Biography:
Mr. Sagarkumar Yogesh Dhanuskar earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from RTMNU University, Nagpur in 2014 and 2016. The B.tech project was titled “Distillery wastewater treatment using a membrane bioreactor,” while the M.tech thesis was titled “Studies on cottonseed oil transesterification.” During internship at CSIR_NCL in Pune, he also worked on “Poly(I-lactide) ionomers.” A fourteen-month project at IIT Guwahati focused on “Suoerrcritical fluid extraction of natural antioxidants for food preservation from spices and non-convertional fruits endemic in the northeastern region”. He is now pursuing a doctorate at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, working on “Development of second and third generation castor oil derivatives.” with Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant and Prof. Satya Narayan Naik.
Title : Catalytic cracking of ricinoleic acid methyl esters to produces castor oil derivatives