Dr. Shishir Kumar Behera

Designation : Professor Grade 2
School / Centre : School of Chemical Engineering
Department : Chemical Engineering

Educational Details

University of Ulsan, South Korea

Ph.D
Environmental Engg.
Graduated in 2010

IIT Madras

M.Tech.
Chemical Engg.
Graduated in 2002

Institution of Engineers (India)

B.E.
Chemical Engg.
Graduated in 1999

Post Doctoral Experiences

Duration March 2010 – May 2012 Position held Post-doctoral researcher Research topic Development of industrial symbiosis in Ulsan industrial complexes, South Korea Name of employer, funding source Center for Clean Technology and Resource Recycling, University of Ulsan, Brain Korea-21, South Korea


Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Process integration for resource recovery
  • Novel strategies for water treatment
  • Industrial Ecology
  • Machine learning applications in engineered systems

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Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Resource Efficient Cleaner Production and identification of synergies in Jeedimetla industrial park, Hyderabad UNIDO

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Title: Economic non-food sugar from variable mixed solid waste for high value chemical products DBT, India

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Integration of biorefineries for waste valorization in Ulsan Eco-Industrial Park, Korea (2020). In: Waste Biorefinery: Integrating Biorefineries for waste valorisation (Waste biorefinery Volume II), T. Bhaskar et al. (Ed.), Elsevier publishers, New York, USA. (ISBN No.: 978-0-12-818228-4) 2. Methane recovery from landfills: Recent technological advances (2019). In: Recent advances in Biotechnology, S. J. Joshi and S.J. Geetha (Eds.), Nova publishers, New York, USA. (ISBN No.: 978-1-53615-860-1) 3. Machine Learning – A powerful tool for biologists (2019). In: Machine Learning and IoT- A biological perspective, S. Sen, L. Datta & S. Mitra (Ed.), CRC press, USA. (ISBN No.: 978-1-13849-269-1) Elsevier publishers, Nova publishers 2019
Izhar Hussain Shah, Shishir Kumar Behera, Eldon R. Rene, and Hung-Suck Park (2020). Integration of biorefineries for waste valorization in Ulsan Eco-Industrial Park, Korea. In: Waste Biorefinery: Integrating Biorefineries for waste valorisation (Waste biorefinery Volume II), T. Bhaskar et al. (Ed.), Elsevier publishers, New York, USA. (ISBN No.: 978-0-12-818228-4) Elsevier publishers 2020
Biswanath Mahanty, Ramkumar Lakshmi Narayanan, Shishir Kumar Behera and Mohd. Zafar (2019). Methane recovery from landfills: Recent technological advances. In: Recent advances in Biotechnology, S. J. Joshi and S.J. Geetha (Eds.), Nova publishers, New York, USA. (ISBN No.: 978-1-53615-860-1) Nova publishers 2019
Mohd. Zafar, Ramkumar Lakshmi Narayanan, Saroj K Meher, and Shishir K. Behera (2019). Machine Learning – A powerful tool for biologists. In: Machine Learning and IoT- A biological perspective, S. Sen, L. Datta & S. Mitra (Ed.), CRC press, USA. (ISBN No.: 978-1-13849-269-1) CRC press 2019