Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies

Mr. RAVI GEDELA M.Sc M.Tech (Ph.D)

Assistant Professor (C), Bio Sciences

ravibio531@rguktn.ac.in

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  • Ph.D.: 2016 (pursuing) Biosciences and Bioengineering(BSBE), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG)
  • M.Tech: 2011., Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
  • M. Sc: 2008., Biochemistry, Science & Technology College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
  • B. Sc: 2006., Biochemistry, Silver Jubilee Andhra Pradesh Residential Degree College (APRDC), Kurnool of Sri Krishnadevaraya University (SKU), Anantapur.
  • Assistant Professor (15.10.2012 till date ), Department of Bio-Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Nuzvid, Andhra Pradesh, India.
  • Assistant Professor (14.07.2012 - 14.10.2012), Department of Bio-Science, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Basara, Telangana, India
  • Junior Research Fellow (JRF) (28.08.2011 - 10.07.2012) project supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Govt.of India at Dept.of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT G), India.
  • BE3102 : Introductory Bioinformatics
  • CE2205: Environmental Engineering
  • ES4101: Environmental Sciences
  • BE2101: Cell Biology
  • BE2210: Molecular Biology
  • BE2010: Fundamental Biology
  • 20EB1202: Biology for Engineers
  • CH4206: Industrial Pollution Control
  • BE3104: Fundamental of Bioprocess Engineering
  • Faculty development programme (FDP) participated in the Royal Society of chemistry Yusuf Hamied Inspirational Chemistry Programme (28th to 29 th April 2019) organized at RGUKT Nuzvid.
  • Faculty development programme (FDP) participated in the Instructional Design and Delivery System (26th to 31st December 2018) by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTR) organized at RGUKT Nuzvid.
  • Faculty development programme (FDP) participated in the Internet of Things (IoT) a five days workshop (19th to 23rd November 2019) organized RGUKT at RGUKT Nuzvid.
  • Faculty development programme (FDP) participated on on "Contemporary advances in Bio-nanotechnology" FDP programme being organized four days (02.11.2020 to 06.11.2020) by Department of Biotechnology, NIT Andhra Pradesh , Andhra Pradesh
  • Faculty development programme (FDP) participated in the Science leadership workshop for Seven days from June 22 to June 28, 2020, organized in online by Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India.
  • Faculty development programme (FDP) participated in the One Day Swachhta Action Plan Online Workshop for Faculty of Higher Education Institutions in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, organized by Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education in collaboration with National Service Scheme, India, on 6th June 2020.
  • Faculty development programme (FDP) participated in the Three Day National Level Webinar & Faculty Development Programme on English Studies in the New Millennium: Adapting to New Texts and New Perspectives organized by Maris Stella college of Vijayawada affiliated to Krishna University, on 11th, 12th & 13th June 2020.
  • Faculty development programme (FDP) participated on AICTE Incorporating Universal Human Values in Technical Education (An AICTE Initiative) a five days workshop ( 10. 08. 2020 to 14.08.2020) organized by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.
  • Bioenergy
  • Bioprocess engineering
  • Bioremediation
  • Best organizing faculty Coordinator award for ROBOZEST- 2014, National workshop cum competition at RGUKT Nuzvid; association with RoboSpecies Technologies Pvt. Ltd and IIT Bombay on 27th -28th February,2014.
  • Excellence in Academics Felicitation by Union Minister of Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affairs, Mr. Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo, Award ceremony was held at Seethampeta, Andhra Pradesh (23.01.2013).
  • Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering, conducted by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India) -XL in 2009.
  • Qualified Andhra Pradesh state eligibility test (AP SLET-2012) for Assistant Professor/Lectureship held on 27th July 2012.
  • Received Scholarship for Master of Technology (M.Tech) in IIT Guwahati by Minister of Human Resources and Development (MHRD), Govt.of India, 2009-2011.
  • Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India sponsored project in the Department of Biotechnology at IIT Guwahati, 2011-2012.
  • Received Scholarship for Master of Science (M.Sc) in Andhra University by Minister of Human Resources and Development (MHRD), Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, 2006-2008.
  • Received Scholarship for Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Sri Krishna Devarayal University by Minister of Human Resources and Development (MHRD), Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, 2003-2006.
  • Faculty Member in Indian Youth Science Congress Association (IYSCA), INDIA
  • Member in Society of Biological Chemists, Indian Institute of Science, INDIA.
  • Member in Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), INDIA.

Journals

  1. Prabhu, A. A., Gadela, R., Bharali, B., Deshavath, N. N., & Dasu, V. V. (2019). Development of high biomass and lipid yielding medium for newly isolated Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. Fuel, 239, 874-885. (Elsevier ).
  2. Gedela, R., Naidu, R. T., Rachakonda, S., & Naidu, A. (2017). Madhuca Longifolia Flowers for High Yields of Bio-Ethanol Feedstock Production. International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, 4(4), 525-528.
  3. Gedela, R.(2016) The Carbon sink Decreasing in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh in India. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology, 1(4).
  4. Gedela, R. (2015). A Carbohydrate Hydrolysis Enzymes encoding Genes in Neurospora crassa. Journal of advances in biotechnology, 5(3), 711-727.
  5. Gedela, R. (2015). A role of environmental factors on calcium signaling genes in Neurospora crassa. Journal of advances in Biotechnology, 5(3), 699-710.
  6. Gedela, R., Makke, N. S. B., & Karra, D.(2015). A Metagenomics Analysis of -Carotene Synthesis in Neurospora Crassa. International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, 3(3), 490-503.
  7. Gedela, R., & Tamuli, R.(2015). A Role of Calcium Signaling Genes in Heterokaryon Incompatibility in Neurospora crassa. International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, 3(4), 668-679.
  8. Gedela, R., Naidu, S., & Ranjan, Tamuli , R.(2015). Heterokaryon Incompatibility System in Neurospora crassa insilico. International Journal of Biological & Pharmaceutical Research. 6(4): 298-307.

Conferences

  1. Ravi Gedela, Veeranki Venkata Dasu* and Kannan Pakshirajan* (2019) Production of lipid, Carotenoids, -Carotene from Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a Batch and Fed-Batch bioreactor. 7th Bioprocessing India conference (BPI2019) was on Advances in bioprocessing of agri-food resources at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) organized with the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists India (AFSTI) and DRDO- Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India held at Mysuru on 14th-16th December.
  2. Ravi Gedela, Veeranki Venkata Dasu and Kannan Pakshirajan (2019) Optimization of culture conditions for enhanced biomass, and production of lipids, Carotenoids and -Carotene from Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. Biological Engineering Society India Annual Meeting and Conference 2019(BESCON 2019) , IIT Madras Chennai, India, 18-19 of October.
  3. Ravi Gedela, Veeranki Venkata Dasu and Kannan Pakshirajan (2018) Lipids, Carotenoids and -Carotene production from the yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa by using dairy wastewater feed with Sodium Acetate. The 8th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management, International Society of Waste Management Air and Water (ISWMAW) held at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, AP, India , 22nd -24 th of November.
  4. Ravi Gedela, Ashish A Prabh, Lalit Goswami, Bapi Mandal, Arun S, Veeranki Venkata Dasu and Kannan Pakshirajan (2017) Dairy wastewater as a cheap substrate for production of Lipids and -Carotene using Rhodotorula mucilaginosa., Bioprocessing of India2017 - Recent Trends in Bioprocessing for Healthcare, Energy and Environment a International conference held at IIT Guwahati on 9th-11th December.
  5. Ravi Gedela, Sai Vardini and G.Chandrasekhar (2016) Water quality studies on Krishna River and Kolleru Lake of A.P, India; International conference on New approaches in agricultural, food & environmental sciences held at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, A.P. 22nd-24th, December.
  6. Ravi Gedela (2016) Carbon sink decreasing order in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India, poster presentation at Andhra Pradesh Academi of Science (APAS-2016) held at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India., 21st -23rd January
  7. Ravi Gedela (2015) A Metagenomic Approach on Carbohydrate Enzymatic hydrolysis encode Genes in Neurospora crassa. Poster presentation at International Conference on Recent Advances in Bioscience and applications of Engineering in production Biopharmaceuticals (RABAEB-2015), held at KLU University, Guntur, India., 14th -16th December
  8. Ravi Gedela, Udai Kumar Ambati, NagaSai Babu Makke, Dinesh Karra and Asiri Naidu (2015) A Comparison of Multiple Metagenomes of -Carotene in Bacteria, Fungi, and Plants. Poster presentation in 6th Indian Youth Science Congress, held at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India., 20-22 January.
  9. Ravi Gedela, NagaSai Babu Makke, Dinesh Karra (2013) A computational analysis on -Carotene in Neurospora crassa. Oral presentation in Third International Conference on Bioinformatics (IFIP), held at MANIT, Bhopal, India., 23-26 September.
  10. Ravi Gedela, Dinesh Karra, Naga Sai Babu Makke (2013) In silico studies on transcriptional and functional analysis of heterokaryon incompatibility in Neurospora crassa. Oral presentation in Third International Conference on Bioinformatics (IFIP), held at MANIT, Bhopal, India., 23-26 September.
  11. Ravi Gedela and RanjanTamuli (2013). Physicochemical parameters effect on Calcium signaling proteins in Neurospora crassa. Oral presentation in International conference on Bio-Engineering (ICBE2013), A special focus on Bioproducts for disease management, held at Chennai, India., 02-04 January.
  12. Ravi Gedela and RanjanTamuli (2012). A Computational Analysis on Heterokaryon Incompatibility System in Neurospora crassa.4th Meeting of the Asian Forum of Chromosome and Chromatin Biology Epigenetic Mechanisms in Development and Disease', held at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India., 22-24 November
  13. Ravi Gedela, Rekha Deka and Ranjan Tamuli (2011). Role of calcium signaling genes in heterokaryon incompatibility in Neurospora crassa. International Symposium on Genomics and Biodiversity, held at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India., 23-25 February
  14. Rekha Deka, Ravi Kumar, Ravi Gedela, Upasana Sarma, Dhruv Aditya Srivastava, and Ranjan Tamuli (2011). Calcium signaling in Neurospora crassa. Oral presentation in Cell Signaling Net works2011, held at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico., 22nd - 27th October
  15. Rekha Deka, Ravi Kumar, Ravi Gedela and Ranjan Tamuli (2011). Investigating cellular functions of the calcium signaling genes in Neurospora crassa. Oral presentation in 6th World Congress on Biotechnology held at HICC, Hyderabad, India., 21-23 March
  16. Rekha Deka, Upasana Sarma, Dhruv Aditya Srivastava, Ravi Kumar, Ravi Gedela, and Ranjan 5amuli(2011). Understanding the calcium signaling machinery of the Neurospora crassa. Oral presentation in 7th International conference on yeast biology, held at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, India.,10-13 December.
  • Associate Dean of Students Welfare (I/c), RGUKT Nuzvid campus, from 23.8.2018 to 26.02.2021
  • Associate Public Relation Officer (I/c), RGUKT Nuzvid campus, from 30.10.2018 to 09.03.2019
  • Faculty In-Charge member, Dining Halls for the messes, RGUKT Nuzvid campus, from 01.03.2019 to 05.02.2021
  • BOS Member, Department of Biosciences at RGUKT- Nuzvid, from 02.03.2017 to 28.02.2021
  • Associate/Deputy warden, i-1 Boys hostel at RGUKT- Nuzvid, from 02.12.2016 to 10.1.2018
  • Chairman, Housekeeping & Security committee at RGUKT Nuzvid, from 03.02.2016 to 21.8.2018
  • Convener, disposal committee of waste materials in the entire campus of RGUKT -Nuzvid, from 27.03.2017 to 19.11.2019
  • Chairman, Student Development and Campus Activities Cell (SDCAC)committee, RGUKT- Nuzvid from 08.09.2014 to 01.07.2017
  • Chairman, TechExo-2K15 on the eve of Convocation for Two days, organized by Student development and campus activities cell (SDCAC), RGUKT Nuzvid on 20th -23th December 2015.
  • Draft Sub-Committee member in making of Student Affairs/Section-Roles and responsibilities at RGUKT Nuzvid on 20.10.2017
  • Member, Sports & Cultural committee at RGUKT -Nuzvid, from 25.02.2017 to 01.09.2019
  • Member, disciplinary/Anti-ragging committee at RGUKT-Nuzvid, from 28.01.2017 to 26.02.2021
  • Member, Housekeeping & Security committee at RGUKT Nuzvid, 02.09.2014 to 13.02.2016
  • Member, Waste Management Committee for RGUKT- Nuzvid, from 28.03.2016 to 19.10.2019
  • Member, RGUKT IIIT Nuzvid for Evaluated requirement of manpower (Non-teaching) Committee in varies section/Departments on 19.04.2016
  • National Service Scheme (NSS) program officer Unit-6 of Central Sector Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports as an additional responsibility at RGUKT Nuzvid, from 10.02.2020- till date
  • HoD Member, Certificate Verification Committee (2021), for the Recruitment of Contract Faculty to RGUKT, on 02-03-2021
  • Convenor, Board of Studies (BOS) of the Department of Biosciences, RGUKT Nuzvid, from 18-02-2021 to 27.04.2022
  • Head of the Department, Department of Biosciences, RGUKT Nuzvid campus, from 18.02.2021 to 27.04.2022.