Bioprocess Engineering and Technology Fundamentals

1- Basics of Microbiology

Bishal Pun, Upashna Chettri, Nirmala Akoijam, and S.R. Joshi

2- Basics of Biochemistry

Jayanti Mukherjee  and Nibedita Mahata

3- Cellular Metabolism and Bioenergetics

Shivam Rai, Sahil Kumar, Navneet,  Sunil Kumar, and Chiranjib Banerjee

4- Molecular Biology and Cellular Physiology

Amiya Ojha, Partha Palit, Tarun Kanti Bandyopadhyay, and Nibedita Mahata

5- Basic Bioprocess Engineering Calculations

Hrijuta Datta and Deeplina Das

6- Reaction Engineering Basics

Pema Lhamo and Biswanath Mahanty

7- Fluid Mechanics

Tarun Kanti Bandyopadhyay, Gaurav Chandola, Shubhankar Debnath, and Pradip Sarkar

8- Heat Transfer Principles

Soma Nag

9- Mass Transfer Principles

Abhijit Chatterjee, Uttara Mahapatra, and Swagata Chakraborty

10- Instrumentation and Methods of Analysis

Bhabatush Biswas, Abhishek Kumar, Tarun Kanti Bandyopadhyay, and Tridib Kumar Bhowmick

Biography

Biswanath Bhunia is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, India, with over 12 years of experience in the field of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology. He earned his PhD from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, where he specialized on the production and characterization of microbial enzymes, especially alkaline proteases. Development of sustainable bioprocesses for various bioproducts using microbial platforms is the focus of his lab. In order to create a cleaner and greener future, his group is also working to remove emerging pollutants from the environment using principles of biochemical engineering. He is also interested in the pathway analysis of complex diseases based on multiple biological networks. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, contributed over 20 book chapters, and co-holds a patent in enzyme production.

Navneet Joshi is currently working as Assistant Professor (Biotechnology) in the Department of Bioscience, SLAS, Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh, Sikar, Rajasthan, India. He did his Ph.D. at University of Rajasthan India on microbial bioprocess biotechnology/Agri- Agri-biotechnology and molecular biology with special reference to molecular characterization of industrial isolates.

Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj is a bioprocess engineer, currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the National Institute of Technology Agartala, India, with over ten years of experience spanning academia and industry. He holds a Ph.D. in Biosciences and Bioengineering from IIT Guwahati, where he specialised in various biochemical and system biology approaches to augment productivity of biomolecules. His prior industrial role at Sterling Biotech involved upstream bioprocess development and scale-up for bioactive compounds like coenzyme Q10 and hyaluronic acid. His research interests include algal biofuel production, bioprocess engineering, and metabolic engineering. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, contributed over 10 book chapters, and co-holds a patent in sustainable algal biomass production.