Education

Research Interests / Specialization

Environmental Microbiology, Biomass and Bioenergy - Biofuel, Waste Management.

Honors & Awards

2000- 2004- KAU Merit scholarship for BSc Agriculture

2004- Second Rank in BSc Agriculture

2005- ICAR JRF for MSc. Programme

2008- IARI Merit medal for MSc. degree

2008- 2009- GSEP Scholarship funded by DFIAT and CBIE for research as visiting student at University of

Saskatchewan,Canada

2009- Best student paper award in Enviroenergy- an international conference on environment and energy 2009

2009- Second Prize in poster presentation in National workshop on emerginmg horizons in biofuel research and

applications (NWEHBRA- 2009)2010-DST- INSPIRE fellowship to Research students

Publications

 1) Dhanya M.S, Gupta N, Joshi H.C &Lata (2009) Biogas Potentiality of Agro-wastes Jatropha Fruit Coat. International Journal of civil and Environmental Engineering 1(3): 136-140.

 2) Dhanya M.S, Prasad S, Joshi H.C, Singh R &Choudhary A. (2010). Effect of Pretreatments for delignification and sugar recovery for ethanol production from corn stover. In: New Frontiers in Biofuels (Ed. P.B Sharma and Naveen Kumar) 28-288.

3) Prasad R.S, H.C Joshi & Dhanya M.S (2010).Biomass, Biofuel and Food Security. AkshayUrja. 3(5):33-39

4) S. Prasad & Dhanya M.S (2011). Biofuel Production Potential, Processing and Utilization . In: Biomass Crops, Production, Energy and Environment (Ed Alfred P. Haggery) 1-12.

Languages

Malayalam (Native Language), English, Hindi.

Professional Memberships

Indian Science Congress Association

Indian Society of Soil Science

Scientific Meetings

ICRE-2011: International Conference on Renewable energy, Jaipur, Jan 2007. (Poster presentation).

ENERSTATE 2010: International Conference on Clean Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency for Sustainable

Development , Dehradun, Dec 2010 (Oral presentation).

Vth International Nitrogen Conference, NewDelhi, Dec 2010. (Poster presentation).

1st International Conference on New Frontiers in Biofuels, New Delhi, Jan 2010. (Poster presentation).

97th Indian Science Congress, Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2010. (Poster presentation).

NWEHBRA 2009: National Workshop on Emerging Horizons in Biofuel Research and Apllications, Agra, July

2009. (Poster presentation).

ICRM 2009: International Conference on Recycling and Reuse of materials, Kottayam, July 2009. (Invited Talk).

EnviroEnergy 2009: An International Conference on Energy and Environment, Chandigarh, March 2009.

(Oral presentation).