Gurugram
Prof. Ramesh Chander Kuhad, Pro-Chancellor of SGT University, Gurugram, is ranked among the top 2% of scientists globally in Biotechnology by the Stanford University survey (2020).
He is ranked 325 in the World and 14 in India.
Dr. Kuhad has also served as Professor at the University of Delhi and as Vice-Chancellor at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh.
His primary research area is Secondary Agriculture (Crop-by-Product) Biotechnology comprising wood (Lignocellulose) degrading enzymes production and their application in Bio-Bleaching, Bio-retting, Bio-Deinking and production of animal feed and bioethanol.
Prof. Kuhad is the first person to develop an idea to bleach paper pulp in an eco-friendly way.
He has developed a method for converting wheat straw into nutritionally enriched animal feed with solid-state fungal fermentation and an innovative way for bioethanol production.
The SGT University Pro-Chancellor has completed more than 18 projects funded from DBT, DST, UGC, CSIR, MOEF, and MNRE. Besides authoring more than 200 publications and editing five books, he also has four patents to his credit in different areas of Crop-by-Product Biotechnology.
He has also been felicitated as: ‘Fellow of Academy of Microbiological Sciences (FAMSC’) ‘Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India (FNASC),’ ‘Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS),’ and ‘Fellow of Biotech Research Society (FBRS).’
