assistant professor microbiology earth and environmental

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Name: Dr. Ram Naresh Bharagava

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Microbiology

School: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Tel No:

Mob No.: 9918919369; 9793165547

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Webpage: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=24ehYt0AAAAJ&hl=en

Education Qualification

Qualification Organization Year of Award

Undergraduate Lucknow University, Lucknow 1998

Post-graduation Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology

(GBPUA&T), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

2004

Ph.D. Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India +

CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR),

Lucknow (Work Place)

2010

Post-Doctoral Training

CSIR-IITR, Lucknow 2011

Professional Experience (In Years)

Teaching Experience: 09 Years & 08 Months Research Experience: 12 Years

Areas of Research (Maximum Five Bullet Points) • Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology. • Bioremediation of Industrial/Environmental Pollutants with Bioenergy/Biofuel Production. • Ecotoxicology. • Metagenomics. • Water & Wastewater Microbiology.

Honour/Prize/Awards: 03

1. Outstanding Research Achievement Award-2021: Awarded for ranking among the World’s

Top 2% Scientist in a study made by Stanford University, USA (published in PLoS Biology

Journal) based on significant Academic and Research Contribution during the Year 2020.

2. Research & Academic Excellence Award-2021: Awarded for significantly contribution in

Academic and Research Development in Life Science during the Year 2020.

3. Best Poster Award-2006: Awarded at 26th Annual National Conference of “The Academy of

Environmental Biology” on the “Environmental Scenario: Challenges and Solutions” held at

Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa (M.P.) - 486003, India, from Dec. 23-25, 2006.

2

Research/Consultancy Grants

Title of Projects Funding Agency Duration

Total

Grant

Role

(PI/CO-PI)

Development and optimization of a

bacterial process for the degradation

and detoxification of recalcitrant organic

pollutants (ROPs) from tannery

wastewater for environmental safety

Department of Science

& Technology (DST),

Government of India,

New Delhi 110 002

March 20, 2018

to

March 19, 2021

47.70

Lakh Principal

Investigator

Development and demonstration of pulp

paper mill effluent detoxification

technology after secondary treatment by

combination of bio-augmentation and

constructed wetland treatment process

for re-use and prevention of river

pollution

Department of

Biotechnology (DBT),

Government of India

New Delhi 110 003

March 28, 2018

to

March 27, 2021

72.59

Lakh Co-

Investigator

Characterization of the recalcitrant

organic pollutants (ROPs) and

bacterial communities in tannery

wastewater (TWW) after secondary

treatment process and it’s toxicological

effects in environment

Department of Science

& Technology (DST),

Government of India,

New Delhi- 110 002

July 12, 2013

to

July 11, 2017

44.14

lakh

Principal

Investigator

Detection of persistent organic

pollutants (POPs) and bacterial

communities in distillery wastewater

contaminated aquatic resources after

secondary treatment process

University Grants

Commission (UGC),

Government of India

New Delhi- 110 002

Sept, 2012

to

Sept, 2014

6.0

lakh

Principal

Investigator

Publications: 157 (Total Impact Factor: 297.457)

Research & Review Papers: 80 (Research Papers: 60 & Review Papers: 20) S. No. Author’s Title Journal, Volume

& Page No.

Year

1. Roop Kishor, Ganesh Dattatraya

Saratale, Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Luiz

Fernando Romanholo Ferreira,

Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz M.N.Iqbal &

Ram Naresh Bharagava

Efficient degradation and

detoxification of methylene blue dye

by a newly isolated ligninolytic

enzyme producing bacterium Bacillus

albus MW407057

Colloids and Surfaces

B: Biointerfaces

206: 111947 (IF: 5.268)

2021

2. Roop Kishor, Diane Purchase,

Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Luiz

Fernando R. Ferreira, Muhammad

Bilal, Hafiz M. N. Iqbal, Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Environment friendly degradation

and detoxification of Congo red dye

and textile industry wastewater by a

newly isolated Bacillus cohnni

(MW406977)  

Environmental

Technology &

Innovations,

22, 101425 (IF: 5.263)

2021

3. Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Si Kyung

Cho, Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale,

Gajanan S. Ghodake, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Dong Su Kim, Supriya

Nair, Han Seung Shin

Efficient bioconversion of sugarcane

bagasse into polyhydroxybutyrate

(PHB) by Lysinibacillus sp. and its

characterization

Bioresource Technology,

324, 124673

(IF: 7.539)

2021

3

4. Debora S. Vilar, Clara D. Fernandes,

Victor R.S. Nascimento, Nadia H.

Torres, Manuela S. Leiteam, Ram

Naresh Bharagava, Muhammad

Bilal, Giancarlo R. Salazar-Banda,

Katlin I. Barrios Eguiluz, Luiz

Fernando Romanholo Ferreira

Hyper-production optimization of

fungal oxidative green enzymes using

citrus low-cost byproduct

Journal of

Environmental

Chemical Engineering,

9 (1), 105013

(IF: 4.300)

2021

5. Sandhya Mishra, Shaohua Chen,

Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Rijuta

Ganesh Saratale, Luiz Fernando R.

Ferreira, Muhammad Bilal and Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Reduction of hexavalent chromium

by Microbacterium paraoxydans

isolated from tannery wastewater and

characterization of its reduced

products

Journal of Water Process

Engineering, 39, 101748

(IF: 3.465)

2021

6. Gaurav Saxena, Diane Purchase,

Sikandar I. Mulla, Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Degradation and detoxification of

leather tannery effluent by a newly

developed bacterial consortium GS-

TE1310 for environmental safety

Journal of Water Process

Engineering. 38: 101592

(IF: 3.465)

2020

7. Pankaj Chowdhary, Shreesh Raj

Sammi, Rakesh Pandey, Gaurav

Kaithwas, Abhay Raj, Jiwan Singh

and Ram Naresh Bharagava

Bacterial degradation of distillery

wastewater pollutants and their

metabolites characterization and its

toxicity evaluation by using

Caenorhabditis elegans as terrestrial

test models

Chemosphere

261:127689

(IF: 5.708)

2020

8. Clara Dourado Fernandes, Victor

Ruan Silva Nascimento, Diego

Batista Meneses, Débora S. Vilar,

Nádia Hortense Torres, Manuela

Souza Leite, José Roberto Veja-

Baudrit, Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz M.

N. Iqbal, Ram Naresh Bharagava,

Silvia Maria Egues, Luiz Fernando

Romanholo Ferreira

Fungal biosynthesis of lignin-

modifying enzymes from pulp wash

and Luffa cylindrical for azo dye

RB5 biodecolorization using

modeling by response surface

methodology and artificial neural

network

Journal of Hazardous

Materials, 399:123094

(IF: 7.650)

2020

9. Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira,

Nádia Hortense Torres, Rafael

Dutrade Armas, Clara Dourado

Fernandes, Débora da Silva Vilar,

Mário Mamede Aguiar, Georgia

Bertoni Pompeu, Regina Teresa

Rosim Monteiro, Hafiz M. N. Iqbal,

Muhammad Bilal, Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Fungal lignin-modifying enzymes

induced by vinasse mycodegradation

and its relationship with oxidative

stress

Biocatalysis and

Agricultural

Biotechnology, 27:

101691

2020

10. Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Si-Kyung

Cho, Gajanan S. Ghodake, Han-

Seung Shin, Ganesh Dattatraya

Saratale, Yooheon Park, Hee-Seok

Lee, Ram Naresh Bharagava and

Dong-Su Kim

Utilization of noxious weed water

hyacinth biomass as a potential

feedstock for biopolymers

production: A novel approach

Polymers 2020

11. Rodrigo S. Carvalho, Ianny Andrade

Cruz, Juliana Heloisa Pine Américo-

Pinheiro, Renato N. Soriano, Ranyere

Lucenade Souza, Muhammad Bilal,

Hafiz M. N. Iqbal, Ram Naresh

Bharagava and Luiz Fernando

Romanholo Ferreira

Interaction between Saccharomyces

cerevisiae and Lactobacillus

fermentum during co-culture

fermentation

Biocatalysis and

Agricultural

Biotechnology, 29:

101756

2020

4

12. Larissa Renata Santos Andrade,

Ianny Andrade Cruz, Luciano de

Melo, Débora da Silva Vilar, Lucas

Tadeu Fuess, Gabriel Reis e Silva,

Victor Matheus Silva Manhães,

Nádia Hortense Torres, Renato Nery

Soriano, Ram Naresh Bharagava,

Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira,

Renan Tavares Figueiredo

Oyster shell-based alkalinization and

photocatalytic removal of cyanide as

low-cost stabilization approaches for

enhanced biogas production from

cassava starch wastewater

Process Safety and

Environmental

Protection.

139: 47-59

(IF: 4.384)

2020

13. Iraí Tadeu Ferreira de Resende,

Vanina Cardoso Viana Andrade,

Diego Lopes Coriolano, Ana Cláudia

de Melo Oliveira, Denilson Pereira

Gonçalves, Rufino Manuel Navarro

Yerga, Jose Luiz Garcia Fierro,

Muhammad Bilal, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Luiz Fernando

Romanholo Ferreira, Odelsia Leonor

Sanchez de Alsina, Renan Tavares

Figueiredo

Use of a solar low-cost open-source

controlled plant for WCOEE

synthesis based on eggshell catalyst

Bioresource Technology

Reports,

11: 100430

2020

14. Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Rijuta

Ganesh Saratale, Sunita Varjani, Si-

Kyung Cho, Gajanan S. Ghodake,

Avinash Kadam, Sikandar I Mulla,

Ram Naresh Bharagava, Dong-Su

Kim, Han Seung Shin

Development of ultrasound aided

chemical pretreatment methods to

enrich saccharification of wheat

waste biomass for

polyhydroxybutyrate production and

its characterization

Industrial Crops &

Products, 150: 112425

(IF: 4.191)

2020

15. Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Rijuta

Ganesh Saratale, Si-Kyung Cho,

Gajanan Ghodake, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Yooheon Park, Sikandar

I. Mulla, Dong-Su Kim, Avinash

Kadam, Supriya Nair, Han-Seung

Shin

Investigation of photocatalytic

degradation of reactive textile dyes

by Portulaca oleracea-functionalized

silver nanocomposites and

exploration of their antibacterial and

antidiabetic potentials

Journal of Alloys &

Compounds, 833:

155083

(IF: 4.175)

2020

16. Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Hee-Young

Kim, Yooheon Park, Han Seung

Shin, Gajanan Ghodake, Ram

Naresh Bharagava, Sikandar I.

Mulla, Dong-Su Kim, Ganesh

Dattatraya Saratale

Hydrometallurgical process for the

recovery of yttrium from spent

fluorescent lamp: Leaching and

crystallization experiments

Journal of Cleaner

Production

261: 121009

(IF: 6.395)

2020

17. Ytallo W. G. Cruz, Yago A. Vieira,

Débora S. Vilar, Nádia H. Torres,

Mario M. Aguiar, Eliane B.

Cavalcanti, Juliana H. P. Américo-

Pinheiro, Renato N. Soriano, Ram N.

Bharagava, Álvaro S. Lima & Luiz

F. R. Ferreira

Pulp wash: a new source for

production of ligninolytic enzymes

and biomass and its toxicological

evaluation after biological treatment

Environmental

Technology.

41 (14): 1837–1847

(IF: 1.667)

2020

18. Joberson Alves Junior, Yago Araujo

Vieira, Ianny Andrade Cruz, Devora

Da Silva Vilar, Mario M. Aguiar,

Nadia Hortense Torres, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Alvaro Silva Lima,

Ranyere Lucena De Souza, Luiz


Sequential degradation of raw vinasse

by laccase enzyme producing fungus

Pleurotus sajor-caju and its ATPS

purification

Biotechnology Reports.

25: 00411

2020

5

19. Moniky S. Aragao, Diego B.

Menezes, Larissa C. Ramos, Helon S.

Oliveira, Ram Naresh Bharagava,

Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira,

Jose A. Teixeira, Denise S. Ruzene,

Daniel P. Silva

Mycoremediation of vinasse by

surface response methodology and

preliminary studies in air-lift

bioreactors

Chemosphere

244: 125432

(IF: 5.708)

2020

20. Anil Kumar Singh, Pooja Yadav,

Ram Naresh Bharagava, Ganesh

Dattatraya Saratale and Abhay Raj

Biotransformation and Cytotoxicity

Evaluation of Kraft Lignin Degraded

by Ligninolytic Serratia liquefaciens

Front. Microbiol. 10:

2364

(IF: 4.259)

2019

21. Ianny Andrade Cruz , Luciano de

Melo, Ariadne Nunes Leite, Joao

Victor Melquiades Satiro, Larissa

Renata Santos Andrade, Nadia

Hortense Torres, Rebeca Yndira

Cabrera Padilla, Ram N. Bharagava,

Renan Figueiredo Tavares, Luiz


A new approach using an open-

source low cost system for

monitoring and controlling biogas

production from dairy wastewater

Journal of Cleaner

Production. 118284

(IF: 6.395)

2019

22. Dummi Mahadevan Gurumurthy,

Ram Naresh Bharagava, Ashok

Kumar, Bhaskar Singh, Muhammad

Ashfaq, Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale,

Sikandar I. Mulla

EPS bound flavins driven mediated

electron transfer in thermophilic

Geobacillus sp.

Microbiological

Research. 229: 126324

(IF: 2.561)

2019

23. Lata Verma, Mohd Adil Siddique,

Jiwan Singh, Ram Naresh

Bharagava

As(III) and As(V) removal by using

iron impregnated biosorbents derived

from waste biomass of Citrus

limmeta (peel and pulp) from the

aqueous solution and ground water

Journal of

Environmental

Management. 250:

109452

(IF: 4.865)

2019

24. Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Ganesh

Dattatraya Saratale, Si Kyung Cho,

Dong Su Kim, Gajanan S. Ghodake,

Avinash Kadam, Gopalakrishanan

Kumar, Ram Naresh Bharagava,

Rajesh Banu, Han Seung Shin

Pretreatment of kenaf (Hibiscus

cannabinus L.) biomass feedstock for

polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)

production and characterization


282: 75-80

(IF: 7.539)

2019

25. Ashutosh Yadav, Abhay Raj, Diane

Purchase, Luiz Fernando R. Ferreira,

Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, and Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Phytotoxicity, cytotoxicity and

genotoxicity evaluation of organic

and inorganic pollutants rich tannery

wastewater from a Common Effluent

Treatment Plant (CETP) in Unnao

district, India using Vigna radiata

and Allium cepa

Chemosphere

224: 324-332

(IF: 5.708)

2019

26. Surabhi Zainith, Diane Purchase,

Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Luiz

Fernando R. Ferreira, Muhammad

Bilal & Ram Naresh Bharagava

Isolation and characterization of

lignin degrading bacterium Bacillus

aryabhattai from pulp and paper mill

wastewater and evaluation of its

lignin degrading potential

3Biotech, 9:92

(IF: 1.786) 2019

27. Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Gajanan S.

Ghodake, Surendra K. Shinde, Si-

Kyung Cho, Ganesh Dattatraya

Saratale, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi,


Photocatalytic activity of

CuO/Cu(OH)2 nanostructures in the

degradation of Reactive Green 19A

and textile effluent, phytotoxicity

studies and their biogenic properties

(antibacterial and anticancer)

Journal of

Environmental

Management. 223:

1086-1097

(IF: 4.010)

2018

6

28. Aline Trentini Da Silveira, Lucineide

Aparecida Maranho, Nadia Hortense

Torres, Luiz Fernando Romanholo

Ferreira, Marilia Moura de Salles

Pupo, Ram Naresh Bharagava,

Bruno Santos Souza, Monica Jones

Costa, Valdemar Luiz Tornisielo

Assessment of 14C-sulfadiazine on

Danio rerio (zebrafish)

Journal of

Radioanalytical and

Nuclear Chemistry

318: 1001-1008

(IF: 1.181)

2018

29. Pankaj Chowdhary, Ashutosh Yadav,

R. Singh, Ram Chandra, D.P. Singh,

Abhay Raj, Ram Naresh Bharagava

Stress response of Triticum aestivum

L. and Brassica juncea L. against

heavy metals growing at distillery

and tannery wastewater contaminated

site

Chemosphere

206: 122-131

(IF: 4.427)

2018

30. Ram Naresh Bharagava, Sujata

Mani, Sikandar I. Mulla, Ganesh

Dattatraya Saratale

Degradation and decolourization

potential of an ligninolytic enzyme

producing Aeromonas hydrophila for

crystal violet dye and its

phytotoxicity evaluation

Ecotoxicology and

Environmental Safety.

156: 166-175

(IF: 4.527)

2018

31. Surya Pratap Goutam, Gaurav

Saxena, Varunika Singh, Anil Kumar

Yadav, Ram Naresh Bharagava,

Khem B. Thapa

Green synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles

using leaf extract of Jatropha curcas

L. for photocatalytic degradation of

tannery wastewater

Chemical Engineering

Journal. 336: 386-396

(IF: 8.355)

2018

32. Ram Naresh Bharagava and

Sandhya Mishra

Hexavalent chromium reduction

potential of Cellulosimicrobium sp.

isolated from common effluent

treatment plant of tannery industries

Ecotoxicology and

Environmental Safety.

147: 102–109

(IF: 4.527)

2018

33. Ram Naresh Bharagava, Gaurav

Saxena, Sikandar I. Mulla, Devendra

Kumar Patel

Characterization and identification of

recalcitrant organic pollutants (ROPs)

in tannery wastewater and its

phytotoxicity evaluation for

environmental safety

Archives of

Environmental

Contamination and

Toxicology. 75: 259–272

(IF: 2.135)

2018

34. Sikandar I. Mulla, Fuad Ameen, Preeti N. Tallur, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Manjunatha Bangeppagari, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani, Zabin K. Bagewadi, Gurumurthy D. Mahadevan, Chang-Ping Yu, Harichandra Z. Ninnekar

Aerobic degradation of fenvalerate by

a Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus

flexus strain XJU-4

3Biotech. 7: 320-328.

(IF: 1.497) 2017

35. Pankaj Chowdhary, Nandkishor

More, Abhay Raj and Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Characterization and identification of

bacterial pathogens from treated

tannery wastewater

Microbiology Research

International. 5(3): 30-

36

2017

36. Sujata Mani & Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Isolation, screening and biochemical

characterization of bacteria capable

of crystal violet dye decolorization

International Journal of

Applied and Advanced

Scientific Research.

2(2): 70-75.

2017

37. A. Verma, S. Singh, N. Dhusia, R. N.

Bhargava, R. Kumar, R. Gautam,

Islamuddin, K.R. Venkatesh, N.

More

Qualitative Determination of Virgin

and Recycled Plastic Used for

Drinking and Storing Foodstuff: An

Analytical Study Using SEM/EDX


Health Sciences and

Research. 7(3): 275-283.

(IF: 3.624)

2017

38. Vineeta Kumari, Ashutosh Yadav,

Izharul Haq, Sharad Kumar, Ram

Naresh Bharagava, Sudheer Kumar

Genotoxicity evaluation of tannery

effluent treated with newly isolated

hexavalent chromium reducing

Journal of

Environmental

Management. 183: 204-

211 (IF: 4.010)

2016

7

Singh , Abhay Raj

Bacillus cereus

39. Izharul Haq, Vineeta Kumari, Sharad

Kumar, Abhay Raj, Mohtashim

Lohani, and Ram Naresh Bhargava

Evaluation of the Phytotoxic and

Genotoxic Potential of Pulp and

Paper Mill Effluent Using Vigna

radiata and Allium cepa

Hindawi Publishing

Corporation Advances

in Biology. 1-10

2016

40. Anjali Verma, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Venkatesh Kumar,

Ashima Singh, Namita Dhusia, and

Nandkishor More

Role of macrophytes in heavy metal

removal through rhizo-filtration in

aquatic ecosystem

European Journal of

Biotechnology and

Bioscience 4(10):15-20

2016

41. Ashutosh Yadav, Abhay Raj and


Detection and Characterization of a

Multidrug and Multimetal Resistant

Enterobacterium Pantoea sp. from

Tannery Wastewater after Secondary

Treatment Process

Int. J. Plant and Environ.

2(1-2): 37-42 2016

42. Ram Naresh Bharagava, Sangeeta

Yadav and Ram Chandra

Antibiotic and heavy metal resistance

properties of bacteria isolated from

the aeration lagoons of common

effluent treatment plant (CETP) of

tannery industries (Unnao, India)

Ind. J. Biotechnol.

13: 514-519

(IF: 0.51)

2014

43. Ram Chandra and Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Bacterial degradation of synthetic and

kraft lignin by axenic and mixed

culture and their metabolic products

J. Environ. Biology

34 (3)

(IF: 0.697)

2013

44. Rajesh Kumar, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Manish Kumar, Sanjeev

K Singh and Govind K

Enhanced biodegradation of mobile

oil hydrocarbons by biosurfactant

producing bacterial consortium in

wheat and mustard rhizosphere

J. Pet. Environ.

Biotechnol. 4:5

(IF: 2.89)

2013

45. R. Chandra, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, A. Kapley and H.J.

Purohit

Characterization of Phargmites

cummunis rhizosphere bacterial

communities and metabolic products

during the two stage sequential

treatment of post methanated

distillery effluent by bacteria and

wetland plants


103: 78-86

(IF: 7.539)

2012


Bharagava, A. Kapley and H.J.

Purohit

Bacterial diversity, organic pollutant

and their metabolites in two aeration

lagoons of common effluent

treatment plant (CETP) during the

degradation and detoxification of

tannery wastewater


102: 2333-2341

(IF: 7.539)

2011

47. Ram Chandra, Sangeeta Yadav, Ram

Naresh Bharagava and Vibhuti Rai

Phenol degradation by Paenibacillus

thiaminolyticus and Bacillus cereus

in axenic and mixed conditions.

World J. Microbiol.

Biotechnol.

27: 2939-2947

(IF: 2.1)

2011

48. Ram Naresh Bharagava and R.

Chandra

Effect of bacteria treated and

untreated post-methanated distillery

effluent (PMDE) on seed

germination, seedling growth and

amylase activity in Phaseolus mungo

L.


Materials

180: 730-734

(IF: 6.434)

2010

49. Ram Naresh Bharagava and Ram

Chandra

Biodegradation of the major color

containing compounds in distillery

wastewater by an aerobic bacterial

Biodegradation Journal

21:703-711

(IF: 2.410)

2010

8

culture and characterization of their

metabolites

50. Ram Naresh Bharagava, Ram

Chandra and Vibhuti Rai


aerobic bacteria capable of the

degradation of synthetic and natural

melanoidins from distillery effluent

World J. Microbiol.

Biotechnol.

25: 737-744

(IF: 2.1)

2009

51. Ram Chandra, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Vibhuti Rai and Shio

Kumar Singh

Characterization of sucrose-glutamic

acid Maillard products (SGMPs)

degrading bacteria and their

metabolites


100: 6665-6668

(IF: 7.539)

2009


Bharagava, S. Yadav and D. Mohan

Accumulation and distribution of

toxic metals in wheat (Triticum

aestivum L.) and Indian mustard

(Brassica campestris L.) irrigated

with distillery and tannery effluents


Materials

162: 1514-1521

(IF: 6.434)

2009


Bharagava, Atya Kapley and

Hemant J. Purohit


potential aerobic bacteria capable for

pyridine degradation in presence of

picoline, phenol and formaldehyde as

co-pollutants

World J. Microbiol.

Biotechnol.

25: 2113–2119

(IF: 2.1)

2009

54. Ram Chandra, Sangeeta Yadav and


Biodegradation of pyridine raffinate

by two bacterial co-cultures of

Bacillus cereus (DQ435020) and

Alcaligenes faecalis (DQ435021)

World J. Microbiol.

Biotechnol.

26: 685-692

(IF: 2.1)

2009

55. Ram Naresh Bharagava and Ram

Chandra


phenolic compounds by 1H NMR and

Mass spectrometric analysis from

sugar cane molasses post methanated

distillery effluent

Ind. J. Environ. Prot.

29 (10): 873-881

(IF: 0.13)

2009

56. Ram Naresh Bharagava, R. Chandra

and V. Rai

Phytoextraction of trace elements and

physiological changes in Indian

mustard plants (Brassica nigra L.)

grow in post methanated distillery

effluent (PMDE) irrigated soil


99 (17): 8316-8324

(IF: 7.539)

2008

57. Ram Chandra, Sangeeta Yadav, Ram

Naresh Bharagava and R C Murthy

Bacterial pretreatment enhances

removal of heavy metals during

treatment of post-methanated

distillery effluent by Typha angustata

L.

J. Environ. Manag.

88:1016-1024

(IF: 4.010)

2008


Chandra and Shio Kumar Singh

Characterization of phenolic

metabolites from post methanated

distillery effluent (PMDE) after

degradation with bacterial consortium


28 (11):1019-1027

(IF: 0.13)

2008


Chandra and Shio Kumar Singh

Elucidation of Chemical structure of

Phenolic Compounds by H1 NMR

and GC-mass Spectrometry present in

anaerobically digested distillery

effluent


26 (11):1015-1018

(IF: 0.13)

2006

60. Ram Naresh Bharagava and Vijay

Kumar Khanna

Assessment of genetic diversity in

Indian aromatic rice (Oryza sativa L.)

accessions by RAPD marker

Pantnagar Journal of

Research.

4 (2): 95-100

2006

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technique

(NAAS Rating: 4.60)

Review Articles: 20

61. Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Si-

Kyung Cho, Ganesh

Dattatraya Saratale, Avinash

A. Kadam, Gajanan S.

Ghodake, Manu Kumar, Ram

Naresh Bharagava,

Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Dong

Su Kim, Sikandar I. Mulla,

Han Seung Shin

A comprehensive overview and recent

advances on polyhydroxyalkanoates

(PHA) production using various organic

waste streams


325: 124685

(IF: 7.539)

2021

62. Ianny Andrade Cruz, Larissa

Renata Santos Andrade, Ram

Naresh Bharagava, Ashok

Kumar Nadda, Muhammad

Bilal, Renan Tavares

Figueiredo, Luiz Fernando

Romanholo Ferreira

Valorization of cassava residues for

biogas production in Brazil based on the

circular economy: An updated and

comprehensive review

Cleaner Engineering and

Technology. 4: 100196

2021

63. Sarmad Ahmad Qamar,

Mahpara Qamar, Muhammad

Bilal, Ram Naresh


Romanholo Ferreira, Farooq

Sher, Hafiz M.N.Iqbal

Cellulose-deconstruction potential of

nano-biocatalytic systems: A strategic

drive from designing to sustainable

applications of immobilized cellulases


Biological

Macromolecules.

185: 1-19

(IF: 5.162)

2021

64. Roop Kishor, Diane Purchase,

Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale,

Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Luiz

Fernando R. Ferreira,

Muhammad Bilal, Ram

Chandra, Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Ecotoxicological and health concerns of

persistent coloring pollutants of textile

industry wastewater and treatment

approaches for environmental safety

Journal of

Environmental Chemical

Engineering,

105012

(IF: 4.300)

2021

65. Mahfouz Nasser , Snehal

Palwe, Ram Naresh

Bhargava, Marc G. J.

Feuilloley and Arun S. Kharat

Retrospective analysis on antimicrobial

resistance trends and prevalence of β-

lactamases in Escherichia coli and

ESKAPE pathogens isolated from

arabian patients during 2000–2020

Microorganisms, 8, 1626

(IF: 5.108)

2020

66. Muhammad Bilal, Tahir

Rasheed, Shahid Mehmood,

Hongzhi Tang, Luiz Fernando

Romanholo Ferreira, Ram

Naresh Bharagava, Hafiz

M.N. Iqbal

Mitigation of environmentally-related

hazardous pollutants from water matrices

using nanostructured materials: A review

Chemosphere, 253,

126770

(IF: 5.108)

2020

67. Tahir Rasheed, Muhamad

Bilal, Adeel Ahmad Hassan,

Faran Nabeel, Ram Naresh


Romanholo Ferreira, Hai

Nguyen Tran,

Hafiz. M. N. Iqbal

Environmental threatening concern and

efficient removal of pharmaceutically

active compounds using metal-organic

frameworks as adsorbents

Environmental Research,

185, 109436

(IF: 5.026)

2020

68. Muhammad Bilal, Zhaoyu

Wang, Jiandong Cui, Luiz

Fernando R. Ferreira, Ram

Environmental impact of lignocellulosic

wastes and their effective exploitation as

smart carriers – A drive towards greener

Science of the Total

Environment

(IF: 6.551)

2020

10

Naresh Bharagava, Hafiz

M.N. Iqbal

and eco-friendlier biocatalytic systems

69. Gaurav Saxena, Diane

Purchase, Sikandar I. Mulla,

Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale


Phytoremediation of heavy metal-

contaminated sites: eco-environmental

concerns, field studies, sustainability

issues and future prospects

Reviews of Environmental

Contamination and

Toxicology. 249: 71-131

(IF: 7.000)

2020

70. Sikandar I. Mulla, Bahareh

Asefi, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Ganesh

Dattatraya Saratale, Jiangwei

Li, Chu-Long Huang and

Chang-Ping Yu

Processes for the removal of triclosan in

the environment and engineered systems-

A review

Environmental Reviews

(Accepted)

(IF: 3.958 )

2019

71. Pankaj Chowdhary, Gargi

Shukla, Garima Raj, Luiz

Fernando Romanholo Ferreira,


Microbial manganese peroxidase: a

ligninolytic enzyme and its ample

opportunities in research

SN Applied Sciences (A

Springer Nature Journal)

1:45

2019

72. Muhammad Bilal, Yuping

Zhao, Sadia Noreen, Syed

Zakir Hussain Shah, Ram

Naresh Bharagava & Hafiz

M. N. Iqbal

Modifying bio-catalytic properties of

enzymes for efficient biocatalysis: a

review from immobilization strategies

viewpoint

Biocatalysis and

Biotransformation. 37(3):

159-182

(IF: 1.060)

2019

73. Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Indira

Karuppusamy, Ganesh

Dattatraya Saratale,

Arivalagan Pugazhendhi,

Gopalakrishanan Kumar,

Yooheon Park, Gajanan S.

Ghodake, Ram Naresh

Bhargava, J. Rajesh Banu,

Han Seung Shin

A comprehensive review on green

nanomaterials using biological systems:

Recent perception and their future

applications

Colloids and Surfaces

B: Biointerfaces.

170: 20-35.

(IF: 3.997)

2018

74. Pankaj Chowdhary, Nawaz

Khan and Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Distillery Wastewater: it’s Impact on

Environment and Remedies

Environ Anal Eco. Stud.

1(2):1-4.

2018

75. Pankaj Chowdhary, Abhay

Raj and Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Environmental pollution and health

hazards from distillery wastewater and

treatment approaches to combat the

environmental threats: A review

Chemosphere

194: 229-246

(IF: 4.427)

2018

76. Gaurav Saxena, Ram Chandra


Environmental Pollution, Toxicity

Profile and Treatment Approaches for

Tannery Wastewater and Its Chemical

Pollutants


Contamination and

Toxicology. 240: 31-69.

(IF: 7.000)

2017

77. Sandhya Mishra and Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Toxic and genotoxic effects of

hexavalent chromium in environment

and its bioremediation strategies

Journal of

Environmental Science

and Health, Part C. 34(1):

1-32. (IF: 4.586)

2016

78. Sujata and Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Exposure to crystal violet, its toxic,

genotoxic and carcinogenic effects on

environment and its degradation and

detoxification for environmental safety


Contamination and

Toxicology. 237: 71-104.

(IF: 5.462)

2016

79. Gaurav Saxena, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Gaurav Kaithwas

and Abhay Raj

Microbial indicators, pathogens and

methods for their monitoring in water

environment

J. Water and Health

13.2: 319-339

(IF: 1.352)

2015

11


Bharagava and Vibhuti Rai

Melanoidins as major colorant in

sugarcane molasses based distillery

effluent and its degradation.


99: 4648-4660;

(IF: 5.807)

2008

Books: 10

Author’s Title Type Publisher Year

1. Pankaj Kumar Gupta & Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Fate and transport of subsurface

pollutants

Edited

Book

Springer Nature,

Singapore (ISBN 978-981-15-6564-9)

2020

2. Ram Naresh Bharagava Emerging Eco-friendly Green

Technologies for Wastewater

Treatment

Edited

Book

Springer Nature, Singapore

(ISBN 978-981-15-1390-9)

2020

3. Ram Naresh Bharagava Environmental Contaminants:

Ecological Implications &

Management

Edited

Book

Springer Nature, Singapore

• (ISBN 978-981-13-7903-1)

2019

4. Ram Naresh Bharagava &

Gaurav Saxena

Bioremediation of Industrial

Wastes for Environmental Safety:

Volume II: Biological Agents and

Methods for Industrial Waste

Management

Edited

Book Springer Nature,

Singapore (ISBN 978-981-13-3426-9)

2019

5. Gaurav Saxena & Ram

Naresh Bharagava


Wastes for Environmental Safety:

Volume I: Industrial waste and its

management

Edited

Book Springer Nature,

Singapore (ISBN 978-981-13-1891-7)

2019

6. Ram Naresh Bharagava Recent Advances in Environmental

Management

Edited

Book

CRC Press, Taylor &

Francis Group, USA

(ISBN 978-0-8153-8314-7)

2018


Pankaj Chowdhary

Emerging and Ecofriendly

Approaches for Waste Management

Edited

Book

Springer Nature,

Singapore (ISBN 978-981-10-8668-7)

2018

8. Ram Naresh Bharagava Environmental Pollutants and Their

Bioremediation Approaches

Edited

Book

CRC Press, Taylor &

Francis Group, USA

(ISBN 9781138628892)

2017


Gaurav Saxena


Pollutants

Edited

Book

Write & Print

Publications,

New Delhi - 110 015

(ISBN: 978-93-84649-60-9)

2016


Ram Chandra

Bacterial Metabolism of

Melanoidins from Distillery

Effluent

Author

Book

Intl. Eds. “LAP Lambert

Academic Publishing

AG & Co KG”

(ISBN 9783848449033)

2012

Book Review: 03

1. Pankaj Chowdhary

and Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Green Technologies

and Environmental

Sustainability

Editor & Publisher: Ritu Singh and

Sanjeev Kumar, Springer

International Publishing

(ISBN: 978-3-319-50653-1)

Environment,

Development

and

Sustainability.

22: 2699–2701

(IF: 1.379)

2020

2. Gaurav Saxena,

Roop Kishor, Diane

Purchase & Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Phytoremediation of

environmental

pollutants

Editor & Publisher: Chandra R,

Dubey NK, Kumar V: CRC

Press, Taylor & Francis Group,

Boca Raton/London/New York

(ISBN: 9781315161549)

Environmental

Earth Sciences.

78: 418

(IF: 1.871)

2019

12

3. Gaurav Saxena and

Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Advances in

biodegradation and

bioremediation of

industrial waste

Editor & Publisher: Ram Chandra,

CRC Press, (Taylor & Francis

Group)

(ISBN 9781498724746)

Clean

Technologies and

Environmental

Policy 18(3): 979-

980

(IF: 2.337)

2016

Book Chapters: 48

S. No. Author’s Chapter Title & No. Book Title Publisher Year

1. Roop Kishor, Diane Purchase, Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira, Sikandar I. Mulla, Muhammad Bilal, and Ram Naresh Bharagava

Environmental and Health

Hazards of Textile Industry

Wastewater Pollutants and

Its Treatment Approaches

Handbook of

Environmental

Materials

Management

Springer Nature

Switzerland AG

(ISBN 978-3-319-

73645-7)

2020

2. Ranyere Lucena de Souza, Luan Victor, Joberson Alves Junior, Mario Mamede Aguiar, Renato Nery Soriano, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira

Aqueous two-phase systems:

An alternative process for

industrial dye recovery

Fate and Transport of

Subsurface Pollutants

Springer Nature

Singapore Pte

Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-15-

6563-2)

2020

3. Marília Moura de Salles Pupo, Géssica de Oliveira Santiago Santos, Nádia Hortense Torres, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira, Giancarlo Richard Salazar-Banda, and Katlin Ivon Barrios Eguiluz

Green Technologies for the

Treatment of Pharmaceutical

Contaminants in

Wastewaters

Emerging Eco-friendly

Green Technologies

for Wastewater

Treatment

Springer Nature

Singapore Pte

Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-15-

1390-9)

2020

4. Sikandar I. Mulla, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Dalel Belhaj, Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Ashok Kumar, Aruliah Rajasekar, Preeti N. Tallur, Vijayalakshmi A. Edalli, Anyi Hu, and Chang-Ping Yu

Microbial Degradation of

Phenolic Compounds

Microbes and

Enzymes in Soil

Health and

Bioremediation

Springer Nature

Singapore Pte

Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

9117-0)

2020

5. Débora da Silva Vilar, Ianny Andrade Cruz, Nádia Hortense Torres, Renan Tavares Figueiredo, Luciano de Melo, Iraí Tadeu Ferreira de Resende, Katlin Ivon Barrios Eguiluz, Ram Naresh Bharagava, and Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira

Agro-industrial Wastes:

Environmental Toxicology,

Risks, and Biological

Treatment Approaches

Environmental

Contaminants:

Ecological

Implications and

Management

Springer Nature

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

7904-8)

2020

6. Yago Araújo Vieira, Débora

Vilar, Ianny Andrade Cruz,

Diego Batista Menezes,

Clara Dourado Fernandes,

Nádia Hortense Torres,

Fungi Treatment of

Synthetic Dyes by Using

Agro-industrial Waste

Microbes for

Sustainable

Development and

Bioremediation

CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis

Group, USA

(ISBN

9780367226008)

2020

13

Silvia Maria Egues, Ranyere

Lucena de Sousa, and Luiz

Fernando Romanholo

Ferreira and Ram Naresh

Bharagava

7. Gaurav Saxena, Narendra

Kumar, Nandkishor More &


Metagenomics: A Genomic

Tool for Monitoring

Microbial Communities

during Bioremediation of

Environmental Pollutants

Microbes for

Sustainable

Development and

Bioremediation

CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis

Group, USA

(ISBN

9780367226008)

2020

8. Sandhya Mishra, Ganesh D

Saratale, Luiz FR Ferreira, &

Ram N Bharagava

Plant-Microbe Interaction:

An Ecofriendly Approach

for the Remediation of Metal

Contaminated Environments

Encyclopedia of

Renewable and

Sustainable Materials

Elsevier

(ISBN: 9780128131

954)

2019

9. Sikandar I. Mulla, Ram

Naresh Bharagava, Dalel

Belhaj, Ganesh Dattatraya

Saratale, Zabin K. Bagewadi,

Gaurav Saxena, Ashok

Kumar, Harshavardhan

Mohan, Chang-Ping Yu, &

Harichandra Z. Ninnekar

An overview of nitro group-

containing compounds and

herbicides degradation in

microorganisms. 16

Microbial Metabolism

of Xenobiotic

Compounds

Springer Nature

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

7461-6)

2019

10. Sikandar I. Mulla, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Dalel Belhaj, Fuad Ameen, Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Swati Tyagi, Kishor Sureshbhai Patil, & Anyi Hu

A review of micropollutant

removal by microalgae

Application of

Microalgae in

Wastewater

Treatment

Springer Nature

Switzerland AG

(ISBN 978-3-030-

13913-1)

2019


Gaurav Saxena

Progress in bioremediation

technologies for industrial

waste treatment and

management for

environmental sustainability,

future directions and

concluding remarks

Bioremediation of

Industrial Wastes for Environmental Safety:

Volume II: Biological

Agents and Methods

for Industrial Waste

Management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

3426-9)

2019

12. Gaurav Saxena, Sikandar I.

Mulla & Ram Naresh

Bharagava et al.

Emerging and ecofriendly

technologies for removal of

organic and inorganic

pollutants from industrial

wastewaters

Bioremediation of



Agents and Methods


Management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

3426-9)

2019

13. Gaurav Saxena, Ganesh

Dattatraya Saratale & Ram

Naresh Bharagava, et al.

Genetically modified

organisms (GMOs) and their

potential in environmental

management: Constraints,

prospects and challenges

Bioremediation of



Agents and Methods


Management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

3426-9)

2019

14

14. Gaurav Saxena, Roop

Kishor, & Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Application of Microbial

Enzymes in Degradation and

Detoxification of Organic

and Inorganic Pollutants

Bioremediation of


Volume I: Industrial

waste and its

management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

1891-7)

2019

15. Surya Pratap Goutam,

Gaurav Saxena, Diptarka

Roy, Anil Kumar Yadav, and


Green Synthesis of

Nanoparticles and Their

Applications in Water and

Wastewater

Treatment

Bioremediation of



waste and its

management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

1891-7)

2019

16. Pankaj Chowdhary, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Sandhya Mishra, & Nawaz Khan

Role of Industries in Water

Scarcity and Its Adverse

Effects on Environment and

Human Health. 235-256

Environmental

Concerns and

Sustainable

Development: Volume

1: Air, Water and

Energy Resources

Springer Nature

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

5889-0)

2019

17. Gaurav Saxena, Diane

Purchase, & Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Environmental Hazards and

Toxicity Profile of Organic

and Inorganic Pollutants of

Tannery Wastewater and

Bioremediation Approaches

Bioremediation of



waste and its

management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

1891-7)

2019

18. Sikandar I. Mulla, Fuad

Ameen, Manjunatha P.

Talwar, Syed Ali Musstjab

Akber Shah Eqani, Ram

Naresh Bharagava, Gaurav

Saxena, Preeti N. Tallur, &

Harichandra Z. Ninnekar

Organophosphate pesticides:

Impact on environment,

toxicity and their

degradation

Bioremediation of



waste and its

management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

1891-7)

2019

19. Rijuta Ganesh Saratale, Han

Seung Shin, Giovanni

Benelli, Ram Naresh

Bharagava & Ganesh

Dattatraya Saratale

Textile industry wastewater:

A major source of dyes

contamination in

environment and

bioremediation approaches

for environmental

sustainability

Bioremediation of



waste and its

management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

1891-7)

2019

20. Ram Naresh Bharagava,

Gaurav Saxena & Sikandar I.

Mulla

Introduction to industrial

wastes containing organic

and inorganic pollutants

Bioremediation of



waste and its

management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-13-

1891-7)

2019

21. Anshuman Shah, Shaily

Tyagi, Ram Naresh

Bharagava, Dalel Belhaj,

Ashok Kumar, Gaurav

Saxena, Ganesh Dattatraya

Saratale & Sikandar I. Mulla

Keratin Production and Its

Applications: Current and

Future Perspective

Keratin as a Protein

Biopolymer

Springer Nature,

Switzerland

(ISBN: 978-3-030-

02901-2)

2019

22. Sandhya Mishra & Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Chromium contamination in

environment, health hazards

and bioremediation

approach. 12: 281-297

Recent Advances in

Environmental

Management

CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis

Group, USA

(ISBN 978-0-8153-

8314-7)

2018

15

23. Roop Kishor, Ram Naresh

Bharagava & Gaurav

Saxena

Industrial wastewaters: The

major sources of dyes

contamination in the

environment,

ecotoxicological effects and

bioremediation approaches.

1:1-26

Recent Advances in

Environmental

Management

CRC Press,

Taylor &

Francis Group,

USA

(ISBN 978-0-8153-

8314-7)

2018

24. Sujata Mani & Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Textile industry wastewater:

Environmental and health

hazards and treatment

approaches. 3:47-69

Recent Advances in

Environmental

Management

CRC Press,

Taylor &

Francis Group,

USA

(ISBN 978-0-8153-

8314-7)

2018

25. Surabhi Zainith, Pankaj

Chowdhary, & Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Recent advances in physico-

chemical and biological

techniques for the

management of pulp and

paper mill waste. 13:271-

298

Emerging & Eco-

Friendly Approaches

for Waste

Management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-10-

8669-4)

2018

26. Sujata Mani, Pankaj

Chowdhary, & Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Textile wastewater Dyes:

Toxicity profile and

treatment approaches. 11:

219-244.

Emerging & Eco-

Friendly Approaches

for Waste

Management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-10-

8669-4)

2018

27. Pankaj Chowdhary, & Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Toxicity, beneficial aspect

and treatment of alcohol

industry wastewater. 5:83-

98

Emerging & Eco-

Friendly Approaches

for Waste

Management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-10-

8669-4)

2018

28. Sandhya Mishra, Pankaj

Chowdhary & Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Conventional methods for

the removal of industrial

pollutants, their merits and

demerits. 1:1-32

Emerging & Eco-

Friendly Approaches

for Waste

Management

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-10-

8669-4)

2018

29. Sandhya Mishra, Nandkishor

More, Ashutosh Yadav,

Surabhi Zainith, Sujata Mani,

Pankaj Chowdhary & Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Heavy metals

contamination: An alarming

threat to environment and

human health. 5: 103-125

Environmental

Biotechnology: For

Sustainable Future

Springer Nature,

Singapore Pte Ltd.

(ISBN 978-981-10-

7284-0)

2018


Diane Purchase, Gaurav

Saxena & Sikandar I. Mulla

Applications of

metagenomics in microbial

bioremediation of pollutants:

From genomics to

environmental cleanup.

4.7:1-23

Microbial Diversity in

the Genomic Era

Academic Press,

Elsevier, USA

(ISBN: 978012814

8501)

2018

31. Pankaj Chowdhary, Sujata

Mani, Ileana Pereda Reyes &


Effects of industrial

wastewaters on soil

sustainability and

environment. 20: 277-289

Soil Amendments for

Sustainability:

Challenges and

Perspectives

CRC Press,

Taylor &

Francis Group),

USA

(ISBN:

9781351027021)

2018

32. Pankaj Chowdhary,

Nandkishor More,

Ashutosh Yadav, & Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Ligninolytic Enzymes: An

introduction and applications

in Food industry. 12:181-

195

Enzymes in Food

Biotechnology:

Production,

Applications, and

Future Prospects

Elsevier Inc.

(ISBN: 978012813

2807)

2018

16


Gaurav Saxena

Organic and inorganic

pollutants in industrial wastes,

their ecotoxicological effects,

health hazards and


Environmental

Pollutants and Their

Bioremediation

Approaches

CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis

Group, USA

(ISBN

9781138628892)

2017


Chowdhary P, & Saxena G

Bioremediation: An eco-

sustainable green

technology, it’s applications

and limitations. 1:1-22

Environmental


Bioremediation

Approaches

CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis

Group, USA

(ISBN

9781138628892)

2017


Saxena, G & Chowdhary, P.

Role of constructed wetlands

in treatment of industrial

wastewaters. 2017, 14: 397-

426.

Environmental


Bioremediation

Approaches

CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis

Group, USA

(ISBN

9781138628892)

2017

36. Swetlana Gautam, Gaurav

Kaithwas, Ram Naresh

Bharagava & Gaurav

Saxena

Pollutants in tannery

wastewater, their

pharmacological effects and

bioremediation approaches

for human health protection

and environmental safety.

13: 369-396

Environmental


Bioremediation

Approaches

CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis

Group, USA

(ISBN

9781138628892)

2017

37. Chowdhary, P., Yadav, A., &

Bharagava, R N

Distillery wastewater: a

major source of

environmental pollution and

it’s biological treatment for

environmental safety. 18:409-435

Green Technology and

Environmental

Sustainability

Springer

International

(ISBN

9783319506531)

2017

38. Yadav A, Chowdhary P,

Kaithwas G, & Bharagava

R N.

Toxic metals in

environment, their threats on

ecosystem and


9:128-141

Metal-Microbe

Interaction and

Bioremediation:

Principle &

Applications for Toxic

Metal

CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis

Group), USA

(ISBN

9781498762427)

2017

39. Sujata & Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Microbial Degradation and

Decolorization of Dyes from

Textile Industry Wastewater.

2: 54-91

Bioremediation of

Industrial Pollutants

Write & Print

Publications New

Delhi - 110 015

(ISBN:

9789384649609)

2016


Naresh Bharagava

Organic Pollutants in


Bioremediation

Approaches for

Environmental Safety. 4:

119-150

Bioremediation of


Write & Print

Publications New

Delhi - 110 015

(ISBN:

9789384649609)

2016

41. Chowdhary, P., Saxena, G.,

& Bharagava R. N.

Role of Laccase Enzyme in


Wastes and its

Biotechnological

Application. 11: 303-327

Bioremediation of


Write & Print

Publications New

Delhi - 110 015

(ISBN:

9789384649609)

2016

42. Saxena, G., Chowdhary, P.,

Mishra A. & Bharagava, R

N.

Xenobiotics: environmental

pollution, health hazards, its

biodegradation and future

challenges. 13: 347-373

Bioremediation of


Write & Print

Publications New

Delhi - 110 015

(ISBN:

9789384649609)

2016

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43. Ashutosh Yadav, & Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Organic Pollutants and

Pathogenic Bacteria in


their Removal Strategies. 5:

101-127.

Microbes in

Environmental

Management

Studium Press

(India)

Pvt. Ltd.

(ISBN:

9789380012834)

2016

44. Surabhi Zainith, & Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Microbes an Ecofriendly

Tools for the Treatment of

Industrial Wastewaters. 4:

75-100.

Microbes in

Environmental

Management

Studium Press

(India)

Pvt. Ltd.

(ISBN:

9789380012834)

2016


Naresh Bharagava

Persistent Organic Pollutants

and Bacterial Communities

Present during the Treatment

of Tannery Wastewater. 9:

218-248.

Environmental Waste

Management

CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis

Group, USA

(ISBN

9781498724746)

2015


Bharagava & Sangeeta

Yadav

Wetland Rhizosphere

bacteria: An eco-friendly

tool for bioremediation of

environmental pollutant. 13:

232-289.

Recent Trends in

Microbial

Biotechnology

Intl. Eds.“LAP

Lambert

Academic

Publishing GmbH

& Co. KG”

(ISBN

9783843390026)

2011

47. Ram Chandra, Sangeeta

Yadav & Ram Naresh

Bharagava

Bioremediation and

decolourization of post

methanated distillery

effluent. 8: 121-135.

Environment Security:

Human & Animal

Health

Natl. Eds. ibdc

Publishers

(ISBN

9788181891716)

2011

48. Ram Chandra & Ram

Naresh Bharagava

Microbial degradation of

melanoidin: A major

environmental pollutant of

distillery waste. 5:102-137.

New Frontiers of

Environmental Bio-

technological

Application

Natl. Eds. ENVIS

Centre on

Environmental

Biotechnology

2007

Patents Inventors Title and Award/Application no.

Awarded - - Published - -

Filed

Nikilesh Kumar, Ram

Naresh Bharagava, Gaurav

Kaithwas

Disinfecting and cleansing composition of L.usitattissimum Fixed

oil, 1905/DEL/2013

Nikilesh Kumar, Ram

Naresh Bhargava, Gaurav

Kaithwas

Perilla frutescens fixed oil: efficacy against bovine mastitis,

560/DEL/2013

Research Supervision

Students Completed/Awarded Ongoing PG/M.Phil 47 02

Ph.D 06 03

Post-Doctoral - -

Honors, Recognition and Awards

1. Outstanding Research Achievement Award-2020: Awarded for ranking among the World’s Top

2% Scientist in a study made by Stanford University, USA (published in PLoS Biology Journal) based

on significant Academic and Research Contribution during the Year 2020.

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2. Research & Academic Excellence Award-2020: Awarded for the significant contribution in

Academic and Research Development in Life Science during the Year 2020.

3. Best Poster Award-2006: Awarded at 26th Annual National Conference of “The Academy of

Environmental Biology” on the “Environmental Scenario: Challenges and Solutions” held at

Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa (M.P.) - 486003, India, from Dec. 23-25, 2006.

Membership of Professional Bodies

1. Life Member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, India

2. Life Member of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), India

3. Life Member of the Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI), Trivandrum, India

4. Life Member of the Academy of Environmental Biology (AEB), Lucknow, India

Seminar/Conference/Symposia/Workshops Organized

1. Worked as “Core Committee Member” during the organization of “58th Annual Conference of the

Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI-2017)” & “International Symposium on “Microbes for

Sustainable Development: Scope & Applications (MSDSA-2017)” held at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar

(Central) University, Lucknow, India from Nov 16-19, 2017.

2. Acted as “Convener to Conduct the Poster Session” on “Soil & Agricultural Microbiology, Molecular

Microbiology and Biotechnology” in the “58th Annual Conference of the Association of Microbiologists of

India (AMI-2017)” & “International Symposium on “Microbes for Sustainable Development: Scope &

Applications (MSDSA-2017)” held at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India

from Nov 16-19, 2017.

Countries Visited: Nil

Invited Lectures/Talks/Chair/Co-Chair in Seminar/Conference/Symposia /Workshops

S. No. Title of Lecture Conference/ Organization National/

International

Organizer

1. Industrial Chemical

Pollutants: Environmental &

Health Hazards and

Treatment Approaches

6th International Conference on

Reuse and Recycling of Materials

held from “Dec 7-9, 2018”

International Mahatma Gandhi

University, Kottayam

686560, Kerala, India,

2. Environmental and Health

Hazards of Chemical

Pollutants of Industrial

Wastes and Mitigation

Technologies

A five days “Continuing

Education Programme (CEP) on

“Technologies for Waste to

Wealth” held from “June 4-8,

2018”

National Defence Institute of Bio-

energy Research

(DIBER), Haldwani

263139, Uttarakhand,

India

3. Characteristics of tannery

wastewater and its

phytotoxicity evaluation for

environmental safety

5th International Conference on

Reuse and Recycling of Materials

held from “March 9-11, 2018”

International Mahatma Gandhi

University, Kottayam

686560, Kerala, India,

4. Chaired a session in “6th International Conference on Natural Polymers” held at “Mahatma

Gandhi University, Kottayam 686560, Kerala, India” from “Dec 7-9, 2018”.

Additional Information (If Any)

1. Co-ordinator, CBCS Course “Microbial Biotechnology” running in the Department of Microbiology,

BBAU, Lucknow.

2. Performed the duties of Observer in CTET-Jan, 2021.

3. Worked as Warden, Ashoka Hostel (Extn.), BBAU, Lucknow.

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Special Recognition among World’s Top 2% Scientists as per the Stanford University, USA

Research:

1. Receiving Outstanding Research Achievement Award-2021 from the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor for

ranking among the World’s Top 2% Scientist in a study made by Stanford University, USA (published

in PLoS Biology Journal) based on significant Academic and Research Contribution on the occasion of

72th republic day of Country.

2. Receiving Research & Academic Excellence Award-2021from the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor

for the significant contribution in Academic and Research Development in Life Science during the

Year 2020 on the occasion of 72th republic day of Country.

Place: BBAU, Lucknow

Date: April 15, 2021 [DR. R. N. Bharagava]

assistant professor microbiology earth and environmental

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