Dr. Pravin G. Suryawanshi

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NAME : Dr. Pravin G. Suryawanshi
 DESIGNATION : Assistant Professor
QUALIFICATION : Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, M.Tech. Chemical Engineering, B.Tech. Chemical Engineering

OVERVIEW OF PROFILE :

Dr. Pravin G. Suryawanshi holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Guwahati, Assam, B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the University Institute of Chemical Technology, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, and M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Nirma University, Ahmedabad. He has 2.5 years of industrial experience as a Process Engineer and approximately five years of research experience. His broad areas of interest include chemical process development, renewable energy engineering, biorefinery process development, and environmental process design. His specific research expertise encompasses process intensification and integration, algal biorefinery development, extraction of phytochemicals from biomass, hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass, kinetic analysis of thermal degradation processes, and industrial wastewater treatment. In addition, he has contributed to content creation for NPTEL MOOCs, including Energy Conversion Technologies (Biomass and Coal) and Renewable Energy Engineering: Solar, Wind, and Biomass Energy Systems. His industrial experience includes hands-on work with processes such as leaching, liquid–liquid extraction, electroplating, crystallization, flocculation, adsorption, chromatographic separation, and mass and energy balance calculations, along with PFD and P&ID drafting.

FORE FRONT AREA OF RESEARCH : Energy & Sustainability, Chemical Process Development, Biofuels, Phytochemicals, and Wastewater Treatment.
EMAIL ID : pravin.suryawanshi@mitaoe.ac.in
CONTACT NO : : 020-30253500 Ext:

EXPERIENCE:
Teaching 2 Year, Research: 5 Years, Industrial: 2.5 Years


AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Best paper award at International Conference on Advances in Renowned Renewable Energy Technologies (ICARRET 2019) at Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada.
  • Peer Reviewer to the international journal Algal Research, Elsevier.
  • Awarded in Masterplan 2017, an Annual B-Plan Competition hosted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, India.
  • Awarded in Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Innovation Ecosystes (2017), under the category Water and Environment held at Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai, India.
  • Awarded Senior Research Fellowship at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), on the India-Brazil collaborative project sponcered by DST, Government of India.
  • Hands-on Laboratory Safety Training Workshop (2015) at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
  • Completed workshop on ISO 50001:2011 Energy Management System (2014) at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India.

PATENT

  1. Ghosh, P.K.; Bhagwat, S.S.; Patwardhan, A.V.; Patwardhan, A.W.; Suryawanshi, P.G.; Prabhu, V.V.; Iyer, A.R.; Godbole, E.P. (2017). Water recycle and re-use from domestic washing machines and dishwashers. Patent No. 348700.
  2. Goud, V.V. and Suryawanshi, P.G. (2021). Biodiesel production from high free fatty acid feedstock using innovative approach. Patent Application No. 202131034586.

JOURNALS

  1. Suryawanshi, P.G., Mukherjee, C., Kalita, M.C., Deka, D., Aranda, D.A., Goud, V.V. (2022). Polarity-wise successive solvent extraction of Scenedesmus obliquus biomass and characterization of the crude extracts for broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-7. Springer.
  2. Suryawanshi, P.G., Bhandari, V.M., Sorokhaibam, L.G., Ruparelia, J.P., & Ranade, V.V. (2018). Solvent degradation studies using hydrodynamic cavitation. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 37(1), 295-304. AIChE, Wiley.

CONFERENCES

  1. P.G. Suryawanshi & V.V. Goud, Process optimization for the production of sugars and biocrude oil from algal slurry in integrated biorefinery approach. THE 1st International Conference on the Practical Zero Emissions Technologies & Strategies (PZETS 2023) at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam.
  2. P.G. Suryawanshi & V.V. Goud, Processing Thermogravimetric Analysis Data for Pyrolysis Kinetic Study of Microalgae Biomass. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER 2020) at IIT Bombay, India.
  3. P.G. Suryawanshi & V.V. Goud, Thermal Degradation Analysis and Co-pyrolysis Kinetic Study of Microalgae and Rice Husk. International Conference on Advances in Renowned Renewable Energy Technologies (ICARRET 2019) at Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada.
  4. P.G. Suryawanshi, M.S. Bhalerao & V.V. Goud, Waste to wealth: Synthesis of nano-absorbent for clean-up oil spills. Research Conclave 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.
  5. P.G. Suryawanshi, V.M. Bhandari, & V.V. Ranade, Industrial Wastewater Treatment using Hydrodynamic Cavitation. International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE 2015) at NIT Warangal, India.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Suryawanshi P.G., Das S., Borugadda V.B., Goud V.V., & Dalai A.K. (2020). Process Improvements and Techno- Economic Feasibility of Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Pyrolysis of Biomass for Biocrude Oil Production. In Biorefinery of Alternative Resources, pp. 221-248. Springer.
  2. Patil, R.C., Suryawanshi, P.G., Kataki, R., & Goud, V.V. (2019). Current challenges and advances in butanol production. In Sustainable Bioenergy, pp. 225-256. Elsevier.