Research Focus

Bioprospection of freshwater, marine and alpine microalage towards bioactives and value added products

Development of cultivation methods and downstream processes for microalgal metabolites production

Utilization of microalgae biomass as functional foods 

Development of Ready to Eat food products for targeted nutritional applications

Achievements / Awards

2008 CSIR Junior Research Fellow for carrying out PhD

2014 Awarded with International Travel Grant by DST-SERB to present research paper at 5th Congress of International Society of Applied Phycology (ISAP) at Sydney, Australia

Major Publications

V.S. Chauhan, A. Kumudha, G.V. Swarnalatha, M.D. Kavitha, S. Vidyashankar, G.A. Ravishankar, R. Sarada. A composition and method to control rotifer infestation in microalgal culture system. (1787/DEL/2012), India, filed on 11^th June 2012.

Patents

N.A.

Research Group

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