Dineshkumar R

Dr. Dinesh Kumar R

Principal Scientist

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D (Biochemical Engineering), IIT Kharagpur, M.Tech (Biotechnology), Anna University Chennai.

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Dr. Dinesh Kumar R

Principal Scientist

dineshkumar.csmcri@csir.res.in

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  • Ajithkumar V, Isaimozhi V, Mehta B, Singhal K, Sadukha S, Biswas K, Ghosh A & Dineshkumar R* (2025). Synergistic impact of elevated CO2 and photo-bioreactor illumination surface area on marine microalgal biomass and bio-chemicals production. Algal Research, 104156.
  • Dineshkumar R*, Bhagiya B, Mantri V* (2025). Comprehensive analysis of economic proposition of Pan-India commercial seaweed cultivation. Aquaculture International, 33 (6), 433.
  • Ajithkumar V, Isaimozhi V, Kumar SD, Krishnan SG, Gurumoorthy U, Avinesh M, Veeragurunathan V & Dineshkumar, R* (2025). Exploring the potential of seaweed as a source of lutein: A study of seasonal and spatial variation insights along the south-eastern coast of India. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 66, 103576.
  • Veeragurunathan V, Sundaragnanam K, Grace PG, GopalaKrishnan S, Ajithkumar V, Kumar SD, Dineshkumar R & Mantri VA* (2025). Socio-economic status of commercial seaweed growers of Tamil Nadu, India after COVID-19. Journal of Applied Phycology, 1-15.
  • Padhi D, Das N, Dineshkumar R*, Guldhe A, Nayak M* (2025). Enhanced carbon dioxide biofixation and lipid production of Chlorella sp. using alkali absorber and strategic carbon dioxide supply. BioEnergy Research, 18(1), 1-14.
  • Padhi D, Kashyap S, Mohapatra R K, Dineshkumar R*, Nayak M* (2025). Microalgae-based flue gas CO2 sequestration for cleaner environment and biofuel feedstock production: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-27.
  • Paswan M, Joshi VC, Mukherjee T, Vyas A, Adhikary S, Dineshkumar R, & Bhattacharya, S*. (2025). Improvement of lactic acid production for bioplastics application using response surface methodology and artificial neural network. Indian Chemical Engineer, 1-18.
  • Isaimozhi V, Ajithkumar V, Mehta B, Lavanya R. M, Majumder A, Kumar S. D, Dineshkumar R* (2024). Recycling of spent seawater produced by land-based seaweed cultivation for the production of value-added products from a marine microalga Chlorella sp. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-12
  • Dineshkumar R, Veeragurunathan V, & Mantri VA* (2024). An economic and profitability assessment between agarophytes and Kappaphycus alvarezii farming in India. Aquaculture International, 32 (6), 7953-7972.
  • Majumder A, Ramya S, Kumar V. A, Sneha P, Dineshkumar R*, Dinesh Kumar S* (2024). Effect of elevated CO2 and temperature on Ulva lactuca growth and biochemistry under variable nitrogen levels: predicting future conditions of edible seaweed farming through land-based cultivation system. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-13.
  • Nama, M., Satasiya, G., Sahoo, T. P., Moradeeya, P. G., Sadukha, S., Singhal, K., Dineshkumar R* & Kumar, M. A.* (2024). Thermo-chemical behaviour of Dunaliella salina biomass and valorising their biochar for naphthalene removal from aqueous rural environment. Chemosphere, 141639.
  • Veeragurunathan, V1, Dineshkumar, R1, Bhushan, S, & Mantri, V. A.* (2024). Sensitivity-based economic analysis of Gracilaria dura cultivation: Comparison of bamboo raft and tube-net techniques along South-east and West Coast of India. Bioresource Technology Reports, 25, 101736. 1 Equally contributed.
  • Sadukha S, Thomas RM, Anand KG, Bhaliya T, Nayak J, Singhal K, Ghosh A, Dineshkumar, R*. (2023). Strategic agro-waste valorization for sustainable production of bioactives and biofuel by marine microalgae. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 1-13.
  • Mathew, D. E., Vala, A. K., Dineshkumar, R*, Niharika, J., Singh, R. P., Shinde, P. B., & Mantri, V. A*. (2023). Performance evaluation and yield optimization of L-glutaminase free L-asparaginase from seaweed-associated bacteria. Bioresource Technology Reports, 23, 101534.
  • Shreya S, Bhayani A, Padariya H, Vaghela P, Mishra S, Ghosh A, Dineshkumar R*. (2023). Performance evaluation of microalgal strains for concurrent production of high-value bio-actives lutein and phytol: A step forward towards the multi-product paradigm. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 50, 102737.
  • Sadukha S, Mehta B, Chatterjee S, Ghosh A, & Dineshkumar R*. (2023). Sequential Downstream Process for Concurrent Extraction of Lutein, Phytol, and Biochemicals from Marine Microalgal Biomass as a Sustainable Biorefinery. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11, 2, 547–558.
  • Mantri V.A*, Dineshkumar R*, Yadav A., Veeragurunathan V, Ganesan M, Eswaran K, Thiruppathi S (2022). How profitability assessment parameters score under large-scale commercial cultivation of different agarophyte seaweeds along south-eastern coast of India. Aquaculture International, 30, 1505–1525.
  • Mantri VA*, Dineshkumar R*, Yadav A, Eswaran K, Shanmugam M, Gajaria TK (2022). Projections for profitability assessment parameters under short-term, medium-term and long-term evaluation for three farming techniques of Kappaphycus alvarezii along eastern coast of India. Aquaculture, 11, 737912.
  • Satasiya GV, Bhojani G, Kikani M, Amit C, Dineshkumar R*, Kumar MA* (2022). Response surface algorithm for improved biotransformation of 1, 4-dioxane using Staphylococcus capitis strain AG. Environmental Research, 205, 112511. 
  • Sequeira RA, Pereira MM, Vaghela P, Bhayani A, Dhimmar A, Maru D, Ghosh A, Dineshkumar R, Shinde PB, Ray S, Prasad K (2021). Sustainable Production of Quaternary Ammonium Seaweed Polysaccharide Salts and Their Evaluation for Seed Dressing in Agricultural Applications. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, 29;1(6),674-83.
  • Dineshkumar R, Chauhan A.S, Sen R* (2020). Optimal and strategic delivery of CO2 for Chlorella minutissima-mediated valorization of domestic wastewater with concomitant production of biomass and biofuel. RSC Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4(12), 6321-6329.
  • Vignesh M, Kazi M. A, Rathore M. S, Kavale M. G, Dineshkumar R*, Mantri, V. A* (2020). Artificial neural network modelling for seedling regeneration in Gracilaria dura (Rhodophyta) under different physiochemical conditions. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 1-9.
  • Dineshkumar R & Sen R (2020). A sustainable perspective of microalgal biorefinery for co-production and recovery of high-value carotenoid and biofuel with CO2 valorization. Biofpr Journal (Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, Wiley publisher), 14(4), 879-897.
  • Nayak M, Dhanarajan G, Dineshkumar R, Sen R (2018). Artificial intelligence driven process optimization for cleaner production of biomass with co-valorization of wastewater and flue gas in an algal biorefinery. Journal of Cleaner Production, 201, 1092-1100.
  • Mookherjee A, Dineshkumar R, Kutty NN, Agarwal T, Sen R, Mitra A, Maiti TK, Maiti MK (2018). Quorum sensing inhibitory activity of the metabolome from endophytic Kwoniella sp. PY016: characterization and hybrid model-based optimization. Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, 102 (17), 7389-7406.
  • Dineshkumar R, Paul A, Gangopadhyay M, Singh N.D.P & Sen R (2017). Smart and reusable biopolymer nanocomposite for simultaneous microalgal biomass harvesting and disruption: An integrated downstream processing for sustainable biorefinery. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5, 852-861. 
  • Bhattacharya S, Dineshkumar R, Dhanarajan G, Sen R & Mishra S (2017). Improvement of ε-polylysine production by marine bacterium Bacillus licheniformis using artificial neural network modeling and particle swarm optimization technique. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 126, 8-15.
  • Dineshkumar R, Subramanian G, Dash S.K & Sen R (2016). Development of an optimal light-feeding strategy coupled with semi-continuous reactor operation for simultaneous improvement of microalgal photosynthetic efficiency, lutein production and CO2 sequestration. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 113 47-56.
  • Chopra J, Dineshkumar R, Bhaumik M, Dhanarajan G, Kumar RR & Sen R (2016). Integrated in situ transesterification for improved biodiesel production from oleaginous yeast: a value proposition for possible industrial implication. RSC Advances, 6, 70364-70373.
  • Subramanian G, Dineshkumar R & Sen R (2016). Modeling of oxygen-evolving-complex ionization dynamics for energy-efficient production of microalgal biomass, pigment and lipid with carbon capture: an engineering vision for a biorefinery. RSC Advances, 6 (57), 51941-51956.
  • Dineshkumar R, Dash S.K & Sen R (2015). Process integration for microalgal lutein and biodiesel production with concomitant flue gas CO2 sequestration: A biorefinery model for healthcare, energy and environment. RSC Advances, 5 (90), 73381-73394.
  • Dineshkumar R, Dhanarajan G, Dash S. K & Sen R (2015). An advanced hybrid medium optimization strategy for the enhanced productivity of lutein in Chlorella minutissima. Algal Research, 7, 24-32.

  • Dineshkumar R*, Ghosh A, Singhal K, Sadukha S and Mehta B (2025). A process for the extraction of β-carotene and lutein from marine microalgae, Indian Patent filed IN 202511028885.

  • Tirkey SR, Biswas R, Topno TR, Aswathi K, Nagachandra Reddy C, Ram S* & Dineshkumar R* (2025). Plastic Pollution: Microbial Degradation of Plastic Waste. Green Technologies for Industrial Contaminants, 311-347.
  • Dineshkumar R, Kazi M. A & Mantri VA (2024). Application of artificial neural network and genetic algorithm modeling for in vitro regeneration of seaweed seedling production. In Plant Cell Culture Protocols (pp. 99-107). New York, NY: Springer US.
  • Veeragurunathan V, Dineshkumar R, Bhayani A & Grace PG (2024). Constraints and challenges on large-Scale cultivation of economically important algae. In Algal Biotechnology (pp. 295-304). CRC Press.
  • Mantri VA*, Dineshkumar R*, Kazi MA & Vignesh M (2024). Neural-Network Approach in Seaweed Research: An Emerging Field for Prediction and Modelling of Critical Parameters. In Algal Biotechnology (pp. 287-294). CRC Press.
  • Ram S, Dineshkumar R*, Pancha I & Mishra S. (2022). Prospects and Potential Role of Biological Treatment of Textile Effluent to Restore Water Reservoir. In Cost-efficient Wastewater Treatment Technologies: Engineered Systems (pp. 199-212). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  • Bhayani A, Mehta K., Bhattacharya S, Mishra S, Dineshkumar R* (2020). Microbial-assisted heavy metal remediation: Bottlenecks and prospects. In Removal of Toxic Pollutants through Microbiological and Tertiary Treatment (pp. 349-372). Elsevier.
  • Samuel J & Dineshkumar R (2019). Pollution Abatement through Algal based Green Technology. Green Technology for Bioremediation of Environmental Pollution, 173-190. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 
  • Nanda P, Sen R, Dineshkumar R (2018) Biotransformation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to Bioenergy: Prospects and Potentials. In: Ghosh S. (eds) Utilization and Management of Bioresources. Springer, Singapore.
  • Karemore A, Dineshkumar R, Yadav G, Subramanian G, Sen R. (2015) Photobioreactors for Improved Algal Biomass Production: Analysis and Design Considerations. In: Das D. (eds) Algal Biorefinery: An Integrated Approach. Springer, Cham.

  • Process development for bio-actives from marine microalgae in a bio-refinery model.
  • Spirulina biomass as a vegan protein and c-Phycocyanin as a natural colorant.
  • Marine microalgae-based flue gas carbon dioxide sequestration.
  • Raceway pond cultivation of marine microalgae for β-carotene and lutein production.  
  • Seaweed biomass processing and Economics.

  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Applied Microbiology
  • Marine Microalgal Biotechnology
  • Seaweed Processing
  • Bio-actives, Pigments, Carotenoids, and Poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
  • Algae-based CO2 sequestration