Research Experience

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam (India)

Project Title: Innovative Algae Platform for Industrial Wastewater Valorization

Supervisor: Dr. Kaustubha Mohanty

Nature of work: Lab-scale and pilot-scale optimized process development for industrial (diary) wastewater treatment using potential algal strains

Institute: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)

Project Title: Mass scale cultivation of commercially important microalgae

Supervisor: Dr. G. Dharani

Nature of work: mass scale cultivation of microalgae in raceway ponds for production of lutein, spirulina powder, Chlorella growth factor

Institute: Anand Agriculture University, Anand, Gujarat (India)

Project Title: Estimation of methane emission under different feeding systems and development of mitigation strategies

Supervisor: Dr. Paresh Pandya

Nature of work: Proximate analysis of feeds and fodders; In-vitro gas production test (IVGPT), Estimation of methane gas through gas chromatography

Institute: CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat (India)

Project Title: High purity salt and metal ions recovery

Supervisor: Dr. Sandhya Mishra

Nature of work: Microalgal culture maintenance; Lab maintenance; Project associated research work

Institute: CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat (India)

Project Title: Evaluation of biofuel and biomaterial potential of de-oiled residual algal biomass

Supervisor: Dr. Sandhya Mishra, Dr. Arup Ghosh

Nature of work: Applications of de-oiled (Lipid-extracted) microalgal biomass: biogas production, biosorption, pyrolysis, fertilizer, nutrient recovery through bioprocessing, microalgal growth enhancement

Institute: CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat (India)

Project Title: Biofuel from Marine Microalgae (CSIR-MoES-NMITLI sponsored project)

Supervisor: Dr. Sandhya Mishra

Nature of work: Isolation and screening of biofuel potential microalgae; lab, pilot and mass cultivation of microalgae; microalgae harvesting; lipid-extraction; lipid transesterification; biodiesel testing; biochemical strategy for enhancement of microalgal lipid content; microalgal biomass conversion (Pyrolysis, gasification); applications of deoiled waste residue, biotic and abiotic stress responses in microalgae, C-phycocyanin and C-phycoerythrin

Institute: Anand Agriculture University, Anand, Gujarat (India)

Project Title: Estimation of methane emission under different feeding systems and development of mitigation strategies

Supervisor: Dr. Paresh Pandya

Nature of work: Proximate analysis of feeds and fodders; In-vitro gas production test (IVGPT), Estimation of methane gas through gas chromatography