Professor in Charge: Prof. Sanjeev Kumar
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee. Before joining IIT Roorkee, he served as Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna (India) during May 2017 to June 2019 and as Assistant Professor in Biotechnology at NSIT Delhi during August 2014 to May 2017.
Dr. Sanjeev did his B.E in Biochemical Engineering from Kumaon Engineering College (now, BTKIT) Uttarakhand in 2008, M. Tech in Biotechnology from Anna University, Chennai in 2010, and Ph.D. in “Environmental Biotechnology and Bioenergy” from IIT Delhi (2015). For his outstanding research contribution, he was awarded the prestigious “Distinction in Doctoral Research Award 2016” from IIT Delhi.
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee. Before joining IIT Roorkee, he served as Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna (India) during May 2017 to June 2019 and as Assistant Professor in Biotechnology at NSIT Delhi during August 2014 to May 2017.
Dr. Sanjeev did his B.E in Biochemical Engineering from Kumaon Engineering College (now, BTKIT) Uttarakhand in 2008, M. Tech in Biotechnology from Anna University, Chennai in 2010, and Ph.D. in “Environmental Biotechnology and Bioenergy” from IIT Delhi (2015). For his outstanding research contribution, he was awarded the prestigious “Distinction in Doctoral Research Award 2016” from IIT Delhi.
He has secured funding from various agencies under highly competitive research grants such as SERB, IMPRINT and the Indo-Hungarian joint project. Sanjeev has guided one Ph.D. scholar, 05 M.Tech students, and several B.Tech students for their project work. Currently, he is guiding 06 Ph.D. scholars and 02 M. Tech students at IIT Roorkee. He has published research in several international journals of high repute including Green Chemistry, Applied energy, Nature-Scientific Reports, Biotechnology Advances, and Bioresource Technology, etc. He is also an active reviewer for SERB projects and, SCI journals in his area of expertise.
Research Interests:
Wastewater treatment and recycling, bioenergy generation, compressed biogas, resource recovery, climate change, water environmental management, bioenergy and waste valorization.
Awards and Recognitions:
- Excellence in Academics/Research 2021 – The Institution of Engineers (India)
- Early Career Research Award 2016 – SERB, Govt. of India
- Bioenergy Awards for Cutting Edge Research 2017 – DBT, Govt. of India
- Pool Scientist 2014 – CSIR, Govt. of India
- International travel grants (2013) – SERB and DBT, Govt. of India
Office: First Floor
Hydro and Renewable Energy Dept. (HRED)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Roorkee,
Roorkee - 247667, Uttarakhand (INDIA)
Lab: Second Floor
Environment and Biofuel Research Lab
Hydro and Renewable Energy Dept. (HRED)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee,
Roorkee - 247667, Uttarakhand (INDIA)
Research
Scholars
Mohit Singh Rana
(Prime Minister’s Research Fellow)
HRED, IIT Roorkee
M.Tech.: Energy Engineering (NIT Trichy)
B.Tech.: Biochemical Engineering (BTKIT Dwarahat)
Other Qualifications: GATE
Fellowship Source: PMRF - MoE- Govt. of India
Thesis Topic: Nanotechnological intervention for mixotrophic microalgae cultivation and bioenergy generation
Ankita Bhatt
(Prime Minister’s Research Fellow)
HRED, IIT Roorkee
M.Tech.: Microbiology (Central University of Rajasthan)
B.Tech.: Microbiology (Central University of Rajasthan)
Other Qualifications: GATE
Fellowship Source: PMRF - MoE- Govt. of India
Thesis Topic:Microalgae-mediated removal of waterborne pathogens for wastewater disinfection
Mamta Bhandari
(Prime Minister’s Research Fellow)
HRED, IIT Roorkee
B.Tech.: Biochemical Engineering (BTKIT Dwarahat)
Other Qualifications: GATE
Fellowship Source: PMRF - MoE- Govt. of India
Thesis Topic:Recycling of Reverse osmosis reject water for algal biomass production and metabolite recovery
Pooja Upadhyay
(UGC JRF), HRED, IIT Roorkee
M.Sc.: Natural Resource Management (GGSIP University, Delhi)
B.Sc.: Botany (Shivaji College, University of Delhi)
Fellowship Source: UGC- Govt. of India
Thesis Topic: Estimation of Carbon stocks and associated GHG emissions from Ganga River Basin
Vijay Khandelwal
HRED, IIT Roorkee
M.Tech.: Advanced Chemical Analysis (IIT Roorkee)
B.Tech.: Biochemical Engineering (KEC Dwarahat)
Other Qualifications: GATE
Fellowship Source: Not Applicable (Part time Industry sponsored Candidate)
Thesis Topic: Microbial consortium development for the treatment of antibiotic containing pharmaceutical effluent
Poornima Bhatt
HRED, IIT Roorkee
B.Tech.: Chemical Engineering (BTKIT Dwarahat)
Fellowship Source: SERB - Govt. of India
Project Topic: Recycling of reverse osmosis reject water for co-production of high-value metabolites and biofuel precursors using high-density algal cultivation