Dr.R.BASKAR

   PUBLICATIONS IN NATIONAL JOURNALS

1.   Baskar.R, Thirumavalavan.M,  Meenakshi Sundaram, 2001.  Career oriented education in Engineering Education, Indian Journal of   

            Technical Education, Vol.24, No.3,  pp: 51-54

2. Baskar.R, Meera Sheriffa Begum .K.M., Sundaram. S., 2006. Characterization and constructive reuse of solid waste from bauxite 

industry.  Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 26, No.10, pp.1001-1005.

3.  Baskar.R, Meera Sheriffa Begum .K.M., Sundaram. S., 2006. Studies on reuse of tannery sludge in manufacture of bricks.  Process and Plant Engineering  Vol. xxiv, No.2, pp. 48-51.

4. Baskar.R, Meera Sheriffa Begum .K.M., Sundaram. S., 2006.  Thermogravimetric analysis of waste sludge from tannery. Chemical Technology : An Indian Journal Vol.i , pp. 2-6

5.  R.Baskar and R.Sridhar, 2012.  Simulation of Air Pollution Emissions from combustion of methane using Aphen plus.  Process & Plant Engineering  Vol XXX NO.1 pp.69-71

6.   Sundramurthy Venkatesa Prabhu*, Rajoo Baskar, Effect of initial pH and rate kinetics of biosolubilization of nickel from electroplating sludge using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Special Issue 4, pp 9-10 December 2014 < http://jchps.com/specialissuse4.html>

7. Venkatesa Prabhu S and Baskar R, ‘Effect of sulphur concentration and kinetics on heavy metal bioleaching from electroplating sludge using bubble coloumn’, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, Vol.18, No.12, pp.70-76 December 2014.

8.  N.Sivarajasekar and R.Baskar, ‘Agricultural  waste Biomass Valorisation for Cationic Dyes Sequestration: A Concise Review’, Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 7(9): 737-748, September 2015.

PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1.    Baskar.R, Sarath Chandra Babu, Anatharaman. N, Sundaram.S, 2001. L-glutamic acid production in a novel three phase fluidized bed  

        reactor using co immobilized bio-catalyst, Biomedical Science and Instrumentation, Vol. 37, 2001, pp. 457-462.

2. Sivakumar.N, Baskar.R, Sridhar.R,  2005.  Box-Behnken design of Experiments in the adsorption of anionic dyes on the bio polymer  

    chitosan, Asian journal of water, Environment and pollution, Vol.3, No.1,pp.115-119.

3. Baskar.R, Meera Sheriffa Begum .K.M., Sundaram. S., 2006. Characterization and reuse of textile effluent treatment plant waste sludge in clay bricks.  Journal of University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy Vol. 41, No. 4, pp 473-478

4.    Ganesh Moorthy Innasi Muthu, Baskar Rajoo, 2013.  ‘Statistical modelling and optimization of alkaline protease production from a newly isolated alkalophilic Bacillus species BGS using Response Surface Methodology and Genetic Algorithm’,  Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology vol. 43,issue 3, 293–314. [2012 IMF= 0.406; 5 yr IMF = 0.638 ]

5. Rajaram Shyam Kumar, Innasi Muthu Ganesh Moorthy & Rajoo Baskar, 2013. Modeling and Optimization of Glutamic Acid Production using Mixed Culture of Corynebacterium glutamicum NCIM2168 and Pseudomonas reptilivora NCIM2598. Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Vol.43,  Issue 7, pp. 668-681 [2012 IMF= 0.406; 5 yr IMF = 0.638 ]

6.    N Sivarajasekar and R Baskar, 2013.  Adsorption of basic red 9 onto activated carbon derived from immature cotton seeds: isotherm studies and error analysis.  Desalination and Water Treatment (DOI:10.1080/19443994.2013.834518)[ IMF = 0.852 / 2012]

7.    N. Sivarajasekar, R. Baskar, Adsorption of basic red 9 on activated waste Gossypium hirsutum seeds: Process modeling, analysis and optimization using statistical design, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry  Vol.20, No.5, pp. 2699–2709 (September 2014) Elsevier  [ IMF = 2.145 / 2012]

8.  P.Ramesh, R. Krishna Prasad and Rajoo Baskar, Enzymatic and Chemical Delignification of Kraft Wood Pulp: Optimization & Sequential Studies, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal ( Febraury 2014) <Accepted for Publication> [ 2013 IMF =1.117; 5 yr IMF = 0.97]

9.   Selvaraju Sivamani  and Rajoo Baskar,  Optimization of bioethanol production from cassava peel using statistical experimental design, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy (DOI: 10.1002/ep.11984) April 2014. [IMF =  0.865].  

10. Rajaram Shyamkumar, Innasi Muthu Ganesh Moorthy, Karuppiah Ponmurugan, and Rajoo Baskar, Production of L-glutamic Acid with Corynebacterium glutamicum (NCIM 2168) and Pseudomonas reptilivora (NCIM 2598): A Study on Immobilization and Reusability, Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology, Vol. 6, No. 3, July-September 2014.

11. Venkatesa Prabhu Sundramurthy and Rajoo Baskar,   Detoxification of Electroplating Sludge by Bioleaching: Process and Kinetic Aspects, Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol. 24, No. 3 (2015)  PJOES-00517-2014-02. [ 2013 IMF =0.6; 5 yr IMF = 0.762]

12. R.Baskar, C.Gomadurai, S.Subraja, Analysis of Chemical Cleaning of Reverse Osmosis Membrane Fouled by Textile Wastewater,  International Journal of ChemTech Research, vol.6, no. 10, pp 4488-4491. Sepetember 2014

13. Venkatesa Prabhu Sundramurthy and Rajoo Baskar, ‘Kinetics of heavy metal biosolubilization from electroplating sludge : effect of sulphur concentration’, Journal of the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry, Springer  58(2):185–194 2015 [ 2013 IMF =0.538] 

14. P. Manikandan, P.N.Palanisamy, R. Baskar, P.Sivakumar and P.Sakthisharmila “Physico Chemical Analysis of Textile Industrial Effluents from Tirupur City,TN, India”, International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering, Vol. No. 4. Issue No. 02, February 2015

15. N. Sivarajasekar, R. Baskar, ‘Biosorption of Basic Violet 10 onto Activated Gossypium Hirsutum Seeds:Batch and Fixed-bed Column Studies’, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering,Vo1.23.  Issue 10,  pp 1610–1619 October 2015

16. P.Manikandan, P.N.Palanisamy, R.Baskar, P.Sivakumar and P.Sakthisharmila, ‘Optimisation of treatment efficiency of UV/H2O2 process on simulated textile industry waste water’, Desalination and waste water treatment  1-12  April 2016

17. C. Arun Pandian, Chandrasekaran Suganya, Selvaraju Sivamani and Rajoo Baskar, ‘ Saccharification and Single Step Fermentation of Cassava Peel by Mixed Culture of Saccharomycopsis fibuligera NCIM 3161 and Zymomonas mobilis MTCC 92,  American Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy Vol. 5 No. 2 pp. 57-64  April 2016

18 .Manikandan, P., Palanisamy, P. N., Baskar, R., Sivakumar, P., &Sakthisharmila, P. (2016). A comparative study on the competitiveness of Photo Assisted Chemical Oxidation (PACO) with Electrocoagulation (EC) for the effective decolorization of Reactive Blue dye. Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Accepted for online publication on 13.06.2016. (Impact Factor: 0.325).

19. N. Sivarajasekar , R. Baskar, T. Ragu, K. Sarika, N. Preethi T. Radhika  ‘Biosorption studies on waste cotton seed for cationic dyes sequestration: equilibrium and thermodynamics’ Applied Water Science  10.1007/s13201-016-0379-2

20. G.Srinivasan and R.Baskar, “ Microwave drying of aloe vera (aloe barbadensis miller): mathematical modeling, kinetics and mass transfer aspects” Joural of advaces in Chemistry, Vol. 12 No.22  pp 5437- 5445 December 2016.

21. Manikandan, P., Palanisamy, P. N., Baskar, R.&Sakthisharmila, P. () Influence of Chemical Structure of Reactive Blue (Diazo), Direct Red (Diazo) and Acid Violet (Triaryl Alkane) Dyes on the Decolorization Efficiency by Photo Assisted Chemical Oxidation Process (PACO),  International Journal of Engineering & Technology Research  Volume 5, Issue 1, January-February 2017, pp. 01-14.

22. G.Srinivasan and R.Baskar, “ Influence of Microwave Power on Physico- Chemical Characteristics of Aloe Vera (Barbadensis miller) during microwave drying”  International Journal of ChemTech Research,  Vol 10  No3  pp 357-364  2017.

23. Srinivasan G and Baskar R, “ Influence of drying temperature on mass transfer characteristics and physiochemical properties of aloe vera ( aloe barbadensis miller) Vegetos 2017. 30:4  DOI:  10.4172/2229-4473.1000306 [ Vol: 30 Issue: 4, July 2017]

24. N. Sivarajasekar, N. Mohanraj, R. Baskar, S. Sivamani, Fixed-Bed Adsorption of Ranitidine Hydrochloride Onto Microwave Assisted — Activated Aegle marmelos Correa Fruit Shell: Statistical Optimization and Breakthrough Modelling, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering,   Vol. 43, Issue 5, pp 2205–2215 May 2017.

25. Selvaraju Sivamani  and Rajoo Baskar, “Bioconversion of cassava stem to ethanol: oxalic acid pretreatment and co-culture fermentation”, Biofuels, Vol.9, Issue 5, pp559-566. 2018

26. Srinivasan, Periasamy & Baskar, Rajoo. Heat transfer studies in compact heat exchanger using ZnO and TiO2 nanofluids in ethylene glycol/water. Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly. 24. 4  309-318 (2018). [SCI]

27. Periasamy, S. M., Baskar, R. “Assessment of the Influence of Graphene Nanoparticles on Thermal Conductivity of Graphene/Water Nanofluids Using Factorial Design of Experiments”, Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering, 62(3), pp. 317-322, 2018. [SCI]

28. S.Sivamani and R.Baskar, “Process design and optimization of bioethanol production from cassava bagasse using statistical design and genetic algorithm” Preparative biochemistry & biotechnology. Oct2018 48:9, 834-841 doi: 10.1080/10826068.2018.1514512. [SCI]

29. N. Sivarajasekar , R. Baskar, “ Optimization, Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies of Basic Red 2 Removal onto Waste Gossypium hirsutum Seeds” Iranian Journal of chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 2,  155- 167, 2018. [SCI]

30. S.Sivamani,Arun Pandian Chandrasekaran,Muthusamy Balajii,Muthusamy Shanmugaprakash, Ahmad Hosseini-Bandegharaei and Rajoo Baskar, “ Evaluation of the potential of cassava-based residues for biofuels production” Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology, Volume 17, Issue 3, pp 553–570, September 2018[SCI]

31.N. Sivarajasekar, K. Balasubramani, R. Baskar, S. Sivamani, and I. Ganesh Moorthy,  “Eco Friendly Acetaminophen Sequestration Using Waste Cotton Seeds: Equilibrium, Optimization and Validation Studies” Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology, 2018, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 334–342, 2018. [SCI]

32. D.Nesakumar and R.Baskar, “Analysis of TiO2–ZnO/EG Hybrid Nanofluid Effect on Heat Transfer Enhancement” Applied

Mathematics & Information Sciences Vol 13, No. 6, 199-206 (2019) [SCOPUS]

33. Naiyf S Alharbi, Shine Kadaikunnan, Jamal M Khaled, Taghreed N Almanaa, Ganesh Moorthy Innasimuthu, Baskar Rajoo, Khalid F Alanzi, Shyam Kumar Rajaram, “Optimization of glutamic acid production by Corynebacterium glutamicum using response surface methodology” Journal of King Saud University-Science,  Vol 32, No.2, pp 1403-1408, march 2020 [SCI]

34. R.Balasubramani, A.S.Periasamy Manikandan , K.Kalaivani, R.Baskar, “Fouling Characteristics of Milk-Water System in a Plate Heat Exchanger”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, Volume-8 Issue-4, pp 4829-4833, November 2019 [ Not Indexed]

35. A.S.Periasamy Manikandan, R.Balasubramani, K.Kalaivani, R.Baskar, “Impact of Copper Nanoparticle Addition on Thermo Physical Properties of Different Base Fluids” International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, Volume-8 Issue-4, pp. 4192-4195, November 2019 [ Not Indexed]

36. Pongayi Ponnusamy Selvi and Rajoo Baskar, “Mass Transfer Enhancement for CO2 Absorption in Structured Packed Absorption Column” Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan, Vol. 41, No. 05, pp 820-824, 2019 [ SCI]

37. N. Sivarajasekar and R.Baskar, Adsorption of Basic Magenta II onto H2SO4 activated immature Gossypium hirsutum seeds: Kinetics, Isotherms, mass transfer, thermodynamics and process design, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 12, Issue 7  1322-1337, 2019 [SCI]

38. Manikandan Srinivasan Periyasami and Rajoo Baskar, “Studies on thermophysical variations of grapheme nanoparticle suspended ethylene glucol/waters” , Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quaterly  27 (2) 177-187 ( 2020) [ SCI]

39. Selvaraju Sivamani, Rajoo Baskar and Arun P Chandrasekaran, “Response surface optimization of acid pretreatment of cassava stem for bioethanol production” Environmental progress and sustainable Energy. 2019;e13335   https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.13335  [ Volume 39, issue 2 , e133335][SCI]

40. Venkatesa Prabhu Sundramurthy , Baskar Rajoo, Natesan Rajendran Srinivasan and Rajan Kavitha  “Bioleaching of Zn from sphalerite using Leptospirillum ferriphilum isolate: efect of temperature and kinetic aspects” Applied  Biological Chemistry (2020) 63:44 [SCI]  [ Imapact factor- 2yrs -1.838]

41. T. Usharani,R. Baskar and B. Palanisamy,  “Photocatalytic degradation of synthetic dye by immobilised doped nanoparticles on polyurethane foam reactor using RSM”  Journal of Ceramic Processing Research. Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 552~564 (2020). [SCI] [ Imapact factor-  -0.37]

42. T.Usharani, R.Baskar, B.Palanisamy and M.Myilsamy, “ Efficient photocatalytic degradation of 2,4- dinitrophenol over mesoporous Zr and Ce co-doped TiO2 under visible light”  Desalination and Water treatment   217, pp 320-328  (2021)[ SCI] ] [ Imapact factor-  -1.23]

43. Ramya suresh, Baskar Rajoo, Maheshwari Chenniappan, Manikandan Palanichamy, “Experimental Analysis on the synergic effect combined use of ozone and UV radiation for the treatment of dairy industry wastewater”, Environmental Engineering Research 2021; 26(5): 200375   https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2020.375   [ SCI] ] [ Imapact factor-  -1.43]

44. Srinivasan Periyasami Manikandan and Rajoo Baskar, “ Experimental Heat transfer studies on copper nano fluids in a plate heat exchanger” , Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quaterly  27 (1) 15-20 ( 2021) [ SCI]

45. Pongayi Ponnusamy Selvi and Rajoo Baskar, “CO2 Absorption in nano fluid with magnetic field” , Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quaterly  26 (4) 321-328 ( 2021) [ SCI]

46. Ramya Suresh., Baskar Rajoo., Maheswari Chenniappan., and Manikandan Palanichamy (2021).Treatment possibilities of electrical discharge non-thermal plasma for industrial wastewater treatment-review. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol.1055(1), p.012018. [Not indexed] Scopus Indexed (Conference / Book Chapter)

47. Ramya suresh, Baskar Rajoo, Maheshwari Chenniappan, Manikandan Palanichamy, “Feasibility of applying nonthermal plasma for dairy effluent treatment and optimization of process parameters”,  Water and Environmental Journal  35(3), 1038-1050  2021                [ SCI]  [ Impact factor-  -1.426]

48. Sairaghul, Dineshkumar, kaviya and Baskar Rajoo, “Optimization of incorporating κ-Carrageenan based gels on improving cloud stability, physical stability and viscosity of Ready to Drink Mango juice" Journal of Food Science 86(9):4017-4025 [ September 2021] [SCI]

49. Nivethithaa, S., Baskar, R.Functional characteristics of nanocellulose and its potential applications, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2021, 2387(1): 090006 [Not indexed]  Scopus Indexed (Conference / Book Chapter)

50.  P. P. Selvi*, R. Baskar, Intensification of CO2 absorption using nanofluids in a structured packed column,  Bulgarian Chemical

Communications, Volume 53, Issue 4 (pp. 412 - 417) 2021  [SCOPUS ]

51. Chenniappan, M., Suresh, R., Rajoo, B. et al. Experimental analysis and parameter optimization on the reduction of NOx from diesel        engine using RSM and ANN Model.  Environonmental Science and Pollution Research 29, 66068–66084 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20396-7 [[Published April 2022]

             52. Chellam SomasundararShivamathi,  SathaiahGunaseelan, Michael RahulSoosai, Nagamalai SakthiVignesh, PerumalVaralakshmi,   

            Rajaram ShyamKumar, SankarKarthikumar, R. VinothKumar, RajooBaskar ,Sean Patrick Rigby, AsadSyed, Abdallah M.Elgorban,     Innasi muthuGanesh Moorthy, Process optimization and characterization of pectin derived from underexploited pineapple peel       biowaste as a  value-added product, Food Hydrocolloids, Vol. 123, 107141   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.107141 [2022]

53. Michael Rahul Soosai, Innasi Muthu Ganesh Moorthy, Perumal Varalakshmi, Asad Syed, Abdallah Mohamed Elgorban, Sean Patrick Rigby, Sivrajasekar Natesan, Sathaiah Gunaseelan, Yonas Camy Joshya, Rajoo Baskar, Rajaram Shyam Kumar &   Sankar Karthikumar, Use of activated Chromolaena odorata biomass for the removal of crystal violet from aqueous solution: kinetic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic study, Environmental Science and Pollution Research  30, 14265–14283 (2023) [SCI]

54. Selvi, P. P., & Baskar, R. CO2 mitigation studies in packed absorption column using iron oxide nano fluid,  Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quarterly. 29(2), 161-167 (2023) [SCI]

55. Thirumal Sundaresan, Sanjay Subramaniam, Veeramani Chinnapa, Baskar Rajoo. Effect of defatted coconut flour on functional, nutritional, textural and sensory attributes of rice noodles, International Journal of Food Science and Technology July 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.16606

56, Dhanapal, Dhanaraja and Rajoo, Baskar. "Value addition of mushrooms by incorporation in the food products: an overview"   

    International Journal of Food Engineering, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijfe-2023-0073

 PAPERS PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. R.Baskar and P.Sivashanmugam “Computer Aided Performance Modeling and Design of Cyclone Dust Separators” presented in CHEMCON-2000, a National level technical conference organized by IIChE during December 2000 at Calcutta, INDIA.

2.    R.Baskar and M.Arivalaghan ”Secondary Baggase Pith (SBP) As Adsorbent For Color Removal From Textile Waste Water” presented in RAWN-2001, IAEM National conference on recent advances in waste management  during 23-25 February 2001 at Varanasi , INDIA.

3.    R.Baskar and M.Senthilkumar, “Brick Material from Textile Industry Waste Sludge” presented in second National conference on Environmental Management and Pollution Abatement during July 2002 at Annamali University, Chidambaram, INDIA

4.    S.Prabhu, K.S.Rajasekaran, K.Sathyaram and R.Baskar “Utilization of waste weed Water Hyacinth for production of carotene concentrate” presented in National Conference on Emerging trends in Food Technology  organized by Osmania University, Hyderabad on  28TH  Feb 2003

5.    S.Aparna and R.Baskar  “Mathematical modeling of basket centrifuge” presented in National Conference on Emerging trends in Food Technology organized by Osmania University, Hyderabad on 28TH  Feb 2003.

6.    R.Baskar and M.Arivalaghan, “Recent developments in the treatment of textile industry effluent” All India seminar on Challenges in environmental protection and possible solutions, organized by the Institution of Engineers ( India) Amaravathi local centre, Jan 11-12, 2003.

7.    S.Ramachandran and R.Baskar “Implementation of Total Quality Process through Competitive Bench Marking in Technical Education” National ISTE Convention, Organized by Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 2004

8.    S.Ramachandran and R.Baskar “ A novel technique for fluoride removal in the pickling line effluent for stainless steel” presented in NMD-ATM organized by Indian Institute of Metals,  Thiruvanathapuram on Nov 2004

9. S.Ramachandran and R.Baskar “Current Trends in the Engineering and Management Interventions to Combat Environmental Stresses in Alloy & Special Steel Rolling Mills” presented in NMD-ATM organized by Indian Institute of Metals, Thiruvanathapuram on Nov 2004

10.  R.Baskar, R.Sridhar and N.Sivakumar , “Recent advancements in ensuring environmental quality and pollution abatement” 20th National convention of chemical engineers and National seminar on Sustainable development in chemical and allied industries organized by the Institution of Engineers (India), Pune local centre , 4-5 September 2004.

11.  R.Sridhar and R.Baskar, ”Red mud waste management in Aluminum Industry – possibility of developing useful products” National conference GETME-2005 organised by Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineeing, Kongu Engineering College, April 15-16,  2005.

12.    R.Baskar “ Solid waste management”  GREEN SUMMIT 2008 conference organized by Institute of Public Health Engineers at Agra during 01.02.2008.

13.   S.Sivamani , R.Baskar , “  Ethanol production from cassava peel and cassava waste by co- culture of saccharomycopsis fibuligera neim 3161 and zymomonas mobilis mtcc 92” , Pollution prevention through development of bio based material and energy, 22-23 February 2013, MNIT , Jaipur

14.S.Subraja, C.Gomadurai and R.Baskar, “Cleaning of Membrane Fouled by Textile Water using selected Chemical Agents- A study”  National  Conference on Ecotechnologies for Waste Water Treatment: Present Challenges and Future Horizons, 21-22 January 2014, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. 

15.R.Baskar, C.Gomadurai, S.Subraja,  Analysis of chemical cleaning of reverse osmosis membrane fouled by textile wastewater,  Proceedings of the national conference on “Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering” (RACE - 2014), 12-13 July 2014, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar.

16.S.Sujithra  and R.Baskar , ‘Bioactive active components from Cissus quadrangularis Linn: extraction and optimization studies’ DST Sponsored National Conference on “Innovations and New Horizons in Algal Technology and Biotechnology.  26th and 27th Febraury 2015, Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, Virudhunagar.

17.  R.Baskar, C.Gomadurai, P.Ramesh, “Industrial solid waste management by co-combustion Engineering (RACE -2018)”  28th and 29th  September 2018, Annamalai University, with coal and its graviometric analysis”   National Conference on “Recent advances in Chemical Chidamparam.

18. Gomadurai C, Baskar R, Dharani L, “Use of Membrane Separation Technique for the Separation of Edible Oil and Solvent from Oil/Solvent Miscella” National conference on Innovation in Biochemical and Food Technology, 2ND Feb 2019, Kumaraguru Collge of Technology, Coimbatore.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1.    R.Baskar, Sarath Chandra Babu, N.Anatharaman and S.Sundaram “L-Glutamic Acid Fermentation in a Novel Three Phase Fluidised Bed Bioreactor Using Co-Immobilized Biocatalyst ” presented in RMBS-2001, International conference on Bioengineering, during 22 April 2001 at Colorado, USA.

2.       R.Baskar, Maruthasalam and Muruganantham “Studies on Hydrogen Peroxide Plant Effluent Using Electro Coagulation “presented in Chemcon 2002, International symposium organizing by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in association with American Institute of Chemical Engineers on  December 2002  at Hyderabad, INDIA

3.         R.Baskar and S.Ramachandran, “Brick manufacture from process industry sludge – A case study of this viable alternate disposal option”, Chemcon 2003, International symposium organizing by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Bhuvaneshwar 19-22 Dec,2003.

4.         S.Ramachandran and R.Baskar, “Optimisation of annealing and pickling parameters for low nickel austentic stainless steels”, Chemcon 2003, International symposium organizing by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Bhuvaneshwar during 19-22 Dec 2003.

5.          R.Baskar, M.Balaji, R.Naveen Prabhu and B.Shiva kumar, Studies on excessive foaming and control in textile industry dyebath effluent concentration “International conference organizing by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in association with American Institute of Chemical Engineers held on  December 2004  at Mumbai.

6.         R.Baskar, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and S. Sundaram, “A case study on characterization and reuse of steel industry pickling plant waste sludge” Paper ID 541  11th APCCHE Congress, Kuala lampur, Malaysia, 28-30th August 2006.

7.         P.Ramesh and R.Baskar, “Studies on Thermogravimetric  Analysis of Coal Blended Diary Waste Sludge” presented at Chemcon 2007 International Conference on organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers during 27-30 December 2007

8.         K. Ramesh, C. Sim Yee, Arun Gupta, R.Baskar. M. Ramasamy, “A New Approach to the Identification of Distillation Column Based on Wavenet Function” International Conference on process Engineering and advanced materials, Kulalampur, June 2010

9.          Ganesh Moorthy I, Baskar .R, “Statistical modeling of alkaline protease production from a newly isolated Bacillus species BGS using Plackett-Burman design, New horizons in biotechnology(NHBT 2011), 8th Annual Convention of the Biotech Research Society International Conference, 21-24 Nov 2011, Tiruvanathapuram.

10.     Shyam Kumar R, Ganesh Moorthy I, Baskar .R, “ Optimisation of media components and process parameters for the production og L-Glutamic Acid using Micrococcus glutamicus NCIM 2168 through Response Surface Methodology”, 27.12.2011 to 29.12.2011, Chemcon 2011, Bangalore.

11.     Ganesh Moorthy I, Baskar .R, “Recovery of silver from used x-ray film by alkaline protease enzyme”, 27.12.2011 to 29.12.2011, Chemcon 2011, Bangalore.  

12.     P. Manikandan P, P.N.Palanisamy, R.Baskar, “Photooxidation of Reactive blue 194( RB194) in aqueous solutions by UV/H2O2 process”, International Conference on hemical and Biochemical Engineering – India, 16-17 Novenber 2013, NITW, Warangal.

13.     S.Sivamani, R.Baskar, “Optimization of Ethanol Production from mixed feedstock of Cassava peel and Cassava Waste by Coculture of saccharomycopsis fibuligera NCIM 3161 and Zymomonas mobilis MTCC92”, International Conference on Chemical and Biochemical  Engineering – India, 16-17 November 2013, NITW, Warangal

14.     S Venkatesa Prabhu and R Baskar, “Effect of initial pH and rate kinetics of nickel bioleaching from heavy metal bearing sludge using Acidithiobacillus Ferroxidans” International conference on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering ICFC-2013, 09-11 December 2013, NITR, Rourkela

15.     R.Baskar, C.Gomadurai, M.S.Giri Nandagopal,“Chemical Cleaning Studies on Reusability of Reverse Osmosis Membrane Fouled by Textile Wastewater” international Chemcon 2013, 27 - 29th December 2013, Mumbai.

16.     S Venkatesa Prabhu and R Baskar,  “Statistical Modeling and Response Surface Optimisation of Effective Parameters for Bio-Oxidation of Galena using leptospirillum ferriphium” Global summit on Emerging Science and Technologies: Imapact on Environment & Human Health, 01-03 August 2014,  Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore.

17.     P. Manikandan, P. N. Palanisamy and R. Baskar, “Decolourization of Reactive blue 194 (RB 194) from textile wastewater by Electrocoagulation process” Third International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Processes AOP-2014, 25-28 September 2014, Organized by Society of Environmental Chemistry and Allied Sciences (SECAS) c/o School of Environmental Sciences, M.G University, Kottayam in association with School of Environmental Science (SES) Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala

18.     P. Manikandan, P. N. Palanisamy and R. Baskar, “Optimization for the removal of reactive dye in aqueous solution by ozonation” Third International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Processes AOP-2014, 25-28 September 2014, Organized by Society of Environmental Chemistry and Allied Sciences (SECAS) c/o School of Environmental Sciences, M.G University, Kottayam in association with School of Environmental Science (SES) Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala

19.     S.Sivamani and R.Baskar, ‘Optimization of soaking in aqueous ammonia  pretreatment of cassava stem for the  production of fermentable sugars’  68th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 27-30 December 2015, Indian Institute of Technology,  Guwahati.  

20.      P.Sivakumar, P.N.Palanisamy, P.Manikandan, R. Baskar  and P.Sakthisharmila, ‘Removal of Color from Direct Dyes by Electrochemical Methods using Stainless Steel Electrode’   I CACE 2015- International conference on advances in chemical engineering,  December 20 - 22, 2015, NITK Surathkal, Mangalore 

21.     R.N.Monisha and R.Baskar, ‘Deacidification of degummed sunflower oil : solvent selection and liquid liquid equilibrium studies’ ICEEE-2016 – International conference on Energy, Environment and Engineering, Febraury 29, March 1 &2, 2016, CIT, Coimbatore. 

22.     I.Ganesh Moorthy, A.Anant Achary, R.Shyam Kumar and R.Baskar , “ Seperation of alkaline protease by foam fractionation technique: Statistical modeling and optimization” ICCB-2016, International Conference on Current Trends in Biotechnology, December 8 to 10, 2016, VIT, Vellore.

23.     P.Manikandan, P.N.Palanisamy, R.Baskar, P.Sakthisharmila, “Optimization of Treatment Efficiency of Electrocoagulation Process on Simulated Textile Industry Wastewater”, International conference on water from pollution to purification (ICW 2016) Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 12th to 15th  Dec 2016.

24.     R.Baskar, C.Gomadurai and R.S.Prabhuraj,  “Separation of edible and recovery of n-hexane from oil/n-hexane miscella using polymeric RO membrane” MEMSEP-2017 -International conference on Membran Technology and Applications, Febraury 21-13, 2017, NIT, Tiruchirappalli

25. L.Gowrishankar  and R.Baskar,  “Development of multipurpose storage to perpetuate fruits and vegetables from spoilage microorganism”  ACBEE-2017  - National  Conference on “ Advances in Chemical, Biological and Environmntal Engineering , 9th Febraury 2017, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai.

26. P.Manikandan, P.N.Palanisamy, R.Baskar, P.Sakthisharmila, “Study of Electrocoagulation of Aqueous Dye Solutions Using SS-Electrode”, International Conference on Renewable Energy Science and Technology (ICREST- 2017) Organized by the Department of Energy Science, Alagappa University at Karaikudi on 10th& 11th Mar, 2017.

  FUNDED RESEARCH 

Title :  Reuse of fouled membranes by employing Integrated Chemical Cleaning Process

      Investigators :   Dr.R.Baskar    Mr.R.Sridhar  Mr.C.Gomadurai

      Agency :   AICTE- RPS

      Amount :   Rs.8,80,000 

Years :  2 years

Title : Treatability studies for  waste water treatment – Phase I

      Investigators :  Dr.P.N.Palanisamy  Dr.R.Baskar   Mr.P.Manikandan

      Agency : DST-TDP 

Amount :  Rs.50,70,400

Years : 2 years  [2013 -2015]

Title : Developing electrical discharge Non-thermal plasma (EDNP) based treatment process to achieve environmental 

                                     compatibility in selected process industry (Dairy)  wastewater remediation

      Investigators : Dr.R.Baskar  Dr.P.Manikandan Dr.Mageshwari

      Agency :  AICTE- RPS  

      Amount :  Rs. 10,11,137

       Years :  3 Years  [ 2020 -23] 

 SEMINAR / WORKSHOPS ORGANISED

 1.    Two day National Seminar  Sponsored on “ Green Engineering Concepts for Process Design and Synthesis” during 18.02.2011 & 19.02.2011 funded by Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)

2.     Three day self supporting National Workshop on “Process Simulation using Aspen Plus” from 04 .03.2011 to  06.03.2011 .

3.     Three day self supporting National Workshop on “Process Simulation using  HYSYS” from 17 .02.2012 to  19.02.2012 .

4.     One day self supporting seminar on “ Recent Trends and Oppourtunities in Chemical and Petrochemical Industries” on 21.03.2014

5.     One day seminar / workshop “ Agti Enrepreneur Summit -2016” supported by TiE – The Indus Entrepreneurs on 03.09.2016

6.     Thirty six day Technology Based Entrepreneurship Development Programme on “ Food Processing”  jointly with TBI@KEC and EMDC KEC from 28.08.2017 to 12.10.2017 sponsored by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.

7.     Thirty six day Technology Based Entrepreneurship Development Programme on “ Food Processing”  jointly with TBI@KEC and EMDC KEC from 24.09.2018 to 10.11.2018 sponsored by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.

8. 6 Days STTP on " Advances in bio and food products manufacturing and shelf life extension" during 11.11.2020 to 16.11.2020 funded by AICTE 

BOOKS / BOOK CHAPTER PUBLISHED

Book

Principles of Environmental Science and Technology

K.Saravanan, S.Ramachandran,R.Baskar

New Age International , Delhi,2004

ISBN No.: 81-224- 158-9

< http://www.newagepublishers.com/servlet/nagetbiblio?bno=000964>

  Book Chapter

1. V. K. Jayaraman, P. S. Shelokar, P. Shingade V. Pote, R. Baskar and B. D. Kulkarni  Book Chapter:  Ant Colony Optimization: Details of Algorithms Suitable for Process Engineering (in the  book:  Advances in Process Systems Engineering Vol.2 -  237-269 STOCHASTIC GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION -Techniques and Applications in Chemical Engineering) Word  Scientific , UK, June 2010 ISBN  978-981-4299-20-6. <http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/7669#t=toc>

2. Selvaraju Sivamani, Shanmugam Anugraka, Rajoo Baskar,  Book Chapter : Optimization of Ethanol Production from Mixed Feedstock of Cassava Peel and Cassava Waste by Coculture of Saccharomycopsis Fibuligera NCIM 3161 And Zymomonas Mobilis MTCC 92 (in the book CHEMICAL AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING: TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS) Apple Acadamic Press, USA, January 2015  ISBN: 9781771880770 < http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781771880770>

PATENTS APPLIED

1.     Title of the Invention : Bioleaching process of Chromium, Nickel, Zinc and Lead from electroplating industrial waste sludge using bubble column. Names of the applicant : S.Venkatesa Prabhu, R.Baskar, P.Ponmurugan [ Applied – 28.06.2013 , Published in official journal of patent office: 26.07.2013; Application number – 2851/CHE/2013A]

2.      Title of the Invention : An alkaline protease enzyme purifying, recovering and process thereof.  Names of the inventor : Innasi Muthu Ganesh Moorthy, Rajoo Baskar, Anant Achary [ Applied – 03.01.2014 , Published in official journal of patent office: 2017; Application number – 18/CHE/2014]

PhD. SCHOLARS GUIDED

1. Dr.I.Ganeshmoorthy 4080073101

2. Dr.N.Sivarajesekar  7083072105

3. Dr.S.Sivamani  10900731005

4. Dr.S.Venkatesaprabhu  4080073109

5. Dr.P.Ramesh 4086072105

6. Dr. G.Srinivasan 71030721006

7. Dr.A.S.Periyasami   71030721003

8. D.Nesakumar  71130731001

9. Dr. P.P.Selvi     71130732001

10. Dr.T.Usharani  1523569707

11.  Dr.A.S. Ramya 

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP RECIEVED

Young Scientist Fellowship awarded by Tamilnadu State Council of Science and Technology during the year 2008 . Based on the fellowship four months (28.04.2008 to 28.08.2008) training / research work  carried out   at  Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

Subjects handled 

22 FTT31 - FLUID MECHANICS IN FOOD PROCESSING OPERATIONS 

e- content 1: FLOW OF FLUIDS

e- content 2: METERING OF FLUIDS

Introduction to  Fluid Mechanics  video1   video2

Fluid Transportation - Pumps Resource material

22FTT43 – MASS TRANSFER IN FOOD PROCESSING OPERATIONS 

e- content 3: LEACHING

e-content 4:EXTRACTION PROCESS

Introduction to Mass Transfer Video

Distillation Principles and design Resource material