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: +91-532-227-1243(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 25 |
| 6 | Studies on the role of Nanomaterials on Microalgae biomass and lipid for biodiesel production | Reetu | Awarded 24 | Ph.D. Ongoing |
| 1 | State of Art Seminar submitted | Vaishali Chaudhary | 2023 |
| 2 | State of Art Seminar submitted | Tribhuvan Kumar | 2024 |
| 3 | State of Art awaited | Anuj Sharma | July 2025 |
| 4 | State of Art awaited | Muskaan Shukla | July 2025 | 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 |
| 6 | Optimization of E.coli growth for recombinant protein production | Abhishek Agrawal | 2025 |
| 7 | Metabolite analysis of CHO cell culture for elucidating growth kinetics and metabolic pathways in biotherapeutic protein production | Tushar Saini | 2026 |
| 8 | Novel biorefinery approach using different biomass for bioethanol and biochar production | Sougata Rajak | 2026 | 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 |
| 3 | Selection of media for microalgae growth and their comparison for algal biomass | Rishabh Dubey | 2024 |
| 4 | Study on cultivation of microalgae and biomass recovery for industrial application | Neelam | 2025 |
| 5 | Aquacheck: Analysing water for safe consumption | Priyanka Shekhar and Arjav Jain | 2025 |
| 6 | Industry exposure and project internship overview | Divyanshi Agarwal | 2025 |
| 7 | Removal of Cu and Cd from water samples using microalgae | Sukrati Srivastava, Shreeram Golia, MD Khan | 2026 |
| 8 | Evaluation of microalgal biomass productivity and biochemical content for bioenergy potentiaL | Sakshi Gupta | 2026 |