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Dr. Saikat Chakraborty
IIT Kharagpur
 
Dr. Rintu Banerjee
IIT Kharagpur
 

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      Dr. Sanjay Ghosh
Assistant Professor
IIT Roorkee
      Dr. Kaustav Aikat
Assistant Professor
NIT, Durgapur


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  1. Basics of Biology, Overview of Biotechnology, Diversity in Microbial Cells, Cell Constituents, Chemicals for Life.

  2. Kinetics of Enzyme Catalysis.

  3. Immobilized Enzymes: effects of intra and inter-phase mass transfer on enzyme kinetics.

  4. Major Metabolic Pathways: Bioenergetics, Glucose Metabolism, Biosynthesis.

  5. Microbial Growth: Continuum and Stochastic Models.

  6. Design, Analysis and Stability of Bioreactors.

  7. Kinetics of Receptor-Ligand Binding.

  8. Receptor-mediated Endocytosis.

  9. Multiple Interacting Microbial Population: Prey-Predator Models.

  10. Bio-product Recovery & Bio-separations, Manufacture of Biochemical Products.
 

 

S.No

Topics

No. of Lectures

1

Basics of Biology; Overview of Biotechnology; Diversity in Microbial Cells, Cell Constituents, Chemicals for Life (Dr. Rintu Banerjee).

7

2

Kinetics of Enzyme Catalysis (Dr. Saikat Chakraborty).

5

3

Immobilized Enzymes: effects of intra and inter-phase mass transfer on enzyme kinetics (Dr. Saikat Chakraborty).

5

4

Major Metabolic Pathways: Bioenergetics, Glucose Metabolism, Biosynthesis (Dr. Rintu Banerjee).

5

5

Microbial Growth: Continuum and Stochastic Models (Dr. Saikat Chakraborty).

3

6

Design, Analysis and Stability of Bioreactors (Dr. Saikat Chakraborty).

4

7

Kinetics of Receptor-Ligand Binding (Dr. Saikat Chakraborty).

3

8

Receptor-mediated Endocytosis (Dr. Saikat Chakraborty).

3

9

Multiple Interacting Microbial Population: Prey-Predator Models (Dr. Saikat Chakraborty).

1

10

Bio-product Recovery & Bio-separations; Manufacture of Biochemical Products (Dr. Rintu Banerjee).

4

Total: Prof. Saikat Chakraborty (24 lectures), Prof. Dr. Rintu Banerjee (16 lectures)

  1. Transport Phenomena (UG level).

  2. Chemical Reaction Engineering (UG level).


  1. Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals by J. E. Bailey & D. F. Ollis, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1986.

  2. Biochemical Engineering by H. W. Blanch & D. S. Clark, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1997.

  3. Bioprocess Engineering (Basic Concepts) by M. L. Shuler & F. Kargi, Prentice Hall of India, 2003.


  1. Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems by G. A. Truskey, F. Yuan, D. F. Katz, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.


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