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CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur

A Constituent Laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Post Box. No. 06, Palampur - 176061 (H.P.) INDIA

परिकल्पना: जैवार्थिकी के उन्नयन हेतु प्रौद्योगिकीय उद्भवता एवं विकास में हिमालयी जैवसंपदा के संपोषणीय उपयोग द्वारा विश्व स्तर पर अग्रणी होना

VISION: To be a global leader on technologies for boosting bioeconomy through sustainable utilization of Himalayan bioresources

उद्देश्यः सामाजिक, औद्योगिक, पर्यावरणीय और अकादमिक हित हेतु हिमालयी जैवसंपदा से प्रक्रमों, उत्पादों और प्रौद्योगिकियों की खोज, नवोन्मेष, विकास एवं प्रसार

MISSION: To discover, innovate, develop and disseminate the processes, products and technologies from Himalayan bioresources for society, industry, environment and academia

Division Biotechnology

Designation Senior Scientist

Specialization Algal Biotechnology

Contact

Qualification Phd

CV Vidyashankar_resume.pdf

Research Focus

Bioprospection of freshwater, marine and alpine microalage towards bioactives and value added products

Development of cultivation methods and downstream processes for microalgal metabolites production

Utilization of microalgae biomass as functional foods

Development of Ready to Eat food products for targeted nutritional applications

Achievements / Awards

2008 CSIR Junior Research Fellow for carrying out PhD

2014 Awarded with International Travel Grant by DST-SERB to present research paper at 5th Congress of International Society of Applied Phycology (ISAP) at Sydney, Australia

Major Publications

Patents

V.S. Chauhan, A. Kumudha, G.V. Swarnalatha, M.D. Kavitha, S. Vidyashankar, G.A. Ravishankar, R. Sarada. A composition and method to control rotifer infestation in microalgal culture system. (1787/DEL/2012), India, filed on 11^th June 2012.

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सी.एस.आई.आर- हिमालय जैवसंपदा प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, पालमपुर

CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur

Dr. Vidyashankar Srivatsan