Biotechnology

Biography

Venkata Dasu Veeranki is a Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He completed his Ph. D. (Biochemical Engineering), Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India, 2000. He served as Research Trainee, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Deajon, South Korea (1999-2000), Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB, Deajon, South Korea (2000), Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejon, South Korea (2000-2001), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Researcher, National Food Research Institute (NFRI), Tsukuba, Japan (2000-2004) and Postdoctoral Researcher, National Food Research Institute (NFRI), Tsukuba, Japan (2004). He achieved many awards and fellowships including Talented Industrial Biotechnologist Award for 2012 by Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, India [The award consists of a citation and Gold medal] , JSPS (Japan Society for the promotion of Science) Fellowship (Government of Japan) to carry out postdoctoral research at National Food Research Institute (NFRI) Tsukuba, Japan, 2001, Brain Korea 21 (BK 21) Postdoctoral Fellowship (Government of Korea) at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea, 2000, Postdoctoral Fellowship (Government of Korea) at Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Republic of Korea, 1999, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India Fellowship for Postgraduate Industrial Training in Biotechnology, 1995. He supervised 10 Ph.D. Scholars and 5 M. Tech scholars. He submitted 9 sequences at NCBI, more than 50 publications and one patent.

Research Interest

Bioprocess development (upstream to downstream), Metabolic Engineering, Bioenergy