INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD (ISSN: 2455-0620) (Scientific Journal Impact Factor: 6.497) Monthly Peer-Reviewed, Refereed, Indexed Research Journal Index Copernicus International - IC Value: 86.87 Special Issue of National Conferences on ‘Innovations in Bio Chemical and Food Technology – 2020’ (IBCFT-20) 14th March 2020 Benefits to publish the Paper in IJIRMF IJIRMF is an Open-Access, peer reviewed, Indexed, Refereed International Journal. Author Research Guidelines & Support. Platform to researchers and scholars of different field. Reliable and Rapidly growing Publication with nominal publication fees. Prestigious Editorials from different Institutes of the world. Communication of authors to get the manuscript status time to time. Full text of all articles in the form of PDF format and Digital Object Identification. Individual copy of “Certificate of Publication” to all Authors of Paper. 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Organized By : Department of Biotechnology Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 641049 IBCFT-MAR-2020 Page 1 2nd National Conference on “Innovations in Bio Chemical and Food Technology – 2020” (IBCFT-20) 14th March 2020 (Conference Proceedings – Special Issue) Copyright: © The research work as a theory with other contents, images, tables, charts in full papers are subject to copyright taken by Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, editors and authors of this Conference issue. Disclaimer: The author/authors are solely responsible for the content of the papers compiled in this conference proceeding – special issue. The publisher or editors does not take any responsibility for the same in any manner. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Published By: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD (ISSN: 2455:0620) Research Culture Society and Publication. (Reg. International ISBN Books and ISSN Journals Publisher) Email: [email protected] / [email protected] WWW.IJIRMF.COM IBCFT-MAR-2020 Page 2 Date: 14.03.2020 Foreward - From the Principal’s desk Kumaraguru College of Technology, an acclaimed and illustrious institution is an autonomous and self-financing college affiliated to Anna University. The motto of the institution is “CHARACTER IS LIFE” and each individual of the college abides to it. The institution provides a challenging and technologically advanced learning environment to the students. The college is accredited by NAAC and many programmes by NBA. The architecture and ambience serves to enhance a transcendental learning context. The Department of Biotechnology, established in the year 2002 has been ever brimming with new innovations and serves to nurture thoughts and to provide solutions to the issues faced in our country. The department always strives towards progress through its numerous projects, research and development initiatives which have received funding by various government agencies like DST, DBT, AICTE, FIST etc. The main limelight is on three upcoming fields like medical biotechnology, Environmental biotechnology and food biotechnology. I am happy that the National conference on “Innovations in Bio Chemical and Food Technology - 2020 (IBCFT - 20)” is being organized for the students all over the country who have a thirst for knowledge and learning. This conference will definitely help them excel in their field of choice. This is a wonderful opportunity for all the students to exhibit and inculcate various skills and also a learning ground for budding biotechnologists and I suggest everyone to kindly make use of the conference. My best wishes to the team and all the participants! (Principal - Dr. J. Srinivasan) Date: 14.03.2020 Foreward - From the HoD’s desk The Department of Biotechnology, established in the year 2002, has been open to research, innovation and development since then. The Centre offers both Full time and part time research programmes serving as stepping stones towards Ph.D and Research. The department holds research and development budget of Rs 2.1 Crores obtained through various government-recognized funding agencies like DBT, DST, AICTE and UGC. The department is recognized by FIST-DST. The department has been awarded with 3 Indian patents and has filed for 6 patents. It holds numerous skill development and consultancy services in specific areas like herbal technology, enzymes for industrial applications, wastewater treatment and so on. Major areas of specialization include Medical, Food and Environment Biotechnology. To promote more such endeavors, the department of biotechnology is organizing a National Conference on Innovations in Bio Chemical and Food Technology – 2020 (IBCFT-20), which aims to explore recent advancements and research trends in the fields of Bio, chemical and food technology to provide solutions to challenging issues faced in our society. The conference covers multiple themes like, Chemical science and engineering which includes separation process, process modeling and so on. Food science and technology covers food microbiology, food chemistry etc. Bioscience and technology encompasses biopharmaceuticals, bioremediation, bioresource etc. This wonderful opportunity should be made use by all aspiring students to propagate their knowledge through interaction and learning. Kudos and best wishes to the whole team and all the participants! (HOD - Dr. N. Saraswathy) Date: 14.03.2020 Foreward - From the Organizing Secretary On behalf of the organizing committee, I demit a great privilege in furnishing the proceedings of the National Conference on Innovations in bio chemical and Food Technology organized by Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. Recent explorations in Laboratory for Bioremediation Research led to many project developments in the arena of Bio-energy, Food Processing and waste water treatment techniques and these works have been published in many high impact and reputed journals. In this juncture our academic researchers have found three significant areas of which on which this national conference is proposed to. The main objective of the “IBCFT-2020” Conference is to provide a forum for presentation and explore recent trends and advancements in the field of Bio, Chemical and Food Technology which brings suitable and economic solutions via innovative and cost-effective approaches. The topics of technical program have been divided into 3 thematic sessions and several sub-thematic related topics. More than 250 abstracts were received from various participants across the country. Out of them about 100 papers have been selected for paper presentation and about 25 of them have been chosen for poster presentation. All the nominated oral presentations are published in ICI indexed in UGC approved “International journal for innovative research in multidisciplinary field” as a special issue. All the papers appearing in the proceedings were peer-reviewed by renowned reviewers in those fields. A special attention was paid to ensure the high quality of the accepted papers. We are grateful to the Institute of Engineers India, Student chapter, KCT who assisted to promote and also support our conference. We also address our sincere thanks to the speakers and members of this Conference. Finally, extending a hearty welcome to Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore and wishing a blissful experience at the Conference. (Organising Secretary - Dr. N. Sivarajasekar) ABOUT THE INSTITUTION Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT) is an autonomous, self-financing Engineering college, affiliated to Anna University. KCT was started in the year 1984 with the able guidance and patronage of Arutselvar Dr. N. Mahalingam, with the mission of providing aspiring students of technical education, a challenging learning environment. The college is accredited by NAAC and several programmes offered by KCT are accredited by NBA. The institution is scored good rankings in Teaching Learning Resources, outreach and the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) accepted by the MHRD. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT The Department of Biotechnology was established in the year 2002. The department has been recognized as the center for research in biotechnology focusing on research and development; the center offers both full-time and part-time research programmes leading to Ph.D. The department holds R&D budget of Rs.2.1 Crores obtained through various government funding agencies like DST, DBT, AICTE