborating with IIT-Guwahati and TERI New Delhi) DBT-Twining Project

(BT482NETBP2013 dated 31-03-2014) (2014-15) (GAP-0457)

10 Application of periodic discontinuous batch operation to enhance treatment efficiency

of dye containing wastewater Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of

India (No BTPR11070BCE086932008 dated 17th

September 2010) (2010-13)

13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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13

11 Harnessing of sustainable energy (bioelectricity) from industrial wastewater using

microbial fuel cell (MFC) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India

(2007-2010)

12 Heterogeneous water phase catalysis and oxides surface for bioremediation of low

biodegradable industrial wastewaters Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in collaboration with JNTU Hyderabad (2007-2010)

13 Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation using industrial wastewater

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Government of India (2004-2007)

14 Development of Methods of removal of Arsenic from Industrial Effluents by

bio-sorption and species alteration sponsored by MHRD (collaboration with NIT

Warangal) (2003-2006)

15 CSIR 10th

Five Year Plan Project (2002-07) on Industrial Waste Minimization (CSIR-

NEERI)

16 Development of anaerobic fixed film reactor for treatment of bulk drug effluents

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Government of India (2001-2004)

Research PublicationsPatents

Research papers published in Journals 258

Cover page articles 7

Patents 8

Chapters contributed for books 25

Review articles 9

Article in periodicals (popular) 6

Articles published in Conference Proceedings 210

Total Citation gt 7170 H-index of 48 (i10-index-162) (Google Scholar)

(Please refere Annexure I for detailed list of publications)

Research Students GuidanceMentoring

PhD Awarded 19 (6 co-supervised)

PhD (work in the progress) 5

M Phil Awarded 2

Post Graduate Students (MTechMSc (Tech)BTechMSc) 115

PDF Fellows 2

Senior Research Fellows 17

Project Assistances 19

Post-doctoral Fellows

1 Dr Arunasri DBT-Biocare Scientist (2013-)

2 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-SRA (2015)

3 Dr Neelam Srivastava Associate Professor Banaras Hindu University INSA

Visiting Fellowship on bdquoStudies on low-cost proton exchange membranes for biofuel

cell application‟ Dec 2014 to Jan 2015

4 Dr GVelvizhi CSIR-Research Assoictae (2013-15)

5 Dr M Purushotam Reddy (2013)

14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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14

Doctoral Fellows (PhD)

Submitted

1 MPrathima Devi (2015) Microalgae Catalysed Lipogenesis for Biodiesel Production

from Waste Remediation Faculty of Biology AcSIR (Thesis submitted in May 2015)

Awarded

2 Rashmi Chandra (2015) Strategic regulation of photosynthetic machinery towards

diverse bioenergy generation routes Faculty of Biology AcSIR

3 Manu Agarwal (2014) An Investigation on the Pyrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste

Faculty of Applied Science RMIT University Melbourne Australia

4 MLenin Babu (2014) Biocatalyzed electrochemical systems for biohydrogen and

bioelectricity production from wastewater treatment Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Joint Supervisor)

5 GVenkata Subhash (2014) Harnessing bioenergy from waste potential of eukaryotic

and prokaryotic microorganisms Faculty of Biology AcSIR

6 KChandrasekhar (2014) Development of novel bio-electrocatalyzed process to

enhance waste remediation with simultaneous energy generation Faculty of Biology

AcSIR

7 RKannaiah Goud 2014 Strategies to regulate the functional activity of biocatalyst

towards bioenergy generation through dark-fermentation Microbial inventory towards

process understanding Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

8 MVenkateswara Reddy 2014 Production of bioplastics as polyhydroxyalkanoates

from waste remediation Regulating microbial metabolism towards process

enhancement Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Joint

Supervisor)

9 SSrikanth 2014 Strategies to enhance biohydrogenesis and bioelectrogenesis by

regulating microbial fermentation and respiration processes Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

10 GVelvizhi 2014 Hybrid membrane-less microbial fuel cell Bioelectrochemical

system to harness bioelectricity from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment Faculty of

Civil Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

11 BPurushotham Reddy 2012 Evaluation of free radical apoptosis and angiogenesis

activity of Luffa Acutangula chrysene and its metabolites Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad

12 GMohanakrishna 2012 Integrated bioprocessing for renewable and sustainable

energy generation through waste remediation biohydrogen and bioelectricity

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

13 AKiran Kumar 2011 Endocrine disrupting estrogens Incidence in the water bodies

of Hyderabad and evaluation of advanced treatment methodologies Osmani

University Hyderabad

14 Veer Raghavulu Sapireddy 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development for

Bioelectricity Production through Anaerobic Fermentation and Bioprocess Evaluation

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15 DPrassana 2010 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by slurry phase

bioreactor Osmania University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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15

16 VLalit Babu 2010 Harnessing of renewable green energy in the form of biohydrogen

and bioelectricity by anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater Osmania University

Hyderabad

17 YVBhaskar 2009 Studies on bioremediation and simultaneous hydrogen generation

from industrial wastewater by anaerobic process Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

18 SVRamanaiah 2006 Monitoring of fluoride in flurosis affected areas of Praksham

district in Andhra Pradesh and Biosorption studies for remediation Osmania

University Hyderabad (Co-Supervisor)

19 NChandrasekhara Rao 2005 Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) technology for the

treatment of complex chemical wastewater National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Warangal

MPhils Awarded

1 RHema Krishna 2005 Biohydrogen production from industrial wastewater through

anaerobic process in periodic discontinuous suspended growth reactor MPhil

(Environmental Sciences) Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

2 CHSuneetha 2005 Mutation and chemical treatment strategy to enhance hydrogen

production through anaerobic fermentation M Phil (Biotechnology) Bharathidasan

University Tiruchirappalli

Recognized Research SupervisorGuide for PhD

1 Academic of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

2 Osmania University Hyderabad

3 Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

4 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

5 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Melbourne Australia

6 Andhra University Vishakapatnam (Civil Engineering)

Sequence Data Submitted to EMBL-GenBank

Culture isolation (1500 bp) 22

Culture isolation (photosynthetic bacteria) (850 bp) 5

Culture isolation (algae) (450 bp) 1

DGGE (180 bp) 258

Invited Lectureschaired SessionsMember-Panel discussions

1 Talk on bdquoRetrofitting Microalgae Cultivation With Waste Remediation Bioprospecting in a

Biorefinery Approach‟ WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and

Bio-prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from micro- and macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

2 Chaired a Session WorkshopBrain Storming Session on Marine Bio-energy Nutraceuticals and Bio-

prospecting including secondary metabolites and by-products from microndashand macro-algae

Department of Biotechnology NIIST Trivandrum on 9th

July 2015

3 Invited Lecture bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation Sustainable

Waste Remediation‟ Two week summer schoolndashcumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment

16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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16

Organized by Malaviaya Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the

Department of Civil Engineering IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

4 Invited Lecture bdquoPhotosynthetic Machinery Multi-faced Value Addition to Remediation‟ Two week

summer school-cumndashworkshop on Water and Wastewater Treatment Organized by Malaviaya Center

for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) and the Department of Civil Engineering

IIT (BHU) Varanasi May 21 to June 5 2015

5 Institute Seminar on bdquoRetrofitting Waste as Potential Feedstock for Bioenergy Generation in the

Framework of Sustainable Biorefinery‟ IISER-Kolkata 30th

March 2015

6 Invited talk on ‟Biowaste to Energy Transition Waste Remediation to Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal 27th

March 2015

7 Chief Guest Institute Annual Day Srinivasa College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)

Kurnool 25th

March 2015

8 Invited Talk bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment with

Bioenergy recovery‟ Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Bachupally

Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

9 Chief Guest World Water Day Function Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and

Technology Bachupally Hyderabad 23rd

March 2015

10 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery Workshop on

Emerging Trends in Energy KL University Guntur 19th

March 2015

11 Graduate Day Lecture on ‟Sustainable Technologies Future Perspective‟ Ponnaiyah Ramajayam

Institutions Thanjavur 28th

February 2015

12 Plenary lecture on bdquoBioenergy and Environment Synergizing Science with Engineering Towards

Sustainability‟ QIP program on bdquoIntegrating Chemistry and Physics in rediscovering Biotechnology

(Bio-Integration 2015)‟ IBB University of Pune Pune 27th

February 2015

13 Invited talk on bdquoMicrobial Catalyzed Electrochemical Systems A Sustainable Platform with Multi-

facet Applications‟ National Conference on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology Department of

Microbiology Osmania University Hyderabad 26th

February 2015

14 Plenary Lecture on bdquoWaste to Value Addition Transition towards sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST 2015)

Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 28-31st January 2015

15 Guest lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟

Department of Civil Engineering Yeldiz Technical University Istanbul Turkey 22 January 2015

16 Guest Lecture on bdquowaste to energy Sustainable Global environmental Solutions‟ Bharat Institute of

Engineering and Technology Ibrahimpatnam 23rd

December 2014

17 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment Transition towards sustainable biorefinery‟ Short

Term Training course on bdquoProspects and challenges in Fermentation and downstream processing‟ St

Joseph‟s College of Engineering Chennai 2nd

December 2014

18 Award Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Waste

Remediation‟ 57th

Research Council CSIR-IICT 28th

November 2014

19 Chaired a session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014)

organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

20 Invited talk‟ Bio-catalyzed electrochemical system A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to

resource‟ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) organized

by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India and BRSI 6-9th

November 2014

21 Invited Talk on‟ Biorefinery Integrative Strategy for Sustainable Biofuel Production‟ Indo-US

conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels CSIR-IICT Hyderabad 11th

Nov 2014

22 Invited Lecture on bdquoBio-Energy and Environment RampD Prospective and Funding‟ Continuing

professional development program on formulation of research and development initiatives for

Scientists and Technologists Environment Management Division Engineering Staff College of India

Hyderabad 18th

September 2014

23 Invited Lecture on ‟Sustainable Energy from Waste Remediation‟ Training Program on

Environmental Management Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Department

of Atomic Energy Hyderabad 4th

September 2014

24 Invited Lecture on bdquoSynergy between energy and Environment Sustainable waste management

practices‟ in Workshop on bdquoRecent advances in Environmental Sciences in sustaining natural resources

17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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17

and maintaining healthy livelihood‟ by IAS NASC NASI and St Pious X College of Women

Hyderabad 23rd

August 2014

25 Invited talk on bdquoEnergy and Environment in Indian and Sweden Context‟ Indo-Swedish Workshop on

Biofuels Forms Stockholm Sweden

26 Invite talk on bdquoBio-catalyzed Electrochemical Systems Sustainable Platform to Valorize Bioenergy

from Waste‟ Workshop on Biofuels Department of Biotechnology JNTUH Hyderabad 6th

August

2014

27 Chairman- Session-I (Fundamentals of Electromicrobiology) in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society

for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical

Science and Technology for Environmental Application‟22nd

July 2014 at National University of

Singapore (NUS) Singapore

28 Invited Lecture on bdquoWaste to Bioenergy A Paradigm Transition Towards Sustainable Biorefinery‟ 2nd

SAGYOG Summer School Tezpur University 20-26th

July 2014 (Presented by Dr Y V Swamy)

29 Keynote lecture on bdquoMicrobial catalyzed electrochemical systems a sustainable bio-factory with multi-

facet application‟ in 2nd

Asian-Pacific International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and

Technology Conference (AP-ISMET-2014) on bdquoBiochemical Science and Technology for

Environmental Application‟ 23rd July 2014 at National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

30 Chaired a Technical Session on Biofuels Two days National Conference on bdquoRenewable and

Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

31 Invited Talk on bdquoBio-valorisation of Waste to Energy Towards Biorefinery‟ Two days National

Conference on bdquoRenewable and Sustainable Energy‟ 27-28th

June 2014 JNTU Hyderabad

32 Invited Talk on bdquoBiowaste A potential feedstock for Value Addition through Waste Remediation in

the framework of biorefinery International Workshop on bdquoBiomass Production Conversion and

Utilization Indian Context‟ Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARIT) Pune 22nd

and 23rd

May

2014

33 Invited Lecture on bdquoEnvironmental Sustainability through Waste Biorefinery‟ National Workshop on

recent advances in Science amp Technology JNTU Hyderabad 5th

March 2014

34 Guest Lecture on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ MTech

Integrated course Students (Biotechnology) Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB)

University of Pune 21st February 2014

35 Invited Talk on bdquoWaste Biorefinery A sustainable approach to harness bioenergy‟ 1st National

Conference on Energy amp Environment (NC2E-2014) Energy and Environment Security through

Cutting Edge Technology School of Energy Studies University of Pune University of Pune 20-22

February 2014

36 Invited talk on bdquoEnvironmental Biorefinery A sustainable strategy for waste valorization‟ Workshop

on bdquoRMIT in India-beyond 2013‟ RMIT Melbourne Australia 3-4th

December 2013

37 Session coordinator (Theme Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system) International Conference

on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI

DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

38 Keynote Address on bdquoBio-valorization of waste to energy A bio-refinery approach‟ International

Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of

BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

39 Keynote Address on bdquoRegulating anaerobic waste remediation towards value Addition A Sustainable

Approach‟ SAHYOG Mini-Symposium and Twinning Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs The

Netherlands and Wageningen University Utretch 28-29 October 2013

40 Invited Talk on bdquoExploring bio-catalyzed electrochemical systems for multifaceted applications‟ 5th

India-Korean Joint Workshop on Bioenergy Incorporating Biofuels and Biorefineries CSIR-NIIST

Trivandrum 10th

September 2013

41 Invited talks on ‟waste to value addition a sustainable and renewable approach for toxicity reductionbdquo

Seminar on Environmental Toxicology and Human Health organized by Institute of Genetics and

Hospital for genetic diseases Osmania University 31st July 2013

42 Special Lecture on bdquoExtracting Energy from Waste by Regulating Microbial Metabolism A Lab to

Land Study‟ IICT Institute Seminar Series CSIR-IICT 2nd

July 2013

43 Invited talk on ‟Regulating Waste Remediation Towards Value Addition A Sustainable Approach‟

International Workshop on Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment TERI New Delhi 27th

June

2013

18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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18

44 Chief Guest for inaugurating bdquoNational Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

February to 1st March

2013

45 Key-note Lecture on bdquoHarnessing Bioenergy through Bioremediation of Renewable Wastewater

Environmental Biorefinery‟ National Conference on bdquoCurrent trends in Advanced Bioenergy

Technology (CTAB-2013)‟ Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore 28th

Februarys 2013

46 Invited Lecturer on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy A paradigm

shift‟ International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST

2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 27-30th

January 2013

47 Chaired a Session (No 14) International Conference on Bioenergy Environment and Sustainable

Technologies (BEST 2013) Arunai Engineering College Tiruvannamalai 29th

Januaray 2013

48 Invited Lecturer bdquoHarnessing bioenergy through remediation of renewable waste‟ PRIST Thanjavur

24th

January 2013

49 Invited talk on ldquoMicrobial fuel cell for Harnessing Sustainable Energy through Waste Remediationrdquo

Workshop on ‟Energy Transduction in Biology and Biological Electron Transfer Reactions‟ CSIR-

Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) Karaikudi 23rd

January 2013

50 Invited Talk Bioenergy Generation through Remediation of Renewable Waste RMIT-IICT workshop

21st January 2013

51 Invited Lecture on bdquoSustainable approach for bioenergy generation through microbial fermentation of

renewable waste‟ Refresher course on Current Research Trends in Biotechnology Sreenidhi Institute

of Science and Technology 18-22nd

December 2012‟

52 Member-Panel Discussion International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

53 Chaired a Technical Session International Conference on Advances in Biohydrogen Production and

Applications JNTUH December 14-15 Hyderabad India

54 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from bacterial fermentation of wastewastewater A sustainable

approach towards renewability‟ International Conference on Industrial biotechnology and IX

convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

55 Chaired a Technical Session on Environmental Bioengineering at International Conference on

Industrial biotechnology and IX convention of the biotech research society India Punjabi University

Patiala 21-23rd

Nov 2003

56 Moderator for Technical Session on bdquoOngoing initiatives and bio-waste conversion towards bio-

economy‟ Stakeholder Meeting TERI New Delhi 7th

November 2012

57 Member-Panel Discussion Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-

NCL Pune 15th

June 2012

58 Invited talk on bdquoReusing wastewater as renewable resource for harnessing bioenergy- A paradigm

shift‟ Workshop on Industrial wastewater treatment recycle and reuse CSIR-NCL Pune15-16th

June

2012

59 Invited Lecture on bdquoBioenergy from waste remediation strategies to overcome limitations‟ Biofuels

mini-symposium in International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology Organized by BRSI

and CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum November 21-24th

2011

60 Invited Lecture on ‟Harnessing of Bio-energy from waste Remediation A renewable and sustainable

approach‟ International Humboldt Kolleg On Adaptive Management of Ecosystems The Knowledge

Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change Centre for

Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR) Institute for Social and Economic Change

(ISEC) Bangalore 19-21st Oct 2011

61 Plenary Lectures on bdquoSustainable bioenergy through waste remediation a renewable approach‟

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology and Annual meeting of Society for

Biotechnology (India) 24-26th September 2011 at Acharya Nagarjuna University Guntur

62 Chaired a Session International Conference on Genomic Sciences-Recent trends (ICGS-2010) VII

Convention of the Biotech research society of Indian (BRSI) and Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial

and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IIWIPB) Madurai Kamraj University Madurai 12-14th

November 2010

63 Presented research work as finalist on bdquoWaste to Energy A renewable and sustainable approach‟ in

International seminar of Prospernet-Scopus Young Researcher Award in Sustainable Development

Tongji University Shanghai 5th

July 2010

19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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19

64 Presented research work on bdquobdquoRenewable amp Sustainable Energy from Waste‟ in presence of 49th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 2-3rd

December

2010

65 Presented research work on bdquoWaste to energy A sustainable and green approach‟ in presence of 48th

Research Council Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad 12th

March 2010

66 Invited lecture on bdquoBiological Wastewater Treatment process enhancement through controlling the

microbial diversity‟‟ at National conference on Biodiversity-its conservation Andhra Mahila Sabha

Arts and Science College for Women Hyderabad during 20th

-21st November 2008

67 Invited lecture on rdquoWastewater to biohydrogen a sustainable and renewable approachrdquo at Indo-French

workshop on bdquobiohydrogen from basic concepts to technology‟ organized by Indo French Centre for

the promotion of advanced research and TERI New Delhi during 6th

to 8th

November 2008

68 Member-Panel Discussion International Scientific Committee International workshop on

biohydrogen production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 9th February 2007

69 Plenary lecture on ldquoHarnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed fermentative

consortia process evaluation towards optimizationrdquo at International workshop on biohydrogen

production technologies (IWBT 2008) organized by IIT Kharagpur 7th

to 9th

February 2008

70 Invited lecture on ldquoRecent advances in biological wastewater treatment-our experiencerdquo on 16th

Sep

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

71 Invited lecture on ldquoBiohydrogen production from industrial wastewater- concept and process

evaluationrdquo on 16th

Sep 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

72 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioremediation of contaminated soilsrdquo on 18th Nov 2005 at RCEQM Kyoto

University Japan

73 Invited Lecture on ldquoBioaugmentation strategy to enhance biological process efficiencyrdquo on 18th

Nov

2005 at RCEQM Kyoto University Japan

74 Invited lecture on ldquoBiological technologies for hazardous waste treatmentrdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

75 Invited lecture on ldquoBioremediation of soil contaminated with hazardous wasterdquo at NIT Warangal

organized by Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

76 Invited lecture on ldquoIndustrial wastewater and Treatment Technologiesrdquo at NIT Warangal organized by

Chemistry Association March 12th

2004

ConferenceMeetings organized

1 As Sectional Secretary-Engineering Sciences APAS Golden Jubliee Science

Congress-2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13-15th

Nov 2014

2 Organized 9th

project Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen

Production through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 24th

March 2014

3 Coordinator a session on bdquo Bio-energy and Bio-electrochemical system‟ by inviting

researchers for International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology and

Bioinformatics (ICABB-2013) and X Convention of BRSI DrDYPatil Vidyapeeth

Pune 25-27th

Nov 2013

4 Coordinated and organized ldquoShort term exchange (STE) programmerdquo Indo-EU FP7-

KBBE project on bdquoStrengthening Networking on Biomass Research and Biowaste

Conversion-Biotechnology for Europe-India Integration (SAHYOG)‟ for European

researchers visiting India for ten days in India and at CSIR-IICT from 20th

-22nd

November 2013

5 Organized bdquoKick-off meeting of SETCA project at CSIR-IICT on 18th

January 2013

6 Organized bdquoIndustrial Meet-Chemical and Allied Industries‟ as part of 12th

Five Year

Plan Project on SETCA at CSIR-IICT on 17th

January 2013

7 Organizing Secretary International Conference On Advances In Biological Hydrogen

Production and Applications (ICABHPA-2012) 18-22nd

December 2012

8 Organized 2nd

Review meeting on the Mission Mode Project on Hydrogen Production

through Biological Routes at IICT Hyderabad on 3-4th

September 2010

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

Page 20: BIO-DATA Name : Dr S Venkata Mohan - Indian Institute …iictindia.org/staffprofiles/Resumes/iict1522CV.pdfBIO-DATA Name : Dr S Venkata Mohan Present Position : Principal Scientist

20

9 Organized as one of member of the organizing committee-Symposium on ldquoEmerging

Trends in Biotechnology for the New Millenniumrdquo AIBA Hyderabad February 26-

27 2000

10 Participated as one of the member of the organizing committee in the ldquoXIX National

Convention of Indian society for technical Educationrdquo at Sri Venkateswara University

Tirupati December 1989

Invited peer reviewer

Journals Peer Reviewer for various Journal published by Elsevier Wiley Springer ACS

RSC CSIR Inder Sciences Bentham etc in the area of environment and bioenergy So far

reviewed more than 500 papers Water Research Water Environmental Research Biotechnology Progress Journal of Applied Microbiology Environmental Science and

Technology Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS) Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO Australia) International Journal of Hydrogen Energy FEMS Microbiology Letters Biosensors and Bioelectronics Adsorption Science and Engineering Colloids and Surfaces

B Biointerfaces Journal of Hazardous Materials Process Biochemistry Journal of Food and Agriculture Science Bioresource

Technology Mycology Ecological Engineering International Journal of Environment and Waste Management Recent Patents on Biotechnology Microbial Ecology Journal International Journal of Environmental and Pollution Journal of Scientific and Industrial

Research Separation Science and Technology Indian Journal of Material Science and Engineering Journal of Environmental

Management Journal of Food Engineering African Journal Microbiology Acta Chimica Slovenica Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science ESPR Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification Indian Journal

of Marine Sciences Applied Energy Material Chemistry and Physics Arabian Journal of Science and Technology Chemical Engineering

Communications Biodegradation IWBT 2008 Special issue (IJHE) Plant and Soil Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Open Waste Management Journal Environmental Technology Water Science and Technology Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Chemosphere Journal of Biotechnology Adsorption Science and Technology Bioelectrochemistry Desalination Waste and Biomass

Valorization Frontiers of Environmental Science amp Engineering in China Biomass and Bioenergy International Journal of Biodegradation and Biodeterioration Waste Management Desalination and Water Treatment Special Issue on Biofuels II (Bioresource

Technology) The Open Waste Management Journal Energy and Fuels (ACS) Waste Management Biotechnology Advances International

Journal of Molecular Sciences Applied Catalysis A General Indian Journal of Biotechnology International Journal of Environmental Engineering Fuel Journal of Environmental Monitoring CLEAN-Air Soil Water Chemical Engineering Sciences International Journal

of Environmental Engineering Journal of Sustainable Energy amp Environment Journal of Cleaner production Journal of Environmental

Monitoring (RSC) Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Chemistry and Ecology Science of the Total Environment Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering African Journal of Microbiology Research Environmental Engineering and Management Journal Journal of

Biodegradation and Bioremediation Renewable Energy Electrochimica Acta Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journal of

Basic Microbiology Journal of Polymers and Environment Hydrobiologia IJHE Special Issue Hypothesis IX-Garrison IJHE Special Issue ICCE-2011 IJHE Special Issue 2011-ABHS IJHE Special Issue 2010 AsianAPEC BioH2 IJHE Special Issue 11th China Energy

Conf IJHE Special Issue 4th AsianBioH2 IJHE Special Issue IFW-Biohydrogen IJHE Special Issue IWBT 2008 American Journal of

Biomass and Bioenergy Journal of Power Sources Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Pedosphere Energy Conversion and Management Separation Science and Technology Sepuration and

Purification Science Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers GBC Bioenergy Journal of Molecular Liquids Biotechnology

and Bioprocess Engineering Biotechnology for Biofuels International Journal of Environment and Waste Management International Journal of Green Energy Energy Conversion and Management Biotechnology for Biofuel Journal of Environmental Chemical

Engineering Int Journal of Env Tech and Manag PLOS ONE Energy Conversion and Management World Journal of Microbiology and

Biotechnology Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy International Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal of Visualized Experiments International J Chemical Engineering BMC Biotechnology Biofouling International J Microbiology Journal of Chemistry

Journal of Energy Engineering Biomass Coverson and Biorefinery Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Environmental Progress

Sustainability Biofuels Bioproducts amp Biorefining Measurment J CO2 Utilization Springer Plus Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Environmental Internationa Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management RSC Advances International Journal of Biological

Macromolecule World Journal of Microbiology Advances in Applied Research Microbial Cell Factories World Journal of Microbiology

and Biotechnology Fuel cell Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Applied Water Science Biotechnology Reports Desalination and Water Treatment Applied Water Science Naturwissenschaften BioMed Res International Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Microelectronic Engineering Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Carbohydrate Polymers Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Journal of Industrial amp Engineering Chemistry Scientific Reports (Nature) journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology journal of Environmental

Engineering (ASCE) Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) Green Chemistry Algal ResearchProgress in

Energy and Combustion Science Biofuel etc

21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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21

Reviewer

Book proposals on Biohydrogen CRC Press (2011)

bdquoSustainable Agriculture Reviews‟ - Book series (Springer) (2011)

bdquoThermo-chemical conversion of biomass‟ Elsevier (2013)

Research Proposals on The Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (FRS-FNRS) Belgium (Sept 2015)

UAEU interdisciplinary Centre-Based Research Grant Competetion 2015 (Aug 2015)

Fondazione Cariplo Milan (proposal on integrated research on industrial biotechnologies and

bioeconomy) (July 2015)

Environment Fund New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation amp Employment (MBIE) (June

2015)

National Science Centre Government of Poland on biofuels and anaerobic digestion ( May 2015)

FWO-Belgium Research Proposal on BES (March 2015) Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2015) and Microbial fuel cell (2015)

Water Technology Initiative (EIT) DST (August 2014 March 2014)

Emeritus Scientist Proposal CSIR-HRD (March 2014 July 2014)

Waste to energy Natural Environment Research Council of the UK (Jan 2014) BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research amp Development Fund (Microalgae-biofuels Jan 2014)

Wellcome Trust-DBT research proposal (Aug 2013)

International Expert The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-2013) and

Portuguese Research Council for evaluating proposals for FCT call 2013 (Three research proposals

on microalgae bioplastics waste remediation)

Project proposal on MFC International Foundation for Science (IFS) Sweden (2013)

Reviewer panel MTech Dissertation Cape Peninsu la Univer s i ty o f Technolo gy ( July

2013)

Project proposal Indo-Australia Joint Project (Indo-Australia Grand Challenge Round-20 (2013)

Project proposal Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) DST (2014 2013)

Portuguese Foundation form Science and Technology-PHA from wastewater (FCT-2012)

Project proposal MNRE on microbial electrolysis (2012)

Project proposal amd complted project assessment HRDG-CSIR on microbial diversity (2012)

Project proposal DBT on biohydrogen (2012)

Project proposal BRNS (2011)

Project Proposals HRDG CSIR (2011)

Reviewer for research proposal Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific amp Technological

Development (FONDECYT) 2010 Initiation into Research Funding Competition Chilean

government research funding agency

Reviewer for research proposals Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) of Cyprus (2010)

Reviewer (assessment panel) to evaluate research outputs for Professor South Africas National

Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer to evaluate research proposal Franco-South African Scientific Cooperation Programme

South Africas National Research Foundation (NRF)

Reviewer the Joint German-Israeli Water Technology Research Program evaluation of a research

proposal (2009)

Reviewer DST research proposals on Biofuels under Technology Systems and Development (TSD)

program (2011)

Selection committee Member DST-Biotech Industrial Training Program (BITP) 2011-12 Hyderabad

Oct 19-21st Oct 2011

22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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22

Academic

1 Expert Assistant Professor Recruitment in Biotechnology Srin Nidhi College of

Technology Hyderabad (2015)

2 Members-evalutaion review commitee Centre of Environment IIT Guwahati (20th Jan

2014)

3 Doctoral Thesis Evaluator IIT Guwhati (2014 2013) Anna University Chennai

(2014) RTM Nagpur University (Biotechnology 2014) IIT Khargapur (2015 2014

2012) Periyar University (2014 2011) Sri Venkateswara University (2014 2 No)

JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur (2007)

4 Doctoral Thesis Examiner Anna University Chennai (2014) IIT Guwhati (2013

2014) IIT Khargapur (2012 2014 2015) JNTU Hyderabad (2011) JNTU Anantapur

(2007)

5 External Examiner- MTechMSc Dissertation JNTU Hyderabad (2014 2013 2012

2008 2007 2004 1999) Osmania University (2006) Sri Venkateswara University

(2005) Loyola College of Arts and Science Alwal (2004)

6 Question paper setting for MTech (Environmental Management) course JNTUH

(2013-14)

7 Expert for question bank preparation for BTech (Biochemical Engineering) JNTU

Hyderabad (2004)

8 PhD Written Examination Paper setting Sri Venkateswara University (2003 amp 2005)

Course Prepared

1 Prepared syllabus offered by AcSIR for academic year 2012-13

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

2 Prepared Syllabus for Environmental Science and Technology (for all BTech and

BPharmacy under JNTUH (2013-17) Industrail Waste Management (PD Diploma

2014)

3 Revised syallbus- EMT-23 Technological Solutions for Pollution Control (2012) JNTU

Hyderabad

Course Taught

Environmental Microbiology-Course 242 (Level 2)

Applied Microbiology- Course 372 (Level 3)

bdquoEnvironmental aspects in Greem Chemistry‟ (CourseCHE-IICT-226 Green

Chemistry Level 2) AcSIR (2013-14) (2014-15)

bdquoHydrogen generation and storage (CHE-IICT-337)‟ AcSIR (2012-13 and 2014-15)

Other activitiesScientific Awareness

1 Talk to School Children on bdquoRecycle Waste Reuse Water and Regenerate Energy For Sustainable

Environment‟ IICT Zahir Memorial Scool 5th

Aug 2015

2 Eureka Programe Rajya Sabha TV in collaboration with CSIR-NISCAIR (1st August 2015)

(httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=nDAqw_-MpiU)

3 AP and Telengana School Children Science Awareness Program APAS Golden Jubliee Science Congress-

2014 AP Akademi of Sciences 13 Nov 2014

23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater

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23

4 Developed a Video Program on bdquoEnergy and Environment‟ bdquoWealth from Waste‟ bdquoNothing is Waste‟

bdquoPower from Drainage‟ bdquoBioelectricty-microbial feul cell‟ bdquoElectricty from wastewater‟ bdquohydrogen from

waste‟and bdquoEverything is Energy‟ for High Schol Children Awareness (21st National Children Science

Congress-2013) with Focal Theme Energy for APCOST Andhra Pradesh Government

(httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=TbfI3ra1sFc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FO5zRexQu_c

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=FtUQgwwMNHo httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=rHxvQYlaC2U

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=GgHP8ySCxh8 httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=e6-zcWU0L4s

httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=HDnIykZb_bk ) (July 2013)

5 Open day of IICT 2011 3rd August 2011 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

6 Open day of IICT 2009 4th

August 2009 displayed renewable energy generation through wastewater

treatment

7 Under bdquoIgnited minds‟ program on National Science Day on 9th

March 2009 exhibited microbial fuel cell to

school children at IICT High School

8 Open day of IICT 2008 4th

August 2008 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process and

bioplastics production from wastes

9 Open day of IICT 2007 3th

August 2007 displayed bioelectricity generation from wastewater treatment

using microbial fuel cell technology and biohydrogen production from wastewater by anaerobic process

10 Open day of IICT 2006 4th

August 2006 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater biofuel cells

generating electricity from wastewater treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil

11 Open day of IICT 2005 4th

August 2005 displayed biohydrogen production from wastewater