Biotechnology

Faculty Details

Kaustav Aikat Professor
Joined the Institute in Joined in 2007
kaikat[dot]bt[at]nitdgp[dot]ac[dot]in
Publication

13

Publications

4

Sponsored Projects

0

Consultancy Projects
Education

10

Doctoral Students

0

Continuing Education

0

PG Dissertation
Education

B.Tech. (Hons.), M.Tech. & Ph.D from IIT Kharagpur

Work Experiences

1. At National Institute of Technology Durgapur: Assistant Professor (from 24th December 2007 to 23rd December 2010), then Associate Professor (from 24th December 2010 to 15th October 2018), and Professor (from 16th October 2018 till date).

2. At Bengal College of Engineering & Technology, Durgapur: Lecturer (from 15th July 2002 to 30th June 2005) and then Assistant Professor (from 1st July 2005 to 22nd December 2007).

3. Biotechnologist at Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. from 1st March 2000 to 28th February 2002.

4. Mission Engineer - II (in Technology Development Mission Project) at IIT Kharagpur  from February 1996 to December 1999.

Research Interest

Microbial Biotechnology, Biofuels, Enzymes.

Teachings

Subject Name

Subject Code

Semester

Degree

Life Science (Types of Microorganisms)

BTC01

2

UG

Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotech (Drug Discovery - Intro)

BT811

8

UG

Bioseparation and Biochemical Analysis Assignment 1

BTC503

5

UG

Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotech (Lipinski rule of fives)

BT811

8

UG

Bioprocess Development

BTC01

2

UG

Life Science (Proteins)

BTC01

2

UG

Microbiology

BTC01

2

UG

Metabolic Engineering problem 1

BT9020

2

PG

Life Science (Sterilization of media)

BTC01

2

UG

Life Science (continuous flow bioreactor)

BTC01

2

UG

Drugs & Drug Targets - Enzymes as Drug Targets (Slides_Patrick)

BT811

8

UG

Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotech (patrick ch 11) (not for exam.)

BT811

8

UG

Life Science (Polysaccharides)

BTC01

2

UG

Life Science (Enzymes)

BTC01

2

UG

Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotech (Drug Design Strategies)

BT811

8

UG

Life Science (Lipids)

BTC01

2

UG

Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotech (Lead Discovery)

BT811

8

UG

Elemental Balances (without data redundancy)

BT9020

2

PG

Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotech (Drug Targets)

BT811

8

UG

Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotech (QSAR) (not for examn.)

BT811

8

UG

Life Science (Nutrition & Growth of Bacteria)

BTC01

2

UG

Life Science (Nucleic Acids)

BTC01

2

UG

Life Science (Microbiology - Introduction)

BTC01

2

UG

Drugs & Drug Targets - Enzymes as Drug Targets

BT811

8

UG

Life Science (Structure & Function of Bacterial Cells)

BTC01

2

UG

Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotech (cadd) (not for examn.)

BT811

8

UG

UG / PG Students

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Doctoral Students

Prakash Kumar

Prakash Kumar

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Bioremediation & Biosorption of Heavy metals from tannery Effluent Part time scholar
Prakash Kumar

Prakash Kumar

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Bioremediation & Biosorption of Heavy metals from tannery Effluent Part time scholar
Kiran Ashok Bobde

Kiran Ashok Bobde

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Production of hydrocarbon from microalgae. UGC-Rajiv Gandhi fellow
Kiran Ashok Bobde

Kiran Ashok Bobde

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Production of hydrocarbon from microalgae. UGC-Rajiv Gandhi fellow
Surbhi Swaroop

Surbhi Swaroop

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Regulation of 15-lipoxygenase expression and function (joint supervisor along with Dr.Ashish Bhattacharjee)
Surbhi Swaroop

Surbhi Swaroop

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Regulation of 15-lipoxygenase expression and function (joint supervisor along with Dr.Ashish Bhattacharjee)
Tanmay Ghosh

Tanmay Ghosh

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topics: Useful compounds from plant sources Part time scholar
Tanmay Ghosh

Tanmay Ghosh

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topics: Useful compounds from plant sources Part time scholar
Reddy Subba Dodda

Reddy Subba Dodda

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Engineering of cellulase enzymes of Aspergillus fumigatus NITDGPKA3 for enhancing their activity and development of recombinant cellulosic Saccharomyces cerevisiae for bioethanol production from rice straw. (joint supervisor along with Dr.S.S.Mukhopadhyay)
Reddy Subba Dodda

Reddy Subba Dodda

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Engineering of cellulase enzymes of Aspergillus fumigatus NITDGPKA3 for enhancing their activity and development of recombinant cellulosic Saccharomyces cerevisiae for bioethanol production from rice straw. (joint supervisor along with Dr.S.S.Mukhopadhyay)
Sudhir Kumar Barik

Sudhir Kumar Barik

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Useful compounds from biological sources Institute scholar
Sudhir Kumar Barik

Sudhir Kumar Barik

Ph.D (Ongoing)
Research Topic: Useful compounds from biological sources Institute scholar
Shiv Shankar Prasad

Shiv Shankar Prasad

Ph.D (Completed)
Thesis title: Biodegradation and Biodecolorization of azo dye by newly isolated microorganism Enterobacter cloacae strain SXCR Part-time scholar
Shiv Shankar Prasad

Shiv Shankar Prasad

Ph.D (Completed)
Thesis title: Biodegradation and Biodecolorization of azo dye by newly isolated microorganism Enterobacter cloacae strain SXCR Part-time scholar
Nibedita Sarkar

Nibedita Sarkar

Ph.D (Completed)
Thesis title: Extracellular enzyme production by a locally isolated cellulolytic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus NITDGPKA 3 and its application in the enzymatic hydrolysis of rice straw for bioethanol production. Institute Scholar
Nibedita Sarkar

Nibedita Sarkar

Ph.D (Completed)
Thesis title: Extracellular enzyme production by a locally isolated cellulolytic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus NITDGPKA 3 and its application in the enzymatic hydrolysis of rice straw for bioethanol production. Institute Scholar
Keka Sinha

Keka Sinha

Ph.D (Completed)
Thesis title: Extraction & application of natural dyes Part-time scholar
Keka Sinha

Keka Sinha

Ph.D (Completed)
Thesis title: Extraction & application of natural dyes Part-time scholar
Sandip Mondal

Sandip Mondal

Ph.D (Completed)
Thesis title: Studies on biosorption of ranitidine hydrochloride and ibuprofen using biomass from Parthenium hysterophorus and Vigna radiate (Mung Bean) Institute scholar
Sandip Mondal

Sandip Mondal

Ph.D (Completed)
Thesis title: Studies on biosorption of ranitidine hydrochloride and ibuprofen using biomass from Parthenium hysterophorus and Vigna radiate (Mung Bean) Institute scholar

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of the auxiliary enzymes Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases (LPMOs) and xylanases from the genome of the thermophilic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus NITDGPKA3 Mukhopadhyay, S.S. Aikat, K. Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India 4,761,600 Sponsored Ongoing 2022
2 Microbial production of Lactic Acid using wastes (dairy waste & rice straw) as substrates, for the production of bioplastic Aikat, K. Adhikari, U. Department of higher education, Science & Technology and Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal. 1,370,000 Sponsored Ongoing 2019
3 Application potential of grapheme and grapheme oxide for treatment of dye-stuff effluents (student project) Aikat, K. Das, P. (JU) The Institution of Engineers (India) 150,000 Sponsored Completed 2013 2014
4 Food Safety Analysis in Durgapur Region Aikat, K. Dey, A.; Chaudhuri, S.; Dutta, D. TEQIP (services to community) 50,000 Sponsored Completed 2009 2009

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of the auxiliary enzymes Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases (LPMOs) and xylanases from the genome of the thermophilic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus NITDGPKA3 Mukhopadhyay, S.S. Aikat, K. Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India 4,761,600 Sponsored Ongoing 2022
2 Microbial production of Lactic Acid using wastes (dairy waste & rice straw) as substrates, for the production of bioplastic Aikat, K. Adhikari, U. Department of higher education, Science & Technology and Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal. 1,370,000 Sponsored Ongoing 2019
3 Application potential of grapheme and grapheme oxide for treatment of dye-stuff effluents (student project) Aikat, K. Das, P. (JU) The Institution of Engineers (India) 150,000 Sponsored Completed 2013 2014
4 Food Safety Analysis in Durgapur Region Aikat, K. Dey, A.; Chaudhuri, S.; Dutta, D. TEQIP (services to community) 50,000 Sponsored Completed 2009 2009

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
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Journals

ID Details Year
2022 1. Comparative Biochemical and Structural Properties of an Industrially Important Biocatalyst Cellobiohydrolase Cel7A from Thermophilic Aspergillus fumigatus SR Dodda, M Hossain, P Jain, K Aikat, SS Mukhopadhyay Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology 58:564–574 SCI/SCOPUS Springer https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0003683822050064 2022
2022 2. Sorptive uptake of Ranitidine hydrochloride by Parthenium hysterophorus based chemically treated N-biochar in static bed continuous flow system Sandip Mondal, Kaustav Aikat, Gopinath Halder Results in Surfaces and Interfaces 8:100071 SCOPUS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsurfi.2022.100071 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666845922000186 2022
2022 3. Protein profiling of rice (Khas) and mustard (Jhumi) seeds before and after infected by seed borne mycoflora Tanmay Ghosh, Mohan Kumar Biswas, Kaustav Aikat Materials Today: Proceedings 51:815-819 SCOPUS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.06.241 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214785321046216 2022
2021 4. Computational approach for identification, characterization, three-dimensional structure modelling and machine learning-based thermostability prediction of xylanases from the genome of Aspergillus fumigatus Subba Reddy Dodda, Musaddique Hossain, Bishwajit Singh Kapoor, Shreya Dasgupta, Kaustav Aikat, Sudit S Mukhopadhyay Computational Biology and Chemistry 91:107451 SCI/SCOPUS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2021.107451 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1476927121000189 2021
2019 5. Energy assessment and enhancement of the lipid yield of indigenous Chlorella sp. KA-24NITD using Taguchi approach Kiran Bobde, Huda Momin, Ashish Bhattacharjee, Kaustav Aikat Renewable Energy 131:1226-1235 SCOPUS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.07.128 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S096014811830925X 2019
2019 6. DETERMINATION OF LEVEL OF SEED INFECTIVITY CAUSED BY RICE (Oryza sativa) SEED BORNE MYCOFLORA: AN in-vitro STUDY TANMAY GHOSH, MK BISWAS, KAUSTAV AIKAT PLANT CELL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 20(23-24):1408-1419 SCOPUS I. K. Press https://www.ikprress.org/index.php/PCBMB/article/view/4901 2019
2019 7. Isolation and Phylogenetic Identification of Seed borne Mycoflora associated with Rice and Ecofriendly management by Datura stramonium with Phytochemical Screening : GC-MS analysis Tanmay Ghosh, MK Biswas, Kaustav Aikat Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (UGC Approved Journal no 63975) 6(5):701-711 Others IJ Publication https://www.jetir.org/view?paper=JETIRCU06130 2019
2018 8. A review on seed borne mycoflora associated with different cereal crop seeds and their management TANMAY Ghosh, MK Biswas, CHIRANJIB Guin, PRADIPTA Roy, KAUSTAV Aikat Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology 19(3&4):107-117 SCOPUS I.K.Press https://www.ikprress.org/index.php/PCBMB/article/view/1279 2018
2018 9. Structural and functional insights of β-glucosidases identified from the genome of Aspergillus fumigatus Subba Reddy Dodda, Aparajita Aich, Nibedita Sarkar, Piyush Jain, Sneha Jain, Sudipa Mondal, Kaustav Aikat, Sudit S Mukhopadhyay Journal of Molecular Structure 1156:105-114 SCI/SCOPUS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2017.11.078 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022286017315661 2018
2018 10. A review on seed borne mycoflora associated with different oilseed crops and their management Tanmay Ghosh, MK Biswas, K Aikat International Journal of Pure and Applied Biosciences 6(1):1526-1538 Others http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6371 Vital Biotech Publishers http://www.ijpab.com/form/2018 Volume 6, issue 1/IJPAB-2018-6-1-1526-1538.pdf 2018
2018 11. Evaluation of the Phytochemical Investigation and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Different Extract of Leaves of Croton bonplandianum Against Some Pathogenic Bacteria Salmonella enterica ser. typhi and Staphylococcus haemolyticus Tanmay Ghosh, MK Biswas, Kaustav Aikat International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 6(1): 1494-1503 Others http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6366 Vital Biotech Publishers http://www.ijpab.com/form/2018 Volume 6, issue 1/IJPAB-2018-6-1-1494-1503.pdf 2018
2017 12. Optimizing ranitidine hydrochloride uptake of Parthenium hysterophorus derived N-biochar through response surface methodology and artificial neural network Sandip Mondal, Kaustav Aikat, Kumar Siddharth, Krishna Sarkar, Rachana DasChaudhury, Gulshan Mandal, Gopinath Halder Process Safety and Environmental Protection 107:388-401 SCOPUS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2017.03.011 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0957582017300770 2017
2016 13. Biosorptive uptake of ibuprofen by chemically modified Parthenium hysterophorus derived biochar: equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics and modeling Sandip Mondal, Kaustav Aikat, Gopinath Halder Ecological Engineering 92:158-172 SCI/SCOPUS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.03.022 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925857416301719 2016

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Mobile : +91-9434788140
Email : kaustav.aikat@bt.nitdgp.ac.in, aikatk@yahoo.co.in

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