Conferences 

National/International conferences/symposiums  

1.     Tanushree Paul, Iyyappan J, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Biological treatment of refinery wastewater using a submerged tubular membrane bioreactor. International Conference on Recent Advancements in Chemical, Energy & Environmental Engineering (RACEEE-2020), February 13-14, 2020, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India.

2.     Tanushree Paul, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Bio-oil production from oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus biomass treating refinery wastewater in a bioreactor under fed-batch operation mode. International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Development (ICESD-2020), February 14-15, 2020, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

3.     Tanushree Paul, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Valorization of Rhodococcus opacus biomass cultivated using refinery wastewater by hydrothermal liquefaction. National Conference on “Issues & Challenges in Water Treatment and Allied Research for Sustainable Environment” (WATER 2020), January 23-25, 2020, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India.

4.     Tanushree Paul, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Eco-toxicity analysis of biologically treated refinery wastewater following cell recycle with tubular membrane. International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases (INCD-2019), September 23-25, 2019, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India.

5.     Tanushree Paul, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Refinery wastewater treatment using the oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus and bio-oil production from the lipid-rich bacterial biomass by hydrothermal liquefaction. Research Conclave 2019, March 14-17, 2019, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India

6.     Tanushree Paul, Divya Baskaran, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Bioreactor strategies for refinery wastewater treatment using Rhodococcus opacus and bio-oil production by hydrothermal liquefaction. International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy (ICBSEE-2018), December 6-7, 2018, NIT Rourkela, India.

7.     Tanushree Paul, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Optimization of micro-nutrients and process parameters for treatment of refinery wastewater by oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus for potential bio-oil production. Research Conclave 2018, March 8-11, 2018, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India.

8.     Tanushree Paul, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Biological treatment of refinery wastewater using oleaginous/hydrocarbonoclastic Rhodococcus opacus for potential triacylglycerol (TAG) production. International Conference on Waste Management (RECYCLE 2018), February 22-24, 2018, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India.

9.     Tanushree Paul, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Optimization of media and process conditions for high biomass production of Rhodococcus opacus from refinery wastewater for potential bio-oil production. Indo-Japan Bilateral Symposium on Future Perspective of Bio-resource Utilization “In North-Eastern Region” (IJBS-2018), February 1-4, 2018, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India.

10.  Tanushree Paul, Lalit Goswami, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Optimization of micro-nutrients and process parameters for treatment of refinery wastewater by oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus for potential triacylglycerol (TAG) production. 5th Annual conference on Recent Trends in Bio-processing for Healthcare, Energy and Environment (BPI-2017), December 9-11, 2017, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India.

11.  Tanushree Paul, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi. Treatment of refinery wastewater using oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus for potential bio-oil production. One day symposium on Recent Advancements in Environmental Research (RAER-2017), June 5, 2017, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India.

Workshops/webinars attended

1.               Participated in TEQIP-III sponsored one day Symposium on "Advances in Separation Techniques" on March 15, 2019, Conducted by Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati.

2.               Presented a model at the workshop on Advances in Environmental Protection and Sustainability (AEPS-2018) held on 02 June 2018 at Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

3.               Attended Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) course on Bio-fuel Cell Technology: Fundamentals and Applications held on April 23 – 27, 2018 at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

4.               Participated in one-day Industry Academia Meet on "State-of-the-Art Refinery Operations" held on April 04, 2018 at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

5.               Attended Research methodology workshop in Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium (Reflux 2018) held on March 16-18, 2018 at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

6.              Participated in the National Course on "Biological Treatment of Solid Waste" conducted under TEQUIP sponsored by MHRD, Government of India, held on February 8-10, 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

7.              Participated in the Five-Day Online Faculty Development Program on “Advances in Biological Wastewater Treatment Methods: Teaching and Learning Strategies”, organized by the Department of Biotechnology in association with the Teaching Learning Centre, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India, held on September 7-11, 2020.

8.              Participated in a 5-day International Faculty Development Program cum Workshop on Sustainable Environmental Engineering Practices (SEEP 2020) organized by Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India, held on September 21-25, 2020.

9.              Attended two-days webinar on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Practices (SEEP 2020) organized by National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, India, held on June 5-6, 2020

10.           Participated in a Two-day webinar on Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration Initiatives and Practices (SERIP 2021) organized by National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India, held in the view of World Environment Day 2021 on June 5 and 7, 2021,

11.           Participated in DBT-ICGEB colloquium cum webinar on Microbial biorefineries for production of fuels and chemicals (iCEN- 2022), organized by International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) New Delhi, India, held on March 23, 2022.