Banafsha Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: banafsha327[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: -(O)
Research Publications
Book Chapter:
Ahmed, B., Tiwari, S. B., Naseem, A., Kazmi, A. A., Khursheed, A., & Tyagi, V. K. (2020). Thermal Pre/Treatment of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste. Biorefineries: A Step Towards Renewable and Clean Energy, 105-120.Aboudi, K., Ahmed, B., Tyagi, V. K., & Van Lier, J. B. (2021). Occurrence and fate of aromaticity driven recalcitrance in anaerobic treatment of wastewater and organic solid wastes. In Clean Energy and Resources Recovery (pp. 203-226). Elsevier.Gahlot, P., Balasundaram, G., Ahmed, B., Kazmi, A. A., & Tyagi, V. K. (2023). Microbe–material interactions for direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion. In Material-Microbes Interactions (pp. 47-58). Academic PressGahlot, P., Aboudi, K., Ahmed, B., Tawfik, A., Khan, A. A., Khursheed, A., & Tyagi, V. K. (2021). Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) via conductive materials in anaerobic digestion of organic wastes. In Clean Energy and Resources Recovery (pp. 227-252). Elsevier.Aboudi, K., Fernández-Güelfo, L. A., Ahmed, B., Tyagi, V. K., Álvarez-Gallego, C. J., & Romero- García, L. I. (2021). Integral valorization of residual biomass: Hydrogen, polyhydroxyalkanoates, and compost production. In Clean Energy and Resources Recovery (pp. 355-390). Elsevier.Aboudi, K., Fernández-Güelfo, L. A., Álvarez-Gallego, C. J., Ahmed, B., Tyagi, V. K., & Romero-García, L. I. (2021). Polyhydroxyalkanoate production from algal biomass. In Clean Energy and Resources Recovery (pp. 447-464). Elsevier.
Journals:
Ahmed, B. & Vijay, V. (2026). Biogas generation potential and greenhouse gas emission saving potential from livestock manure: A state-level analysis for India. Energy for Sustainable Development, 92, 101960.Ahmed, B., Bharti, A., Singh, G. N., Graham, N. T., Bohre, A., Evans, M., & Vijay, V. (2025). Biomass to bio-energy supply chain: Economic viability, case studies, challenges and policy implications in India. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 75, 104249.Ahmed, B., Gahlot, P., Balasundaram, G., Tyagi, V. K., Vivekanand, V., & Kazmi, A. A. (2023). Semi-continuous anaerobic co-digestion of thermal and thermal-alkali processed organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Methane yield, energy analysis, anaerobic microbiome. Journal of Environmental Management, 345, 118907. Ahmed, B., Tyagi, S., Rahmani, A. M., Kazmi, A. A., Varjani, S., & Tyagi, V. K. (2022). Novel insight on ferric ions addition to mitigate recalcitrant formation during thermal-alkali hydrolysis to enhance biomethanation. Science of The Total Environment, 829, 154621. Ahmed, B., Tyagi, V. K., Kazmi, A. A., & Khursheed, A. (2022). New insights into thermal-chemical pretreatment of organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Solubilization effects, recalcitrant formation, biogas yield and energy efficiency. Fuel, 319, 123725Ahmed, B., Tyagi, S., Banu, R., Kazmi, A. A., & Tyagi, V. K. (2022). Carbon based conductive materials mediated recalcitrant toxicity mitigation during anaerobic digestion of thermo-chemically pre-treated organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Chemosphere, 291, 132682Ahmed, B., Tyagi, V. K., Aboudi, K., Naseem, A., Álvarez-Gallego, C. J., Fernández-Güelfo, L. A., ... & Romero-García, L. I. (2021). Thermally enhanced solubilization and anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Chemosphere, 282, 131136Ahmed, B., Tyagi, V. K., Khan, A. A., & Kazmi, A. A. (2020). Optimization of process parameters for enhanced biogas yield from anaerobic co-digestion of OFMSW and bio-solids. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-12Ahmed, B., Aboudi, K., Tyagi, V. K., Álvarez-Gallego, C. J., Fernández-Güelfo, L. A., Romero-García, L. I., & Kazmi, A. A. (2019). Improvement of anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass by hydrothermal pretreatment. Applied Sciences, 9(18), 3853. Gahlot, P., Ahmed, B., Tiwari, S. B., Aryal, N., Khursheed, A., Kazmi, A. A., & Tyagi, V. K. (2020). Conductive material engineered direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in anaerobic digestion: mechanism and application. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 20, 101056Rahmani, A. M., Tyagi, V. K., Ahmed, B., Kazmi, A. A., Ojha, C. S. P., & Singh, R. (2022). Critical insights into anaerobic co-digestion of wheat straw with food waste and cattle manure: Synergistic effects on biogas yield and kinetic modeling. Environmental Research, 212, 113382Balasundaram, G., Gahlot, P., Ahmed, B., Biswas, P., Tyagi, V. K., Svensson, K., ... & Kazmi, A. A. (2023). Advanced steam-explosion pretreatment mediated anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge: Effects on methane yield, emerging contaminants removal, and microbial community. Environmental Research, 238, 117195Tiwari, S. B., Dubey, M., Ahmed, B., Gahlot, P., Khan, A. A., Rajpal, A., ... & Tyagi, V. K. (2021). Carbon based conductive materials facilitated anaerobic co-digestion of agro waste under thermophilic conditions. Waste Management, 124, 17-25Tyagi, V. K., Bhatia, A., Kubota, K., Rajpal, A., Ahmed, B., Khan, A. A., ... & Kumar, M. (2021). Microbial community dynamics in anaerobic digesters treating organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 21, 101303Tamang, P., Tyagi, V.K., Gunjyal, N., Rahmani, A.M., Singh, R., Kumar, P., Ahmed, B., Tyagi, P., Banu, R., Varjani, S. and Kazmi, A.A., 2023. Free nitrous acid (FNA) pretreatment enhances biomethanation of lignocellulosic agro-waste (wheat straw). Energy, 264, p.126249Tyagi, V. K., Tien, A. L. S., Ahmed, B., & Gautam, A. (2019). Bio-stimulation of anaerobic digestion by low intensity ultrasonication. Water Science and Technology, 80(4), 659-664.
Conference Proceedings:
Ahmed, B., Dimri, G., Vijay, V., Bharti, A., & Bohre, A. (2025). Mitigating GHG emissions through livestock waste valorisation: CBG production and digestate utilization in India. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Bio-Energy Research (ICRABR-2025) (pp. 11). Kapurthala, India: Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy.Dimri, G., Vijay, V., Lamba, R., Ahmed, B., & Bohre, A. (2025). Geospatial analysis of burnt area with emphasis on carbon accounting in Punjab’s agroecosystems. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Bio-Energy Research (ICRABR-2025) (pp. 10). Kapurthala, India: Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy.Ahmed, B., Tyagi, V. K., Kazmi A.A. (2022). Mitigation of recalcitrant toxicity in thermo-chemically pre-treated organic fraction of municipal solid waste using carbon based conductive materials.
MICROPOL 2022: The 12th Micropol and Ecohazard Conference, 6-10th June 2022, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. (Full paper) POSTER
Ahmed, B., Tyagi, V. K., Kazmi, A. A. (2021). Thermal and thermo-chemical pre-treatment of organic fraction of municipal solid waste: effect on solubilisation, recalcitrant and biogas yield
ICAFEE 2021: The 5th International Conference on Alternative Fuels, Energy and Environment (ICAFEE): Future and Challenges (Virtual), 15-18 Oct. 2021, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. (Full paper) ORAL
Ahmed, B., Tyagi, V.K., Kazmi, A.A. (2020) Optimisation of process parameters for enhancing biogas yield from anaerobic co-digestion of OFMSW and sewage sludge.
Recycle 2020: 3rd International Conference on Waste Management, 13-14 Feb. 2020, Indian Institute of Technology, Assam (Guwahati), India. (Full Paper) ORAL.
Rahmani, AM., Ahmed, B., Kazmi, AA., Ojha, CSP., Tyagi, VK. (2022) Anaerobic co-digestion of wheat straw with food waste and cattle manure: Optimization of processing parameters (ISR, C/N, TS %) for enhanced biogas yield.
Corfu 2022: 9th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management,15-18 June 2022, Corfu Island, Greece
Tiwari, S. B., Ahmed, B., Kazmi, A. A., & Tyagi, V. K. (2020). Enhancing anaerobic co-digestion of wheat husk–sewage sludge–cattle manure mix with carbon-based conductive materials. In Proceedings of the RECYCLE 2020: 3rd International Conference on Waste Management (IIT Guwahati, Assam, India).