Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for photosynthetic conversion of carbon dioxide into storable fuels | Dr. P.P. Wangikar, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), Maharshtra, Maharashtra | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Novel concepts for developing efficient cellulolytic cocktail for hydrolysis of bio-refinery relevant pretreated lignocellulosics | Prof. B.S. Chadha, Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Outdoor mass cultivation of marine microalgae for biodiesel production with improved solar conversion efficiencies | Dr. P. Dharmar, Director, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Sequestration of CO2 with simultaneous production of succinic acid by metabolically engineering | Dr. B. Lal, Senior Director, The Energy & Resources Institute, Delhi | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Solar assisted hydroformylation/carboxylation of olefins containing natural products with CO2 | Dr. S.L. Jain, Sr. Scientist & Head, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Uttarakhand | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Utilize a CRISPR Cas tools for redirecting metabolic flux in thermoanaerobacterium sp RBIIT for biobutanol production | Dr. R. Biswas, Associate Professor & Fellow, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Demonstration of established bio-restoration technology for ecological restoration of degraded mangrove ecosystem in Indian Sunerbans through site-specific approach across differential degradation gradients | Dr. K. Ray, Assistant Professor, West Bengal State University, West Bengal | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Exploting plant-microbial interactions to unlock the fixed nutrients in calcareous soils for increasing the crop productivity & soil fertility | Dr. C. Thiyagarajan, Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Impact of mass bathing on the natural microbiota of the river Ganges; a concern to human health | Dr. Y.S. Shouche, Emeritus Scientist, National Centre for Cell Sciences, Maharashtra | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Molecular basis of asphaltene biotransformation by a microbial consortium | Dr. P. Srivastava, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi), Delhi | 2019 | Department of Bio-Technology, (DBT) | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |