Dr. D. Goyal

Dr. D. Goyal

Designation:

Professor

Specialization:

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Email:

dgoyal@thapar.edu

Professional Experience

24 years (after obtaining Ph.D) as on August, 2014

  1. Teaching : 20 years
  2. Industrial R & D : 4 years
  3. Research (Including Ph.D) : 27 years

Academics

  1. 1995 Post Doctorate in Industrial Biotechnology at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan worked on Molecular biology of coryneform bacteria with Prof. K Nagai and Dr Masaaki Wachi in collaboration with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tsukuba.
  2. 1990 Ph.D in Microbiology from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, worked on “Studies on cyanobacterial plasmids” under the supervision of Late Padmashree Dr GS Venkataraman .
  3. 1986 M.Sc in Microbiology from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, awarded with Gold Medal for outstanding academic performance and worked on “Effect of herbicides on cyanobacteria” under the supervision of Ex Principal Scientist, IARI, New Delhi Dr. Mrs. P Roychoudhary.

Positions Held

  1. Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala (14 years)
    1. Professor since May 27, 2009 and Head since December, 2013
    2. Executive Director, Science & Technology Entrepreneur’s Park (STEP) since July 19, 2005
    3. Associate Professor form April 24, 2006 up to May 26, 2009 (3 years and 1 month)
    4. Assistant Professor from August 11, 2000 up to April 23, 2006 (5 years 9 months)
  2. Thapar Centre for Industrial Research and Development, Patiala (4 years and 1 month)
    1. Research Scientist from July 01, 1996 to August 10, 2000
  3. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (2 years)
    1. Research Associate from October 1993 to September, 1995
  4. University of Delhi, New Delhi (6 years 4 months)
    1. Lecturer in Sr. Scale from February 25,1995 to June 30, 1996
    2. Lecturer from August 09, 1990 to February 24, 1995
    3. Lecturer from November, 1989 to April, 1990
  5. Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh (3 months)
    1. Scientist B from May, 1990 to August 08, 1990
  1. National
    1. 2012 Elected as Fellow of Association of Microbiologists of India (FAMI) by the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) on November 24, 2012 at 53rd Annual Conference at KIIT, Bhubaneshwar.
    2. 2011 Awarded “Shiksha Rattan Puraskar in 2011”, by India International Friendship Society, New Delhi.
    3. 2010 Awarded Fellowship (FABAP) by Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy (ABAP) for Achievements in November, 2010.
    4. 2009 Elected as the Fellow of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (FICCE), India in April, 2009.
  1. International
    1. 1993 Awarded Japanese Government (Mombusho) Scholarship (October 1993-March, 1995) in Biotechnology by Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD), Govt. of India to carry out Post-doctoral studies at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
  1. Other Distinctions
    1. 2011 - Nominated as Vice President of Patiala Management Association, Chapter of AIMA in 2011.
    2. 2010 - Nominated as expert advisor at UPSC for various examinations conducted by UPSC.
    3. 2009 - Biofertilizer Production Technology transferred to Glow Biotech Ltd., Aligarh was awarded “ISBA Entrepreneurship Award 2008” in the graduate category of Biotechnology & Life Sciences on January 31, 2009 out of 67 nominations from all over the country.
    4. 2008 - Elected as Advisor on Organic Farming for the Nabha Foundation, Nabha, Punjab in February 2008.
    5. 2008 - Nominated as Expert Member, NBA (2006-2008) in Biotechnology by AICTE, New Delhi.
    6. 2007 - Nominated by Department of Science & Technology for the Global Faculty Colloquium on Technology Entrepreneurship Education at Walter A Haas Business School and Lester Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of California, Berkeley from November 5-16, 2007.
    7. 2002 - Awarded with best poster award for the paper presented by Sudha Jala and Dinesh Goyal on “Effect of industrial fly ash on soil microbial activity” in the 43rdAnnual conference of Association of Microbiologist of India, Dec. 11-13, 2002, held at CCSHAU, Hisar.
    8. 2002 - Awarded travel grant from DST to participate and make an oral presentation on “Industrial Fly ash as a soil amendment agent for raising forestry plantations” at the International Symposium on Fly ash organized by The Minerals, Metals and Materials (TMS at Seattle, Washington, USA, (February 17-18, 2002).
    9. 1987 - Awarded Gold Medal by IARI, New Delhi for outstanding academic performance at Master of Science (M. Sc.) degree in 1986.
    10. 1986 - Awarded Senior Research Fellowship by Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, during Ph.D. (Sept., 1986- Apr., 1990).
    11. 1986 - Qualified National Educational Test (NET) conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC) for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in 1986.
    12. 1984 - Awarded Junior Research Fellowship by Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, during M.Sc. (Sept., 1984-Aug., 1986).
    13. 1984 - Secured 3rd position in the University of Delhi at Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in 1984 and awarded scholarship for pursuing higher degree

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND HIGHLIGHTS

  1. Worked on effect of herbicides on cyanobacteria that forms an integral part of rice cultivation and their plasmid profiles. During post doctoral work cell cycle mutants and plasmid biology of coryneform bacteria was studied and a new shuttle vector for gene cloning in coryneform bacteria (Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium) was developed.
  2. Industrial plantations of pulp wood tree species Eucalyptus and Acacia in 1997-1999 in Orissa and Punjab, India were raised involving application of microbial inoculants and fly ash for soil amendment to improve productivity on degraded lands and rehabilitation of lime sludge dumped sites and developed package of practices for utilization of fly ash as a resource material.
  3. Developed and used microbial systems in bioremediation for their beneficial application in soil for improving soil fertility and crop productivity on degraded lands involving molecular markers to assess their survival and studying soil-plant-microbe interaction, metal remediation from industrial effluents, pyrene (PAH) biodegradation and dye decolourization and degradation using bacterial systems. Developed cost effective protocols for mass production of microbial inoculants (nitrogen fixer and phosphate solubilizer), green alga Dunaliella for *-carotene and Spirulina for SCP.
  4. Developed innovative approaches for utilization of industrial solid wastes such as fly ash and bio-wastes for meaningful purposes especially as soil ameliorants and metal biosorbent for clean up of metal containing industrial effluents. An invention was made related to a process for manufacturing biosorbent from waste microbial biomass from pharmaceutical industry, which is cost effective and environment friendly and has usage/utility for the removal of chromium from chromium (VI) containing solutions or chrome effluent or any other such effluent to a significant level, obviating the use of a chemical process.
  5. The prime focus has been from lab. to land/market approach which involved technology development, demonstration and dissemination and commercialization mainly of microbial processes through business incubation, mentoring and technical support and guidance

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS

  1. Invited to Chair the technical session in National Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Phycology from March 25-26, 2013 at Punjabi University, Patiala.
  2. Invited to deliver a plenary lecture in National Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Phycology from March 25-26, 2013 at Punjabi University, Patiala.
  3. Invited as Chief Guest for the Inauguration of National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemistry and Environmental Sciences held at Modi College, Patiala on January 31, 2013.
  4. Invited to deliver a talk on Bioremediation of heavy metals from waste water and soil at International Conference on Biotechnology: A Rendezvous with basic sciences for global prosperity from December 26-27, 2012 at NASC Complex, PUSA, New Delhi.
  5. Invited as Resource person for delivering a series of talks on Environmental Issues by Academic Staff College, Punjab University, Chandigarh on March 06, 2012.
  6. Invited to deliver a talk on Use of flyash in Agriculture in a National Conference on Flyash applications held at Hyderabad from December 6-8, 2011.
  7. Invited to deliver an expert lecture on Bioremoval of heavy metals from waste water by Govt. Mohindra College, November 2011.
  8. Invited as Chief Guest at International Science Day on February 15, 2011 organized at Govt. Mohindra College, Patiala and delivered key note address on Biotechnology-The Golden Age.
  9. Delivered an invited talk on Applications of Biosensor’s on January 14, 2011 at Punjabi University, Patiala in a Refresher Course sponsored by NAIP and organized by Department of Biotechnology.
  10. Delivered an invited talk on Use of flyash in forestry plantations at Workshop on Use of flyash in Agriculture on March 09, 2010 organised by CFARM and DST at New Delhi.
  11. Delivered an invited talk on Business Potentials in Biotechnology at Lovely Professional University during Techfest 2009 on October 21, 2009.
  12. Nominated as the Fellow of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (FICCE), India in April, 2009.
  13. Delivered an Invited lecture on Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture in a Refresher Course organised by Department of Botany, Punjab University Chandigarh for University and College Teachers on July 13, 2009.
  14. Invited to deliver a plenary lecture on Algal Biotechnology-In Human Welfare at National Symposium on Phycology In India: Basic to Applied at Punjabi University, Patiala from February 12-13, 2009.
  15. Invited to deliver a talk on Biobusiness Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development in Universities at 49th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) held at New Delhi from November 17-19, 2008.
  16. Nominated as Expert Member (2006-2008) in Biotechnology by AICTE, New Delhi.
  17. Delivered an invited lecture on Biological Nitrogen Fixation at SL Bawa DAV College, Batala organized by PSCST, Chandigarh in Popular Biotechnology Lecture Series on February 14, 2008.
  18. Nominated as Advisor on Organic Farming for the Nabha Foundation, Nabha, Punjab in February, 2008.
  19. Delivered Invited Lecture on STEP and its Role in Entrepreneurship Development at Technology Innovation Funding organized by DST and CII Northern Chapter in Chandigarh on April 21, 2007.
  20. Invited to deliver Key Note Address on Business Development in Biotechnology at National Symposium on Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology: Scope and Prospects in North East India held at IITG, Guwahati from January 20-21, 2007.
  21. Member of the Board of Studies for Biotechnology of Sri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra (2009-2010).
  22. Deliver a Guest Lecture on Microbial Technology at Khalsa College, Patiala on September 3, 2005.
  23. Invited to the 8th Science Congress of Punjab Academy of Sciences and act as a judge for Young Scientist Award held at Punjabi University, Patiala on February 8, 2005.
  24. Member of the Board of Studies for Biotechnology (2004-2006) of MDS University, Ajmer and Question paper setter for B.Tech and M.Sc courses of Hari Singh Gour University, MDS University, GNDU, UPTU, Birla Instt., Ranchi.
  25. Invited to act as an expert member of the selection committees for lecturer’s by Mody Institute of Education & Research, Sikar (June 2002, 2003 and 2005) and Birla Institute of Textile Technology, Bhiwani (June, 2004).
  26. Invited as Chief Guest at the Inter School Biotechnology Declamation Contest organized by DAV Public School, Patiala on October 01, 2004 and delivered Presidential Address.
  27. Delivered an Invited Talk on “Biotechnology-The Golden age” at Sant Longowal Institute of Engg. & Tech., Longowal on October 17, 2003 at Techfest 2003.
  28. Delivered an Invited talk on Coal fly ash as soil ameliorating agent at the National Seminar on Soil-Elixir of Life on February 26, 2003, held at TIET, Patiala.
  29. Invited to act as Resource Person and Co-coordinator and to deliver a lecture on Plasmid Biology at the refresher course in Life Sciences on “Current Trends in Microbiology”, organized by the Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE), University of Delhi, Delhi (March 28- April 18, 1996).
  30. Founder of the society Mikrobiologika in 1992 at Department of Microbiology, RLA College, University of Delhi.

Sponsored Research Projects Undertaken as Principal Investigator

  1. Scale up, demonstration and promotion of technology for production of natural vinegar and non-alcoholic beverages, Cost 4.75 (Rs. Lakh),2012-13,PSCST (Funding Agency) Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  2. Seed Capital Assistance for in-house technology startup incubatees, Cost 100 (Rs. Lakh),2011-16 ,TDB, DST Not Yet initiated,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  3. Development and application of recombinant and other Cellulases for large scale recycling of cellulosic biomass , Cost 27.25 (Rs. Lakh) With IITG,2011-14,DBT (Funding Agency) Completed,Dinesh Goyal,Arun Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  4. Development and Scaling up of a low cost technology for production of algal inoculants for paddy cultivation using fly ash as carrier, Cost 8.2 (Rs. Lakh),2009-12 ,NABARD Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  5. Microbial conversion of cellulose to sugars for ethanol Production, Cost 31.48 (Rs. Lakh) With IITG ,2009-12 ,DBT Completed,Dinesh Goyal,Arun Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  6. Genetic monitoring of inoculated beneficial soil microbes in fly ash treated soils , Cost 28.70 (Rs. Lakh),2008-12 ,DST Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  7. Production of neem pesticide from neem seeds and its field application, Cost 3.75 (Rs. Lakh),2007-10,PSCST Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  8. Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP) in Agro Biotechnology Continuing on self-sustainable mode, Cost 295.00(Rs. Lakh),2005-11,DST, TIET Ongoing,Dinesh Goyal Chief Coordinator(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  9. Utilization of waste biomass for removal of heavy metals from industrial effluents, Cost 12.00(Rs.Lakh),2005-08 ,CSIR Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  10. Microbial inoculants for improving biomass production in agro-forestry, Cost 0.20(Rs.Lakh),2004-06 ,TIFAC-CORE, TIET Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  11. Microalgae for reduction of heavy metal toxicity from waste water, Cost 5.70 (Rs.Lakh),2002-05 ,UGC Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  12. Bioremoval of toxic heavy metals from industrial effluents, Cost 10.00 (Rs.Lakh),2001-04 ,CSIR Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  13. Microalgal flora of polluted Environments, Cost 0.25 (Rs.Lakh),1992-93,UGC Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))

Consultancy/ Industry sponsored projects

  1. Development of culture for organic waste Recycling,cost 1.25(Rs.Lakh),2011-12 ,EcoLabs, Mohali Ongoing,,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  2. Solid biowaste management at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Campus,cost 6.85(Rs.Lakh),2007-12 ,TIET, Patiala Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  3. Open observational study on clinical safety of selected ayurvedic and siddha herbo mineral and metallic preparation,cost 0.80(Rs.Lakh),2007-08 ,NIAPR,Patiala Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  4. Demonstration of use of waste microbial biomass for metal removal ,2002-03,Ranbaxy Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  5. Trial run and validation of removal of chromium from chrome effluents,2002-03,Goetze Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  6. Technology Demonstration on Flyash application in forestry on 30 acre of area,cost 15(Rs.Lakh),1997-04,BILT Completed,Dinesh Goyal(PI (s)/Co-PI/I(s))

Sponsored Research Projects Undertaken As Co-investigator/Collaborator

  1. Microbial sensors for some heavy metal Ions,cost 19.93 (Rs.Lakh),2007-10,NRB Completed(Funding Agency),Susheel Mittal Dinesh Goyal (PI(s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  2. Characterization and molecular analysis of some PAHs,cost 23.00 (Rs.Lakh),2003-60,DBT Completed(Funding Agency),Sunil Khanna ,NT Prakash ,Dinesh Goyal (PI(s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  3. Role of soil amendments, microbial inputs and chemical fertilization on nutrient cycling in Eucalyptus plantation,cost 13.50 (Rs.Lakh),1998-2003,ICAR Completed(Funding Agency),Dinesh Goyal,Rajesh Sharma,V Ramamurthy (PI(s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  4. Utilization of flyash for soil amendment to increase forest productivity,cost 70.00(Rs.Lakh),1997-2004,DST, TCIRD, BILT and TIET Completed(Funding Agency),Dinesh Goyal,Sunil Khanna,V Ramamurthy(PI(s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  5. Detection of Salmonella and coliforms in secondary biosludge of pulp and paper mill,1998-99 ,BILT Completed(Funding Agency),Dinesh Goyal,SK Chakraborty (PI(s)/Co-PI/I(s))
  6. β-carotene production from green alga Dunaliella,cost 0.45(Rs.Lakh),1996-98,UGC Completed(Funding Agency),Dinesh Goyal,V Ramamurthy(PI(s)/Co-PI/I(s))

THESIS SUPERVISION (as on August 2014)

  1. B.Tech. (Biotechnology),6(Supervised)
  2. M.Tech. (Environmental Sci. & Tech.) 5(Supervised) , 2(Under supervision)
  3. M. Sc. (Biotechnology) 44 (Supervised), 2(Under supervision)
  4. Ph.D 13(Supervised), 8(Under supervision)
  5. Project Fellow/Project Assistant/ Research Associate 8(Supervised), 6(Under supervision)
  1. An integrated approach for enhancing biomass production in Acacia auriculiformis Ritu S Sharma,Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce in May, 2001(Year of Completion),V Ramamurthy ,Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  2. Bioremoval of lead and chromium from wastewater Sarabjeet S. Ahluwalia,Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce in May, 2005(Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  3. Fly ash as an amending agent for soil fertility Sudha Jala,Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce in December, 2005(Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  4. Chromium removal from tannery effluent by microbial biomass Indu Sharma,Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce in February 2010(Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  5. Microbial decolourization of textile dye effluent Bella Devassey,Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce in April 2010 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal,Sunil Khanna (Supervisor(s))
  6. Diversity of pyrene degrading microbes and molecular analysis of pyrene degrading pathway Purnima Khanna, Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce in April 2011 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal,Sunil Khanna (Supervisor(s))
  7. Microbial inoculants and industrial solid wastes as soil amendments in agroforestry Honey Aggarwal, Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce in October 24, 2011 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  8. Microalgae for metal removal from waste water Rajiv Kumar, Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce on June 28, 2012 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  9. Micropropagation of medicinal plants and extraction of secondary metabolites Harmanjit Kaur, Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce on September 24, 2012 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal,M Anand (Supervisor(s))
  10. Development of Biosensor for heavy metal detection Minakshi Datta, Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce on March 25, 2013(Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  11. Studies on rhizospheric bacteria of Phragmites in constructed wetlands Misha Bhatia , Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce on July 26, 2014(Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  12. Bioconversion of agricultural waste biomass for ethanol production Nadeem Akhtar , Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce on July 16, 2014(Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  13. Development of fly ash based blue green algal inoculants for rice crop production Rajinder Kaur, Ph.D(Level), Final viva-voce on July 18, 2014(Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))

M Tech/ M.Sc/ BTech

  1. Microbial decolourization of azo and triphenylmethane dyes Preeti Gupta, M.Sc(Level), 2001 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  2. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals using microbes Sumit Mehna, M.Sc(Level), 2001 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  3. Studies on heavy metal tolerance by bacteria Sugandha Kumar, M.Sc(Level), 2002 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  4. Microbial decolourization of triphenylmethane dyes Nitika Agarwal, M.Sc(Level), 2002 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  5. Studies on enhancement and stability of b carotene from alga Dunaliella salina Amandeep Kaur (Pbi. Univ.), M.Sc(Level), 2002 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  6. Bacterial decolourization of triphenylmethane dyes Beenish Khan, M.Sc(Level), 2003 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal ,Neelam Verma(Supervisor(s))
  7. Biosorption of heavy metals Navneet Joshi, M.Sc(Level), 2003 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  8. Bioremoval of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution Kanchan Goyal, M.Sc(Level), 2004 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  9. Decolourisation of textile dyes by microbes and solid biowastes Jyoti Khurana, M.Sc(Level), 2004 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  10. Heavy metals and pathogens in leafy vegetables Navneet Jaj, M.Sc(Level), 2005 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  11. Decolorization of triphenylmethane dyes by Enterobacter sp. MTCC 6128 Mukesh Singh, M.Sc(Level), 2005 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  12. Impact of fly ash on wood quality of Eucalyptus tereticornis Jatinder Singh, M.Sc(Level), 2005 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  13. Heavy metals and pathogens in green leafy vegetables Harmanjit Kaur, M.Sc(Level), 2006 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  14. Genetic monitoring of Azotobacter in soil amended with fly ash Deepika Kumari, M.Sc(Level), 2006 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  15. Biosorption of cadmium by fungi Nandini Chaterjee, M.Sc(Level), 2006 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  16. Microbial Degradation of cellulose Shweta Sinha, M.Sc(Level), 2007 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  17. Biotransformation of hexavalent chromium Monica Bansal, M.Sc(Level), 2007 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  18. Development of PUFA enriched ellulose yoghurt Gurpreet Dhesi, M.Sc(Level), 2007 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  19. Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution by waste biomass Manoj Chandra, M.Tech (Level), 2008 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  20. Bioconversion of cellulosic agricultural wastes Somesh Ajnavi, M.Tech (Level), 2008 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  21. Isolation and characterization of cellulose degrading bacteria Ashish Sharmai, M.Sc (Level), 2008 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  22. Development of nutritionally rich high fibre cookies and cakes Neelima Tayade, M.Sc (Level), 2008 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal,Mahesh Gupta (Supervisor(s))
  23. Optimization of biodegradation of mixed agricultural wastes Nadeem Akhtar, M.Sc (Level), 2009 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  24. Growth of heterocystous blue green algae used for algalization in paddy cultivation Chitra Bairwa, M.Sc (Level), 2009 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  25. Studies on antibacterial effects of neem kernel aqueous extract on some plant pathogenic bacteria Karan Paul, M.Sc (Level), 2009 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  26. Removal of metals from fly ash by heterocystous cyanobacteria Manasi Purwar, M.Sc (Level), 2009 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  27. Characterization and partial purification of ellulose from bacterial isolates Shelly Gupta, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, M.Sc (Level), 2010 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  28. Isolation and Characterization of free-living nitrogen fixing bacteria from soil Madhusmita, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, M.Sc (Level), 2010 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  29. Bioefficacy Trials of Liquid Biofertilizers on Wheat Crop, Mung and Gram Seeds Manpreet Kaur, Lovely Professional University, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, M.Sc (Level), 2010 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  30. Screening of Microalgae for Lipid Content and Mass Cultivation for Biodiesel Production Nisha, Lovely Professional University, M.Sc (Level), 2010 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  31. Nitrogen fixation by heterocystous cyanobacteria Kamal Malhotra, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lovely Professional University, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, M.Sc (Level), 2011 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  32. Monitoring of Lac Z tagged bacteria in fly ash treated soil in wheat nursery Veni Gupta, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, M.Sc (Level), 2011 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  33. Biodiesel from microalgae Mradula Gupta, MMU, Mullana, M.Sc (Level), 2011 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  34. Screening of microalgae for lipids and their extraction and characterization Himangi Agarwal, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, M.Sc (Level), 2012 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  35. Effect of flyash on soil microorganisms Prabhjot Singh, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, M.Sc (Level), 2012 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  36. Bioconversion of different carbohydrate substrates to ethanol and acetic acid Deepinder Kaur, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, M.Sc (Level), 2012 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  37. Mass production of microalgae for lipid extraction Radhika Tanwar, M.Sc (Level), 2013 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  38. Bioethanol from biowastes Shalika, M.Sc (Level), 2013 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  39. Biochemical characterization of bacterial cellulases Dinesh Singh, M.Sc (Level), 2013 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  40. PGP activity of cyanobacterial isolates Harpreet, Amity University, Gurgaon, MTech (Level), 2013 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  41. PGP activity of Rhizobias Priya Thakur, M.Sc (Level), 2013 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  42. Antipancreatic lipase inhibitor’s from microalgal extracts Jaspreet, SD College, Chandigarh, M.Sc (Level), 2013 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal,Sanjai Saxena (Supervisor(s))
  43. AImpact of flyash on plant growth promoting activity of cyanobacteria Shilpi, M.Sc (Level), 2014 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  44. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass and its conversion to ethanol Manmeet Kaur, M.Sc (Level), 2014 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  45. Effect of gluten hydrolysate on plant growth Jyotika, M.Sc (Level), 2014 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  46. Characterization and fermentation of bamboo leaf litter biomass for ethanol production Kanika, MTech (Level), 2014 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  47. Impact of cyanobacterial inoculation and flyash amendment in soil on growth of wheat Anuj, MTech (Level), 2014 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))
  48. Purifixcation and characterization of endoglucanase from Bacillus licheniformis Aanchal Sharma, MTech (Level), 2014 (Year of Completion),Dinesh Goyal (Supervisor(s))

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

University of Delhi, New Delhi (1990-1996)

  1. As Head, Department of Microbiology, RLA College, University of Delhi (1990-1992) created complete infrastructure required for a microbiology laboratory. Member, committee for modification of syllabus for B.Sc. Hons. in Microbiology course.
  2. Member, Selection Committee for lecturers and laboratory attendants in 1991. Co-convener, Admission Committee in 1991. Deputy Superintendent, Examination in 1993. Member, Governing body (May 1996- June 1996).

Thapar Centre for Industrial Research and Development, Patiala (July 01, 1996-August 10, 2000)

  1. Writing research project proposals, project execution, data compilation and writing reports, project implementation and management.
  2. Planning and formulation of the syllabus for M.Sc. Biotechnology course in Jan.-June, 1999 at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET), Patiala and interacted with the various government funding agencies for starting up of the post graduate course in Biotechnology in the year July 1999.

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala (August 11, 2000 till date)

(Formerly, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

  1. Member Admission Committee for M.Sc Biotechnology for conducting entrance test (1999-2004), compiling question paper, checking answer books and administrative work involved in admission.
  2. Administration of sponsored projects, sample collection, data generation, compilation, report preparation and submission, purchases and coordination with sponsoring agency for the submission of UC and release of grants.
  3. Prepared the course contents of courses (Microbiology, Agricultural Biotechnology, Industrial Microbiology) for B.Tech in Biotechnology and preparation of proposal for AICTE. The course was initiated in July, 2003.
  4. Member of Senate, Senate Post Graduate Committee, Faculty Placement Council and Incharge-Post Graduate Studies (2004-2006), Purchase and rate contract committee (2003-6), Furniture Purchase committee, Laboratory In charge (2000-till date), Landscape Development Committee.
  5. Executive Director and Chief Coordinator of Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP) at TIET, a project funded by Department of Science & Technology (2004-2009) (2.95 Crore) to undertake Entrepreneurship Development Programme and incubation in Agro, food, mushroom and micropropagation.

TRAINING COURSES ACCOMPLISHED: 10

  1. Attended Management Development Program on Academic Leadership at Institute of Management, Kozhikode from July 30-August 09, 2013.
  2. Completed online training program on Marketing for Incubator Managers and Entrepreneurs from August 08 to October 31, 2009 organised by APIN and Topioca Online Academy.
  3. Attended training programme on Marketing for Incubator Managers and their Clients on August 8, 2009 at Coimbatore organised by APIN and PSG-STEP, Coimbatore.
  4. Two week programme on Technology Entrepreneurship Education-Global Faculty Colloquium at Walter A Haas Business School and Lester Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of California, Berkeley from November 5-16, 2007 sponsored by Intel-DST-Indo US Science & Technology Forum.
  5. One week Orientation Programme on Human Values at Sri Sathya Sai International Centre for Human Values, Lodhi Road, New Delhi from April 25-29, 2006.
  6. Three weeks intensive course on Total Quality Management (TQM) and Quality Function Deployment (QFD) organized by Prof. M.P. Kapoor, Director, Thapar Centre for Industrial Research & Development, Patiala (Jan.-Feb. 1997)
  7. Winter school on Industry-Institute Partnership, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, organized by CILPED and sponsored by AICTE (Feb. 10-15, 1997).
  8. Six months-Intensive Japanese language course at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (Oct. 1993- March, 1994).
  9. Orientation Course at the Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE), University of Delhi, Delhi (May 4-31, 1993).
  10. Advanced training course on Recent Techniques in Plant Biotechnology organized by the Biotechnology Centre, I.A.R.I, sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India (March 10-31, 1992).

Foreign visits:

  1. Japan (October, 1993-September, 1995);
  2. Seattle, USA (February 2002);
  3. UC Berkeley, USA (November 5-20, 2007)
  4. Philadelphia, USA (March 28-April 4, 2014)

SPECIALISED COURSES, WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES ORGANISED

Specialized Training Courses/Workshops organized: 22

  1. 9th Summer training programme in Industrial Biotechnology was organized from June 2 to July 11, 2014.
  2. 8th Summer training programme in Industrial Biotechnology was oragnised from June 04 to July 06, 2013.
  3. 7th Summer Training in Industrial Biotechnology was organized from June 04, 2012 to July 06, 2012.
  4. 6th summer training programme on Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship was organized from June 06, 2011 to July 08, 2011.
  5. Four weeks summer training programme on Microbial and Fermentation Technology from June 01-30, 2011
  6. Two weeks training programme was organized on Microbial and Fermentation Technology in the month of January 3-14, 2011.
  7. Two day workshop cum on training programme on HPTLC was organized from September 09-10, 2010.
  8. 4-Week Summer Training Programme on Biotechnology Entrepreneurship June 7 to July 07, 2010.
  9. 4-Week Summer Training Programme on Business Development in Biotechnology June 4 to July 04, 2009.
  10. EDP on Spirulina Production Technology from March 16-20, 2009.
  11. EDP on Biofertilizer Production Technology from February 24-28, 2009.
  12. EDP on Spirulina Production Technology from December 15-19, 2008.
  13. EDP on Biofertilizer Production Technology from November 24-29, 2008.
  14. 6-Week Summer Training Programme on Business Development in Biotechnology June 4 to July 11, 2008.
  15. 6-Week Summer Training Programme on Business Development in Biotechnology June 6 to July 14, 2007
  16. 6-Week Summer Training Programme on Business Development in Biotechnology at STEP-TIET from June 6 to July 14, 2006.
  17. Entrepreneurship Development Programme in Commercial Plant Tissue Culture during November 28-30, 2005 at STEP-TIET.
  18. Entrepreneurship Development Programme in Biofertilizer Production Technology from August 22-27, 2005; October 13-15, 2005; November 21-24, 2005 at STEP-TIET.
  19. Co-ordinator of a course on Microbial Technology at TIFAC-CORE, TIET, from March 1-6, 2002.
  20. Programme Co-ordinator, Training cum Workshop on Biofertilizers for Agriculture & Forestry at Thapar Centre for Ind. Res. & Development. (May 3-7, 1999).
  21. Co-ordinator, Course on Mycorrhizae in Forestry for Ballarpur Industries Ltd. at Thapar Centre for Industrial Research & Development. (Dec. 8-15, 1997).
  22. Co-coordinator, Refresher course in Life Sciences on Current Trends in Microbiology sponsored by CPDHE held at Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus. (March 28- April 18, 1996).

Conference/National Seminars organized: 8

  1. National Conference on Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship from November 6-7, 2009
  2. Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Development Camp March 27-28, 2009
  3. National Workshop on Modern Food Processing Technologies jointly with CIPHET, Ludhiana on March 25, 2008.
  4. Symposium on Environmental Pollution on March 30, 2007
  5. Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP) Innovation Funding Camp sponsored by DSIR on September 28, 2006 at TIET, Patiala.
  6. National workshop on Entrepreneurial Development in Food Processing on January 28, 2006 at STEP-TIET.
  7. Member, Organizing committee International Conference “Bioconvergence 2004” from November 18-20, 2004 at TIET, Patiala.
  8. Convener and Organizing Secretary, National Seminar on “Venture Agrobiotechnology“ at Thapar Centre for Industrial Research & Development, sponsored by CSIR and UGC-TIET. (September 24-25, 1999).

TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION

Popularization of science and microbiology among general public 
Popular articles/News items: 31

  1. Patiala News Line, August 26, 1999
  2. Biofertlizers in Agriculture and Forestry, TTC News caster, 1999
  3. Biotechnia, 2002
  4. Amar Ujala, 2004
  5. Hindustan Times, August 26, 2005
  6. Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar, August 27, 28, 2005
  7. Dainik Jagran and The Tribune, November 20-21, 2005 and HT dated December 01, 2005
  8. Workshop on food processing, January 29, 2006 HT and The Tribune.
  9. Biotech programme underway, June 2006 HT
  10. Goyal, D Entrepreneurship Development in Biotechnology in India: Technical Supplement, Thapar Technology News Letter Vol. 1 No 4& 5 (July-Oct., 2006)
  11. Environmental Pollution, pp 59-60, 2006-7, Souvenir Rotary Club Patiala, Mid Town.
  12. Dainik Bhaskar, December 20, 2007
  13. Hari sabji ab nahi rahi sehat vardhak, Dainik Bhaskar, November 23, 2007
  14. The Tribune, November 02, 2007
  15. Dainik Bhaskar, November 01, 2007
  16. Dainik Bhaskar, October 13, 2007
  17. Soyabean ki processing sikhane ki workshop, Dainik Bhaskar, October 09, 2007
  18. Neem pesticide goes commercial, Hindustan Times, October 07, 2007
  19. Dainik Bhaskar, October 03, 2007
  20. Dainik Jagran, October 01, 2007
  21. Hindustan Times, September 29, 2007
  22. Dainik Bhaskar, September 28, 2007
  23. Dainik Bhaskar, June 25, 2007
  24. Dainik Bhaskar, June 19, 2007
  25. Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology Badhayegi neem ki sankhya. Dainik Bhaskar, January 03, 2008
  26. Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology starts bio-insecticide production HT, October 4, 2008
  27. Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology sets up state’s first neem-based bioinsecticide unit, Express News Service, October 3, 2008
  28. Thapar varsity to produce neem-based bioinsecticide, Economic Times, October 4, 2008
  29. Raakh mein podhon ki sanjivani dene wale urvark tatv, Dainik Bhaskar, Research to Farm,
  30. Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology ne ki bioinsecticide utpadan ki ghoshna, Punjab Kesri, October 4, 2008
  31. Business Incubation-A Novel Approach towards entrepreneurship development, Avantha Times, June 2009.

Transfer of technology and dissemination:

  1. Ballarpur Industries Ltd.: Technology demonstrated for utilization of flyash in forestry plantation on 30 acre of area with dose optimization (1997-2004) and its usage as a soil amendment agent which improves soil fertility and plant growth.
  2. Jagatjit Industries, Hamira: Soil analyses and flyash utilization: Flyash both dry and wet flyash generated at their unit was tested for various chemical properties and recommended for use at a certain percentage for their plantations through technology demonstration and implementation at their site for the purpose of proper disposal and utilization of flyash.
  3. Goetze India Pvt Ltd., Bahadurgarh: Treatment of chrome effluent, MoU Signed: The process of removal of hexavalent chromium from the chrome effluent was demonstrated in a 20 l column reactor at the site and the process was implemented using a biosorbent developed using industrial biowaste.
  4. Organic Farming: Field trials on 500 acre area for evaluation of algal biofertilizers in paddy cultivation. Blue green algal biofertilizers were manufactured and field tested for paddy cultivation and demonstrated on 500 acre of farmer’s field involving more than 50 different farmers in Patiala District in 2006-09. There was an increase in 10-15% yield and saving of urea application by 30 %. Similar trials using Nitrofix and Phosul (bacterial inoculants have been performed on nearly 1000 acre of land in different district of Patiala for building farmers confidence and market development.
  5. Biofertilizer production technology has been transferred to Glow Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Aligarh and Krishna Biotech, Nabha and promoted Anmol Soy Products, Patiala for soy milk and soy paneer processing.
  6. First bio-processing unit for commercial production of neem based biopesticides has been set up at STEP-Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology jointly with the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) with installed plant and machinery costing 2.5 Lakhs. Neem fruits were procured and processed for trials at farmer’s field and market seeding.
  7. Since July, 2005 till date I am working with additional responsibility as Executive Director of Science and Technology Entrepreneur’s Park (STEP) sponsored by NSTEDB, DST at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology with the thrust on establishment of infrastructure and development of business potential in Agri-biotech area, where my responsibilities include creation of infrastructure for business incubation and conducting entrepreneurship development programme in biofertilizers, mushroom, food technology and plant tissue culture and interacting with students, senior scientist, project managers, NGO’s and entrepreneurs in mentoring and providing technical support and guidance in technology development, management and commercialization. Following are some of the developments made so far.
  8. I have mentored successful incubation of 25 companies out of which 10 have graduated. These firms have created more than 40 jobs and are generating revenues of nearly 1 Crore. One of the incubatee company “Glow Biotech, Aligarh” has also won the ISBA Entrepreneurship Award in the category of “Biotechnology and Life Sciences.”
  9. I coordinated organization of 9 times Summer Training programme in biotechnology and microbiology, 74 EDP’s, 11 Awareness Camps and 6 National conferences, 1 International Conference, 1 UGC sponsored Refresher course in Current Trends in Microbiology in the last 15 years which were attended by about 2000 participants including students, teachers, entrepreneurs, researchers and farmers. Provided leadership for self sustenance by networking through being Member of ISBA (Indian STEPs and Business Incubators Association), APIN (Asia Pacific Incubators Network) and PMA (Patiala Management Association) and establishing linkages and networking with many Government Organizations, Institutions and NGO's to facilitate co-business incubation in different areas of intervention, especially to create more entrepreneurial opportunities and commercialize technologies for efficient transfer of innovation and ideas to the industry such as CIPHET, Ludhiana; PSCST, Chandigarh; ABI-ICRISAT, Hyderabad; Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI), Punjab; MSME, Ludhiana; American Soybean Association, New Delhi; NIAPR, Patiala; NABARD, Patiala and Nabha Foundation, Nabha.
  10. Overall I became instrumental in imparting training of number of students and faculty from well established colleges, universities & institutes. Some of them are Lovely Professional University, Phagwara; Khalsa College, Govt. Mohindra College, Government Girls College, MM Modi College, Punjabi University, NIAPR, Asian Insitute, Patiala; Chitkara University, Rajpura; Jaypee University, Solan; Dr. DY Patil Institute, Pune; Dashmesh Girls College, Badal; SLIET Longowal; Oxbridge College, Bangalore; SUSCET, Tangori; Hansraj Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jalandhar; National Institute of Technology, Raipur; Mata Gujri College, Dolphin (PG) College of Life Sciences, Fatehgarh Sahib; Amity University, Gurgaon/Noida; Banaras Hindu University, Banaras; Panjab University, SGGS College, Chandigarh; Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Ambala; DAV College, Abohar; Delhi Technological University, Delhi; G.V.M. Girls College, Sonipat and University of Kalyani, West Bengal. Following also dictates my scientific leadership towards education, research and outreach activities and administration.

Companies/organizations supported and provided incubation cum mentoring, training and testing and consultancy support at STEP since 2006.

  1. Anvaya Biosciences Eco Paryavaran Engg. & Consultants Pvt. Ltd.Mohali , Vivek Sharma ,Sandeep Garg(Promoter) in 2014-15,M.Sc BE, MTech(Qualification),Bioinformatics ,Biowaste Recycling(Product/ Process/ Developed)
  2. Bio Business Forum Eco Laboratories & Consultants, Mohali Eco Paryavaran Engineers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Mohali Soil Biocare Technologies, Patiala , Nadeem Akhtar,RS Saini,Sandeep Garg,Gurcharan Singh(Promoter) in 2011-12,2012-13, 2013-14,M.Sc,Ph.D,MTech,Matric(Qualification),Business Development,Biodegrader,Mechanical Biodegrader,Organic compost (Product/ Process/ Developed)
  3. Bansal Biotech Cosultants, Patiala Harsimran Singh Walia, Patiala, Anshu Bansal,Harsimran Singh(Promoter) in 2009-10 ,M.Sc BTech(Qualification),Tissue culture,Enzyme for colour removal(Product/ Process/ Developed)
  4. Krishna Biotech, Nabha Gagandeep Singh ,Anand Anmol Soy products, Mial Khurd, Patiala, Mr Yogesh Gupta(Graduate),Mr Gagandeep Singh(Graduate) ,Anand,Mr Satnam Singh(Graduate) in 2009-10 ,Biofertilizers/ Biopesticides,Food Processing Technology,Soy products(Product/ Process/ Developed)
  5. Kajal International, Patiala ,Task Energies Pvt Ltd PSCST, Chandigarh(Anchor Company), Ms Rekha Mann(Graduate),Mr Abhical Kaistha(MBA), Dr Jatinder Arora(PhD) in 2008-09 ,Handicrafts, Food and Organic,Commissioning and Erection of Power Projects,Neem based insect repellent(Product/ Process/ Developed)
  6. Glow Biotech Ltd. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh,Garcha Pure Soya Agro Products, Deh Kalan, Sangrur.Ambala Agro Industries, Ambala Kheti Virasat, Nabha, Mr Shabeer Ahmed Bhatt(Graduate),Mr Bachitar Singh(Graduate),Mr Sanjay Kapoor(Graduate),Mr Surinder Kumar(BSc (Agri)) in 2007-08 ,Biofertilizers/Biopesticides,Soy products,Fabricating food processing machinery at STEP.Biofertilizers(Product/ Process/ Developed)
  7. Ashok Kumar Sharma,Priya Darshanie Singla, Mr Ashok Kumar Sharma(Higher Secondary),Ms Priya Darshanie Singla(MA (Eng)) in 2007-08 ,Soy Processing,Soy Processing and bakery products(Product/ Process/ Developed)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

National Level

  1. Life Member, Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy (MABAP), India
  2. Life Member, Biotech Research Consortium of India (BRSI), India
  3. Life Member, International Congress of Chemistry and Environment
  4. Life Member and Editor, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)
  5. Life Member, Phycological Society of India (PSI)
  6. Life Member, Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, India
  7. Life Member, Indian Science Congress Society, India
  8. Vice President of Patiala Management Association 2011 onwards

Institutional

  1. Indian Steps and Business Incubator Association (ISBA)
  2. Patiala Management Association (PMA)
  3. All India Management Association (AIMA)

International Level

  1. Member, Molecular Biology Society of Japan
  2. Reviewer of 15 different journals

Member of Scientific advisory panel/committee

  1. Nominated as a member of Board of Studies in Biotechnology of MMU, Mullana for 2012-14.
  2. Served as guest evaluator for the business plans proposals received by IUSSTF, New Delhi 2011-2012
  3. Nominated as a member of mentoring committee by DBT, Govt. of India for monitoring implementation of STAR COLLEGE scheme in colleges 2011-13 vide letter dated June 20, 2011.
  4. Nominated as Vice President of Patiala Management Association, chapter of AIMA in 2011.
  5. Nominated as Member Board of studies in Biotechnology of SMVDU, Katra dated 16.9.2009.
  6. Nominated as expert advisor at UPSC for various examinations conducted by UPSC and served as expert in biotechnology area from November 29-December 2, 2010 for quality of questions setting.
  7. Nominated as Expert Member of PAC by DST for monitoring two research projects and attended first meeting on March 09, 2010 at DST, New Delhi.
  8. Nominated four times as Expert Member of NBA (2006-2008) in Biotechnology by AICTE, New Delhi.
  9. Nominated as Advisor on Organic Farming for the Nabha Foundation, Nabha, Punjab in February, 2008.
  10. Member of the Board of Studies for Biotechnology (2004-2006) of MDS University, Ajmer and Question paper setter for B.Tech and M.Sc courses of Hari Singh Gour University, MDS University, GNDU, UPTU, Birla Instt., Ranchi.

PATENTS

  1. Patent No. 244750: A process for chromium VI removal from industrial effluents by waste biomass
  2. Date of publication 24.12.2010; Journal No. 52/2010
  3. Inventor: Ahluwalia AS and Goyal Dinesh

PUBLICATIONS

  • 70. Akhtar, N., Aanchal, Goyal, D. & Goyal, A. (2014). Simplification and optimization of media ingredients for enhanced production of CMCase by newly isolated Bacillus subtilis NA15. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy. DOI 10.1002/ep. (SCI, Wiley-Blackwell, IF= 0.9).
  • 69. Akhtar, N., Gupta, K., Jain, A. K., Goyal, D. & Goyal, A. (2014). Surfactant assisted microwave-acid pretreatment of leaf litter biomass for enhanced enzymatic release of sugars. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology. (Accepted) (SCI, Editura Acad Romane, IF= 0.8).
  • 68. Akhtar, N., Goyal, D. & Goyal, A. (2014). Biodegradation of leaf litter biomass by combination of Bacillus sp. and Trichoderma reesei MTCC 144. Minerva Biotechnologica. (Accepted). (SCI, Edizioni Minerva Medica, IF= 0.4)
  • 67. Rajinder Kaur and Dinesh Goyal 2014 Soil application of flyash based biofertilizers for increased crop production. Vegetos (Accepted)
  • 66. Jala, S and Goyal, D (2006). Fly ash as a soil ameliorant for improving crop production –A Review. Bioresource Technology 97: 1136-1147.
  • 65. Sarabjeet Singh Ahluwalia and Goyal, D (2007). Microbial and plant derived biomass for removal of heavy metals from wastewater Bioresource Technology. 98 : 2243-2257.
  • 64. Kijima, N., Goyal, D., Takada, A, Wachi, M. and Nagai, K. (1998) Induction of limited elongation instead of filamentation by inhibition of cell division in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology 50: 227-232.
  • 63. Bella Devassy Tony, Goyal, D and Khanna, S. 2009 Decolourization of Direct Red 28 by mixed bacterial culture in an upflow immobilized reactor. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 33: 433-438
  • 62. Rana, V., Babita, K., Goyal, D., Tiwary, A. (2005). Sodium citrate cross-linked chitosan films: optimization as substitute for human/rat/rabbit epidermal sheets. J Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 8:10-17.
  • 61. Bella Devassy Tony, Goyal, D and Khanna, S. 2009 Decolourization of textile azo dyes by aerobic bacterial consortium. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. 63: 462-469. ISSN: 0964-8305
  • 61. Goyal, D. (1992) A simplified method for screening and characterization of plasmid DNA in cyanobacteria. Journal of Microbiological Methods 15: 7-15.
  • 60. Saprativ P. Das, Rajeev Ravindran, Shadab Ahmed, Debasish Das, Dinesh Goyal, Carlos M.G.A. Fontes and Arun Goyal 2012. Bioethanol production involving recombinant C. thermocellum hydrolytic hemicellulase and fermentative microbes. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 167: 1475-1488
  • 59. S. S Ahluwalia and Dinesh Goyal 2010 Removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution by fungal biomass. Engineering in Life Sciences. 10 (5) 480-485.
  • 58. Sarabjeet Singh Ahluwalia and Goyal, D (2005). Removal of heavy metals by waste tea-leaves from aqueous solution. Engineering in Life Sciences 5: 158-162.
  • 57. Mahiti Gupta, Sanjai Saxena, and Dinesh Goyal. 2014 Potential pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity of an endophytic Penicillium species. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. ISSN: 1475-6366 (print), 1475-6374 (electronic).
  • 56. Goyal, D., Wachi, M., Kijima, N., Kobayashi, M., Yukawa, H. and Nagai, K. (1996) A cryptic plasmid pBL1 from Brevibacterium lactofermentum causes growth inhibition and filamentation in E.coli. Plasmid 36: 62-66. CI: 13
  • 55. Rajiv Kumar, Goyal, D. 2009. Comparative biosorption of Pb by live algal consortium and immobilized dead biomass from aqueous solution. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 46:690-694
  • 54. G. Purnima Khanna, Dinesh Goyal and S Khanna 2011. Pyrene degradation by Bacillus sp. Isolated from Coal tar Contaminated Soil. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 31 (1): 1-15
  • 53. Aggarwal, H and Goyal D. 2009. Impact of addition of soil amendments and microbial inoculants on nursery growth of Populus deltoides and Toona ciliata. Agroforestry Systems. 75: 167-173.
  • 52. Rana, V., Babita, K., Goyal, D., Gorea, R., Tiwary, A. (2004). Optimization of chitosan films as a substitute for animal and human epidermal sheets for in vitro permeation of polar and non polar drugs. Acta Pharm. 54: 287-299.
  • 51. Nadeem Akhtar, Ashish Sharma, Deepmoni Deka, M. Jawed, Dinesh Goyal, and Arun Goyal 2013. Characterization of cellulase producing Bacillus sp. for effective degradation of leaf litter biomass. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy 32(4): 1195-1201
  • 50. Misha Bhatia and Goyal D. 2014 Analyzing Remediation Potential of Wastewater Through Wetland Plants: A Review. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy 33 (1): 9-27.
  • 49. G. Purnima Khanna, Dinesh Goyal and S Khanna 2012. Characterization of pyrene utilizing Bacillus spp. From crude oil contaminated soil Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 606-617.
  • 48. G. Purnima Khanna, Dinesh Goyal and S Khanna 2011. Pyrene Biodegradation by Bacillus sp. Isolated from Coal tar Contaminated Soil. Bioremediation Journal 15 (1): 12-25.
  • 47. Audholia, S., Goyal, D. and Saxena, R.K. (1993) Zinc tolerance in Phormidium uncinatum. Folia Mikrobiologica. 38(4): 341-344.
  • 46. Aneja RK., Choudhary, G., Ahluwalia, SS and Goyal, D. 2010. Biosorption of Pb2+and Zn2+ by non-living biomass of Spirulina sp. Indian Journal of Microbiology 50 (4):438-442.
  • 45. Navneet Jaj and Goyal, D 2006. Coliforms and heavy metal contamination in green leafy vegetables. Indian Journal of Microbiology 46 (3): 213-217
  • 44. Rajiv Kumar, Dinesh Goyal 2010. Waste water treatment and metal (Pb, Zn) removal by microalgal based stabilization pond system. Indian Journal of Microbiology 50 (1): 34-40
  • 43. Gaind, S., Lata, and Goyal, D (2006). Trace element characterization for quality evaluation of compost from amended paddy straw inoculated with fungal consortium. Indian Journal of Microbiology 46 (2): 127-132.
  • 42. Gupta, P and Goyal, D (2004) Decolourisation of synthetic dyes by Aspergillus sp. Indian Journal of Microbiology 44 (3): 191-195.
  • 41. Indu Sharma and Dinesh Goyal 2009 Kinetic Modelling: Chromium (III) removal from aqueous solution by microbial waste biomass.Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 68: 640-646.
  • 40. Goyal, D. and Venkataraman, G.S. (1992) Distribution of plasmids in heterocystous cyanobacteria. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 1 (2): 129-130
  • 39. Ahluwalia, S. S. and Goyal, D (2003) Removal of lead from aqueous solution by different fungi. Indian Journal of Microbiology. 43 (4): 237-241.
  • 38. Indu Sharma and Dinesh Goyal 2009. Removal of chromium (III) from aqueous solution by pretreated microbial waste biomass.Res. J. of Chemistry and Environment 13(2): 29-33.
  • 37. Ahluwalia, S. S. and Goyal, D (20