Lakshmipathak | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award
Dr. Lakshmi Pathak, Banaras Hindu University, India.
Dr. Lakshmi Pathak is an esteemed researcher and educator at Banaras Hindu University, specializing in Environmental Biotechnology and Bioenergy. With a profound commitment to sustainability, Dr. Pathak’s work focuses on the rehabilitation of degraded land using energy plants, aiming to enhance environmental sustainability. She is fluent in English and Hindi and is a gold medalist in M.Tech Biotechnology from the Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow. Dr. Pathak is married to Prashant Kumar Mishra and resides in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.Ā
Publication Profile
Education and Experience
Dr. Pathak earned her Ph.D. in 2022, focusing on the rehabilitation of degraded land by energy plants for environmental sustainability. She completed her M.Tech in Biotechnology with First Division honors (83.4%) in 2012 from Uttar Pradesh Technical University and her B.Tech in Biotechnology with First Division honors (81.4%) in 2008 from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Dr. Pathak has excelled academically, securing a 95.7 percentile in GATE 2011 and receiving the DST-INSPIRE 2014 Scholarship. Her early professional experience includes a role as an Assistant Scientific Officer at Environment Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow.
Professional Development
Dr. Pathak has participated in numerous seminars and conferences, presenting her research on renewable energy policies, water resource management, and bioelectrochemical technologies. Notable presentations include the DST-SERB Sponsored National Workshop at Pondicherry University and the Energy Conclave at Banaras Hindu University. Her hands-on experience includes work at the Central Drug Research Institute and industrial training at Dabur Research Foundation and Ranbaxy Pvt. Ltd.Ā
Research Focus
Dr. Pathak’s research is centered on environmental sustainability, particularly through the use of energy plants for land rehabilitation. Her areas of specialization include Environmental Biotechnology, Bioenergy, Renewable Energy Policy, and Plant Science, with a keen interest in enzyme and fermentation technology. Dr. Pathak has published extensively, with recent works on natural colonizers for restoring polluted wastelands and transgenic energy plants for phytoremediation.Ā
Publication Top Notes
- Renewable energy resources, policies and gaps in BRICS countries and the global impact
L Pathak, K Shah
Frontiers in EnergyĀ 13, 506-521, 2019
Ā 72 citations
- Artificial intelligence versus statistical modeling and optimization of cholesterol oxidase production by using Streptomyces sp.
L Pathak, V Singh, R Niwas, K Osama, S Khan, S Haque, CKM Tripathi, …
PloS OneĀ 10 (9), e0137268, 2015
Ā 27 citations
- Transgenic energy plants for phytoremediation of toxic metals and metalloids
K Shah, L Pathak
Transgenic Plant Technology for Remediation of Toxic Metals and Metalloids, 2019
Ā 13 citations
- Phytoremediation of abandoned mining areas for land restoration: approaches and technology
L Pathak, K Shah
Phytorestoration of Abandoned Mining and Oil Drilling Sites, 33-56, 2021
Ā 7 citations
- Energy credit cards and incentives for energy growth in India
L Pathak, K Shah
Current ScienceĀ 117 (9), 1441-1448, 2019
Ā 1 citation
- Potential Biomass for Energy Generation and Future Prospects in India
L Pathak, K Shah
Plant Abiotic Stresses Physiological Mechanisms Tools and Regulation, 337, 2019
- Employing Microbes and Enzymes for Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion to Energy
L Pathak, K Shah
Adv Biotech & Micro, 2017