Professor Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane is a distinguished academic and researcher with over 22 years of professional experience. He is currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur. Dr. Sonawane has guided 12 PhD scholars, 55 PG and UG students. Throughout his career, he has made groundbreaking contributions to several advanced and interdisciplinary domains, including nanotechnology, polymers, nanocomposites, nano-biotechnology, microfluidics, process engineering, and process simulation and modeling. Dr. Sonawane’s research outputs are both prolific and impactful. He has authored over 200 research articles in SCI-indexed journals, with his work achieving significant global recognition. He successfully executed numerous high value projects funded by prestigious national agencies such as DST, SERB and ISRO, India. Dr, Sonawane holds more than 12 patents, many of which have been granted. He is an authors and editor of 35 book and book chapters published by Elsevier and CRC Press. Dr. Sonawane awarded by various prestigious awards such as Dr. C.V. Raman Distinguished Scientist Award (2022), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Best Engineer Award (2021). He was elected as a Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences in 2020 and was nominated for the coveted Shanti Swarup Hussein A. Mohammed holds a PhD in mechanical engineering (Universiti Tenaga Nasional / University of Southern Queensland), a Higher Degree Research in chemical and renewable energy engineering (Curtin University), and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering (Baghdad University). He has extensive experience in teaching, research, and industry consulting. His interdisciplinary research focuses on renewable energy technologies and integrated systems for hydrogen production, phase change materials for energy storage, nanotechnology, thermofluids, computational fluid dynamics, miniature instrumentation, and high‑speed/hypersonic aerodynamics. Arvind Kumar Mungray is a Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology Surat (SV-NIT). His research area is Wastewater treatment (biological), up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor, Microbial fuel cell (MFC), Nanotechnology, Decentralization of wastewater, Hybrid system, Waste to Energy, and Urine treatment. He received the ‘Young Engineer’s award’ 2011 from Institution of Engineers India. He has completed/ongoing 9 Sponsored research projects from DST, NRB-DRDO, ISRO, NIT (R & D) etc. He is a Life Member in professional bodies like IIChE (Indian institute of Chemical Engineers), The Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society of Technical Education, Indian Water Resources Society, Indian Environmental Association. He is also a Fellow Member (F.I.C.C.E.) in “International Congress of Chemistry and Environment.Professor Shirish Sonawane currently workings as Professor at NIT Warangal India and Dean Research and Consultancy. He has published more than 200 SCI journal and 36 book chapters and 2 books. He has filed 19 patents out of them 6 patents have been granted. Presently 2 PDF, 7 PhD and 2 M. Tech students are working and 17 Ph.Ds. are awarded. Sonoprocess engineering, cavitation based Nanotechnology, Waste water treatment, process development for nanoparticle synthesis, polymer nanocomposite etc. are some of the interest fields. He received funding from MeitY, Govt. of India (2021) and DST WTI project, Govt. of India (2021), earlier he got international projects such as Indo-Tunisia Bilateral Project sponsored by DST, Govt. of India (2017), Indo-Russia DST-RFBR (2018), IMPRINT SERB project (2020), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI project, Govt. of India (2017), Department of Information and Technology, Government of India (2014). He had also dealt with 19 consultancy projects and 25 Research and development projects sponsored by various international and Indian government agencies and few of the projects are transferred in technology form to respective organization or industry. Dr. Shirish Sonawane has effectively combined synthesis and characterization of novel nano materials for successful application in state of the art processes such as paints, coatings, nano fluids, wastewater treatment, nanofiltration, fuel cells, and membranes. He is recipient of BOYSCAST Fellowship from DST, (2008-2009); Heritage Fellowship from Erasmus Mundus Program (European commission) in 2013; DST Young Scientists award (2007); Institution of Engineers India award (2016); Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences award (2016); (2017), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI award (2017), V.N.M.M award from IIT-Roorkee (2017), Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences award (2017), Institution of Engineers India (2017), Alexander Von Humboldt Connect Program Germany (2020), NASI member (2020), NAWA (2020), IIChE Award for the Year 2020: Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Award (2020). He is the editorial board member of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Nanoscience, Advances in Nanoparticles; Journal of Foods and Raw materials; Biotechnology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Chief Editor of Scientific Journal of Bulletin of the SUS University Series -Food and Biotechnology.
