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Prof. Ashish A Prabhu

PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Biotechnology

Room No: 418   +91-870-2464210
ashishp@nitw.ac.in Edit Profile Bio Sketch

Research Areas

 Biofuels 

 Bioprocess Engineering 

 Biorefinery 

 Downstream processing Technology 

 Enzyme engineering 

 Metabolic Engineering 

 Therapeutic protein production  

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Genetic Engineering and Immunology Laboratory(BT306)
  • Fermentation and Enzyme Technology(BT16031)
  • Sustainable Development(IC307)
  • Biosensors(BT445)
  • Biology for Engineers(BT1161)
  • Enzyme Technology(BT252)
  • Cell Biology and Molecular Biology Laboratory(BT256)
  • Bioprocess Engineering(BT301)
  • Genetic Engineering(BT303)
  • Enzyme Engineering(BT5161)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0001-8098-7869
  • SCOPUS ID: 56938132200
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=wBnG5TQAAAAJ


  • Production of thermostable recombinant cutinase using mixed food waste: A sustainable approach toward environmental remediation, By Nivedhitha Ulaganathan, Kawinharsun Dhodduraj, T Chandukishore, Ashish A Prabhu, Elsevier, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol., pp.153892, 2024
  • Mixed food waste valorization using a thermostable glucoamylase enzyme produced by a newly isolated filamentous fungus: A sustainable biorefinery approach, By Satwika Das, T Chandukishore, Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian, Ashish A Prabhu, Pergamon, Chemosphere, vol.352, pp.141480, 2024
  • Sustainable biorefinery approach by utilizing xylose fraction of lignocellulosic biomass, By Satwika Das, T Chandukishore, Nivedhitha Ulaganathan, Kawinharsun Dhodduraj, Sai Susmita Gorantla, Teena Chandna, Laxmi Kumari Gupta, Ansuman Sahoo, PV Atheena, Ritu Raval, PA Anjana, Venkata DasuVeeranki, Ashish A Prabhu, Elsevier, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol., pp.131290, 2024
  • Biovalorisation of mixed food waste through newly isolated thermo tolerant fungal cell factories: A step toward transforming waste to wealth, By T Chandukishore, Satwika Das, K Narasimhulu, Ashish A Prabhu, Elsevier, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, vol.35, pp.101230, 2023
  • Re-routing the hemicellulosic fraction of lignocellulosic biomass toward value added products: A pragmatic bio refinery approach, By T Chandukishore, Satwika Das, Prabir Das, Venkata Dasu Veeranki, Ashish A Prabhu, Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol., pp.111971, 2024
  • Development of Hypertolerant Strain of Yarrowia lipolytica Accumulating Succinic Acid Using High Levels of Acetate, By Vivek Narisetty, Ashish A Prabhu, Rajesh Reddy Bommareddy, Rylan Cox, Deepti Agrawal, Ashish Misra, M Ali Haider, Amit Bhatnagar, Ashok Pandey, Vinod Kumar, American Chemical Society, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol.10, pp. 10858-10869, 2022
  • Enhanced 2, 3-Butanediol production by mutant Enterobacter ludwigii using Brewers’ spent grain hydrolysate: Process optimization for a pragmatic biorefinery loom, By Yassin Amraoui, Ashish A Prabhu, Vivek Narisetty, Frederic Coulon, Anuj Kumar Chandel, Nicholas Willoughby, Samuel Jacob, Apostolis Koutinas, Vinod Kumar, Elsevier, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.427, pp.130851, 2022
  • Prospects on bio-based 2, 3-butanediol and acetoin production: Recent progress and advances, By Sofia Maina, Ashish A Prabhu, Narisetty Vivek, Anestis Vlysidis, Apostolis Koutinas, Vinod Kumar, Elsevier, Biotechnology advances, vol.54, pp.107783, 2022
  • Downstream Techniques for Lactic Acid Purification Produced from the Biorefinery Approach, By T Chandukishore, Ashish Prabhu, K Narasimhulu, Taylor & Francis, Separation & Purification Reviews, vol., pp.1-17, 2024
  • Sustainable process for the synthesis of biodiesel from waste cooking oil by mixed seashell waste nanocatalyst, By Rajendran Omana Rajesh, Deepesh Singh Chauhan, Kaustubha Mohanty, Ashish A Prabhu, Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol.13, pp.115785, 2025

Biochemical strategy for the efficient valorization of crude glycerol to bio-nylon-4 by metabolically engineered Y.lipolytica: A biorefinery approach towards sustainable biopolymer production

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DBT
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2104840
  • Status Ongoing

Metabolic Engineering of microbial cell factory for Co-production of Xylitol, Succinic acid and Lipids Fuels using Industrial Waste

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor NITW
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Ongoing

Production of organic acids and enzymes

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MEITY GENESIS
  • Duration 12 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Ongoing

Metabolic engineering of Pichia pastoris cell factory for efficient valorization of food waste in to citramalic acid: A biorefinery approach toward sustainable biopolymer production

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-SERB
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3209180.00
  • Status Completed

Food waste valorization for the production of itaconic acid from recombinant Pichia pastoris

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor NIT Waranga
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000.00
  • Status Completed


Chandukishore T

  • Area of Research: Biorefinery

Satwika Das

  • Area of Research: Biorefinery
  • Best Young Scientist Award
  • Topper of the MTech Industrial Biotechnology
  • Assistant Warden for Azad HOR (Continuing from July, 2024)
  • Internal Quality Assurance Committee Member (Continuing from July, 2024)
  • Member Committee for Summer Internship Programme at UG level (Continuing from July, 2024)
  • Faculty Advisor, Technical Association of Biotechnology (August, 2023 - July, 2024)