EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

B TECH - BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

M TECH-BIOTECHNOLOGY

PHD- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

EXPERIENCE

1. College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology :1 yr

2. Sree Chitra College of Engineering, Pappanamcode : 1 yr  6 months

3. Mohandas College of Engineering, Anad: 6 months

4. Biotechnology Department , Kariavattom Campus: 2 yr 3 months

AREA OF INTEREST

Biochemical and bioprocess technology, Downstream processing techniques, Enzyme engineering, Adsorption technology and  Column studies.

PUBLICATIONS

1.  Adsorption of perchlorate by cationic modified adsorbent in a fixed bed continuous flow column and prediction of breakthrough curves, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Volume 97(7): 1655-1664(2022)

2.  Isotherm and Kinetic Studies for the removal of perchlorate using modified adsorbent from aqueous solutions: Batch process, Res. J. Chem. Environ., Volume 25(2), Pages 1-23, February (2021).

3.  Reduction of Perchlorate by Fungal Species Isolated from Water Samples Collected from Southern Kerala, Poll Res. 40(3):128-135(2021).

4.  Enhancement of Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass of banana by Single batch fermentation using Saccharomyces cerevisiae and native microorganism, Environment Conservation Journal, Accepted for Publication.

ACHIEVEMENTS

KAPL award, for best oral presentation in Industrial Biotechnology, on National Conference on Emerging Trends in Healthcare Biotechnology: Innovations, Challenges and Future prospects, 30 Nov to 02 Dec 2023, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram .

CONFERENCES PRESENTED/ATTENDED

1. Adsorption of Perchlorate using cationic modified rice husk, in the international conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (ICAChE- 2018) January, 2018, Proceedings of the conference published by Taylor and Francis Group , Chapter 75, 2018.

2.  Treatment of an Emerging contaminant perchlorate, in the International conference on Emerging contaminants in water and Environment (ECWE- 2019) January 2019, organized by Nanotech Research Innovation and Incubation Centre (NRIIC).

3.  The possible consequences of perchlorate accumulation in fresh water bodies due to floods and its effect on fishes, in the Seminar on Environmental degradation consequent to Kerala floods 2018 and remediation organized by University College in association with Dept. of Zoology University College,2019, Proceedings of the conference published by Unizoa Publication, 2019.

4.  Cost effective bioethanol production from banana biomass using native micro-organism, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Healthcare Biotechnology: Innovations, Challenges and Future prospects,30 Nov to 02 Dec 2023, Regional Cancer Centre , Thiruvanathapuram.

FDP'S /WORKSHOP'S ATTENDED

Workshop on Introductory Bioinformatics conducted at Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani.