Completed Masters and M. Phil degree in Environmental Sciences from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and acquired PhD under the faculty of Environmental Studies from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi. At present working as Asst. Professor in the School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India. The thrust area of research is on the development of appropriate technologies for the treatment/conversion of organic waste especially food waste into manure, which is inevitable in the present day scenario of poor solid waste management in India. In the course of the research work two innovative in-vessel composting apparatus was developed with locally available material and indigenous technology. The design is patent pending in India. The area of specialisation is on water and waste water treatment, waste minimization, solid waste management, pollution control and environmental biotechnology and Bioremediation.

Bioremediation, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental Pollution, Solid Waste Treatment and Management

A Study on Biochar Preparation and Characterization of Broiler’s Poultry Litter, International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences , © NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY 2021

Genetic relatedness, phylogenetic groups, antibiotic resistance, and virulence genes associated with ExPEC in Escherichia coli isolates from finfish and shellfish,, J of Food Processing and Preservation, Wiley Vol. 44, 2020

TWIN CHAMBERED INVESSEL COMPOSTING APPARATUS, Patent and Design Journal, 2015

In-vessel composting of food waste: A novel approach, 6 th International Conference on Solid Waste Management, 2016

In-vessel composting of food waste (proceedings), National Symposium on Waste Management: Experiences and Strategies, 2011

In-vessel composting of food waste, U.G.C. Sponsored National Seminar on Environmental Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities ENVIROTECH 2008, 2008

Effect of pH on xylose fermentation in biofuel technology by the yeast Pachysolentannophius , International conference on Biodiversity Conservation and management (BIOCAM 2008), 2008

PATENT

Twin Chambered in-vessel composting apparatus - Granted,2015