Assistant Professor
B.E., M.Tech., Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
Department of Biotechnology
Dr. Manjunath R.
Academia Experience
17 Years
Research Experience
09 Years
Under-Graduation
(BE/BTech/BBM) – College & University/ Year of Graduation: – B.E-VKIT Bangalore/2005
Post-Graduation
ME, MTech – College & University/ Year of Graduation: – Tech -SIT Tumkuru and VTU-2009
Ph.D./University/Year of Award
VTU/2024
Area Of Specialization
Chemical Engineering, Biofuels, Process Control, Reaction Engineering
Orcid
0009-0008-3203-0833
H-index
02
Journal Publications (Only Scopus indexed)
02
Conference presentations/publications (Full length papers)
02
Total list of projects sanctioned and status
| SL no | TITLE OF THE PROJECT | AMOUNT | SOURCE | YEAR | STATUS |
| 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 | completed |
| 2 | Scale-Up, Characterization And Efficacy Of Biodiesel From Waste Sludge Palm Oil | 18,000/- | KSCST | 2013-2014 | completed |
| 3 | Degradation of Phenol from coke oven effluent of Jindal steel plant of Bellary | 5,000 | KSCST | 2014-2015 | completed |
| 4 | Last effective Conversion of waste sludge Palm Oil in to Bio Diesel Through Commercially Available enzyme | 26,334 | KSCST | 2014-2015 | completed |
| 5 | Novel Method for the Production of Bio ethanol Iron palm kernel cake there by obtaining protein hydrolysates and oil as byproduct for animal nutrition. | 32,499/- | KSCST | 2014-2015 | completed |
| 6 | Production of Biobutanol from AEE fermentation from palm, kernel cake. | 23,044/- | KSCST | 2014-2015 | completed |
| 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 | completed |
List of Publications
- A paper on “Palm Oil Sludge Biodiesel Production and Optimization using Box Behnken Design” Manjunath, R., & Narula, A. (June 2023). Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, 71(6), 743–750. ISSN-22275
DOI: – https://doi.org/10.18311/jmmf/2023/32047 ((SCOPUS) - A paper on “Conversion of palm oil sludge to biodiesel using sulphuric acid as catalyst” Manjunath, R., & Narula, A, R.R. Siva Kiran, July (2022) Research Journal of Biotechnology, Volume 26(7), Pages 1-219, E-ISSN:2278-4527,P-ISSN No. 0972-0626, 71-76.ISSN-09736263: eISSN-22784535
DOI:- https://doi.org/10.25303/2607rjce071076 (SCOPUS)
Conférence publications on present wok till date
- “A review of global scenario of biodiesel, sources and sludge palm oil waste for the biodiesel production”, Manjunath R & Archna, Sep-2016, Volume 05, Special Issue: 15 ICRAES-2016,Pages 35-42, eISSN: 2319-1163, pISSN: 2321-7308, DOI:-0.15623/IJRET.2016.0527008).
- “Efficient Transformation of Palm Oil Sludge into Biodiesel by Utilizing PTSA Catalyst” at “KMUTNB, Thailand and STEM 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Technology Energies and materials Feb 19, 2025 (Presented and Accepted)
