Teaching Staff

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Dr. Shrikant J Wagh
Designation: Professor and Provost
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 28 Dec 2019
Experience: 35 Years
Email: provost@upluniversity.ac.in, shrikant.wagh@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Polymeric membrane, Interfacial polycondensation
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Dr. Krunal J Suthar
Designation: Associate Professor & Head
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 01 Jul 2013
Experience: 14 Years
Email: krunal.suthar@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Property prediction, Process Simulation and Optimization
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Dr. Alok Gautam
Designation: Professor & Dean R & D
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 05 Jan 2015
Experience: 17 Years
Email: alok.gautam@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Process Modelling & Optimization, Pyrolysis
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Dr. Sandip Gharat
Designation: Professor
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 09 Jul 2025
Experience: 23 Years
Email: sandip.gharat@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Flow and Segregation of Granular Materials, CFD-DEM Modelling, Pyrolysis and Reaction Kinetics.
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Dr. Ravindra Bhausaheb Kanawade
Designation: Associate Professor
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 15 Jun 2018
Experience: 20 Years
Email: ravindra.kanawade@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Reactive Absorption, Mass Transfer
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Dr. Dinesh Kumar Pandey
Designation: Associate Professor
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 01 Jul 2022
Experience: 10.5 Years
Email: dinesh.pandey@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, Reaction Kinetic Modelling
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Dr. Sunil Madhukar Badgujar
Designation: Asssistant Professor
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 22 Jan 2018
Experience: 19 Years
Email: sunil.badgujar@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Nanotechnology, Reaction Engineering, Equipment Design, Wastewater Treatment
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Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 07 Jul 2023
Experience: 8 Years
Email: rakesh.sinha@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Process System Engineering, Machine Learning AI
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Dr. Chintan K Modi
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 14 Aug 2014
Experience: 12 Years
Email: chintan.modi@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Simulation, Separation operation & designing
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Mr. Sudeep Wadia
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.Tech Chemical, PhD pursuing
Date of Joining: 01 Jul 2019
Experience: 8 Years
Email: sudeep.wadia@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Photocatalysis
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Mr. Sagar Jani
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.E. (CAPD), PhD Pursuing
Date of Joining: 01 Jul 2023
Experience: 10 Years
Email: sagar.jani@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Advanced Separation Process
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Dr. Shivanand Chavan
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: Ph.D (Chemical Engineering)
Date of Joining: 15 Jul 2025
Experience: 3.10 Years
Email: shivanand.chavan@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Biomass Conversion, Waste Treatment, Separations
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Mr. Kimshuk Desai
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.Tech Chemical, PhD pursing
Date of Joining: 18 Jul 2025
Experience: 12 Years
Email: kimshuk.desai@upluniversity.ac.in
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Mr. Jishnu Shah
Designation: Assistant Professor On Ad-hoc
Qualification: M.E Chemical, PhD pursing
Date of Joining: 01 Jul 2025
Experience: 0.6 Years
Email: jishnu.shah@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Biofuels, WasteWater Treatment using Adsorbent
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Ms. Shakinaben Chaudhari
Designation: Assistant Professor On Ad-hoc
Qualification: M.E Chemical
Date of Joining: 19 Jul 2025
Experience: 0.6 Years
Email: shakina.chaudhari@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: Vapour Liquid Equillibria
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Ms. Falguni Chaudhari
Designation: Assistant Professor On Ad-hoc
Qualification: M.E Chemical
Date of Joining: 15 Dec 2025
Experience: 0.2 Years
Email: falguni.chaudhari@upluniversity.ac.in
Area Of Research: VOC Photocatalysis