List of Publications:

Papers Published in National and International Journals:

1. NS Poonia, GC Kumar,A Jayakumar, Pushpa Bagdi and AV Bajaj, Co-ordination chemistry of alkali and alkaline earth cations-II lower glycols as lipophilizing and discriminating ligands, J.Inorg.Nucl.Chem., 43, 2159,1981.
2. NS Poonia, Pushpa Bagdi and Sidhu, Structural aspects of crown complexes with alkali and alkaline earth cations- benzo-15-crown-5 as a discriminating macrocycles, J.Inclu.Pheno.,4, 43-54,1985.
3. JA Kanters EH Von der Streen, Pushpa Bagdi and NS Poonia, Synthesis and structural analysis of amino picrate-dibenzo-18-crown-6, , J Inclu. Pheno, 4(3) 225-33,1986.
4. NS Poonia, Pushpa Bagdi, K. S. Sidhu and W.S. Sheldrik, Co-ordination chemistry of proton- in situ synthesis and X-Ray structural analysis of etanolaminium pictrate, HOCH CH NH CHNO2NS Acta crystallographica.
5. Pushpa Agrawal and K.P.Gopinathan, Analysis of nuclear protein from silk glands of Bombyx mori, J.biosciences, 13, 4, ,379-391,1988.
6. B.S.Mohan, Pushpa Agrawal, Is Phytoremidiation is the solution for arsenic pollution of ground water in India and Bangladesh, current Science , 90, 4, 2006.
7. Dharmendra Kumar, Pushpa Agrawal, Prashantha V Saradesai, Aravinda B J, Shreyash N Deshpande, "Mutational Analysis Of H5n1 & H1n1 For Ascertaining Test Systems", Current Science, Vol 92, no. 7, 19 April 2007 .
8. P. Agrawal, R. Hema, S. Mahesh Kumar Experimental Investigation on Biological Hydrogen Production Using Different Biomass, International Journal Technologi, Malaysia. 47, 13-24, 2007.
9. S. Mahesh Kumar, P. Agrawal & S Roy, Tangential flow microfiltration of gasification power plant effluent by inorganic membrane, International Journal Technologi, Malaysia. 47, 1-12, 2007.
10. K.H.Chandramouli, Pushpa Agrawal, Ravi Shankara, Improved protein identification in complex eukaryotic samples by liquid IEF fractionation with iTRAQ labeling, Pariprashna, Voll-III, Issue-4, Feb 2008.
11. K.S. Thippareddy and Pushpa Agrawal, Ethanol production from lignocellulose biomass through anaerobic fermentation, Journal of Environmental Research and Development, Vol. 3 (2) (October-December) pp 395-399. 2008.
12. K. H. Chandramouli, Pushpa Agrawal and K. N. Thimmaiah. Protein Identification in Sub Proteome fractions of breast cancer cells by OFFGEL_IEF and iTRAQ Labeling. Current proteomics, Vol. 6 (1),. pp 43 – 50(8). (April) 2009.
13. K.S. Thippareddy and Pushpa Agrawal, Two Steps Fermentation Process For The Production Of Ethanol From Agricultural Waste. Journal of Environmental Research and Development, Vol. 4, (April) pp 964 – 969. 2010.
14. S. Mahesh, G.Vijay Kumar and Pushpa Agrawal, Studies on the utility of plant cellulose waste for the bioadsorption of crystal violet dye pollutant, Journal of Environmental Biology, 31,2010
15. K.S. Thippareddy and Pushpa Agrawal, Enhanced production of Ethanol from pretreated Biomass. BIOZONE: International Journal of Life Science, 2(2), 356-361.2010.
16. Pushpa Agrawal, Praveen kumar, Neeta shivkumar, "Insilico modeling & drug design & A review" International Res. J of Pharmacy, 2(9), 15-17, 2011
17. Ashwani sharma and Pushpa Agrawal "Analysis of capsicin and ascorbic acid in different varieties of Capsicum sp." Global Journal of Molecular biology and Technology,;1(4), 4-6. 2011.
18. Gupta Praveen kumar, Agrawal Pushpa, Shivakumar Neeta and Hiremath Suhasini.,B In Silico modelling and drug design – A Review International Research Journal of Pharmacy. Vol- 2(9), page -15-17, 2011.
19. G. Vijaya Kumar, Lingayya Hiremath and Pushpa Agrawal. Utility of plant cellulose waste for the bioadsorption of brilliant green dye pollutant, International Journal of Chem Tech Res, 4 (1), 319-323, 2012.
20. Gupta Praveen K, Rajeswari M, Agrawal Pushpa, Narendra Kumar S, Anila Rani P, Isothermal Kinetic And Thermodynamic Studies On Basic Dyes sorption Using Rice Husk Carbon,International Journal of Atoms and Molecules, Vol- 2(2), page-139-148, 2012.
21. Hema R and Pushpa Agrawal. Production of Hydrogen through Biological Route from waste Biomass. Journal of Environmental Research and Development, Vol. 6(3), Janvary-March, pp 415 – 423. 2012.
22. Ajeet kumar Srivastava, Pushpa Agrawal Cellulose hydrolysis by Cellulomonas fimi and ethanol production by Zymomonas mobilis, International Journal of Atoms and Molecules , 2(2):214-222, 2012.
23. Ajeet kumar Srivastava, Pushpa Agrawal Saccharification by fungi and ethanol production by bacteria using lignocellulosic materials, International Research Journal of Pharmacy;3(5), 2012.
24. Ajeet kumar Srivastava, Pushpa Agrawal Microbial pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials and production of bioethanol, International Journal of Environmental Research and Development; 6(5),2012.
25. Ajeet kumar Srivastava, Pushpa Agrawal Communicated for publication. Some inorganic and organic compounds enhance cellulase production in fungi and sugar yield in saccharification, Frontiers in environmental research 2012.
26. Ajeet kumar Srivastava, Pushpa Agrawal Accepted for publication Saccharification with Phanerochaete chrysosporium and ethanol production with Saccharomyces cerevisiae,. International Journal of Atoms and Molecules , 2012.
27. Thippareddy K.S. and Pushpa Agrawal, "Studies on Characterization of Agriculture waste (rice husk) for the production of ethanol" Journal of Environmental Research and Development Bhopal (India). Communicated for the publication
28. Thippareddy K.S. and Pushpa Agrawal, "Characterization Aspects For The Biological Production Of Ethanol From Deseeded Sun Flower Heads" International Journal of Science Research, Tumkur university, Tumkur, Karnataka.(India). Communicated for the publication.
29. Rajeshwari.M,Pushpa Agrawal, Pavithra, Priya,Pavithra G M and Sandhya G R Continuous Biosorption of Cadmium by Moringa oleifera in a Packed Column. Journal of Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering (Communicated).
    
    
    

International and National Conference:

1. Pushpa Bagdi, R.Joshi, A.Bajaj and N.S. Poonia,Co-ordination chemistry of alkali and alkaline earth cations, dissolution and dissociation studies of nitrophenolate salts in methanol and acetone, Proceedings of annual conference of Indian council of chemists, Karnataka university, Dharwad, October 1983.
2. Pushpa Bagdi, A.V.bajaj and N.S.Poonia, Transport of alkali and alkaline earth cations across liquid membrane, Prceedings of international membrane technology conference,the university of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, November 1983.
3. Pushpa Bagdi and N.S.Poonia, Ligand Vs anion preference of S-block cations in polar vis-à-vis those in non-polar media, Proceedings of Indian chemical society, diamond jubilee and 21th annual convention of chemists,Jadhavpur university, Calcutta, October 1984.
4. Pushpa Agrawal, S Mahesh Kumar, Production of Hydrogen by Microbial solid State Fermentation, National Conference on Development Cum Environment Friendly Future Industrial Fuels, Centre for Energy Studies Kumara guru College of Technology, Coimbatore, May 2005.
5. M.S.Nagananda, R Suresh, Pushpa Agrawal, T S Rukmini, B N Gangadhar Extraction of Visual Evoked Potentials. Proceedings of one day National Conference on Bioinstrumentation, May 2005.
6. S. Mahesh Kumar, Sukumar Roy, Pushpa Agrawal, "Fouling Mechanism of Microporous Alumina Membrane during Microfiltration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae", Proceedings of CHEMCON, Dec-2005.
7. Pushpa Agrawal, S. Mahesh Kumar, R Hema, "Microbial Hydrogen Production: A Reliable Sustainable Energy for the Future", Proceedings of CHEMCON, Dec-2005.
8. S. Mahesh Kumar, Pushpa Agrawal, Production of Hydrogen by Solid State Fermentation by Microbial Routes, Proceedings of DEFIF-2005.
9. Pushpa Agrawal, R.Hema, T.N.Ramamurthy, V.Murali, "Biological Hydrogen Production through Biomass and its Application in Internal Combustion Engines" Proceedings of NCBIC-2006, National conference – NIT Surathkal India, March 2006.
10. V Murali, T.N.Ramamurthy, Pushpa Agrawal, R.Hema, "A Comparative Evaluation of the Performance & Emission Characteristics of Compression Ignition Engine Using Pongamia Oil-Diesel Blend & Methyl Ester of Pongamia Oil As Alternative Fuel", Proceedings of NCBIC-2006, National conference – NIT Surathkal India, March 2006.
11. S. Mahesh Kumar, K. Ramakrishnan, Pushpa Agrawal, G.M Madhu, "Filtration Characteristics in Dead-end Microfiltration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by ceramic membrane", Proceedings of International Conference on "Resource Utilisation and Intelligent Systems". Proceedings of International Conference on Resource Utilization and Intelligent Systems (INCRIUS 2006), ISBN: 81 –7764 – 940 – X, January 2006.
12. Mohan BS, Pushpa Agrawal, "Phytoremediation of gold – A New avenue gold prospectus in India by adopting biotechnology & geo botanical principles, Proceeding of Parichay NMAMIT, 15-16 Sep 2006.
13. S. Mahesh Kumar, Pushpa Agrawal, Sukumar Roy "Direct Microfiltration of Gasification Power Plant Effluent by Inorganic Membrane", Proceedings on National Conference on Environment Conservation (NCEC-2006), BITS Pilani, September 1st -3rd 2006, Rajasthan.
14. S. Mahesh Kumar, Karthik, Sukumar Roy, Pushpa Agrawal, "Tangential Flow Microfiltration of Gasification Power Plant Effluent using Ceramic Membranes" Proceedings of 1st International Conference of Natural Resources Engineering and Technology, July 24th - 26th¬¬¬, 2006, (Johor Darul Tazim) Malaysia.
15. Pushpa Agrawal, R Hema, S. Mahesh Kumar, Experimental Investigations on Biological Hydrogen Production Using Different Biomass", Proceedings of 1st International Conference of Natural Resources Engineering and Technology, July 24-26th¬¬¬, 2006, (Johor Darul Tazim) Malaysia.
16. Pushpa Agrawal, R.Hema, V.M.Sahai, "Microbial production of hydrogen through Dark and Photofermentation using Biomass" – ISCA, Jan., 2006.
17. R Hema, Pratima yadavendra, Pushpa Agrawal, "Utilization of Biomass waste to produce Biohydrogen using Anaerobic fermentation" - ISCA, Jan., 2006.
18. Pushapa Agrawal, Pratima yadavendra, R Hema, V.M.Sahai, "Priduction fo Biodiesel by Transesterification – A Review" – ISCA, Jan., 2006.
19. Dharmendra Kumar, Sushil Middha, Shweta Gupta, Biplab Bhattacharjee, Kavitha Iyer and Pushpa Agrawal, paper entitled "Sequence Analysis of H5N1 & H1N1 for Ascertaining Test System" Proceedings of International symposium on computational Biology and Bioinformatics (ISBB 06), Bhubaneshwar, India December 15-17 2006.
20. Dharmendra Kumar, Shweta Gupta, Sushil Middha and Pushpa Agrawal, paper entitled "Sequence analysis and Evolutionary studies of Aquaporins" Proceedings of International symposium on computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Bhubaneshwar (ISBB 06), India to be held December 15-17 2006.
21. Dharmendra Kumar, Shweta Gupta, Pushpa Agrawal, "Representation of Glucocorticoid Receptor signaling pathway: A Novel approach for Drug Discovery". ,presentation in National Conference on Drug Designing & Synthesis, at Nagpur, scheduled on 19th & 20th Jan 2007
22. Ajeet Kumar Srivastava, S. Mahesh, Pushpa Agrawal, Optical fibrosensors for the quantitative determination of chemical species. International Conference and Exhibition on Total Engineering Analysis & Manufacturing Technologies and Symposium on Integrated Nanobiosystems. TEAM TECH 2007.at BMS College of Engineering, 5-6 October 2007
23. Puspha Agrawal, Partha Pratim Deb, "Tissue Engineering: Basic Principle And Applications",International Conference and Exhibition on Total Engineering Analysis & Manufacturing Technologies and Symposium on Integrated Nanobiosystems, TEAM TECH 2007, at J N Tata Auditorium. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore & BMS College of Engineering, 4-6 October 2007
24. Puspha Agrawal, Archana Applications of Nanobiotechnology International Conference and Exhibition on Total Engineering Analysis & Manufacturing technologies and Symposium on Integrated Nanobiosystems. TEAM TECH 2007, at J. N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore & BMS College of Engineering, 4-6 October 2007.
25. Puspha Agrawal, Partha Pratim Deb, Bioresource utilization for removal of arsenic from drinking water, International Symposium on Applied Phycology and Environmental Biotechnology (ISAPEB – 2007) during October 29 – 31, 2007 at Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Rajasthan.
26. Pushpa Agrawal, Sunitha.S, Harsha. B.K Algal bioactive compounds -a Review, International Symposium on Applied Phycology and Environmental Biotechnology (ISAPEB – 2007) during October 29 – 31, 2007 at Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Rajasthan.
27. Pushpa Agrawal & R. Hema, Biological Hydrogen Production Using Various Biomass; A Reliable Sustainable Energy for the Future International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT-2007), NIST, Trivandrum, India, November 26-29, 2007.
28. Shivandappa, Pushpa Agrawal, Manjunath, Ajeet Kumar Srivastava, The application of Perl, Tk Perl and BioPerl in Sequence analysis, National conference on Computational Biology at R V College of Engineering on Nov. 16, 2007.
29. S. Mahesh Kumar, Pushpa Agrawal, Sukumar Roy "Opportunity, usefulness and efficiency of alumina ceramic membranes in treatment of sewage water" Accepted for presentation. International Conference on Biotechnology for sustainable development (BSD – 2008) during 07.01.2008 – 09.01.2008 at National Chemical Laboratory Pune (India).
30. Divya G, Aditi S, Pushpa Agrawal, Maruthy K N, Gokulnath, Segmental Bioimpedance Analysis of the online monitoring of weight loss in patients undergoing haemodialysis using an indigenously deviced instrument., Scientific Programme – ISNCON 2007, New Delhi, 13 – 15 Dec, 2007.
31. Neeta Shivakumar and Pushpa Agrawal "Evolutionary genomics for male specific region in different cultivars of Carica papaya" International conference on Structural biology- Macromolecules, Jan 2008.
32. Thippa Reddy and Pushpa Agrawal "Bioconversion of corn cob to alternative fuel", Biotrendz a National level technical symposium held at Koneru lakshmaiah college of Engineering Guntur, 21st February 2008.
33. Thippa Reddy and Pushpa Agrawal "Production of ethanol by lignocellulose", National Symposium on CSMB 08 at K S Rangaswamy college of technology Tamil Nadu, 27th and 28th February 2008.
34. Pushpa Agrawal, Partha Pratim Deb and Pushkala Jayaraman " Reproduction and possible modulation of odour " National conference Avinashlingam university for women, 12 march 2008, Tamil Nadu.
35. Manjunatha Reddy and Pushpa Agrawal "Colonization of paraiahkite along with the down flow of vrishabhavathi river", 24th National conference of ISCAP held at department of PG studies and research in applied Zoology and microbiology, Kuvempu University, Shimoga 13 – 15 March 2008.
36. Pushpa Agrawal, Shachi Katira and Sai Janani "Implementation of Pharmacogenomics in the Amelioration of Parkinson Disease" 8th mile, RVCE college fest on 29.03.2008.
37. Pushpa Agrawal, Partha Praim Deb and Pushkala Jayaraman "Prediction of possible mutation patterns in HIV when exposed to Drug Dosage along a time period" National conference on merging trends in biomedical signal processing at ETBMSP, Department of Instrumentation Technology, RVCE on 26.04.2008.
38. Pushpa Agrawal "Tissue Engineering: Basic principles and applications" National conference on merging trends in biomedical signal processing at ETBMSP, Department of Instrumentation Technology, RVCE on 26.04.2008.
39. Pushpa Agrawal, Partha Praim Deb and Pushkala Jayaraman "Prediction of mutation patterns in HIV exposure to time and drug dosage" Accepted for International conference on molecular modeling and systems biology, PESIT Bangalore on 2nd and 3rd May 2008.
40. Thippa Reddy and Pushpa Agrawal "Optimization of various parameters for the production of bio – ethanol from sunflower head by Zymomonas mobilis and saccharomyces cervisiae", PARICHAY – 08 a National level technical symposium held at NMAM Institute Institutre of Technology, Nitte on 5th & 6th September 2008.
41. K.H.Chandramouli, Pushpa Agrawal, Beerali Seshi, Kumaraguru Raja, "Proteomics Strategy based on Offgel-IEF and ITRAQ labeling: An integrated approach o mapping the proteome of the Human Embryonic Stem Cells", National Conference on Genomics, Proteomics & Systems Biology, J N Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bangalore, 1-3 Oct 2008,
42. Thippa Reddy and Pushpa Agrawal "Ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass through anaerobic fermentation", International conference and publication by ICER – 08, Goa, 2008.
43. Pushpa Agrawal "Nanobiotechnology and Diseases" at National Women Science Congress –2008 (NWSC 2008) at Karnataka State Women University, Bijapur, 5-6 Dec, 2008.
44. Pushpa Agrawal & R Hema "Microbial Hydrogen production from waste Biomass: A sustainable Energy for the future" at 96th Indian Science congress at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, January 3 – 7 2008.
45. Pushpa Agrawal, Mahesh Kumar & Partha Praim Deb "Sorption Characteristic of Arsenic on Biomass" at International society Biotechnology conference ISBT 2008, Dec 28-30, 2008
46. Pushpa Agrawal, Partha Praim Deb & Keerthana "Using Nanomaterials to Couple in-situ Detection and Remediation Techniques" at International society Biotechnology conference ISBT 2008, Dec 28-30, 2008.
47. Thippa Reddy and Pushpa Agrawal "Bioconversion of Corncob to alternative fuel" at National level technical symposium on Biotrendez". Koneru lakshmaiah college of Engineering Green fields, Vaddesswaraum, Vijayavada, Guntur District Andra pradesh, February 2008.
48. Monisha Hajra, G Sai Janani, Shachi Katira and Pushpa Agrawal, "Peptide design for inhibition of alpha-synuclein self-aggregation in Parkinson's disease", accepted for presentation & publication at International Conference BIOCOMP'09, Las Vagus, USA, July, 2009
49. Thippa Reddy and Pushpa Agrawal "Two steps fermentation process for the production of Ethanol from Agricultural waste" International conference on emerging trends in Environmental research St Albert's College Ernakulam, Kerala, South India, August 14th to 16th 2009.
50. Thippa Reddy and Pushpa Agrawal. "Pretreatment of lignocellulosic material for the production of ethanol. An International conference on Challenges in biochemical Engineering and food technology" held at Department of Technology, Annamalai university, Annamali nagar-608002, Tamilnadu, 8th to 10th October 2009.
51. Vijaya kumar, Pushpa Agrawal, Lingayya Hiremath, Pooja P Rao, Kavitha Appaya and Saranya Ravi. "Adsorption of industrial dye using neem power" in National conference on go green, held at Dept. of Biotechnology, R V College of engineering on 14th November, 2009.
52. Lingayya Hiremath, Pushpa Agrawal, Vijaya Kumar, Pooja P Rao, Kavitha Appaya and Saranya Ravi and P Ambresh. "Bioadsorption of heavy metals from aqueous solution by fungal stains isolated from e-waste metal polluted soil" in National conference on go green, held at Dept. of Biotechnology, R V College of engineering on 14th November, 2009.
53. G. Vijaya Kumar, Pushpa Agrawal and Sukumar Roy. Purification of water Moringa Oleifera coagulant protein (MOCP) from drum stick seeds. in National conference on go green, held at Dept. of Biotechnology, R V College of engineering on 14th November, 2009.
54. Lingayya Hiremath, Pushpa Agrawal and A. H. Manjunatha Reddy. "Antifungal properties of Lantana proteins" in National conference on Biotechnological approaches in Medicinal and aromatic plants held at New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore on 12th and 13th March 2009.
55. G. Vijaya Kumar, Pushpa Agrawal and Sukumar Roy. Purification of coagulant protein (mocp) from moringa oleifera by using nano ceramic material. in International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology(ICONN-2010) SRM University, Chennai.
56. Pooja P Rao, Kavitha Appaya, Saranya Ravi, P Ambresh, .Vijaya kumar, Pushpa Agrawal and Lingayya Hiremath. Utility of plant cellulose waste for the bioadsorption of brilliant green dye pollutant in ational level students symposium at DSCE, Bangalore on 26th – 27th feb. 2010.
57. Pooja P Rao, Kavitha Appaya, Saranya Ravi, P Ambresh, Lingayya Hiremath, Pushpa Agrawal and Vijaya kumar. Bioremediation of E-waste by live A-niger at National conference NIT, Trichy (TN) on 27th Feb-2010.
58. Ashwani Sharma, Pushpa Agrawal "Fungal interactions a Pandora box of chemicals mycological society of India", On global warming and micelial interactions, October 2009, Goa.
59. Ashwani Sharma, Pushpa Agrawal. "Chitinase enzyme from Aspergillus niger", On global warming and micelial interactions, October 2009, Goa.
60. Neha B, Anusha, Ashwani Sharma, Pushpa Agrawal. "Regeneration of Capsicum species" One day national level symposium in Biotechnology and chemical Engineering BIOCheSS, 2010 at SIT, Tumkur (2nd prize).
61. K. S. Thippareddy and Pushpa Agrawal. "Pretreatment of agriculture waste using Aspergullus flavus for the production of ethanol by Saccharomyces cerviceae". International conference at ICER-10, Mauritius, Reduit Sept 16-18 2010.
62. R. Hema, Pushpa Agrawal, Production of Hydrogen through Biological Route from Waste Biomass, at International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-10) on 16-18 September 2010 at University of Mauritius, Reduit MAURITIUS.
63. Pushpa Agrawal, Ashwni Sharma and Pritika Doot, Regeneration studies in aloe vera. National Technical Symposisum on 21-22 March 2011 at Karunya University, Coimbatore.
64. Pushpa Agrawal, Ashok Kumar, Karthik Urs, Supriya Suresh kumar, Vinayak Gaonkar and Vipin Shetty, Micropropogation of oncidium gower ramsey-an ornamental plant. National conference on Biodiversity and Biotechnology for sustainable development at Karnatak University, Dharwad 21 march 2011.
65. Pushpa Agrawal, Manjunatha Reddy A.H. Praveen Kumar R and Ravishankar H. N. Alleviation of Red rot disease of sugarcane by Bio-agents, presentation at ICER – 2011, Surat.
66. Pushpa Agrawal, Vijaya Kumar G. Ravishankar H. N and Praveen Kumar R. Methane production from lignite using anaerobic fermentation. presentation at ICER – 2011, Surat.
67. Pushpa Agrawal, and Trilok Chandran. Silk waste : Potential Nanmaterials. Presented at ICER – 2011, Surat.
68. K. S. Thippareddy and Pushpa Agrawal. "Studies on characterizations of agriculture waste (rice husk) for the production of ethanol" oral presentation in 4th International Congress of Environmental Research ICER-11, Surat (INDIA) on December 15-17, 2011.
69. Pushpa Agrawal, Ravishankar H N, Alleviation of Red rot disease of sugarcane by Bioagents presented at ICER-2011, Surat
70. Rajeshwari M, Pushpa Agrawal, Anila Rao Pullagura, Isothermal, Kinetic and thermodynamics studies on basic dyes sorption using rice husk carbon presented at ICER-2011, Surat
71. Rajeshwari M, Pushpa Agrawal, Anila Rao Pullagura, rotacell extraction of Pongamia oil and its conversion to biodiesel presented at ICER-2011, Surat
72. Anila Rani P, Pushpa Agrawal, Nagashree N Rao, Production of Pencillin acylase using mutant E.coli strain by fermentation process presented at ICER-2011, Surat
73. Nagashree N Rao, Pushpa Agrawal, Anila Rani P, Efficient invitro production fo multiple plantlets in Bacopa monneri (L) Pennell, an important nootropoic plant presented at ICER-2011, Surat
74. Pushpa Agrawal, Ashwani Sharma "Regeneration and morphogenetic potential of Capsicum Sp." presented at ICER-2011, Surat.
75. A V Narayan, Pushpa Agrawal, Enzyme based processes for removal of phenol from waste water: Current status and future technologies presented at ICER-2011, Surat
76. Pushpa Agrawal, Ashok Kumar H G, Harsha B K, Effect of TDZ on PLBs production in Oncidium Grower Ramsay presented at ICER-2011, Surat
77. H Raju, Pushpa Agrawal, Formulation of gold nano encapsulates with novel bioactive synthetic 1H-pyrozol derivatives as Anti-cancer agents presented at ICER-2011, Surat
78. Ajeet kumar Srivastava, Pushpa Agrawal, Microbial pretreatment of lignocelluloses materials and production of bioethanol presented at ICER-2011, Surat.
79. Ajeet kumar Srivastava, Pushpa Agrawal Some inorganic and organic compounds enhance cellulase production in fungi and sugar yield in saccharification, Frontiers in environmental research ,National Conference, GSLP, Gwalior,18-19 February,2012
80. Thippareddy K.S. and Pushpa Agrawal. "Characterization Aspects for the Biological Production of Ethanol from Deseeded Sun Flower Heads" National conference on the Green and sustainable chemistry,(NCGSC-2012) 25th February 2012 Organized by department of chemistry ,Tumkur university, Tumkur. Karnataka.
81. Dr Neeta Shivakumar, Dr Pushpa Agrawal, Dr Ramakrishna Hegde, Dr Mahesh S and Praveen Kumar Gupta (2012) Characterization of the cultivars of ginger for their oleoresin content in National Conference on held in MSRIT, Bangalore during 11-13th April 2012.
82. Accepted for oral presentation at International conference ICER-12 on 22-24 November, 2012 Pushpa Agrawal and Thippa Reddy K S "Production of alcohol from agricultural biomass" at Centre for Socioeconomic Development Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT21030 Kuala Terengganu (Malaysia).
83. Accepted for oral presentation at International conference ICER on 22-24 November, 2012. Trilok chandran B*, Pushpa Agrawal, Raksha Rao, Darshana Raghavan Microbial degradation of polythene: A case study" at Centre for Socioeconomic Development Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) 21030 Kuala Terengganu, (Malaysia).
84. Accepted for oral presentation at International conference ICER-12 on 22-24 November, 2012. Pushpa Agrawal, Poulomi Dey, Suvro Kanti Chowdhury, Suvo Sengupta, Eco-friendly Approach towards Biological Synthesis of Gold' Nanoparticles. at Centre for Socioeconomic Development Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT21030 Kuala Terengganu(Malaysia).
85. Accepted for oral presentation at International conference ICER-12 on 22-24 November, 2012. Nisha Nataraj, Rajeshwari B. R., Ramya G. P, Pushpa Agrawal and A H Manjunath Reddy* Production of biodiesel by enzymatic transesterification of honge oil, Bangalore, Karnataka, India" at Centre for Socioeconomic Development Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT21030 Kuala Terengganu(Malaysia).
    

List of funded projects sanctioned

Books Published:

1. Biotechnology-IV, New Age International Publishers, Dr.S.Mahesh & Dr.Pushpa Agrawal , 2006

Research Guidance:

Recognised as Ph.D. guide from Visveswaraya Tech.University, Mangalore University, Kuvempu University, Tumkur University, Dr MGR deemed University

Projects Coordinated and Consultancy Work:

Professional Membership

Membership of Academic Boards

1. Chairman, Board of Studies – Biotechnology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum
2. Member, Board of Examination – B.E. Biotechnology, RVCE Autonomous
3. Member, Board of Studies - B.E. Biotechnology, RVCE Autonomous
4. Member, e-Learning, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum
5. Member, VTU Institute of Advance Technology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum.
6. Member, Local Inspection Committee, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum
7. Ex Member, board of Examiners – M.Sc Biotechnology & Microbiology, Bangalore Uni
8. Ex Member, board of Examiners – B E Biotechnology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum.
   

Member of Journal and Editorial board :

1. International Journal of Biotechnology
2. TJC Journal
3. International Journal of Environment Research and Development
4. Research Journal of Biotechnology.
5. International journal of Biozone.

Awards and Distinctions:

1. Cognizant Technology, Gold Medal for best teacher/researcher Award.
2. PRATIBHA award from the Agrasen Youth Club, Indore in 1985
3. BEST TEACHER award from NFGC in 1998
4. Founder of Cultural exchange group "SHANTI", 2000As a group leader organized cultural programme in Japan (2000-02) & Malaysia (2000) Displayed Folk & Indian Classical dance.
5. Academic Excellence Award RSST, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 ,2009,2010 & 2012
6. Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR, 1980-84.
7. Visiting Research Faculty, Miami University, Miami, USA.-1983
8. Post Doctoral Fellowship, CSIR, 1984-85, DAVV.
9. Scientist pool officer, CSIR, 1986-1988. IISc, Bangalore
10. Research Associate, IISc, 1989-1990.
11. Chair person, ISTE, RVCE chapter, 2005 to 2010
12. Chair person, Sexual harassment committee, RVCE, 2009 to 2011
13. Director, Centre for Nano-Sciences, 2006 to 2010
14. Director, Centre for Gandhian Principles and value based education, 2004-2009.
15. Fellow member International society Biotechnology.
16. Fellow member International Science congress.
17. Fellow member JERAD, Global earth society for Environmental energy and development.