Academic qualifications:

Research interests:

• Petroleum Refinery Engg.
• Petrochemicals
• Catalysis
• Bioremediation
• Biosurfactant

Research guidance:

• Number of researchers awarded Ph.D degrees: 6
• Number of researchers pursuing Ph.D : 5

Select list of publications:

Journals:

Studies on degradation of diesel and other petroleum fractions by Acinetobacter junii, CTA3. Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia. 2009, 6, 169 - 174.

Biosurfactant Production from n-Paraffins by an Air Isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa OCD1. Journal of Oleo Science. 2010, 59, 601- 605.

Sahoo S., Datta S., Biswas D. Optimization of Culture Conditions for Biosurfactant Production from Pseudomonas aeruginosa OCD1. Journal of Advanced Scientific Research. 2011, 2, 32 - 36.

Study of the Potential of Two Isolated Microorganisms to Degrade Various Petroleum Fractions. Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia. 2011, 8, 813 - 816

Biotreatment of diesel and evaluation of its physico-chemical properties. Journal of Indian Chemical Society. 2012, 89, 823 - 825.

Membership of Learned Societies:

• Institute of Engineers (India).
• Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers,
• Indian Chemical Society,
• Catalysis Society of India,
• Indian Science Congress Association,
• Indian Society for Technical Education