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Name : Dr. Jitendra Singh Verma
Designation : Senior Scientist
Qualification : B.Tech - Biotechnology Engineering
M.Tech - Biochemical Engineering from IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Ph.D. in Biochemical Engg.from IIT Delhi
Contact Details : Chemical Engineering Group, ESTD, CSIR-North East institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat-785006, Assam, India. Mob. No.- +916000305400
Email id : jitendrasinghverma@gmail.com, jsverma@neist.res.in
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Research Interest
  • Bioprocess development, scale-up, technology transfer, validation.
  • Modeling of biological systems
  • Microbial strain improvement for sustainable production of fermentation products.
  • Quality by design (QbD).
  • Process analytical technology (PAT)
  • Process specific Bioreactor design and development.
Publications:
  • Baghmare, P., Namdeo, A., Thakur, V., Kumar, P., Verma*, J.S., Geed, S.R., 2024. Advancements in lignocellulolytic multienzyme bioprocesses for sustainable biofuels and biochemicals: strategies, innovations, and future prospects. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-06181-1.
  • V. Thakur, P. Baghmare, A. Verma, J. S. Verma*, and S. R. Geed, “Recent progress in microbial biosurfactants production strategies: Applications, technological bottlenecks, and future outlook,” BioresourceTechnolology, vol. 408, p. 131211, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131211.
  • Gautom, S., Bora, B., Talukdar, P., Ahmed, A., Sawarkar, A.N., Saikia, R., Geed, S.R., Verma, J.S., 2024. Optimized approach for naphthalene wastewater biodegradation by Enterobacter ludwigii NS12 isolated from petroleum industry sludge: Bioreactor study and kinetic investigation. Journal of Water Process Engineering 62, 105359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.105359.
  • P. Sarmah, B. Das, J. S. Verma, and D. Banik, “The functional and structural characterisation of the bZIP transcription factors from Myristica fragrans Houtt. associated to plant disease-resistant defence: An insight from transcriptomics and computational modelling,” Internationa Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol. 268, p. 131817, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131817.
  • Bhattacharjee, S., Washmin, N., Borah, T., Sarkar, A., Mudoi, K.D., Saikia, S.P., Verma, J.S., Banik, D., 2024. Conspectus on endangered carnivorous pitcher plant Nepenthes khasianaHook.f. emphasizing in-vitro regeneration, pitcher development, and stability in genetic makeup. SouthAfrican Journal of Botany 167, 270–284.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.02.018.
  • S. R. Geed and J. S. Verma, “Integrated approach for efficient crude oil bioremediation: Bacterial consortium development, mathematical modelling and scalable bioprocess design,” Fuel, vol. 358, p. 130260, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.130260.
  • P. Sarmah, P. Konwar, J. Saikia, T. Borah, J. S. Verma, and D. Banik, “Screening of potent inhibitor from Aquilaria malaccensis Lam. against arachidonic inflammatory enzymes: an insight from molecular docking, ADMET, molecular dynamics simulation and MM-PBSA approaches,” Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, pp. 1–15,https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2023.2271977.
  • R. Bhuyan, A. Namdeo, J. S. Verma, and S. R. Geed, “Isolation of indole biodegrading bacterial species from petroleum contaminated site of northeast India: Growth kinetics and crude oil biodegradation assessment,” Journal of Water Process Engineering, vol. 52, p. 103544, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.103544.
  • B. Shrirame et al., “Supercritical CO2 extraction of caraway (Carum carvi L.) seed: Optimization and parametric interaction studies using design of experiments,” Journal of CO2 Utilization, vol. 65, p. 102195, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2022.102195.
Book Chapters:
  • V. S.Thakur, P.Baghmare, Bora, A., J. S.Verma, and S. R. Geed, (2024). “Aerobic Biological. Aerobic and Anaerobic Microbial Treatment of Industrial Wastewater,’’ in Aerobic and Anaerobic Microbial Treatment of Industrial Wastewater, Maulin P. Shah,Eds., CRC Press,2024, pp. 20-34. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003381327-2.
  • R. Bhuyan, P. Bordoloi, J. S. Verma, K. Samal, and S. R. Geed, “Chapter 15 - Green synthesis of nanomaterials from plant resources: its properties and applications,” in Green and Sustainable Approaches Using Wastes for the Production of Multifunctional Nanomaterials, A. K. Bhardwaj, A. L. Srivastav, K. Dwivedi, and M. Sillanpää, Eds., Elsevier, 2024, pp. 207–220. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-19183-1.00017-9.
  • H. Rizvi, J. S. Verma, and Ashish, “Biosurfactants for Oil Pollution Remediation,” in Microbial Biosurfactants: Preparation, Properties and Applications, Inamuddin, M. I. Ahamed, and R. Prasad, Eds., Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021, pp. 197–212. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6607-3_9.
  • T. Aziz et al., “Chapter 3 - Potential risk and safety concern of nanomaterials used for wastewater treatment,” in Handbook of Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment, B. Bhanvase, S. Sonawane, V. Pawade, and A. Pandit, Eds., Elsevier, 2021, pp. 59–83. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821496-1.00035-0.
Patent:

  • Indian Patent: Process of producing polyhydroxybutyrate from Bacillus thuringiensis. Inventors: Ashok Kumar Srivastava Jitendra Singh Verma, T.R. Sreekrishnan, S. Shivakumar. Publication, 2021. Application No. 202111005043.

Achievements
  • GATEqualified in year 2009 (Lifesciences) and 2012 (Biotechnology).
  • GATE Scholarship received from July 2009 to June 2011.
  • IIT-Delhi Institute fellowship from Jan 2013 to Aug 2017.