Vivek Ranade

He is a former chair professor and deputy director of the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.

[7][note 1] Ranade, born on 15 October 1963 at Jalgaon in the Indian state of Maharashtra to Vinayak Bhagwant Ranade and Vijaya, did his graduate studies at the Department of Chemical Technology (present day Institute of Chemical Technology) of the University of Bombay from where he earned the degree of BTech in chemical engineering in 1983, passing the examination with the third rank and followed it up with a PhD from the same institution in 1988.

[8] He did his postdoctoral studies at ETH Zurich as a research associate during 1988–90 and on his return to India, he started his career by joining National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (NCL), a CSIR institution, as a Scientist (Grade C).

[4] Ranade has worked on various aspects of fluid dynamics such as multiphase flows and Reactors, computational flow modelling and process intensification and has developed Computational fluid dynamics models with regard to various types of reactors like bubble column, stirred and trickle bed varieties.

[14] His contributions are also reported in the development of water treatment devices utilizing diodes, conductivity probes and micro-reactors.

[21] Ranade heads a team of scientists who have launched MAGIC (modular, agile, intensified and continuous) processes and plants, A CSIR-sponsored program for identifying and developing upscale processes for manufacturing specialty chemicals.

[24][25][26] He was instrumental in the establishment of the first start-up at NCL Venture Center in 2006 under the name, Tridiagonal Solutions Pvt.

The method claims to reduce ammoniacal nitrogen content of waste water.

[41] He received another award from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research selected him as the Outstanding Scientist of the Year in 2010.