Dr. Bhalchandra Prabhakar Vibhute

• Ph.D. in Chemical Technology, Laxminarayan Innovation Technological University
  (L.I.T.U.), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
• M. Tech. in Chemical Technology, Laxminarayan Innovation Technological University
  (L.I.T.U.), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
• B.Tech. in Food Sciences, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krushi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV),
  Parbhani, Maharashtra, India

• Associate Professor, Food Technology, SMMS-FST, JSPM University Pune, Maharashtra, India. September 2024 to Present.
• Associate Professor, MIT School of Food Technology (MITSOFT), MIT ADT University, Loni Kalbhor, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
• Director, Industrial Liasoning, B.E.S.T. Innovation University, Gownivaripalli, Sri Sathya Sai District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Applied Research (C.A.S.A.R.), B.E.S.T. Innovation University, Gownivaripalli, Sri Sathya Sai District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• CEO and MD, Prabhumanagal Foods, Maharashtra, India.
• Associate Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Engineering, School of Engineering (SOE), RK University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
• Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, School of Engineering (SOE), RK University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
• Senior Research Fellow (SRF), Laxminarayan Institute of Technology (Renamed as Laxminarayan Innovation Technological University), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
• Junior Research Fellow (SRF), Laxminarayan Institute of Technology (Renamed as Laxminarayan Innovation Technological University), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Foods and health, Underutilized Plants and Food Crops, Nutraceuticals and functional foods, minimally processed foods, Nutrition and food security, food industry waste valorization, etc.

• Giampiero Barbieri, Monica Bergamaschi, Bhalchandra Vibhute et.al. Processed Meat
  and Polyphenols: Opportunities, Advantages, and Difficulties.: Journal of AOAC
  International Vol. 102, No. 5, 2019, 1401-1406.
• BP Vibhute, RR Khotpal, VY Karadbhajane, AS Kulkarni. Preparation of maleinized
  castor oil MCO by conventional method and it’s application in the formulation of liquid
  detergent. International Journal of ChemTech Research 5 (4), 1886-1896 (2013).
• S. Baldania, A., Vibhute, B., Parikh. Synthesis of activated carbon from biomass. AIP
  Conf. Proc. 2327, 020034 (2021).
• Sachin Parikh, Umesh Kumar, Bhalchandra Vibhute. Experimental Study of Adsorption
  Efficiency of Methylene Blue Dye by Using Banana Leaf Biochar as an Adsorbent.
  Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volu. 1979, Pages 1-9,
• R.R.Khotpal, A.P.Khapre, V.Y.Karadbhajne and B.P. Vibhute.2013. Blending of
  cooking oils: A Novel Concept for improvement of Physico-chemical and Nutritional
  Properties of Oil. Beverage and Food World. Vol. 40, No. 8, August 2013. 54-56.
• R.R.Khotpal, A.P.Khapre, V.Y.Karadbhajne and B.P. Vibhute.2013. Fat Replacer: An
  essential
• Food Additive to Formulate Healthy Diet. Beverage and Food World. Vol. 40, No. 6,
  June 2013. 44-48.
• Bhalchandra P. Vibhute, Dhiraj R. Bhide, Vijay Y. Karadbhajne, Anand S. Kulkarni, R.
  R. Khotpal, Fatty Acid Profile of Pumpkin and Bael Seed Lipids of Central India
  Region. Research and Reviews: Journal of Botanical Sciences (RRJBS). Vol. 2, Issue 2,
  April-June 2013. 1-3.
• Bhalchandra P. Vibhute, R. R. Khotpal, Vijay Y. Karadbhajne, A. S. Kulkarni.
  International Journal of ChemTech Research. Apr-Jun 2013, Vol. 5 Issue 2, 1886-1895.
• Syed Imran Hashmi, P.N. Satwadhar, R.R. Khotpal, H.W. Deshpande, K.A. Syed, B.P.
  Vibhute. Rapeseed Meal Neutraceuticals. Journal of Oilseed Brassica 1(2):43-54, July
  2010.
• Umesh Kumar 1 , Bhalchandra Vibhute 2 , Nikhil Sharma 3 , Abhinav Sahay. Efficient
  Removal of Methylene Blue Dye by Alkaline-treated Banana Stem Biochar through
  Adsorption Method,. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2022, Vol. 10, No.
  4, 236-243 Available online at http://pubs.sciepub.com/aees/10/4/8 Published by
  Science and Education Publishing DOI:10.12691/aees-10-4-8.
• Umesh Kumar 1 , Bhalchandra Vibhute 2 , Sachin Parikh 3 Experimental Study of
  Adsorption Efficiency of Methylene Blue Dye by Using Banana Leaf Biochar as an
  Adsorbent. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1979 (2021) 012003.
• Ashish BALDANIA, Vibhute BHALCHANDRA, Sachin PARIKH. FURFURAL
  SYNTHESIS FROM CORN COB AND PINE WOOD. ANNALS of Faculty
  Engineering Hunedoara – International Journal of Engineering, Tome XVIII [2020] |
  Fascicule 3 [August] 127-132.
• 14. Mr Milan Sanathara, Dr Bhalchandra Vibhute. A Review of Organic Farming for Soil
  Conservation Towards Sustainable & Natural Farming in India. Annual Technical
  Volume of Agricultural Engineering Division Board. The Institution of Engineers
  (India) Volume 4, 2020.
• B P Vibhute, *Babita Kumari. “PITHA” the heritage food of Odisha during the traditional festival: A scientific studies on its nutraceutical and nutritional analysis. Research and Reviews: Journal of Environmental Sciences 4 (3, 2022), 1-11.
• Babita Kumari, Bhalchandra P. Vibhute. A Short Review on Pakhaḷa: A healthy and Nutritious Diet of Odisha and Its adjacent part of India. Research and Reviews: Journal of Environmental Sciences 4 (3), 1-6, 2022.

• Surya Nath, Vipal Mansuriya, Abhinab Mishra, Bhalchandra Vibhute. Challenges to Agricultural Engineers in 21st Century Related to Food Security in India. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Agricultural Engineering (ETAE), held at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (I.I.T.-KGP), West Bengal, India during 27-30 December 2016.
• Bhalchandra P. Vibhute. Novel Utilization of Non- exploited Plant Seed Oils in Coating Applications. Accepted for the 15 th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, September 13-15, 2010, St. Paul, MN, USA.
• Bhalchandra P. Vibhute, Anand S. Kulkarni. Novel Utilization of Mahua (madhuca longifolia) Seed Fat As Cocoa Butter Replacer from the Central India Region. 2011 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo. May 1–4, 2011 Cincinnati,Ohio, USA.
• Bhalchandra Vibhute, Dr. Anand S. Kulkarni. Plant Seed Oils and its Derivatives Based Value-Added Products from Central India Region of the India. AIChE Annual Meeting 2011, 16-21
  October 2011, Minneapolis, Minnesota, MN. USA.
• Bhalchandra Vibhute, Rajabhau Khotpal, Anand Kulkarni, Vijay Karadbhajne. Studies on Preparation of Rice Bran Oil Methyl Ester (RBOME) as an Alternative Source of Bio-Diesel: A Green Chemistry Approach. CASSS 37th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography, May 12-16, 2013, Renaissance Palm Springs, Palm Springs,, CA USA.
• B. P. Vibhute, A. S. Kulkarni. Novel Therapeutic Utilization of Non-Exploited Plants/Crops of the Central India Region and Their Derivatives in Herbal Anti-diabetic Tea Formulation. 1st International Congress on Food Technology; November 03-06, 2010 Antalya / Turkey.
• Bhalchandra P. Vibhute, Dr. Anand S. Kulkarni, R.R.Khotpal. Utilization of Solid Tyre Wastes into Liquid Fuels by Pyrolysis: An Approach towards Green Chemistry. International Conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Rubber Technology (APSRT), held at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (I.I.T.- KGP), West Bengal, India during March 3-5, 2011.
• Ashish Baldania1, Bhalchandra Vibhute2, Sachin Parikh3. Synthesis of Activated Carbon from Biomass. Third International Conference on Material Science, Smart Structures and applications AIP Conf. Proc. 2327, 020034-1–020034-12; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0039439 Published by AIP Publishing. 978-0-7354-4071-5/020034-1 to 020034-12.

• Recipient of UGC National fellowship for PhD.
• Winner of Startup Weekend Rajkot 2016

• International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS), Canada.
• International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong, China.

• Dairy Technology
• Food Packaging Technology
• Wheat Milling, Baking and Confectionery Technology
• Postharvest Technology of Fruits and Vegetables
• Food Chemistry
• Food Microbiology
• Agribusiness Management and trade
• Engineering Properties of Biological Materials and Food Quality
• Development of Processed Products and Equipment
• Crop Process Engineering
• Principles of Human Nutrition
• Food Microbiology.

• Industrial Design Patent “Plant Protein Extraction Device” granted on 07/01/2025.

• Conversion of Biomass to Activated Carbon: A synthesis Approach. Asish Baldania, Bhalchandra Vibhute, Sachin Parikh, Current Innovations in Chemical and Material Sciences, Page No. 215-232, Vol.3, Chapter 13, B P International, Print ISBN: 978-81- 967488-4-5, eBook ISBN: 978-81-967488-2-1, DOI: 10.9734/bpi/cicms/v3/11373F, November 2023.
• Dairy Processing Technologies Innovations Trends and Sustainability, NPH Publications, New Delhi, India (March 2025).

• Delivered an online talk on “Changing Food Technology' from Indian perspective” in the “CRDIST, IIT Kharagpur and the University of Edinburgh jointly organized a week- long online workshop (27 - 31 May 2024).
• Delivered an expert talk on “Writing a Research Proposal” and served as a resource person in the “Online lecture Series on Research Methodology”, organized by the Faculty of Doctoral Studies and Research (F.D.S.R.), RK University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India during 23-27 April 2020.
• Delivered an expert talk on “Proposal Writing” and served as a resource person in the “Workshop on Excelling Research”, organized by the Faculty of Doctoral Studies and Research (F.D.S.R.), RK University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India during November- December 2018.

• Serving as an Editorial Board Member and Reviewers for various reputed Journals such as International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS), Journal of Food Biotechnology Research, International Journal of Food Studies (a journal of the ISEKI Food Association, an international peer- reviewed journal). etc.

• No. of research scholars completed their Ph.D. under my guidance: 02 (2021 and 2022).
• No. of research scholars pursuing Ph.D. under my guidance: 02

• Member, C.I.I. (Confideration of Indian Industries) Gujarat State Panel on Agriculture & Food Processing (2019-2024).

Office Address: C-210, C building, Faculty of Science and Technology, JSPM University Pune, Wagholi Pune 412207, Maharashtra, India.

Email: bpv.smms@jspmuni.ac.in

Phone: +91-7276502505