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SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY

A University Established by SAARC Nations

SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY

A University established by SAARC Nations

AKR Gobinath

Associate Professor
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Chennai, 2008)
Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory Click to visit ....Laboratory

Contact Details

akrgobi(at)sau.int
LSG-07, South Asian University ,Rajpur Rd, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110068
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Research Interest: 

Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory aims to develop sustainable, and cost-effective bioprocesses for the production of various commercially important bioproducts by employing the strategies of bioprocess and classical fermentation technology. Currently, we have been focusing on microbial conversion of industrial byproducts/wastes such as crude glycerol and agro-residues into valuable biofuels (biobutanol and biohydrogen), chemicals (propanediol, butanediol and succinic acid) as well as industrially important enzymes (laccase, Mn-peroxidase and ligninase).

Research Experience:

  • Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engg. NUS-Singapore (2016)
  • Associate Professor, School of Biotechnology, VIT-University, Vellore, India (2012)
  • Post Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engg. NTU-Singapore (2009)

 

Qualifications

  • PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Chennai , in 2008
  • M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology- Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India. , in 2003
  • B.Pharm from Dr.MGR.Medical University, Chennai, India , in 2001

Research Interests

  • Renewable Bioenergy: Clostridial fermentation for Biobutanol and Biohydrogen
  • Bioconversion: Waste biomass into value-added chemicals production
  • Pretreatment of biomass: Microbial and physicochemical methods
  • Enzymatic synthesis of arabino, malto and xylo-oligosugars
  • Developing bioprocess: synthetic AMPs and natural defensins

Recent Publications

  • Sanjiv K. S., Gobinath R., Chandraraj K. Saccharification and fermentation of pretreated lignocellulosic biomass for fuel alcohols production. Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Bioenergy Production. 2026. 347-422.

    Shaik S., Venkata G. P., Aparna R., Baliram G. R., Nagaveni S., Gobinath R. Sustainable packaging solutions for the extension of shelf life of chicken fillets using sodium alginate films enriched with fish protein hydrolysates. ACS Food Science & Technology. 2025. 5:7; 2820-2832. 

    Rathod, B.G., Poosarla, V.G., Gobinath R., Kumari, A. and Shivshetty, N. Bioethanol production from fruit waste using a microbial co-culture of Bacillus siamensis F2 and Candida albicans GP1. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 2025. 19: 1915-1930.

    Aparna R., Venkata G.P., Shaik S., Nagaveni S., Gobinath R. Bioprospecting of Fungi for Anticancer Compounds. Bioprospecting of Multi-tasking Fungi for Therapeutic Applications: Volume II. 2025. 127-154

    Venkata G.P., Suchitra B., Aruna S., Baliram G.R., Aparna R., Suresh K., Nagaveni S., Gobinath R. Extension of shelf life of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) by using a coating of polyhydroxybutyrate‐carboxymethyl cellulose‐pectin‐thymol conjugate. Journal of Food Science. 2024. 89:10, 6232-6252.

    Gobinath R., Jain A, Poosarla V.G., Chandraraj K., and Yang K.L. High level of 1,3-propanediol production from crude glycerol by Clostridium strain BOH3: Critical roles of inoculum and substrate concentration. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. 2024, 99: 1445-1458.  

    Khalil M.E., Jain A, Yang K.L, Gobinath R. A remarkable enhancement in hydrogen production from Clostridium beijerinckii G117 by the co-fermentation of crude glycerol and rice bran hydrolysates. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2023, 48 (87), pp. 33810-33826.

    Khalil M.E., Jain A, Das E., Yang K.L, Gobinath R. A robust and efficient bioprocess of hydrogen production from crude glycerol by Clostridium beijerinckii G117. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2023, 48 (21), pp. 7604-7620. 

    Poosarla V.G., Shivshetty N., Nagarajan S., Gobinath R. Development of recombinant lantibiotics and their potent uses. Lantibiotics as Alternative Therapeutics. 2023, pp. 65-83.

    Bhattacharyya A., Jain A., Gobinath R. Biobutanol production from food crops Advances and Developments in Biobutanol Production. 2023, pp. 245-260.

    Bhattacharyya A., Ahmed M., Wadhwa R., Aggarwal S., Mustafiz A. and Gobinath R. High production of Trametes cinnabarina Laccase (lac1) by suspended and immobilized cells of recombinant Pichia pastoris from crude glycerol. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 2023, 13 (4), pp. 2149-2168.

    Gobinath R. and Krishnan C. Production of cellulosic butanol by clostridial fermentation: a superior alternative renewable liquid fuel. Biofuels and Bioenergy. 2022, pp. 263-289.

    Jain A., Das E, Poosarla V.G., Gobinath R. Biohydrogen Production Technologies: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Perspectives. Production Technologies for Gaseous and Solid Biofuels. 2022 pp.115-168.

    Rabindra K.M., Iffat T.F., Gobinath R. Thermostable, solvent, surfactant, reducing agent and chelator resistant α-amylase from Bacillus strain IBT108: A suitable candidate enables one-step fermentation of waste potato for high butanol and hydrogen production. Waste and biomass valorization. 2021, pp. 223-238.

    Rabindra K.M., Dharmendhar K., Gobinath, R. Biohydrogen production from fruit waste by Clostridium strain BOH3. Renewable Energy. 2020, 153, pp. 1368-1377.

    Gobinath R., Chandraraj K., Functional oligosaccharides: Production and action, peer reviewed book chapter in Next Generation Biomanufacturing Technologies (ACS). 2019, pp.155-180.

    Jayaraman N., Kuppusamy S., Adikesavan S., Gobinath.R., Kadarkarai M., Aruliah R. Role of calcium-depositing bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens and its influence on corrosion of different engineering metals used in cooling water system., 3 Biotech. 2017, 7(6), pp.1-9. 

    Gobinath, R., Kavitha, S., Kun-Lin, Production of prebiotic-xylooligosaccharides from alkali pretreated mahogany and mango wood sawdust by using purified xylanase of Clostridium strain BOH3. Carbohydrate Polymers. 2017, 167, pp.158-166.

    Gobinath, R., Kavitha, S., Kun-Lin, Y. Production of xylooligosaccharides from hardwood xylan by using immobilized endoxylanase of Clostridium strain BOH3. RSC Advances. 2016, 6, pp.81818-81825.99: 1445-1458. 

Awards & Honours

2026: Best Oral Presentation Award in ICABB2026: 9th International Conferences on Advances in Biosciences and Biotechnology, JIIT-Noida. Jan 28-30. Speaker/First author: Sidharth U.C - Ph.D Scholar.

2026: Best Poster Presentation (Third Place) in ICABB2026: 9th International Conferences on Advances in Biosciences and Biotechnology, JIIT-Noida. Jan 28-30. Speaker/First author: Jyotsana Singh - M.Sc Project student. 

2023: Best Research Paper Award in the South Asian Biotechnology Conference (SABC-2023), Dhaka University. Feb 3-5. Speaker/First Author: Md. Ebrahim Khalil - Ph.D Scholar. 

2022: Best Research Paper Award in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Biotechnology and Environmental Science (ICRABES-2022), VIT-University. Dec 16-18. Speaker/First Author: Md. Ebrahim Khalil - Ph.D Scholar. 

2022: Best Research Paper Award in the International Conference on Biotechnology, Sustainable Bioresources and Bioeconomy (BSBB-2022), IIT Guwahati. Dec 7-11. Speaker/First Author: Akanksha Jain - Ph.D Scholar. 

2021: Best Research Paper Award. Theme of Biomass & Bioenergy in the Fifth International Conference Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies. Jan 29-30. Speaker/First author: Akanksha Jain - Ph.D Scholar   

2020: Best Research Paper Award. Theme: Industrial Biotechnology in the International Conference on Frontiers in Industrial Biotechnology (ICFIB).  Chennai. July 27-29. Speaker/First author: Dr.AKR.Gobinath. 

2020: Best Research Paper Award. Theme: Biofuels and Bioenergy in the ICFIB. Chennai. July 27-29. Speaker/First author: Dr.AKR.Gobinath.

2018: Best Research Paper Award. Session: Biomass and Bio Energy, in the international symposium on biotechnology -  Biosangam 2018. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology - Allahabad. Mar 9-11. Speaker/First author: Rabindra - Ph.D Scholar.  

2017: Best Oral Presentation Award in ICABB2017: 19th International Conferences on Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology, Singapore. Jan 8-9. Speaker/First author: Dr.AKR.Gobinath.


Last Updated : 02 Feb 2026