Dr. Vinay M. Bhandari is presently working as a Chief Scientist and Professor-AcSIR, in the Chemical Engineering & Process Development Division of the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. He obtained his B. Chem. Engg. from UDCT, Bombay (1985) and Ph. D. (Chem. Eng)  from IIT Bombay (1993). He has more than 30 years of research experience including 2 years of industrial experience. He worked as a visiting faculty at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan in 1998-99 and also as visiting scientist at Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon, South Korea during 2004-05.  Dr. Bhandari guided several graduate and post-graduate students and has worked as a consultant to many industries. He has more than 200 publications/presentations; 2 US patents; filed >10 patents and has recently co-authored book entitled, “Industrial wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse” (Elsevier, 2014). He has developed 3 technologies based on hydrodynamic cavitation for Disinfection of water, for Industrial wastewater treatment (commercialized in India & abroad) and for Desulfurization of fuels. His desulfurization work received GYTI award for Technological Innovation, conferred by the Hon. Vice President of India on 6th July, 2019. His research interests include Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Advanced Separation Processes and Industrial wastewater treatment, recycle and reuse.

 Select Publications:

 

1.      Nalinee B. Suryawanshi, Vinay M. Bhandari, Laxmi Gayatri Sorokhaibam and Vivek V. Ranade.  A Non-catalytic Deep Desulphurization Process using Hydrodynamic Cavitation. Nature-Scientific Reports, 6, 33021; doi: 10.1038/srep33021 (2016).

2.      Nalinee B. Suryawanshi, Vinay M. Bhandari, Laxmi Gayatri Sorokhaibam and Vivek V. Ranade.  2017. Developing techno-economically sustainable methodologies for deep desulfurization using hydrodynamic cavitation. Fuel 210, 482–490 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.08.106

3.      Saumaya Kirti, Vinay M. Bhandari, Jyotsnarani Jena and Arnab S. Bhattacharyya. Elucidating Efficacy of Biomass Derived Nanocomposites in Water and Wastewater Treatment. 2018. J. Environ. Management, 226, 95-105(2018) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.028 .

4.      Maya Mane, Vinay M. Bhandari, Kshama Balapure, Vivek V. Ranade, “A novel hybrid cavitation process for enhancing and altering rate of disinfection by use of natural oils derived from plants”, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry,61, 104820, 1-13- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2019.104820 , Oct 2019. (2019).

5.      Maya Mane, Vinay M. Bhandari, Kshama Balapure, Vivek V. Ranade, “Destroying antimicrobial resistant bacteria (AMR) and difficult, opportunistic pathogen using cavitation and natural oils/plant extract”, Ultrasonics - Sonochemistry 69 (2020) 105272, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105272  (2020).

6.      Pravin B. Patil, Vinay M. Bhandari, Vivek V. Ranade. “Improving Efficiency for Removal of Ammoniacal Nitrogen from Wastewaters using Hydrodynamic Cavitation”. Ultrasonics - Sonochemistry 70 (2021) 105306, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105306  (2020-21).

 

Patents

1.       Ranade V. V., Kulkarni A. A., Bhandari V. M. 2013. Vortex diodes as effluent treatment devices, PCT Int. Appl. (2013) WO 2013054362 A2 20130418; US9422952B2 (2016); EP2766314 (2019).

2.       Ranade V. V. and Bhandari V. M. 2014. Apparatus and method for reduction in ammoniacal nitrogen from waste waters. US9725338B2 (2017).

3.       Ranade V. V., Bhandari V. M. and Laxmi Gayatri Sorokhaibam. 2014. A process for removing pollutants/chemicals from aqueous as well as organic streams using Cassia fistula (Golden shower). Patent Filed (0231-NF-2014 : 2014-INV-0088).

4.       Ranade V. V., Bhandari V. M. 2015. Controlled Destruction of Aquatic Microflora using cavitation reactors and a method thereof. Patent Filed (0148NF2015: INV-2014-83).

5.       Bhandari V. M., Ranade V. V. and Suryawanshi N. B. 2015. Novel process for desulfurization of fuels and organics. Provisional Patent Filed-20/10/2015 (2015-INV-0092: 0230NF2015).

6.       Bhandari V. M. A nanocomposite of natural material, process for preparation and use thereof, 0099NF2017 99-NF-2017: INV-2017-12; Appl. No.       201711019071, Prov. Filing date: 31-5-2017, Complete filing date: 05-29-2018  (2017).

7.       Bhandari V. M., Maya Mane and Kshama Balapure. A novel process for enhancing and altering removal of bacteria by use of natural oils derived from plant or extract in cavitation 2019-NCL-0026; 2019-NF-0085, Appl. No. 201911024544, filed on 20th June 2019 (2019).

8.       Bhandari V. M. and Patil P. B., Solvent assisted cavitation for wastewater treatment, 2019-INV-0055; Appl. No. 201911050122 Filing date, 12-05-2019, (2019).

9. Bhandari V. M., Maya Mane and Kshama Balapure. Destroying antimicrobial resistant bacteria (AMR) and difficult, opportunistic pathogen using cavitation and natural oils or plant extract. Appl. No. 202011004159, 30 Jan 2020. (2020)