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Aniruddha B. Pandit

Aniruddha Bhalchandra Pandit FNA, FASc[3](born 7 December 1957) is an Indian chemical engineer, inventor and academic, known for his fundamental and commercial research on cavitational reactors, design of multiphase reactors, bubble dynamics. He is the vice chancellor of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (erstwhile UDCT) since 2019, succeeding G. D. Yadav.[4][5]

A. B. Pandit
FNA, FASc
Born (1957-12-07) 7 December 1957 (age 66)
Alma materIIT-BHU (B.Tech)
ICT Mumbai (Ph.D)
Occupation(s)Chemical engineer
University Administrator
Years active1991–
Known forResearch in chemical engineering
Spouse
Anala Aniruddha Pandit
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(m. 1990)​
AwardsUSNAE member (2023)[1]
Eminent Engineers' Awards (2021)[2]
WebsiteResearch group page

In 2023, he is elected member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.[1]

Education and career

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Pandit was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Bhalchandra Ramachandra and Sumati Pandit and attended the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University.[6] He graduated with a B.Tech. (Chem) degree in 1980 and joined the University Department of Chemical Technology of Bombay University (now ICT Mumbai) for his PhD (Tech) degree. He completed his PhD in 1984 under the guidance of Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi. He also worked as an instructor during this term.[7]

From 1984 till 1990, he worked in University of Cambridge as a Research Associate with John Frank Davidson, working in the area of bubble break-up and design of multiphase reactors.[7][6]

Pandit joined the UICT in 1991 as a reader and was promoted in 1996.[6] He was a visiting professor at University of Cape Town and University of California, Santa Barbara, BITS Pilani,[8] among others.[9] He is an elected fellow of such science academies as United States National Academy of Engineering, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian National Science Academy (INSA),[10] The World Academy of Sciences (2015),[11] National Academy of Sciences, India, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, and Indian Academy of Sciences.

Research

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Pandit is a renowned researcher in the field of cavitation and relevant chemical processing applications.[12] His research interests include sonochemistry, industrial wastewater treatment, synthesis of chelating agents for wastewater treatment, mixing in mechanically agitated contactors, and the design of nozzles for hydrodynamic cavitation. He has also worked on polymer degradation, cellulose dissolution, and nanomaterials synthesis. As of 2023, he has published 446 journal articles, and holds 34 patents.[9] His articles are reported to have an H-index of 84 and i10-Index of 360.[13][14][15] He has guided 63 PhD and 101 master's graduates.[5]

He is associated with a number of scientific journals as a member of their editorial boards; Ultrasonics Sonochemistry Journal (Elsevier), Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification (Elsevier),[5] Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS).[9]

The Pandit research group has developed a method for cleaning and disinfecting stagnant water bodies and industrial effluents from various industries using hydrodynamic cavitation.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] This method was used to clean the Rankala Lake in Kolhapur, Maharashtra and the Bindusagar Lake in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (a project inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Odisha in January).[25][26][27][28][29] His research group has also developed solid-fuel burning stoves, used commonly in rural India, which cause lesser pollution and consume fuel efficiently.[30][31] Research has also been done to convert keratin waste such as human hair, wool, and poultry feathers into fertilizers, pet, and animal feed using a cheap, eco-friendly and efficient method.[32]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Dr. Aniruddha B. Pandit". NAE Website. United States National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Eminent Engineers' Awards Given by ECI". www.ecindia.org. Engineering Council of India. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail". insaindia.res.in. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Prof. A. B. Pandit Takes Charge as Vice Chancellor of ICT". Chemical Industry Digest. 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Aniruddha Pandit - Editorial Board - Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification - Journal - Elsevier". elsevier.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Trivedi, Prakash (June 2021). "Interview: Prof. (Dr.) Aniruddha B. Pandit". Chemical News. Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via issuu.
  7. ^ a b "Pandit Biography". Cavitation Research Laboratory. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  8. ^ Adjunct Professor
  9. ^ a b c "Prof. Aniruddha Bhalchandra Pandit". ictmumbai.edu.in. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  10. ^ "INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail". www.insaindia.res.in. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Fellow: Pandit, Aniruddha Bhalchandra". The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  12. ^ "CBE Seminar - Aniruddha Pandit". Ohio State University. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Vidwan: Profile Page". vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Prof. A. B. Pandit". Google Scholar. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Aniruddha B. Pandit: H-index & Awards - Academic Profile". Research.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  16. ^ Saharan, Virendra Kumar; Rizwani, Manav A.; Malani, Aqeel A.; Pandit, Aniruddha B. (1 January 2013). "Effect of geometry of hydrodynamically cavitating device on degradation of orange-G". Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 20 (1): 345–353. doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2012.08.011. ISSN 1350-4177. PMID 22982006.
  17. ^ Badve, Mandar; Gogate, Parag; Pandit, Aniruddha; Csoka, Levente (14 March 2013). "Hydrodynamic cavitation as a novel approach for wastewater treatment in wood finishing industry". Separation and Purification Technology. 106: 15–21. doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2012.12.029. ISSN 1383-5866.
  18. ^ Sangave, Preeti C.; Gogate, Parag R.; Pandit, Aniruddha B. (1 May 2007). "Ultrasound and ozone assisted biological degradation of thermally pretreated and anaerobically pretreated distillery wastewater". Chemosphere. 68 (1): 42–50. Bibcode:2007Chmsp..68...42S. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.12.052. ISSN 0045-6535. PMID 17276488.
  19. ^ Badve, Mandar P.; Gogate, Parag R.; Pandit, Aniruddha B.; Csoka, Levente (1 January 2014). "Hydrodynamic cavitation as a novel approach for delignification of wheat straw for paper manufacturing". Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 21 (1): 162–168. doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2013.07.006. ISSN 1350-4177. PMID 23968577.
  20. ^ Rajoriya, Sunil; Carpenter, Jitendra; Saharan, Virendra Kumar; Pandit, Aniruddha B. (1 August 2016). "Hydrodynamic cavitation: an advanced oxidation process for the degradation of bio-refractory pollutants". Reviews in Chemical Engineering. 32 (4): 379–411. doi:10.1515/revce-2015-0075. ISSN 2191-0235. S2CID 101848377.
  21. ^ N.j., Lakshmi; Gogate, Parag R.; Pandit, Aniruddha B. (1 September 2021). "Treatment of acid violet 7 dye containing effluent using the hybrid approach based on hydrodynamic cavitation". Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 153: 178–191. doi:10.1016/j.psep.2021.07.023. ISSN 0957-5820.
  22. ^ Sivakumar, Manickam; Pandit, Aniruddha B (1 July 2002). "Wastewater treatment: a novel energy efficient hydrodynamic cavitational technique". Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 9 (3): 123–131. doi:10.1016/S1350-4177(01)00122-5. ISSN 1350-4177. PMID 12154685.
  23. ^ Jyoti, K. K.; Pandit, A. B. (1 July 2003). "Hybrid cavitation methods for water disinfection: simultaneous use of chemicals with cavitation". Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. Selected papers from the Eighth Conference of the European Society of Sonochemistry. 10 (4): 255–264. doi:10.1016/S1350-4177(03)00095-6. ISSN 1350-4177. PMID 12818391.
  24. ^ Sawant, Subhash Shivram; Anil, Arga Chandrashekar; Krishnamurthy, Venkat; Gaonkar, Chetan; Kolwalkar, Janhavi; Khandeparker, Lidita; Desai, Dattesh; Mahulkar, Amit Vinod; Ranade, Vivek Vinayak; Pandit, Aniruddha Balchandra (1 December 2008). "Effect of hydrodynamic cavitation on zooplankton: A tool for disinfection". Biochemical Engineering Journal. 42 (3): 320–328. doi:10.1016/j.bej.2008.08.001. ISSN 1369-703X.
  25. ^ Doltade, Sarjerao; Ladole, Mayur; Jadhav, Nilesh; Dastane, Gaurav; Desai, Ketan; Pinjari, Dipak; Pandit, Aniruddha (20 June 2017). "Rankala Lake clean-up using Make in India technology – An initiative towards Swachh Bharat mission". Chemical Weekly: 199–204.
  26. ^ "Rankala water purification begins | Kolhapur News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  27. ^ "ICT submits a pathbreaking project to Kolhapur municipal council to make water of Rankala lake potable". UDCT Alumni Association. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  28. ^ "Odisha CM, Union Minister launch Clean Bindusagar initiative to revive holy lake". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  29. ^ "Odisha CM launches Bindu Sagar Cleaning Project in presence of Dharmendra Pradhan". ANI News. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  30. ^ Kausley, Shankar B.; Pandit, Aniruddha B. (1 March 2010). "Modelling of solid fuel stoves". Fuel. 89 (3): 782–791. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2009.09.019. ISSN 0016-2361.
  31. ^ Patil, Rahul; Shinde, Yogesh; Pandit, Aniruddha (1 March 2013). "Optimization and Development of Solid Biomass Burning Cookstoves". International Journal of Chemical and Physical Sciences. 2: 1–10.
  32. ^ "ICT Mumbai develops technology to convert keratin waste to animal feed & fertilizer". knnindia.co.in. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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