• Ph.D: Specialization in Biotechnology, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, CUSAT, India,
• M.Sc.: Specialization in Biotechnology, Thalassery Campus, Kannur University, India.
• B.Sc.: Specialization in Biotechnology, Zoology, and Chemistry, Govt. College Kariavattom, Kerala University Trivandrum, India.

• Scientist-E: Department of Biosciences, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India, May 2024- Till date
• Scientist: DBT-Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Takyelpat Imphal Manipur-India  January 2018- December 2023
• Postdoc Fellow: Bioenergy Research Laboratory, DBT-Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Takyelpat Imphal Manipur-India  May 2016- December 2017
• Visiting Scientist: Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research group, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL),  Switzerland, September 2015-December 2015
• Senior Research Fellow: CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Papnamcode Trivandrum –India, January 2013-January 2015
• Junior Research Fellow: CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Papnamcode Trivandrum –India, January 2011-January 2013
• Production Cum QC Scientist: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Biomedical Technology Wing, Poojapura Trivandrum-India, March 2009-January 2011

• Carbon concentration and sequestration by microalgae
• Circular Bioeconomy
• Sustainable Bioengineering
• Environmental bioremediation
• Waste to wealth
• Microbial Technology
• Bioprocess Engineering
• Industrial Enzymes
• Molecular Biology
• Biomass valorization for biochemicals, biofuels & food industrial bioproducts

• Sustainable utilization of Loktak lake biomass for biofuel and biorefinery chemical in collaboration with CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum and CSIR-IIP-Dehradun-DBT-IBSD (50 lakhs) Role CoPI: April 2017-March 2019

• Delivered invited talk on “Ethics in publishing a scientific article in SCI journals” at National workshop on Ethics of writing and publishing a scientific paper organized by T.S.Paul Manipur Womens College, Mongshangei, Imphal on 12^th October 2023.
• Delivered invited talk on “Sustainable microalgal biomass production in biorefinery wastewater for high value bioproducts and circular bioeconomy” at International Symposium on Advances in Algal Research (AAR 2023), organized by IIT Guwahati, India during June 12-14, 2023
• Delivered an invited online talk on “Sustainable microalga biomass production in wastewaters for biofuel and biorefinery products” at St. Marys College Thrissur, kerala on 20^th August 2022
• Delivered an invited talk for the webinar conducted by DBT-IBSD for the "Science Setu" programme for the students of DBT-Star College in Assam on the topic “Water Quality Monitoring and Associated Health Risk” on April 9^th, 2021.
• Delivered a talk on “Potential of Loktak Lake biomass as raw material for biofuels and chemicals” under the theme of Science and Technology for self-reliant India in the young scientist conference of India International Science festival held during 22 to 24^thDecember 2020
• Delivered invited talk on “Microalgal biomass and oil production using industrial effluents and seawater” at International Conference on Bioprocess and Sustainable Energy and Environment 2020 at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela on 5^th -7^th March 2020.
• Delivered an invited talk on “wastewater treatment for conservation of fresh water bodies” at National Environment and Climate Change Congress 2018 (NECCC 18) at Energy Management Centre, Thiruvananthapuram on 20-22^nd March2018.
• Delivered an invited talk on “Phumdis as feed stock for bioethanol and platform chemical production” at Indo-UK Newton Bhabha fund Researcher Link workshop on Energy for Economic Development and Welfare” conducted at CSIR-Indian Institute of petroleum on 23^rd October 2017-27^th October2017
• Delivered an invited talk on “Evaluation of Para grass from LoktakLake in Manipur as feedstock for bioethanol production” at International Conference on Current trends in Biotechnology-BRSI conducted by VIT, Vellore on December8-10-2016
• Delivered an invited talk on “Oil production by Microalga Chlorococcum sp-RAP-13 on industrial effluents and sea water for biofuels and nutraceuticals,” in the S³Saturday symposium in January 2016 session held at CSIR-NIIST on16^thJanuary2016

Book chapters

• Ummalyma, S.B. (2024). Bioeconomy for Sustainable Biomaterials and Bioproducts Development. In: Garg, V.K., Kataria, N. (eds) Bioeconomy for Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1837-5_5
• Jayshree A, Ummalyma SB (2022) Recent Trends in the Microbial Degradation and Bioremediation of Emerging pollutants in Wastewater Treatment System Editor(s): Maulin P Shah, Susana Rodriguez Couto, Vineet Kumar in Innovative Microbe-based Applications for Removal of Chemicals and Metals in Wastewater Treatment Plantspp99-125  Elsevier
• Ummalyma SB, Anamika S (2021) Importance of algae and bacteria in the bioremediation of heavy metals from wastewater treatment plants in New Trends in Removal ofHeavy Metals from Industrial Wastewater pp 343-357 Elsevier:
• Ummalyma SB, Sahoo D, Pandey A (2020) Microalgal biorefineries for industrial products In: Abu Yousuf (ed) Microalgae Cultivation for Biofuels Production p.p 187-196 Elsevier
• UmmalymaSB, Supriya RD (2019) Lasiaspinosa: Wild Nutraceutical for Formulation of Future Drugs Devi (eds) Jayanta Kumar Patra, Sanjeet Kumar, Hrudayanath Thatoi in Ethnopharmacology and Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants pp.265-285 CRC press Tailor and Francisgroup.
• Ummalyma SB, Sindhu R, Binod P, PandeyA, Gnansounou E (2019) Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) Saurabh Saran, VikashBabu and Asha Chaubey (eds.) High Value Fermentation Products Volume 2, (109–126) © 2019 Scrivener Publishing LLC ISBN978-1-119-46001-5.
• UmmalymaSB, Sahoo D, Pandey A (2019) Bioremediation and Biofuel Production from Chlorella sp: A Comprehensive Review. In: Alam M., Wang Z. (eds) Microalgae Biotechnology for Development of Biofuel and Wastewater Treatment. Springerpp635-655.
• Ummalyma SB, Supriya RD, Sindhu R, BinodP, Nair RB, Pandey A, Gnansounou E (2019) 2nd and 3rd Generation of Feedstocks: Biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass—current trends and future perspectivespp.197-212.
• Ummalyma SB, Sahoo D, Pandey A, Prajeesh KP, Microalgae–Microbial Fuel Cell, Materials Research Foundations, USA Vol. 46, pp 1-20,2019.
• UmmalymaSB,SindhuR,Binod P, Paney A, Gnansounou E (2019) Applications of Ion Exchange Materials in Biomedical Industries: Sorbitol demineralization by ion exchange, Springer 155-161.
• Ummalyma SB, PandeyA, SukumaranRK, Sahoo D (2018) Biosynthetic Technology and Environmental Challenges: Bioremediation by microalgae: Current and emerging trends for effluents treatments for value addition of waste streams Springer ppno355-375.
• Sukumaran RK, Sankar V, Madhavan A, Sankar M, Satheesh V, Omar Idris AS, Ummalyma SB (2016) Enzyme Technologies: Current and Emerging Technologies for Development of Novel Enzyme Catalysts, In: M Chandarsekaran (ed) Enzymes in Food and Beverage Processing, CRC Press, Ohio,USA.

Edited Book:

• Next-Generation Algae, Volume 1: Applications in Agriculture, Food and Environment.Adetunji CO, Oloke JK, DwivediN, Ummalyma SB, Dwivedi S, Adetunji JB, Hefft DI(Editors) John Wiley & Sons Inc USA (2023) : ISBN: 9781119857273.
• Next-Generation Algae, Volume 11: Applications in Medicine and the Pharmaceutical Industry. Adetunji CO, Oloke JK, Dwivedi N, Ummalyma SB, Dwivedi S, Adetunji JB, Hefft DI (Editors) John Wiley& Sons Inc USA(2023) : ISBN: 9781119857280
• Contributor of Compendium of Antiviral Medicinal Plants of North East India (2021) jointly published by Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) and Botanical survey of India, Kolkata.

Journal articles (cumulative impact factor = 212)

• Ummalyma SB, Udayan A, Sreekumar N 2024.Phycoremediation of emerging contaminants and heavy metals from industrial wastewater: A sustainable green approach for bioeconomy, Bioresource Technology Reports. 27; 101920: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2024.101920
• Ummalyma SB, Herojit N and Sukumaran RK (2024) Alkaline hydrogen peroxide pretreatment of bamboo residues and its influence on physiochemical properties and enzymatic digestibility for bioethanol production. Front. Energy Res. 12:1444813. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1444813
• Devi MR, Ummalyma SB, Brockmann A, Raina V, Rajashekar, Y (2023) Nutritional properties of giant water bug (Lethocerusindicus) a traditional edible insect species of North-East India. Journal of Bioengineered 14 (1) (IF 6.4) (co-author).
• Ummalyma, S.B., Sirohi, R., Udayan, A. et al. (2023). Sustainable microalgal biomass production in food industry wastewater for low-cost biorefinery products: a review. Phytochem Rev 22, 969–991 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-022-09814-3 IF: 7.7 (First author)
• Ummalyma SB, Chiang A, Herojit N, Arumugam M (2023) Sustainable microalgal cultivation in poultry slaughterhouse wastewater for biorefinery products and pollutant removal. BioresourTechnol374: 128790 IF 11.8 (First and corresponding author).
• UmmalymaSB, Bhaskar T (2023) Recent advances in the roles of biocatalyst in biofuel cells and its applications: An overview. Biotechnol. Gene Eng Rev. 1-39.IF 4 (First and corresponding author).
• Biswas B, Sahoo D, Sukumaran RK, Krishna BB, Kumar J, ReddyYS, Adarsh VP, Puthiyamadam A, Mallapureddy KK, Ummalymas SB, Bhaskar T(2022) Co-hydrothermal liquefaction of Phumdi and Paragrass an aquatic biomass: Characterization of bio-oil, aqueous fraction and solid residue. Journal of the Energy Institute 102: 247-255 IF: 6.47(co-author).
• Ummalyma SB, Singh A (2022) Biomass production and phycoremediation of microalgae cultivated in polluted River water. Bioresource Technology IF (11.8) 351: 126948. IF: 11.8 (First and corresponding author).
• Ummalyma SB, Karki V, Singh A (2022) Enzymatic digestibility of pretreateddewaxed bamboo residues as feedstock for bioethanol production. Systems Microbiol Biomanufact 2:716–722.  DOI10.1007/s43393-022-00092-w. (First and corresponding author).
• Sirohi R., Ummalyma SB, SagarNA, Sharma P. et al., (2021) Strategies and advances in the pretreatment of microalgal biomass. J. Biotechnology IF 4.1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.09.010 (co-author)
• Jayashree A., Ummalyma SB., Pandey A., Bhaskar T (2021) Recent trends in microbial nanoparticle synthesis and potential application in environmental technology: a comprehensive review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28, 49362–49382; IF 5.8 (Corresponding author)
• Ummalyma SB, Pandey A, Sahoo D (2021) Resource recovery through bioremediation of wastewaters and waste carbon by microalgae: A circular bioeconomy approach, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28(42):58837-58856.IF 5.8 (First and corresponding author).
• Ummalyma SB, Sahoo D, Puthiyamadam A, Adhrsh VP, Sukumaran RK , Bhaskar T, Parida A (2021) Sono-assisted alkali and dilute acid pretreatment of Phragmites karka (tall reed grass) to enhance enzymatic digestibility for bioethanol conversion. Frontiers in Energy Research IF 3.4 doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2020.594452 (First and corresponding author).
• Singh A, Ummalyma SB, Sahoo DB (2020) Bioremediation and Biomass production of microalgae cultivated in River water contaminated with pharmaceutical effluent. Bioresource Technology.307:123233. Impact factor 11.8 (Corresponding author).
• Ummalyma SB, Sukumaran RK, Pandey A (2020) Evaluation of Freshwater Microalgal isolates for growth and oil production in sea water medium. Journal of Waste Biomass Valorisation.11: 223-230. Impact factor 3.2 (First and corresponding author).
• SahooD, Awasthi A,Singh G, Dhyani V, Kumar J, Reddy YS, AdarshVP, Puthiyamadam, A, Kumar K, Sukumaran RK, Ummalyma SB, Bhaskar T (2019). Value addition of water hyacinth and para grass through pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction. Carbon Resource Conversion 2, 233-241 IF 6 (co-author).
• Devi RS, Mishra S, Kumar S, Marndi S, Ummalyma SB, Das PK, Dhal NK, Mallick SN. (2019) Zeuxineflava (Orchidaceae): A new addition to the flora of Manipur, India. Ne Bio, 10(4), 243-246.(co-author).
• Anoop P, Adarsh VP, Mallapureddy, KK, Mathew A., Kumar,J., Yenumala SR., Bhaskar T., Ummalyma SB, Sahoo D, Sukumaran RK (2019) Evaluation of a wet processing strategy for mixed phumdi biomass conversion to bioethanol.Bioresource Technology, 289,121633IF(11.8).(co-author).
• Awasthi A, Singh G, Dhyani V, Kumar J, Reddy YS, Adarsh VP, Puthiyamadam A, Kumar K, Sukumaran RK, Ummalyma SB, Sahoo D, Bhaskar T (2019) Co- pyrolysis of phumdi and para grass biomass from Loktak Lake. Bioresource Technology, 285, 121308 IF (11.8) (co-author).
• UmmalymaSB, Devi RS, Kumar S, (2019)DioscoreapuberBlume. (Dioscoreaceae): a new addition to the flora of Manipur, Advances in Plants &Agriculture Research 9 (1) (First author).
• Mahanti P., Ummalyma SB.,Bhattarai B., Devi RS , Dhal NK ,Kumar S. 2018 Taxonomical Note and Three new records of Dioscorea species to the flora of Periyar Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India. Species, vol19. (Co-author).
• UmmalymaSB, Devi RS Kumar S Dioscorea hispida Dennst. (Dioscoreaceae): A new addition to thestate flora of Manipur, India. Pleione 12(1): 147 - 149.2018. (First author).
• Ummalyma SB, Devi RS, Kumar S 2018 Dioscorea oppositifolia (Dioscoreaceae): A new addition to the flora of Manipur, Species, vol 19 (First author).
• Ummalyma SB, Devi RS, Patra JK, Kumar S. Ethnobotanical Values of Dioscorea Species Available in Eastern Ghats, India. Basic Appl Pharm Pharmacol. 2018 June; 1(1):103. (First author).
• SindhuR, BinodP Ummalyma SB, Amith, MathewAK, MadhavanA, Rebello S, Pandey A (2018) Applications of Microbial Enzymes in Food Industry. Journal of food Technology Biotechnology.doi: 10.17113/ftb.56.01.18.5491 IF (2.4). (Co-author).
• Ummalyma SB., 2018. Loktak Lake: A Ramsar Site of Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot is under threat. Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation,105-107.(First author)
• Sahoo, D., Ummalyma SB., Okram, A.K., Pandey, A., Sukumaran, R.K., Meena S (2018). Effect of dilute acid pretreatment of wild rice grass (Zizania latifolia) from Loktak Lake for enzymatic hydrolysis. Bioresource Technology 253 (2018) 252–255 IF(11.8).(Corresponding author)
• Sindhu, R., Binod, P., Mathew, A. K., Ebraham, A., Madhavan,A., Ummalyma, S. B., Pandey, A., 2017. Molecular improvements in microbial α-amylases for enhanced stability and catalytic efficiency.BioresourTechnol245 (Pt B), 1740-1748 IF (11.8). (Co-author).
• Sahoo, D., Ummalyma, S.B., Okram, A.K., Sukumaran, R.K., George, E., Pandey, A., 2017. Potential of Brachiaria mutica (Para grass) for bioethanol production from Loktak Lake. Bioresour.Technol. 242:133-138. IF (11.8) (co-author).
• SindhuR, BinodP, Mathew AK, Ebraham A, Gnansounou E, Ummalyma SB, Thomas L , PandeyA (2017) Development of a novel ultrasound-assisted alkali pretreatment strategy for the production of bioethanol and xylanases from chili postharvest residue. Bioresource Technology 242:146-151 IF (11.8) (co-author).
• Binod P, Sindhu, R, Madhavan A, Ebraham A, Mathew, A K, Ummalyma SB, Sukumaran RK, Pandey A (2017). Recent developments in L-glutaminase production and applications - an overview. Bioresource Technology 245 (PtB):1766-1774IF (11.8) (co-author).
• Ummalyma SB, Gnansounou E, Sukumaran RK, Sindhu R, Pandey A, Sahoo D (2017) Bioflocculation: An alternative strategy for harvesting of microalgae – an Over view. Bioresource Technology 242:227-235. IF (11.8) (First and corresponding author).
• Ummalyma SB, R.K. Sukumaran (2016) Harvesting of microalgal biomass: Efficient  method for flocculation through pH modulation, Bioresource Technology. 223,216-221. IF (11.8): (First author).
• Ummalyma SB, Sukumaran RK. (2015) Cultivation of the fresh water microalga Chlorococcum sp. RAP13 in sea water for producing oil suitable for biodiesel, J. Appl Phycol27,141–147.IF 3.4(First author).
• Ummalyma SB, Sukumaran R K (2014) Cultivation of microalgae in dairy effluent for oil production and removal of organic pollution load, Bioresource Technology 165,295-301.IF 11.8(First author).

International 

• Ummalyma SB 2023 Sustainable microalgal biomass production in biorefinery wastewater for high value bioproducts and circular bioeconomy at International Symposium on Advances in Algal Research (AAR 2023), organized by IIT Guwahati, India during June 12-14, 2023
• Ummalyma SB, HerojitN, Sukuman RK (2023) Alkaline hydrogen peroxide pretreatment and its influence on physiochemical properties and enzymatic digestibility of bamboo residues at International Conference New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT 2023) held at CSIR-NIIST  during November 26th to 28 2023 
• Singh NS, Ummalyma SB, (2023) Production of Xylan and Xylo-oligosaccharides as a prebiotics   from rice straw residue of Manipur at International Bioresource conclave & Ethnopharmacology congress (ISE-SFEC2023) Jointly organized by International Society for Ethnopharmacology, Switzerland, Society for Ethnopharmacology, India and Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal during 24th to 26thFebruary 2023.
• Ummalyma, SB, Chiang A, Herojit N, (2022) Sustainable microalgae biomass production in poultry slaughterhouse wastewater and bioremediation at international conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable bioresources for bioeconomy (BSB2-2022) held at IIT-Guwahati, India December 7-11th 2022
• Ummalyma SB, Anamika S, (2021) Mixotrophic cultivation of microalgae in polluted River water of Manipur for biomass production and bioremediation at International Conference on Biotechnology for Resource Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Chemicals and Health (BREEECH 2021) CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India December 1-4, 2021 (Best paper presentation award)
• Ummalyma SB, Anamika S, SukumaranRK, Bhaskar T (2021) Comparative evaluation of hydrogen peroxide, ammonia and biological pretreatment of phumdi biomass to improve enzymatic digestibility for sugar yield at International conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health (BSAEH-2021), Jaipur, Rajasthan: April 4-8, 2021
• Biswas B, Sahoo D, Sukumaran RK, Kumar J, Reddy YS, Adarsh VP, Puthiyamadam A, Mallapureddy KK, Ummalyma SB, Bhaskar T (2021), Hydrothermal liquefaction of Loktak lake Phumdi and Paragrass biomass: Effects of temperature and reaction solvent on products, International Conference on Bioengineering Solutions for Healthcare, Food, Energy and Environment (BSHFEE 2021) during 9-10 April 2021 at IIT, Jodhpur
• UmmalymaSB, KarkiB, Anamik S, (2019) Feasibility of bamboo biomass (Thamnocalamus sp.) from Sikkim Himalaya as feedstock for bioethanol production at International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT) held during November 20-24, 2019 at CSIR NIIST Trivandrum.
• Anamika, Karki B, Ummalyma SB (2019) Cultivation of microalgae in pharmaceutical effluent contaminated river water for biofuel and bioremediation at International conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT) held during November 20-24 at 2019 CSIR NIIST Trivandrum (Best Poster Award)
• Awasthi A, Dhyani V, Biswas B, Kumar J, ReddyYS, Natte K, Puthiyamadam A, AdarshVP, Sukumaran RK, Ummalyma SB, Sahoo D, Bhaskar T (2018) Investigation and characterization of the products obtained from Co-pyrolysis and Hydrothermal liquefaction of the mixture of Water Hyacinth and Para grass in Biotechnological Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development (BIOSD) held in CSIR-IICT Hyderabad during November 22-24, 2018.
• Ummalyma SB, Sahoo D, Okram AK, Sukumaran RK (2017) Feasibility of Manchurian rice grass from Loktak Lake as feed stock for bioethanol production in Emerging Trends in Biotechnology for waste Conversion (ETBWC) held during October 8-10 at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur
• Ummalyma SB, Sukumaran RK (2015) Harvesting of micro algal biomass: Efficient method for flocculation through pH modulation in NHBT during November 22-25, 2015 held at Trivandrum, Kerala,India.
• Ummalyma SB, Sukumaran RK, (2014) Evaluation of fresh water micro algal isolates for growth and lipid production in seawater based medium in ICETB on 6-92014 held at JNU New Delhi, (Best Poster Award)
• Ummalyma SB, Sukumaran RK, (2013) Oil production by microalga grown on dairy waste water. ICABB on 25 – 27, 2013 held at Pune.
• Ummalyma SB, Rajasree K, Sukumaran RK (2013), Heterotrophic growth and lipid production by Microalgae Chlorococcum sp.RAP-13 in industrial streams and sea water proceedings of 5thIndia –Korea joint workshop on Bioenergy September 9-10, 2013 at NIIST-CSIR, Trivandrum
• Ummalyma SB, Rajasree K, Sukumaran RK (2012) Chlorococcumsp.RAP-13- isolated from the Western Ghats with potential for heterotrophic growth and oil production on waste glycerol, ICIB&IX convention of the Biotech Research Society of India, November 21-23, 2012 at Punjabi University, Patiala
• Ummalym SB Sukumaran RK Bhaskar T 2020. Potential of Loktak Lake biomass as raw material for biofuels and chemicals under the theme of Science and Technology for self-reliant India in the young scientist conference of India International Science festival held during 22 to 24thDecember 2020 
• Ummalyma SB, Sukumaran RK Pandey A (2020) Microalgal biomass and oil production using industrial effluents and seawater at International Conference on Bioprocess and Sustainable Energy and Environment 2020 at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela on 5th -7th March 2020.
• Ummalyma SB, Okram A 2017. Phumdis as feed stock for bioethanol and platform chemical production at Indo-UK Newton Bhabha fund Researcher Link workshop on Energy for economic development and welfare conducted at CSIR-Indian Institute of petroleum on 23rd October 2017-27th October2017
• Ummalyma SB, Sahoo A, Okram A 2016 “Evaluation of Para grass from LoktakLake in Manipur as feedstock for bioethanol production” at International Conference on Current trends in Biotechnology-BRSI conducted by VIT, Vellore on December8-10-2016

National

• Ummalyma SB 2023. Ethics in publishing a scientific article in SCI journals at National workshop on Ethics of writing and publishing a scientific paper organized by T.S.Paul Manipur Womens College, Mongshangei, Imphal on 12th October 2023.
• Ummalyma SB 2018. “Wastewater treatment for conservation of fresh water bodies” at National Environment and Climate Change Congress 2018 (NECCC 18) at Energy Management Centre, Thiruvananthapuram on 20-22nd March2018.
• Ummalyma SB, Sukumaran RK 2016. Oil production by Microalga Chlorococcum sp-RAP-13 on industrial effluents and sea water for biofuels and nutraceuticals, in the S3Saturday symposium in January 2016 session held at CSIR-NIIST on16thJanuary2016

• Two days’ workshop on R&D funding opportunities by SERB-DST: Awareness workshop for researchers from North-East institutions" held at Hotel Radisson Blu, Guwahati during 14-15 July 2022, organized by the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, and sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt of India. 
• Completed course cum International workshop on Techno-economic and Life- Cycle Assessment as Tools for sustainability analysis jointly organized by Biotech Research Society of India and CSIR-National institute for interdisciplinary science and Technology, Trivandrum held at CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum on July 9-13,2018
• Attended Three days’ workshop on “Training in Molecular phylogeny” Organized by UniBiosys Biotech research labs (UBRL) held on 25-27July2011
• Participated in one day symposium on Biosafety organized by Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology and Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology on November 24 2010 at RGCB, Trivandrum.
• Training in animal handling Programme held from 03.08.2009 to 07.08.2009 in the Division of Laboratory Animal Science, Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology,Trivandrum.
• Training in Confocal Microscopy from Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.

• Biotech Research Society-India
• Society for Ethnopharmacology–India
• OISCA-International

• Recognized as top 2% of most influential Scientist list in the world published by Stanford University, USA in collaboration with Elsevier, August 2024
• Best Paper Award from International Conference on Biotechnology for Resource Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Chemicals and Health (BREEECH 2021) organized by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India December 1-4, 2021
• Best poster Award from International conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT) held during November 20-24, 2019 organized by CSIR NIIST Trivandrum
• Visiting Fellowship from Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Laussane (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Best poster Award from International conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB) on 6thto 9th2014, held at Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi
• CSIR-UGC JRF+NET:  December 2009 for pursuing PhD
• ICAR-ARS NET:  April 2009

• Abroad Universities visited on research and collaboration
• Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lassanne (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne), Laussane, Switzerland (September 2015-December 20215)

• Judge for the selection of young scientist’s competition in the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Environmental Research (NACETER 2023) held at Manipur University on December 14th and 15th 2023.
• Session Chair at International Bioresource conclave & Ethnopharmacology congress (ISE-SFEC2023) Jointly organized by International Society for Ethnopharmacology, Switzerland, Society for  Ethnopharmacology,India and Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal during 24th to 26thFebruary 2023 at City convention  Centre Imphal.
• Oral presentation evaluator at International Bioresource conclave &Ethnopharmacology congress (ISE-SFEC2023) jointly organized by International Society forEthnopharmacology, Switzerland, Society for Ethnopharmacology,India and Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal during 24th to 26thFebruary 2023
• Session Chair at International Symposium on Advances in Algal Research (AAR 2023), organized by IIT Guwahati, India during June 12-14, 2023
• Poster evaluator at International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable bioresources for bioeconomy (BSB2-2022) held at IIT-Guwahati, India December 7-11th 2022
• Poster evaluator at International Conference on Bioprocess and Sustainable Energy and Environment 2020 conducted by National Institute of Technology, Rourkela on 5th -7th March 2020
• Session Chair at International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable bioresources for bioeconomy (BSB2-2022) held at IIT-Guwahati, India December 7-11th 2022 in the area of biomass pretreatment. 
• Session Chair 7th Convention Society for Ethnopharmacology, India and International symposium on “Combating Covid19-Ethnopharmacologyand Traditional Food and Medicine” December 17-19, 2020 Organized by IBSD in association with SFE, India and ISE, Switzerland.