Publications
Solar rooftops - the affordable renewable energy option
Article
| May 31, 2018
Installing a solar PV system offers multiple environmental and economic benefits
Energy efficiency & India: The possibilities ahead
Article
| May 29, 2018
A TERI analysis of energy efficiency in India by modelling two scenarios
Thermal gasifiers to the rescue of MSME energy needs
Article
| May 21, 2018
Biomass gasifiers are a clean and cost-effective renewable energy source for the MSME sector in India
Can the technology behind Bitcoin aid transition to renewable energy?
Article
| May 18, 2018
In the transition to renewable energy, blockchain technology can enable decentralised energy distribution, monitoring and trading
GOBAR-DHAN - Re-emphasizing India's traditional practices
Article
| May 10, 2018
Biogas is an easy solution to wet waste, but a sustainable model requires govt subsidy support
The Pharmacological Potential of Nonribosomal Peptides from Marine Sponge and Tunicates.
Research Paper
| May 9, 2018
Marine environments are largely unexplored and can be a source of new molecules for the treatment of many diseases such as malaria, cancer, tuberculosis, HIV etc. The Marine environment is one of the untapped bioresource of getting pharmacologically active nonribosomal peptides (NRPs). Bioprospecting of marine microbes have achieved many remarkable milestones in pharmaceutics.
Isolation, characterization of endophytic fungi of Mimusops elengi (Bakul).
Research Paper
| May 9, 2018
Fresh bark pieces of Mimusops elengiLinn. were used for the isolation of fungal endophytes using standard methods. Mimusops elengi is a small to a large evergreen medicinal plant found all over the different parts of India. Seventy one endophytic fungi belonging to ascomycetes (11.27%), coelomycetes (39.44%) and hyphomycetes (49.29%) were isolated from 200 segments of Mimusops elengi collected from University campus in SagarDistrict, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Novel Anticancer Compounds from Endophytic Fungi
Research Paper
| May 9, 2018
The search for natural bioactive metabolites having potential anticancer property dates back to the Ebers papyrus written in 1550 BC. Natural products from medicinal plants and microorganisms are the most consistent and productive source for the “first-in-class” drugs. After two decades of research, a great deal of interest has been generated by discovery of remarkable pharmacological agents from endophytic fungi residing asymptomatically within plant tissues.
Marine Fungi: A Source of Potential Anticancer Compounds
Research Paper
| May 9, 2018
Metabolites from marine fungi have hogged the limelight in drug discovery because of their promise as therapeutic agents. A number ofmetabolites related tomarine fungi have been discovered from various sources which are known to possess a range of activities as antibacterial, antiviral and anticancer agents. Although, over a thousand marine fungi based metabolites have already been reported, none of them have reached the market yet which could partly be related to non-comprehensive screening approaches and lack of sustained lead optimization.
An Aspergillus aculateus strain was capable of producing agriculturally useful nanoparticles via bioremediation of iron ore tailings
Research Paper
| May 9, 2018
Mining waste such as iron ore tailing is environmentally hazardous, encouraging researchers to develop effective bioremediation technologies. Among the microbial isolates collected from iron ore tailings, Aspergillus aculeatus (strain T6) showed good leaching efficiency and produced iron-containing nanoparticles under ambient conditions. This strain can convert iron ore tailing waste into agriculturally useful nanoparticles. Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR analysis) established the at the