Associate Professor
B.E. , M.Tech. (Biotechnology)
PGD Food Safety and Quality Management,
Ph.D. Distillery waste water treatment
Department of Biotechnology
Dr. Ishwar Chandra
Academia Experience
14 Years
Under-Graduation
BE (Biotechnology), Department of Biotechnology, BITM, Bellary, Karnataka Affiliated to VTU, Balagavi, 2005-2009.
Post-Graduation
M.Tech (Biotechnology) Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida-201303, UP, India, 2009-2011.
Post Graduate Diploma in Food Safety And Quality Management (PGDFSQM), IGNOU, New Delhi, 2020- 2011.
Ph.D./University/Year of award
REVA University, 2023
Areas of Specialization
Environmental Biotechnology
Scopus Id
57190929949
H-index
3
I-10 index
1
Completed Funded Research Project Details
| Sl. No | Title | Funding Agency | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guided the SPP-UG – “Extraction of enzymes from domestic sewage for plastic degradation application”. | Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), April, 2024 | 6,500/- |
| 2 | Guided the SPP-UG – “Decolourization of Distillery effluent Using packed bed of Modified Soil”. | KSCST, 27th March, 2019 | 8,000/- |
| 3 | Guided the SPP-UG – “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”. | KSCST, 27th March, 2019 | 7,000/- |
| 4 | Decolourization of Distillery Spent Wash Using Modified Soil. | KSCST, 2017 | 5,500/- |
| 5 | Utilization of groundnut shells as a substrate for cultivation of different edible mushroom. | Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board, 2015 | 5,000/- |
| 6 | Degradation of phenol from coke oven effluent of Jindal steel plant of Bellary district | KSCST, 2015 | 5,000/- |
Journal publications (Only Scopus indexed)
- Ishwar Chandra, N Ramesh, A Upadhyay, Decolourisation of Distillery Spent Wash under continuous mode, Indian Journal Of Environment Protection, 40 (7), July 2020. pp. 717- 722 (Scopus, Ulrich, CAS, ICI, UGC).
- Chandra, I, Upadhyay, A, Ramesh, N., Mixture Design Using Low-Cost Adsorbent Materials for Decolourisation of Biomethanated Distillery Spent Wash in Continuous Packed Bed Column, Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability. Springer, Singapore 2020. pp. 607-621 SCOPUS indexed and UGC Recognized).
- Ishwar Chandra, N Ramesh, A Upadhyay, Physical and Biochemical Assessment of Sugarcane Bagasse (Saccharum Officinarum), International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), 8 (12), October, 2019, pp. 165-168 (SCOPUS indexed and UGC Recognized).
- Ishwar Chandra, Saxena Abha, Bandyopadhyay K.K, Saxena Shruti, Prajapati Priya, Jain Prachi, Dhawan Shubha, Bioethanol Production By Zymomonas mobilis MTCC No. 2427 Using Orange Peels As Low Cost Substrates, International Journal of ChemTech Research, 5(6), Oct-Dec 2013, pp- 2787-2792. (SCOPUS indexed and UGC Recognized)
Conference presentations/publications (Full length papers)
- Ishwar Chandra, Chethana R. C., Sahana L., Studies on decolourisation of biomethanated distillery spent wash using continuous packed bed, International conference on sustainable energy and environment, BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla, Goa Campus, 8th to 10th March 2025.
- Ishwar Chandra, Ramesh, Anima Upadhyay, Preperation, Characterization and Adsorption Properties of Black Cotton Soil, Sand Particles and Sugarcane Bagasse for Environmental Applications, National conference on climate resilience and environmentally sustainable technologies, NITK Surathkal, Karnataka, 28th February 2025.
- Ishwar Chandra, N Ramesh, A Upadhyay, Qualitative studies on colour removal from distillery effluent using low-cost adsorbent materials under static batch mode, Research Journal of Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences, Special Issue of NCCWLS 2019, pp. 475-481 (Publications).
- Ishwar Chandra, N Ramesh, A Upadhyay, Studies On Decolourisation Of Distillery Effluent Using Microbial Consortium Under Static -Batch Mode And Agitation Batch Mode, Special Issue of NCCWLS 2019, pp 288-295 (Publications).
- Supriya S Doijode, Sreedhar Reddy, Ishwar Chandra, Physico-Chemical Charecterisation Of Distillery Yeast Sludge (Dys) And Utilizing It For Enhancing Soil Quality, Special Issue of NCCWLS 2019, pp 296-300 (Publications).
- Poster Presentation at All India Seminar on Clean Technologies scheduled on 29th & 30th Nov 2016. Seminar conducted by the National Design and Research Forum, the Institution of Engineers (India) at BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore.
- Paper presentation in a Two-Day UGC sponsored National Conference on Phytochemicals and Functional Foods: Current Situation and Future Prospects (PFFCSFP′ 2015), 20th –21st February 2015 at JSS Mysore.
- Presented a paper at International Conference on Green technology on environmental pollution prevention and control, from September 27 – 29th, 2014, organized by NIT Trichy.
- Presented a poster at National level symposium BIOGALAXIA on 17th October 2014, organized by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
- Paper presentation at 2-Day National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Biology: Overview on 25th -26th October, 2013 at Teresian College, Mysore.
- Paper presentation in Two-day National Conference on “New Opportunities and Challenges in Microbial Research” form 5-6th September at Bharthidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.
- Student –Industry Interection programme INCYTE’09, Amity University, 2009.
Professional Memberships
Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA).
