Dr. Ashwin P. Gaikwad
Brief Bio
| Brief Bio |
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| Assistant Professor |
Education
| Sr. No. | Degree | Year | Specialization | University |
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| 1 | B.Tech | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere | ||
| 2 | M.Tech | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | ||
| 3 | Ph.D. | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
Contact Details
| Phone: | Email: | Address: |
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| 0712-280-1783 | apgaikwad@che.vnit.ac.in | CHE-113, Department of Chemical Engineering, VNIT Nagpur, |
| ashwin2781@gmail.com | Maharashtra-440010, India |
Research Interest
| Research Interest |
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| Advanced Biofuels |
| Biochemical Engineering |
| Process Modeling & Simulation |
| Sr. No. | Title | Funding Agency | Role | Year | Amount (in Lakhs INR) |
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| 1 | Experimental and Modeling Studies on the Ionic Liquid Mediated Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuel Products | SERB DST | PI | 2016-2019 | 25.33 |
| Sr. No. | Title | Funding Agency | Role | Year | Amount (in Lakhs INR) |
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| Description | Author(s) | Publisher | ISBN | Year |
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| Sr. No. | Patent Title | Application No. | Date | Present Staus |
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| 1 | A Process for Ionic Liquid Based Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose to Fuel Products | 456/KOL/2013 | 2019 | Granted |
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| Sr. No. | Awards |
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| 1 | Reviewer, Chemical Engineering Journal |
| 2 | Reviewer, Chemical Engineering Communications |
| 3 | Best Poster award, JNTU Hyderabad, India, 2014 |
| 4 | Travel Grant Award, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2012 |
| 5 | Best Poster Award, IIT Kharagpur, India 2010 |
| S.No. | Paper Citation |
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| 1 | Mixing effects in cellulase-mediated hydrolysis of cellulose for bio-ethanol production. S Chakraborty, A Gaikwad, Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 49 (21), 2010, 10818-10825. |
| 2 | Production of cellulosic fuels. S Chakraborty, A Gaikwad, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical sciences, 82 (1), 2012, 59-69. |
| 3 | Mixing effects on the kinetics of enzymatic hydrolysis of Avicel for batch production of cellulosic ethanol. A Gaikwad, S Chakraborty, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 52 (11), 2013, 3988-3999. |
| 4 | Mixing and temperature effects on the kinetics of alkali metal catalyzed, ionic liquid based batch conversion of cellulose to fuel products. A Gaikwad, S Chakraborty, Chemical Engineering Journal, 240, 2014, 109-115. |
| 5 | Interactions of mixing and reaction kinetics of depolymerization of cellulose to renewable fuels. A Gaikwad, Chemical Engineering Communications, 205 (1), 2018, 47-81. |
| 6 | Effect of particle size on the kinetics of enzymatic hydrolysis of microcrystalline cotton cellulose: a modeling and simulation study. A Gaikwad, Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 187 (3), 2019, 800-816. |
| 7 | Effect of particle size and mixing on the laccase-mediated pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced saccharification of cellulose, A Gaikwad, A Meshram, Chemical Engineering Communications 207 (12), 2020, 1696-1706. |
| 8 | Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis of bamboo biomass for enhanced saccharification of cellulose through Taguchi orthogonal design. S Chavan, A Gaikwad, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9 (1), 2021, 104807. |
| 9 | Extraction and recovery of lignin derived phenolic inhibitors to enhance enzymatic glucose production. S Chavan, A Gaikwad, Biomass and Bioenergy, 144, 2021, 105897. |
| 10 | Effects of Mixing and Particle Size on the Kinetics and Dynamics of EnzymaticallyTreated Cotton Cellulose (MCC) in Continuous Flow Reactor. A Gaikwad, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 1-21, 2023. |
| 11 | Hydrogen Generation from Bamboo Biomass using Enzymatic Hydrolysis and SubsequentMicrobial Electrolysis in a Single Chamber Microbial Electrolysis Cell. S Chavan, A Gaikwad, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 193, 108853, 2023. |
| 12 | Identification of Mixing Regimes and Temperature to Optimize the Conversion of Bambusa Bamboo into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Ionic Solvent in Batch Reactor. A Gaikwad, P Patil, Bioenergy Research, 2023. |
| CONFERENCES (International/National) | |
| 1 | Oral Presentation in International Conference on “Microbes in Wastewater and Waste treatment, Bioremediation and Energy Production (MWT 2011)”, organized by International water Association (IWA), INRA France, and BITS Pilani Goa Campus, Goa, India, 24-27 Jan 2011. |
| 2 | Oral Presentation in International Conference on Environment, Energy & Biotechnology (ICEEB) on “Mixing Effects on Enzymatic Production of Cellulosic Bioethanol” organized by Asia Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5-6 May 2012. |
| 3 | Oral presentation in Research Scholar Day on the topic “Mixing Effects on Enzymatic Production of Cellulosic Bioethanol”, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, 22nd Jun 2012. |
| 4 | Poster presentation in International Symposium on New Horizons in Bioenergy Research on “Mixing and Temperature Effects on the Kinetics of Ionic Liquid based batch conversion of Cellulose to Fuel products”, organized by PK Sinha Centre for Bioenergy, IIT Kharagpur, 14-16 Jan 2013. |
| 5 | Poster presentation in International Conference on “New Dimensions in Chemistry & Chemical Technologies -Applications in Pharma Industry” organized by JNTU Hyderabad, 23-25 June 2014. |
| 6 | Poster presentation at Indo-US Conference on Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuels, organized by IICT Hyderabad and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, 10-11th Nov 2014. |
| 7 | Key note speaker at “Workshop on Intensification in Chemical Industry-2015”, at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India, 30th March 2015. |
| 8 | Oral presentation at 2nd ISEES International Conference on “Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (SEEC-2018)”, at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 31st Dec 2017-3rd Jan 2018. |
| 9 | Oral presentation at International Conference on “Carbon Capture and its Utilization”, at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 14-15 Dec 2018. |
| 10 | International conference on Energy and Environmental challenges, “Enzymatic delignification and subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis of Bambusa bamboo: optimization and inhibition study” at VNIT Nagpur, India, 2019. |
| 11 | International conference on Chemical, Bio & Environmental Engineering (CHEMBIOEN-2020), “Enzymatic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass: optimization kinetics and inhibition study”, February 13-14, 2020. |
| 12 | International conference on Chemical, Bio & Environmental Engineering (CHEMBIOEN-2020), “The ionic liquid-mediated catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into fuel products”, February 13-14, 2020. |
| 13 | International Conference on “Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering” (ACEE-2021), “Improved performance of microbial fuel cell using chitosan coated nanoparticles anode” December 16-17, 2021, at NIT Raipur. |
| 14 | Key note speaker at National Conference on “Emerging Science and Technologies for Energy and Environment Management (ESTEEM-2021) at MANIT, Bhopal, 21st -22nd Jan 2021. |