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Dr. Akhil Agrawal

Associate Professor

Associate Professor, M.Sc. , Ph.D.: TERI University, Postdoc:2009-2013, University of Calgary, Calgary [Specialization: Crops and Agriculture Microbiology], Expert in IPR, Innovation and Startup Ecosystem and Entrepreneurship

akhilagrawal@curaj.ac.in

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(i) Desert Soilification for Sustainable Food Crops Production in Rajasthan.

Development of technology for conversion of sand into soil using highly efficient formulaitons in the laboratory for Bajra, Chana and Moong production in arid regions of Rajasthan. Also development of indegious microbial community formulaitons that support the formulation acceptance in rhizospheric soil.

(ii) Development of novel DNA isolation method from cyanobacteria isolated from hypersaline environments

The new optimized method yielded large amount of DNA with high purity. Additionally, the extracted DNA showed reduced degradation and excellent overall quality, which can be used directly for downstream purposes such as PCR and sequencing. We will be developing this method as a commercial kit for isolation of cyanobacterial DNA as till date no such kit is available. Published: Journal of phycology (2018) (Revised manuscript submitted)

(iii) Discovery of novel Mycosporine like Amino Acids from hypersaline cyanobacteria

(iV) Development of two different technologies for souring control in low and high temperature oil fields

Low Temperature MHGC Oil field, Canada: Long term monitoring of nitrate injection in a low temperature oil field indicated that nitrate breakthrough at producing well is associated with toluene depletion in produced oil that leads ot control of souring in these fields. It was also shown that these producing wells have higher proportion of toluene oxidizing and nitrate reducing bacterium ThaueraPublished: Environmental Science and Technology (2012) Volume 46 page 2185

Moderately High Temperature Oil field, Barmer India: Our results indicated synergistic effect of Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) and nitrate in control of souring even when lower concentrations of both were used. Published: International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation (2018) Volume 132, page 30

(V) Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) and Nickel nanoparticle assisted polymer flooding

Development of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) method for the recovery of crude oil from marginal wells by injecting a low molecular weight hydrocarbon and electron acceptor into a reservoir. Patent: Methods for microbially enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons: US 2018 / 0135393 A1 Methods for microbially enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons: CA2983624A1

Development of method for nano assisted polymer flooding for Enhanced oil Recovery. The results demonstrated the highest recovery of 5.98% of additional ROIP with xanthan-nickel nanoparticle mixture Published: Energy and Fuels (2018) DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02356

 

 

Teaching  (Annexure 1)

Academic Year

Course Title 1 (Credits)

Course Title 2 (Credits)

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2013-14 (Odd-Semester)

Environmental and Agricultural Microbiology- MSMB 304 (3)

Essentials in Microbiology - MSMB 301 (1)

Microbiology MSBT 103, MSBC 103, MSMB 103 (1*3 =3)

Analytical tech

MSBT 103, MSBC 103, MSMB 103 (1*3 =3)

Journal club Presentation (1)

Environmental Microbiology Lab -MSMB 309 (2)

 

2013-14 (Even-Semester)

Petroleum Microbiology -MSMB402 (3)

Molecular Biology lab -MSMB 209 (3)

Seminar- MSMB 405 (3)

Project Presentation -MSMB 406(3)

Project- MSMB 407 (8)

 

 

2014-15 (Odd-Semester)

Microbiology MSBT 103, MSBC 103, MSMB 103 (3*3 =9)

Microbiology and Genetics laboratory -MSMB 111 (3)

Journal club Presentation (1)

Project MSMB 306 (3)

 

 

 

2014-15 (Even-Semester)

Molecular Biology laboratory-MSMB 209 (3)

Seminar -MSMB 405 (3)

Project Presentation -MSMB 406 (3)

Project- MSMB 407 (8)

 

 

 

2015-16 (Odd-Semester)

Microbiology MSBT 103, MSBC 103, MSMB 103 (3*3 =9)

Microbiology and Genetics laboratory -MSMB 111 (3)

Journal club Presentation (1)

Project MSMB 306 (3)

 

 

 

2015-16 (Even-Semester)

Molecular Biology -MSMB 202 (3)

Molecular Biology laboratory-MSMB 209 (3)

Project Presentation -MSMB 406 (3)

Project- MSMB 407 (8)

Seminar- MSMB 405 (3)

Project UG BI 311- (3)

 

2016-17 (Odd-Semester)

Environmental and Agricultural Microbiology-  MSMB 304

(3)

Molecular Genetics -MSMB 105 (3)

Biochemistry =MSMB 102 (2)

Microbiology Lab -MSMB 108 (3)

Project -MSMB 306 (3)

 

UG Practical -BI 103 (3)

Journal Club -MSMB 307 (3)

 

2016-17 (Even-Semester)

 

Petroleum Microbiology MSMB 402-(3)

Bioinfo & IPR -MSMB 205 (3)

Project Presentations-MSMB 407(3)

Project -MSMB 406-(8)

Seminar -MSMB 405 (3)

Project UG BI 311- (3)

 

2017-18 (Odd-Semester)

Petroleum Microbiology MSMB 106-(3)

Environmental and Agriculture Microbiology –MSMB303 (3)

Microbial Pathogenicity and EAM Laboratory –MSMB307 (3)

Fundamentals of Life Sciences PrePhD Coursework (1)

 

 

 

 

2017-18 (Even-Semester)

Bioinfo & IPR -MSMB 205 (3)

Immunology, Bioinformatics and Virology MSMB 208 (3)

Journal Club Presentation MSMB401 (3)

Review of Literature for Major project-MSMB402 (3)

Major Project MSMB403 (15)

Research Dissertation Presentation MSMB404 (3)

Research Dissertation UG -BI311 (3)

List of new innovative/ interdisciplinary courses (except core courses) in last 5 years:                                                                                      (Annexure 1)

(Also state reason and give references where similar courses are being offered – in brief)

 

S. No.

Course Title & Code

Year and Class

No of other Departments from where students registered for the course

Remarks

(Innovative and/or Interdisciplinary)

1

Petroleum Microbiology

2014-15, MSc Microbiology-4th Semester

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Interdisciplinary- branch of microbiology that deals with the study of microorganisms that can metabolize or alter crude or refined petroleum products.  The course include professional expertise in bioremediation, Souring and enhanced oil recovery.

2

Petroleum Microbiology

2017-18, MSc Microbiology-4th Semester

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3

Petroleum Microbiology

2014-15, MSc Microbiology-1st Semester

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Reason for Implementation of Course: This is professional course with focus on problem solving of petroleum industry with the knowledge of microbiology

University where similar course is offered: University of Calgary, Canada; Oklahoma University, USA

Awards and Memberships:

Awards

Details

Best Teacher Award. 2022

Received 1st Best Teacher Award honored by Central University of Rajasthan

International Travel Award by SERB-DST

To attend 7th ISMOS Conference at Halifax, Canada, June 18, 2019

Best Business Plan Competition  – 3rd Prize

Team of Dr. Akhil Agrawal, R. Sandeep and Shikha Jain won 2nd runner up prize in Business Plan Competition held at 5th Rajasthan Science Congress-2017 at Amity University Rajasthan from 13-15 October 2017

JKLU Award for Water and Environment

For outstanding research in Water Conservation and Reuse at 4th Rajasthan Science Congress-2017 at JKLU University, Rajasthan from 15-17 October 2016

REIL Energy Innovation Award

 

  For outstanding research in Energy Innovation in Oil Sector at 3rd Rajasthan Science Congress-2017 at Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan from 28 Feb-2 March 2015

International Travel Award by SERB-DST

International Travel Award to attend 3rd International Conference in Science and Engineering and Applied Science, Calgary, Canada

International Travel Award by SERB-DST

Belgium Government Fellowship, 2006-07

International Travel Award to attend International Summer school on sustainable water management, Antwerp, Belgium

Belgium Government Fellowship, 2006-07 for research in a University in Belgium by MHRD, Govt of India.

Memberships of Scientific/Academic bodies

Details

Indian Science Congress

Life Membership

International Society for Chemists and Biologists, India

Life Membership

Mewar University, Rajasthan, (Department of Microbiology)

Invited member for Board of Studies and Board of Examination

Association of Microbiologists

Lifetime Member

ASEAN-India Science, Technology & Innovation Cooperation

Nominated HOST ( Mentor) for Asean India Research Training Fellowship by DST and FICCI

TATA iON

Nominated as subject matter expert

 

           

2013-2024 (Current Research): 

1. Desert Soilification for Sustainable Food Crops Production in Rajasthan.

  • Development of technology for conversion of sand into soil using highly efficient formulaitons in the laboratory for Bajra, Chana and Moong production in arid regions of Rajasthan. Also development of indegious microbial community formulaitons that support the formulation acceptance in rhizospheric soil.

Publications: 

  • D Kumari, G Prajapat, S Goyal, A Agrawal (2023). Modification of desert sand to soil using polymers for its agricultural potential. Journal of Arid Environments 209, 104899

2. Control of Souring in high temperature fields

  • Earlier studies showed that demonstrated the method of souring control in North-sea oil fields and MHGC low temperature oil fields. The objective of the current research was to design a technology for control of souring in moderately high temperature Western Rajasthan oil field and Argentinian oil fields. For this Up-flow packed-bed columns were used to simulate the reservoir in laboratory condition. The system was established with an SRB biofilm under sulfate limiting condition. For the control of sulfide production, various biocides treatments along with nitrate was investigated.  
  • Broad spectrum biocides like Glutaraldehyde, Tetra kis hydroxyl methyl phosphoniumsulfate (THPS), Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) & formaldehyde are generally used by industry. Our results indicated synergistic effect of BAC and nitrate in control of souring even when lower concentrations of both were used. This study was published in International Journal of Biodeterioration and Biodegradation and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Publications: 

  • Agrawal A, An D,  Cavallaro A and Voordouw G (2014) Souring in low-temperature surface facilities of two high-temperature Argentinian oil fields. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 98 8017-8029.
  • Prajapat G, Rellegadla S, Jain S and Agrawal A  (2018) Reservoir souring control using benzalkonium chloride and nitrate in bioreactors simulating oil fields of western India. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 132, 30-39.
  • Prajapat, G., Jain, S., Rellegadla, S., Tailor, P., & Agrawal, A. (2021). Synergistic approach to control reservoir souring in the moderately thermophilic oil fields of western India. Bioresource Technology Reports14, 100649.
  • Prajapat, G., Jain, S., Lal, B., Lavania, M., & Agrawal, A. (2023). Control of reservoir souring by incomplete nitrate reduction in Indian oil fields. Bioresource Technology Reports21, 101302.

3. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) and Nickel nanoparticle assisted polymer flooding

Objective 2: To develop a method for recovery of residual oil from heavy oil fields using light hydrocarbon and nitrate. This work was done in high-pressure bioreactors simulating heavy oil fields.

Outcome: The work demonstrated that sequential injection of light hydrocarbon (Toluene) and nitrate lead to the production of residual oil from marginal oil wells. The outcome of this work was a developed technology for heavy oil fields. This lead to US and Canadian patent.

Patent:

  • Voordouw G, Gassara F and Agrawal A (2018) Methods For Microbially Enhanced Recovery of Hydrocarbons. May 17, 2018 US 2018 / 0135393 A1 (US Patent)
  • Voordouw G, Gassara F and Agrawal A (2016) Methods For Microbially Enhanced Recovery of Hydrocarbons. Oct, 27, 2016 CA2983624A1 (Canadian Patent)
  • R Sandeep, SJain, M Lavania, J Sangwai, B lal and Akhil Agrawal (2020) Composition for enhanced oil recovery injection fluid and process thereof. Indian Patent Applied 202011045415

Publications:

  • Rellegadla S, Bairwa HK, Kumari MR, Prajapat G, Nimesh S, Pareek N, Jain S, and Agrawal A  (2018) An Effective Approach for E.nhanced Oil Recovery using Nickel Nanoparticles Assisted Polymer Flooding. Energy and Fuels (Accepted) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02356
  • Rellegadla S, Prajapat G and Agrawal A (2017) Polymers for enhanced oil recovery: fundamentals and selection criteria. Applied microbiology and biotechnology 101 (11), 4387-4402
  • Rellegadla, S., Jain, S., & Agrawal, A. (2021). A holistic approach to determine the enhanced oil recovery potential of hydroxyethylcellulose, tragacanth gum and carboxymethylcellulose. Journal of Molecular Liquids341, 117334.
  • Rellegadla, S., Jain, S., Sangwai, J. S., Lavania, M., Lal, B., Gieg, L., & Agrawal, A. (2021). Wettability alteration of the oil-wet carbonate by viscosity-augmented guar galactomannan for enhanced oil recovery. ACS Applied Polymer Materials3(4), 1983-1994.
  • S Mahajan, H Yadav, S Rellegadla, Akhil Agrawal (2021) Polymers for enhanced oil recovery: fundamentals and selection criteria revisited. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 105, 8073–8090

Cyanobacterial Sunscreens  (Annexure 2f)

Objective: Ozone layer depletion in the stratosphere leads to increase in the intensity of the Ultraviolet radiation (UVR; (280-400nm) reaching on the earth’s surface. The high-energetic UVR, UV-B (280–315 nm) has great potential for cell damage either through direct effects on biologically relevant molecules (e.g., DNA and proteins) or indirect effects via the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Consequently, several organisms that are exposed to solar radiation have evolved a number of mitigation mechanism to reduce the harmful effects of UVR. One of these mechanisms is the synthesis/accumulation of UV radiation-absorbing/screening secondary compounds. Mycosporine and mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are the most common group of transparent UV absorbing intracellular secondary metabolites. Due to therapeutic role of MAAs in UV photoprotection, they are the promising candidates for use in pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. The objective of this work was to isolate microbial communities from hypersaline Sambhar salt lake of Rajasthan and screening of MAAs from these communities.

Output: We have successfully isolated the cyanobacterial strains from the Sambhar salt lake of Rajasthan. Samples and pure isolates were irradiated by UV-B radiations to initiate MAAs production. Result of Spectrophotometric scanning (200-500 nm) of crude MAAs extracts suggested that MAAs production is stimulated by UV-B radiation and has significant co-relation between salinity stress and MAAs biosynthesis. Isolated culture of  Anabaena spp. and Arthospiraspp. showed significant increase in MAAs biosynthesis in salinity stress followed by UV-B induction. This work was published in Journal of Basic Microbiology and Journal of phycology (revision submitted)

Publications: 

  • Jain S., Prajapat  G., Ledwani L., Agrawal A. (2017) Cyanobacteria as efficient producers of Mycosporine-like amino acids. J Basic Microbiol. 9999:1–13
  • Jain S., Prajapat  G., Agrawal A., Ledwani L. (2017) Cyanobacterial mycosporine-like amino acids and their derivatives as natural sunscreen. 5th International conference-Green, Growth, Globalization and Governance: Challenges and Opportunities. ISBN: 9781-908106-62-9.
  • Bhardwaj B., Agrawal A., Ledwani L. and Jain S. (2018) An efficient method for DNA extraction from hypersaline and marine cyanobacteria. Journal of phycology.
  • Bairwa, H. K., Prajapat, G., Jain, S., Khan, I. A., Ledwani, L., Yadav, P., & Agrawal, A. (2021). Evaluation of UV-B protection efficiency of mycosporine like amino acid extracted from the cyanobacteria Anabaenopsis sp. SLCyA isolated from a hypersaline lake. Bioresource Technology Reports15, 100749.
  • A Punchakara, G Prajapat, H K Bairwa, S Jain, A Agrawal (2023). Applications of mycosporine like amino acids beyond photoprotection. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 89(11), e00740-23.

 

Book Chapters:

  • Jain S., Prajapat  G., Ledwani L., Agrawal A. Cyanobacterial sunscreen: past, present and future. Sunscreens: source, formulations, efficacy and recommendations. Nova publication 2018. ISBN: 978-1-53613-294-6.
  • Jain S., Prajapat  G., Agrawal A. A taxonomical study of mycosporine-like amino acids producing cyanobacteria.  Nova publication 2018. ISBN: 978-1-53613-294-6.

Papers published in Conference Proceedings: 

  • Jain S., Agrawal A., Ledwani L. Cyanobacterial mycosporine-like amino acids and their derivatives as natural sunscreen. International conference on Green, Growth, Globalization and Governance: Challenges and Opportunities, February 3-5 2017, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
  • Jain S., Prajapat  G., Agrawal A., Ledwani L. Natural sunscreen development from cyanobacterial isolates of hypersaline environments of India. 24th ISCB International Conference (ISCB-2018). Frontier Research in Chemistry and Biology Interface, January 11-13 2018, Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Other Publications

  1. D Sharma, A Pareek, H Arya, R Soni, P Rai, A Agrawal, S Nimesh (2022) Synthesis and inhibition studies towards the discovery of benzodiazepines as potential antimalarial compounds. Experimental Parasitology 243, 108411
  2. PK Sharma, I Kalia, V Kaushik, D Brünnert, A Quadiri, M Kashif, Akhil Agrawal (2021). STK35L1 regulates host cell cycle-related genes and is essential for Plasmodium infection during the liver stage of malaria. Experimental Cell Research 406 (2), 112764
  3. Sakthipriya N, Ganesh Kumar, Akhil Agrawal, Mukesh Doble, Jitendra S. Sangwai (2021). Impact of Biosurfactants, Surfactin, and Rhamnolipid Produced from Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, on the Enhanced Recovery of Crude Oil and Its Comparison with Commercial Surfactants. Energy and Fuels, 35, 9883-9893
  4. J Chanwala, G Kaushik, MA Dar, S Upadhyay, Agrawal A (2019). Process optimization and enhanced decolorization of textile effluent by Planococcus sp. isolated from textile sludge. Environmental Technology & Innovation 13, 122-129.
  5. DK Neelam, Agrawal A, AK Tomer, S Bandyopadhayaya, A Sharma (2019). A Piscibacillus sp. Isolated from A Soda Lake Exhibits Anticancer Activity Against Breast Cancer MDA-MB-231 Cells. Microorganisms 7 (2), 34.
  6. Deepesh Kumar Neelam, Akhil Agrawal, Anuj Kumar Tomer and Pawan K Dadheech (2018). Characterization and potential applications of Halovibrio variabilis mla3 (a heterotrophic bacterium) Isolated from a saline-alkaline lake of Rajasthan, India. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences 8, 612-622.
  7. DK Neelam, Agrawal A, AK Tomer, PK Dadheech (2018). Characterization, Phylogenetic Analysis and Potential Applications of Heterotrophic Bacteria Inhabit Sand Dunes of Thar Desert, India. J Pure Appl Microbiol 12 (4), 1887-1894
  8. Parthipan P, Narenkumar J, Elumalai P, Preethi PS, Nanthini AUR, Agrawal A and Aruliah R Neem extract as a green inhibitor for microbiologically influenced corrosion of carbon steel API 5LX in a hypersaline environment. Journal of Molecular Liquids 240, 121-127.
  9. Sathishkumar K, Sathiyaraj S, Parthipan P, Agrawal A, Murugan K and Aruliah R (2017). Electrochemical decolorization of methyl red by RuO2-IrO2-TiO2 electrode and biodegradation with Pseudomonas stutzeri MN1 and Acinetobacter baumannii MN3: An integrated approach. Chemosphere 183, 204-211

I. Project Ongoing

Project One: iTBI-DST

Title

Establishment of inclusive TBI at Central University of Rajasthan

Project No.

TPN Number- 94291

Amount in INR

5 Crore 29 Lakhs

Funding Agency

Department of Science and Technology

Duration

3 years (February 2024- January 2027 )

PI/Co-PI

PI

Facilities Developed

Setup Incubation Centre and its related facilities

Project Two: Indo-Malaysia Project (ASEAN)

Title

Characterization of Fatty Acids from Cyanobacteria for Their Application as Food Emulsifier

Project No.

CRD/2022/000615

Amount in INR

35 lakhs

Funding Agency

ASEAN India S&T Development Fund (AISTDF) and DST-SERB

Duration

2 years (February, 2024 to January, 2026)

PI/Co-PI

PI

Salient features

Bioemulsifiers from microorganisms possess emulsifying actions with low or no toxicity under extreme conditions that are suitable for application in food industries. This project aims to characterize the fatty acids composition produced by thermophilic cyanobacteria for emulsifier production.

Project ThreeCore Research Grant

Title

Development of High-Performance Modified Polymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery from Non-Producing Reservoirs

Project No.

CRG_2021_007167

Amount in INR

45 lakhs

Funding Agency

DST CRG

Duration

3 year (31 Dec 2021- 30 Dec 2024)

PI/Co-PI

PI

Facilities Developed

Pumps and ELS Dectector for HPLC

Salient features

Development of high performance polymers

Project Four:  Core Research Grant

Title

Enhanced Oil Recovery of the depleted reservoirs of Upper Assam Basin and Rajasthan with simultaneous carbon neutrality for environmental sustainability

Project No.

CRG/2022/000078

Amount in INR

40 lakhs

Funding Agency

DST CRG

Duration

3 years (September, 2023-August, 2026)

PI/Co-PI

Co-PI

II. Project that were completed/concluded

Project Five:  IMPRINT2

Title

Development and demonstration of Biochemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (BcEOR) technology for marginal oil wells of western India

Project No.

IMP/2018/000589

Amount in INR

1 Crore 65 lakhs (16.5 million)

Funding Agency

IMPRINT2 (SERB-DST and MHRD) and ONGC TERI Biotech Ltd

Duration

3 years (15th February 2019- 14th February 2022 )

PI/Co-PI

PI

Facilities Developed

High Pressure Liquid Chromatography,

Oil field simulating facilities at high pressure and temperature

Salient features

Surfactant based natural formulation will be developed for western India carbonate and sandstone reservoirs along with ONGC for field trials in western Indian oil fields

Project SixSSTP-DST

Title

Development and Scaleup of Desert Soilification technology (DST) for land reclamation in western Rajasthan

Project No.

DST/SSTP/2018/23

Amount in INR

35 lakhs

Funding Agency

Department of Science and Technology (DST, India)-TTD

Duration

3 year (1 August 2019- 31 July 2022)

PI/Co-PI

PI

Facilities Developed

Cooling Centrifuge and Cyanobacterial Culture tanks

Salient features

Cyanobacterial biomass along with guar polymer will be used for aggregation on sand particles. This will convert send to soil by increasing water retention capacity and natural fertilizers NPK from cyanobacterial biomass. Cash crops like Guar will be again grown in the land (200 yards trial). Guar is the commodity that have high economic and imprt value. Cain India Ltd/Vedanta working in Barmer will provide Land for field trial. This project will help in uplifting the socio-economic condition of marginal population of Rajasthan.

Project SevenDBT-Twinning

Title

Development of Biochemical enhanced oil recovery technology for northeastern oil fields of India

Amount

88 lakhs

Funding Agency

Twinning R&D Programme 2017-18 (DBT)

Duration

Approved (December 2018 for 3 years)

PI/Co-PI

PI

Facilities Developed

Tensiometer for IFT measurement

 

Project Eight-Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA)-Societal Impact Project

 

Title

Development of vermicomposting technology for solid waste management in the Mundoti village of Ajmer, Rajasthan

Project No.

RP-03525G

Amount in INR

1 lakh

Funding Agency

Ministry of Education

Duration

1 year 

PI/Co-PI

PI

Project Nine: UGC-MRP

Title

Monitoring and control of the sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and souring in the oil fields in Rajasthan, India

Project No.

MRP-Major-MICR-2013-38338

Amount in INR

15 lakhs

Funding Agency

UGC-MRP

Duration

3 years (August 2015-July 2018)

PI/Co-PI

PI

Facilities Developed

Equipment: Incubator Shaker, Water bath and Air conditioner and Refrigerator

Salient features

Development of nitrate and BAC co-injection technology to control souring in western Rajasthan oil fields

Project Ten: BRNS, DAE

Title

In-silico screening of apicoplast proteome: In search of potential anti-malarials

Project No.

37(1)/14/39/2014-BRNS-1358

Amount in INR

27 Lakhs

Funding Agency

BRNS, DAE 

Duration

July 2014-June 2017

PI/Co-PI

Co-PI

Facilities Developed

Equipment: Incubators, Bioinformatics workstation and laboratory

Salient features

In-silico training was completed successfully.

Project Eleven: Rajasthan-DST

Title

Mitigation of Microbial Souring in the Oil fields of Western Rajasthan

Project No.

P.7(3)R&D/2016/2270

Amount in INR

10 Lakhs

Funding Agency

DST Rajasthan

Duration

April 2017-March 2020

PI/Co-PI

PI

Facilities Developed

Funding was only for consumables and travel. Budget for facility development was not provided

Salient features

Ongoing

Project Twelve: Rajasthan-DST

Title

Development of innovative technology for waste water treatment from textile industrial sites of Pali region, Rajasthan

Project No.

P.7(3)R&D/2016/4895

Amount in INR

4.5 lakhs

Funding Agency

DST Rajasthan

Duration

3 year (1 August 2017- 31 July 2020)

PI/Co-PI

Co-PI

Facilities Developed

Funding was only for consumables, travel and contingency

Salient features

Manipal University Jaipur developed a prototype instrument for decolorization of textile waste from Bagru region. The same prototype is used in this project for waste water treatment from textile industrial sites of Pali region, Rajasthan

 

Industrial Consultancy Project

Project Thirteen: CAIRN INDIA

Title

Sulfate Reducing Bacteria analysis in the sample from Cairn’s oil fields

Project No.

SO7400015068

Amount in INR

4.5 Lakhs

Funding Agency

Cairn India (Pvt) Ltd (Industrial Research Project) 

Duration

2 years (Sept 2014 – Aug 2016)

PI/Co-PI

PI

Facilities Developed

Anaerobic Microbes Culture Facility

Salient features

Development of real time PCR method for quick and reliable detection of SRB in oil fields

Project Fourteen: CPCB

Title

Project on Random verification of Annual Inventory on Hazardous Waste Management-

Project No.

PJ-99/12/2021-WM-II-HO-CPCB-HO

Amount in INR

4.5 Lakhs

Funding Agency

Central Pollution Control Board

Duration

1 year

PI/Co-PI

Co-PI

 

 

Other Project

 

Project Fifteen : Visiting Fellow Fellowship from AIRTF-ASEAN (Dr. Nur Izzati)

 

Title

Identification of blub gene in thermophilic cyanobacteria isolated from India hot springs

Project No.

RTF/2019/000137

Amount in INR

2.30 Lakhs

Funding Agency

AIRTF-DST, and SERB

Duration

6 Months

Mentor

Mentor

Attended

Invited talks 01: 

 

Name of the meeting

107th Indian Science Congress (Plenary Lecture)

Date(s) & Venue

GKVK University Bangalore 3-7 January 2020

National/International

International 

Title of the talk

Challenges and Prospects of Microbiology in Oil and Gas Industry

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

Yes

Your travel supported by

Yes, by Indian Science Congress

 

Invited talks 02: 

 

Name of the meeting

7th ISMOS (Offered Talk)

Date(s) & Venue

Halifax, Canada 18-21 June 2019

National/International

International 

Title of the talk

Assessing wettability alteration potential and rheological properties of novel polymer for development of biochemical enhanced oil recovery (BcEOR) technology

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

N

Your travel supported by

Yes, SERB Travel Grant

 

Invited talks 03: 

 

Name of the meeting

Post Graduate Course on Health Safety and Environment

Date(s) & Venue

22-29 September 2017, University of Toronto, Canada

National/International

International 

Title of the talk

Lectures on Health Safety and Environment (HSE)

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

N

Your travel supported by

Yes, 1500 Canadian Dollars

Invited talks 04: 

Name of the meeting

38th All India Rabi Seminar on oil seeds, oil trade and industry 

Date(s) & Venue

4-5 March 2017, MOPA, Jaipur, India

Mustard Oil Producing Association

National/International

National

Title of the talk

Allyl isothiocynate in mustard oil: a defensive compound against several diseases

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

Yes

Your travel supported by

MOPA, Rs. 5000/-

Invited talks 05: 

Name of the meeting

International Conference on Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

Date(s) & Venue

30th-31st January 2016, IIS University, Jaipur

National/International

International

Title of the talk

Microbiological solutions to problems in oil and gas industries. 

 

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

Yes

Your travel supported by

IIS University, Rs. 5000/-

Invited talks 06: 

Name of the meeting

International Conference on Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

Date(s) & Venue

30th-31st January 2016, IIS University, Jaipur 

National/International

International

Title of the talk

Chair Person (Student Presentations)

 

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

Yes

Your travel supported by

IIS University, Rs. 5000/-

Invited talks 07: 

Name of the meeting

National conference on environmental pollution health hazard and pollution

Date(s) & Venue

11-12 Dec 2015, MSJ College Bharatpur, Rajasthan

 

National/International

National

Title of the talk

Waste water treatment by nitrate injection in oil fields of Barmer 

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

Yes

Your travel supported by

No

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Name of the meeting-1

Workshop on System biology and molecular economy of microbial communities

Date(s) & Venue

3-7 July, 2017, Trieste, Italy (ICGEB-ICTP-APCTP)

National/International

International

Title of the talk

Workshop

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

N

Your travel supported by

ICTP, Italy, 700 Euros

Name of the meeting-2

International Conference on Environmental Microbiology and Soil Microbiology, a [18-20 September, 2018

Date(s) & Venue

18-20 September, 2018, Ontario, Canada

National/International

International

Title of the talk

Attended

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

N

Your travel supported by

University of Toronto, 1500 Canadian Dollars

Name of the meeting-3

24th ISCB International Conference 

(ISCBC­2018)

Date(s) & Venue

11-13 January 2018, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur

National/International

International

Title of the talk

An Effective Approach for Enhanced Recovery of Oil using Nanoparticles Mixture

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

Y

Your travel supported by

DST Rajasthan Project, 1500/-

 

Name of the meeting-4

58th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India.]. Oral Presentation

Date(s) & Venue

16-19 Nov 2018, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India

National/International

International

Title of the talk

Souring control by removing sulfate from injection water using oil field as biofilter

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

Y

Your travel supported by

UGC MRP Project, 10,000/-

 

Name of the meeting-5

3rd International Conference in Science and Engineering and Applied Science

Date(s) & Venue

29th-30th June 2014, Calgary, Canada 

National/International

International

Title of the talk

Microbiological solution to the reservoir souring in petroleum industry

Your paper published in Conference Proceedings (Y/N)

if yes, give details

N

Your travel supported by

SERB-DST Travel Grant

 

Workshops

Name of the Course/ Summer School

Institution

Duration

Sponsoring Agency

Ten Days Workshop on Teaching Learning & Evaluation for Faculty Members of HEIs 

Central University of Rajasthan

15th December- 24th December 2018

TLC CURAJ, PMMMNMTT

Ten Days Workshop on Teaching Learning & Evaluation for Faculty Members of HEIs

Central University of Rajasthan

04th December- 14th December 2019

TLC CURAJ, PMMMNMTT

One week FDP on NEP 2020- Impetus for Life Skills and Holistic Development

Central University of Rajasthan

1-5 March 2021

TLC CURAJ, PMMMNMTT

 

Organized

Organized 01: (Annexure 5)

 

Name of the meeting

 

Indian society for theatre research-X Annual international conference

Date(s) & Venue

8-11 Jan 2014, Central University of Rajasthan

Your Role/Contribution

Member, Organizing Committee

National/International

International

Number of Participants

200

Funding agencies/sponsors

Indian society for theatre research

Total Budget  (approx.)

5 lakhs

 

 

 

Organized 02: (Annexure 5)

 

Name of the meeting

VI Rajasthan Science Congress

Date(s) & Venue

Central University of Rajasthan

Your Role/Contribution

Organizing committee member (Purchase and Procurement)

National/International

National

Number of Participants

200

Funding agencies/sponsors

DST

Total Budget  (approx.)

5 lakhs

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