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Dr. Smita Raghuvanshi

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Process Engineering / Intensification (emphasis on Carbon capture
Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Pilani Campus.
Pin # 333031
Rajasthan. India.

Collaborations

  1. Prof. Sangwan from the Department of Mechanical Engineering – BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus in the field of Life Cycle Assessment ; talks ; discussions ; LCA based Software ; part of Several talks and LCA based Workshops ; Project guidance ; Co – Supervision of PhD since 2015.
  2. Prof. Suresh Gupta from the Department of Chemical Engineering – BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus in the discipline of Chemical Engineering and in the field of Carbon Capture Utilization via Bacterial Route ; discussions ; Students` guidance ; Research Laboratory development ; Collaborative Projects ; Co – Supervision of PhD since 2007.
  3. Prof. Prabhat Jha from the Department of Biologial Sciences – BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus in the field of Carbon Capture Utilization via Bacterial Route ; Mechanism findings ; Microbiology based discussion ; Research outlook ; Project writing ; Co – Supervision of PhD since 2013.
  4. Prof. Sunil Prasad Lohani from the Department of Mechanical Engineering – Kathmandu University – Nepal in the field of Anaerobic digestion of Food Waste ; talks & discussions ; Co – Supervision of PhD since 2021.
  5. Prof. Bhaskar Singh from the Department of Environmental Sciences – Central University of Jharkhand in the field of Environmental Biotechnology ; LCA based discussion ; PhD Student visit ; Collaborative efforts for PhD since 2021.
  6. Prof. B. Vani from the Department of Biological Sciences – BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus in the field of Carbon Capture Sequestration and Utilization ; Mechanism findings ; discussion ; Collaborative efforts since 2023.
  7. Prof. Vivekanand from the Center for Energy and Environment – MNIT Jaipur in the field of Anaerobic digestion of Food waste ; the practical/ Rural/ Applications ; Project writing ; Collaborative PhD since 2025.
  8. Prof. Nicky Eshtiaghi and Prof. Mahdokht Shaibani from School of Engineering – RMIT University Australia in the field of Lithium Ion Batteries ; discussions ; Collaborative PhD ; looking forward to few more collaborations in the field of LCA & Batteries since 2024.

M.E. Dissertation/ Thesis Students`

S No.

Name of Candidate

Title of the Project

Date of Completion

1.

Isha Nagpurkar

COMitigation by Microalgae

December, 2012

2.

Pratibha Pal

CO2 mitigation using mixed culture

December, 2013

3.

Garima Verma

Development of an efficient system for defluoridation of drinking water using nano adsorbents

May, 2016

4.

Siva Krishna

Reactive extraction of products obtained from CO2 mitigation

May, 2016

5.

Harshal Dongre

Removal of trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) using biofiltration technique

May, 2016

6.

Ch. Ramakrishna

LCA of biodiesel production from microalgae grown in wastewater

May, 2017

7.

Akshay Khandelwal

Development of Continuous Bio-mitigation of CO2 and Recovery of

Products (Fatty acids and Fatty alcohol) from Leachate

May, 2019

8.

Shrinidhi

LCA of Recycling Spent LiBs from Electric Vehicles

May, 2020

9.

Aravindh N.

Bio mitigation of flue gases (CO2, SOx, NOx) through algal route

May, 2021

10.

 

Arjun S.

Experimental understanding and life cycle impact assessment of anaerobic digestion of food waste

May 2021

 

 

 

 

11.

Deepak Rajendran

Experiments and life cycle assessment of anaerobic digestion of food waste

May 2023


PhD Scholars/ PhD Students` Group

Name of Candidate

Title of Thesis

Role

Date of Completion

Subhajit Majumder (2009PHXF440P)

Institute Fellowship

Studies on Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater using Biofiltration

Co-Supervisor

Awarded in March, 2016

Somesh Mishra (2011PHXF007P)

Institute Fellowship & SRF – CSIR

Experimental studies on bio-mitigation of carbon dioxide (CO2)

Supervisor

Awarded in April, 2017

Abhishek Anand

(2017PHXP0014P)

Institute Fellowship

Process development for bio-mitigation of flue gases using bacterial route and production of value added products

Supervisor

Awarded in May, 2023

Rachael Jovita Barla (2019PHXP0068P)

JRF / SRF – SERB Project & Institute Fellowship

Experimental and theoretical investigations of non-photosynthetic bio-mitigation of flue gas (CO2, SOX, and NOX) by chemolithotrophs in the bioreactor system.

 

Supervisor

Awarded in October, 2024

Taniya Kumari Shaw

(2020PHXP0469P)

Institute Fellowship

Broadly in Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste

Supervisor

Ongoing

Vinoth Balakumar

(2023PHXP0117P)

Part time PhD – Institute Fellowship

Decarbonization of the Secondary Steel Sector : Assessment, Best Practices and Benchmarking

Supervisor

Registered – July 2023

Ashma Haris

(2023PHXP0479P)

Cross Disciplinary Research Fellow – BITS Pilani & UGC – NET

Biomitigation of Carbon di oxide via Bacterial species and biological Carbon Concentration Mechanism in selected Bacterial Species

Supervisor

Ongoing – January 2024

Anoop Kumar

(2024PHRP0901P)

BITS – RMIT Fellowship

LCA of Metal Recovery Process from Lithium – ion battery waste

Supervisor

Ongoing – January 2025