Dr. Monika Prakash Rai

Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: mprai[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: +91-532-227-1231(O) +91-9313887818 (M)

Thesis Supervised

S.No	Research Topic	Name of Student	Completion/Registration Year
Ph.D. Completed:
1	Production and extraction of oil from algae for various applications	Anwesha Khanra	Awarded 19
2	Molecular and Functional Characterization of gamma TMT gene promotor of Soybean	Khushboo Kumari	Awarded 21
3	Studies on Microalgae for Lipid and Nanomaterial Synthesis	Shrasti Vasistha	Awarded 21
4	Effect of carbon nanomaterials on microalgae growth for the production of bioactive compounds	Akanksha Aggarwal	Awarded 22
5	Extraction and characterization of bioactive compounds produced from algae under stress conditions	Kushi Yadav	Awarded
Ph.D. Ongoing
1	Studies on the role of Nanomaterials on Microalgae biomass and lipid for biodiesel production	Reetu	Registered
M.Tech Students
1	Biosorption of Cd and Ni by using Chlorella sp.	Vandit Saxena	Awarded 12
2	Oil extraction from Chlorella sp. under salt and pH stress condition for the application of bioenergy.	Trishnamoni Gautam	Awarded 14
3	Growth and production of biodiesel from Scenedesmus sp.	Shivani Gupta	Awarded 14
4	Algae cultivation for biofuel application	Anchala Singh	Awarded 22
5	Algae based waste remediation and industrial application	Issac Lal	Awarded 22
M.Sc. Students
1	Increase in biomass production of Euglena gracilis for biodiesel production	Megha Solanki	Awarded 15
2	Lipid enhancement in marine microalgae and cyanobacteria for biodiesel application.	Divya Tanwar	Awarded 15
3	Role of nanomaterials in microalgae-based wastewater treatment	Nandini Saxena	Awarded 21
B.Tech Students
1	Role of microalgae biomass for industrial applications	Smriti Dhara	Awarded 23
2	Potential of microalgae in Pharmaceutical sector	Mehvish Showkat	Awarded 23