About Ravi Ranjan
B.E (Biotechnology), M.Tech (Industrial Biotechnology)
Mr. Ravi Ranjan Kumar is a senior research fellow pursuing his Ph.D. in Bioprocess and Bioproduction from Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He is interested in developing bioprocess for the production of biomass, lipid, and biodiesel from oleaginous feed stocks. He has developed optimized process for production of lipid based biofuels from oleaginous yeast using low cost substrates. Equipped with both an experience in industry and research laboratory, he aspires to develop technologies that can make biofuel production cost effective and energy efficient.
Research Areas: Bioprocess and bio-product development, Microalgal and Yeast Biorefinery, Biofuel and waste valorization
Work experience
- Research Scholar– Bioprocess Bioproduct Development Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
- Junior research fellow - Bioprocess Bioproduct Development Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
- Process Trainee - Triphase Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd, Mysore
- Quality Assurance Trainee - EID Parry India Pvt. Ltd. Karnataka
Publications
- Ipsita Dipamitra Behera, Geetanjali Basak, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Ramkrishna Sen & Bhim Charan Meikap. Treatment of petroleum refinery sludge by petroleum degrading bacterium Stenotrophomonas pavanii IRB19 as an efficient novel technology. Journal Of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 2021, 56 (2), 226-239
- Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Gunaseelan Dhanarajan, Debasis Sarkar and Ramkrishna Sen. Multi-fold enhancement in sustainable production of biomass, lipids and biodiesel from oleaginous yeast: an artificial neural network-genetic algorithm approach. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, 4, 6075-6084.
- Moumita Bhaumik, Gunaseelan Dhanarajan, Jayita Chopra, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Chinmay Hazra and Ramkrishna Sen. Production, partial purification and characterization of a proteoglycan bioemulsifier from oleaginous yeast. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 2020, 43, 1747-1759.
- Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Gunaseelan Dhanarajan, Moumita Bhaumik, Jayita Chopra and Ramkrishna Sen. Performance evaluation of a yeast biorefinery as a sustainable model for co-production of biomass, bioemulsifier, lipid, biodiesel and animal-feed components. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2017, 1, 923-931.
- Jayita Chopra, Ramalingam Dineshkumar, Moumita Bhaumik, Gunaseelan Dhanarajan, Ravi Ranjan Kumar and Ramkrishna Sen. Integrated in situ transesterification for improved biodiesel production from oleaginous yeast: a value proposition for possible industrial implication. RSC Advances, 2016,6, 70364-70373
