Pacific School of Engineering

1. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA, Kulkarni BD. Fruit peel waste a novel low cost bioadsorbent. Reviews in Chemical Engineering 31 (4) 2015: 361–381.
2. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA, Kulkarni BD. Utilization of banana peel for the removal of benzoic and salicylic acid from aqueous solutions and its potential reuse. Desalination Water Treatment 57, (27) 2016:1–13.
3. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. Preparation and characterization of raw and carbon from banana peel by microwave activation: Application in citric acid adsorption. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering3,(4A) 2015: 2435–2447
4. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA, Kulkarni BD. Characterizing fruit and vegetable waste as an adsorbent, Current Science , 110(11) 2016, 2114-2123.
5. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA, Kulkarni BD. Valorization of banana peel: A Biorefinery approach, Reviews in Chemical Engineering 32(6) 2016 , 651–666.
6. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA, Kulkarni BD. Valorization of pomegranate peel: A Biorefinery approach, Waste and Biomass Valorization 8(4) 2017, 1127–1137
7. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA, Kulkarni BD. Fruit peel waste: Chacterization and its potential uses, Current science, 13(3) 2017, 444-454
8. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA, Kulkarni BD. Valorization of potato peel: A Biorefinery approach, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 38 (2), (2017),218-230
9. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA, Kulkarni BD. Valorization of Papaya peel: A Biorefinery approach, Waste and Biomass Valorization –Accepted, In Press

Assistant Professor, Pacific School of Engineering, Surat February 2017 to Till date

Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chemical Engineering Department Nagpur, maharashtra, India
Assistant Professor                                                                         December 2015- January 2017
Held lectures, tutorial sessions, lab experiments for the following courses:
         Mass Transfer Operation,
         Chemical Reaction Engineering
         Chemical Process Synthesis and Design

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Department Nagpur, maharashtra, India
Teaching Assistant                                                                          January 2016- December 2015
Conducted lab experiments for the following courses:
         Fluid Flow Operations
         Mechanical Operations
   

Anuradha Engineering Collage, Chemical Engineering Department, Chikhli, maharashtra, India
Lecturer                                                                                           February 2009- December 2011
Held lectures, tutorial sessions, lab experiments for the following courses:
         Mass Transfer Operation,
         Plant Design and product utility

• Measurement and Characterization techniques:
  Total Organic Carbon, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry, Thermogravimetric Analysis, BET- Surface area

• Physico-chemical characterization techniques:
  TGA-DTG, 

• TEQUIP-II fellowship for full time Ph.D
• Best paper: Pathak PD, Tekade SP. “Salt effect in vapour liquid equilibria.” AZotropy 2k11, March 6–7, 2011, IIT Bombay, Maharashtra, India (2^nd prize)
• Innovation proposal “Fruit peel waste: A Useful Bioresource” has been shortlisted in  Bharat Innovation Summit-2017 from all over India

1. Pathak PD, Bhagat SL, “Banana Peel: A Promising adsorbent for wastewater treatment” International Conference on Advances in Science ,Technology and Management (IC-ASTM2017) , October 10,2017, Department of Chemical Engineering, Collage of Engineering and Technology Akola
2. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “Physicochemical characterization of fruit and vegetable waste.” International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-15), March 20 and 21, 2015, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Warangal, Warangal, Telangana, India, 286–286 (ISBN 978-81-928314-1-1)
3. Bidwai S, Kottawar K, Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “Banana pseudo stem fiber for the removal of aromatic carboxylic acid.” International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-15), March 20 and 21, 2015, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Warangal, Warangal, Telangana, India 383–384 (ISBN 978-81-928314-1-1).
4. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “Kinetics of aromatic acid adsorption on modified banana peel.” International Conference On Environment and Energy (ICEE-2014), December 15–17, 2014, Organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
5. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “Adsorption of phenylacetic acid on banana peel.” International Conference on Green Technology for Environmental Pollution Prevention and control (ICGTEPC 2014), September 27–29, 2014, Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, India
6. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “Removal of aromatic organic acids from dilute aqueous solution.” International Conference On Frontiers In Chemical Engineering (ICFCE-2013), December 9–11, 2013, Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
7. Raghuvanshi N, Atrey R, Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “Removal of salicylic acid from dilute aqueous solution.” CHEMCON-14, December 27–30, 2014, Chandigarh Regional Centre/Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chandigarh, India.
8. Singh P, Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “Use of sonication for removal of brilliant green dye from aqueous solution.” CHEMCON-14, December 27–30, 2014, Chandigarh Regional Centre/Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chandigarh, India.
9. Vaidya PS, Itankar S, Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “ Removal of tartrazine from water by adsorption onto Rice husk ash”, National conference on green chemistry and engineering, March 22–23, 2013, VNIT, Nagpur, India
10. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “Removal of pollutants using fruit peels.” Pollution Prevention through Development of Bio-Based Material and Energy, February 22 and 23, 2013, MNIT, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
11. Pathak PD, Mandavgane SA. “Adsorption of benzoic acid from aqueous solution using banana peel.” National Conference on Advanced Functional Materials, January 21–23, 2013, Department of Chemistry, VNIT, Nagpur, India.
12. Pathak PD, Tekade SP. “Salt effect in vapour liquid equilibria.” AZotropy 2k11, March 6–7, 2011, IIT Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
13. Pathak PD, Tekade SP. “Removal of endosulfan—a comparative study.” AZotropy 2k10, March 6–7, 2010, IIT Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
14. Pathak PD, Tekade SP. “Removal of endosulfan by low cost adsorbent.” Chemcon-10, March 4–6, 2010, Anuradha Engineering College, Chikhli, Maharashtra, India.
15. Pathak PD, Borkar M. “Use of biosensor in food industry.” Nirmati07, February 17, 2007, PVPIT, Bludgaon, Sangli, Maharashtra, India