Ministry of Education
Ashok Kumar Srivastava
VIDWAN ID: 70505

Prof Ashok Kumar Srivastava

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Professor (HAG) | Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Delhi
Expertise: Multidisciplinary Engineering
ORCID 0000-0002-3675-1418 Scopus 55537988500 Google Scholar bYYwdw4AAAAJ
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129 Publications
20 Projects
4591 Scopus Citations
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45 Years 7 Months Total Experience
Publications
129 Total
Articles
119
Chapters
10
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Professional Recognition

National Overseas Scholarship for Ph.D. studies (1985-90
1985
Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi.
UNESCO Fellowship Award - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. (September 1993 - Feb 1994
1993
UNESCO New Delhi
Biotechnology Overseas Associate-ship Institut fur Technische Chemie, Der Universitat, Hannover (Germany) 18.5.1999 to 18.8.1999
1999
Department of Biotechnology New Delhi
Biotechnology Overseas Associate-ship (27.4.2006 to 27.7.2006) Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand
2006
Department of Biotechnology New Delhi

Community & Membership

Expert panel on Biotechnology, NRDC, New Delhi
Chairman (2014-2017)
Jan 2014
Expert committee on HRD, DBT Task force, DBT, New Delhi (2014-2017)
Member
Jan 2014
Project Scrutiny Committee MFPI, New Delhi (June 2012-January 2016)
Member
Jan 2012
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Calcutta (India)
Life Member (M 10777)
Biotechnology Research Society of India (BRSI)
LM-201
Jan 2009
Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India)
Life Member (AFST/LM/B2K/DEL/1437)
Jan 2010
Association of Microbiologists of India
Life Member (2568-2008)
Biological Engineering Society (BES)
Founder Member No. (01016FM012)
Jan 2017

Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
1990
N/A
Master of Technology
1978
N/A
Bachelor of Science
1976
N/A
Professor (HAG)
Jul 2014 – Present
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi | Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Professor
Jan 2005 – Jun 2014
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi | Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Associate Professor
Aug 1997 – Jan 2005
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Assistant Professor
Aug 1991 – Jul 1997
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Lecturer
Feb 1981 – Aug 1991
HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Engineering and Technology
Multidisciplinary Engineering

Related Profiles

Scholarly Work

Development of protocols for the production of value added bio-degradable polymers from Methane and CO2
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 2017 – 2020
Pilot scale trials of Plant Stem Cells (suspension culture) using bioreactors
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹10
Duration: 2013 – 2015
COE on Microbial production of designer polymers from renewable resources
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹42,046
Duration: 2012 – 2017
Production of high value therapeutic proteins using Pichia system
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹1
Duration: 2011 – 2016
Bioreactor modeling and simulation
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹395
Duration: 2010 – 2017
Hairy root cultivation for mass scale production of Shikimic acid (Raw material for the drug for Avian Flu
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹35
Duration: 2010 – 2012
Isolation and screening of potential microbial inoculants from rhizosphere of a medicinally important weed, Cassia occidentalis
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹1,012
Duration: 2009 – 2012
Production of terpenoids in normal and transformed cell, organ cultures and whole plants in Tea
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹1,543
Duration: 2007 – 2008
To strengthen the post graduate teaching and research facilities for Bio-engineering down stream processes
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator Grant: SR/FST/ETII-10/2005 dated 20th December 2005
Amount: ₹75
Duration: 2005 – 2010
Setting up of Distributed Information (BTIS) Sub-Centre at Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, IIT Delhi
Completed
Role: Other
Amount: ₹60
Duration: 2005 – 2008
On line monitoring and control of fermentation
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹15
Duration: 2005 – 2007
Investigation on the effect of elicitors on Production of Anticancer Drug Podophyllotoxin by Plant Cell Culture
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹24
Duration: 2005 – 2008
Development of bioreactors for cultivation of hairy roots of Azadirachta indica
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹3,016
Duration: 2004 – 2007
Development of Plant Tissue Culture Facility for Production of High Value Therapeutic Drugs
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹15
Duration: 2003 – 2005
Bioethanol from alternative feed stocks
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹26
Duration: 2002 – 2005
Feasibility study in the area of plant cell culture
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator Grant: BIOCON President letter dated July 9 2001
Amount: ₹2
Duration: 2001 – 2002
Modelling and Optimization of PHB production using Streptomyces
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹25
Duration: 1998 – 1998
Optimization of the production of Podophyllotoxin by Plant Cell Cultures
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹1,863
Duration: 1997 – 2000
Production and application of microbial enzymes in fruit juice debittering
Completed
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹1,259
Duration: 1997 – 2000
Curriculum development in Biochemical Engineering
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: ₹3
Duration: 1996 – 2002

Improvement in propionic acid accumulation from lactose by Propionibacterium acidipropionici

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 1999
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Bioprocess Engineering studies on the bioconversion of sorbitol to sorbose by Acetobacter suboxydans

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2000
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Production of anticancer drug Podophyllotoxin by plant cell fermentation

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2002
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Microbial synthesis of Gibberellic acid

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2006
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Biopesticide Azadirachtin production from plant cell suspension culture of Azadirachta indica (neem

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2006
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Strategies for overproduction of biodegradable polymer Poly-Hydroxy-Butyrate in Alcaligenes eutropus

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2007
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Effect of Indian spices on common Intestinal bacteria and their development as natural food Bio-preservative in juices

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2008
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Development of a suitable bioreactor system for azadirachtin production by hairy roots of Azadirachta indica

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2009
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Production of anti-cancer drug Podophyllotoxin by Plant Cell Cultivation of Linum album

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2009
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Production of 1, 3 Propanediol

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2013
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Development and mass propagation of hairy roots of Artemisia annua

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2014
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Microbial Production of polyhydroxybutyrate and its copolymer by Azohydromonas australica

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2014
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Mass scale propagation of hairy roots of Catharanthas roseus in a bioreactor

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2014
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Hairy root cultivation for mass scale production of Shikimic acid (Raw material for the drug for Avian Flu

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2017
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Cultivation of hairy roots using inert solid substrates

University Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Year 2018
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Production of bio-polymer by gram positive bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis

University Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Year 2021
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Scale up of PHB production using different bacterial strains

University Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Year 2021
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Scale up of mass scale production of shikimic acid (raw material for TAMIFLU) by Plant cell cultures

University Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Year 2022
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Process of producing polyhydroxybutyrate from Bacillus thuringiensisPROCESSOF PRODUCING POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE FROM Bacillus thuringiensis

IIT Delhi
- Patent No. : 202111005043 Filed : 05-02-2021
Published : 05-02-2021 Published

BIOREACTOR AND A METHOD FOR MASS PROPOGATION OF PLANT CELL AGGREGATES

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI
IN
- Patent No. : 201811031693 Filed : 24-08-2018
Published : 24-08-2018 Published

Low cost large scale bioreactor for increased production of bioactive compounds in plant cells /hairy root cultures

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI
- Patent No. : 201811025404 Filed : 06-07-2018
Published : 06-07-2018 Published

PROCESS FOR SHIKIMIC ACID PRODUCTION

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI
- Patent No. : 201711032923 Filed : 18-09-2017
Published : 18-09-2017 Published

A SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCE OF ROOT CULTURE FOR IMPROVED VIABILITY AND PROPAGATION

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI
- Patent No. : 201911008529 Filed : 01-06-2017
Published : 03-01-2019 Published

Bioreactor and uses thereof (Development of a suitable bioreactor system for azadirachtin production by hairy roots of Azadirachta indica)

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI
IN
- Patent No. : IN201000148I1 Filed : 27-01-2010
Published : 29-07-2011 Published

Scholarly Publications

Productivity improvement in L-sorbose biosynthesis by fedbatch cultivation of Gluconobacter oxydans

Journal Article
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. Year: 2002. Volume: 94 , Issue: 1 , Pages: 34-38 .
Authors: Raghavan Nair Giridhar; Ashok Kumar Srivastava
DOI 10.1016/s1389-1723(02)80113-x Crossref Crossref: 16 Scopus Scopus: 19

Necessity of a two-stage process for the production of azadirachtin-related limonoids in suspension cultures of Azadirachta indica

Journal Article
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. Year: 2003. Volume: 96 , Issue: 1 , Pages: 16-22 .
Authors: Keyur N. Raval; Stephan Hellwig; Gunjan Prakash; Alfredo Ramos-Plasencia; Ashok Srivastava; Jochen Buchs
DOI 10.1016/s1389-1723(03)90091-0 Crossref Crossref: 49 Scopus Scopus: 51

Co-culture of arbuscular mycorrhiza-like fungi (Piriformospora indica and Sebacina vermifera) with plant cells of Linum album for enhanced production of podophyllotoxins: A first report

Journal Article
Biotechnology Letters. Year: 2008. Volume: 30 , Issue: 9 , Pages: 1671-1677 .
Authors: Ashish Baldi; Abhishek Jain; Nishant Gupta; A. K. Srivastava; V. S. Bisaria
DOI 10.1007/s10529-008-9736-z Crossref Crossref: 72 Scopus Scopus: 71

Fed-Batch Fermentation - Design Strategies

Book Chapter
Year: 2011. Volume: 2 , Pages: 515-526 .
Authors: A.K. Srivastava; S. Gupta
DOI 10.1016/B978-0-08-088504-9.00112-4 Crossref Crossref: 16 Scopus Scopus: 29

Efficient proteolysis and application of an alkaline protease from halophilic Bacillus sp. EMB9

Journal Article
Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Year: 2014. Volume: 44 , Issue: 7 , Pages: 680-696 .
Authors: Sinha, R.; Srivastava, A.K.; Khare, S.K.
DOI 10.1080/10826068.2013.844711 Crossref Crossref: 11 Scopus Scopus: 12

Transgalactosylation of lactose for synthesis of galacto-oligosaccharides using Kluyveromyces marxianus NCIM 3551

Journal Article
New Biotechnology. Year: 2015. Volume: 32 , Issue: 4 , Pages: 412-418 .
Authors: Anita Srivastava; Saroj Mishra; Subhash Chand
DOI 10.1016/j.nbt.2015.04.004 Crossref Crossref: 33 Scopus Scopus: 39

Production of medical-grade biopolymer in air lift bioreactors

Journal Article
Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Year: 2025. Volume: 55 , Issue: 9 , Pages: 1200-1207 .
Authors: Navodit Kumar Singh; Ashok Kumar Srivastava; T. R. Sreekrishnan; Srividya Shivakumar
DOI 10.1080/10826068.2025.2496246

Nanofiltration-based purification process for whole-cell transformed prebiotic galactooligosaccharides

Journal Article
Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. Year: 2025. Volume: 48 , Issue: 4 , Pages: 621-631 .
Authors: Anita Srivastava; Arjun Rastogi; Avijeet S. Jaswal; Jatindra K. Sahu; Gopal P. Agarwal; Saroj Mishra
DOI 10.1007/s00449-025-03132-6 Crossref Crossref: 1 Scopus Scopus: 1
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