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Dr Parag Saxena

  • PhD in Chemical Engineering (2020), Nirma University Ahmedabad

 

Email: parag.saxena@gsfcuniversity.ac.in

Dr. Parag Saxena is currently working as Program Coordinator of Chemical Engineering Department, GSFC University, Vadodara. He has 21 years of experience of teaching. He has published 14 research papers. Prior to this he worked in Parul University, Vadodara as Head of Department of Chemical Engineering (2017-2022). 

PhD in Chemical Engineering (Aug 2020)
Research Topic: “Determination and prediction/estimation of some properties of biodiesel-diesel-butanol blends”
PhD Supervisor: Dr M. H. Joshipura, Professor Chemical Engineering Department, School ofEngineering, Institute of Technology Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

M. E. in Chemical Engineering (Jan 2004)
Dissertation title: “Studies on effect of water soluble polymer as antiscaling agent for boilers studies Dissertation Supervisor: Prof. S. P. Dabke and Dr. Satyendra Mishra

B.Tech Chemical Engineering (2002), B.I.E.T, Jhansi 

 

  • Biodiesel Property Prediction
  • Separation Processes

Paper Publications

1. Milind H Joshipura, Parag Saxena, Nimish Shah, Ankur Dwivedi, Shibu Pillai, Madhu Aggrawal, Determining and modeling of density and viscosity of biodiesel-diesel and biodiesel-diesel-butanol blends, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Vol 21, Issue 12, 20th July 2023, 1561-69.
2. Priya Saxena, Jayesh Ruparelia, Parag Saxena, Comparative study of 4-dimensional DSA on electrochemical treatability of a reactive dye, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol S7, Part 6, 2022: 2457-2464.
3. Parag Saxena, Jitesh Patel, M H Joshipura, Comparison of various methods for the estimation of vapor pressure of fatty acid methyl and ethyl esters (FAAE’s), Fuel,182 C(2016), 842-849 (Impact factor 6.609)
4. Parag Saxena, S V Mewada, M H Joshipura, Prediction of cold flow properties of Biodiesel, Nirma University Journal of Engineering and Technology, vol. 5, no. 1,Jan- June 2016,1-4.
5. Parag Saxena, Milind H. Joshipura, Mehul Mehta, Prasann Patel, Estimation of Vapor Pressure of Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters (Biodiesel), 3rd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research & Practice 2016, Volume IV Issue I 9,118-120.
6. Parag Saxena, M H Joshipura, Prediction of Density of Fatty Acid Alkyl Esters (Biodiesel) by Various Group-Contribution Methods, 2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research & Practice 2015, Volume III Issue I, 56-58.
7. Maulik Patel, Binoy Shah, Parag Saxena, Milind Joshipura, Development ofEmpirical Models for Predicting Cold Flow Properties of Biodiesel Blends, 2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research & Practice 2015, VolumeIII Issue I, 119- 123.
8. Lavina Babani, Vatsal Patel, Neha Oswal, Parag Saxena, M H Joshipura, “A Case Study on Preparation and Characterization of Jatropha Based Biodiesel and its Blends with Waste Cooking Oil”, IJLTEMAS, Vol III, Issue III, March 2014, 81-85.
9. Sudipta Dasgupta, Vrati Mittal, Pratik Choudhary, Parag Saxena, M H Joshipura, “Comparative Studies on decaffeination of tea and coffee with various solvents”, IJLTEMAS, Vol III, Issue III, March 2014,145-149.
10. Jitesh Patel, Parag Saxena, M. H. Joshipura, “Prediction of vapor pressure of fattyacid methyl ester”, Sciverse ScienceDirect, Procedia Engineering 51 (2013) 403 –408.
11. Sayali Ashok, Parag Saxena, M. H. Joshipura,“ A review on prediction of properties of biodiesel and blends of biodiesel”, Sciverse Science Direct, ProcediaEngineering 51 (2013) 395-402. (Citations: 227)
12. Jitesh Patel, Parag Saxena, M H Joshipura, “ Prediction of boiling point and critical temperature of FAME, International Journal of Scientific Computing, Volume 6, Number 2 ( July-December 2012), 433-435.
13. S. Mishra, P. Saxena, and D. A. Deore, Studies on Antiscaling Effect of PolyacrylicAcid on Boiler, Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering, 44:2005, 1389– 1398. 

Conference Papers in Intenational Conferences

1. Priya Saxena, Krupa Pandya, Jayesh Ruparelia, Parag Saxena “Comparative Application of novel indigenously prepared and commercial Dimensionally Stable Anodes (DSA) for Electro-treatment of Synthetic NitrogenousWastewater Under the influence of a Supporting Electrolyte”, GUJCOST sponsored 1st International Conference on Recent Progress in Material science and Mechanical Engineering (ICRPMSME 2021).
2. Parag Saxena, M H Joshipura, Prasann Patel, Mehul Mehta, Development of empirical Correlations for the estimation of pour point & density of various biodiesel and their lends with diesel, ISTE approved International Conference on Futuristic Trends in Engineering, Science, Pharmacy & Management, Dec 12, 2016.
3. Binoy Shah, Sagar Vagadia, Parag Saxena, Priya Saxena, Advancements in Reactive Separation Technology, CHEMCON 2014,Dec 27-30 2014.
4. Binoy Shah, Sagar Vagadia, Parag Saxena, Priya Saxena, Recent Trends in Reactive Separation Technology, SCHEMCON 2014, Sept 19-20 2014
5. Harshit Chhaya, Shubhangi Singh, Parag Saxena, “Adsorption- A overview and Applications”, ICCI 2014, PDPU, Gandhinagar, August 22-23, 2014.
6. Aishwarya Aloni, Priyanka Lenka, Parag Saxena, Recent trends in biodiesel blends”, ICCI 2014, PDPU, Gandhinagar, August 22-23, 2014.
7. Parag Saxena, Milind Joshipura, “Development of models for the prediction of flash point, cloud point and pour point of jatropha and karanja based biodiesel”,ICCI 2014, PDPU, Gandhinagar, August 22-23, 2014 ( ISBN no. 978-93-81212-84-4)
8. Sauvir Mewada, Parag Saxena, M H Joshipura, “Determination and Prediction of cloud point, pour point, and flash point of jatropha based biodiesel”, CHEMCON 2013, December 27-30, 2013
9. Parag Saxena, M. H. Joshipura, “Selection of proper estimation method for the critical properties of Fatty acid ester”, CHEMCON 2013, UICT, Mumbai, December 27-30, 2013.
10. Sauvir Mewada, Parag Saxena, M. H. Joshipura, “Prediction of cold flow properties of Biodiesel”, NUiCONE 2013, IT Nirma University Ahmedabad, November 28-30, 2013
11. Parag Saxena, M. H. Joshipura, “Prediction of vapor pressure of Fatty acid methyl ester using cubic equation of state”, NUiCONE 2013, IT, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, November 28-30, 2013
12. Jitesh Patel, Parag Saxena, M. H. Joshipura, “ Property prediction of jatropha based biodiesel” in CHEMCON 2012, NIT Jalandhar, December 27-30, 2012.
13. Sai Varun, Saxena Parag and Joshipura M H, “A Review on Property Prediction of Ionic Liquids using Cubic Equations of State”, 2nd International Conference on Current Trends in Technology, (NUiCONE-2011), December 8-10, 2011, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
14. Priya Patel, Parag Saxena and Jitesh Patel, “Coal Bed Methane as Natural Gas” in Second International Conference on Current Trends in Technology (NUiCONE-11), Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, 8-10 December, 2011.
 

Papers presented in National Conferences
1. Parag Saxena, Jitesh Patel, M. H. Joshipura, “A Review on Thermophysical properties of Biodiesel” in 28th National Convention of Chemical Engineers &
National Seminar on “Green Technology & Environmental Sustainability”organized by The Institute of Engineers, India, Gujarat Section, Ahmedabad, 7-8 September, 2012.
2. Jitesh Patel, Parag Saxena, M. H. Joshipura, “Prediction of Thermophysical properties of jatropha based biodiesel” in 28th National Convention of Chemical Engineers & National Seminar on “Green Technology & Environmental Sustainability” organized by The Institute of Engineers, India, Gujarat Section, Ahmedabad, 7-8 September, 2012.
3. Ronak Patel, Parag Saxena, “ UASB”, in Indian Water Congress organized by GCET VallabhVidyanagar, 7-8 Feb 2014.
4. Ronak Patel, Milind Joshipura, Parag Saxena, “ Minimum Water reuse for single contaminants”, in Indian Water Congress organized by GCET VallabhVidyanagar, 7-8 Feb 2014.
5. Binoy Shah, Sagar Vagadiya, Parag Saxena, Priya Saxena, “Advancements in Reactive separation Technology”, SCHEMCON-2014, Haldia Institute of Technology, September 19-20 2014.

 

Total 21 years

Program Coordinator, Chemical Engineering, GSFC University, Vadodara, Since 20th Sept, 2024
Assistant Professor: Chemical Engineering Department, GSFC University, Vadodara, 3rd October 2022 to Present.
Head of Department: Chemical Engineering Department, Parul Institute of Technology, Parul University, Vadodara, 28th July2017-May 2022
Assistant Professor (AGP 7000): Chemical Engineering Department, Institute of Technology,Nirma University, Oct 2014- July 2017
Assistant Professor (AGP 6000): Chemical Engineering Department, Institute of Technology,Nirma University, Oct 2009- Sept 2014.
Lecturer: Chemical Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Aug 2008-Oct 2009
Lecturer: Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Mumbai, June 2004-July 2008

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Expert Talk/Workshop Conducted 
1. Conducted session on Journey of an Effective Teacher for Teaching faculty of GSFC University. Vadodara on 9th dec 2023.
2. Conducted a workshop on Excel for Engineers for B.Tech VIIth sem students of Chemical Engineering on 28th Oct 2023.
3. Delivered session on Recipe for being a Successful Professional for B.Tech First Year Pharmacy students of School of Pharmacy, Parul Unversity on 11th August 2022.
4. Delivered session on Career Opportunities for Chemical Engineers for BTech Chemical Engineering students of Government College of Engineering Bharuch on 28th July 2022.
5. Conducted session on Effective Teaching Skills for Teachers of Gujarat School under DIET Vadodara, Govt of Gujarat.
6. Conducted Two Day workshop on Sophisticated Analytical Instruments in Chemical Engg, PIT.
7. Conducted sessions on “Application of Computational Tools in Chemical Engineering” in workshop organized under Center of Continuing Education, Nirma University 22nd -23rd April 2016.
8. Conducted sessions on Making Yourself Ready for Industry in workshop organized under Center of Continuing Education, Nirma University 30-31 July 2016.Conducted sessions on Optimization of Chemical Processes for undergraduate and postgraduate students in national techno event NUTECH 2015, organized by Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
9. Delivered lecture on “Application of Excel in Chemical Engineering” in STTP on Computations and Simulations in Chemical Engineering”, organized by Chemical Engg Dept, I.T. Nirma University, July 13, 2012.
10. Delivered lecture at Reliance Industries Jamnagar for training of panel operators.

  • Academic Excellence Award in teaching by Parul University for two consecutive years
  • Best paper award in International Conference on Chemical Industry 2014 organizedby PDPU Gandhinagar
  • Best paper award in 2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research &Practice (2ICMRP-2015)