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Dr. Seenivasan Ayothiraman

ABOUT
NAME: Dr. Seenivasan Ayothiraman

M.TECH: Annamalai University

E- MAIL: ayothiraman@nitandhra.ac.in

POSITION: Assistant Professor

PhD: Indian Institute of Technology Madras

PHONE: +91 9479010826


AREAS OF INTEREST: Biological Reaction Engineering, Metabolic Pathway Analysis and Modeling, Biochemical Engineering, and Bioprospecting of of Shellfishery Wastes

PERSONAL WEB PAGE: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=o5ZSl30AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate, https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=26432867100
PROFILE
Education
  • Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2013)

  • M. Tech. in Industrial Biotechnology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University (2008)

Professional Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh (Aug 2018 - Till date)          

  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Chhattisgarh (June 2015 - Aug 2018)                                               

  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (Nov 2013 - June 2015)        

  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (July 2012 - Oct 2013)            

Research Interest
  • Upstream and Downstream Bioprocessing of Commerically Valuable Enzymes and Metabolites

  • Bioprocess Design, Optimzation, Simulation and Scale-up Studies

  • Metabolic Pathway Analysis and Modeling and Flux Analysis

  • Valorization of Shellfisehry Wastes for Resource Recovery

Awards/Recognition
  • Indian Deligate to represented India in the 4th BRICS Young Scientist ForumRio de Janeiro, Brazil between 6th and 8th  Nov 2019, sponsored by International Multilateral & Regional Cooperation Division, DST

  • Received Prof. M.L. Khorana Memorial Prize 2018 in the field of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology / Microbiology and Tissue Culture from The Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), Mumbai, India.

  • Innovative design award in AZeotrophy 2014, Dept. Of Chemical Engg. IIT Bombay for smart cooler system (Team:  Priyadarshini B. and Gayathri R)

  • Editorial member, Journal of Bioprocessing and Biomass Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Grants
  • As Principal Investigator (PI), along with Dr. Baranidharan S (Co-PI), Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Andhra Pradeshsecured funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) against the "Water Technology Cell (WTC) 2023" for the project (2025-28) titled "Monitoring and Understanding the Distribution Behaviour of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and its Resistant Entities in Surface Water: An Integrated Treatment Approach Towards Antimicrobial Resistance." [Group Members: Dr. V C Padmanaban (Lead PI), Department of Bio Engineering, NIT Agartala, Dr. Animesh Debnath (Co-PI), Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Agartala, Dr. U Surendran (PI), Principal Scientist, Centre for Water Resources Development & Management (CWRDM) and Dr T R Resmi (Co-PI), Senior Scientist, CWRDM]

  • As Principal Investigator with Dr V C Padmanaban (Co-PI) Department of Bioengineering,  National Institute of Technology Agartala, Valorization of crustacean and shellfishery waste towards ocean based blue economy: Resource recovery & Life cycle assessment towards biorefinery concept, Deep Ocean Mission (2024), MoES/PAMC/DOM/246/2023, Rs 75,48,000/-.

  • Principal Investigator, Upstream and Downstream Bioprocessing of Commercially Important Enzymes and Scale-Up Studies, Accelerate Vigyan (AV/VRI/2023/0092), DST-SERB, SERB/F/12922/2023-24, 1,50,000.  (2024)

  • Principal Investigator, Studies on the pre-treatment of chitinous biomass and bioprocess development for the production of chitinolytic enzymes, Ministry of Education (NITANP),  Rs. 4,00,000/- (2019-2023)

  • Principal Investigator,  Studies on the biosynthesis of chitinase, Ministry of Education (NITRR),  Rs. 5,00,000 (2017-18)

  • Microbial production of pigments and its applications, Team: S. Abishek and M. Karthik,  SSN Trust (2013-14), Rs. 20,000/-

  • Studies on drug delivery carriers for poorly water soluble drugs, Team:  C.  Sankkar, K. Sri Surya, M. Sharmila Priya, SSN Trust (2014-15), Rs. 20,000/-.

  • Studies on Microbial fuel cells,  Team:  T. Pradeep Kumar by SSN Trust (2014-15), Rs. 20,000/-. 

Publications
Journals 
  • Seenivasan A*, Nithya M, Gautam Sethi, Critical Analysis of Analytical Techniques Developed for Statins in Biological fluids, Environmental and Fermentation Samples, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 2024, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2024.2412128 (IF: 9.0).

  • Sathieesh S, Harshitha S, Padmanaban VC, Dinesh Sankar Reddy P, Seenivasan A*, Selective recovery of esterase from Trichoderma harzianum through adsorption: Insights on enzymatic catalysis, adsorption isotherms and kinetics, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134133  (IF: 7.7).

  • Imran BS, Baranidharan S, Seenivasan A, Yuvaraj S. Planar Microwave Sensor suitable for Artificial-Intelligence (AI) based detection of Volatile Organic Compounds, AEU- International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2024.155444 (IF: 3.0).

  • Sathieesh S, Kanagalakshmi K, Afreen Periyar V, Dinesh Sankar Reddy P, Gautham S, Seenivasan A*, Effectual bioprocess development for esterase production from Trichoderma harzianum using statistical and machine learning optimization approaches and scale-up studies, Process Biochemistry 144 (2024) 20–37, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2024.05.005, (IF: 3.7). 

  • Azelee NIW, Digvijay D, Ayothiraman S*, Noor NM, Rasid ZIA, Ramli ANM, Ravindran B, Iwuchukwu FU, Selvasembian R., Sustainable valorization approaches of crustacean wastes for crucial bioactive compounds production and applications, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023, 26492.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126492  (IF: 7.7).

  • Pradhan N, Kumar S, Selvasembian R, Rawat S, Gangwar A, R S, Kit Yuen Y, Luo L, Ayothiraman S, Dattatraya Saratale G, Mal J. Emerging trends in the pretreatment of microalgal biomass and recovery of value-added products: A review, Bioresource Technology, 2022, 369, 128395 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128395 (IF: 11.88).

  • Dahiya D, Akhil P, Chirra PRR, Sreeramula V, Mogili NV, Ayothiraman S*. Morphological and structural characterization of chitin as a substrate for the screening, production, and molecular characterization of chitinase by Bacillus velezensis,  Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022; 29(57): 86550-86561 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22166-x (IF: 5.19). 

  • Sounderarajan S, Puchalapalli DSR, Ayothiraman S*. Effect of synthetic fatty liquor and neats foot oil on the reduction of chromium using Fusarium oxysporum and its kinetic study, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022; 29(57): 86427-86438 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21080-6 (IF: 5.19).

  • Suryawanshi N, Ayothiraman S*, Eswari JS. New Insights of Carbon Catabolite Repression and Kinetics Modeling for the Growth of Thermomyces lanuginosus. Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2022 ; 45; 1926-1933 https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.202100609 (IF: 2.215).

  • Toppo AL, Yadav M, Dhagat S, Ayothiraman S*, Jujjavarapu SE. Molecular docking and ADMET analysis of synthetic statins for HMG-CoA reductase inhibition activity. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2021; 58(2): 127-34. http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/56488  (IF: 1.98

  • Seenivasan A, Satya Eswari J, Sankar P, Gummadi SN, Panda T, Ch Venkateswarlu. Metabolic Pathway Analysis and Dynamic Macroscopic Model Development for Lovastatin Production by Monascus purpureus Using Metabolic Footprinting Concept,  Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 154,  107437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2019.107437 (IF: 3.98)

  • N Suryawanshi, S Ayothiraman, JS Eswari. Ultrasonication mode for the expedition of extraction process of chitin from the maritime shrimp shell waste,  Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2020, 57:431-438 http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/54770 (IF: 1.98).

  • Sharma V, Ayothiraman S, Dhakshinamoorthy V. Production of highly thermo-tolerant laccase from novel thermophilic bacterium Bacillus sp. PC-3 and its application in functionalization of chitosan film. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering  (2019) 127 (6), 672-678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.11.008 (IF: 2.24)

  • Nisha S., J. Satya Eswari, Seenivasan A*Marine shell industrial wastes–an abundant source of chitin and its derivatives: constituents, pretreatment, fermentation, and pleiotropic applications-a revisit. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology,16, 3877-3898 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-018-02204-3 (IF: 2.86)

  • Seenivasan A, Panda T, Venkatesan S. Cellular localization and production of lovastatin from Monascus purpureusIndian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018, 80(1), 85-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/pharmaceutical-sciences.1000333 (IF: 0.72)

  • A. Seenivasan, J. Satya Eswari, K. Naveen kumar, D. Eswar Kranthi Kumar. Optimization of process conditions for the production of Pleurotus ostreatus using ANN and RSM. Current Biochemical Engineering, 2017, 4, 194 - 203 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2212711905666180308152124.  

  • Seenivasan A, S.N. Gummadi, Panda T. Comparison of the elution characteristics of individual forms of lovastatin in both isocratic and gradient modes and HPLC-PDA method development for pure and fermentation derived lovastatin, Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 2017, 47(9), 901-908. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826068.2017.1365239  (IF: 2.162)

  • Sankaranaryanan R, Vignesh PR, Seenivasan Ayothiraman*, Gnanaprakash D, Ramakrishnan K. Characterization of terephthalic acid monomer recycled from post-consumer PET polymer bottles.  Macromol Symp 2016, 361 (1), 30-33.  https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.201400269 (IF: 0.85)

  • Seenivasan A, Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi, Panda T. Quantification of Lovastatin produced by Monascus purpureus. The Open Biotechnology Journal. 2015, 9: 6-13.  http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874070701509010009  (IF: 1.7)

  • Seenivasan A, Panda T, Thomas Théodore. Lovastatin nanoparticle synthesis and characterization for better drug delivery, The Open Biotechnology Journal. 2011; 5, 28-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874070701105010028 (IF: 1.7)

  • Seenivasan A, Panda T, Thomas Théodore. Characterization, modes of synthesis, and pleiotropic effects of hypocholesterolemic compounds – A review, The Open Enzyme Inhibition Journal. 2011; 4, 23-32 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874940201104010023.  

  • Seenivasan A, Subhagar S, Aravindan R, Viruthagiri T. Microbial production and biomedical applications of lovastatin. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2008; 70(6): 701-9. https://doi.org/10.4103/0250-474x.49087 (IF: 0.72)

  • Ayothiraman, S. Seraman, S. Rajendran, A. Thangavelu, V. Lovastatin - A potent hypercholesterol drug. Chem. Weekly 2008, 53 (40), 193-6. 

Book Chapters
  • Nithya M, Seenivasan A*, Design and Kinetics of Homogenous Biochemical Reactors,  In Bioprocess Engineering and Technology: Upstream Process, CRC Press, 2024 (In press).

  • Nur Izyan Wan Azelee, Aishah Rosli, Seenivasan Ayothiraman, Shilpa Mishra,  Baranidharan S, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, "Nanoparticles for the adsorptive removal of heavy metals from wastewater" In: Adsorption through Advanced Nanoscale Materials: Applications in Environmental Remediation, 2023, 409-428, Elsevier.  ISBN: 9780443184567. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18456-7.00018-3

  • Digvijay D, Seenivasan A*Chitinases: structure, function, and valorization of marine shell waste (Ch: 7),  In Enzymes in Valorization of Waste (Vol 1): Enzymatic Pre-treatment of Waste for Development of Enzyme based Biorefinery, CRC Press, 2022. eBook ISBN9781003187714. 

  • Nitish Venkateswarlu Mogili, Nithya Murugesan, Seenivasan Ayothiraman, Rahul Gautam, Narendra Naik Deshavath, Erva Rajeswara Reddy, Biohydrogen Production from Wastewater and Organic Solid Wastes,  In Waste-to-Energy Approaches Towards Zero Waste, Elsevier, 2022, 165-195. ISBN: 978-0-323-85387-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85387-3.00009-4.

  • Seenivasan A, Muthuraj M, Panda T. Toxicological Study of Nanoparticles: An Attempt to Relate Physicochemical Characters with Toxicity. In: Shiva Nagendra S.M., Schlink U., Müller A., Khare M. (eds) Urban Air Quality Monitoring, Modelling, and Human Exposure AssessmentSpringer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2020, 325-342. ISBN:978-981-15-5510-7.

  • Seenivasan A., T. Panda. Nanoparticles in clinical research: Benefits and Hazards. Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. American Scientific Publishers. 2019., Vol. 29, 1-52.  ISBN: 1-58883-2120.

  • Seenivasan A., T. Panda. Proteins characterization by thermal property measurement, In 14th Chapter of Glass and State Transitions in Food and Biological MaterialsWiley-Black, 2017, 305-392. ISBN:9781118935729.

Conferences
  • Digvijay Dahiya, S. Priya Dharshini, S. Shakila Banu, Mohammad Imran Mir, Appa Rao Podile, Padmanaban V C, Seenivasan Ayothiraman*, Cellular Localization and Production of Chitinase from a novel Alcaligenes sp., International Conference on Advances in chitin & Chitosan research & 11th Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society Symposium (ICCS)-2025, School of Life Sciences, UoH, Hyderabad, India. 31st Jan to 2nd Feb 2025.

  • Sangam Rohit,Manda Mani Vardhan,Chollangi Abhishikth, Digvijay Dahiya, Sathieesh Sounderarajan, Seenivasan Ayothiraman*, Purification of Chitinase Using Adsorption studies, Bioprocessing India 2024, Dec 15th and 17th 2024, IIT Madras, Chennai

  •  Sathieesh Sounderarajan, Aafreen Periyar Vikram Surya, Harshitha Seenivasan, Nellaiappan Mayilerum Perumal, Dinesh Sankar Reddy Puchalapalli, Seenivasan Ayothiraman*, Design of two step purification methodology and characterization study of esterase produced from Trichoderma harzianum, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2024), Abstract ID:1102, NIT Jalandhar. 27th to 30th Dec 2024.

  • Sathieesh Sounderarajan, Manda Mani Vardhan, Aseem Gupta, Malladi Bhagya Sri Manasa, Katragadda Navya, Yuvaraj Kandan, Atanu Kumar Paul, Dinesh Sankar Reddy*, Seenivasan Ayothiraman*, Optimization of biological parameter for the esterase production from Trichoderma harzianum and reactor study, 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy, Sustainable Environmental, Agricultural and Artificial Intelligence Technologies (i-RESEAT), December18-20, 2023, Thailand.

  • Sathieesh Sounderarajan, Dinesh Sankar Reddy P, Seenivasan Ayothiraman*, Purification of esterase from Trichoderma harzianum by adsorption and desorption studies. 3rd International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy, and Environmental Engineering - 2023 (INCEEE-2023), NIT Warangal. November 24-25, 2023.

  •  Sathieesh Sounderarajan, Kanakalakshmi K, Aafreen Periyar V, Dinesh Sankar Reddy P, Seenivasan Ayothiraman*, Screening and optimization of media compounds for the production of Esterase using Trichoderma harzianum in Southeast Asia Catalysis Conference (SAAC) 2023 at National University of Singapore, 8th and 9th June 2023.

  • Seenivasan A, Valorization of Shellfishery Wastes- A Bio Refinery Approach, International Conference On Biotechnological Solutions for Sustainable Development (ICBSSD-2023), PSR College of Engineering, SIvakasi, 16th -17th March 2023.

  • Sathieesh Sounderarajan, Dinesh Sankar Reddy P, Seenivasan Ayothiraman, Effect of synthetic fatty liquor and neatsfoot oil as co-contaminants on the reduction of hexavalent chromium using Fusarium oxysporum and its kinetic study, International Conference on Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, NIT Raipur, 16-17 Dec 2021.

  • Pilli Akhil, Chirra Pratap Raja Reddy, Sreeramula Vinay, Digvijay Dahiya, M.R.D.S. Nitish Venkateswarlu, Seenivasan Ayothiraman, Bioprospecting of shellfishery waste using a novel Bacillus sp. International Conference on Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, NIT Raipur, 16th-17th Dec 2021.

  • S. Ayothiraman. Metabolic footprinting as a tool to understand the metabolic flux pattern in Monascus purpureus and to model the biosynthetic pathway of lovastatin. In: BIOT022C - Microbial Metabolic & Bioprocess Engineering: Non-Model Microbes: Metabolic Engineering & Synthetic Biology. ACS Fall 2020 National Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco, CA, August 17-20, 2020.

  • S. Ayothiraman. Medium as a message for metabolomic analysis. Metabolic footprinting: Tool to understand the effect of culture condition on the production of lovastatin by Monascus purpureus.  BIOT 597, 2020 IN: Upstream Processes Next Generation Synthetic and Systems Biology Tools, ACS Spring 2020 National Meeting & Exposition, 24th March 2020.

  • A. Seenivasan, Wealth from Waste: Shellfishery Wastes as A Source of Chitin and Valuable Products,  International Conference on Innovations and Research Advances in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Exploration of Deep Sea Fishing, Bhimvaram, 28th and 29th Aug 2019

  • A. Seenivasan, J. Satya Eswari, T. Panda, S.N. Gummadi, Ch. Venkateswarlu. Modeling of Metabolic Pathway of Lovastatin Biosynthesis,  The 17th Congress, Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering - Chemical Engineering for a Sustainably Developing World- the Role for the Asia Pacific Region, 23-27 Aug 2017, Hong Kong.

  • R. Jain, U. Agarwal, S. Ayothiraman, T. Panda. Molecular insight on the inhibition of rate-limiting step of cholesterol synthesis: Comparison of binding efficiency of statins – a platform for the screening of novel molecules- BIOT 565. In Division of Biochemical Technology,  ACS National Meet at San Francisco, CA, USA, Apr 2-6, 2017.

  • Nisha S, Seenivasan A. Pretreatment of Chitin - Biotechnological opportunity,  World Biotechnology Congress - 2017, 20th to 22nd Feb 2017 at New Delhi, India.

  • Nisha S, Seenivasan A.  Microbial Cell Factories – A Versatile Material for the Reclamation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soil. The International Journal of Arts & Sciences’ (IJAS) international conference, 8-11 Nov 2016, Univ. of London, UK, Paper ID: U6K984.

  • Nisha S, Seenivasan A, Vasanth D. Chitin and its derivatives: structure, production, and their applications, International conference, SCOPES-2016, at CUTM, Odisha during 3 - 5 Oct 2016, p. 127-130, ISBN: CFP16H12-PRT/978-1-5090-4619-5

  • A. Seenivasan, M. Muthuraj, T. Panda. Nanoparticles: hazard assessment based on physicochemical characterization, Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM-2016) IIT Madras, Chennai, 15th -16th Feb. 2016.

  • R. Sankaranarayanan, P.R. Vignesh, Seenivasan Ayothiraman, D. Gnanaprakash, K. Ramakrishnan. R Characterization of terephthalic acid monomer recycled from post-consumer PET polymer bottles. 3rd International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization (ICPPC-2014), M. G. Univ., Kottayam, Kerala on 11th -13th Oct 2014.  (IL-81).

  • R. Sankaranarayanan, P.R. Vignesh, D. Gnanaprakash, K. Ramakrishnan, Seenivasan Ayothiraman. Recycling of polyethylene terephthalate by de-polymerization via alkaline hydrolysis to yield terephthalic acid. International Conference on Recent Advancement in Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering, Chennai on 27-28 Feb 2014, page no. 42 (Abstract ID. 107).   

  • Y. Abhishek Rao, V. Arulprahasam, Seenivasan Ayothiraman. Solid-state fermentation technology – a versatile tool for the biological process. International Conference on Recent Advancement in Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering, Chennai on 27-28 Feb 2014,  page no. 47 (Abstract ID. 118).

  • Seenivasan A, T. Panda. Biochemical Studies on lovastatin and simvastatin: biosynthesis and localization.  Asian Congress on biotechnology Proceedings, Shanghai, China on 11th to 15th May 2011, page no. 138 (Abstract ID. A1274).

  • Seenivasan A, Selvaraju, N. Biohydrogen: an effective alternate to fossil fuel, National conference on recent trends in alternative energy 2011 at NIT, Calicut, Kerala, page no. 36.  9-10th June 2011.

  • Seenivasan A, T. Panda. Nano-assisted drug delivery system. Recent and Emerging Advances in Chemical Engineering (REACH-2010) Proceedings, International conference held at IIT Madras, Chennai. Dec 2-4, 2010.

  • Seenivasan A, T. Panda. Nano-Assisted Carriers for Lovastatin Oral Delivery System. 2nd International conference on materials for future (ICMF) Proceedings, 2011, Kerala on 23rd to 25th Feb, 2011, page no 79.

  • S. Seraman, S. Ayothiraman, A. Rajendran, and V. Thangavelu. Optimization of lovastatin production by Monascus purpureus MTCC 369 using Plackett-Burman and central composite statistical experimental design, 12th International Symposium on Preparative and Industrial Chromatography and Allied techniques (SPICA 2008), Switzerland, Page no. 179. Sep 29th to Oct 01st, 2008.

  • Seenivasan, A, Kannan, Muthu Sivaramapandian, M. Nanoparticles and targeted systems for cancer therapy in SCHEMCON 2007 held at Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai Univ., Tamil Nadu, India. September 21st-22nd, 2007.

Academic Responsibilities  
  • Associate Dean, Associate Dean, Physical Education & Sports Activities, Centre for Physical Education & Sports (CPES) (2024- )
  • Head, Department of Biotechnology at NIT Andhra Pradesh (Sep 2018- Sep 2020)
  • Chairman, Hospital empanelment and Cashless Medical Treatment, NIT ANP (Nov 2024 - )
  • Chairman and Nodal officer, Field study for the feasibility of getting bulk feeder from APEPDCL (June- Aug 2020)
  • Chairman, Board of Study (BoS) for M. Tech in Bioprocess Engineering, in the Dept. of Biotechnology at NIT Andhra Pradesh (Sep 2018- Sep 2020)
  • Member of Strategic Planning Committee at NIT ANP (Jan 2020 – Till date)
  • Member in Adhoc Faculty Selection Committee, NIT ANP
  • Faculty In-charge, Internal Placement Training at NIT Raipur (2018)
Outreach activities
Technical Committee
  • Subject expert for the faculty recruitment, Dept. of Biotechnology, Parul University, Gujrat (Jan and April 2024). 

  • Doctoral Advisory Committee for the Ph. D. Scholar, VIT Vellore, Tamil Nadu.  

  • Advisory Member for the International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology: Leveraging AI Tools for Future Innovations (BLAIT 2025) to be held on March 13-14, 2025 organized by Department of Biotechnology, P.S.R. Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India.

  • BOS Member and Subject Expert, Faculty of Technology (Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering), St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai, 16.12.2024.

  • BOS Member and Subject Expert, Department of Biotechnology and Expert Member for Faculty Recruitment, Parul University (2024).

  • BOS Member and Subject Expert, Department of Biotechnology, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, INDIA (2022-2023).

  • Technical Committee Member in 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Science and Technologies (ICETEST-18). It is going to be held on 6th - 7th April 2018, Govt. College of Engineering, Tirusur.

  • Chairperson for review technical papers in the National Conference on Waste to Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage [NCWECCS-2017] to be held at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha during 3rd -5th August 2017.

Session chair
  •  The International Journal of Arts & Sciences’ (IJAS) international conference, UK, 8th to 11th Nov 2016.

  •  3rd International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization (ICPPC-2014), M. G. Univ., Kottayam, Kerala on 11th -13th Oct 2014.

  •  Recent trends in Biotechnology for sustainable development at the Department of Biotechnology, P.S.R. College of Engineering, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, 2014.         

Talks
  • Invited talk on "Introduction to Biochemical Engineering" in Induction programme for 1st year Chemical Engg students, Anna University Trichy, 7th Oct 2024.

  • Invited talk on “Biovalorization approach of shellfishery wastes – a sustainable path to Fuel and other valuable compounds” AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Waste To Energy Conversion- A Path to Sustainable Resource Utilization, Department of Chemical Engineering Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Keelakarai, Tamil Nadu 24th Sep 2024

  • Plenary talk in the ‘International Conference on Biotechnological Solutions for Sustainable Development’ held on March 16-17, 2023 at P.S.R. Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India.

  • Valorization Of Shellfishery Wastes, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE),  Mar 2022

  • Wealth from Shellfishery Waste, Department of Chemical Engineering, Paavai Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, Nov 2022

  • Biomass and Bioenergy, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala  Jirania, Tripura, March 2021

  • Fundamental of reaction engineering in An Outlook of Chemical Webinar Series organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, St. Joesph's College of Engineering, Chennai, July 2020

  • Fundamentals to Bioprocess Optimization and System Biology Approach in Faculty Development Programme on "Biochemical Engineering: Basics and Beyond” organized by the Department of Biotechnology, Kalasalingam University, Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu, Jun 2020.

  • Introduction to Biological Reaction Engineering" in Lecture series on Recent Trend in Bio Research" organized by the Department of Biotechnology, P.S.R. College of Engineering, May 2020.  

  • Bioeconomy - Shellfishery wastes in 4th Young Scientist Forum at Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 2019.  

  • Wealth from Waste: Shellfishery Wastes as A Source of Chitin and Valuable Products in International Conference on Innovations and Research Advances in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Exploration of Deep Sea Fishing, Bhimavaram, Aug 2019.

  • Shellfishery wastes" in the Two Day Sensitization Workshop on Waste Management Technologies (WMT) program organized by DST at PSG College, Coimbatore, Nov 2018.

  • Biochemical synthesis and energy production” on Recent Trends in Biotechnology for sustainable development at the Department of Biotechnology, P.S.R. College of Engineering, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, March 2014.

Research Group

Present

  • Sathieesh S,  Doctoral scholar 

  • Digvijay Singh, Doctoral scholar

  • Yuvaraj, Jagadeesh, Bhavani, Sowjanya (2023-)

  • Hemanth,  Sudhan (2024- )

Past

  • Kurakula Rakshitha,  Tippana Srujana, Amala Devi (2023-24)

  • Hema Putti, Jayant Haridas Pisal, Aseem Gupta, Katragadda Navya,Mallidi Bhagya Sri Manasa, Manda Manivardhan, Peramasani Harshitha, Yogendra Kesharwani  (2023-24)

  • Shalini M. (Currently at Syngene, Bangaluru, 2021-23)

  • Sripathi S (Currently at IITM, 2023-24)

  • Parakala Sai Sri Krishna (Pursuing 4th year at IITM, 2022-23)

  • Narmatha K. Aarfeen Periyar  (2022-23)

  • Daneti Akshay Kumar (2022-23)

  • Hemanth, Shabaaz Rahim, Sudhan, Yogendra Kesarwani (2022-23)

  • Kanakalakshmi K. (Currently pursuing Ph. D. at IITM,  2020-22)

  • Kalaiarasan P, Vignesh P  (2021-22)  

  • Navaneeth K Nampoothiri, Raghava Sribhuvan, Vishwajeet Shoora (2021-22)  

  • Pragna Raj B , Mounika B, Rachana U  (2020-21)

  • Pratap Raja RC, Akhil P, Vinay S (2019-2020)

  • Roshini J, Devika T, Sravya, Kavya N. S. S, Tarun Raj T, Ganesh Sagar (2018-2019)

  • Sonu Kumar S, Monika N, Ravali KAwanish KC, Nisha U (2017-2018)

  • Udita Agarwal, Roopall Jain, Suresh Pareek  (2016-2017)

  • Anuja Jain, Jaideep Singh Bhardwaj, Umang Bansal, Brijesh Singh, Pintu Banjare, Shyamlal Chandrawanshi, V. Naveen, B. Kranti (2015-2016)

Courses Taught

NIT Andhra Pradesh

  • Biological Reaction Engineering (UG and PG)

  • Bioreactor Design and Analysis (PG)

  • Bioprocess Engineering Theory and Lab (UG)

  • Downstream Processing in Biotechnology Theory and Lab (UG)

  • Metabolic Regulation and Engineering (UG)

  • Bioprocess Plant Design Modeling and Simulation Theory and Lab (UG)

NIT Raipur

  • Stoichiometric Calculations

  • Bioprocess Technology

  • Thermodynamics & Reaction Engineering

  • Analytical Techniques in Biotechnology Theory and Lab        

SSN College of Engineering

  • Fermentation Engineering

  • Process plant utilities

  •  Chemical Process Plant Safety

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Updated as on 18.02.2025