Sankar Ganesh Palani

Experience

1. Professor

   BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

   Jun 2009 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Prof. Sankar Ganesh is a Professor of Environmental Biotechnology and the Coordinator of the Graduate School in Global Sanitation at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. He has 25 years of sandwich experience in academia and industry across SAARC, the Middle East, and European countries. Prof. Ganesh received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Pondicherry (Central) University, India. Before his current academic tenure in India, he had post-doctoral training at the National Institute of Applied Sciences, Toulouse, France. After joining BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, in 2009, Prof. Ganesh started teaching ecology, environmental science, environmental biotechnology, waste management, sanitation technology, and gene toxicology. His research focuses on waste and wastewater treatment, biomethanation, and biohydrogen production. Prof. Ganesh has been involved in several academic, translational, and societal projects funded by the Swiss Red Cross, Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Government of Andhra Pradesh and BITS Pilani. Prof. Ganesh is a \"Faculty-preneur\" being the Co-Director of \'Almac ProTech\' a startup company that has spun off from his research on high-rate thermophilic anaerobic digestion of organic waste.