Dr. Kumar Suranjit Prasad
13-A, Part-II, Nalanda Society, Anand, Gujarat,
388001
Mobile- 91-8128528006
E-mail - suranjit@gmail.com
Teaching: 2009 onward “Assistant Professor in ARIBAS”. Teaching various post graduate courses like, Env. Microbiology, Biodegradation of Xenobiotics, Biosorption of
heavy metals/organic pollutant, Eco-friendly Technologies, Renewable energy
resources etc.
Educational
qualifications
Ph.D. - Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi (2008)
Isolation and characterization
of arsenic oxidizing bacteria-an attempt to solve the arsenic problem
M.Phil. - Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
(Dissertation: - Study of
microbial growth in arsenic rich environment)
M.Sc. - Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi – (2002)
Research
interest- BIOSORPTION STUDIES OF- ARSENIC, CHROMIUM, LEAD, COPPER,
CADMIUM, MERCURY, FLUORIDE, PESTICIDE(DICHLOROVOS, FIPRONIL,
CHLORPYRIFOS, ALDRIN) ETC. BACTERIAL HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION, METAGENOMICS,
MEOR, GENETICS OF MICROBIAL METAL TOLERANCE, NANO-BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOMIMETIC
SYNTHESIS OF SILVER, SELENIUM, LEAD SULFIDE, CADMIUM SULFIDE, ZERO-VALENT IRON
(ZVI) NANO-PARTICLES, THEIR APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, OPTICS
AND DIAGNOSTICS.
Academic
Achievements
CSIR NET-JRF 2002
Senior research fellow: Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research, N. Delhi, India. (2004-2007)
Junior research fellow: Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research, N. Delhi, India. (2002-2004)
Publications
1) Kumar Suranjit
Prasad, Pratik Vyas , Kaliya Perumal Selvaraj (2012) Biomimetic synthesis
of Selenium nanoparticles using
cell free extract of Microbacterium sp.ARB05.
Micro & Nano Letters, 17 (1) 1-4.
2) Kumar Suranjit Prasad, V Subramanian, and Jaishree Paul ( 2011) Biosorption of As(III) ion on Rhodococcus sp.WB-12: Biomass
characterization and kinetic studies. Separation Science and Technology, 46 (16) 2517-2525.
3) Kumar SuranjitPrasad, Darshit Pathak, Kaliya Perumal Selvaraj (2011) Green synthesis of
silver nanoparticles using
leaf extract of Nicotiana tobaccum and study of
their antibacterial effect. African
Journal of Biotechnology. 10
(41) 8122-8130.
4) P.K Shrivastava, G
S Kiran, M Gupta, NKShrma, K S
Prasad (2012) A study on
distribution of heavy metal contamination in vegetables using GIS and analytical
technique. Int. J. Ecol. Dev. 1; 89-99
5) Kumar Suranjit Prasad, V.Subramanian,
and Jaishree Paul
(2009) Purification and Characterization of Arsenite Oxidase from Arthrobacter sp.
BioMetals (5) 711-721
6) Kumar SuranjitPrasad, Pratik Vyas, Kaliya PerumalSelvaraj (2011) Biomimetic synthesis
of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles using
cell free extract if Psedomonas aeruginosa sp.ARB03. (Communicated)
7) Biosorption of Arsenite (As+3) and Arsenate (As+5)
from aqueous solution by an arsenite oxidizer Arthrobacter sp.15b, Kumar SuranjitPrasad,V.Subramanian,
and Jaishree Paul
(communicated)
8) Simultaneous Detection
of Arsenite Oxidase aoxB, Arsenate Reductase, arsA, arsB and arsC Genes, Siderophore Production
and Alkaline Phosphatase Activity
in Arsenic Resistant Bacterial isolates, Kumar Suranjit Prasad, V.Subramanian, and Jaishree Paul
(Under preparation)
Conferences
attended
1) Poster accepted at annual
international conference on soil, Sediment, water and
energy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Bioremediation of Arsenic
Using Arsenite-Oxidizing
Bacteria (2007)
Suranjit K. Prasad, Jaishree Paul, V.
Subramanian. Available on: http://www.umasssoils.com/posters2007/bioremediationposter.htm
2) Characterization of a
new chemolithoautotrophic arsenite-oxidising bacterium
isolated from a waste water treatment plant (2008). Jaishree Paul and Suranjit K Prasad Acceptance
of Abstracts/Paper for ICER-08 (3rd lot) http://www.icer08.org/Acceptance-3.htm
3) A study of arsenite oxidation and
bio-sequestration potency of Arthrobacter sp.15b
for arsenic, Kumar Suranjit Prasad, Proceedings
of National symposium on sustainable development: issues and concerns,
International journal of pharma and
biosciences. ISSN 0975-6299: Jan 22, 2011
Book
Chapter
Paul, Jaishree and Kumar Suranjit Prasad (2006) Microbial intervention in arsenic rich
environment- an overview.
In: Microbes: HealthandEnvironment.Microbiology Series
(eds. Chauhan AK and Varma A)
IK International- India, New York, Vol. 3 ISBN 8188237515.
Professional
Membership
Life time member:
International Society for Subsurface Microbiology
Scientific and Technical Committee & Editorial Review
Board on Biological and Life Sciences of WORLD ACADEMY
OF SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.
Invited reviewer of Journals
- Journal
of Hazardous Materials
- Current
Nanoscience
Supervision of M.Sc
Dessertation
- Eleven students have finished their master
dissertation work under my supervision.
- Topic of dissertation was centered on silver,
selenium, CdS, PbS, Zr, Fe, CdSe, PbSe nanoparticle synthesis and characterization.
- Removal of Fluoride and As
have been studied using Zr° and Fe° nanoparticles, respectively.
- Bacterial degradation of pesticides like Chlorpyrifos, Endosulfan, Dichlorovos and study of their intermediates using
GC-MS analysis is also carried out in the same program. Isolation of
different bacterial strain their and molecular identification using 16S rRNA, microbial diversity studies using DGGE has been
carried out.
- Characterization of Se nanoparticles
and study of their anti-genotoxic potential
using COMET assay has been studied. Out come of these studies are under
compilation, moreover manuscript is being prepared for publication in
reputed peer reviewed journals.