Contact Dr Shruti Sinai Borker
Background
Dr. Shruti Sinai Borker is a microbiologist specializing in sanitation technologies, waste management, and microbial ecology. With a Ph.D. from CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, her research focuses on optimizing biological processes for improved sanitation. Her expertise spans microbial ecology, waste management, and composting processes, with a particular emphasis on developing microbial solutions for efficient faeces degradation. She has contributed to biochar-amended bacterial formulation for Himalayan dry-toilets and has been involved in interdisciplinary collaborations to enhance sustainable sanitation technologies particularly in cold and resource-limited regions. Since joining Cranfield, she has been involved in Re-invent the toilet challenge project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Research opportunities
Her research interest is centered on developing user-friendly, cost-effective solutions for managing human faeces.
Current activities
She is currently working as a Research Fellow in Chemical Design Engineering, Centre for Design Engineering (C4DE), where she is associated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, concentrating on solid processing.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Borker SS, Thakur A, Pandey KK, Sharma P, Manyapu V, .... (2024). Nutrient recycling of source-separated human faeces using biochar immobilized indigenous psychrotrophic bacteria for sustaining the agroecosystems of north-western Himalaya. Applied Biological Chemistry, 67(1)
- Sharma P, Kaushal G, Borker SS, Lepcha A, Kumar A, .... (2024). Physiological and Genomic Elucidation of Cold-Resilient Rhizobacteria Reveals Plant Growth Promotion by Siderophore Optimization and Enhanced Biocontrol Potential Against Fungal Pathogens. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
- Thakur A, Pandey KK, Kharka K, Borker SS, Kumar B, .... (2024). Comparative analysis of substrate components, nutritive value, ergosterol distribution, and vitamin D2 enrichment in shiitake mushrooms cultivated on wood substrates. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 134
- Borker SS, Sharma P, Thakur A, Kumar A, Kumar A, .... (2024). Physiological and genomic insights into a psychrotrophic drought-tolerant bacterial consortium for crop improvement in cold, semiarid regions. Microbiological Research, 286
- Borker SS, Thakur A, Khatri A & Kumar R. (2022). Quality assessment, safety evaluation, and microbiome analysis of night-soil compost from Lahaul valley of northwestern Himalaya. Waste Management, 149
- Thakur A, Kumari S, Sinai Borker S, Prashant SP, Kumar A, .... (2021). Solid Waste Management in Indian Himalayan Region: Current Scenario, Resource Recovery, and Way Forward for Sustainable Development. Frontiers in Energy Research, 9
- Kumar R, Borker SS, Thakur A, Thapa P, Kumar S, .... (2021). Physiological and genomic evidence supports the role of Serratia quinivorans PKL:12 as a biopriming agent for the biohardening of micropropagated Picrorhiza kurroa plantlets in cold regions. Genomics, 113(3)
- Borker SS, Thakur A, Kumar S, Kumari S, Kumar R, .... (2021). Comparative genomics and physiological investigation supported safety, cold adaptation, efficient hydrolytic and plant growth-promoting potential of psychrotrophic Glutamicibacter arilaitensis LJH19, isolated from night-soil compost. BMC Genomics, 22(1)
- Borker SS, Thakur A, Kumar S, Kumari S, Kumar R, .... (2021). Correction to: Comparative genomics and physiological investigation supported safety, cold adaptation, efficient hydrolytic and plant growth-promoting potential of psychrotrophic Glutamicibacter arilaitensis LJH19, isolated from night-soil compost. BMC Genomics, 22(1)
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