Ranjana Prakash
Associate Lecturer
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
India
Biography
Educational Qualifications B.Sc Biological Sciences M.Sc Chemistry Ph.D Applied Chemistry
Research Interest
Biodiesel generation throughwhole cell catalyzed transesterification,5.5 lakhs(cost),One Year-SSER Scheme,DRDO(Funding Agency),PI Lipase catalyzed generation ofbiodiesel from Jathropa and Use frying oils,1.0 lakhs(cost),One Year,UGC,PI Studies on Se and its speciation seleniferous region of Punjab,11 lakhs(cost),2008-2011,BRNS- DAE(Funding Agency),Co-PI Role of plant microbe interactions in selenium ….soils,9.91 lakhs(cost),Three years,CSIR(Funding Agency),Co-PI
Publications
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Aulakh SS, Agarwal S, Chhibber M, Ranjana Prakash, 2010. Lipase catalyzed tranesterification of cottonseed oil. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 4: 367-372.
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Mathur C, Prakash R, Ali A, Kaur J, Cameotra SS, Tejo Prakash N, 2010. Emulsification andtranesterification of oil by a soil borne fungus, Syncephalastrum racemosum. Defence ScienceJournal, 60: 151-154
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Aulakh SS, Ranjana Prakash, 2010. Optimization of medium and process parameters for productionof lipase from an oil tolerant Aspergillus sp. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 50: 37-42.
