Assistant Professor
B.E., M.Tech. (Phd) Chemical Engineering
Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Mr. Manjunath R.
DOJ SIRMVIT
20/07/2007
Contact Faculty
Teaching Experience
- 14Yrs.
Industry Experience
Nil
Research Experience
9
Specialization
Chemical Engineering
Research interest
- Chemical kinetics
- Biofuels
Research Topics
- Production of biodiesel from waste sludge source
- Evaluation of the diesel engine performance and emission characteristics using biodiesel from waste sludge oil source.
Funded Projects
| SL no | TITLE OF THE PROJECT | AMOUNT | SOURCE | YEAR |
| 1 | Preparation and characterization of the biomodified ghee SHATHA DHAUTA GRITHAM clarified ghee having therapeautic value using semi-automated bioreactor | 39,500/- | VGST | 2013-2014 |
| 2 | Scale-Up, Characterization And Efficacy Of Biodiesel From Waste Sludge Palm Oil | 18,000/- | KSCST | 2013-2014 |
| 3 | Degradation of Phenol from coke oven effluent of Jindal steel plant of Bellary | 5,000 | KSCST | 2014-2015 |
| 4 | Last effective Conversion of waste sludge Palm Oil in to Bio Diesel Through Commercially Available enzyme | 26,334 | KSCST | 2014-2015 |
| 5 | Novel Method for the Production of Bio ethanol Iron palm kernel cake There by obtains protein hydrolysates and oil as byproduct for animal nutrition | 32,499/- | KSCST | 2014-2015 |
| 6 | Production of Biobutanol from AEE fermentation from palm, kernel cake. | 23,044/- | KSCST | 2014-2015 |
| 7 | Green synthesis of copper nanoparticles using kale and lettuce leaf extracts to study in-vitro cell cyto-toxicity effects on mcf-7 and hela human cancer cell lines | 7000/- | KSCST | 2018-2019 |
Courses
- Biochemical Thermodynamics
- Chemical reaction Engineering
Research Publications
- “Optimization of reaction parameters for biodiesel production from Acidic Grade Crude Palm Oil using different catalysts for biodiesel production” , Manjunath,R ,Swetha Gahtikar, Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology,Volume-2 Issue 12,December-2015, ISSN 3159-0040.
- “A review of global scenario of biodiesel, sources and sludge palm oil waste for the biodiesel production” International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308, Vol. 05, special issue 15, IF 3.6. Published on September 2016.
Honours & Achievements
- Awarded for the Best poster presentation for “Characterization of coffee spent ground and its application “ at Acharya Institute of Technology during 23rd and 24th Aug 2019.
- No of workshops conducted: – 8
- No of workshops attended: -9
- No of Conferences participated: -4
- No of conference coordinated: – 5
