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Microbial Engg., Enzyme Engineering, Bioreactor-kinetics, Modelling and Scale-up, Downstream Processing, Bioconversion, Bioinformatics, Food Engineering, Nanobiotechnology, Biomass Energy.
Ph.D. degree in Biochemical Engineering / Engineering Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-Delhi) in 1983.
B.Tech. in Biochemical Engineering and Food Technology with First Class with Honors (more than 75% marks) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1977.
B.Sc. (Honours in Chemistry) from Burdwan University (Hooghly Mohsin College) in 1973.
SEES–2018 Conference (Sustainable Energy and Environmental Sciences) at Singapore (January 29 to 30, 2018) Organized by Global Science and Technology Forum, Singapore (GSTF).
World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development Summit-2017 at Science City, Kolkata on September 20 to 22, 2017.
BIT, Mesra, Ranchi (Biomass) December 2015.
A Keynote lecture on “Biomass- Renewable Source of Energy” on May 17, 2015 in International Workshop on Energy and Resources Development, held in IIT (BHU).
A Keynote lecture on “Development of New Generation Antibiotics using Novel Processing Strategies:- Petriplates to Plants” on March 14, 2015 in 5th Annual International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology (BIOTECH 2015), held in IIT Kanpur.
A Keynote lecture on “Role of Biorefining and Biomass Utilization in Environmental Control” on Jan 20, 2015 in ICRRB 2015: XIII International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries, held in Wimbley, London (UK).
National Seminar on “Recent Advances in Microbiology and Biotechnology” held on January 14 -15, 2012 at P.G. Department of Microbiology, Bidhannagar College, Kolkata.
National Workshop on Syllabus modification at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (NIT), Allahabad on March 19 – 20, 2012.
National Conference on “CHEMCON - 2011” to be held on December 27 - 29, 2011 at Bangalore.
Refresher course at Jadavpur University, Kolkata on July 18-19, 2011.
Invited Lecture at Jadavpur University, Kolkata as Visiting Professor on February 22, 2010.
Invited Lecture in the National Conference on February 04 – 06, 2010 at Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal.
Series of Invited Lectures as Visiting Professor at University of Calcutta, Kolkata on March 25-31, 2009.
Invited Lecture in the National Conference held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata on January 17 – 18, 2009.
Invited Technical Lecture in the Indian Chemical Engg Congress – 2007 held at Kolkata on December 27 – 30, 2007.
Invited technical Lecture in the National Seminar held at NITTTR, Chandigarh on February 27-28, 2007.
Invited Lecture in the National Conference held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata on January 13-14, 2007.
Invited Lecture in the 94 th Indian Science Congress held at Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram on January 3-7, 2007.
Series of Invited Lectures as Visiting Professor at Shimla University, Summer Hill, Shimla on June12- 22, 2006..
Invited Technical Lecture in the workshop entitled “Curriculum Development for B.Tech. (Biotechnology) Programme” held at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (NIT), Allahabad on May 15, 2006.
Invited Public Lecture on “Role of Biochemical Engineering in Armament Research” on February 21, 2004 held at IT, BHU, Varanasi.
Invited Technical Lecture in the National Seminar on Environmental Biotechnology held at Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, A.P., on December 21-23, 2002.
Administrative Responsibilities: Several administrative posts have/ had been bestowed on me, which includes two times Coordinator ship (Head)(1994-95 & 2003-2006), Official of Gymkhana, Officiating Coordinator ship, Executive Council Member of IIChE, Varanasi Chapter, and many others of similar nature. Executive member, University Plantation, and Beautification Committee. Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee.
Academic Responsibilities: I have been involved in many academic activities of the University (BHU). I am associated with the M. Sc. Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology Curriculum programme of the Faculty of Science, BHU. I have delivered several scientific and technical lectures in the Academic Staff College, BHU.
I was also associated with many academic activities in IT- BHU and BHU. These include the post of Chairman, Convener etc. of different committees of Seminar/ Conferences.
Member of “Selection Committee” of CSIR Institutions, Universities, Institutions, etc.
Chairman, NBA to evaluate the curriculum programme of Universities.
National Institute of Technical Teacher’s Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh.
Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering Dept., JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata(2010).
Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering Dept., JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata(2011).
11. Anand Kumar 2017 Immunological studies of lipoprotein of Salmonella entericaservovarTyphi as a vaccine candidate.
July 2012) Studies on Microbial production of Daptomycin by various modes of bioreactors using different processing strategies.
July 2013) Studies on Microbial production of Ethanol from various alternative resources using different processing strategies.
1. Indrajeet 2017 Extraction and purification of Bromelain from Pineapple and its structural modification by acetylation for better stability.
4. P. Narasimha 2016 Biogenic Fabrication of Gold-Silver Bimetallic Nanoparticles: Characterization and their efficacy in killing pathogens.
10. Anwesha Barua 2015 Microbial Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles using Aspergillus versicolor- Characterization and Application.
11. Anisetty Naga Rohith 2014 Microbial fermentation of Cephalosporin C – optimization of experimental parameters using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN).
12. Gaurav Saraf 2014 In Silico studies of interactions between antibiotic Peptides and the neurotoxins of Clostridium family.
13. IngoleCharanUttamrao 2014 Fermentative Hydrogen production from temple and food waste by Batch mode using Enterobacteraerogenes.
Studies on production and media optimization of Oxytetracycline.
15. G. N. S. Bhanuji 2013 Media optimization studies of Actinomycin production using ANN and Genetic Algorithm.
26. Kuldeep Singh 2004 Design and development of air lift loop bioreactor using microbial reaction.
27. Kumar Gaurav 2004 Development of new generation cephalosporins by microorganisms using drug modification/ designing strategies.
Singh, S., I. Chakravarty, and Subir Kundu(2018) “Development of a Process Model for Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) of Algal Starch to Third Generation BioethanolBiofuels”. Biofuels (2018) (Accepted for Publication).
Sumedha Ojha, Shipra Deep and Subir Kundu(2017) “Plant derived antimicrobial peptide Ib-AMP1 as a potential alternative drug candidate for Staphylococcus aureus toxins”. Cellular and Molecular Biology (2017), Vol. 63 (6), Pp 56-59.
Shipra Deep, Sumedha Ojha and Subir Kundu. (2017) “Efficacy and Stability studies of microbial folate fortified fruit juices prepared using probiotic microorganism”. Cellular and Molecular Biology (2017), Vol. 63 (6), Pp 48-52.
Chakravarty, Ipsita, Sukhendra Singh, and Subir Kundu. (2017) "Development of the processing strategies for the production of Daptomycin by free and immobilized cells of Streptomyces roseosporus using non-conventional support matrices." International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research 8, no. 3 (2017): 1356.
Singh, S., I. Chakravarty, and S. Kundu(2017) "Mathematical modelling of bioethanol production from algal starch hydrolysate by Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Cellular and Molecular Biology 63.6 (2017): 83-87.
Chakravarty I, Kundu K, Ojha1 S, Kundu S. (2017) “Development of Various Processing Strategies for New Generation Antibiotics Using Different Modes of Bioreactors”. JSM Biotechnol Bioeng(2017).4(1): 1073.
Ojha Sumedha and Kundu Subir(2017): "Docking and molecular dynamics studies for developing Microcin C7 as an alternative drug against Diphtheria toxin"; International Journal of Bioinformatics research and Applications. Vol 13, No. 3, Pp-292-300, (2017).
ChakravartyIpsita, and Subir Kundu. (2016) "Improved production of Daptomycin in an airlift bioreactor by morphologically modified and immobilized cells of Streptomyces roseosporus." AMB Express, Springer 6.1 (2016): 101.
Ipsita Chakravarty, Roshan J. Pradeepam, Kanika Kundu, Pankaj Kumar Singh and Subir Kundu, (2015) "Mycofabrication of Gold Nanoparticles and Evaluation of their Antioxidant Activities". Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Vol.16, No. 8, pp. 747-755.
Shipra Deep and Subir Kundu(2015) "Assessment of preliminary in vitro Probiotic characteristics of the Folate producing yoghurt starter culture Streptococcus and Lactobacillus species", IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 3.
Subir Kundu, Sukhendra Singh, Sumedha Ojha and Kanika Kundu. (2015) "Efficient utilization of Biomass for Bioenergy in Environmental Control". World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Science Index, International Journal of Chemical, Nuclear, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (2015), Volume 9, No.1, pp.150 - 153.
Subir Kundu, Sukhendra Singh, Sumedha Ojha and Kanika Kundu. (2015) "Role of Biorefining and Biomass Utilization in Environmental Control". World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Science Index 97, International Journal of Environmental, Ecological, Geological and Marine Engineering (2015), Volume 9, No.1, pp.15 - 18.
Sumedha Ojha, Kanika Kundu and Subir Kundu, (2014) "In Silico Docking Studies of Conventional and Non Conventional Antibiotics with Staphylococcus aureus", International Journal of Basic and Applied Biology, Vol. 2, No 2, (2014), pp 50-54.
Shipra Deep and Subir Kundu (2014) "Comparative studies on folate production and parameter optimization in fermented milk from Yoghurt starter culture" International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology, Vol. 12, December 2014.
Pankaj Kumar Singh and Subir Kundu (2014) "Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Bacteria", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, Volume 84, Issue 2, pp 331-336.
Kumar Gaurav, Subir Kundu and Richa Srivastava (2012). Synthesis and in vitro antibacterial activity of some novel cephem antibiotics. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 4(3), pp. 659-667.
Sanjay Kumar, Subir Kundu, K. Pakshirajan and V. Venkata Dasu (2008). Cephalosporins Determination with a Novel Microbial Biosensor Based on Permeabilized Pseudomonas aeruginosa Whole Cells. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Volume 151(2-3), pp. 653-664. (Impact Factor: 1.893).
Vinod Kr Nigam., Subir Kundu and Purnendu Ghosh (2005). Single step conversion of Cephalosporin- C acylase to 7- ACA by free and Immobilized cells of Pseudomonas diminuta", Appl. Biochem. & Biotechnol, 126, pp. 13-21. (Impact Factor: 1.893).
Mahapatra, A. C., Nigam, V. K.; Srivastava, P. and Kundu, S. (2003) "A Comparative Study of Cephalosporin-C Fermentation in Batch, Semi continuous and Fed Batch Modes" Ind. Chemical Engg., 2003.
Kundu, S., Mahapatra, A.C., Nigam, V.K., and Kundu, K. (2003) "Continuous production of Cephalosporin-C by immobilized microbial cells using symbiotic mode in a packed bed bioreactor." Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes and Biotechnology - International Journal (Marcel Dekker Publication, New York), Vol.-31, No.3, Pp.- 313 - 327.
Mahapatra A.C., Kundu, K., Nigam, V.K., Mandava, M.V.P., and Kundu, S. (2002) "Comparative studies of CPC production by free and immobilized cells of Cephalosporium acremonium in different modes of Bioreactors." Indian J. Microbiology, 42, 319-322.
Kundu, S., Gupta, S., Vinod Bihari and Agrawal, S. C. (2000) "Studies on free and immobilized cells of C. acremonium on the production of Cephalosporins." Indian J. Microbiology, 40, 141-143.
Srivastava, P. and Kundu, S. (1999) "Studies on Cephalosporin-C production in an Air Lift Reactor using different Growth Modes of C. acremonium". Process Biochemistry (UK), 34: (4), 329-333.
Nigam, V. K. and Kundu, S. (1999) "Batch Production of 7-ACA by Different Microorganisms- A Comparative Study". Ind. Chemical Engg., 41: (1), 5-9.
Srivastava, P. and Kundu, S. (1998) "A Comparative Evaluation of Cephalosporin-C Production using various Immobilization Modes". J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. (Japan). 44, 113-117.
Nigam, V. K. and Kundu, S. (1997) "Effect of Organic Compounds on the Biosynthesis of Cephalosporin-C Acylase". Ind. J. Microbiol., 37, 201-203.
Srivastava, P., Nigam, V. K. and Kundu, S. (1996) "A Comparative Evaluation of Cephalosporin-C Production in Stirred Tank Reactor and Air Lift Reactor". Ind. J. Chemical Technol., 3, 371-372.
Srivastava, P. and Kundu, S. (1995) "A Laboratory Air Lift Bioreactor for Cephalosporin-C Production using C. acremonium". Ind. Chemical Engg., 37: (3), 136-139.
Kundu, S., Singh, S. K. and Nigam, V. K. (1993) "Comparative Studies of Cephalosporin-C Production in Batch and Continuous Stirred Tank Bioreactor". J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 8: (2), 76-84.
Kundu, S. and Mahapatra, A. C. (1993) "Microbial Production of Cephalosporin-C using Co-culture of C. acremonium and C. pyrenoidosa in a Packed Reactor". In Recent Trends in Biotechnology, C. Ayyana, Ed. (Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi), pp 31-35.
Kundu, S., Mahapatra, A.C., Srivastava, P. and Kundu, K. (1992) "Studies on Cephalosporin-C Production using Immobilized cells of C. acremonium in a Packed Bed Bioreactor". Process Biochemistry (U. K.), 27, 347-350.
Kundu, S. and Joshi, J. (1991) "Anticancer Antibiotics and their Biotransformation". Ind. J. Hospital Pharmacy, 28: (2), 54-58.
Srivastava, P. and Kundu, S. (1990) "A Simple Kinetic Analysis of Cephalosporin- C Production using various Carbon Substrates". J. Microbial. Biotechnol., 5, 34-41.
Kundu, S., Panda, T., Majumdar, S. K., Guha, B. And Bandopadhyay, K. K. (1984) "Pre-Treatment of Indian Cane Molasses for Increased Production of Citric Acid". Biotechnol. Bioengg., (USA), 26, 1114-1121.
Panda, S., Kundu, S. and Majumdar, S. K. (1984) "Studies on Citric Acid production by Aspergillus niger using treated Indian Cane Molasses". Process Biochemistry (UK),19, 183-187.
Kundu, S., Ghosh, T. K. and Mukhopadhyay, S. N. (1983) "Bioconversion of Cellulose into Ethanol by Clostridium thermocellum- Product Inhibition". Biotechnol. Bioengg. (USA), 25, 1109-1126.
Ipsita Chakravarty, Kanika Kundu, Sumedha Ojha and Subir Kundu (2018), “Design and Development of Antibiotic Fermentation Using Different Processing Strategies: Challenges and Perspectives” in Elsevier Publication (2018).
Preeti Nigam Joshi, Subir Kundu, Sunil K. Sanghi and DhimanSarkar, (2016), “Graphene Quantum Dots - From Emergence to Nanotheranostic Applications (Chapter - 7 )” in "Smart Drug Delivery System", Book edited by Ali DemirSezer, ISBN 978-953-51-2247-0,InTech Publishers, Croatia& Published: February 10, 2016 under CC BY 3.0 license (DOI: 10.5772/61932)(2016).
Chakravarty I., Kundu K., Kundu Subir (2015), "Daptomycin: Discovery, Development and Perspectives": The Battle Against Microbial Pathogens: Basic Science, Technological Advances and Educational Programs- ISBN 978-966-8736-05-6, Formatex Publications(2015).
Sumedha Ojha, Kanika Kundu, Shipra Deep, Gaurav Saraf and Subir Kundu, (2013). "Design and development of Conventional and Non-Conventional Antibiotics and their comparative analysis", Microbial pathogens and strategies for combating them: science, technology and education, A. Mendez- Vilas (Ed.), pp. 347-358. Formatex Research Centre, Spain. ISBN-13 Collection: 978-84-939843-8-0.
Subir Kundu (2013). "Development of Immunity and Longevity in Humans through Safer and Special Foods", Food Safety, Prabhat Kumar Ray (Ed.), pp. 1-4. Reader's Service. ISBN-978-93-82623-15-1.
Kumar Gaurav, Sourish Karmakar, Kanika Kundu, and Subir Kundu, (2012). "Design, Development and Synthesis of Novel Cephalosporin Group of Antibiotics. In Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria - A Continuous Challenge in the New Millennium". Marina Pana (Ed.), pp. 487-501. InTech Publishers, Croatia. (ISBN 978-953-51-0472-8). (This chapter has been downloaded more than 4000 times by the researchers of different countries around the world; Report of May 16, 2014 Enclosed).
Sourish Karmakar, Arka Pravo Kundu, Kanika Kundu and Subir Kundu, (2012). "Microbial wastewater treatment for heavy metal, oil and radioactive contamination". In Wastewater Treatment: Advanced Processes and Technologies, D.G. Rao, R. Senthilkumar, J. Anthony Byrne, and S. Feroz (Ed.), pp. 185-210. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Books Inc., London. (ISBN 9781439860441 & e-Book ISBN 9781439860458).
K. Gaurav, K. Kundu, S. Karmakar and S. Kundu (2011). "Development of New Generation Cephalosporins. In Recent advances in life sciences. A.K. Rai (Ed.), pp. 173-186, I. K. Publishers, India.
Sourish Karmakar, Kanika Kundu and Subir Kundu, (2010). "Development and Designing of Microbial Fuel cells", Microbiology Book Series, Vol. 2: Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, A. Mendez- Vilas (Ed.), pp. 1029-1034. Formatex Research Center, Spain. (ISBN (13): 978-84-614-6195-0).

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