PRAKASH KUMAR SARANGI

About

Dr P K Sarangi is an expert on the production of energy and materials from plant biomass and conducts leading research on microbial biomass utilization towards sustainable energy and materials towards wastes utilization.
Dr. Sarangi’s main research is focused on microbial catalytic systems, Microbial cellulose utilization, bioconversion technologies, innovative biomass processing technologies and sustainable bioenergy futures. His expertise is in biomass degradation into bioenergy and biomaterials, lignocellulosic biomass conversion and second generation biofuel and environmental waste remediation. His research focuses for utilzation of agro wastes towards production of different value added phenolic flavour compounds

Employment

• Central Agricultural University
  2012 - Present

Education

• Ravenshaw University
  2008 - 2011
• Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  2003 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (134)

• Valorisation of Food Processing Wastes into High-Value Platform Chemicals: Industrial Pathways and Circular Bioeconomy Perspectives
  Resources 2026 DOI: 10.3390/resources15080098
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• Bioinspired Water Technologies: A Systematic Review of Biopolymers for Clean Water and Sanitation
  Biopolymers 2026 DOI: 10.1002/bip.70067
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• Structural and Molecular Evolution of Macrophomina spp. Isolated From Sesame in Eastern India: An In Silico Divergence Analysis
  Plant Pathology 2025 DOI: 10.1111/ppa.14133
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• Transesterification of castor oil and ethanol using green catalyst for biodiesel production through Box-Behnken design
  Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2024.103480
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• Deciphering the importance of nanoencapsulation to improve the availability of bioactive molecules in food sources to the human body
  Food Chemistry 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.141762
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• RETRACTED: Closing the loop: A comprehensive exploration of Taiwan's e-waste to resource conversion journey
  Environmental Research 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120243
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• Food Waste to Food Security: Transition from Bioresources to Sustainability
  Resources 2024 DOI: 10.3390/resources13120164
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• Enhancing Crop Resilience: The Role of Plant Genetics, Transcription Factors, and Next-Generation Sequencing in Addressing Salt Stress
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2024 DOI: 10.3390/ijms252312537
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• Circular Bioeconomy in Action: Transforming Food Wastes into Renewable Food Resources
  Foods 2024 DOI: 10.3390/foods13183007
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• Production of gamma‐polyglutamic acid microgel by Bacillus species: Industrial applications and future perspectives
  Polymers for Advanced Technologies 2024 DOI: 10.1002/pat.6565
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