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Dr Nikhil G N

Name : Dr Nikhil G N
Designation : Assistant Professor
Department : Bio-Technology
Qualification : Ph.D. Biological Engineering Sciences (CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad)
M.Tech Industrial Biotechnology (National Institute of Technology, Karnataka)
B.Tech Biotechnology (Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli)
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Research Interests : Biorefinery Concept: Bioenergy (Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioelectrochemical Systems), Biofuels (Biohydrogen, Biogas, Biohythane), Bioproducts (VFAs, Alcohols), Biopolymers (PHA, PLA, EPS)

Metabolic Engineering (in silico analysis): Network Biology and Systems Biology

Bioprocess Engineering: Fermentation Technology, Modeling, and Simulation

Environmental Biotechnology: Bioremediation, Biological Wastewater Treatment
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Journal Publications

Year Journal Publication
2022 Bioresource Technology Reports Aneesh Moza, Neeraj Raja Ram, NK Srivastava, GN Nikhil, Bioprocessing of low-value food waste to high value volatile fatty acids for applications in energy and materials: A review on process-flow
2022 Bioresource Technology Reports Neeraj Raja Ram, GN Nikhil, A critical review on sustainable biogas production with focus on microbial-substrate interactions: bottlenecks and breakthroughs
2018 Chemical Engineering Journal, 335, 267–274 G.N. Nikhil, D.N.S.K. Chaitanya, S. Srikanth, Y.V. Swamy, S. Venkata Mohan, Applied resistance for power generation and energy distribution in microbial fuel cells with rationale for maximum power point
2017 Chemical Engineering Journal, 326, 715-720 G.N. Nikhil, P. Suman, S. Venkata Mohan, Y.V Swamy, Energy-positive nitrogen removal of pharmaceutical wastewater by coupling heterotrophic nitrification and electrotrophic denitrification
2017 Bioresource Technology, 225, 34-39 S. Venkata Mohan, S. Srikanth, G.N. Nikhil, Augmentation of bacterial homeostasis by regulating in situ buffer capacity: Significance of total dissolved salts over acidogenic metabolism
2016 Bioresource Technology, 215, 247–253 G.N. Nikhil, Y. Dileep Kumar, S. Venkata Mohan, Y.V Swamy, Assessing potential cathodes for resource recovery through wastewater treatment and salinity removal using non-buffered microbial electrochemical systems
2016 Bioresource Technology, 215, 2-12 S. Venkata Mohan, G.N. Nikhil, P. Chiranjeevi, C. Nagendranatha Reddy, M.V. Rohit, A. Naresh Kumar, O. Sarkar, Waste biorefinery models towards sustainable circular bioeconomy: Critical review and future perspectives
2015 Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 125, 691-701 R. Venkanna, G.N. Nikhil, T. Siva Rao, P.R. Sinha, Y.V. Swamy, Role of lightning phenomenon over surface O3 and NOx at a semi-arid tropical site Hyderabad, India: inter-comparison with satellite retrievals
2015 Air Quality Atmosphere & Health, 9, 379-390 R. Venkanna, G. N. Nikhil, P.R. Sinha, T. Siva Rao, Y.V. Swamy, Significance of volatile organic compounds and oxides of nitrogen on surface ozone formation at semi-arid tropical urban site, Hyderabad, India
2015 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 12, 1749-1758 R. Venkanna, G.N. Nikhil, T. Siva Rao, P.R. Sinha, Y.V. Swamy, Environmental monitoring of surface ozone and other trace gases over different time scales: Chemistry, Transport, and Modeling
2015 Bioresource Technology, 195, 37-45 G.N. Nikhil, G.V. Subhash, Y. Dileep Kumar, S. Venkata Mohan, Closed circuitry operation influence on microbial electrofermentation: Proton/electron effluxes on electro-fuels productivity
2015 Energy, 88, 281–291 G.N. Nikhil, G.V. Subhash, Y. Dileep Kumar, S. Venkata Mohan, Synergistic yield of dual energy forms through biocatalyzed electrofermentation of waste: Stoichiometric analysis of electron and carbon distribution
2015 Bioresource Technology, 188, 65-72 G.N. Nikhil, S. Venkata Mohan, Y.V. Swamy, Applied potentials regulate recovery of residual hydrogen from acid-rich effluents: Influence of biocathodic buffer capacity over process performance
2015 International Journal of Molecular Sciences; 16, 9540-9556 R. Chandra, G.N. Nikhil, S. Venkata Mohan, Single-stage operation of hybrid dark-photo fermentation to enhance biohydrogen production through regulation of system redox condition: evaluation with real-field wastewater
2014 Bioresource Technology, 165, 323-331 G.N. Nikhil, S. Venkata Mohan, Y.V. Swamy, Systematic approach to assess biohydrogen potential of anaerobic sludge and soil rhizobia as biocatalysts: Influence of crucial factors affecting acidogenic fermentation
2014 CLEAN - Soil Air Water, 42, 809-814 M. Venkateswar Reddy, D.N.S.K. Chitanya, G.N. Nikhil, S. Venkata Mohan, P.N. Sarma, Influence of co-factor on enhancement of bioplastic production through wastewater treatment
2014 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39, 7486-7495 G.N. Nikhil, S. Venkata Mohan, Y.V. Swamy, Behavior of acidogenesis during biohydrogen production with formate and glucose as carbon source: Substrate associated dehydrogenase expression
2013 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185, 7309-7325 Y.V. Swamy, A.R. Sharma, G.N. Nikhil, R. Venkanna, D.N.S.K. Chitanya, P.R. Sinha, The impact assessment of Diwali fireworks emissions on the air quality of a tropical urban site, Hyderabad, India, during three consecutive years
2013 CLEAN - Soil Air Water, 41, 215-225 Y.V. Swamy, G.N. Nikhil, R. Venkanna, D.N.S.K. Chitanya, P.R. Sinha, S. Shailaja, A.G. Rao, Role of nitrogen oxides, black carbon, and meteorological parameters on the variation of surface ozone levels at a tropical urban site –Hyderabad, India
2012 Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 12, 662-671 Y.V. Swamy, R. Venkanna, G.N. Nikhil, D.N.S.K. Chitanya, P.R. Sinha, M. Ramakrishna, A.G. Rao, Impact of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and black carbon on atmospheric ozone levels at a semi-arid urban site in Hyderabad
2012 Bioresource Technology, 123, 471-479 M. Venkateswar Reddy, G.N. Nikhil, S. Venkata Mohan, Y.V. Swamy, P.N. Sarma, Pseudomonas otitidis as a potential biocatalyst for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) synthesis using synthetic wastewater and acidogenic effluents
2012 Atmosfera, 25, 107-120 Y.V Swamy, G.N. Nikhil, R. Venkanna, S.N Das, G. Roy Chaudhury, Emission of methane and nitrous oxide from Vigna mungo and Vigna radiata legumes in India during the dry cropping seasons

Conference Publications

Year Conference Publication

Book/Chapter Publications

Type Title Publisher Authors ISBN/ISSN No. Year
Book Chapter Biological and Thermochemical Strategies for Building Biorefinery Platform Springer Anjireddy Bhavanam, Amit Kumar, Neeraj and G. N. Nikhil* 978-3-030-96553-2 2022
Book Chapter Advancements in Nanobiocatalysis for Bioenergy and Biofuel Production CRC Press G. Velvizhi, J. Ranjitha, S. Vijayalakshmi and G.N. Nikhil* 9780429023194 2020
Book Chapter Bioelectrochemical Energy Transitions Persuades Systemic Performance Elsevier G.N. Nikhil and S. Venkata Mohan* 978-0-444-64052-9 2019
Book Chapter Microbial fuel cell application for sludge remediation and minimization Elsevier G.N. Nikhil* 978-0-12-815908-8 2019
Book Chapter Bio hydrogen Production: An outlook on fermentative processes and integration strategies Springer G.N. Nikhil, O. Sarkar and S. Venkata Mohan* 978-981-10-6862-1 2017
Book Chapter Biohydrogen production scenario for Asian countries Springer R. Kataki, R.S. Chutia, N.J. Bordoloi, R. Saikia, D. Sut, R. Narzari, L. Gogoi, G.N. Nikhil, O. Sarkar and S. Venkata Mohan* 978-81-322-3577-4 2017

Research Projects

Role Project Type Title Funding Agency From To Amount Status Co-Investigator
Co-Investigator Seed Grant Production of Biogas from Kitchen waste of NITJ TEQIP Phase-III 03-12-18 02-12-19 Rs. 3,00,000/- Completed Dr. Anee Mohanty and Dr. Sumer Singh Meena
Co-PI STI Hub Establishment of Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Hub for Empowerment of SC/ST DST 05-11-20 04-11-2023 Rs.2,49,03,952/- On-going A team of seven
Co-PI Industry sponsored R&D Color Reduction of Effluent from ETP of Dyeing Unit Trident Group 26-04-22 25-04-24 Rs. 531000/- On-going Dr. Jatinder Kumar Ratan, Dr. Nitin Naresh Pandhare and Dr. Sumer Singh Meena

Events Organized

Category Type Title Venue From To Designation
Online STC National Trends and Prospects in Biorefinery Dept. of Biotechnology, NIT Jalandhar 10-06-2020 14-06-2020 Coordinator
Online STC/Workshop National Computational Tools for Analysis of Biological Systems Dept. of Biotechnology, NIT Jalandhar 02-09-2020 06-09-2020 Coordinator

Professional Affilation

Designation Organization
Life Member (1454) Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI)
Member (202736) Hong Kong Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society
Member (223824) IAENG International Association of Engineers
Associate Member (AM184495-7) The Institution of Engineers (India)
Life Member (214) International Bioprocessing Association (IBA-IFIBiop)
Life Member (20002) International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES)
Life Member (4956-2020) The Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)
Member (1621064) International Water Association (IWA)
Member (InSc20202872) Institute of Scholars (InSc)
Member (200245301) American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Member Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
Life Associate Member (LAM71384) Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)
E-member (228606) Society of Chemical Industry (SCI)
Professional Member (2021090002) Institute for Science, Engineering and Technology (ISET) Research
Member International Association for a Carbon-neutral Circular Economy
Life Member (135576) Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

PhD Supervised

Scholar Name Research Topic Status Year Co-Supervisor
Poornima Maurya Volatile fatty acids production through biological routes On-going 2022
Mr Neeraj Biogas production using food waste Ongoing 2019

PG Dissertation Guided

Student Name Dissertation Title Status Year Co-Supervisor
Aditi Sarkar Anaerobic digestion of solid waste On-going 2023
Piyusha Algal lipids using domestic/industrial wastewater On-going 2023
Mahesh Kumar Verma Algal lipids production using anerobic reactor effluent from isolated microalgae Completed 2022
Aneesh Moza Microbial synthesis of short-chain organic acids from food waste Completed 2022 Dr. N. K. Srivastava
Meenal Metabolic network modelling to identify molecular markers during stress response in selective bacterial strains Completed 2021
Suninda Kumari Molecular docking studies of selective bioactive compounds with key enzymes of anaerobic digestion Completed 2021 Dr. Ajay Bansal
Roshan Singh Bioethanol production through fermentation of food waste using baker’s yeast Completed 2021 Dr. Ajay Bansal

Patents

Name Reg./Ref. No. Date of Award/Filling Organization Status

Admin. Responsiblities

Position Held Organization From To
Department Coordinator Nationalinstitute of Technology Andhra Pradesh, Tadepalligudem 18-08-2016 06-01-2018

Award and Honours

Title Activity Given by Year
Best oral presentation award Oral Presentation 2nd International Conference on Environmental, Agricultural, Chemical and Biological Sciences organized by VOICE 2021
Best Paper Award (Suninda Kumari, Neeraj and G.N. Nikhil*) Poster presentation International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health (BSAEH-2021) 2021
Young Researcher Award 2020 Scientific Publications Institute of Scholars 2020
Bharat Ratna Kamaraj Memorial Young Scientist Award Scientific contributions in the field of Biofuels and Biorefineries Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai 2019
Impactful Research Award 19th Highest Cited Article Bioresource Technology (Elsevier) 2018
Bharat Vikas Award Scientific contributions in the area of Biotechnology Institute of Self Reliance (ISR), Bhubaneswar 2017
International Travel Grant Oral presentation at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Hong Kong Baptist University 2016
Best Poster Award Poster presentation Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 2016
Young Scientist Travel Grant Poster presentation at Arizona State University, Tempe, USA SERB-DST 2015
Young Scientist Research Competition on the theme “Water for Health” at Rome, Italy European Union-Indigo Policy and Agency for the Promotion of European Research (APRE) 2015
AU-CBT Excellence Award Scientific Contributions in the area of Biotechnology Biotech Research Society of India 2015
Best Poster Award Poster presentation Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 2013
Best Paper Award Oral presentation Vignan University, Guntur 2013
Senior Research Fellowship Ph.D Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India 2012
Young Scientist Travel Grant Poster presentation at Peking University, Beijing The International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project, USA 2012
Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) M.Tech Scholarship MHRD 2007