Keyur Raval

Designation: 

Professor & Head

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Professional Experience: 

Post Ph.D.
Dec 2008- Dec 2009 - Senior Executive at Alembic Limited, Vadodara, Gujarat
Jan 2010 - Dec 2012 - Associate Professor at Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Institute of Eminence
Jan 2013 - Sept 2019 - Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
Sept 2019 - Sept 2023 - Associate Professor at National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Oct 2023 - Present: Professor at National Institute of Technology Karnataka

Contact Details

E-mail: 

keyurnraval [at] nitk [dot] edu [dot] in

Telephone: 

+91-824-2473816
Areas of Interest

Enzyme cloning, Expression, Purification and characterization, Bioreactor characterization and application, Nanodrug delivery systems Complete Profile

Significant Projects

1. CSR Grant from HEFA: Chito-oligosaccharides production from the enzymatic route, 18 lacs, (June 2022 to June 2024)
2. CSR Funding from Maire Tecnimont: Food waste to Biogas- Enrichment of Biogas to bioCNG, 11.44 lacs
3. From IMPACT79, NITK Alumni funding: Chitooligosaccharides from marine enzymes. 3.9 lacs (January 2021 to July 2022)
4. From SERB on Impact of maternal diabetes on pre-implantation embryo development: Non-invasive approach to assess embryo quality using oxygen consumption, 54 lacs (March 2017 to Sept 2021)
5. From Department of Science and Technology on Heavy metal removal on melanin coated polymer matrix, 37 lacs (March 2015 to March 2018).
6. From CAMP, NITK alumni funding: Rotating packed disc contactor for effluent treatment applications, 1.2 lacs (January 2019 to December 2019).

Supervision of Ph.D

completed (5), ongoing (2)

Significant Publications
  1. Rachana Arvind, Smruti Bhat, Vaishnavi N Pai, Amrutha Shastry P, Atheena P V, Aswathy Narayanan, Kaustuv Sanyal, Shivaprakash Rudramurthy, Keyur Raval, Ritu Raval. Marine chitinase BtChi disrupts cell wall integrity in Candida albicans and non-albicans species by chitin targeting and release of chitooligosaccharides, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-026-14012-8.
  2. KM Rajesh, Preetha Ganguly, Surbhi Chauhan, Keyur Raval, Prashant Mishra, Ritu Raval. Enzymatically derived chitooligosaccharides exhibit enhanced therapeutic efficacy against estrogen receptor-positive and triple-negative breast cancer cells. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2026, 374, article number153109, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.153109.
  3. Chigateri M Vinay, Akshay Pramod Ware, Kannath U Sanjay, Debyani Samantray, Reju R Krishnan, Keyur Raval, Mahendran Sekar, Yarappa Lakshmikanth Ramachandra, Bobby Paul, Padmalatha S Rai. CDMMM: a comprehensive platform of traditional Indian medicinal plant DNA barcodes and metabolite fingerprints database. Scientific Reports, 2026, 16 (1), 7674, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-37812-4
  4. PV Atheena, K Raval, R Raval. Identification, purification and functional characterization of a thermostable marine chitinase for potential fungal control via chitin degradation mechanism. Carbohydrate Research, 2025, 558, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2025.109654.
  5. V Govindaraj, DK Anandan, SK Kim, R Raval, K Raval. Process optimisation for improved chitinase production from marine isolate Bacillus haynesii and bioethanol production with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2025, 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-025-01644-7
  6. A Joseph, K Raval, V Manirethan. Photocatalytic Degradation of Chlorpyrifos and Tetracycline in Aqueous Medium Using Silver Titanate Perovskite Nanoparticles. Environmental Processes, 2024, 11 (4), 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-024-00734-2
  7. SD Hebbar, KA Sparsha, K Raval, DR Trivedi. Julolidine-hydrazide-based D-π-A fluorescent chemoprobes for detection of Al3+ and Differentiation of Arsenic species: Applications in portable test strips, ecological assessment, and DFT studies, Microchemical Journal, 2024, 207, 111776,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2024.111776
  8. Rajesh KM, Keyur Raval, Ritu Raval. Marine chitinase AfChi: green defense management against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and anthracnose, AMB Express, 2024,  14 (1), 128. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-024-01786-1
  9. V Govindaraj, SK Kim, R Raval, K Raval. Marine Bacillus haynesii chitinase: purification, characterization and antifungal potential for sustainable chitin bioconversion. Carbohydrate Research, 2024, 541, 109170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2024.109170
  10. PV Atheena, KM Rajesh, K Raval, S Selvaraj, R Raval. Identification and characterization of chitinase producing marine microorganism: Unleashing the potential of chitooligosaccharides for bioethanol synthesis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 265, 130846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Achievements

Patents

  1. Patent No. 503885: Ritu Raval, Keyur Raval, Athena P V, S. Arun Kumar. A method for direct generation of bioethanol from chitin substrates, application number: 202341011489, 20/02/2023.
  2. Patent No. 351997: Keyur Raval, Rohit Kalnake, D V R Murthy, Rotating packed disc bioreactor, patent application number: 201841000694, 06.01.2018
  3. Patent No. 351670: Keyur Raval, Vishnu M., Raj Mohan B., Removal Of Heavy Metals From Contaminated Water By Adsorption Using Melanin Bound Activated Carbon, application number: 201841000695, 06.01.2018
  4. Patent No. 368465: Raj Mohan B., Keyur Raval, Vishnu M., Method, System and Apparatus for Arsenic Removal from Water using Functionalized Melanin, application number: 201841047554, 15.12.2018
Awards
  • Awarded International Research interaction grant from Technical Education Quality Improvement Program – II in June 2016.
  • Awarded Dale Carnegie Certificate for high impact teaching skills.
  • Awarded Mission10X learning approach practitioners certificate for innovative teaching methods.
  • Distinguished Visiting Fellowship at University of Nottingham to research on sustainable energy using appropriate technologies in 2011.
  • DAAD (Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst) international scholarship (September 2001-March 2002) award for pursuing research in one of the top six technical universities of Germany.

Remarks

Detailed CV: 

https://chemical.l1.nitk.ac.in/sites/default/files/CV_keyur_researchprojects.pdf

Publications: 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rZpl0bsAAAAJ&hl=en

R&D Projects: 

https://chemical.l1.nitk.ac.in/article/dr-keyur-raval-r-d-projects

Conferences / Workshops: 

https://chemical.l1.nitk.ac.in/article/dr-keyur-raval-conferencesworkshops

Miscellaneous: 

https://chemical.l1.nitk.ac.in/article/dr-keyur-raval-miscellaneous

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Dr. Keyur Raval, Professor and Head
Department of Chemical Engineering, NITK, Surathkal
P. O. Srinivasnagar, Mangalore - 575 025
Karnataka, India.

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