Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune offers a four-year undergraduate programme in Chemical Engineering (B Tech). Established in 1999, the programme offers a research-oriented programme that makes the students industry ready for multidisciplinary roles.

• Bioenergy/ Biogas/Biotechnology 
• Modelling And Simulations 
• Data Modelling 
• Wastewater Treatment 
• Nanoparticle Synthesis And Application 
• Harnessing Low Temperature Heat Using Absorption Techniques 
• Pinch Technology 
• Green Chemistry 
• Thermodynamic Property Evaluation 
• Organic Synthesis 
• Carbon Nanotubes 
• Nanofluids 
• Optimisation

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Publications in International
Journals

Academic Year: 2024-2025 International Journal

Gayatri Gawande, Sandesh Chougule, Shubham Bangar, Avanti Dethe, Aditya Rathod, Ajinkya Kulkarni, Hydrodynamic cavitation and its hybridization with Fenton process as a promising AOP for dairy wastewater treatment, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2024.

P. Nakade, D. Bhatkhande, M. Deosarkar, S. Jabade, H. Watve, and C. Kapadnis, “Fluoride Removal from Aqueous Solutions via Adsorption Using Raw, Calcined, and Chemically Treated Laterite Mineral”, Int. J. Ecol. Env. Sci., Feb. 2024, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 451–457.

Kulkarni, Kavita & Kurhade, Sunny & Chendake, Yogesh & Kulkarni, Anand & Satpute, Satchidanand, “Utilization of Low Cost Biofertilizers for Adsorptive Removal of Congo Red Dye”, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, (2024), Volume 111, Number 3, Page 1.

Kavita Kulkarni and Prajapati {Manujendra Kumar} and Anand Kulkarni and Satchidanand Satpute, “Bioremediation of hazardous Metanil yellow dye by using Trichoderma and Azotobacter biofertilizers”, Ecological Frontiers,2024, vol 44, 3, pp- 605-617.

Academic Year: 2023-2024 International Journal

Karne, H.; Mahajan, U.; Ketkar, U.; Kohade, A.; Khadilkar, P.; Mishra, A.A Review on Biogas Upgradation Systems. Materials Today: Proceedings 2023,72(3),775–786. DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.09.015

Tanushree Bhattacharjee, Aditi Shambharkar, Tanmayee Salve, Zakarya Abdullah Abdulqader Mahdi; Determination of organic nutrients in soil samples by ultraviolet spectrophotometry and design of chip-based capillary electrophoresis system for on-field analysis. AIP Conf. Proc. 15 December 2023; 2901 (1): 020006

Bhattacharjee, T., Khadilkar, P., Ketkar, U., Mahajan, U., Mishra, A., & Kohade, A, “Modelling and study of lithium iron phosphate nanoparticles as cathode material for lithium-ion battery” AIP Conference Proceedings, 2023, December, (Vol. 2901, No. 1).

T. Bhattacharjee and A A Kotame and A Mahajan and A Ghorpade and A Kothadia and A Mohammadi and A Bhandarkar, “Organic pesticide from non-conventional natural resources”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, sep-2023, 1291, 1, 012038.

Karne, H.; Raut, H. , Roshan Baviskar , Saket Rokde , Neha Ravnang and Darshan Rathod. Biogas Production from Canteen Waste. Int. J. Chem. Reactor Eng. 2023,21(12), 1455-1463.

Hemlata U. Karne, Pranov Harale, Rushi Firodiya, Shreyas Gandhi, Shreya Gore, Rutuja Khalse, Effect of Egg Shell Manureon Growth of Fenugreek Plant, Journal of Survey in Fisheries Sciences 2023, Vol. 10 No. 1S (2023): Special Issue 1, 5614-5634

G. Gawande, P. Ghadge, V. Kale, J. Girase, P. Sonar, and K. Khapre, “Sewage treatment process for household purposes,” J. Data Acquisition Process.,2023, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 4256–4263.

Sheela Chinchmalatpure, Manik Deosarkar, Mihir Gole, Saumeen Phansalkar, Sanika Joshi, Vasundhara Iyer, Vishwajeet Mahamuni; Increasing shelf life of liquid jaggery. AIP Conf. Proc. 15 December 2023; 2901 (1): 020007.

Rakhi Pete, Dr. Manik Deosarkar, “Automatic Braking System”, J. Electrical Systems (2024), 20-7s: 957-964

Hemlata U. Karne, Aftab A. Sharif, “Study of Different Parameters of Mixing on Biogas Production from Food Waste”,E3S Web of Conferences, (2023) 405, 02002.

Hemlata Karne, Srigan Moharir, Optimization of lactic acid production from different substrates using Rhizopus oryzae, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023,,ISSN 2214-7853.

Karne, H., Kelkar, V., Mundhe, A., Ikar, M., Betawar, S., & Chaudhari, N. (2023). Essential oil extraction from orange and lemon peel. In E3S web of conferences (Vol. 455, p. 01005)

Karne, Hemlata, and Shrikaant Kulkarni. “Role of Green Nanomaterials in Sustainable Agriculture.” Advances in Green and Sustainable Nanomaterials. Apple Academic Press, 2023. 281-310.

Gayatri D. Gawande, Dipak V. Pinjari, Prakash V. Chavan, Degradation of neomycin using hydrodynamic cavitation-based hybrid techniques, Chemical Engineering and Processing – Process Intensification, 2023, Volume 193, 109543.

Academic Year: 2022-2023 International Journal

Karne, H.; Bhatkhande, D.Effect of Mixing and Agitator Type on Biogas Production from Food Waste in a Pilot Plant Digester. Waste Biomass Valorization 2022,13 (4),1885–1895. DOI: 10.1007/s12649-021-01633-5

Priya G. Nakade, Dhananjay S. Bhatkhande, Manik P. Deosarkar,  Siddharth K. Jabade, Shraddha Khamparia &  Hemant C. Watve, India’s water health: region-wise quality assessment of treated and untreated water, Sustainable Water Resources Management,2022, 8(20), 158–164

Ghadge, S.; Shrivastava, S.; Kausley, S. B.; Satpute, S.; Badve, M.; Pandit, A. A.; Rai, B.; Pandit, A. B.ANN Modelling of Hydrodynamic Cavitation for the Degradation of Rhodamine B Dye. J. Water Process Eng.2022, 47,102759–102768. DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.102759.

Gawande, G. D.; Pinjari, D. V.; Chavan, P. V.Degradation of Tartrazine Using Hydrodynamic Cavitation-Based Hybrid Techniques and Fenton Chemistry. Chem. Eng. Technol. 2022, 45(6), 1148–1157. DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202100419

Khobragade, S.; Dr. Hemlata Karne, A. Short Review on PVD Technology Used for Coated Cutting Tools. Int. J. Adv. Eng. Manag. (IJAEM) 2022, 4(9), 220–235.

Gawande, G.; Rucha Dandekar, O. Mmpar Channa, Harshali Birari, Troubleshooting Talathi, S.; Sayyad, S.; Iyer, K.; Deosarkar, M. Plant Design, Simulation and Economic Analysis of Acrylic Plant Using Aspen Hysis 2022, 9(11), 179–188. Remedies. Int. J. Recent Technol. Eng., 10(4), 154–165.

Suyog Ghadge, Surabhi Shrivastava, Shankar B. Kausley, Satchidanand Satpute, Mandar Badve, Anala A. Pandit, Beena Rai, Aniruddha B. Pandit, “ANN modeling of Hydrodynamic Cavitation for the degradation of Rhodamine B dye”, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2022, Volume 47, 102759.

Amruta Mokashi, Pranov Harale and Sandesh Chougule., et al. “Vegan Leather from Kombucha Tea and Scoby”. Medicon Engineering Themes 3.6 (2022): 70-75.

Sanika Talathi, Sohel Sayyed, Karthik Iyer, Prof. Dr. Manik Deosarkar, “Plant Design Simulation and Economic Analysis of Acrylic Acid Plant Using Aspen HYSYS”, GIS SCIENCE JOURNAL, 2022, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11, pp- 179-206

Tejas Nitin Ingole, Sankalpa Sanjeevkumar Ithape, Ganesh Shivaji Janrao, Suyash Sanjay Khot, Parag Vilas Kulkarni, Atharva Gadekar, Prof. Yeshashree Pankar, Dr. Satchidanand Satpute, “A Study on Natural antifoulants and Ecofriendly fouling release coatings Techniques: A Review”, IJCRT, 2022 Volume 10, Issue 12 December 2022, pp- 2320-2882.

Academic Year: 2021-2022 International Journal

Manjusha A. Thombare, Dinesh V. Kalaga, Sandip B. Bankar, Rahul K. Kulkarni, Satchidanand R. Satpute, and Prakash V. Chavan, “Novel multistage solid–liquid circulating fluidized bed: liquid phase mixing characteristics”,
https://doi.org/10.1080/02726351.2018.1522403, 2018.

Kodolikar Kulkarni, S.P.K.; Bhatkhande, D. S.Prediction of Effectiveness of Solvent Using Distribution Coefficient Calculation in Solvent Extraction with the Help of Hansen Solubility Parameters. Sep. Sci. Technol. 2021, 56(6), 1084–1093. DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2020.1755691

Academic Year: 2020-2021 International Journal

Manjusha A. Thombare, Dinesh V. Kalaga, Sandip B. Bankar, Rahul K. Kulkarni, Satchidanand R. Satpute, and Prakash V. Chavan, “Novel multistage solid–liquid circulating fluidized bed: liquid phase mixing characteristics”,

https://doi.org/10.1080/02726351.2018.1522403, 2018

Rokade, D.; Chougale, S.; Patil, P.; Bhattacharjee, T. Dnyaneshwar Gawande, Harshawardhan Pol and Renu Dhadwal, Controlling draw resonance during extrusion film casting of nanoclay filled linear low-density polyethylene: An experimental study and numerical linear stability analysis. J. Plast. Film Sheeting 2020, 37(3), 37–47.

Satpute, S. R.; Takalkar, G.; Mali, N.; Bhagwat, S. Thermodynamic Analysis and Experimental Validation of Multi-Composition Ammonia Liquor Absorption Engine Cycle for Power Generation. Int. J. Energy Res. 2020, 44(15),12430–12443. DOI: 10.1002/er.5463

Thombare, M. A.; Kalaga, D. V.; Bankar, S. B.; Kulkarni, R. K.; Satpute, S. R.; Chavan, P. V. Solid Novel Multistage Solid Liquid Multistage Bed-Liquid Phase Mixing Characteristics. Part.Sci. Technol.2020, 38(2), 144–155.

Hatkar, S.S.; D.S. Bhatkhande; S. Khamparia ; S.R. Satpute.  A Review on Essential Minerals in Water Required for Human Health and Nutrition, Advanced Material Proceedings 2020, 5(4), 1–7.

Academic Year: 2018-2019 International Journal

Manjusha A. Thombare, Dinesh V. Kalaga, Sandip B. Bankar, Rahul K. Kulkarni, Satchidanand R. Satpute, and Prakash V. Chavan, “Novel multistage solid–liquid circulating fluidized bed: liquid phase mixing characteristics”,
https://doi.org/10.1080/02726351.2018.1522403, 2018

Ghale, P.; Chinchanikar, T.; Jain, P.; Kavitake, T.; Tembhurnikar, A.; Kamale, T.; Nagnath Vivek , Homemade Bioplastic, International Journal of AdvanceResearch in Science and Engineering; Vol. 7(03), 2018, p 6.

Wagale, N.; Gunjal, G.; Undegaonkar, G.; Godse, A.; Kahate, O.; Dhamane, S. Nagnath Vivek , Face-Wash from Cow Urine. Int. J. Adv. Res. Sci. Eng.2018, 7(3), 562–571.

Chougale, S.; Rokade, D.; Bhattacharjee, T.; Pol, H.; Dhadwal, R. Non-isothermal Analysis of Extrusion Film Casting Using Multi-mode Phan-Thien Tanner Constitutive Equation and Comparison with Experiments. Rheol. Acta 2018, 57 (6–7), 493–503. DOI: 10.1007/s00397-018-1095-7

Wali, A.; Gorain, M.; Inamdar, S.; Kundu, G.; Badiger, M.In Vivo Wound Healing Performance of Halloysite Clay and Gentamicin-Incorporated Cellulose Ether-PVA Electrospun Nanofiber Mats

Academic Year: 2017-2018 International Journal

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• A. D. Palsodkar, D. S. Bhatkhande ” Effect of compatibilizer on the final performance of linear low density polyethylene/e-waste plastic blend”, International journal of Environmental studies, 74(4), 2017, 625-635. 
•  S. P. Kodolikar, D. S. Bhatkhande,  V. G. Pangarkar, P. Kulkarni, ” Extraction of toluene and n-heptane mixture using ionic liquid Aliquat 336 and mathematical modeling for solvent selection”, Separation Science and Technology, 53:1, 61-70, 
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2017.1377733. 
• H. U. Karne, D. S. Bhatkhande, S. Jabade, ” Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of faecal sludge in a pilot plant digester”, International journal of Environmental studies, 2018, DOI:10.1080/00207233.2017.1406729. 
• Sanket Chougale,  Dhammaraj Rokade,  Tanushree Bhattacharjee , Harshawardhan Pol,  Renu Dhadwal, “Non-isothermal analysis of extrusion film casting using multi-mode Phan-Thien Tanner constitutive equation and comparison with experiments”, Rheologica Acta, 57, 2018, 493–503

Academic Year: 2016-2017 International Journal

• Sumit Gujar, M. M. Upkare, S. R. Satpute, “ Pinch Analysis of Xylene Fractionation and CCR-Plate-forming process using Aspen Plus ”, chem. Sci. trans., 3(5), 2016, 35-39
• Neha Saxena, S. R. Satpute, N A Mali, “ Study of thermally coupled distillation column system for energy  efficient distillation”, Sadhana, 42(1), 2016, 119-128. 
• Shrikaant Kulkarni,”Synthesis of Complexes of Lanthanide ions with 2,2’:6’,2-terpyridine Ligands for Luminescence Properties”, International Journal of Chemistry and Applications, 2, 2017, 126-132. 
• Shrikaant Kulkarni , Synthesis, Characterization and Physio-chemical and Antimicrobial Investigation of Selected Lanthanide Ions with Schiff Base”, Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, 3, 2017, 201-210. 
• C. V. Kapadnis, D. S. Bhatkhande, “ Synthesis of copper nanoparticles in presence of surfactants and evaluation of heat transfer performance of copper nanofluids”, Journal of Nanofluids,  6(2), 2017, 334-342.

Academic Year: 2014-2015 International Journal

• A.Kulkarni, D.Bhatkhande, “Ultraviolet Induced Photocatalytic Degradation of Pthalic Anhydride Using AeroxideP-25 and Kronos”, IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, Volume 7, Issue 7 Ver. II. (July 2014), PP 01-08,e-ISSN:2278-5736. 
• B.A.Bhanvase, M.R.Sarode, l.A.Putterwar, Abdullah K.A, “Intensification of convective Heat Transfer in Water/ethylene glycol based nanofluids containing TiO2 nanoparticles”, Chemical Engineering and Processing:Process Intensification, 82(2014) 123-131. 
• S.E.Karekar, B.A.Bhanvase, S.H.Sonawane, M.P.Deosarkar, D.V.Pinjari, A.B.Pandit, “Synthesis of Zinc Molybdate nanopigments by an ultrasound assisted route:Advantage over conventional method”, Chemical Engineering and Processing:Process Intensification, 87(2015) 51-59. 
• M.P. Deosarkar, S.M.Pawa, B.A.Bhanvase, “In situ sonochemical synthesis of Fe3O4 –graphene nanocomposite for lithium rechargeable batteries”, Chemical Engineering and Processing:Process Intensification, 83(2014), 49-55. 
• Satish R. Inamdar, Abhishek Kulkarni, Anita S. Joshi, “Big data management of a cyber-physical multi-location chemical factory”, International Journal of Industrial Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IJIEEE), 2 (8). 
• S.A.Lamture, D.S.Bhatkhande, “Conversion of Kokum (Garcinia Indica) syrup in powder form from kokum extract under vacuum and its HPLC analysis”, Industrial Journal of Science Research and Technology, 2(4), 2014, 16-20, e-ISSN:2321-9262

Book Chapters

1. S.H.Sonawane, B.A.Bhanvase and M.P.Deosarkar, Preparation of PANI/Calcium Zinc Phophate Nano Composite Using ultrasound Assisted In.Situ Emulsion Polymerization and its Applications in Anticorrosion Coatings, ICCBPE,Nov. 16-18, 2013 at National Institute of Technology Warangal.

Student research projects