Achievements/Awards

Mr. Saurav Kandpal [M.Tech. (2023-24)] (Reg. No. 2022CL02) is adjudged with the Best M.Tech. Thesis Award for the thesis titled "Prediction of Biochar Yield and Higher Heating Value from Biomass Pyrolysis through Machine Learning" in the 4th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (PYROASIA 2024), a flagship annual event of Pyro Asia Forum, organized by IIT Guwahati, India and Frontier Laboratories, Japan, held during November 28-29, 2024 at IIT Guwahati. He did his thesis work under the guidance of Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering.
Certificate of Appreciation for Participation in Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav.
Paper titled "An in-depth analysis of biochar synthesis via slow pyrolysis of banana agro-residue: characterization and emerging applications" by Ankita Tagade, Saurav Kandpal, and Ashish N. Sawarkar, Department of Chemical Engineering was awarded as the BEST PAPER in one of the technical sessions of the National Conference on Recent Trends in Biotechnology Research–HAPTEN2024, organized by Department of Biotechnology, Arunai Engineering College, Affiliated to Anna University, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, India in association with Biotech Research Society of India held on March 22, 2024.
Mr. Saurav Kandpal, M.Tech. (II year) (Reg. No. 2022CL02), Department of Chemical Engineering received BEST PAPER AWARD for the paper titled “Novel rotary kiln reactor for biochar production through biomass pyrolysis and its application in microbial fuel cells” authored by Saurav Kandpal, Ankita Tagade, and Ashish N. Sawarkar, in one of the technical sessions of International Conference on Advancement in Energy (ऊर्जाSangam-2023) organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad during December 18-20, 2023. Mr. Saurav Kandpal is pursuing his Masters’ under the guidance of Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, has been elected as “Fellow” of “Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), India” by the President and Members of the Council of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Dr. N. K. Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, conferred with "Biotechnology Research Excellence Award" by the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI) and the Society of Life Sciences (SLS), India on the occasion of 2nd International Conference on "Advances and Innovations in Biotechnology for Sustainable Bioresources and Bioeconomy" (AI-BSBB2023) on November 24, 2023, organized by Department of Biotechnology, AKS University, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, conferred with "Biotechnology Research Excellence Award" by the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI) and the Society of Life Sciences (SLS), India on the occasion of 2nd International Conference on "Advances and Innovations in Biotechnology for Sustainable Bioresources and Bioeconomy" (AI-BSBB2023) on November 24, 2023, organized by Department of Biotechnology, AKS University, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Prof. P.K. Dutta (Chemistry Dept.), Dr. M.K. Gupta (Mechanical Eng. Dept.), Dr. Deepak Gupta (Comp. Sci. and Eng. Dept.), Prof. Y. K. Prajapati (Electronics and Com. Eng. Dept.), Dr. Dipayan Guha (Electrical Eng. Dept.), Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar (Chemical Eng. Dept.), Prof. Rajesh Gupta (Electrical Eng. Dept.), Prof. P.P. Sahay (Physics Dept.), Prof. Mukul Shukla (Mechanical Eng. Dept.), Dr. Anand Sharma (Electronics and Com. Eng. Dept.), Dr. Gorakh Nath (Mathematics Dept.), and Prof. Haranath Kar (Electronics and Com. Eng. Dept.) have featured in the coveted list of TOP 2% SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE, created by Stanford University, United States, for the year 2023.
Published research paper "Pyrolysis of garlic husk biomass: Physico-chemical characterization, thermodynamic and kinetic analyses" authored by Rajnish Kumar Singh, Trilok Patil, and Ashish N. Sawarkar, Department of Chemical Engineering, has featured in the list of most cited articles in Bioresource Technology Reports, an Elsevier publication (The list comprises most cited articles published since 2020 extracted from Scopus). https://www.journals.elsevier.com/bioresource-technology-reports/most-cited-articles.
Ms. Lakshmi Rajpoot [M.Tech. (2021-22)] (Reg. No. 2020CL06), who worked under the guidance of Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar, Asst. Prof. (Grade-I), Department of Chemical Engineering was adjudged with Ambuja’s Young Researcher’s Award [2022] for the thesis titled "Pyrolysis of Flaxseed De-oiled Cake: Physico-chemical Characterization, Kinetics, and Thermodynamic analysis" by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Kolkata.
Ms. Ankita Tagade (PhD scholar) and Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar, Asst. Prof. (Grade-I), Department of Chemical Engineering, received Best Paper Award for the paper titled "A comprehensive evaluation on the synthesis and characterization of biochar derived from slow pyrolysis of sorghum millet straw for its prospective applications" in the National Conference on "Sustainable Technologies in Chemical-Biological Systems" (STCBS 2023) organized by Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, India in association with BRSI, IIChE and ISTE held during April 5-6, 2023.

Ms. Ankita Tagade (PhD scholar), Department of Chemical Engineering, was adjudged with the Best Oral Talk for the paper titled "Valorization of Finger Millet Straw as a Precursor for Biochar Production: Production, Characterization, and Applications" authored by Ankita Tagade and Ashish N. Sawarkar, in one of the technical sessions (Renewable and Sustainable Energy) in the National Conference on "Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science" (ACES-2022) held at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, jointly organized by the Departments of Chemical Engineering at IISER Bhopal and UEC, Ujjain in association with IIChE-IISER Bhopal Students' Chapter during 25-26 March, 2022.

Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar, Asst. Prof. (Grade-I), Department of Chemical Engineering, awarded with a Certificate of Achievement and Medallion during 51st Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) National Annual Convention held on August 27, 2022, for having guided Best M.Tech. Thesis in Chemical Engineering (I Prize) titled "Studies on Co-gasification of Petcoke and Biomass" submitted by Mr. Zavin R. Gajera.

Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar, Asst. Prof. (Grade-I), Department of Chemical Engineering,awarded with a Certificate of Achievement and Medallion during 51st Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) National Annual Convention held on August 27, 2022, for having guided Best M.Tech. Thesis in Chemical Engineering (II Prize) titled "Kinetic and Thermodynamic Analysis of Pyrolysis of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) Stalk" submitted by Mr. Nikhil Kirti.

Dr. Ashish N. Sawarkar, Asst. Prof. (Grade-I), Department of Chemical Engineering, adjudged with the Best Paper Presentation award for the paper titled "Bioenergy potential of waste sugarcane leaves via pyrolysis" in one of the technical sessions (Biochemical Science and Engineering) of the International Conference on “Advances in Chemical and Materials Sciences” (ACMS-2022) organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Kolkata in association with Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, and Osmania University College of Technology, Hyderabad during April 14 - 16, 2022 as part of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of IIChE.

One of the published papers titled "Kinetics of co-gasification of rice husk biomass and high sulphur petroleum coke with oxygen as gasifying medium via TGA" authored by Zavin R. Gajera, Komal Verma, Shyam P. Tekade, and Ashish N. Sawarkar has featured in the list of most cited articles in Bioresource Technology Reports, an Elsevier publication (The list comprises most cited articles published since 2020 extracted from Scopus). https://www.journals.elsevier.com/bioresource-technology-reports/most-cited-articles

Dr. N.K.Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad, received a Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad Vishist Krishi Vaigyanic Puraskar (Crop Improvement in Wheat) from Uttar PradeshAcademy of Agricultural Science and Uttar Pradesh council of agricultural research Lucknow by Honorable Governor Uttar Pradesh and Agriculture Minister Uttar Pradesh on June 14, 2017 in ICAR- IISR Lucknow. [Award Cetificate] [PHOTO]