Vivek Ranade

Ranade, born on 15 October 1963 at Jalgaon in the Indian state of Maharashtra to Vinayak Bhagwant Ranade and Vijaya, did his graduate studies at the Department of Chemical Technology (present day Institute of Chemical Technology) of the University of Bombay from where he earned the degree of BTech in chemical engineering in 1983, passing the examination with the third rank and followed it up with a PhD from the same institution in 1988.{{Cite web |url=http://crelonweb.eec.wustl.edu/Proposal/Vitas/16_Ranade.pdf |title=Profile on Washington University in St. Louis |date=2017 |publisher=Washington University in St. Louis}} He did his postdoctoral studies at ETH Zurich as a research associate during 1988–90 and on his return to India, he started his career by joining National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (NCL), a CSIR institution, as a Scientist (Grade C). He served NCL for over 26 years holding various grades from Grade C to H, till he became the deputy director of the institution in 2010, a position he held till July 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncl-india.org/files/Research/ScientistProfile/Default.aspx?menuid=ql8&Id=14&NCLEmpId=1371&UserId=63 |title=Faculty profile |date=2017 |publisher=National Chemical Laboratory}} In between he had two sabbaticals abroad, first at the Faculty of Applied Physics of Delft University of Technology during 1993–94 and the other at the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the University of Twente during 1997–98, and is a professor of chemical engineering at Queens University of Belfast since August 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/vivek-ranade(8cd706ea-face-4e50-869f-2d86ba549416).html |title=Ranade on Queens University |date=2017 |publisher=Queens University Belfast}} He also serves as an adjunct professor Institute of Chemical Technology and as an outstanding professor at Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR).{{Cite web |url=http://acsir.res.in/facultylist/ |title=Faculty List |date=2017 |publisher=Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research |access-date=3 February 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417055257/http://acsir.res.in/facultylist/ |url-status=dead }}

Ranade is married to Nanda (née Nanda Vijayanand Kher), an academic,{{Cite web |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/MIRRORNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=MIRRORNEW&BaseHref=PMIR%2F2010%2F03%2F27&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=3&EntityId=Ar00300&AppName=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204090042/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/MIRRORNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=MIRRORNEW&BaseHref=PMIR/2010/03/27&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=3&EntityId=Ar00300&AppName=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2017 |title=For seniors, help is at hand |date=2017 |publisher=Times of India}} and the couple has one child, Vishakha.{{cite book|author1=Vivek V. Ranade|author2=Devkumar F. Gupta|title=Computational Modeling of Pulverized Coal Fired Boilers|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2tYBQAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=2 December 2014|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4822-1528-1|pages=11–|chapter=Preface}} The family lives in Belfast.

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Ranade has worked on various aspects of fluid dynamics such as multiphase flows and Reactors, computational flow modelling and process intensification and has developed Computational fluid dynamics models with regard to various types of reactors like bubble column, stirred and trickle bed varieties. His models are known to be capable of predicting unsteady and time-averaged flow characteristics of reactors and has assisted in enhancing performance of the industrial reactors. He and his colleagues developed many software / simulators such as ReST, MoBB, TRPro, PoRE, RoCKS, AnTS, BOaST and contributed to the development of products like MiST and CFD.{{Cite web |url=http://crelonweb.eec.wustl.edu/Proposal/Vitas/16_Ranade.pdf |title=Ranade on WSU |year=2017 |publisher=Washington State University in St. Louis}} His contributions are also reported in the development of water treatment devices utilizing diodes, conductivity probes and micro-reactors. He has documented his researches by way of several articles;{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Ranade=3AVivek_Vinayak=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}{{Refn|group=note|Please see Articles section}} Google Scholar and ResearchGate, online article repositories of scientific articles, have listed many of them.{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zJqVCsUAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2016 |publisher=Google Scholar}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/2121056882_Vivek_Vinayak_Ranade |title=On ResearchGate |date=2016 }} Besides, he has authored four books viz. Computational Flow Modeling for Chemical Reactor Engineering,{{cite book|author=Vivek V. Ranade|title=Computational Flow Modeling for Chemical Reactor Engineering|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UqY2sIdsZxwC|year=2002|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-12-576960-0}} Trickle Bed Reactors: Reactor Engineering and Applications,{{cite book|author1=Vivek V. Ranade|author2=Raghunath Chaudhari|author3=Prashant R. Gunjal|title=Trickle Bed Reactors: Reactor Engineering and Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9mF0mW5qwkC|date=18 March 2011|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-093144-9}} Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse{{cite book|author1=Vivek V. Ranade|author2=Vinay M Bhandari|title=Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiETAgAAQBAJ|date=21 July 2014|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-0-444-63403-0}} and Computational Modeling of Pulverized Coal Fired Boilers.{{cite book|author1=Vivek V. Ranade|author2=Devkumar F. Gupta|title=Computational Modeling of Pulverized Coal Fired Boilers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8yrcBQAAQBAJ|date=2 December 2014|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4822-1535-9}}

Ranade heads a team of scientists who have launched MAGIC (modular, agile, intensified and continuous) processes and plants, A CSIR-sponsored program for identifying and developing upscale processes for manufacturing specialty chemicals.{{Cite web |url=http://www.indusmagic.org/DownloadableDocuments/article_1.pdf |title=MAGIC (Modular, Agile, Intensified and Continuous) Processes and Plants for Specialty Chemicals |date=2017 |publisher=Indus Magic}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.indusmagic.org/files/rpTeamMembers/indusmagic.aspx |title=Overview |date=2017 |publisher=Indus Magic}} He holds several patents for products and processes he has developed, under the aegis of NCL and others.{{Cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/vivek-vinayak-ranade |title=Patents on Justia |date=2017 |publisher=Justia Patents}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.freshpatents.com/Vivek-Vinayak-Ranade-Maharashtra-invdxr.php |title=Patents 2 |date=2017 |publisher=Fresh Patents}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.freshpatents.com/Vivek-Vinayak-Ranade-Pune-invdxr.php |title=Patents 3 |date=2017 |publisher=Fresh Patents}} He was instrumental in the establishment of the first start-up at NCL Venture Center in 2006 under the name, Tridiagonal Solutions Pvt. Ltd., where he served as the chief executive officer during 2008–10 and as its chairman thereafter.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tridiagonal.com/history-a-milestones.html |title=History & Milestones |date=2017 |publisher=Tridiagonal Solutions}} He was a member of the group who founded Vivira Process Technologies Pvt. Ltd. in 2015 for marketing vortex diodes{{Cite web |url=https://site2corp.com/in/vivek-vinayak-ranade |title= Director Vivira Process Technologies |date=2017 |publisher=Site2Corp}} and is involved with Wiseco Systems Pvt. Ltd., a start-up involved in the development of wireless sensing and control solutions. He is an associate editor of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research journal of Elsevier and sits in the editorial boards of Chemical Engineering Research and Design (Elsevier){{Cite book |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chemical-engineering-research-and-design/editorial-board |title=Editorial Board Members - Chemical Engineering Research and Design |date=2017 |publisher=Elsevier}} and Indian Chemical Engineer (Taylor & Francis).{{Cite web |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=tice20 |title=Editorial board - Indian Chemical Engineer |date=2017 |publisher=Taylor & Francis}} He is also a member of the Senate of the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research.{{Cite web |url=http://acsir.res.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Senate.pdf |title=Senate, AcSIR |date=2017 |publisher=Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research}}

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• Apparatus and Method for Reduction in Ammoniacal Nitrogen from Waste Waters

Relates to an effluent treatment methodology using an apparatus with vortex diode. The method claims to reduce ammoniacal nitrogen content of waste water.{{Cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/patent/20160340211 |title=Apparatus and Method for Reduction in Ammoniacal Nitrogen from Waste Waters |first1=Vivek Vinayak |last1=Ranade |first2=Amol Arvind |last2=Kulkarni |first3=Vinay Manoharrao |last3=Bhandari |date=24 November 2016 |publisher=Justia Patents}}

• Tube in Tube Continuous Glass-lined Reactor

A corrosion-resistant glass-lined metal reactor with tube in tube design claimed to have higher heat transfer efficiency.{{Cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/patent/20160303538 |title=Tube in Tube Continuous Glass-lined Reactor |first1=Amol Arvind |last1=Kulkarni |first2=Vivek Vinayak |last2=Ranade |date=20 October 2016 |publisher=Justia Patents}}

• Continuous Modular Reactor

Design of a continuous flow reactor reported to have enhanced processing efficiency while retaining agility and re-configurability of the continuous chemical processes.{{Cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/patent/9446375 |title=Continuous Modular Reactor |date=2017 |publisher=Justia Patents}}

• Vortex Diodes as Effluent Treatment Devices

Design of a vortex diode with enhanced ability to generate strong vortex, thereby increasing the rate of reactions and efficiency.{{Cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/patent/9422952 |title=Vortex Diodes as Effluent Treatment Devices |first1=Vivek Vinayak | last1=Ranade |first2=Amol Arvind |last2=Kulkarni |first3=Vinay Manoharrao |last3=Bhandari |date=23 August 2016 |publisher=Justia Patents}}

• Apparatus for Filtration and Disinfection of Sea Water/ship's Ballast Water and a Method of Same

Design of an apparatus for filtering and disinfecting the ballast water of ships. It deploys hydrodynamic cavitation and includes a vortex diode.{{Cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/patent/7585416 |title=Apparatus for Filtration and Disinfection of Sea Water/ship's Ballast Water and a Method of Same |date=8 September 2009 |publisher=Justia Patents}}

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Ranade, whose doctoral thesis won the Best Thesis Award of ICT Mumbai in 1988, received the Young Scientist Award of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1992. Four years later, he was chosen for the 1996 Young Engineer Award of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.{{Cite web |url=https://www.inae.in/recipients-of-young-engineer-award/ |title=Recipients Of Previous Years Young Engineer Award - 1996 |date=2024 |publisher=Indian National Academy of Engineering}} He received the AVRA Young Scientist Award of the A. V. Rama Rao Research Foundation in 2003{{Cite web |url=http://www.avralab.com/Home/AvraFoundation |title=AVRA Young Scientist Award |date=2017 |publisher=A V Rama Rao Research Foundation}} and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2004.{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |title=Engineering Sciences |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |access-date=21 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211647/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} He received one more honor in 2004 in the form of Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers{{Cite web |url=http://www.iiche.org.in/nationalawards.php |title=Herdillia Award For "Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering" |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers}} followed by the CHEMTECH Outstanding Contribution Award in Chemical Engineering of the Chemtech Foundation in 2005.{{Cite web |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb205548.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085452/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb205548.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2017 |title=CHEMTECH & PharmaBio Awards 2005 Winners Announced |date=2017 |publisher=PR Web}} He received another award from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research selected him as the Outstanding Scientist of the Year in 2010. His alma mater, UDCT honored him with the UAA Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2011{{Cite web |url=http://www.udctalumni.org.in/page/distinguished-alumni1.dz |title=Distinguished Alumnus Award |date=2017 |publisher=Institute of Chemical Technology}} and he received VASVIK Industrial Research Award in Chemical Sciences and Technology in 2014.{{cite web | url=http://www.vasvik.org/chemical_sciences_%26_technology.html | title=VASVIK award | publisher=Vasvik | date=2017 | access-date=3 February 2017 | archive-date=2 November 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102124207/http://www.vasvik.org/chemical_sciences_%26_technology.html | url-status=dead }}

Ranade was selected for the Young Associate-ship of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1994 and he received research support from the Department of Science and Technology by way of Swarnajayanti Fellowship in 1999.{{Cite web |url=http://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/sjaward05-06.pdf |title=Swarna Jayanthi Fellowship |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Science and Technology}} The Maharashtra Academy of Sciences elected him as a fellow in 2001{{Cite web |url=http://mahascience.org/files/Fellowship/files/academyMembers.htm#r |title=MAS Fellows |date=2017 |publisher=Maharashtra Academy of Sciences}} and the Indian National Academy of Engineering followed suit in 2005.{{Cite web |url=https://inae.in/expert-search/index.php/vivek-vinayak-ranade |title=Ranade on INAE |date=2017 |publisher=Indian National Academy of Engineering}} Two major Indian science academies viz Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy elected him as their fellow in 2011{{Cite web |url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/100/02/0264.pdf |title=Indian Academy of Sciences elects new Fellows – 2011 |date=2011 |publisher=Current Science}} and 2016 respectively.{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |title=INSA Year Book 2016 |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}

• {{cite book|author=Vivek V. Ranade|title=Computational Flow Modeling for Chemical Reactor Engineering|year=2002|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-12-576960-0}}
• {{cite book|author1=Vivek V. Ranade|author2=Raghunath Chaudhari|author3=Prashant R. Gunjal|title=Trickle Bed Reactors: Reactor Engineering and Applications|date=18 March 2011|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-093144-9}}
• {{cite book|author1=Vivek V. Ranade|author2=Vinay M Bhandari|title=Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse|date=21 July 2014|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-0-444-63403-0}}
• {{cite book|author1=Vivek V. Ranade|author2=Devkumar F. Gupta|title=Computational Modeling of Pulverized Coal Fired Boilers|date=2 December 2014|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4822-1535-9}}

• {{Cite journal |author1=Kulkarni, A. A. |author2=Gorasia, A. K. |author3=Ranade, V. V. |title=Hydrodynamics and liquid phase residence time distribution in mesh microreactor |journal=Chemical Engineering Science |date=2007 |volume=62 |issue=24 |pages=7484–7493 |doi=10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.063|bibcode=2007ChEnS..62.7484K }}
• {{Cite journal |author1=Kasat, G. R. |author2=Khopkar, A. R. |author3=Ranade, V. V. |author4=Pandit, A. B. |title=CFD simulation of liquid-phase mixing in solid-liquid stirred reactor |journal=Chemical Engineering Science |date=2008 |volume=63 |issue=15 |pages=3877–3885 |doi=10.1016/j.ces.2008.04.018|bibcode=2008ChEnS..63.3877K }}
• {{Cite journal |author1=Kulkarni, Amol A. |author2=Ranade, Vivek V. |author3=Rajeev, R. |author4=Koganti, S. B. |title=Pressure drop across vortex diodes: experiments and design guidelines |journal=Chemical Engineering Science |date=2009 |volume=64 |issue=6 |pages=1285–1292 |doi=10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.060|bibcode=2009ChEnS..64.1285K }}
• {{Cite journal |author1=Sardeshpande, Madhavi V. |author2=Juvekar, Vinay A. |author3=Ranade, Vivek V. |title=Hysteresis in cloud heights during solid suspension in stirred tank reactor: experiments and CFD simulations |journal=AIChE Journal |date=2010 |volume=56 |issue=11 |pages=2795–2804 |doi=10.1002/aic.12191|bibcode=2010AIChE..56.2795S }}
• {{Cite journal |author1=Sardeshpande, Madhavi V. |author2=Juvekar, V. A. |author3=Ranade, Vivek V. |title=Solid suspension in stirred tanks: UVP measurements and CFD simulations |journal=Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering |date=2011 |volume=89 |issue=5 |pages=1112–1121 |doi=10.1002/cjce.20548}}

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• {{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Bhatnagar%20Prize.htm |title=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for 2004 |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |work=List of recipients}}
• {{Cite web |url=http://stks.freshpatents.com/Council-Of-Scientific-x26-Industrial-Research-inventors-nm2.php?year=2016 |title=Inventors on Council Of Scientific x26 Industrial Research patents (2016) |date=2017 |publisher=Fresh Patents |work=Inventors' list}}
• {{Cite web |url=http://www.venturecenter.co.in/pdfs/26-Aug-2014-VVR.pdf |title=Unplugged session with Dr. Vivek Ranade |date=2014 |publisher=NCL Venture Center |work=Session at NCL Innovation Park}}

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