Publications

[1]. Modification and characterization of some Indian seaweed polysaccharides. Ramavatar Meena*, Siddhanta, AK, Chattbar, MU, Prasad, K. Proceeding- in: 11th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp (11th EWLP), 16-19 Aug. 2010, Hamburg, Germany, pg. 513-516.

[2]. Physical modification of agar: Formation of agar-fatty acid complex. Kamalesh Prasad, Keyur Trivedi, Ramavatar Meena, A. K. Siddhanta. Polymer Journal, 37 (11), 2005, 826-832.

[3]. Superior quality agar from Gelidiella acerosa of the west coast of India: An evaluation. Prasad, Kamalesh, Goswami, A.M., Ramavatar Meena , Ramavat, B.K and Siddhanta, A. K. Indian J of Marine Sci, 35 (3), 2006, 268-274.

[4]. Hydrogel forming agar-graft-PVP and carrageenan-graft-PVP blends: Rapid synthesis and characterization. Prasad, Kamalesh, Mehta, Gaurav, Ramavatar Meena, and Siddhanta, A.K. J Appl polym Sci, 102, 2006, 3654-3663.

[5]. Microwave induced rapid one pot synthesis of k-carrageenan-graft-MMA using potassium persulphate as initiating system. Prasad, Kamalesh, Ramavatar Meena,and A.K Siddhanta. J. Appl polym Sci, 101, 2006, 161-166.

[6]. Synthesis of Carrageenan- graft-PAAm : Evaluation of its adhesive and absorbent properties. Ramavatar Meena, Prasad, Kamalesh and Siddhanta, A.K. J. Appl polym Sci, 102, 2006, 5144-5153.

[7]. Studies on “sugar-reactivity” of agars extracted from some Indian agarophytes. Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, A.K. Siddhanta. Food Hydrocolloids, 20, (8), 2006, 1206-1215.

[8]. Effect of genipin, a naturally occurring crosslinker on the properties of kappa-carrageenan. Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, A.K. Siddhanta. Int. J. Biological Macromolecules, 41, 2007, 94-101.

[9]. Preparation, characterization and benchmarking of agarose fromGracilaria duraof Indian waters. Ramavatar Meena, A.K. Siddhanta, K. Prasad, B.K. Ramavat, K. Eswaran, S. Thiruppathi, M. Ganesan, V. A. Mantri, P.V. Subba Rao. Carbohydrate Polymers, 69 (1), 2007, 179-188.

[10]. Intermolecular complexation and phase separation in aqueous solutions of oppositely charged biopolymers. S. Santinath Singh, A.K. Siddhanta, Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, S. Bandyopadhyay, H.B. Bohidar. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 41 (2), 2007, 185-192.

[11]. Preparation of Genipin fixed agarose hydrogel. Ramavatar Meena, Prasad, Kamaleshand Siddhanta, A.K. J Appl polym Sci,107, 2007,290-296.

[12]. Superior quality agar from Gracilaria species (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) collected from the Gulf of Mannar, India. Ramavatar Meena, Pasad, Kamalesh , Ganesan, M., Siddhanta, A.K. J Appl Phycol, 20, 2008, 397–402.

[13]. Development of a robust hydrogel system based on agar and sodium alginate blend. Ramavatar Meena, Mahesh Chatbar, Prasad, Kamalesh and Siddhanta, A.K. Polymer International, 57, 2008, 329-336.

[14]. Facile solvent free synthesis of polymerised sucrose functionalised polyoxyethylene (23) lauryl ether by microwave irradiation. Kamalesh Prasad, P Bahadur, Ramavatar Meena, and A K Siddhanta. Green Chemistry, 10, 1288-1293, 2008.

[15]. A new approach to functionalize agar and ?-carrageenan based thin films with improved barrier properties. Kamalesh Prasad, Ramavatar Meena , A K Siddhanta. J Polymer Materials, 25 (3), 373-380, 2008.

[16]. Agar/sodium alginate-graft-polyacrylonitrile, a stable hydrogel system. Mahesh U Chhatbar, Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad and A.K. Siddhanta. Indian J. Chemistry, Section A: Inorganic, Bio-inorganic, Physical, Theoretical & Analytical Chemistry, 44A, 2009, 1085-1090 .

[17]. Facile preparation of Chaetomorpha antennina based porous polysaccharide-PMMA hybrid material by radical polymerization under microwave irradiation. G. Prasad, K. Prasad, Ramavatar Meena, and A. K. Siddhanta. J. Materials Science, 44, 2009, 4062-4068.

[18]. Effect of Sodium Sulfate on the Gelling Behavior of Agarose and Water Structure inside the Gel Networks. Tejwant Singh, Ramavatar Meena, and Arvind Kumar. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113 (8), 2519–2525.

[19]. Microwave assisted rapid method for hydrolysis of sodium alginate for M/G ratio determination. Mahesh Chhatbar, Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, A.K. Siddhanta. Carbohydrate Polymers, 76 (4), 2009, 650-656.

[20]. Profiling of cellulose content in Indian seaweed species. A.K.Siddhanta, K. Prasad, Ramavatar Meena, Gayatri Prasad, G.K. Mehta, M U. Chhatbar, M D. Oza, S. Kumar, N. D. Sanandiya. Bioresource Technology, 100, (24), 2009, 6669-6673.

[21]. Development of a stable hydrogel network based on agar–kappa-carrageenan blend cross-linked with genipin. Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, A.K. Siddhanta. Food Hydrocolloids, 23 (2), 2009, 497-509.

[22]. Detection and quantification of some plant growth regulators in a seaweed-based foliar spray employing a mass spectrometric technique sans chromatographic separation. Kamalesh Prasad, Arun K. Das, Mihir D. Oza, Harshad Brahmbhatt, Arup K. Siddhanta, , Ramavatar Meena, K. Eswaran, M.R Rajyaguru and Pushpito K. Ghosh. J. Agric Food Chem., 58 (8), 2010, 4594-601.

[23]. Cellulose of Salicornia brachiate. N. Kumar K. Prasad, Ramavatar Meena and A. K. Siddhanta. Natural Product Communications, 5, 2010, 603- 606.

[24]. Preparation of galactans from Gracilaria debilis and Gracilaria salicornia (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) of Indian waters. Gaurav K. Mehta,Ramavatar Meena, K Prasad, M. Ganesan, A. K. Siddhanta. J. APPLIED PHYCOLOGY, 22 (5), 2010, 623-627.

[25]. Functional modification of agarose: A facile synthesis of a fluorescent agarose–guanine derivative. Mihir D. Oza, Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, P. Paul, A.K. Siddhanta. Carbohydrate Polymers, 81 (4), 2010, 878-884.

[26]. Glucogalactans from Gracilaria millardetii and Gracilaria textorii (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) of Indian waters. Oza, Mihir, Mehta, Gaurav, Ramavatar Meena, Siddhanta, A K. Phycological Research, 59 (4), 244–249, 2011.

[27]. Chemical investigation of Carrageenan from the red alga Sarconema filiforme (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) of India. S. Kumar, G. K. Mehta, K. Prasad, Ramavatar Meena, A. K. Siddhanta. Natural product Communications, 6 (9), 1327-1332, 2011.

[28]. The cellulose contents of Indian seaweeds. A. K. Siddhanta, M. U. Chhatbar, Gaurav K. Mehta, N. D. Sanandiya, Sanjay Kumar, Mihir D. Oza, K Prasad, Ramavatar Meena. J Applied Phycology, 23, 2011, 919-923.

[29]. Preparation of superior quality products from Indian agarophytes. Ramavatar Meena*, K. Prasad, and A. K. Siddhanta. J Applied Phycology, 23 (2), 2011, 183-189.

[30]. Sulfated galactans of Champia indica and Champia parvula (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta) of Indian waters. S. Kumar, D. Nandan, Ramavatar Meena, K. Prasad and A. K Siddhanta. Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 30, 2011, 47–60.

[31]. Effect of grafting on the properties of kappa-carrageenan of the red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex Silva. Nivedita Sahu*, Ramavatar Meena*, M. Ganesan. Carbohydrate Polymers, 84 (1), 11 2011, 584-592.

[32]. Microwave-induced facile synthesis of water-soluble fluorogenic alginic acid derivatives. Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Ramavatar Meena, Kamalesh Prasad, Dharmesh R. Chejara, A.K. Siddhanta. Carbohydrate Research, 346 (5), 2011, 527-533.

[33]. Effect of oat spelt and beech xylan on the gelling properties of kappa-carrageenan hydrogels. Ramavatar Meena*, R. Lehnen, U. Schmitt, Bodo Saake*. Carbohydrate Polymers, 85 (3), 2011, 529-540.

[34]. Microwave assisted synthesis of pH-responsive swellable adducts of chitosan–polyuronic acids. Ramavatar Meena, Mahesh U. Chhatbar, Kamalesh Prasad, A.K. Siddhanta*. Carbohydrate Polymers, 83 (3), 30 2011, 1402-1407.

[35]. Facile synthesis of fluorescent polysaccharides: Cytosine grafted agarose and ?-carrageenan. Mihir D. Oza, Ramavatar Meena, A.K. Siddhanta. Carbohydrate Polymers, 87, 3, 2012, 1971–1979.

[36]. Controlled- release performance of chitosan-polyuronic acid adducts. Mahesh U Chhatbar, Chirag B Godiya, Ramavatar Meena and A K Siddhanta. Ind J Chem A, 52A, 10, 2013, 1269-1274.

[37]. Fuel intermediates, agricultural nutrients and pure water from Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed. D. Mondal, M. Sharma, P. Maiti, K. Prasad,Ramavatar Meena, A. K. Siddhanta, P. Bhatt, S. Ijardar, V. P. Mohandas, A. Ghosh, K. Eswaran, B. G. Shah & P. K. Ghosh. RSC Advances, 3, 39, 2013, 17989-17997.

[38]. Physicochemical and rheological properties of agarose/xylans composite hydrogel materials. Ramavatar Meena*, R. Lehnen, U. Schmitt, Bodo Saake*. Polymer Composites, 34, (6), 978–988, 2013.

[39]. Preparation and Functional Evaluation of Agarose Derivatives. J. P. Chaudhary, S. Kondaveeti, V. Gupta, K. Prasad, Ramavatar Meena*. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 131, (16) 2014, DOI: 10.1002/APP.40630.

[40]. Microwave-assisted synthesis of kC/Xylan/PVP-based blend hydrogel materials: physicochemical and rheological studies. Ramavatar Meena* , R. Lehnen, Bodo Saake*. Cellulose, 21, 1, 553-568, Feb. 2014.

ionic liquid as a catalyst. RamaMohan Reddy, M. Sharma, JP Chaudhary, Hetal B., Ramavatar Meena*. Current Science, 106, 10, 1394-1400, 2014.

[41]. One-pot synthesis of biodiesel from high fatty acid Jatropha curcas oil using bio-based basic

[42]. Antioxidant activity and phytochemical analysis of a few Indian seaweed species. D.R. Chejara, Stalin Kondaveeti, Ramavatar Meena, A. K. Siddhanta. Indian J Geo-Marine Science, 43, 4, April 2014, 507-518.

[43]. Surfactant-induced coagulation of agarose from aqueous extract of Gracilaria dura seaweed as an Energy-efficient alternative to the conventional freeze–thaw process. Ramavatar Meena*, J. P. Chaudhary, P. K. Agarwal, P. Maiti, S. Chatterjee, H. D. Raval, P. Agarwal, A. K. Siddhanta, K. Prasad & P. K. Ghosh*. RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 28093–28098.

[44]. Bio-based super hydrophilic foam membranes for sustainable oil-water separation. JP Chaudhary, SK Nataraj*, A. Gogda, Ramavatar Meena*. Green Chemistry, 2014,16, 4552-4558.

[45]. Agarose based multifunctional materials: Evaluation of thixotropy, self-healability and stretchability. JP Chaudhary, D R Chejara, D Makwana, K Prasad, Ramavatar Meena*. Carbohydrate Polymers,114, 2014, 306–311.

[46]. Functional modification of agarose: Synthesis of nano-size half-esters of succinic, phathalic and maleic acids. S. Kondaveeti, N. A. Chudasama, J P Chaudhary, Ramavatar Meena, A K Siddhanta. Indian J Chemistry, 54A, 2015, 734-743.

[47]. Culture of red alga Sarconema filiforme in open waters and hybrid carrageenan from cultivated seaweeds. M. Ganesan, Ramavatar Meena, A.K.Siddhanta, K. Selvaraj, K. Chithra. Journal of Applied Phycology: Volume 27, Issue 4 (2015), Page 1549-1559.

[48]. Fundamental studies on the feasibility of deep eutectic solvents for the selective partition of glaucarubinone present in the roots of Simarouba glauca. Kholiya F, Bhatt N, Rathod MR, Ramavatar Meena, Prasad K.. J. Sep. Sci. 2015 Jul 14. doi: 10.1002/jssc.201500470.

[49]. Carboxymethylagarose-AuNPs generated through green route for selective detection of Hg2+ in aqueous medium with a blue shift. J. P. Chaudhary, A. Kumar, P. Paul*, Ramavatar Meena*. Carbohydrate Polymers,117, 2015, 537–542.

[50]. Seaweed-derived polymeric materials for multiapplications including marine algal cultivation. J. P. Chaudhary, Dharmesh Chejara, K. Eswaran, Ramavatar Meena*, P K Ghosh*. RSC advances, 2015, 5, 19426 –19431.

[51]. A green and sustainable approach to utilize bio-ionic liquids for the selective precipitation of high purity agarose from an agarophyte extract. M. Sharma, J P Chaudhary, D. Mondal, Ramavatar Meena*, K. Prasad*. Green Chem., 2015, 17, 2867-2873.

[52]. Chitosan-Based Aerogel Membrane for Robust Oil-in-Water Emulsion Separation.Jai Prakash Chaudhary, Nilesh Vadodariya, S. K. Nataraj*, Ramavatar Meena*. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015 Nov 11; 7 (44), 24957-62.

Awards/Fellowships/Recognition

[1]. Associate Fellow of Gujarat Science Academy.

[2]. Awarded by prestigious fellowship - DST-BOYSCAST Fellowship 2009.

[3]. Editorial Board Member, Indian J. of Materials Science.