Dr. Kishor H. Chauhan
Address:
Ashok and Rita Patel Institute of Integrated Study and Research in Biotechnology and Allied Sciences (ARIBAS),
New Vallabh Vidyanagar,
Vitthal Udhyog Nagar-388121,
Dist: Anand, GUJARAT, INDIA.
E-mail: kishorchauhan@aribas.edu.in
Phone: +91 2692 229189 118
Work experience
Head, Department of Biotechnology
2014-present
Assistant Professor
2007 - present
Research Area
Nanoemulsions
Exopolysaccharides
Dye degradation
Involved in teaching Industrial Biotechnology subjects namely Bio process Engineering, Microbial Technology Downstream Processing, Biotechnology of Dairy products.
Had been a course coordinator of Industrial Biotechnology from 2008-2012.
Education
2010 - present
Sardar Patel University
2006-Doctoral Study
Lactic acid and its co-polymers: Production using date juice and controlled drug release
Lactic acid is the most demanding microbial metabolite that has diverse application, majority of being in the pharmaceutical industry. It suffers from its high cost of the production, so to make the process economic readily available dates were chosen as a sugar source and rest of the medium components were screened and optimized through statistical approach. Optimized medium has only four components and gives 49% increase in the lactic acid production. Since, lactic acid is present naturally and absorbed in the body, its polymer has gained much importance in the sustained drug release. Lactic acid copolymers were produced along with citric acid, glycerol and penta erythretol, and tested for their potential for this approach. It sustained the release of the drug upto 9 days with concomitant dissolution of the polymer at physiological pH and temperature.
Poly beta hydroxy alkanoates (PHAs) production using Comamonas testosterone
PHA is a bio polymer produced by Comamonas testosterone utilizing vegetable oil as a sole energy source under aerobic condition. Different type of vegetable oils and their combinations were tried and evaluated for any significant change in a PHA properties. Blending of PHB and PHA was investigated for a suitable property change in biopolymer.
Sardar Patel University
2001 - Masters in Biotechnology
2010 - present
Contamination management in plant tissue culture
Contamination is the greatest threat to the plant tissue culture, thus to efficiently control the contamination, different available methods for the sanitization, disinfection and sterilization were evaluated. Shorter duration of plants material exposure to the sterilant was found better than those normally exercised.
Purification and Characterization of Cowpea Aphid Borne virus and Chlorotic Mottle virus from cowpea and tobacco plants
Plant viruses were purified from the infected plant and were used to infect the healthy plants. Infected plants were given the treatment with the aqueous extracts of Clarodendeone inermi at various concentrations and kept in polyhouse and observed for its effect on preventing the infection. Viruses characterized by ELISA and western blotting.