Name:

Dr. Smita S. Nilegaonkar

Year of Birth:

 b.1955

Education:

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Specialization:

Production of industrially useful chemicals and enzymes by microbial fermentation.

Honours:

Contact:

smitanilegaonkar@rediffmail.com

Patents:

 Production of protease using deoiled soyabean cake by Arthrobacter ramosus and Bacillus alcalophilus. Kanekar P.P., Nilegaonkar S.S., Sarnaik S.S. and Kelkar A.S. (No. 24/BOM/97).

Publications:

1

Smita Nilegaonkar and Pradnya Kanekar (2001) Polyhydroxyalkanoate as an alternative to plastics. In: Proceedings of VIII National Conference of Women in Science; Strategic approaches to protect environment. Pradnya P. Kanekar, Shashi A. Chiplonkar and Smita S. Nilegaonkar (editors), 261- 266.

2

Kanekar P. P; Nilegaonkar S. S; Sarnaik S. S. and Kelkar A. S. (2002) Optimization of protease activity of alkalophilic bacteria isolated from an alkaline lake in India. Bioresource Technology 85: 87-93.

3

Nilegaonkar S. S; Kanekar P. P; Sarnaik S. S. and Kelkar A. S. (2002) Production, isolation and characterization of extracellular protease of an alkalophilic strain of Arthrobactor ramosus MCM B-351 isolated from the alkaline lake of Lonar, India. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 18: 785- 789.

4

Nilegaonkar S.S; Zambare V.P. and Kanekar P.P. (2004) Extracellular protease from Bacillus sp BSA-26: Application in dehairing of buffalo hide. In: Biotechnological Approaches for Sustainable Development M. Sudhakara Reddey and Sunil Khanna (editors), 186-191.

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