Dr. Sachin A. Mandavgane

Brief Bio

Brief Bio
Dr Sachin Mandavgane is a Professor and former head of Chemical Engineering Department at the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. He obtained his B Tech ME and PhD from Laxminarayan Institute of Technology. Dr Sachin is a Chairman Board of Governance, Govt College of Engg Amravati. He is academic council member of BATU Lonere and SGGSIET Nanded. He was Governor’s nominee to Maharashtra’s Open University YCMOU Nasik. His research specialization is biomass and waste utilization, bio refinery, sustainable engineering and scientific validation of traditional sciences. He is the author of around 130 publications with 4800+ citations and h-index 33. He has produced 10 PhDs and has 12 patents in his name. Dr Sachin has handled R&D projects worth 5.5 Cr funded by agencies and 2 Cr by industries. Recently DST has awarded him a Center of Excellence on ‘Agri Waste Utilisation’ worth 12 Cr. He is a coordinator of Merino Innovation Center at VNIT and Advisor to Merino Group of Industries for innovation & Sustainability. Dr Sachin is a fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Science and recipient of Sri Ramkrishana Paramhansa Grant for translational research in Agriculture in 2023. He mentors his scholars’ start ups: KRIATE, GROW Biorefinery, Sus-Tech Solutions, GreenSlate, and Dairy Mantra working in the broad area of Sustainability. He designed and commissioned a potato peel biorefinery plant which is the first of its kind globally. His process of on-farm paddy straw digestion to manure has successfully commercialized . He offers consultancy to industries to perform Life Cycle Assessment. Dr Sachin is amongst first few in India to start a credit course on Sustainability Engineering and Innovative Design for Chemical Engg undergrads.

Dr Sachin Mandavgane is a Professor and former head of Chemical Engineering Department at the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. He obtained his B Tech ME and PhD from Laxminarayan Institute of Technology. Dr Sachin is a Chairman Board of Governance, Govt College of Engg Amravati. He is academic council member of BATU Lonere and SGGSIET Nanded. He was Governor’s nominee to Maharashtra’s Open University YCMOU Nasik. His research specialization is biomass and waste utilization, bio refinery, sustainable engineering and scientific validation of traditional sciences. He is the author of around 130 publications with 4800+ citations and h-index 33. He has produced 10 PhDs and has 12 patents in his name. Dr Sachin has handled R&D projects worth 5.5 Cr funded by agencies and 2 Cr by industries. Recently DST has awarded him a Center of Excellence on ‘Agri Waste Utilisation’ worth 12 Cr. He is a coordinator of Merino Innovation Center at VNIT and Advisor to Merino Group of Industries for innovation & Sustainability. Dr Sachin is a fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Science and recipient of Sri Ramkrishana Paramhansa Grant for translational research in Agriculture in 2023. He mentors his scholars’ start ups: KRIATE, GROW Biorefinery, Sus-Tech Solutions, GreenSlate, and Dairy Mantra working in the broad area of Sustainability. He designed and commissioned a potato peel biorefinery plant which is the first of its kind globally. His process of on-farm paddy straw digestion to manure has successfully commercialized . He offers consultancy to industries to perform Life Cycle Assessment. Dr Sachin is amongst first few in India to start a credit course on Sustainability Engineering and Innovative Design for Chemical Engg undergrads.

Education

Sr. No.	Degree	University
1	B.Tech	Laxminarayan Inst. of Tech., Nagpur, India
2	M.Tech	Laxminarayan Inst. of Tech., Nagpur, India
3	Ph. D	Laxminarayan Inst. of Tech., Nagpur, India

Contact Details

Phone:	Email:	Address:
91-712-280-1563	sam@che.vnit.ac.in mandavgane@gmail.com	CHE-017, Department of Chemical Engineering, VNIT Nagpur, Maharashtra-440010, India

Research Interest

Research Interest
Waste Valorisation and Biorefinery
Sustainability Assessment: Life cycle assessment, Ecological impact Assessment
Traditional and Ancient Sciences
Engineering Education

Sr. No.	Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount (in Lakhs INR)
1	DST – Merino funded A Centre for Technology D4: Design, Development, Demonstration and Deployment in area of F5: Food, Feed, Fodder, Fuel, and Fertiliser (DST/TTI/WMT/2023/118) as a PI 11.13 Cr for five years
2	Millet biorefinery for Food, Feed, Fodder, Fertilizer and Fuel: Design to Demonstration, (DST – SHRI/MP/2023/49) as PI (1.39 Cr for three years)
3	Valorization of post-harvest agro waste (with C/N >50) using indigenous fibrinolytic enzyme,Sree Padmavathi Venkateswara Foundation (Sree PVF) as PI ( 32.80 L for two years)
4	Valorization of organic waste by biorefinery approach to products Sponsored by Merino Industries Limited, Hapur, UP. ( Nov 2021- May 2025)
5	On farm brown and green agrowaste biorefinery using traditional wisdom, (DST/TDT/WMT/2019/32) As PI, DST
6	Green Preservatives for enhancing the shelf life of Fruits and Vegetables using Biorefinery approach, (No. S and T/18/34/2020-KVIC/2020-21/16215/482), Co-PI, KVIC
7	Use of Biomass Ash to enhance the nutrient supply to the plant and effect on soil health, 55/14/02/ 2020-BRNS/ 35006 as PI, DAE-BRNS (34.10 L for three years )
8	Development of valuable products from stubble waste/agricultural straw by bio refinery approach and field trials, (DST/TDT/WMT/2019/32) as PI, DST
9	Valuable products from oranges – addressing a problem of Nagpur Division of Vidarbha, the largest orange producer (DST/SSTP/2018/76), as PI, DST (69.9L for three years)
10	Waste to Wealth : Extracting nutraceutical (polyphenols) from tropical fruits residue by biorefinery approach, as Co-PI, Sponsored by Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) GOI, (Q-11/18/2019-R&D) (31.35 L for two years )
11	Process Development of Potato Biorefinery, (DST/TDT/TDP-02/2017), as PI, DST
12	Development of orange Waste bio refinery, (SP/YO/039/2017), as co-PI, DST
13	Virtual Science World for the Students, (44 Lakhs, One year duration), PI, Department of Science and Technology, CO/I/SW/GO1/2016.
14	Development of Green Construction Material Using Industrial Waste for Low-Cost Housing, ( Rs. 22.01 lakhs, Two years duration) as a PI, Science and Society Division of DST. (SSD/TISN/020/2009).
15	Synthesis of nano catalyst from rice husk ash and its application( Rs. 22.26 lakhs, Two Years duration) as a PI, Fast Track Young scientist scheme of DST. (SR/FTP/ETA-110/2010)
16	Development and testing of micro fine powder bio-pesticide using Neem ( 22.60 Lakhs, three years duration) as a PI, Department of Atomic Energy. (2012/35/38/BRNS)
17	Removal of chlorinated herbicides from dilute aqueous solution using biomass ashes (45.00 Lakhs) (2013-2016) as a PI, Department of Science and Technology. (SB/S3/CE/077/2013)
18	Design Development of Sustainable Construction Material from Agricultural Waste (23.76 Lakhs) ( 2014-2016)) as Co-PI, HUDCO New Delhi.
19	Carbon and water foot print of all the activities of Merino Group at Hapur, sponsored by Merino Industries Limited, Hapur, UP. ( June 2019- May 2022)
20	Ecological Impact and Sustainability Assessment of MIL, sponsored by Merino Industries Limited, Hapur, UP. ( June 2019- May 2022)
21	Design of an anaerobic digester for rice straw, sponsored by Merino Industries Limited, Hapur, UP. ( May 2019- Aug 2019)
22	Extraction of high value products from potato peel, sponsored by Merino Industries Limited, Hapur, UP. (15.00 Lakhs) ( Jan 2019- Jan 2022)
23	Evaluation of Effluent Treatment Plant of Bhansali engineering Polymers Ltd, Chhindwara, MP. (2.5 Lakhs)( Aug 2014- Feb 2015)
24	Design of light weight false ceiling panels from paper pulp sponsored by : Maharashtra Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra, Gadchiroli (office of the Chief Conservator of Forests) as PI ( 2.7 Lakhs) ( June- Dec 2014)
25	Parameter optimization of separation of Phosphatidylcholine from Soya Licithin on lab scale, in collaboration with Hi Tech BioSciences India Ltd Pune ( May 2014- Oct 2014)

Sr. No.	Title	Funding Agency	Year
1	LCA of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories	Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories	2023
2	LCA of SRF limited	SRF limited	2023
3	LCA of Vinnati Organics	Vinnati Organics	2023
4	LCA of IG Chemicals	IG Chemicals	2023
5	LCA of Vasudha Chemicals	Vasudha Chemicals	2023
6	LCA of Godrej Chemicals	Godrej Chemicals	2023
7	LCA of Godrej FMGC	Godrej FMCG	2022
8	LCA of Dipak Nitrite Ltd	Dipak Nitrite Ltd	2022
9	LCA of Godrej ind.Ltd	Godrej ind.Ltd	2022
10	LCA of IG Petrochemical	IG Petrochemical	2022
11	LCA of Dow Chemicals	Dow Chemical	2022
12	LCA of Gujrat insecticide	Gujrat insecticide	2022
13	LCA of Kopran Research	Kopran Research	2022
14	LCA of SRF Limited	SRF Limited	2022
15	LCA of Indotil Industry	Indotil Indu	2021
16	LCA of Daga Global	Daga Global	2021
17	LCA of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories	Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories	2021
18	LCA of Laksha Envo Clean	Laksha Envo Clean	2021
19	LCA of Bhilai Engg Corporation	Bhilai Engg Corporation	2021
20	LCA of Bauer vapo Pvt Ltd	Bauer vapo Pvt Ltd	2020
21	LCA of EMS India Pvt.Lit	EMS India Pvt.Lit	2020
22	LCA of IG Petrochemical LTD	IG Petrochemical LTD	2020

Sr. No.	Description	Author(s)	Publisher	ISBN	Year
1	Biorefinery: A Sustainable Approach for the Production of Biomaterials, Biochemicals and Biofuels Editors: Pranav D. Pathak, Sachin A. Mandavgane, 2023
2	Fruit and Vegetable Waste Utilization and Sustainability Editors: Sachin A. Mandavgane, Ipsita Chakravarty, Amit K. Jaiswal March 2023

Sr. No.	Patent Title	Present Staus
1	Biochemically active leachate, method of making and application thereof	Awarded
2	Inoculant composition for increasing bioavailability of nutrients for plants from Biomass Ash or Biochar	Awarded
3	Biorefinry process, components thereof and products there from	Awarded
4	Process For Isolation And Recovery Of Antioxidant Substances	Awarded
5	Inoculant for rapid biodegradation of agricultural waste and method of use	Awarded
6	Energy Efficient Building Blocks and method of making the same	Awarded
7	Reflecting cum insulating material for thermal shield in the built environment	Awarded
8	A process for making a dual substrate filter material	Awarded
9	Disinfectant and method for its preparation and use	Awarded
10	An ambiphilic, mesoporous catalyst of agricultural origin and a process for making the same	Awarded
11	Manufacture of Building blocks from industrial waste and uses thereof	Awarded

Sr. No.	Title
1	National Coordinator, Outreach Activities of India International Science Festival, Government of India 1 – 22 Dec 2020
2	Coordinator , Science for Societal Transformation, 8-9 March 2019, VNIT Nagpur
3	Convener, Young Scientists’ Conclave, during India International Science Festival 2016, 7-11 Dec, NPL Delhi.
4	Co-Coordinator, Computational Modeling with COMSOL Multiphysics, 21 – 25th May 2016, VNIT, (Self Sponsored).
5	Coordinator, Summer Design School, 16-31st May 2016, VNIT, (Self Sponsored).
6	Scientific Programme Committee member secretary, IISF 2015, 4-8 Dec 2015 at IIT Delhi.
7	Three days intensive course on ‘Process Equipment design’, 12-14th Sept 2014 ( Self Sponsored) as coordinator
8	One day workshop on ‘Curiosity Driven’ 8th March 2014(Self Sponsored) ( 3 editions as a Convener and main faculty of course
9	Two days intensive course on ‘ Adsorptive separations’ 28Feb-1st March 2014 ( Self Sponsored) as convener
10	Organized a National Conference on Green Chemistry and Engineering on 21st March 2013.
11	Four day workshop on ‘Use of MATLAB and SIMULINK for Solving problems’ by Prof Prasad Dhurjati, Professor Chemical Engineering, Delaware University, USA, during 2nd – 5th Jan 2012.
12	One day Orientation programme on ‘Green Building Design: Concepts & Application” on16th December 2011 at VNIT, Nagpur.
13	‘Skill upgradation programme’ sponsored by KVIC, 15-19 March 2011.
14	Core organizing member and an expert of Seven days National workshop in collaboration with KVIC Nagpur on technology dissemination on mosquito coil manufacturing on 25th to 31st March 2009
15	Core organizing member and an expert of Seven days National workshop in collaboration with KVIC Nagpur on technology dissemination on dhoop stick manufacturing on 17th to 23rd March 2009
16	Executive member of organizing committee of One day National Conference on ‘ Hazardous waste management’ organized by IIChE Nagpur Chapter and NEERI on 2nd April 2009.
17	Executive member of organizing committee of four days national conference ‘Go Sanskritu- 2006’ on 8-11 March 2006 organized by Ratanlal C Bafna Goshala, Jalgaon

Sr. No.	Responsibility	Institute	Role	Year
1	Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur from 4 Jan 2021 – 4 Jan 2024
2	Chairman, Board of Governors, Government college of Engineering, Amravati, 2023
3	Member, Academic Council, BATU Lonere
4	Member, Academic Council, SGGSIET Lonere
5	Chairman, Board of Studies of Chemical Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur. from 4 Jan 2021
6	Member, Committee to scrutinize the applications received for promotion in Non Teaching Cadre March 2017
7	Convener, Catering Committee, VNIT Convocation 2016.
8	Member of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Cell of VNIT 2016
9	Member of the Officers Recruitment Scrutiny Committee 2016
10	Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur Since 2nd May 2011-31st April 2013
11	Chairman, Board of Studies of Chemical Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur. May 2011- April 2013
12	Member of Institute committee to look into operational and maintenance aspects of setting up a bio gas plant in the Hostel premises of VNIT
13	Member secretary of Committee for setting guidelines for purchase in VNIT Nagpur ( 2010)
14	Member of Purchase committee of Department of Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Networking Centre, Hostel Section VNIT ( 2010-11)
15	Member of recruitment committee of Teaching Assistance in Chemistry Department ( 2010)
16	Member of Research Progress Committee of Materials department, Applied Mechanics Department, Civil Engineering Department VNIT.
17	Member of Central Counseling Board (CCB) 2010.
18	Warden of Boys’ Hostel VNIT, Nagpur. (2009-2010)
19	Teacher-In charge- Library (2003-2004)
20	Committee member of Renewable Energy Club (2005-2006)
21	Member of Academic Monitoring committee (2005-2006)
22	Member of first year admission committee (2005-2006)
23	Member of expert committee of chemical engineering laboratory equipment procurement
24	Starting of Chemical Engineering wall magazine (Azeotrope) at VNIT
25	Team-in-charge of Prayas club VNIT
27	A unique concept of ‘Chemtoons’ (i.e. cartoons in Chemical Engineering) was introduced to help the students to understand the basics in Chemical Engineering in an interesting way.

Sr. No.	Awards
1	Young Associate Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences 2016.
2	Won FICCI’s award 2014 for the paper ‘ Pedagogy shift from what to think to how to think’ .
3	Indian Academy of Sciences’ Summer research Fellowship for 2011 to work at NCL Pune.
4	Recipient of Fast Track Young scientist Research grant by DST.

S.No.	Paper Citation
1	Gahane, D. E., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2024). Biomass ash is a source of bio-potash: a study of bioleaching. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-10.
2	Biswal, D., Bakshi, A., Chakravarty, I., Kumar, A., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2024). Upcycling of agro residue with C/N> 50: case study of accelerated composting and fortified animal feed. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-16.
3	Deokar, S. K., Jadhav, A. R., Pathak, P. D., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2024). Biochar from microwave pyrolysis of banana peel: Characterization and utilization for removal of benzoic and salicylic acid from aqueous solutions. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14(21), 27671-27682.
4	Balbudhe, S. S., Pawade, V., Lakhawat, G., Mandavgane, S., & Khan, D. (2025). Synthesis and characterisation of zinc silicate corrosion inhibiting nano-pigment using rice husk ash-based sodium silicate. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 102(4), 101639.
5	Khanpit, V. V., Tajane, S. P., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2025). Dietary fibers from fruit and vegetable waste: Methods of extraction and processes of value addition. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 15(2), 1667-1686.
6	Deotale, Shweta, Divyajyoti Biswal, and Sachin A. Mandavgane. “Life Cycle Analysis in Food Packaging.” Nanotechnology for Sustainable Food Packaging (2025): 325-344.
7	Patil, M. R., Deshpande, K. Y., Mandavgane, S. A., Chakravarty, I., Ninawe, Y., Gore, S. M., … & Manwar, S. J. (2024). Dietary fibers extracted from potato processing industry waste are prebiotic: in vitro and in vivo studies of broilers. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14(20), 25925-25940.
8	Das, R. S., Kumar, A., Gaharwar, S. S., Senapati, S. K., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2024). DFT simulated Quercetin imprinted polymer: Selective recovery of Quercetin from onion solid waste. Journal of Chromatography A, 1730, 465151.
9	Gahane, D., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2024). Biogenic potassium: sources, method of recovery, and sustainability assessment. Reviews in Chemical Engineering, (0).
10	Darwai, V. R., Biswal, D., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2024). A framework for evaluation of sustainability index of small scale dairy farms in India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-27.
11	Raibagkar, R. R., Khanpit, V. V., Tajane, S. P., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2024). Optimization of extrusion conditions increases soluble dietary fiber yield from pomegranate peels with improved physico-chemical and biological properties. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, 100415.
12	Gaharwar, S. S., Kumar, A., Mandavgane, S. A., Rahagude, R., Gokhale, S., Yadav, K., & Borua, A. P. (2024). Valorization of Punica granatum (pomegranate) peels: a case study of circular bioeconomy. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14(6), 7707-7724.
13	Gore, S. M., Deshpande, K. Y., Mandavgane, S. A., Shinde, P. N., Patil, M. R., Chakravarty, I., … & Kale, D. B. (2024). Waste ‘Nagpur Orange’Peel Essential Oil for Improved Performance, Gut Health and Immune Response in Broiler Chicken: In Vivo Studies. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 1-17.
14	Dadhe, P. S., Mandavgane, S. A., & Kumar, A. (2024). Extraction of 4-hydroxy benzoic acid from potato processing industrial waste. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, (0).
15	Khanpit, V. V., Tajane, S. P., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2023). Technoeconomic and life cycle analysis of soluble dietary fiber concentrate production from waste orange peels. Waste Management, 155, 29-39.
16	Lingait, D., Rahagude, R., Gaharwar, S. S., Das, R. S., Verma, M. G., Srivastava, N., … & Mandavgane, S. (2023). A review on versatile applications of biomaterial/polycationic chitosan: An insight into the structure-property relationship. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 128676.
17	Chippagiri, R., Biswal, D., Mandavgane, S., Bras, A., & Ralegaonkar, R. (2023). Life Cycle Assessment of a Sustainable Prefabricated Housing System: A Cradle-to-Site Approach Based on a Small-Scale Experimental Model. Buildings, 13(4), 964.
18	Khanpit, V. V., Tajane, S. P., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2023). Production of soluble dietary fiber concentrate from waste orange peels: study of nutritional and physicochemical properties and life cycle assessment. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13(16), 14615-14627.
19	Khanpit, V. V., Tajane, S. P., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2023). Extrusion for soluble dietary fiber concentrate: Critical overview on effect of process parameters on physicochemical, nutritional, and biological properties. Food Reviews International, 39(9), 6250-6271.
20	Khanpit, V. V., Tajane, S. P., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2023). Orange waste peel to high value soluble dietary fiber concentrate: Comparison of conversion methods and their environmental impact. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13(16), 14413-14423.
21	Yadav, R. D., Khanpit, V. V., Dhamole, P. B., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2023). Integrated ultrasound-surfactant assisted extraction of lycopene from tomato peels. Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification, 191, 109474.
22	Khanpit, V. V., Mandavgane, S. A., & Tajane, S. P. (2023). Waste to wealth-recovery of total dietary fibers from waste peel: a generalized model for predicting operating parameters. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13(10), 9155-9164.
23	Mondal, S., Biswal, D., Pal, K., Rakshit, S., Halder, S. K., Mandavgane, S. A., … & Mondal, K. C. (2022). Biodeinking of waste papers using combinatorial fungal enzymes and subsequent production of butanol from effluent. Bioresource Technology, 353, 127078.
24	Gahane, D., Biswal, D., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2022). Life cycle assessment of biomass pyrolysis. BioEnergy Research, 15(3), 1387-1406.
25	Khanpit, V. V., Tajane, S. P., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2021). Dietary fibers from fruit and vegetable waste: methods of extraction and processes of value addition. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-20.
26	Chakravarty, I., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2021). Valorization of fruit and vegetable waste for biofertilizer and biogas. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 44(2), e13512.
27	Zadgaonkar, L. A., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2020). Framework for calculating ecological footprint of process industries in local hectares using emergy and LCA approach. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 22, 2207-2221.
28	Chakravarty, I., Parmar, V. M., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2021). Current trends in essential oil (EO) production. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-24.
29	Shinde, Pratik N., Sachin A. Mandavgane, and Vijay Karadbhajane. “Process development and life cycle assessment of pomegranate biorefinery.” Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27.20 (2020): 25785-25793.
30	Mishra, A., Chakravarty, I., & Mandavgane, S. (2021). Current trends in non-dairy based synbiotics. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 41(6), 935-952.
31	Das, R. S., Kumar, A., Wankhade, A. V., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2022). Antioxidant analysis of ultra-fast selectively recovered 4-hydroxy benzoic acid from fruits and vegetable peel waste using graphene oxide based molecularly imprinted composite. Food Chemistry, 376, 131926.
32	Zadgaonkar, L. A., Darwai, V., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2022). The circular agricultural system is more sustainable: emergy analysis. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 1-15.
33	Dadhe, P. S., Mandavgane, S. A., & Kumar, A. (2021). Polyphenols in fruit and vegetable peel extract: procedure of selective extraction and method of analysis. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-11.
34	Mandavgane, S. (2020). Fun with fluid: An innovative assignment in fluid mechanics. Education for Chemical Engineers, 30, 40-48.
35	Joglekar, S. N., Darwai, V., Mandavgane, S. A., & Kulkarni, B. D. (2020). A methodology of evaluating sustainability index of a biomass processing enterprise: a case study of native cow dung–urine biorefinery. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 27435-27448.
36	Joglekar, S. N., Dalwankar, G., Qureshi, N., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2022). Sugarcane valorization: selection of process routes based on sustainability index. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-14.
37	Deokar, S. K., Gokhale, N. A., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2021). A comparative study and combined application of RSM and ANN in adsorptive removal of diuron using biomass ashes. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 19(11), 1221-1230.
38	Khanpit, V., Tajane, S. P., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2022). Experimental studies on coal-water slurry fuel prepared from pretreated low-grade coal. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, 42(3), 831-845.
39	Deokar, S. K., Theng, P. G., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2020). Batch and packed bed techniques for adsorptive aqueous phase removal of selected phenoxyacetic acid herbicide using sugar industry waste ash. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 18(12), 20200084.
40	Biswal, D., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2021). Biomass waste: a potential feedstock for cellulase production. In Current Status and Future Scope of Microbial Cellulases (pp. 347-359). Elsevier.
41	Biswal, D., Shinkhede, S., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2021). Bamboo valorization by fermentation and enzyme treatment. Bioprospecting of Enzymes in Industry, Healthcare and Sustainable Environment, 87-101.
42	Kamble, M. G., Deokar, S. K., Tajane, S. P., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2020). Groundnut plant ash: Characterisation and adsorption efficacy study for removal of paraquat dichloride. Indian Journal of Chemical Technology (IJCT), 27(1), 35-42.
43	Mandavgane, S. A., & Kulkarni, B. D. (2020). Valorization of cow urine and dung: a model biorefinery. Waste and biomass valorization, 11(3), 1191-1204.
44	Chakravarty, I., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2022). Anaerobic digestion of agrowastes: end-of-life step of a biorefinery. In Biofuels and Bioenergy (pp. 233-251). Elsevier.
45	Dadhe, P., Mandavgane, S. A., & Kumar, A. (2022). Separation and Recovery of 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Using Molecular Imprinting Technique from Dilute Solution. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series E, 103(1), 135-143.
46	Darwai, V. R., Mandavgane, S. A., & Lohia, P. (2022). Systems based approach to a small scale dairy farm (Goshala): a case study. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 12(3), 503-518.
47	Pathak, P. D., Mandavgane, S. A., & Kulkarni, B. D. (2020). Value‐Added Products from Guava Waste by Biorefinery Approach. Biorefinery Production Technologies for Chemicals and Energy, 163-195.
48	Chakravarty, I., Gahane, D., & Mandavgane, S. (2022). Recent advances in lignin valorization. Advanced Biofuel Technologies, 365-388.
49	Pathak, P. D., Joglekar, S. N., Mandavgane, S. A., & Kulkarni, B. D. (2021). Fruit Peel Waste” Biorefinery” and Sustainability Issues. Bioresource Utilization and Management, 217-250.
50	Mandavgane, S. A., & Kulkarni, B. D. (2020). Wheat Straw Valorization: Material Balance and Biorefinery Approach. Biorefinery Production Technologies for Chemicals and Energy, 369-382.
51	Shinde, P., Parmar, V., Biniwale, R., & Mandavgane, S. A. (2023). Techno-economic analysis of waste pomegranate biorefinery. In Fruit and Vegetable Waste Utilization and Sustainability (pp. 147-163). Academic Press.