National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental and Plant Biotechnology
Areas of Interest
  • Biorefinery development
  • Waste valorization
  • Techno-economic analysis
  • Life-cycle assessment
  • Scaling up of bio-process ventures

LOHIT KUMAR SRINIVAS GUJJALA Assistant Professor Grade-II

Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

srinivasg@nitrkl.ac.in

21

PUBLICATIONS

2

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

LOHIT KUMAR SRINIVAS GUJJALA

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Biotechnology and Medical Engineering

Room Number: BM-210

Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2021

Ph.D.
Bioenergy
IIT Kharagpur

2015

MS
Bioenergy
IIT Kharagpur

2010

B.Tech
Biotechnology
NIT Durgapur

Teaching Experience
  • Downstream Processing and Bioseparation Laboratory,  NIT Rourkela,   01 Aug 2023 - Present
  • Biochemistry and Microbiology Laboratory,  NIT Rourkela,   26 Jul 2023 - Present
  • Cell and Molecular Biology,  NIT Rourkela,   26 Jul 2023 - Present
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Process systems engineering, Techno-economic analysis and Life-cycle assessment,  Kyung Hee University, Global campus, Republic of Korea,   01 Nov 2021 - 13 Apr 2023
  • Waste valorization,  NEERI Nagpur,   19 Apr 2021 - 15 Sep 2021

Total Publications: 21

B. Dey, M. R. P, S., L. S. Gujjala, A. P. Venugopal, and B. P,"Biopolymer-based solutions for enhanced safety and quality assurance: A review", Food Research International, vol.191, pp.114723, Elsevier, September 2024, 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114723       Article

B. Dey, M. R. P, S., L. S. Gujjala, A. P. Venugopal, and B. P,"Biopolymer-based solutions for enhanced safety and quality assurance: A review", Food Research International, vol.191, Elsevier, September 2024, 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114723       Article

Min. Y. Oh, L. S. Gujjala, and W. Won,"Process development for production of platform chemicals from white birch: Insights from techno-economic and life-cycle assessment", Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.144955       Article

D. Dutta, R. Rautela, L. S. Gujjala, D. Kundu, P. Sharma, M. Tembhare, and S. Kumar,"A review on recovery processes of metals from E-waste: A green perspective", Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, February 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160391       Article

L. S. Gujjala, D. Singh, and S. Kumar,"Transition of biofuels from the first to the fourth generation", Biofuels, ch.1, vol.1, pp.1-15, Taylor and Francis, April 2023, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003197737       Inbook

  • BM1002 : Introduction to Bioengineering {Theory}
  • BM2101 : Cell and Molecular Biology {Theory}
  • BM2417 : Cell and Molecular Biology {Theory}
  • BM6534 : Bioreactor and Plant Design {Theory}
  • BM2703 : Biochemistry and Microbiology Laboratory {Practical}
  • BM2763 : Bio-engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • BM4707 : Downstream Processing and Bioseparation Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [2]
Bioprocess Engineering
Rishi Bhattacharjee
Enrolled: Aug 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Bioprocess engineering
Angu Meenakshi Kumarappan
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Best Oral Presentation Award, International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Bioresources and Bioeconomy (BSBB-2022), Organised at IIT Guwahati, 7-11 December 2022.,   2022
  • Travel assistance for presenting research work at Asian Congress on Biotechnology 2019, Taiwan,   2019
  • Visiting research scholar, Aalto University, Finland,   2018
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) Life member since 2015.,   2015
  • Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) Life member since 2013,   2013