Dr. Balendu Shekher Giri

Dr. Balendu Shekher Giri has a Master’s and PhD in Microbiology from the Barkatullah University Bhopal and CSIR NEERI Nagpur. He has done his post-doctoral research at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA, and Sejong University and Hanyang University, South Korea. He has published more than 150 reviews and research papers in highly reputed journals like BITE, RSER, STOTEN, and JCLP with a Google Scholar Citation of <8000 and an h-index of 46 with an i-10 index of 86. He has also been listed in the top 2% of researchers declared by Elsevier and Stanford University jointly. He has worked in India’s top research organizations CSIR’s labs including CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur; CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum: CSIR-IICT Hyderabad and CSIR IITR Lucknow, etc. Similarly, he has worked in India’s top technical institutions like IIT BHU Varanasi (3 Years) and IIT Guwahati for 2 years. He has several active collaborations from around the globe which include the USA, Israel, The Netherlands, China, South Korea, and Taiwan respectively. In our UPES university, I am proudly saying that my number comes in the top 10 faculty profile which is very good for me and first as an assistant professor. I have three PhD scholars 2 from the UPES and One from the RDSO Lucknow. I am a fellow of the Linnean Society of London and a member of several national and international societies like ASM America, NASI India, BRSI India, and IFIBiop France. 

Dr. Balendu Shekher Giri’s research career in various universities and institutions throughout the globe was very interesting and welcoming with very high output. For example, during his work tenure at CSIR NEERI Nagpur, his research area was the studies on the biotreatment of sulfurous gases emitted from the pulp and paper industries are very important. He has published more than 10 very good publications and 4 international conferences of which one was at the Feng Chia University, Taiwan. Another work on wastewater analysis and treatment was done at the South Korean University with very high output. In the end, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA experience was the most important and valuable in the application of biochar for the treatment of H2S gas and enhanced biogas production. This work was highly cited by the researchers and was published in the Bioresource Technology Journal.  

Dr. Balendu Shekher Giri research area of interest is the solution for pollution removal in the air, soil, and water using various tools methods. Now, his research area is slightly shifting towards sustainable agriculture and food research. Biochar is his favourite type, and he has published more than 30 publications for the removal of various pollutants like dye, insecticides, pesticides, and mercaptan which are very toxic to society and harmful to the environment. Using the application of biochar and biogas production may be the solution for India’s bioenergy requirement and waste treatment which come under the waste-to-wealth scheme from the several funding agencies.

Dr. Balendu Shekher Giri believe in interactive teaching which as per his view is more effective and impactive. During his postdoctoral tenure at IIT BHU Varanasi, he found that when the teacher is more open to discussing and freely communicating with students then students get more comfort zones to reach the teachers. Because of this way, he published 40 research papers in the IIT BHU in his three-year tenure.  He learned these things from South Korean and USA universities. Their teaching quality and concept are completely open, and teachers-students have a healthy relationship.  

1. Environment Sustainability & Climate Change (Living Lab) SSEN0102_2; Environmental Environmental sustainability and climate change and Himalayan Studies including the sustainability developmental goals (SDGs). This course is implemented by the UGC as a mandatory course for all. Taught this course to BA, BSc, B Tech, Law, and Management students. During his tenure, he has taught more than two thousand students at Bidoli and Kandoli campuses with the student's satisfaction level. 
2. Another course Fundamentals in Sustainability Engineering for the B Tech class of the Sustainability Engineering course has been taught in one semester for the B Tech students. 
3. Dr. Balendu Shekher Giri is expert in the research methodology in which he teaches how to write papers and projects for the receiving of grants.

Awarded several post-doctoral fellowship at the IIT Guwahati, CSIR IITR, Lucknow; The Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) fellowship for the travel support grant for collaborating the research work at Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea; awarded International Travel support grant for the oral presentation in an international conference at Kunming China; IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India; University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA; Sejong and Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea; Research Fellowship, CSIR, New Delhi (2010-13); Awarded “Third prize” in a group work title by the 8thTechnology Leadership Entrepreneurship Program – Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (8thTLEP-CSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, India supported by IIM Bangalore (July 2011). 

Dr. Balendu Shekher Giri is life member of the several international societies like Biotech Research Society (BRSI), India; International Forum of Industrial Bioprocess (IFIBIOP), France; Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS London), London, United Kingdom. 

Serving as Editorial Board Member as Guest Editor Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Impact Factor: 5.8 for the Year 2020-2022); Guest Editor Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Impact Factor: 5.8 for the Year 2023-2025); Advisory editorial board: Heliyon (Impact Factor: 4.0); Review Editor Frontiers in Environmental Science and Technology; Review editor Frontiers in Microbiology; Review editor in Frontiers Group. 

He has a startup which was established namely Biojagat Private Limited. It has signed one MoU with IIT Guwahati under the Umbrella leadership of CRTDH, DSIR, Government of India. The startup is registered at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, MSME certification, Udyam Certification, and GST certification.  

This startup works mainly on the mushroom cultivation and production of its value-added products like edible food powder, biscuits, bakery, cookies, cake, and pickles using biodegrading sustainable polymer materials. 

balendus.giri@ddn.upes.ac.in