Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Prof. Bhaskar Narayan Thorat

Director

Off Campus : ICT-IOC Bhubaneswar

Date of Joining :25/11/1994

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Email Address : director@iocb.ictmumbai.edu.in

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Research Area : Drying Technology and Particle Handling Process Development Multiphase reactors Industrial Crystallization and Filtration

Courses Taught : • Perspective of Society, Science & Technology • Chemical Reaction Engineering,
• Chemical Engineering Operations
• Research interests:
• Drying Technology,
• Crystallization & Industrial Filtration
• Process Development
• Environment Engineering
• Foundation Course in Entrepreneurship

International Journal
1 International Journal Admajith M. Kaimal, Arun S. Mujumdar and Bhaskar N. Thorat (2021) Resistant starch from millets: Recent developments and applications in food industries Trends in Food Science and Technology, 111, 563-580.      2021      
2 International Journal S. S. Shirkole, B. N. Thorat and A. S. Mujumdar (2021) Critical reviews for facilitating innovations and advances in drying science and technology. Drying Technology, 1-3.      2021      
3 International Journal Nikita S. Bhatkar, Shivanand S. Shirkole, Arun S. Mujumdar and Bhaskar N. Thorat (2021) Drying of tomatoes and tomato processing waste: a critical review of the quality aspects. Drying Technology. Under Printing.      2021      
4 International Journal Surendra Shah, Kalash R. Pai, Sachin Shinde, Bhaskar N. Thorat (2021) Analysis of a vapor compression refrigeration system using a fog-cooled condenser. J. Applied Thermal Engg. Under review.      2021      
5 International Journal S. S. Haramkar, G.N. Thombre, S.V. Jadhav, B. N. Thorat (2021) The Influence of Particle(s) Size, Shape and Distribution on Cake Filtration Mechanics – A Short Review. Comptes Rendus Chimie Under Printing.      2021      
6 International Journal Saikat Bhaumik, Manav Raj Kar, Bhaskar N. Thorat, Annalisa Bruno, Subodh G. Mhaisalkar (2021) Prospects and Challenges of vacuum processed metal halide perovskite light-emitting diodes. ChemPlusChem, 86 (4), 558-573.      2021      
7 International Journal Anand Chavan and Bhaskar Thorat (2021) Techno-Economic Comparison of Selected Solar Dryers- ACase Study. Drying Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2021.1919141      2021      
8 International Journal Ritesh S. Malani, Vinod C. Malshe and Bhaskar N. Thorat (2021) Polyols and Polyurethanes from Renewable Sources – Past, Present and Future – Part 1 – Vegetable Oils and Lignocellulosic Biomass. Journal of Coatings Tech and Res. Under Printing. DOI: 10.1007/s11998-021-00490-0      2021      
9 International Journal Kalash R. Pai, Voruganti Sindhuja, Palghat A. Ramachandran and Bhaskar N. Thorat (2021) Mass Transfer ‘Regimes’ Approach to Drying. Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., Accepted for publication.      2021      
10 International Journal A. P. Chavan, V. Vitankar, A. Mujumdar, B. N. Thorat (2020) Direct and Natural Convection Solar Dryer: A review. Drying Technology, 1-22.      2020      
11 International Journal S. Rajput, S. V. Jadhav, B. N. Thorat (2020) Methods to improve properties of fuel pellets obtained from different biomass sources: Effect of biomass blends and binders. Fuel Processing Technology, 199, 106255.      2020      
12 International Journal N. Nagwekar, V. Tidke and B. N. Thorat (2020) Seasonal Nutritional Food Security to Indian Women through Community Level Implementation of Domestic Solar Conduction Dryer. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 1-27.      2020      
13 International Journal A. P. Chavan, B. N. Thorat (2020) Mathematical Analysis of Solar Conduction Dryer using Reaction Engineering Approach. Chemical reactor engineering, 18, 5-6.      2020      
14 International Journal A. P. Chavan, V. Vitankar, N. Shinde, B. N. Thorat (2020) CFD Simulation of Solar Grain dryer. Drying Technology, 1-13      2020      
15 International Journal A. P. Chavan, V. Vitankar, B. N. Thorat (2020) CFD modeling and experimental study of solar conduction dryer. Drying Technology, 1-14      2020      
16 International Journal B. N. Thorat, A. Sett, A. S. Mujumdar (2020) Drying of Vaccines and Biomolecules Drying Technology, 1-23.      2020      
17 International Journal S. Jadhav, S. Haramkar, A. Kamble, B. N. Thorat (2019) Insights into Dewatering and Characterization of the Waste Activated Sludge. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 94, 81-87      2019      
18 International Journal Mane, S. M., Bhatnagar, M. P., Sawant, M. R., Thorat, B. N. (2019). Synthesis and Reaction Kinetics Study of Tri Phenyl Phosphite. Catalysis in Green Chemistry and Engineering 99-106      2019      
19 International Journal S. Rajput, B. N. Thorat (2019) Recovered Polyvinyl Alcohol as an Alternative Binder for the Production of Metallurgical Quality Coke Breeze Briquettes. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization.1-11.      2019      
20 International Journal A. P. Chavan, V. Vitankar, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2018) CFD modelling and experimental study of solar conduction dryer. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Under Review      2018      
21 International Journal A. P. Chavan, V. Vitankar, A. Sikarwar, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2018) Direct and Natural Convection Solar Dryer: A review. Drying Technology, Under Review.      2018      
22 International Journal A. P. Chavan, A. Sikarwar, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2018) Discerning of Heat transfer mechanism in Solar Conduction Dryer. Drying Technology, Under Review.      2018      
23 International Journal J.A. Ataide, L. C. Cefali, M. de Araujo Robelo, L. G. Spir, E. B. Tambourgi, B. N. Thorat (2017) Bromelain loading and release from a hydrogel formulated using alginate and Arabic gum. Planta medica 83 (10), 870-876.      2017      
24 International Journal P. M. Martins, A. D. Lanchote, B. N. Thorat, L.A.P. Freitas (2017) Turbo-extraction of glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana using a fractional factorial design. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 27(4), 510-518.      2017      
25 International Journal N. Nagwekar, V. Tidke and B. N. Thorat (2017) Microbial and biochemical analysis of dried fish and comparative study using different drying methods. Drying Technology. 35(12), 1481-1491.      2017      
26 International Journal Martins, P. M., Thorat, B. N., Baker, C. G. J., Mujumdar, A. S. (2016). Green extraction of glycosides from stevia rebaudiana (bert.) with low solvent consumption: A desirability approach. Resource-Efficient Technologies, 2(4), 247-253.      2016      
27 International Journal R. Galge, A. Raju, M.S. Degani, B.N. Thorat (2015). Synthesis and invitro antimicrobial activity of 1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol and its analogs. J of Heterocyclic Chem. 52(2), 352-357.      2015      
28 International Journal R. Garg and B.N.Thorat (2014). Nattokinase purification by three phase partitioning and impact of t-butanol on freeze drying. Sep and Pur Tech. 131, 19-26.      2014      
29 International Journal R D Jangle and B N Thorat (2013). Effect of Freeze-Thawing Study on Curcumin Liposome for Obtaining Better Freeze-Dried Product. Drying Technology, 31, 966-974.      2013      
30 International Journal R D Jangle and B N Thorat (2013) Reversed-phase High-performance Liquid Chromatography Method for Analysis of Curcuminoids and Curcuminoid-loaded Liposome Formulation. Accepted for Ind. J. of Pharm Sc. 75(1), 60-66.      2013      
31 International Journal R D Jangle, R V Galge, V V Patil and B N Thorat (2013) Selective HPLC method development for Soy phosphatidylcholine fatty acids and its mass spectrometry. Accepted for Ind J. of Pharm Sc., 75(3), 339-345.      2013      
32 International Journal S S Shingare and B N Thorat (2013). Effect of Drying Temperature and Pretreatment on Protein Content and Color Changes during Fluidized Bed Drying of Finger Millets (Ragi, Eleusine coracana) Sprouts. Drying Technology, 31(5), 507-518.      2013      
33 International Journal S. P.Shingare, B.N. Thorat (2013). Fluidized Bed drying of sprouted wheat: (Triticum aestivum). Int J. of Food Eng. 10(1), 29-37.      2013      
34 International Journal S U Deulgaonkar, A Hakkinen and B N Thorat (2013) Effect of Hydrodynamics During Crystallization on Mechanical Dewatering of Salicylic Acid. Drying Technology 31(12), 1354-1361.      2013      
35 International Journal 58 International peer reviewed publications from 1998-2013      2013      
36 International Journal S. B. Pawar, A. S. Mujumdar and B. N. Thorat (2012). CFD analysis of flow pattern in the agitated thin film evaporator, Chem Eng Res and Des, 90(6), 757-765.      2012      
37 International Journal Deulgaonkar S .U., Ramteke L and Thorat B. N. (2012). Filtration and drying characteristics of casein Sep and Pur Tech, 92, 50-56.      2012      
38 International Journal R D Jangle, S U Deulgaonkar, V P Magar and B N Thorat (2012). Filtration and Drying Study of Alcohol Extract of De-oiled Soy-Lecithin. Drying Technology, 30, 1763-1770.      2012      
39 International Journal R D Jangle, V P Magar and B N Thorat (2012). Phosphatidylcholine and Its Purification from Raw De-oiled Soya Lecithin. Sep and Pur Tech, 102, 187-195.      2012      
40 International Journal D. B. Jadhao and B. N. Thorat (2012) Quantitative Estimation of Andrographolide by Reverse Phase-High Liquid Chromatography Method from Andrographis Paniculata Nees. Int. J. Phytopharmacy.2(5), 149.      2012      
41 International Journal D. B. Jadhao and B. N. Thorat (2012) Improved RP-HPLC method for quantitative estimation of stevioside in stevia rebaudiana bertoni burm. Int. J. Phytopharmacy. 1(2), 27      2012      
42 International Journal Jadhav, D.B. Annapure, U.S. Visavale, G.L. Sutar, P. P. and Thorat, B. N. (2011) Solar Cabinet Drying of Bitter Gourd: Optimization of Pretreatments and Quality Evaluation. Int. J. of Food Eng. 6(4), Article 5.      2011      
43 International Journal Pawar, S. B. and Thorat, B. N. (2011), Infrared Drying of Alumina-Silicate Mineral Cake. Drying Technology, 29(7), 819-824.      2011      
44 International Journal Joshi V. S. and Thorat B. N. (2011), Formulation and Cost-Effective Drying of Probiotic Yeast. Drying Technology, 29(7), 749-757.      2011      
45 International Journal Pawar, S. B., Pawar R., Mujumdar A. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2011). Mathematical Modeling of Agitated Thin-Film Dryer. Drying Technology. 29(6), 719-728.      2011      
46 International Journal D B Jadhav, S D Katekhaye and B N Thorat (2011). Improved RP-HPLC Method for Quantitative Estimation of Stevioside in Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni. Int. J of Phytopharmacy, 1(2), 27-34.      2011      
47 International Journal V A Chaughule, S V Jangam and B N Thorat (2011). Formulation, drying & nutritional evaluation of ready-to-eat Sapota extrudes. Int J. of Food Eng., Volume 7(1), 13      2011      
48 International Journal V A Chaughule and B N Thorat (2011). Microwave vacuum drying of shredded carrots and its nutritional evaluation”, International Journal of Food Engineering, 7(4), Article 8.      2011      
49 International Journal R S Aware and B N Thorat (2011). Garlic under Various Drying Study and Its Impact on Allicin Retention. Drying Technology, 29(13), 1510-1518.      2011      
50 International Journal R G Bait, S B Pawar, A N Banerjee, A S Mujumdar and B N Thorat (2011). Mechanically Agitated Fluidized Bed Drying of Cohesive Particles at Low Air Velocity. Drying Technology, Volume 29, Issue 29, 808-818.      2011      
51 International Journal S B Pawar, A S Mujumdar and B N Thorat (2011). Flow pattern and heat transfer in agitated thin film dryer. Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, Volume 50, Issue 7, Pages 687-693.      2011      
52 International Journal A P Mestry, A S Mujumdar and B N Thorat (2011). Optimization of Spray Drying of an Innovative Functional Food: Fermented Mixed Juice of Carrot and Watermelon. Drying Technology, Volume 29, Issue 10, Pages 1121-1131      2011      
53 International Journal S. B. Pawar, A. S. Mujumdar and B. N. Thorat (2011). Flow pattern and heat transfer in agitated thin film dryer. Chem.Eng & Pro. 50(7), 687-693.      2011      
54 International Journal S. B. Pawar and B N Thorat (2011). CFD simulation of Taylor–Couette flow in scraped surface heat exchanger. Chem Eng Res and Des, 90(3), 313–322.      2011      
55 International Journal Telang A. and Thorat, B. N. (2010) Optimization of Process Parameters for Spray Drying of Fermented Soy Milk. Drying Technology, 28(12), 1445-1456.      2010      
56 International Journal Thaker, S. M., Mahanavar, P. A., Patil, V.V. and Thorat, B.N. (2010) Synthesis and Spray Drying of Water-Redispersible Polymer. Drying Technology. 28(5), 669-676.      2010      
57 International Journal Shyamkuwar, A.L., Chokashi, K., Waje, S.S. and Thorat, B.N. (2010) Synthesis, characterization and drying of absorbable gelatin sponge. Drying Technology, 28 (5), 659-668.      2010      
58 International Journal Gaware T. J., Sutar N., Thorat, B. N. (2010) Drying of Tomato using different methods: Comparison of dehydration and rehydration kinetics. Drying Technology, 28 (5), 651-658.      2010      
59 International Journal Patil V. V., Dandekar P. P., Patravale V. B. and Thorat, B. N. (2010) Freeze drying: potential for powdered nanoparticulate product. Drying Technology, 28 (5), 624-635.      2010      
60 International Journal Jadhav, D.B. Visavale, G.L. Sutar, N. Annapure, U.S. and Thorat, B.N. (2010) Studies on Solar Cabinet Drying of Green Peas (Pisum sativum) Drying Technology, 28 (5), 600-607.      2010      
61 International Journal Telang, A., Joshi, V. S., Sutar, N. and Thorat, B. N. (2010) Enhancement of Biological Properties of Soymilk by Fermentation. Food Biotechnology. 24(4), 375-387.      2010      
62 International Journal Jangam, S. V. and Thorat, B. N. (2010) Optimization of Spray Drying of Ginger Extract. Drying Technology. 28(12), 1426-1434.      2010      
63 International Journal Vilas V. Patil, Revanappa V. Galge and Bhaskar N. Thorat (2010), Extraction and Purification of Phosphatidylcholine from Soyabean Lecithin, Separation and Purification Technology, 75(2), 138-144.      2010      
64 International Journal Thorat B.N. and P.P.Sutar, (2010) Guest Editorial, Special Issue: Selected Papers, Presented at the 16th International Drying Symposium (IDS2008), Drying Technology: An International Journal, 28(5), 565.      2010      
65 International Journal Meshram, M.W., Patil, V.V., Waje, S.S. and Thorat, B.N. (2009) Simultaneous gelatinization and drying of maize starch in a single screw extruder. Drying Technology. 27(1), 113-122.      2009      
66 International Journal Meshram, M. W., Patil, V. V., Mhaske, S. T. and Thorat, B. N. (2009) Graft Polymerization of Starch and its applications in textiles, Carbohydrate Polymers, 75 (1), 71-78.      2009      
67 International Journal Devakate R.V., Patil V. V., Waje S. S. and Thorat B. N. (2009) Purification and Drying of Bromelain, Separation and Purification Technology, 64, 259-264.      2009      
68 International Journal Jangam, S. V. Mujumdar, A. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2009) Design of air distribution system for fluidized bed dryers. Drying Technology, 27 (11), 1-12.      2009      
69 International Journal Deulgaonkar Sushil U. and Thorat Bhaskar N. (2008) The Purification, Formulation and Drying of Papain. Intl. J. Food Engg. 4 (8), 1-19.      2008      
70 International Journal Patel, A. K. and Thorat, B. N. (2008) Gamma Ray Tomography – An Experimental Analysis of Fractional Gas Hold-up in Bubble Columns, Chem. Engng. J, 137 (2), 376-385.      2008      
71 International Journal Patel, A. K., Waje, S. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2008) Tomographic Diagnosis of Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed, Powder Technology, 185, 239-250.      2008      
72 International Journal Pawar, S. B., Siva Rama kumar P., Mujumdar, A. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2008) Infrared-Convective Drying of organic pigments, Drying Technology, 26 (3), 315-322.      2008      
73 International Journal Jangam S. V., Joshi, V. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2008) Studies in Dehydration of Sapota, Drying Technology, 26 (3), 369-377.      2008      
74 International Journal Law C. L., Waje S. S., Thorat B. N. and Mujumdar A. S. (2008) Advances and Recent Developments in thermal drying for bio-origin and agricultural products, Stewart Postharvest Review, 1:1, ISSN: 1945-9656, 1, 1-23.      2008      
75 International Journal Patel, A. K. and Patwardhan, A. W. and Thorat, B. N. (2007) Comparison of ML-EM Algorithm and ART for Reconstruction of Gas Hold-up Profile in a Bubble Column, Chem. Eng. J. ,130, 135-145.      2007      
76 International Journal Waje, S. S., Mujumdar, A. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2007) Screw Conveyor Dryer: Process and Equipment Design, Drying Technology, 25 (1), 241-247.      2007      
77 International Journal Waje, S. S., Patel, A. K., Mujumdar, A. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2007) Study of Residence Time Distribution in a Pilot Scale Screw Conveyor Dryer, Drying Technology, 25 (1), 248-258.      2007      
78 International Journal Waje, S. S., Mujumdar, A. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2007) Hydrodynamic characteristics of a pilot scale screw conveyor dryer, Drying Technology, 25 (4), 609-616.      2007      
79 International Journal Visavale, G. L., R.K. Nair, Kamath, S. S., Sawant, M. R., and Thorat, B. N. (2007) Granulation and drying of modified clay incorporated pesticide formulation, Drying Technology, 25 (7-8), 1369-1376.      2007      
80 International Journal Waje, S. S., Mujumdar, A. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2006) An Experimental Study of the Thermal Performance of a Screw Conveyor Dryer, Drying Technology, 24 (3), 293-301.      2006      
81 International Journal Wanjari, A. N., Baker, C. J., Mujumdar, A. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2006) Design and Modeling of Plug Flow Fluid Bed Dryers, Drying Technology, 24 (2), 147-157.      2006      
82 International Journal Joshi, A., Paratkar, S. and Thorat, B. N. (2006) Modification of Lecithin by Physical, Chemical and Enzymatic Methods, Eur. J. of Lipid Sci. Tech., 108 (4), 363-373.      2006      
83 International Journal Waje, S. S., Meshram, M. W., Chaudhary, V., Pandey, R., Mahanawar and Thorat, B. N. (2005) Drying and Shrinkage of Polymer Gels. Braz. J. of Chem. Engg. 22 (2) 209-216.      2005      
84 International Journal Thorat, B. N. and Joshi, J. B. (2004) Transition Regime in Bubble Columns: Role of Sparger Design, Exptl. Theo. Fluid Sc. 28, 423-430.      2004      
85 International Journal Shinde S., Waje Sunil S., Visawale G., Panchal H. and Thorat B. N. (2004) “Granulation and Drying of Microfertilizers: A case study”. Topics in Heat and Mass Transfer, Chen et al., (Eds.), 389-395.      2004      
86 International Journal Wang, W., Thorat, B.N., Chen, G. and Mujumdar, A.S. (2002) Simulation of Fluidized Bed Drying of Carrot with Microwave Heating”, Drying Technology, 20 (9) 1855-1867.      2002      
87 International Journal Thorat, B. N., Kulkarni, A. V., Kataria, Kamal. and Joshi, J. B. (2001) Pressure Drop Studies in Bubble Columns. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 40 (16), 3675-3688.      2001      
88 International Journal Thorat, B. N., Kulkarni, A. V. and Joshi, J. B., (2001) Design of Sieve Plate Spargers for Bubble Columns: Role of Weeping. Chem. Engg. Tech. 24 (8), 815-828.      2001      
89 International Journal Thorat, B.N. and Joshi, J.B. (1998) Effect of sparger design and height to diameter ratio on fractional gas hold-up in bubble columns, Chemical Engineering Research and Design 76 (A7), pp. 823-834      1998      
International Conference
1 International Conference A. P. Chavan, A. Sikarwar, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2018) Augmenting natural convection and conduction based solar dryer. Oral Paper accepted for 21st International Drying Symposium 2018 held at Valencia, Spain, September 11-14.      2018      
2 International Conference A. P. Chavan, A. Sikarwar, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2018) Comparison of individual effect of heat transfer mechanism in solar conduction dryer. Oral Paper accepted for 21st International Drying Symposium 2018 held at Valencia, Spain, September 11-14.      2018      
3 International Conference B. Bheda, M. Shinde, R. Ghadge, B. N. Thorat (2018) Kinetics of Algae Drying. Poster Paper accepted for 21st International Drying Symposium 2018 held at Valencia, Spain, September 11-14.      2018      
4 International Conference B. Bheda, D. Menon, R. Bhujade, B. N. Thorat (2018) Challenges in thermal and non-thermal processing of algae. Oral Paper accepted for 21st International Drying Symposium 2018 held at Valencia, Spain, September 11-14.      2018      
5 International Conference P. Jadhav, S. Ashokkumar, N. Nagwekar, B. N. Thorat (2018) Low colonies forming per units yielding solar conduction dryer using composite filter. Poster Paper accepted for 21st International Drying Symposium 2018 held at Valencia, Spain, September 11-14.      2018      
6 International Conference A. P. Chavan, V. Vitankar, B. N. Thorat (2017) CFD modelling and experimental study of Solar Conduction Dryer, Oral Presentation at Asia-Pacific Drying Conference, Wuxi, China, September 24-26.      2017      
7 International Conference S. Jadhav, S. Haramkar, A. Kamble, B.N. Thorat (2016) Insights into dewatering and characterization of waste activated sludge from Indian perspective, Poster/Oral Presentation at FilTech 2016, Cologne, Germany, October 10-13.      2016      
8 International Conference N. Nagwekar and B.N. Thorat (2016) RP-HPLC-QTOF/MS2 based strategy for the comprehensive metabolite profiling of Bombay duck (Harpadon nehereus) Dried by using different techniques, Oral presentation at 20th International Drying Symposium, Gifu, Japan.      2016      
9 International Conference P. M. Koshy, V. Ghate, B. N. Thorat (2016) Effect of 410 NM light emitting diodes on the native Microfrora and dehydration of selected fresh produce, Oral presentation at 20th International Drying Symposium, Gifu, Japan.      2016      
10 International Conference R. Hangekar, V. Ghate, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2016) Comparison of the dehydration and rehydration of Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) by Hot air and microwave drying, Poster presentation at 20th International Drying Symposium, Gifu, Japan.      2016      
11 International Conference S. Vanjiwale, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2015) Determination of influence of drying parameters on microbial content, curcumin content and color of Curcuma longa L. (Waigaon Variety), Oral Presentation at 8th Asia Pacific Drying Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 10-12.      2015      
12 International Conference B. N. Thorat, V. Tidke (2015) Keynote lecture: Agriculture, drying and sustainability, 8th Asia Pacific Drying Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 10-12.      2015      
13 International Conference A. Gada, V. Tidke, A. Mujumdar, B. N. Thorat (2014) Economic evaluation of Solar Cabinet Dryer System: a case study on onion drying, Oral Presentation at International Drying Symposium, Lyon, France, August 24-27.      2014      
14 International Conference N. Nagwekar, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2014) Microbial analysis of dried fish and comparative study using different drying methods, Oral Presentation at International Drying Symposium, Lyon, France, August 24-27.      2014      
15 International Conference S. Konnur, B. N. Thorat (2014) Experimental investigation of Jaggery drying to produce granular jaggery, Poster Presentation at International Drying Symposium, Lyon, France, August 24-27.      2014      
16 International Conference I. Sehgal, A. Gada, B. N. Thorat (2014) Socio-economic impact of Solar Dryer, Poster Presentation at International Drying Symposium, Lyon, France, August 24-27.      2014      
17 International Conference A. Gaikwad, T. Gaware, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2014) Solar Drying of Turmeric, Poster Presentation at International Drying Symposium, Lyon, France, August 24-27.      2014      
18 International Conference S. Vanjiwale, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2014) Drying kinetics of Indian Cardamom, Poster Presentation at International Drying Symposium, Lyon, France, August 24-27.      2014      
19 International Conference S. Shimpi, V. Tidke, B. N. Thorat (2014) Experimental studies of Natural Convection Solar Drying of Cassava, Poster Presentation at International Drying Symposium, Lyon, France, August 24-27.      2014      
20 International Conference S. U. Deulgaonkar, A. Hakkinen and B. N. Thorat (2013). Effect of Mixing During Crystallization on Mechanical Dewatering of Salicylic Acid. Proceedings of Young Researchers conference, 11-13 January, Mumbai.      2013      
21 International Conference S. U. Deulgaonkar, A. Hakkinen and B. N. Thorat (2013). Antisolvent crystallization and pressure filtration of Salicylic Acid: Influence of mixing conditions. Proceedings of Filtech 22-24 October, Wiesbaden, Germany.      2013      
22 International Conference B. N. Thorat (2013) Sustainable Drying Technologies for Synergistic European and Indian Market, Key Note Lecture Delivered Nordic Drying Conference, at Copenhagen, DTI, Denmark, June 5-7.      2013      
23 International Conference Vaibhav Tidke and B. N. Thorat (2013) Atmospheric Pre-drying and Role of Solar Drying for Food and Vegetables, Nordic Drying Conference, at Copenhagen, DTI, Denmark, June 5-7.      2013      
24 International Conference Bhaskar N. Thorat (2012). The role of drying in the preparation of food and feed with special reference to lactic cultures. Keynote speaker at Indo-EU Program of PLANTY meeting on 6th February at International Centre, Dona Paula, Goa, India.      2012      
25 International Conference Bhaskar N. Thorat (2012). Granulation and flow characteristics of solids. Keynote speaker at Powder and Bulk Solids India, Exhibition and conference, 13-15 March, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India.      2012      
26 International Conference Aware R. S., Thorat B. N. (2012), Effect of various pretreatments and drying techniques on Thompson seedless grapes. International Food Engineering and Technology (IFET, 2012), Bangkok, Thailand.      2012      
27 International Conference Ramteke L. P., Deulgaonkar S.U., and Thorat B.N. (2012) Filtration of mycelium suspension from fermentation broth. Proceedings of 11th World Filtration Congress, 16-20 April, Graz, Austria.      2012      
28 International Conference R. S. Aware and B. N. Thorat, Drying of Bitter Melon by Various Methods and its Evaluation, Proceedings of IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo 2012, Las Vegas, USA, 25 Jun- 28 Jun 2012, pp. 193.      2012      
29 International Conference S. Jose, T. J. Gaware, K. A. Patil, B. N. Thorat, R. D. Kokane (2012). Process development for dehydrated flavoured Chicken shreds from spent hen meat. 18th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2012) Xiamen, China, 11-15 November 2012.      2012      
30 International Conference K. A. Patil, T. J. Gaware, S. Jose B. N. Thorat, R. D. Kokane (2012). Studies on Development of Dehydrated Shelf Stable Noodles From Spent Hen Meat. 18th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2012) Xiamen, China, 11-15 November 2012.      2012      
31 International Conference S. R. Chavan, A. S. Shinde, and B. N. Thorat (2012). Effect of Drying and Particle Size on Powder Flowability. 18th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2012) Xiamen, China, 11-15 November 2012.      2012      
32 International Conference S. U. Deulgaonkar, A. Hakkinen, B. N. Thorat. (2012). Influence of mixing conditions applied during crystallization process on cake dewatering characteristics. 18th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2012) Xiamen, China, 11-15 November 2012.      2012      
33 International Conference Dilip B. Jadhao and Bhaskar N. Thorat (2012). Purification and drying of steviol glycosides from stevia rebaudiana bertoni. 18th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2012) Xiamen, China, 11-15 November 2012.      2012      
34 International Conference Deulgaonkar S.U., Ramteke L. P., and Thorat B.N. (2011) Filtration and Drying of Casein. Proceedings of 5th Nordic Drying Conference, 19-21 June, Helsinki, Finland.      2011      
35 International Conference Jangle R.D., Deulgaonkar S.D., Magar V.P. and Thorat B.N. (2011) Filtration and drying study of alcohol extract of de-oiled soy-lecithin. 7th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC2011), Tianjin, China.      2011      
36 International Conference Bhaskar N. Thorat (2011). Recent Advances in Pre-drying and Drying of Agricultural and Fish Products. Keynote speaker at 7th Asia-Pacific Drying conference, 18-20 September, Tianjin, China.      2011      
37 International Conference Bhaskar N. Thorat (2011). Recent Advances in Pre-drying and Drying of Herbal and Biological Products. Keynote speaker at The Phytopharmatech, 20-21 August, Ribeiro Peeto, Brazil.      2011      
38 International Conference Patil V. V.; Galge R. V.; Thorat B. N. (2010), Extraction, Purification and Drying of Phosphatidylcholine from Soyabean Lecithin. 17th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2010), Magdeburg, Germany.      2010      
39 International Conference Chokashi K. P., Thorat B. N. (2010), Ststemic Approach Towards The Preparation of Biodegradable Haemostatic Biosponge from Chitosan-Gelatin. 17th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2010), Magdeburg, Germany.      2010      
40 International Conference Chaughule V. A., Jangam S. V., Thorat B. N. (2010), Formulation, drying & nutritional evaluation of ready-to-eat sapota (Achras zapota) extrudes. 17th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2010), Magdeburg, Germany.      2010      
41 International Conference Joshi V. S., Thorat B. N. (2010), Heat-pump assisted fluidized bed drying of Saccharomyces boulardii, a probiotic yeast. 17th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2010), Magdeburg, Germany.      2010      
42 International Conference Gaware T. J., Thorat B. N. (2010), Industrial Scale Dehydration of Turmeric to Improve Traditional Drying Method: Effect of Different Drying Processes on Turmeic Quality. 17th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2010), Magdeburg, Germany.      2010      
43 International Conference Bait R. G., Thorat B. N. (2010), Mathematical Modeling of Plug Flow Fluidized Bed Dryer Using Batch Drying Kinetic Data of DWGS. 17th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2010), Magdeburg, Germany.      2010      
44 International Conference Jangle R. D., Thorat B. N. (2010), Formulation and Drying of Curcumin Entrapped Liposomes. 17th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2010), Magdeburg, Germany.      2010      
45 International Conference Aware R. S., Thorat B. N. (2010), Garlic Under Various Drying Study and its Impact on Allicin Retention. 17th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2010), Magdeburg, Germany.      2010      
46 International Conference Deulgaonkar S.U., Joshi V.S. and Thorat B.N. (2010) Determination of the Filtration Characteristics of a Casein Suspension. 13th Nordic Filtration Symposium, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland, 10-11 June 2010.      2010      
47 International Conference Jangle R. D., Thorat B. N. (2010), Freeze thawing study of curcumin entrapped liposome. Third Summer School on Nanotechnology In Advanced Drug Delivery, NIPER, Chandigarh, August 23-27.      2010      
48 International Conference Chaughule V. A., and Thorat B. N. (2010), Formulation & lyophilization of ß-carotene chitosan nanoparticles: A novel scientific approach. Third Summer School on Nanotechnology In Advanced Drug Delivery, NIPER, Chandigarh, August 23-27.      2010      
49 International Conference Patil, V.V. Dandekar, P.P. Patravale V.B. and Thorat B. N. (2009), Freeze drying nanoparticles: Impact on annealing on the drying process parameters. June-09, AFSIA, Lyon, France.      2009      
50 International Conference Pawar S.B. and Thorat B.N. (2009), Experimental and modeling of fragile cake drying in infrared dryer. June-09, AFSIA, Lyon, France.      2009      
51 International Conference Jangam S.V. and Thorat B.N. (2009), Process Optimization for Spray Drying of Ginger Extract. 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC2009), Bangkok, Thailand.      2009      
52 International Conference Shingare S.P. and Thorat B.N. (2009), Thin Layer Drying of Sugar Cane Bagasse in a Hot Air Convective Dryer. 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC2009), Bangkok, Thailand.      2009      
53 International Conference Pawar, S.B. Patil R.N. and Thoart B.N. (2009), CFD Modeling of Heat Transfer in Agitated Thin Film Dryer. 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC2009), Bangkok, Thailand.      2009      
54 International Conference Joshi, V.S. Jangam S.V. and Thorat B. N. (2009), Inactivation Kinetics of Lactobacillus Acidophilus Using Heat Pump Assisted and Fluidized Bed Drying. 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC2009), Bangkok, Thailand.      2009      
55 International Conference Gaware, T.J. Sutar P.P. and Thorat B. N. (2009), Effect of Pretreatments on Mass Transfer During Osmotic Dehydration of Indian Gooseberry (Emblica Officinalis). 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC2009), Bangkok, Thailand.      2009      
56 International Conference Chaughule V. A. and Thorat B. N. (2009), Microwave Vacuum Drying Of Shredded Carrots (Daucus Carota) And Its Nutritional Evaluation. 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC2009), Bangkok, Thailand.      2009      
57 International Conference Chokashi K. P. and Thorat B. N. (2009), Biopolymer blended absorbable sponge prepared by freeze drying. 6th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC2009), Bangkok, Thailand.      2009      
58 International Conference Joshi, V. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Improved Synbiotic Formulation for the Use in Pharmaceutical Industry And Functional Foods, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
59 International Conference Gaware, T. J., Sutar, N. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Drying of Tomato Using Different Drying Methods: Comparison of Drying Kinetics and Rehydration Ratio, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India      2008      
60 International Conference Pawar, S. B. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Heat Transfer in Steam Tube Rotary Dryer-A Review, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
61 International Conference Pawar, S. B. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), CFD Analysis of the Flow Pattern in Agitated Thin Film Dryer, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
62 International Conference Jangam, S. V. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Mathematical Analysis of Heat Pump Drying System, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
63 International Conference Jangam, S. V. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Design of a Gas Distribution System for Fluidized Bed Dryer, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
64 International Conference Jangam, S. V., Chaughule, V. A., Joshi, V. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Modified Process for the Dehydration of Sapota, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
65 International Conference Thaker, S.M., Mahanwar, P.A., Patil, V. V. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Synthesis and Spray Drying of Water Redispersible Polymer, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
66 International Conference Sutar P. P., Prasad S., Sutar, N. and Thorat, B.N. (2008), Effect of Microwave Power Density and Pressure on Selected Quality Parameters of Dehydrated Carrots, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
67 International Conference Shyamkuwar, A. L., Chokashi, K. P., Waje, S. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Synthesis, Characterization and Drying of Absorbable Gelatin Sponge, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
68 International Conference Patil, V. V., Dandekar, P. P., Patravale, V. B., and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Freeze Drying of Nanoparticles: Formulation and Process Optimization, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
69 International Conference Jadhav, D.B., Visavale, G. L., Sutar, N., Annapure, U. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Studies on Solar Cabinet Drying of Green Peas (Pisum Sativum), International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
70 International Conference Bhamure, R. S., Bule, M.V., Kamat, M. Y., Thorat, B. N. and Singhal, R. S. (2008), Effect of Various Drying Techniques on the Stability of Silver Nanoparticle formed by the Biosynthesis Protocol, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
71 International Conference Shingare, S. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Sugarcane Bagasse Drying-A Review, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
72 International Conference Deulgaonkar, S. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Purification and Drying of Papain, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
73 International Conference Kalambe, A. and Thorat, B. N. (2008), Design and Simulation of Plug Flow Fluidized Bed Dryer Using Batch Drying Kinetic Data, International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2008), Hyderabad, India.      2008      
74 International Conference Devakate R. V., Bhori, A., Patil V. V., Lali, A. M. and Thorat B. N., 2007, Purification and drying of Bromelain extracted from Ananas comosus, AFSIA- 2007, France.      2007      
75 International Conference Thorat B.N., Jangam S.V. and Waje S.S., 2007, Process Development Linked to Industrial Drying, 4th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2007), Hong Kong.      2007      
76 International Conference Waje S. S. and Thorat B. N, 2007, Absorbable Gelatin Foam: Synthesis and drying, 4th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2007), Hong Kong.      2007      
77 International Conference Jangam S. V., Joshi V.S. and Thorat B. N., 2007, An Industrial Process For Dehydration Of Tropical Fruits: A Case Study Of Sapota, 4th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2007), Hong Kong.      2007      
78 International Conference Pawar S.B., Thorat B. N. 2007, Drying Of Specialty Chemicals: Use Of Combined Infrared And Convective Dryer, 4th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2007), Hong Kong.      2007      
79 International Conference Devakate R. V., Patil V. V. and Thorat B. N., 2007, Purification and drying of Bromelain extracted from Ananas comosus, 4th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2007), Hong Kong.      2007      
80 International Conference Joshi V.S. and Thorat B. N., 2007, Optimization Of Process Parameters For Spray Drying Of ?-Amylase, 4th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2007), Hong Kong.      2007      
81 International Conference Khanolkar R. S., Visavale G.L. and Thorat B. N., 2007, Solar Drying Of Herpadon Nehereus – Bombay Duck, 4th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2007), Hong Kong.      2007      
82 International Conference Meshram M.W., Patil V. V. and Thorat B. N., 2007, Starch Graft Copolymer: Granulation and Drying, 4th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2007), Hong Kong.      2007      
83 International Conference Nair, R. K., Visavale, G. L.,. Kamath, S. S, Sawant, M. R. and Thorat, B. N., 2006, Granulation and Drying of Modified Clay Incorporated Pesticide Formulation, 15th International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2006), Budapest, Hungary.      2006      
84 International Conference Waje, S. S., Thorat, B. N. and Kudra, T., 2006, Screw Conveyor Dryer: Process and Equipment Design, 15th International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2006), Budapest, Hungary.      2006      
85 International Conference Deshmukh, V.B., Waje, S. S. and Thorat, B. N., 2006, Infrared Drying of Preformed Pigments, 15th International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2006), Budapest, Hungary.      2006      
86 International Conference Joshi, V. S., Patil, V. V. and Thorat, B. N., 2006, Effect of Various Drying Techniques on Survival of Baker’s Yeast Immobilized in Ca-alginate Beads and its Application, 15th International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2006), Budapest, Hungary.      2006      
87 International Conference Waje, S. S. and Thorat, B.N., 2006, Design of a cost-effective screw conveyor dryer, PRES 2006, Prague, Czeck Republic.      2006      
88 International Conference Jangam, S. V., Waje, S. S. and Thorat, B. N. (2005) Modeling of Heat Pump Drying System, Oral paper presented Proceedings of Nordic Drying Conference (NDC2005), Karlstad, Sweden.      2005      
89 International Conference Ashutosh K. Patel, Amitkumar P. Desai, and Bhaskar N. Thorat, Hydrodynamics of Internal Draft Tube Bubble Column, Gas to Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering-7, Strasbourg, France, August 21-24, 2005      2005      
90 International Conference Ashutosh K. Patel, Umesh Kumar, Bhaskar N. Thorat and Gursharan Singh, Gas Hold-up Distribution in an Internal Draft Tube Bubble Column using Gamma-ray Scanning: Image Reconstruction using Ml-EM Algorithm, 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Toronto, Canada, October – 2005.      2005      
91 International Conference Ashutosh K. Patel, Sunil S. Waje, and Bhaskar N. Thorat, Pressure Drop in Bubble Columns – Plate Sparger with and without Cloth, 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Toronto, Canada, October – 2005.      2005      
92 International Conference Ashutosh K. Patel, Umesh Kumar, Gursharan Singh, and Bhaskar N. Thorat, Comparison of ML-EM Algorithm and ART for Reconstruction of Gas Hold-up Profile in a Bubble Column, 4th World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography, Aizu, Japan, September – 2005.      2005      
93 International Conference Waje, S. S., Mehta A., Gudekar, A. and Thorat, B. N. (2004) Engineering Aspects of Manufacturing Trui-n-Butyl Phosphate, International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, (ISCRE18) , Chicago, USA      2004      
94 International Conference Waje Sunil S., Mahendra W. Meshram, Vinay Kumar Chaudhary, Rachna Pandey, Prakash A. Mahanawar and Bhaskar N. Thorat. (2004) Drying Characteristics of hydrophilic polymer gel: Co-polymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide. Proceeding in 14th International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2004), Brazil, Vol. B, 1182-1189, 2004.      2004      
95 International Conference Sachin B. Gaikwad, Guohua Chen, Arun S. Mujumdar and Bhaskar N. Thorat (2003) Fluid-bed Drying with Microwave Heating: Effect of Loss Factor. Nordic Drying Conference, (NDC-2003) Copenhagen, Denmark.      2003      
96 International Conference Wei Wang, Thorat, B. N., Chen, Guohua and Mujumdar, A. S. (2002) Numerical Investigation on Fluidized-Bed Drying of Porous Medium with Microwave Heating. International Drying Symposium (IDS- 2002), Beijing, China.      2002      
97 International Conference Thorat, B. N. and Joshi, J. B. (2002) Transition Regime in Bubble Columns: Role of Sparger Design, International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, (ISCRE-17) Hong Kong, China.      2002      
Paper Published
1 Patents Induction Heating based Fluidized and Agitated Vertical Dryers (Under filing)      2017      
2 Patents Microbutor for water testing, (Covestro Innovation Award, 2017)      2017      
3 Books/Monograph B. N. Thorat, 2006-2017, Editor, Workshop Notes, WFCFD Proceedings, ICT, Mumbai, www.wfcfd.org      2017      
4 Patents Filtration for potable water (Trademark)      2016      
5 Patents Water Testing kit (Covestro, Germany Award), (Trademark)      2016      
6 Patents Medicare kit (Trade Mark)      2015      
7 Patents Atmospheric Freeze Dryer (Trade Secret-Commercialized)      2015      
8 Patents CassavaTech and Halditech, International Patent: PCT/IN2014/000689.      2014      
9 Patents Solar Conduction Dryer with controlled Radiation, Indian Patent: 740/MUM/2011, International Patent: PCT/IN2012/000843.      2012      
10 Patents Solar Grain Dryer for Grain and Seed Drying      2012      
11 Books/Monograph R. S. Aware and B. N. Thorat, 2012, Solar Drying of Fruits and Vegetables, In “Solar drying: Fundamentals, Applications and Innovations", Ed. Hii, C.L., Ong, S.P., Jangam, S.V., and Mujumdar, A.S., Published in Singapore pp. 51-72.      2012      
12 Books/Monograph V A Chaughule and B N Thorat 2011, Food Extrusion: Emerging Technology for Food Processing in 21st Century”, In Drying of Foods, Vegetables and Fruits, Volume 3, (Jangam, S.V., Law, C.L. and Mujumdar, A.S. Ed.), 159-192, ISBN - 978-981-08-6759-3, pg 39-62.      2011      
13 Books/Monograph V Tidke, T J Gaware and B N Thorat 2011, Drying of Fish and Marine Products, in Drying of Foods, Vegetables and Fruits, Volume 2, Ed. Jangam, S.V., Law, C.L. and Mujumdar, A.S., 2011, ISBN - 978-981-08-7985-3, Published in Singapore, pp. 179-196.      2011      
14 Books/Monograph Jadhav, D.B. Annapure, U.S. Visavale, G.L. Sutar, P. P. and Thorat, B.N. 2011 Solar Cabinet Drying of Bitter Gourd: Optimization of Pretreatments and Quality Evaluation. Int. J. of Food Eng. 6(4), Article 5.      2011      
15 Books/Monograph V A Chaughule and B N Thorat 2011, Microwave drying of Foods, Vegetables & Fruits, accepted for publication in Drying of Foods, Vegetables and Fruits, Volume 4, (Jangam, S.V., Law, C.L. and Mujumdar, A.S. Ed.).      2011      
16 Books/Monograph Chaughule, V. A., and Thorat B. N., 2010, Application of Statistical Design in Food Dehydration, Drying of Fruits, Vegetables and Fruits, Volume 1.      2010      
17 Books/Monograph Thorat, B. N., Proceedings of 16th International Drying Symposium, IDS2008, Publisher- ICT Mumbai, India.      2008      
18 Books/Monograph Chen, G. H., Devahastin, S. and Thorat, B. N., 2004, Topics in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vindhya Press, Mumbai.      2004      
19 Books/Monograph Thorat, B. N. and Mujumdar, A. S., 2004, Lecture Notes on Industrial Drying, IWSID2004, ICT, Mumbai.      2004      
20 Books/Monograph Thorat, B. N. and Mujumdar, A. S., 2004, Editor of Proceedings- International Symposium on Industrial Drying, IWSID2004, Mumbai      2004      
21 Books/Monograph Joshi, J.B., Parasu Veera, U., Prasad Ch. V., Phani Kumar, D. V., Deshpande, N. S., Thakre, S.S. and Thorat, B.N., 1998, Gas Hold-up Structure in Bubble Column Reactors, PINSA-A 64(4), 441-567.      1998      
22 Consultancy United Phosphorus Limited      0      
23 Consultancy Sonic Biochem      0      
24 Consultancy Reliance Industries Limited      0      
25 Consultancy Kopran Drugs Limited      0      
26 Consultancy Ciba Specialty chemicals      0      
27 Consultancy Nocil (Rubber Chemical Division)      0      
28 Consultancy National Peroxide Pvt Ltd.      0      
29 Consultancy Phillip Morris, Switzerland      0      
30 Consultancy EDL, New Zealand      0      
31 Consultancy SF Dyes Pvt Ltd.      0      
32 Consultancy S. S Techno Ltd.      0      
33 Consultancy Capital Foods      0      
34 Consultancy Gansons India Limited      0      
35 Consultancy Asian Paints Ltd.      0      
36 Consultancy Technoforce solutions India Pvt. Ltd      0      
37 Consultancy Emcure Pharma      0      
38 Consultancy Reliance Life Sciences      0      
39 Consultancy Sandoz Pharma      0      
40 Consultancy Puschner Microwave Power Systems, Germany      0      
41 Consultancy Umang Pharmatech.      0      
42 Consultancy Orchid Pharmaceuticals.      0      
43 Consultancy Shri Kali Metal Powder Ltd. (SKMPL)      0      
44 Consultancy I3pl, Mumbai      0      
45 Consultancy Black Rose Pvt. Ltd.      0      
46 Consultancy Aarti drugs      0      
47 Consultancy Sudarshan Chemicals      0      
48 Consultancy Jubilant Life Sciences      0      
Achievements
1 Member, Expert Group of Doctors and Scientists to Advise Government on Prevention, Containment and Clinical Management of Covid-19 in Odisha State, 2020.      2020      
2 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Drying and Dehydration, 2019 by Taylor and Francis, USA.      2019      
3 International Drying Symposium (IDS), 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018.      2018      
4 Asia-Pacific Drying Conference, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017.      2017      
5 Nordic Baltic Drying conference, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017.      2017      
6 Member. CAC Advisory Committee, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, July 2017 onward      2017      
7 CSIR-IICT-Avon Padmashri Dr. G.S. Sidhu CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker Award, 2017.      2017      
8 Gunther Oertel Startup Innovation Award for Microbutor Innovation, Covestro, (Former Bayer Material Science, Germany), 2017.      2017      
9 Millennium Alliance Award by UKAID (DFID) and FICCI: Solar Conduction Dryer Scale-up in Nepal, 2016      2016      
10 Millennium Alliance Award by UKAID (DFID) and FICCI: CassavaTech scale up in Kenya, 2016      2016      
11 Member. State Environment Appraisal Committee (SEAC-I), Govt. of Maharashtra, February 2014-October 2016      2016      
12 NOCIL AWARD for excellence in design of new equipment and process, 2015.      2015      
13 The VASVIK Award for the year 2012 in the field of Chemical Sciences and Technology, 2015.      2015      
14 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Award of USD 100,000 (One Lakh US Dollar) for Innovative Cassava Dryer, 2013.      2013      
15 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Award of USD 100,000 (One Lakh US Dollar) for Innovative Solar Grain Dryer, 2013.      2013      
16 Dell Social Innovation Award of USD 60,000 (Sixty thousand US Dollar) for developing “Solar Conduction Dryer”, 2013.      2013      
17 Vocational Excellence Award, for his valuable contribution to Science and Society for making Solar Conduction Dryer for the Agricultural Sector, Rotary Club of Mumbai Cuffe Parade, 2013.      2013      
18 Member, Consent Committee, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, 2006-2013.      2013      
19 Chairman, 1st to 11th International Workshop on Crystallization Filtration and Drying, 2006-2017      2012      
20 Award for Excellence in Drying and Promotion of the Nordic Drying Conferences in Asia at 5th Nordic Drying Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2011.      2011      
21 Award for Excellence in Drying: Transferring Fundamental Results into Practice, by (AFSIA, French Award), given in Magdeburg, Germany, 2010      2010      
22 Founder President, “World Forum for Crystallization, Filtration and Drying”, 2006. (http://www.wfcfd.org)      2009      
23 Visiting Professor, Lappeenranta and Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 2009.      2009      
24 Polish Drying Society, Lodz, Poland, 2009      2009      
25 Chairman, 16th International Drying Symposium IDS2008, Hyderabad, India.      2008      
26 Special Certificate of Merit by Drying Technology-An International Journal for “In recognition of his exceptional professional service to promote Drying R & D to Industry in Indian sub-continent as well as globally and his outstanding academic achievements in Drying Research and Mentorship of Postgraduate students. 2008.      2008      
27 Certificate of Excellence by Taylor and Francis, USA, for promotion of Drying Technology in Indian subcontinent and on Global scale, 2008.      2008      
28 Winner of Agilent Engineering and Technology award (with two students) 2007.      2007      
29 Mondialogo (UNESCO) Engineering Award, 2007 (with two students), Prize Money 12 lakh, 2007.      2007      
30 Visiting Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007.      2007      
31 French Drying Society (AFSIA), 2005, 2007.      2007      
32 Committee member, Planning Commission “Working Group on XIIth five year plan for higher education”, Government of India. 2012      2006      
33 Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Lyon, France 2005-2006.      2006      
34 Editorial Advisory Board, Drying Technology, Taylor and Francis, USA, since 2006.      2006      
35 Russian Thermal Processing Society, EFCE, 2005.      2005      
36 Chairman, International Workshop and Symposium on Industrial Drying, IWSID, 2004      2004      
37 Awarded Certificate of Merit by Marcel Dekker, for Outstanding Services to the Promotion of Drying R&D in Indian Subcontinent USA, 2004.      2004      
38 Winner of Business Simulation Challenge Competition, Middlesex University, London, U.K. (Prize Money worth 40,000 USD shared with 4 students) 2003.      2003      
39 International Advisory/Scientific Member on following societies:      2003