Dr Kirupa Sankar M – Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

Experience Type	Organization	Date of Joining	To	Total Experience
Engineering	BIT-Sathy	16.05.2012
Research	SRM UNIVERSITY	01.07.2011	30.04.2012	0 Year(s) & 10 Month(s)
Industry	CARITOR BENGALORE	01.06.2008	31.05.2009	1 Year & 0 Month(s)

Degree	Specialization	Institute	University	Year of Passing
B.Tech	Biotechnology	SASTRA University	Sastra Deemed University, Thanjavur	2008
M.Tech	Biotechnology	Anna University, Trichy	Sastra Deemed University, Thanjavur	2011
Ph.D	Biotechnology	Bannari Amman Institute of Technology	Anna University, Chennai	2020

Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Logu Prasanth Kanagaraj, Rakhesh Vaasan Ranganathan, Keerthiharan Dhanasekaran, Naresh Kumar Manickam Evaluation and characterization of novel sources of sustainable lignocellulosic residues for bioethanol production using ultrasound-assisted alkaline pre-treatment Waste management 87 2 368 – 374 JUL 2019

Manickam Naresh Kumar, Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Senniyappan Thenmozhi, Moorthy Ranjithkumar, Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar Choice of Pretreatment Technology For Sustainable Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Production Bottle Necks and Recommendations A Review Waste and Biomass Valorization 10 6 1693 – 1709 JUN 2019

Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Logu Prasanth Kanagaraj, Rakhesh Vaasan Ranganathan, Keerthiharan Dhanasekaran, Naresh Kumar Manickam Evaluation and characterization of novel sources of lignocellulosic biomass residue for sustainable bioethanol production using ultrasound-assisted alkaline pre-treatment Waste Management 87 8 368 – 374 FEB 2019

Manickam Naresh Kumar, Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Senniyappan Thenmozhi, Moorthy Ranjithkumar, Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar Choice Of Pretreatment Technology For Sustainable Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Production-Bottle Necks And Recommendations: A Review Waste and Biomass Valorization 10 55 54 – 65 DEC 2018

Naresh kumar Manickam,Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar, Thenmozhi Senniyappan New insight into the effect of fungal mycelia present in the bio-pretreated paddy straw on their enzymatic saccharification and optimization of process parameters Bioresource Technology 267 291 – 302 JUL 2018

Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Naresh Manickam, Sivakumar Uthandi Development of co-immobilized tri-enzyme biocatalytic system for one-pot pretreatment of four different perennial lignocellulosic biomass and evaluation of their bioethanol production potential Bioresource Technology 269 3 227 – 236 AUG 2018

Manickam Naresh Kumar, Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Senniyappan Thenmozhi, and Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar New insight into the effect of fungal mycelia present in the bio-pretreated paddy straw on their enzymatic saccharification and optimization of process parameters Bioresource Technology 267 11 291 – 302 NOV 2018

Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar, Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Manickam Naresh Kumar Co-immobilization of laccase, cellulase and beta-glucosidase as a tri-enzyme biocatalyst for one-pot pretreatment and evaluating bioethanol production potential of lignocellulosic perennial biomass Bioresource Technology 269 7 227 – 236 DEC 2018

Manickam Naresh Kumar, Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Senniyappan Thenmozhi, Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar, Development of natural cellulase inhibitor mediated intensified biological pretreatment technology using Pleurotus florida for maximum recovery of cellulose from paddy straw under solid state condition Bioresource Technology 244 1 353 – 361 NOV 2017

Moorthy Ranjithkumar, Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar, Manickam Naresh Kumar, Velayutham Thanabal An Effective Conversion of Cotton Waste Biomass to Ethanol: A Critical Review on Pretreatment Processes Waste and Biomass Valorization 8 4 57 – 68 JAN 2017

Manickam Naresh Kumar, Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Senniyappan Thenmozhi, and Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar Development of natural cellulase inhibitor mediated intensified biological pretreatment technology using Pleurotus florida for maximum recovery of cellulose from paddy straw under solid state condition BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 244 1 353 – 361 NOV 2017

Moorthy Ranjithkumar, Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar, Manickam Naresh Kumar, Velayutham Thanabal An effective conversion of cotton waste biomass to ethanol a critical review on pretreatment processes Waste and Biomass Valorization 8 1 57 – 68 JAN 2017

M. Kirupa Sankar, K. Muthu Kumar, B. V. Ranganathan Adsorption of anionic azo dye from aqueous solution using Strychnos potatorum Linn seeds: isotherm and kinetic studies International Journal of Environmental science and technology 12 9 2957 – 2964 SEP 2015

Kirupa sankar M, Ravikumar R. , “Evaluation of pretreatment methods of acid and coimmobilized enzymes for the production of bioethanol from Typha angustata”, SALVATIO 18, Anna University, Chennai, February 2018

Kirupa sankar M, Ravikumar R. , “Purification and characterization of lignolytic enzyme from novel fungal strains isolated from Thalamalai Forest Region, Tamilnadu”, Bioprocessing India 2017, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, December 2017

Kirupa sankar M, Ravikumar R. , “Hydrogen production by R.Palustris from Distillery spent wash”, Bioprocessing India 2017, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, December 2017

Kirupa sankar M, Ravikumar R. , “Comparative statistical study on pretreatment of Typha angustata using dilute acid and crude enzyme isolated from fungal strain”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology for Waste Conversion (ICETBWC – 2017), CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, November 2017

Sankar KM, Chaganti SR, Kim D-H and Lalman JA., “Using metabolic flux to assess the effect of Linoleic Acid on Hydrogen production during fermentation”, Bioworld congress 2011, University of Toronto, Toronto, January 2011

Degree	Title	Investigator(s)	Funding Agency	Amount	Project Status	Sanction Date
1	MICROBIAL RECOVERY OF BIOGENIC METHANE FROM COAL WASHERY REJECTS WITH CO2 SEQUESTRATION USING NOVEL HYBRID GEO PHOTOBIOREACTOR AND RECLAMINATION OF THE SITE	Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu	DST	1.024 Crore	Ongoing	12.05.2019

S No.	Subject Area
1	BioEnergy and Environment
2	Bioprospecting
3	Nanobiotechnology
4	Bioprocess

S No.	Title	Date	Reg. No.	Status	Level	Funding Agency
1	CYCLIC TANNIC ACID MEDIATED INTENSIFIED BIO-PRETREAMENT FOR LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOL PRODUCTION	05.03.2020	22121	In Progress	National Level	BIT
2	CALCINO RICH RAGI BISCUIT PRODUCT	28.10.2020	202041046972	In Progress	National Level

S No.	Achievements
1	Received Two times Summer Research Fellowship by Indian Science Academies, Govt of India during 2016, 2017
2	Received Canadian Commonwealth Research Scholarship by Canadian Government during 2011
3	Received Best Oral Presentation at SALVATIO 18, an International conference, conducted by Anna University during 2018
4	Guided students and won "Student innovator award 2014" for developing eco-friendly anti-fouling paint - News on Indian Express (04.04.2015)

S No.	Title	Author	Publication	Year / Month
1	Bioprocess Engineering: Downstream Processing	Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu, Senthil Kumar Arumugasamy	Taylor and Francis	2019
2	Bioprocess for green environment - Chapter: Sustainable Production of Biofuels - A Green Spark: Technology, Economics and Environmental Issues	Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Muthuvelu Kirupa Sankar, Manickam Naresh Kumar, Moorthy Ranjithkumar	Taylor and Francis	2016

S No.	Awards
1	Awarded Summer Research Fellowship - 2017 by Indian Science Academies, Government of India
2	Awarded Summer Research Fellowship - 2016 by Indian Science Academies, Government of India
3	Awarded Canadian Commonwealth Research Scholarship(CCRS) during 2011