Dr Sanjukta Subudhi is a microbiologist working as a Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Microbial
Biofuels & Biochemicals area of the Advanced Biofuels Division at TERI. She has obtained a PhD in molecular microbiology from the University of Delhi, Delhi, India, and pursed her postdoctoral research in algal biotechnology from the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Agency for Science and Technology Development (NSTDA), Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Subudhi
worked as a faculty scientist (2004–2008) at Pilot Plant Development Technology Research Institute (PDTI), King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok, Thailand until she joined TERI in 2008. Research explorations of her group span the domains of microbial production of clean fuel
(bio-hydrogen bio-methane, bio-butanol from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation feedstocks) and green chemicals (2,3 Butane Diol, lactic acid, lipase, bioflucculant, carotenoids, PUFA, Pre and probiotics).