Kannan Pakshirajan obtained BPharm from the Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University and MTech in Biotechnology from Jadavpur University. He obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras. He was a BOYSCAST Fellow at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands. As an Environmental Biotechnologist he has been intimately associated with toxicity removal in air, soil and water environment. He joined IIT Guwahati in 2004 and has spent over 18 years of teaching and research focusing on technologies to treat contaminated environment and toxicity removal. He has served as a Visiting Researcher in the discipline of Microbiology at National University of Ireland Galway. He is ‘DBT Nominee’ for the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC) constituted at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya. Pakshirajan has made significant contributions to environmental biotechnology with over 200 publications and 2 edited books.
- Ph. D. (Department of Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India (2000-2004)
- M. Tech. (Department of Life Science and Biotechnology), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India (1997-1999)
- B. Pharm. (C.L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy), The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India (1993-1997)
- Head, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, February 2016 - January 2019
- Professor, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, April 2015 - Till date
- Associate Dean, Students Affairs, IIT Guwahati, November 2014 - April 2016
- Chairman, Students Welfare Board, IIT Guwahati, July 2013 - November 2014
- Associate Professor, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, September 2008 - March 2015
- Chairman, Hostel Affairs Board, IIT Guwahati, July 2008 - June 2010
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, July 2004 - August 2008
- Project Officer, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, April 2004 - June 2004
- Half-time Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical Eng., IIT Madras, January 2000 - March 2004
- Biochemical Engineering Laboratory
- Bioprocess Engineering
- Biofuels
- Biomolecular and Cellular Process Engineering
- Bioseparation Engineering
- Chemical Reaction Engineering
- Environmental Biology and Microbiology
- Environmental Biotechnology
- Experimental and Analytical Techniques for Chemical Engineers
- Industrial Wastewater Treatment
- Microbial Biotechnology
- Microbiology
- Modern Biology
- Solid Waste Management
Journals
1. Dipak Kumar Kanaujiya, Ajay Kumar Chhantyal, G. Pugazhenthi, Kannan Pakshirajan "A novel hybrid system for continuous biodegradation and toxicity removal of low molecular weight phthalates", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. DOI.10.1016/j.jece.2023.109983, Vol.11, 3, P.P 109983- , (2023)
2. Sahu, S.; Rajbonshi, M.P.; Gujre, N.; Gupta, M.K.; Shelke, R.G.; Ghose, A.; Rangan, L.; Pakshirajan, K.; Mitra, S. "Bacterial strains found in the soils of a municipal solid waste dumping site facilitated phosphate solubilization along with cadmium remediation", Chemosphere. DOI. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132320 , Vol., , P.P - , (2022)
3. Arun, S.; Ramasamy, S.; Pakshirajan, K.; Pugazhenthi, G. "Bioelectricity production and shortcut nitrogen removal by microalgal-bacterial consortia using membrane photosynthetic microbial fuel cell", Journal of Environmental Management. DOI.10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113871, Vol., , P.P - , (2022)
4. Goswami, K.P.; Pakshirajan, K.; Pugazhenthi, G. "Process intensification through waste fly ash conversion and application as ceramic membranes: A review", Science of the Total Environment. DOI.10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151968, Vol., , P.P - , (2022)
5. Dipak Kumar Kanaujiya; Selvanayaki Sivashanmugam; Kannan Pakshirajan "Biodegradation and toxicity removal of phthalate mixture by Gordonia sp. in a continuous stirred tank bioreactor system", Environmental Technology & Innovation. DOI.10.1016/j.eti.2022.102324, Vol., , P.P - , (2022)
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