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Biomass to Bioenergy, Biofuels, Biological Waste Treatment, Wastewater Treatment.
Vivek is in Worlds Top 2% Scientists list in 2021, 2022 2023 and 2024; Assistant Professor (Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellow; Highly prestigious fellowship- DBT, GoI). He has three ongoing international projects, Indo-EU, Indo-Russia and Indo-Egypt, in wastewater and Biogas. Vivek has been awarded grant from The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. With ongoing (4) and completed (4) research projects, the group mainly focuses on renewable fuels through innovative bioconversion technologies. It involves a wide range of bioprocessing, pretreatment, enzymatic saccharification, biomass characterisation and wastewater treatment for enhancing bioenergy production. He worked as a senior postdoctoral research scientist in Sweden and Norway (8 years) and has published >123 SCI international peer-reviewed papers (>5410 citations, h-index 41), >30 conf and 8 book chapters. The group also deals with consultancy projects and is Internationally renowned in the area of Biomass to Biogas research.
Academic Year | Level | Name | Details | Facilities |
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2016-2017 | Research | Biofuel Lab | Biofuel lab was developed with different grants of the Government of India viz. DST, DBT etc. The lab is helping and supporting PhD, MTech and Btech students to carryout cutting edge research in the broader area of Biomass to Bioenergy. | Gas Chromatograph, Digital Bomb calorie meter, Incubators, Shakers, Centrifuge, Microscope, Laminar Hood, Fermenter, Hot Air Oven, Muffle Furnace, Pyrolysis Unit and other basic equipments required in day-to-day research work. |
Level | Area of Assignment | Organization | Designation/Assignment | Duration |
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International | Research Collaboration | Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NORWAY | Post Doctoral Fellow | [01 Sep 2010 - 31 Aug 2014] |
International | Research Collaboration | University of Gothenburg, SWEDEN | Post Doctoral Fellow | [28 Jul 2008 - 31 Aug 2010] |
Title | Total Outlay (In Lacs) |
Year | Funding Agency | Role |
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Indo-Russia Enhancing the efficiency of clean energy production by intensifying anaerobic bioconversion of organic waste using solar energy | 74.89 | 2023-2026 | Department of Science and Technology/DST, GoI | PI |
Indo-Egypt. Biogas for people Multi feed-stock solid-state anaerobic co-digestion and role of bio-nano-particles for the development of robust and sustainable methanogenesis in India and Egypt | 11.34 | 2020-2022 | Department of Science and Technology/DST, GoI | PI |
Indo-EU. Identifying best available technologies for decentralised waste water treatment and resource recovery for India-SARASWATI 2.0 | 85.90 | 2020-2024 | Department of Science and Technology/DST, GoI | PI |
Applied Research for Sustainable Energy in Buildings | 157.63 | 2020-2020 | UGC, New Delhi | Co-PI |
Performance evaluation of dry anaerobic digestion of pearl millet straw biomass for biomethane production | 3.75 | 2019-2020 | NPIU TEQIP III | PI |
Coupled pretreatment strategy to overcome the recalcitrant lignocellulosic biomass for improved biogas production | 21.60 | 2017-2020 | Department of Science and Technology/DST, GoI | PI |
Indo-Austria. Biogas for the people sustainable utilization strategies in India and Austria for agricultural, agroindustrial and municipal residues utilization for robust biogas production process. | 8.90 | 2016-2018 | Department of Science and Technology/DST, GoI | PI |
Breaking the lignocellulose barrier by two stage pretreatment for enhanced biogas production | 88.00 | 2014-2020 | Department of Biotechnology/DBT GoI | PI |
Oat lignin characterization | 5.00 | 2009-2010 | The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, SWEDEN | PI |
SNo. | Type | Title | Event | Place | Schedule |
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1 | Keynote | Biomass to Bioenergy | INTI Biotechnology Symposium on Biomass and Renewable Resources | INTI International University, Malasiya. | Jul-2021 |
2 | Talk | Bioenergy and Circular Economy: A Scientific Blend | AICTE sponsored one-week (26th April–1st May 2021) Short Term Training Programme-II (Online) on Energy (Non-Conventional Sources of Energy) | BCET, Gurdaspur, Punjab | May-2021 |
3 | Keynote | Recent developments in Bio CNG | National Training Programme of Newly Recruited MNRE Scientist B (Online) | Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy (SSS-NIBE-MNRE-GoI), Kapurthala | Mar-2021 |
4 | Talk | Techno-economics and LCA of biogas system | National Training Programme on Biogas Technology and its Implementation (MNRE-GoI) | Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, (Online) (SSS-NIBE-MNRE-GoI), Kapurthala & Ind | Mar-2021 |
5 | Talk | "The role of anaerobic digestion and biogas in the circular economy: Case studies and challenges" | e-Refresher Course on Era of Biotechnology: Innovate by Learning of Advances in Biotechnology | AKS University, Satna (MP) | Sep-2020 |
6 | Talk | One day Workshop for Auditors on Renewable Energy. | Regional Training Institute Indian Audit & Accounts Department, Jaipur. | Mar-2020 | |
7 | Talk | Biogas from variety of feedstocks: case studies and concerns | National Training Programme on Biogas Technology Demonstration and its Implementation | Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of BioEnergy MNRE Govt of India Kapurthala Punjab | Nov-2019 |
8 | Talk | Circular Economy Biomass to Bioenergy | Faculty Development Program on Advances in Renewable and Bioenergy ARB 2019 | Institute of Engineering and Technology Govt of UP Lucknow | Oct-2019 |
9 | Talk | Nanoparticles and Bioenergy | National Conference on Nanomaterials in Biology NCNB 2019 | University of Rajasthan Jaipur | Oct-2019 |
10 | Talk | Waste(d) potential of waste: Strategies to harness energy and nutrients | UGC HRDC Sponsored Refresher Course on Life Sciences | JNVU, Jodhpur | Feb-2017 |
11 | Talk | Sustainable organic waste management | Short term course under TEQIP II Frontiers of Applied Chemistry FAC 2016 | Government Women Engineering College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India | Sep-2016 |
12 | Talk | Organic waste management practices and opportunities | Short Term Training Program on Waste to Wealth Fundamentals & Hand on Experience | NIT Surat, Gujrat | Sep-2016 |
13 | Talk | Bioenergy and Environment | World Environment Day | B Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur, India | Jun-2016 |
14 | Talk | Biomass to Biogas | National Conference on Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation NCREEC 2016 | Poornima University, Jaipur, India | May-2016 |
15 | Talk | Biomass and value added products | National Conference on Bioresources as a Key to Value Added Products | Manglayatan University, Aligarh, India | Apr-2016 |
16 | Talk | Sustainable Technologies for Waste to Energy’ | Faculty Development Program | Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India | Aug-2015 |
S.No. | Category | Name of Activity | Organization | Place | Position | Schedule |
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1 | International | Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Future in Urban Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recycling | Norway - India Summit | Hoel Taj Maan Singh, New Delhi | Invtd Speaker | Mar-2016 |
2 | International | 4th Industry-Academia Conclave -2016 | IIT Indore | Indore | Invtd Speaker Bioenergy Sustaining the Future, Institute and Industry - Strategies for a Win-Win Con | Apr-2016 |
3 | International | Indo-Norwegian Joint Workshop on Bioeconomy | The Research Council of Norway and DST Govt of India | Oslo Norway | Invtd Speaker Sustainable organic waste management | Sep-2016 |
4 | International | IFAT 2017 | Clean Water Norway India Group | Mumbai | Intd Speaker The research needs for Norwegian companies to prove its technology in India | Sep-2017 |
5 | International | ICES 2017 | Benaras Hindu University BHU | Varanasi | Invtd Speaker Bioenergy: Towards sustainable organic waste management. | Feb-2017 |
6 | International | International Workshop on Energy Technologies (iWET2019) | Manonmaniam Sundaranar University | Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India | Keynote Speaker Coupled treatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced biomethanation | Sep-2019 |
7 | International | 7th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management | University of Athens | Crete Island, Greece | Comparative appraisal of pretreatment strategies for improving the biogas yield from flower waste | Jun-2019 |
8 | International | International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology, 2019 Thiruvananthapuram, India | CSIR NIIST Trivandrum, India | Trivandrum, India | Session Chair | Nov-2019 |
9 | International | International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health (BSAEH-2021) | MNIT | Jaipur | Convener and Organising Secretary | Apr-2021 |
10 | International | International Conference on Biotechnology for Resource Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Chemicals and Health (BREEECH 2021) | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun | Dehradun | Co-Convener | Dec-2021 |