Current PhD and Master's Students
Shivangi Singh
PhD (July 2025 - Present)
Thesis Title: Bioenergy
Dishant Goyal
PhD (July 2024 - Present)
Thesis Title: Bioenergy
Ajit K.
PhD (Aug 2023 - Present)
Thesis Title: Supply chain management of biomass for biofuel industry
Rickwinder Singh
PhD (2021 - Present)
Thesis Title: Studies on pyrolysis of anaerobic digestate with agricultural residues and municipal solid waste for bioenergy production
Research Area:
Biomass to Bio-energy, Thermochemical conversion (Pyrolysis, Torrefaction, Hydrothermal carbonization)Publications Journal Articles: 12
Rahul Kumar
M.Tech (Aug 2024- Present)
Thesis Title: Poultry waste valorisation for biofuel production and industrial applications
Aryan Prajapati
M.Tech (Aug 2024- Present)
Thesis Title: Development of Biochar based Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Energy Storage
Deepak Tailor
Project Assistant (2020-2024)
Technical Assistant (2025-Present)
Himanshi
Project Title: JRF (Nov 2025-Present)
Green biomass from intermediate crops an untapped income source for farmers Circular production of leaf protein for food and feed, bioactive compounds, biogas and biostimulants
2025-2028
Previous PhD and Master's Students
Apoorva Upadhya
PhD (2018 - 2024)
Thesis Title: Biogas Upgradation by CO2 Sequestration and simultaneous production of high value product
Research Area: Waste to energy
Currently Working as an Assistant Professor at DAV Rajasthan.
Kunwar Paritosh
PhD (2017 - 2021)
Thesis Title: Studies on solid state anaerobic digestion of agricultural stubble and its simultaneous treatment
Research Area:
Biomass to Bio-energy, Solid-state Anaerobic Digestion
Completed his postdoc at University College, Cork, Ireland
Currently working at NIH, Roorkee as an Associate Researcher
Monika Yadav
PhD (2016 - 2021)
Thesis Title: Studies on lignocellulosic biomass and its pretreatment for enhanced biogas production
Research area: Anaerobic digestion and pretreatment studies.
Currently working as a consultant in Gurgaon.
Dalu Ram
M.Tech. (2023-2025)
Thesis Title: Simulation study of Solid-State Anaerobic Digester (SSAD) and BMP of Green Gram Straw at Thermophilic Conditions
Currently working at Livprotec, Pune
Sahil
JRF (Aug 2023- July 2024)
Project Title: INDO-RUSSIA- Enhancing the efficiency of clean energy production by intensifying anaerobic bioconversion of organic waste using solar energy
Publications: 2
Currently doing a PhD at Dalhousie University, Canada
Amit shamrao zore
M.Tech (Aug 2022- June 2024)
Thesis Title: Solid biofuel production via Microwave-assisted Torrefaction and prediction of HHV and TSI using Machine Learning
Current Position: Rays Power Infra
Siddharth Chaudhary
M.Tech (Aug 2022- June 2024)
Thesis Title: Pelletization and Characterization of peanut shell biomass for enhanced energy production
Current Position: PhD at IIT Kanpur
Prakhar Talwar
M.Tech (Aug 2021- June 2023)
Thesis Title: Analysis of Food-Energy nexus via mushroom cultivation and bioenergy production from agro-waste
Current Position: PhD at Dalhousie University Canada
Pratiksha Ahire
M.Tech (Aug 2021- June 2023)
Thesis Title: Tool development for estimation of biomethane potential of different food waste categories
Current Position: L & T
Nikita Verma
M.Tech (Aug 2021- June 2023)
Thesis Title: Effect of nanoparticles as additive for enhancing the bio methane yield in co-pretreated lignocellulosic biomass under solid state anaerobic co-digestion
Current Position: PhD at University of Cork,Ireland
Manish Gothwal
M.Tech (Aug 2020- June 2022)
Thesis Title: Improving the efficiency of microbial fuel cell using the sludge derived biochar blended with copper metal
Currently working at Wind Pioneers as a Wind Engineer.
Manish Kumar Saini
M.Tech (Aug 2020- June 2022)
Thesis Title: Enhancing the production of biogas by co-digestion using sewage sludge and Pearl Millet straw
working at TCE
Avinash Bharti
M.Tech (Aug 2018- June 2020)
Thesis Title: GIS Mapping of wheat straw residues for bioenergy production in Rajasthan
Working at
Arnab Saha
M.Tech (Aug 2017- June 2019)
Thesis Title: Energy Simulation in buildings with bioenergy and photovoltaic
Anand Kumar
M.Tech (Aug 2016- June 2018)
Thesis Title: CFD simulation of biogas digestor located at STP delawas, Jaipur
Subodh Kumar
M.Tech (Aug 2015 - June 2017)
Thesis Title: Residual biomass of major cereals of Rajasthan: Pre-treatment, biogas potential, energy and economic analysis
Current Employment Status:
Pursuing a Post Doc at University of Urbino, Italy.
Published Journal Articles: 6
Somnath
M.Tech (Aug 2020- June 2022)
Thesis Title: Energy and Exergy analysis tool development for plants
Currently working at Danieli Corus
Md. Amir Suhail
M.Tech (Aug 2017 - June 2019)
Thesis Title: TEA of solar biomass offgrid hybrid system for rural electrification in Rajasthan
Akash Deep Singh
M.Tech (Aug 2017 - June 2019)
Thesis Title: Life cycle assessment of biogas plant located at delawas, Jaipur
Currently doing a PhD at SSS-NIBE, Punjab
Kishan Kumar
M.Tech (Aug 2016 - June 2018)
Thesis Title: Pretreatment and multi feed anaerobic codigestion of residual biomass to improve biogas production
