Dr Balakrishnaraja R – Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

Experience Type	Organization	Date of Joining	To	Total Experience
Engineering	BIT-Sathy	02.06.2009

Degree	Specialization	Institute	University	Year of Passing
B.Tech	Biotechnology	SASTRA UNIVERSITY THANJAVUR	Sastra Deemed University, Thanjavur	2007
M.Tech	Biotechnology	ANNA UNIVERSITY Tiruchirappalli	Anna University, Tiruchirappalli	2009
PGDNBT	Nano Biotechnology	Life Science Foundation of India	Karnataka University, Dharwad	2010
Ph.D	Process Biotechnology	Anna University Chennai	Anna University, Chennai	2016

Tamilselvi S, DharaniT, Padmini S, Nivetha S, Sangeetha M, Arunava Das, Balakrishnaraja R Gc-Ms Analysis of Albizia Amara and Phyla Nodiflora Ethanolic Leaf Extracts International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering 7 4S 466 – 473 JAN 2019

Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju, Vidhyadevi U., Selvapriya K., Ranganathan B.V., Sneha R.K. and Vinothini M. Optimization of culture conditions for cellulase production from indigenous soil isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus Res J Chen and Env 7(3) – JUL 2019

Selvakumar A., Saravanan D., Balaji S., Balakrishnaraja R., Kannan K P., Synthesis of Keratinase Enzyme from Sheep Wool for Biopolishing Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment 23 10 46 – 49 OCT 2019

R Balakrishnaraja, Kavinaya K G, Monisha R Characterization of fruit garbage waste consists of vitis vinifera seeds International journal of innovation Technology and exploring engineering 8 2S2 177 – 178 DEC 2018

Pavithra M.K.S., Meena Deviha S., Sowmya R., Sowparnika M., Balakrishnaraja R., Kannan K.P. Studies on the antimicrobial activity of Evolvulus alsinoides, Murraya koenigii, Lawsonia inermis, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Azadirachta indica against Malassezia furfur using fractional factorial design International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 7 1 77 – 73 JAN 2016

Tamilselvi S, Asmitha Dutta, M Sindhu, G S Murugesan, R Balakrishnaraja Development and Formulation of Azospirillum lipoferum and Pseudomonas fluorescens as Effective Biological Agents for Enhanced Agro-Productivity Bioscience journal 32 3 670 – 683 NOV 2016

Lakshminarayanan Vijayakumar, Ponnuswamy Ramalingam, Sundaramurthi Pavithra and Rengaraju Balakrishnaraja Statistical Optimization of Î²-1,3 Glucan production from the Novel Strain Bacillus cereus LVK13 (KC 898956) Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 9 4 3185 – 3179 DEC 2015

R Balakrishnaraja, P Ramalingam, J S Nithyaa, S Nithya Comparision of xylitol Production from the isolated strains of Candida sp., in statistically optimized modified minimal medium and corncob hydrolyzate medium Asian Journal of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc., 17 Spl. Issue 45 – 49 AUG 2015

Santanu Sasidharan, Thejus Achuthan, Elakkiya Tamilselvan, Sowmiya Raju Synthesis of copolymer from lactic acid-polyethylene terephthalate (LA-PET) copolymerization African Journal of Biotechnology 14 11 953 – 960 APR 2015

Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju, Ramalingam Ponnuswamy Investigation on Candida Parapsilosis strain BKR1 for the Production of Xylose reductase enzyme and its Kinetic Parameter Appraisal International Journal of ChemTech Research 6 11 4803 – 4806 2014

Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju, Ramalingam Ponnuswamy, Sankar Malayandi Molecular Identification of Novel Yeast Isolate Associated with Xylitol Production and its Physicochemical Parameters Optimization Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 8 4 3037 – 3042 2014

Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju, Ramalingam Ponnusamy, Selvapriya Kumarasamy Molecular Identification and Single factorial Optimization of Microbial Isolates for Natural Polyol Production Rasayan Journal of Chemistry 3 241 – 245 OCT 2014

Das, A., Sinduja, M.E., Harshada, K., Bindhu, J., Balakrishnaraja, R. Antibacterial Activity of Bacteriocin Produced From Lactobacillus And Lactococcus International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences 8 4 432 – 439 OCT 2014

G Nadana Raja Vadivu, R Balakrishnaraja, G Jothilakshmi, K Palanichelvam Factorial Optimization of Alkaline phosphatase production from indigenous isolates of phosphate solubilizing bacteria JARDCS 10 –

R Balakrishnaraja D Saravanan A Selvakumar K P Kannan Synthesis of Keratinase Enzyme from Sheep Wool for Bio-polishing Res J Chem and Env., 23(10) –

R Balakrishnaraja, P Pavithra, C Sivapriya, K Saranya, T Vishnu, J Bindhu Quality Characteristics and Antioxidant Properties of Bread Supplemented with Iron Rich Black Strap Molasses Indian Journal of Public Health Research 3 11 –

Sumaya Sarmin, Baranitharan Ethiraj, Mostafa Tarek, Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju, Kaykobad Md. Rezaul Karim, Huei Ruey Ong, Hamidah Abdullah, Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan PALM OIL DERIVED ALKYD RESIN SYNTHESIS CATALYZED BY SrO/Sr(OH)2 NANOPARTICLES JOURNAL OF CRITICAL REVIEWS 7 6 –

Sumaya Sarmin, Baranitharan Ethiraj, Mostafa Tarek, R Subbaiya, Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju, R Balachander, Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan EFFECTS OF METHYLENE BLUE AS SUBSTRATE AND MEDIATOR ON THE PERFORMANCE OF YEAST DRIVEN MICROBIAL FUEL CELL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL REVIEWS 7 6 –

Huei Ruey Ong, Baranitharan Ethiraj , Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju , Swathi Govindaraj , Ashwin Raj Suresh , Wan Mohd Eqhwan Iskandar , Md. Maksudur Rahman Khan , Muhammad Khairul Anuar Mohamed , Ridzuan Ramli , Shanmuga Sundari Ilangovan , Rengesh Balakrishnan, Shanmugaprakash Muthusamy STABILITY AND RHEOLOGICAL STUDY ON CARBON-BASED NANOFLUIDS Journal of Natural Remedies 21 6 –

Baranitharan Ethiraj, D Selvakumar, Ashwinraj Suresh, R Subbaiyah, Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju, Shanmuga Sundari Ilangovan , Subramaniam Suresh, Shanmugaprakash Muthusamy MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF SINGLE CELL OIL FROM WASTES AND ITS INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS Journal of Natural Remedies 21 7 –

Akshhayya, C., Swedha, M., Elgorban, A.M., Bahkali, A.H., Varma, R.S., Younus, M., Balakrishnaraja, R., Syed, A., Khan, S.S. Intimate coupling of 3D MnFe2O4 cubes on 1D ZnO nanorods for sustainable photocatalysis under visible light: Computational analysis of reactive sites and degradation pathway (2022) Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 141, art. no. 104558, .
Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju, Jeevanantham, Shanmugaraja, Selvakumar A, Tamilselvi S, "Evaluation of Mechanical and Antimicrobial Properties for Indigenously Developed Biofilm for Food Packaging Industries", International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Machining for Industry 4.0 (ICMMM 2.0), , , October 2020

Balakrishnaraja R, Saranya K, "Zein Nanocomposites: effective material for packaging and cosmetic industries", Bioprocessing India 2019, , CFTRI Mysuru, December 2019

R Balakrishnaraja, M Karthika, G Pavithradevi, "Niaziridin extraction and value addition for nutritional supplement", Nutrition 19 international conference on food technology, , , August 2019

R Balakrishnaraja, T Vishnu, Senthilkumar, "Studies on metabolites from different regions of Mangifera indica extract", Nutrizion 19 international conference, Food technology Department BIT, , August 2019

R Balakrishnaraja, "Statistical Optimization of xylitol production by Candida sp.,", International Conference on Biotechnology , , , August 2017

R Balakrishnaraja, P Ramalingam, "Statistical optimization and Fermentative Production of Xylitol using Candida parapsilosis BKR1 strain", Bangalore INDIA BIO 2015, KBITS, Biocon, Vision Group of Karnataka, Bengaluru, Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru, February 2015

Degree	Title	Investigator(s)	Funding Agency	Amount	Project Status	Sanction Date
1	Students Internship Camp- INSPIRE - SEATS Scheme 2011	Dr N S Vasanthi	DST - INSPIRE	975000	completed	20.10.2011
2	CLUGENE: clustering tool for cancer classification	Dr K Premalatha	DBT	10.66 lakhs
3	Anti mosquito wax from natural herbs	R Balakrishnaraja	AICTE	200000

S No.	Subject Area
1	Process Biotechnology
2	Functional Foods
3	Bioprospecting
4	Bioreactor Design

S No.	Scholar Name	Register Number	Date of Reg.	Status
1	Jadhav Snehal Mahesh	19255691129	22.01.2019	Registration Confirmed
2	Saranya S	20245691109	07.02.2020	On Going
3	Veerapandi L	21125691145	15.02.2021	On Going
4	Nivetha T	21235691146	11.03.2021	On Going

S No.	Title	Date	Reg. No.	Status	Level	Funding Agency
1	IoT based desideratum for agricultural crops parameter monitoring	04.09.2018	201841033138	In Progress	National Level	DST
2	Methods of producing Plant Energy Drink	13.03.2020	202041010844	In Progress	National Level
3	METHOD OF PRODUCING SUGAR INFUSED EDIBLE FRUIT PRODUCT	23.03.2020	202041016846	In Progress	National Level

S No.	Topic	Program	Venue	Date
1	Curricular Aspects	Margadharshan FDP AICTE sponsored on NBA process	Online	24.03.2021
2	Chemical Catalysis	TEQIP sponsored lecture series	Government College of Technology Coimbatore	02.03.2021
3	Value addition in Food Products	Guest Lecture	Karpagam Inst of Higher Studies, Coimbatore	28.12.2020
4	Chairperson on International Conference - Fermented Fungal Products in Food Technology	International Conference	Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam	12.12.2020
5	Food waste management in Industries using robust technologies	AICTE sponsored FDP	Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore	10.12.2020
6	Downstream processing for Separation of Food/ Biomolecules	Guest lecture	Karpagam Inst of Higher Studies, Coimbatore	23.11.2020
7	Circular Bioeconomy practices in Food Industries	International Conference	Kalasalingam University, Krishnankovil	24.06.2020
8	Nanotechnology advances in food processing techniques	Faculty Development Program	Kalasalingam University, Krishnankovil	20.06.2020
9	Biochemical and Food Biotechnology: Future Prospects	National Conference on Food and Biochemical Technology	Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore	14.03.2020
10	Value addition for agro products	TN Bhavani farmers sub unit - TN agriculture commercial unit Erode District		21.02.2020
11	Food Biotechnology: a way Forward with functional foods	National Conference on "Biotech - Progress and Prospects 2019"	SIET Coimbatore	31.08.2019
12	Analytical instruments - HPLC	ABIMA workshop	BIT Sathy	24.07.2019
13	Biosensors: Progress	FDP on Biosensor	Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore	19.04.2017
14	Fermentative production and statistical optimization of xylitol (polyol)	International conference on Advanced Polymeric materials	Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala	07.04.2017
15	Engineering education - science	IASc annual meet	IISER, Bhopal	10.08.2016
16	Bioprocess Technology	Invited Lecture on Bioprocess Engineering - PG Conclave	Bharathiar University, Coimbatore	18.03.2016
17	Gene Organization, Expression and Disease Linkage	ICMR sponsored National seminar on Cancer Classification and Gene Expression Data	Bannari Amman nstitute of Technology, Sathyamangalam	20.07.2012
18	Knowledge Discovery in Gene data analysis - bioinformatics	National seminar on Gene Data analysis	BIT	10.07.2012
19	Sterilization Techniques in Bioprocess Engineering	sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on Bioprocessing	Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore	28.04.2012

S No.	Achievements
1	Shortlisted as LEADING SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR 2015 based on the SRF project work as Indian Academic Science fellow
2	Completed General course on Intellectual Property offered by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Switzerland during 15th August 1st October, 2014 in distinction.
3	NBA coordinator during 2017 and received accreditation for 6 years till 2023 for Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of technology, Sathyamangalam
4	Best Young Faculty Award 2019

S No.	Title	Author	Publication	Year / Month
1	Xylitol: A Nutritive Sweetener of Natural origin	Balakrishnaraja Rengaraju	Lambert Academic Publishers	2020
2	Waste water Management	R Balakrishnaraja	Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi	2019

S No.	Awards
1	India Academy of Science Fellowship Awardee 2014
2	Received Best Technical Paper Award - International Conference on Waste Water Management 2017
3	Marquis whos who of Asia - Biotechnology - 2016
4	BEST PROJECT EXHIBIT AWARDEE - Tamilnadu State Council for Science
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