Ph.D. Scholars
Ms. Sandhya Sekhar
Education: B.Tech Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology Coimbatore (2020) Year of Joining: July, 2020 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Co-Guide: Prof. S. Senthilkumar Research Topic: Engineering Rhodococcus opacus as a microbial cell factory for valorization of lignin into jojoba-like wax esters Email: sandhya_s@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Harish Kumar
Education: B.Tech Biotechnology, Kamaraj College of Engineering & Technology (2020) Year of Joining: December, 2020 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Functional Modification of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for the removal of aqueous pollutants and their toxicity studies. Email: harish.kumar@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Jyoti Prakash Ray
Education: B.Tech Biotechnology, NIT Rourkela (2021) Year of Joining: December, 2021 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Metal-Free nanocomposites catalysed Photocatalysis process for the degradation of contaminants of emerging concerns along with their toxicological assessment. Email: j.ray@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Mohammed Askkar Deen F
Education: M.Tech Biopharmaceutical Technology, Anna University (2022) Year of Joining: July, 2022 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: MXenes Nanocomposites as a sustainable catalyst for efficient aqueous pollutants sequestration Email: f.mohammed@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Jeevanantham S
Education: M.Tech Biotechnology, Rajalakshmi Engineering College (2022) Year of Joining: July, 2022 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Co-Guide: Prof. R. Prasanna Venkatesh Research Topic: Synthesis and Fabrication of Biochar-based Electrode for Adsorption Combined Electrochemical Degradation of Contaminants of Emerging Concerns (CECs): Optimization and Ecotoxicological Studies Email: s.jeevanantham@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Jothika J
Education: M.Tech Industrial Biotechnology, NITK Surathkal (2022) Year of Joining: July, 2022 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Heterologous production of stable Laccase from a newly isolated strain for the bioremediation of emerging pollutants. Email: j.jothika@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Ajithkumar V.
Education: M.Tech Industrial Biotechnology, NITK Surathkal (2022) Year of Joining: December, 2022 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy (IITG) Joint Guide: Dr. Ankur Verma (IIT BHU) Research Topic: Design of continuous reactor for bioremediation of textile effluent. Email: v.ajithkumar@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Anushka Singh
Education: M.Tech Biochemical Engineering, IIT BHU (2023) Year of Joining: July, 2023 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Development of Integrated Process for co-cultivation of indigenous yeast and microalgae for biodiesel production and edible oil industrial wastewater treatment. Email: anushka.singh@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Debanjana Ghosh
Education: M.Sc. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Cotton University (2022) Year of Joining: July, 2023 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy (IITG) Co-Guide: Dr. Chandan Pal (IITG) Research Topic: Removal of endocrine disruptor from wastewater using biochar immobilized with microorganisms. Email: debanjana@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Aparna Singh
Education: M.Tech Industrial Biotechnology, NITK Surathkal (2022) Year of Joining: July, 2024 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Multifaceted role of Biochar in Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) control: A Biosensor-Bioremediation framework. Email: aparna.singh@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Rakshita Mehta
Education: M.Tech Biotechnology, NIT Jalandhar (2024) Year of Joining: July, 2024 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy (IITG) Co-Guide: Prof. Sreedeep S. (IITG) Research Topic: One-Pot Hydrogen Production Coupled with Electricity Generation and Fertilizer Production: A Zero-Waste Generation Approach. Email: m.rakshita@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Deepshikha Bhowmik
Education: B.Tech Biotechnology, NIT Rourkela (2025) Year of Joining: July, 2025 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Harnessing Microbial Communities for the Biodegradation of Microplastics in Aquatic Environments. Email: deepshikha.b@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Sahil Kumar Sahoo
Education: M.Sc. Biosciences, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (2024) Year of Joining: July, 2025 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy (IITG) Co-Guide: Dr. Archana M Nair (IITG) Research Topic: Integration of Microbial Fuel Cells for Enhanced Biodiesel Production from Waste Biomass. Email: sahil.sahoo@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Lucky Dhaterwal
Education: B.Tech Biotechnology, NIT Jalandhar (2025) Year of Joining: Dec, 2025 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: - Email: luckyd@iitg.ac.in
M.Tech. Students
Ms. Sanchita Shrivas
Education: B.Tech Biotechnology Engineering, KIT's College of Engineering Kolhapur (2025) Year of Joining: July, 2025 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Delignification of lignocellulosic biomass using laccase enzyme for enhanced saccharification Email: s.sanchita@iitg.ac.in
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Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Rupsha Nandi
Year of Joining: October, 2025 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Co-Guide: Prof. Sreedeep Sekharan Research Topic: Microplastic pollution; Bioremediation; Groundwater contamination; Defluorination; Biochar; Vermitechnology; Adsorptive removal. Email: rupshaanandi@iitg.ac.in
Ph.D. Scholars
Dr. C. Ragavan
Year of Joining: July, 2020 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Adsorption combined Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Process in the removal of Emerging Contaminants: Modelling and Ecotoxicity studies Email: cragavan@iitg.ac.in Thesis Defended: 10.06.2026
Dr. Vishnu Priyan V.
Year of Joining: July, 2019 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Bio-remediation of antibiotics and emerging contaminants (ECs) from wastewater using plant-based biosorbents Email: vpriyan@iitg.ac.in Thesis Defended: 03.05.2024 Current Position: PDF at IIT Madras
Dr. Ajit Kumar
Year of Joining: July, 2019 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Remediation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from simulated wastewater using bio based adsorbents Email: ajit.kumar@iitg.ac.in Thesis Defended: 07.08.2024 Current Position: Adjunct Faculty at NIT Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Tasrin Shahnaz
Year of Joining: December, 2017 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: New insight into the Adsorptive Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants from Aqueous set up with tailored cellulosic and polymer-based biomaterials: Modeling and Ecotoxicological assessment Email: tasri176106114@iitg.ac.in Thesis Defended: 18.07.2022 Current Position: Assistant Professor at SRM University, Chennai
Dr. Chandi Patra
Year of Joining: July, 2017 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Development of biomass-derived surface-modified carbon and polymer-based adsorbents for adsorptive elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants from aqueous setups. Email: patra176106016@iitg.ac.in Thesis Defended: 13.07.2022 Current Position: Assistant Professor at Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar
Dr. Shravan Kumar
Year of Joining: September, 2017 (To our Lab) Guide: Prof. Prasanna Venkatesh (Department of Chemical Engineering) Co-Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Hexavalent Chromium removal from aqueous solutions using novel adsorbents. Email: shravan.k@iitg.ac.in Thesis Defended: 18.02.2021
Dr. Abhishek Ajmani
Year of Joining: July, 2017 (To our Lab) Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Biosorption of Hexavalent Chromium Cr(VI) from synthetic waste solutions by novel modified and raw lignocellulosic biosorbents. Email: a.ajmani@iitg.ac.in Thesis Defended: 18.03.2020
Ph.D. Scholars (NIT Calicut)
Dr. Anu N.
Joining Date: 21.07.2010 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Thesis Title: A Holistic Approach and Coupled Receptor-Dispersion model in Air Quality Data Analysis Thesis Defended: 22.05.2015 Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, TKM College of Engineering
Dr. Rahul Antony
Joining Date: 21.12.2011 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Experimental and Numerical investigations over liquid-liquid mass transfer in microchannel devices Thesis Defended: 29.06.2016
Dr. Vishnuganth
Joining Date: 13.07.2012 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Co-Guide: Dr. Mathava Kumar, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras Research Topic: Investigation of Granular Activated Carbon supported TiO2 composite for aqueous phase carbofuran removal in photocatalytic systems Thesis Defended: 23.09.2016
Dr. S. Rangabhashiyam
Joining Date: 13.12.2012 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Thesis Title: Sequestration of hexavalent chromium from simulated and electroplating effluent using novel lignocellulosic biosorbents Thesis Defended: 26.11.2015 Current Position: Professor, Department of Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, SRM University
Dr. M. S. Giri Nandagopal
Joining Date: 18.07.2013 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Experimental and Numerical investigation on liquid-liquid flow dynamics in microfluidic system Thesis Defended: 23.04.2017 Current Position: NPDF Fellow, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Nidhin Sreekumar
Joining Date: 17.12.2013 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Co-Guide: Dr. Ajit Haridas, NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram Research Topic: Investigation of lipid production from microalgae in Tubular PBR and Open Raceway Pond Reactor Thesis Defended: 21.02.2018 Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education
Dr. E. Nakkeeran
Joining Date: 30.07.2014 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Co-Guide: Dr. Ganesh Paramasivan, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram Research Topic: Simultaneous design and control of ternary reactive distillation column with inert Thesis Defended: 14.05.2018
Dr. V. Aneesh
Joining Date: 17.12.2013 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Experimental and mathematical modeling of novel plant based biosorbents for the sequestration of hexavalent chromium Thesis Defended: 20.02.2018
Dr. N. Saranya
Joining Date: 15.07.2015 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Co-Guide: Prof. V.Sivasubramanian, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Calicut Research Topic: Experimental and Mathematical Investigation of plant based biosorbents and microbes for the removal of Hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions Open Presentation Completed: 04.07.2018
Dr. Keerthi R.
Year of Joining: December, 2015 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Co-Guide: Dr. Lity Alen Varghese, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Calicut Research Topic: Investigation over the Experimental and Mathematical modeling of Aerosols in Kozhikode District Email: keerthichem20@gmail.com
Dr. Eldho Abraham
Year of Joining: July, 2016 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Co-Guide: Dr. S.Bhuvaneshwari, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Calicut Research Topic: Experimental and Numerical investigation on liquid-liquid reactive extraction in microfluidic system Email: eldhoabrahamin@gmail.com
M.Tech. Students (IIT Guwahati)
Ms. Sapna Sewaleya
Year of Joining: July, 2024 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Deciphering the role of structural entropy in bio-derived amorphous metal-organic frameworks for Fenton-like textile dye degradation Email: j.sulaiha@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Debasmita Chowdhury
Year of Joining: July, 2024 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Application of Photocatalysis-based AOP for the removal of pollutants from wastewater Email: j.sulaiha@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Sulaiha Juvairiya
Year of Joining: July, 2023 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Biopolymer-MOF composite for adsorptive removal of textile dyes Email: j.sulaiha@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Pavithra P
Year of Joining: July, 2022 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Influence of Urea and Bentonite co-doping with biochar on the adsorption of predominant textile dyes: Characterization and modeling studies Email: p.pavithra@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Ghurupreya R.
Year of Joining: July, 2021 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Email: ghurupreya.r@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Nirvesh
Year of Joining: July, 2020 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Email: nirvesh1994@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Das Bedadeep
Year of Joining: July, 2020 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Email: pupun_bedadeep@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Nitesh Kumar
Year of Joining: July, 2019 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Email: k.nitesh@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Anjali J
Year of Joining: July, 2019 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Email: j.anjali@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Rishabh Gupta
Year of Joining: July, 2018 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Cationic surfactant modified acid-activated biomass for effective sequestration of anionic diazo dyes in single and binary systems and their phytotoxicity studies. Email: rishabh18a@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Fazil SMM
Year of Joining: July, 2018 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Synthesis of nano-cellulose/polypyrrole composite and its application in the adsorptive removal of Congo Red dye and Chromium in binary mixture. Email: madhar@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Medisetti Raj Mohan Naidu
Year of Joining: July, 2017 Guide: Prof. Kannan Pakshirajan, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati Co-Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Project: Heavy metal adsorption using activated carbon and chitosan conjugates from aqueous solutions in batch and continuous column systems Email: mohan174106006@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Vivek Sharma
Year of Joining: July, 2017 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Project: Synthesis of Nanobentonite Impregnated Nanocellulose-Chitosan Based Aerogel and its application in removal of Hazardous Water Pollutants Email: vivek174106008@iitg.ac.in
B.Tech. Students
Mr. Ayush Raj
Year of Joining: July, 2019 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Email: ayushraj@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Ayush Jain
Year of Joining: July, 2015 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Project: Sequestration of chromium from aqueous solutions in batch and continuous column systems using acid activated biomass. Email: ayush.jain@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Das Bedadeep
Year of Joining: July, 2016 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Research Topic: Bio-remediation of heavy metals and dyes from simulated wastewater using batch and column experiments and related model studies. Email: pupun_bedadeep@iitg.ac.in
Ms. Bhawana Benda
Year of Joining: July, 2017 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Email: bhawa170106019@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Murala Abhishek
Year of Joining: July, 2017 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Email: mural170106035@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Piyush B Prince
Year of Joining: July, 2018 Guide: Prof. Selvaraju Narayanasamy Email: piyush18@iitg.ac.in
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