faculty Profile

• Ph.D. (Biotechnology), Anna University Chennai, 2019.
• PG (Biotechnology), Kamaraj College of Engineering & Technology,Viruthunagar, 2013.
• UG (Biotechnology), Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, 2011.

Teaching
• Assistant Professor, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, TN (Mar 2020 – May 2023)

Research

• Junior Research Fellow, DST – SERB Project, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu (Sep 2014 – Dec 2018)

Industry

• R&D & QC Officer, Texbiosciences Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Aug 2013 – Sep 2014)

Theory Courses
• Bioprocess Engineering
• Enzyme & Protein Engineering
• Down Stream Processing
• Laboratory Courses
• Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory
• Microbiology laboratory
• Research & Consultancy

Patent Details:

• Name of the Inventor: Dr Nareshkumar M
  Name of the Applicants: Dr Nareshkumar M, Dr Ravikumar R, Dr Kirupasankar M
  Title of Invention: Cyclic Tannic Acid Mediated Intensified Bio-Pretreatment for Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production
  Application No & Date of Filing: 202041009503 & 05.03.2020,
  Status of Patent: Filled,
  Patent No and Date (If Granted): Research Supervisorship: Recognized as research supervisor for MS (By research and PhD by Anna University, Chennai.

Research papers:

• Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu1, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Naresh Kumar Manickam,(2019)”Evaluation and characterization of novel sources of lignocellulosic biomass residue for sustainable bioethanol production using ultrasound-assisted alkaline pre-treatment”, Waste Management. Vol. 87, pp. 368-374.
• Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu1, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Manickam Naresh Kumar, (2018) “Co immobilization of laccase, cellulase and ?- glucosidase as a tri-enzyme biocatalyst for one-pot pretreatment and evaluating bioethanol production potential of lignocellulosic perennial biomass”, Bioresource Technology, Vol. 269, pp. 227-236.
• Naresh Kumar Manickam, Rajarathinam Ravikumar,(2018) “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, Vol.267, pp. 291-302.
• Naresh Kumar Manickam, Rajarathinam Ravikumar,(2018) “Choice Of Pretreatment Technology For Sustainable Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Production Bottle Necks and Recommendations A Review”, Waste and Biomass Valorization, pp 1-17.
• Naresh Kumar Manickam, R Ravikumar,(2017) “Development of natural cellulase inhibitor mediated intensified biological pretreatment technology using Pleurotus florida for maximum recovery of cellulose from paddy straw”, Bioresource Technology, Vol. 244(1), pp 353-361.
• R Ravikumar, BV Ranganathan, Naresh Kumar Manickam, KB Malarmathi,(2018) “Optimization studies on Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass PBD, RSM and ANN”, Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, Vol. 10, pp. 636-649.

Review papers:

• Ranjithkumar R, Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu1, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Naresh Kumar Manickam, V Thanabal,(2017) “An effective conversion of cotton waste biomass to ethanol a critical review on pretreatment processes”, Waste and Biomass Valorization, Vol. 8(1), pp 57- 68.

Chapters in Book:

• Ravikumar, R, Kirupa Sankar, M, Naresh Kumar Manickam & Ranjithkumar, M, 2018, ‘Sustainable Production of Biofuels-A Green Spark: Technology, Economics, and Environmental Issues’, Bioprocess Engineering for a Green Environment, CRC press, pp. 99-236. ISBN: 9781351867870.

Editorial/Reviewer Accomplishments:

• Reviewed manuscripts submitted for Journal of Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery.

• 3 Day National Level Hands on Workshop on “Career Oriented bioinstrumentation for process development” organized by Bannari Amman Institute of Technology & Prathista Industries ltd, Hydrabad, 13/02/2023 to 15/02/2023.
• Attended TEQIP-III sponsored Three days online FDP on “Recent advancements in Medical Biotechnology Research” organized by the Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology,Coimbatore.
• Attended Five days QIP/FDP on “Evolving Trends in Biotechnological Research” organised by Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
• Attended AICTE One week FDP on “Universal Human Values Stage 1”.
• Attended AICTE One week FDP on “Universal Human Values Advanced level”.
• Undergone One week Hands on training on ” Advanced molecular techniques in biofuel production” organized by SSS-NIRE, Kapurthala Punjab, Feb 2015.
• Undergone 10days hands on training on ” Advanced Nano technology in industries” organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune.

Webinars Organized:

• Organized one day webinar on “Biotechnology and its Industrial application – Opportunities and Regulatory” in association with BRSI and Biological E Pvt Ltd HYD, Mar 2022.
• Organized one day webinar on “Advanced Bioprocessing techniques” in association with Dr.Reddy’s Laboratory Pvt, Ltd. May 2020.

Invited Talks Delivered:

• Delivered a lecture on “AUGMENTED/ VIRTUAL REALITY FOR EXPERIMENTATION PLATFORMS” in Online AICTE-ATAL sponsored Faculty Development Program Organized by Velalar College of Engineering and Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. (2020). JAN 2021
• Delivered a lecture on “CREATE A SMART FUTURE WITH INNOVATIONS” in Institutional Innovation Council interaction meeting organized by Department of Zoology, St.Mary’s College (Autonomous), Tuticorin. MAR 2021
• Delivered a lecture on “FUTURE IN BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGY” in Online AICTE IIC sponsored National level seminar Organized by V V P Engineering College | Virda Vajdi, kalawad Road |Rajkot. 360005. JULY 2021.
• Delivered a lecture on “ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR RAPID PROGRESS IN CHEMICAL AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES” in the AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Programme Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering,, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Thudupathi, Perundurai, Erode – 638057. JAN 2021
• Delivered a lecture on “Voids & Scope of Biofuels: A detailed perspective through Bioprocess Technology” in the AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Programme Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering,, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Thudupathi, Perundurai, Erode – 638057. JAN 2021
• Delivered a lecture on “Biofuel Production” in a National Level Seminar SITBioTALK ’22 conducted by origene association, Department of Biotechnology, Sethu Institute of Technology, Madurai and Biotech Research Society of India. SEP 2022.
• Event title, Organized by, Place, Date. Genomic Data Analysis – Hands on Training & Workshop, ICMR-NIRRH, Mumbai, 04/11/2015 to 05/11/2025.

Conferences Attended:

• Manickam Naresh kumar and Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Thenmozhi Senniyappan, “Design of Intensified Cyclic Biological Pretreatment (ICBP) system for sustainable ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass”, ENVIRO CONCLAVE Green , Kamaraj College of engineering and Technology, Kamaraj College of engineering and Technology, Virudhunagar, March 2018(ORA2018_RS_ORAL_0111, pp -84)
• Manickam Naresh kumar, Thenmozhi Senniyappan , and Ravikumar Rajarathinam, “Development of inhibitor mediated intensified bio-pretreatment technology and optimizationof enzymatic saccharification process by RSM and ANN”, International conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology for Waste Conversion, CSIR NEERI, NEERI, Nagpur, November 2017.(ID:NB151, pp- 299)
• Manickam Naresh kumar, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, and Thenmozhi Senniyappan, ” Enhancing the enzymatic saccharification of biologically pretreated rice straw through process optimization using response surface methodology (RSM) and validation by artificial neural network (ANN)”, TEQIP – II sponsored International Conference on “Advances in Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences” (ABCPS2017), Anna University, BIT , Tiruchirappalli 620 024, March 2017 (ID: OP-33, pp- 46-49)
• Manickam Naresh kumar and Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Thenmozhi Senniyappan,”Development Of Intensified Biological Pretreatment Technology To Improve Cellulose Recovery For Sustainable Production Of Ethanol”, International conference on Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Plant Biomass: Bio products, Biocatalysts and Biorefinery, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Raddison Blue, Coimbatore, November 2016. (ID :PP08, pp- 363)
• Manickam Naresh kumar and Rajarathinam Ravikumar, Thenmozhi Senniyappan, ” Inhibitor Mediated biological pretreatment strategy for the sustainable production of second generation Biofuels from agricultural Biomass Residues”, Bioprocess India 2015, IITM and Anna University Chennai, IIT Madras, December 2015. (ID: BRBE-15, pp- 101)
• Manickam Naresh kumar, Indo-US Conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels (IUSCALB2014), CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, November 2014.

• Junior Research Fellow – DST SERB Funded Project
• Summer Research Fellow – Indian Academy of Science, IISc.