Dr. Ketakee Durve (Chemistry)

Patents:

1. Improved process for preparing salts of fatty acyl isethionates using a heterogeneous catalyst and catalyst thereof, IN225120, 2008.
2. Process for producing 2-hydroxy-3, 5-diiodobenzoic acid, IN274805, 2016.
3. Process for the preparation of higher derivatives of beta-Ketoester, IN277828, 2016.
4. Process for terminal dihaloalkane, IN287455, 2017.
5. Improved sustainable catalytic oxidation process, IN354206, 2020
6. Process for the preparation of composite oxidant, Indian Patent Application IN408941, 2018

Awards:

1. First prize in the Conference on Hydrogen base renewable sources of energy, 2006, organized by Maharashtra Energy Development Authority (Govt. of Maharashtra Institution)
2. Mentor for Hackathon 2019, students from Chemical Engineering won second position and special recognition from Industry for the problem statement Recovery of acetic acid from effluent.
3. Mentor for Avishkar Research Convention, University of Mumbai, students from Mithibai grabbed second position for Visible light photocatalytic degradation of Phenol.
4. Reviewer of Organic Process Research and Development (ACS), Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy (Wiley)

Achievements:

• Ketakee Durve’s achievements span several areas of academic and professional excellence. Her accomplishments include significant contributions to research, with various publications in both journals and book chapters and Patents. she is also been actively involved in mentoring students for research and participating in competitive activities. This diverse range of achievements highlights her dedication to academic research, teaching, and active engagement in the scholarly community.

Publications:

Journals

• • A comprehensive review on catalytic etherification of glycerol to value-added products, A Bhargava, S Shelke, M Dilkash, Nivedita S Chaubal-Durve, PD Patil, SS Nadar, Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 39 (7), 1187-1226
  • The untapped potential of magnetic nanoparticles for forensic investigations: A comprehensive reviewShamraja S.Nadar, Radhika K. Kelkar, Pradnya V.Pise, Neha P.Patil, Sadhana P.Patil,  Nivedita S. Chaubal-Durve, Vivek P.Bhange, Manishkumar S.Tiwari, and Pravin D.Patil, Talenta, 230 (2021), 122297.
  • Full blown green metrics, PB Joshi, Nivedita Chaubal-Durve, C Mohan in Green Chemistry Approaches to Environmental Sustainability, Elsevier publication,109-129 (2023).
  • Sujit R. Jadhav, Nivedita S.  Chaubal and Manohar R.  Sawant, Indian J.  Chem., 43A, (2004), 1427- 1430.
• Nivedita S. Chaubal and Manohar R Sawant, Catalysis Communications, 7 (2006) 443–449.
• Nivedita S. Chaubal and Manohar R. Sawant, Journal of Molecular Catalysis: Chemical, 261 (2006) 232–241.
• Nivedita S. Chaubal and Manohar R. Sawant, Catalysis Communications 8 (2007) 845–849.
• Nivedita S. Chaubal, Vishal Y. Joshi and Manohar R. Sawant, J. Mol. Cat: Chemical, 267 (2006) 157–164.
• Nivedita S. Chaubal, Vishal Y. Joshi and Manohar R. Sawant, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 21 (3) 271–277 (2007).
• Nivedita S. Chaubal, Vishal Y. Joshi, J. of porous materials, 18(2), 177- 183 (2011).

Books Published:

• A Textbook of Engineering Chemistry, Nandu printers and publishers, 2019, (ISBN 978-93-85241-33-8).
• Book – Chemistry-I, Nandu printer’s and publishers, 2020, (ISBN 978-93-86700-76-6).

Conferences:

• Catalysis Society of India, 19 November 2005, UICT, Mumbai.
• Indian Science Congress, 3- 7 January 2006, Hyderabad.
• Conference on Renewable sources of energy, 2006, organized by Maharashtra Energy Development Authority (Govt. of Maharashtra Institution).
• National conference on Latest trends in Nanotechnology, 2007- 08.
• One-day Workshop on IPR, 2016, organized by Mumbai University and Patent Office India.
• National conference, Recent trends in Bio-sciences, 2017, Birla College.
• International conference Intellectual Property Rights Emerging Trends, Global
• Perspective, Mumbai University Law Dept, 2017.
• National conference, CHEMIX’19, 2019, NIT, Nagpur.