Shrikaant Kulkarni
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
Pune,India
Biography
Dr. Shrikaant Kulkarni has got 37 years of teaching and research experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has been teaching subjects like Engineering Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Analytical Chemistry, Catalysis, Chemical Engineering Materials, Industrial Organization & management to name a few over the years. He possesses Masters in Chemistry, Business Management, Economics, Political Science and M.Phil and Ph.D. in Chemistry other than Diploma in HR, Industrial Psychology, Higher education, Population education etc. He has got 100+ research papers in national and international journals and conferences. He has authored fifteen book chapters in CRC, Springer and Elsevier published books. He has edited two books in Green Engineering and renewable materials and are in production stage to be published by CRC press in 2020. Another book on carbon nanotubes for green environment is edited and is in process of development. He has coauthored four books in Chemistry too. His areas of interest are Analytical & Green and sustainable Chemistry. He is reviewer and editorial board member of many journals in Green, Analytical Chemistry of international repute. He has been invited by UNESCO to give a talk on “Green Chemistry Education for Sustainable Development†at IUPAC international conference on Green Chemistry held at Bangkok (Thailand) in Sept. 2018. He is an esteemed team member as a research lead in team one for sustainable development goals four and twelve laid down by UN. He is appointed as a judge for the evaluation of business plans submitted by teams of students of 13-18 age group for Conrad challenge competition from across the world sponsored by NASA. He has been instrumental in formulating and coordinating RIO & COP programs dedicated to sustainable development at his institute by UNCSD.
Research Interest
Nanotechnology