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Sustainable Energy and Process Intensification

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati

Meet Our Principal Investigator

Prof. V. S. Moholkar
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Prof. Vijayanand S. Moholkar

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Twente, Netherlands 2002
  • M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, ICT Mumbai (Formerly UDCT, University of Mumbai) 1996
  • B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, ICT Mumbai (Formerly UDCT, University of Mumbai) 1993

Recognitions

Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE), London, UK (Elected March 2018) Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK (Elected July 2016) Chartered Engineer – registered with Engineering Council, UK Senior Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (SM-AIChE) – Elected August 2016 Fellow, International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES) Honorary 3–year Membership Award by American Chemical Society (ACS) 7th National Award for Technology Innovation (Category: Innovation in Polymeric Materials), Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India, March 2017 BIRAC-SRISTI Appreciation Award for the Project entitled “Production of Plant Growth Promoters by Fermentation”, BIRAC, New Delhi & SRISTI, Ahmedabad, June 2018 Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA Life Member, Indian Society of Technical Education, New Delhi, India Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kolkata, India Life Member, Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI) Editorial Board Member, Journal of Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Springer Editorial Board Member, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Elsevier

Research Interests

Prof. Moholkar's research focuses on sono-chemical engineering, cavitation phenomena, biomass conversion, and computational fluid dynamics for chemical reactor design. His work bridges fundamental physical chemistry with practical engineering applications.

Research Accomplishments

189 Peer reviewed journal papers
(as of July 2021)
22 Ph.D. Thesis Guidance
(completed)
14 ongoing
32 M. Tech. Thesis Guidance
(completed)
2 ongoing