Dr. Swapneshu Baser
Dr. Swapneshu Baser, alumnus of Chemical Engineering Department, has received another accolade for himself and ultimately for MGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College famously known as JNEC, Aurangabad. He has added another patent to his name. However, before discussing more about his innovation, let’s get to know more about him first. Dr. Baser completed his undergraduate studies from JNEC in the year 1987 and later went on to do his postgraduate studies from IIT, Delhi and his Doctoral studies from IIT, Bombay. Apart from working as an Adjunct Professor at IIT Bombay, he has won many national and international recognitions and awards for his contribution in developing innovative and environment friendly chemical processes. But the important award he cherishes most is the award received by the hands of the honorable President of India, late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for his contributions in improving Supercritical Fluid (SCF) Extraction technology.
Dr. Baser has
number of patents on his name and recently has obtained another one for an
incredible innovation of SCF technology for textile industry. Considering the
intensity of environmental pollution in textile industry due to amount of water
required for dyeing of threads and woven cloth and its subsequent cleaning,
which even after waste water treatment ultimately end up carrying traces of
synthetic dyes in effluent. So it is always important that textile industry
uses minimum process water or no water at all for at least dyeing processes.
Dr. Baser identified this opportunity and developed an innovative process of
dyeing textile products using carbon dioxide as supercritical fluid to be used
as an alternative to water.
Major advantages of supercritical carbon dioxide based Textile Dyeing process is primarily elimination of pollution due to waste water streams and at the same time process having increased economic viability and zero discharge. Technically speaking, the primary objective of his innovative work was to develop an improved dyeing process that facilitates interaction of the dye molecules with the textile material, so as to increase the rate and efficiency of dyeing process using supercritical fluids. This innovation has resulted in waterless dyeing process for dyeing of the textile materials with single or multi-colors in various shades, patterns, designs etc. in single step of dyeing.
Chemical Engineering Department, MGM University is bringing live Webinar of Dr Swapneshu Baser on 12 September 2020 at 3:00 pm. He will be talking about his innovations, his professional activities and how time spent at Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College has contributed in his success journey.
As a head of Chemical Engineering Department, I invite you all to join the webinar and interact with him. Visit this space again for more details!
Dr. Sadanand Guhe
Head, Chemical Engineering Department
Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College MGM University, Aurangabad
Mobile: 9890717844
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