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{{Short description|Indian chemical engineer}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Devang Vipin Khakhar
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|4|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Polymer science]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[IIT Bombay]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[IIT Delhi]] | [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] }}
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| [[Julio Ottino]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on [[polymerization]]
| awards = {{ublist|1993 [[Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers|IIChE]] Amar Dyechem Award | 1997 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 1999 [[Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers|IIChE]] Herdillia Award | 2000 [[Indian Science Congress Association|ISCA]] Millennium Plaque of Honor | 2001 [[IIT Bombay|IITB]] Excellence in Teaching Award | 2004 MRSI Medal | 2004 [[IIT Bombay|IITB]] H. H. Mathur Award | 2005 [[IIT Bombay|IITB]] Indira Manudhane Best PG Teacher Award }}
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'''Devang Vipin Khakhar''' (born 1959) is an Indian chemical engineer and the former director of the [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]].<ref name="List of Directors">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/en/about-iitbombay/iitb-directors?page=1 |title=List of Directors |date=2017 |publisher=IIT Mumbai}}</ref> He is known for his pioneering researches on [[polymerization]]<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=156 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref> and is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Khakhar,_Prof._Devang_Vipin |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> [[Indian National Science Academy]]<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=P03-1336 |title=Indian fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> and [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=K |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315081652/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=K |archive-date=2016-03-15 }}</ref> as well as [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]].<ref name="INAE fellows">{{Cite web |url=https://inae.in/search-of-fellows/ |title=INAE fellows |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Academy of Engineers |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403030936/http://inae.in/search-of-fellows/ |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 1997.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please select award year to see details}}

== Biography ==

D. V. Khakhar, born on 7 April 1959 in Mumbai in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]], graduated in engineering (BTech) from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]] in 1981 and moved to the US to the [[University of Massachusetts, Amherst]] from where he secured a PhD in 1986<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.che.iitb.ac.in/online/faculty/devang-v-khakhar |title=Faculty profile |date=2017 |publisher=Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Mumbai}}</ref> working on ''Fluid mechanics of laminar mixing: dispersion and chaotic flows'' under the guidance of Professor Julio M. Ottino. He returned to India to join the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]] (IITB) as a member of faculty in 1987<ref name="Instructor">{{Cite web |url=http://www.che.iitb.ac.in/faculty/dvk/cl624/index.html |title=Instructor |date=2017 |publisher=Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Mumbai}}</ref> where he is a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering.<ref name="Core Faculty">{{Cite web |url=http://www.che.iitb.ac.in/online/people/faculty/core-faculty |title=Core Faculty |date=2017 |publisher=Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay}}</ref> At IITB, he served as the Professor-in-Charge of Continuing Education Program (2001–02), as the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering (2002–04), and as the Dean of Faculty Affairs (2005–08).<ref name="Director profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/en/iitb-directors/prof-devang-v-khakhar |title=Director profile |date=2017 |publisher=IIT Mumbai}}</ref> In 2009, he was appointed as the director of the institute and on expiry of the first term, he was retained for a second term in 2014 and served till 2019.<ref name="Khakhar gets second term as IIT-Bombay director">{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/management/khakhar-gets-second-term-as-iit-bombay-director-114011001199_1.html |title=Khakhar gets second term as IIT-Bombay director |date=11 January 2014 |publisher=Business Standard|newspaper=Business Standard India |last1=Reporter |first1=B. S. }}</ref>

Khakhar is known to have done researches on polymerization of rod-like molecules and his work is reported to have assisted in a wider understanding of the discipline of [[polymerization]].<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=26 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has documented his researches in several articles;<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Khakhar=3ADevang_Vipin=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} [[Google Scholar]] and [[ResearchGate]], online repositories of scientific articles, have listed 129<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=B4iY56MAAAAJ&hl=ja&cstart=120&pagesize=20 |title=On Google Scholar |date=2016 |publisher=Google Scholar}}</ref> and 134 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/8083298_D_V_Khakhar |title=On ResearchGate |date=2016 }}</ref> He has guided many master's and doctoral scholars in their studies<ref name="Indian fellow" /> and holds three patents for his work.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> viz. ''Method for improving particulate mixing and heat transfer in tumbling mixers and rotary kiln'',<ref name="Method for improving particulate mixing and heat transfer in tumbling mixers and rotary kiln">{{Cite web |url=https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2005019753 |title=Method for improving particulate mixing and heat transfer in tumbling mixers and rotary kiln |date=2017 |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization}}</ref> ''Polyurethane Foam−Clay Nanocomposites: Nanoclays as Cell Openers'',<ref name="Polyurethane Foam−Clay Nanocomposites: Nanoclays as Cell Openers">{{Cite journal |title=Polyurethane Foam−Clay Nanocomposites: Nanoclays as Cell Openers |journal=Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research |volume=45 |issue=21 |pages=7126–7134 |date=2006 |doi=10.1021/ie0600994 |last1 = Harikrishnan|first1 = G.|last2=Patro |first2=T. Umasankar |last3=Khakhar |first3=D. V. }}</ref> and ''Reticulated Vitreous Carbon Controlled Pore Size and Enhanced Electrical Conductivity''.<ref name=" Reticulated vitreous carbon controlled pore size and enhanced electrical conductivity">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/patent1111.jsp |title= Reticulated vitreous carbon controlled pore size and enhanced electrical conductivity |date=2017 |publisher=Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre}}</ref> On the academic administration front, during his tenure as the director of IIT Bombay, the faculty strength of institute recorded a 25 percent increase and three new centres viz. National Centre for Aerospace Innovations and Research, Centre for Climate Change Research, and the Centre for Urban Science and Engineering were established.<ref name="Khakhar gets second term as IIT-Bombay director" /> He is a member of the Science Advisory Council to the Cabinet (SAC-C)<ref name="Science Advisory Council to the Cabinet">{{Cite web |url=http://psa.gov.in/scientific-advisory-committee/members |title=Science Advisory Council to the Cabinet |date=2017 |publisher=Government of India |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106202105/http://psa.gov.in/scientific-advisory-committee/members |archive-date=6 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as the Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (SAC-PM)<ref name="Centre re-constitutes Scientific Advisory Council to PM">{{Cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/centre-re-constitutes-scientific-advisory-council-to-pm_582741.html |title=Centre re-constitutes Scientific Advisory Council to PM |date=27 November 2009 |publisher=Zee News}}</ref> and is a former member of [[Indian Oil Corporation]] and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE).<ref name=" Distinguished Alumni Meet-2016">{{Cite web |url=http://fan.iitb.ac.in/sites/default/files/DAM_Jan_2016.pdf |title= Distinguished Alumni Meet-2016 |date=2017 |publisher=IITB Alumni Association}}</ref> He is an independent director of the [[Antrix Corporation]],<ref name="Independent Directors">{{Cite web |url=http://www.antrix.gov.in/about-us/leadership |title=Independent Directors |date=2017 |publisher=Antrix Corporation}}</ref> a director of ''Iit Bombay Development And Relations Foundation Company'' and has sat in the boards of the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers]] and Materials Research Society of India.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He is also associated with science journals and is an advisory board member of ''Advanced Powder Technology'' journal of [[Elsevier]].<ref name="Advisory Board">{{Cite book |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/advanced-powder-technology/editorial-board |title=Advisory Board |date=2017 |publisher=Advanced Powder Technology }}</ref>

Khakhar is married to Natasha Patel and the couple has two children, Arjun and Aditi. The family lives in [[Powai]], Mumbai.<ref name="NASI fellows" />

== Awards and honors ==
Khakhar received the Amar Dyechem Award of the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers]] in 1993; IIChE would honor him again in 1999 with the Herdillia Award.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> In between, the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 1997.<ref name="Engineering Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |title=Engineering Sciences |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211647/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=2015-09-23 }}</ref> He received the Millennium Plaque of Honour of the [[Indian Science Congress Association]] in 2000, followed by the Excellence in Teaching Award of the IIT Bombay in 2001.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> The Materials Research Society of India awarded him the MRSI Medal in 2004,<ref name="MRSI Medal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mrsi.org.in/awardshonours.php |title=MRSI Medal |date=2017 |publisher=Materials Research Society of India}}</ref> the same year as he received the H. H. Mathur Award for Applied Sciences of IIT Bombay.<ref name="H. H. Mathur Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/rnd/ResearchAwardsDetails.jsp?AwardType=NationalInstituteIITB&AwardName=Prof.H.H.MathurAward |title=H. H. Mathur Award |date=2017 |publisher=Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre}}</ref> He received another honor from IIT Bombay the next year in the form of 2005 Indira Manudhane Best PG Teacher Award.<ref name="Faculty profile" />

The Indian Academy of Sciences elected Khakhar as a fellow in 1996<ref name="Fellow profile" /> and two years later, he was selected for the 1998 Swarnajayanti Fellowship by the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]].<ref name="Swarna Jayanthi Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/sjaward05-06.pdf |title=Swarna Jayanthi Fellowship |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Science and Technology}}</ref> He became a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2001<ref name="INAE fellows" /> and Indian National Science Academy<ref name="INSA Year Book 2016">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |title=INSA Year Book 2016 |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001952/http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |archive-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the National Academy of Sciences, India followed suit in 2003 and 2009 respectively.<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI Year Book 2015 |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |archive-date=2015-08-06 }}</ref> The award orations delivered by Khakhar include the 1999 Prof. N. R. Kamath & Mrs. Ruzena Kamath Memorial Lecture of the Indian Plastics Institute<ref name="Faculty profile" /> and the 2010 Prof. N. R. Kamath Memorial Lecture of the Colour Society.<ref name="Prof. N. R. Kamath Memorial Lecture">{{Cite web |url=http://www.coloursociety.com/about/memorial-lectures/index.php |title=Prof. N. R. Kamath Memorial Lecture |date=2017 |publisher=Colour Society}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |last=G. Harikrishnan , T. Umasankar Patro , D. V. Khakhar |title=Polyurethane Foam−Clay Nanocomposites: Nanoclays as Cell Openers |journal=Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. |date=2006 |volume=45 |issue=21 |pages=7126–7134 |doi=10.1021/ie0600994}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Ameya Agge, Sumeet Jain, D. V. Khakhar |title=Acceleration of the Polymerization of Rodlike Molecules by Flow |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |date=2000 |volume=122 |issue=44 |pages=10910–10913 |doi=10.1021/ja001541r}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Arup Nandi, D. V. Khakhar, Anurag Mehra |title=Coalescence in Surfactant-Stabilized Emulsions Subjected to Shear Flow |journal=Langmuir |date=2001 |volume=17 |issue=9 |pages=2647–2655 |doi=10.1021/la001473m}}
* {{Cite journal |last=G. Pulla Reddy, D. K. Chokappa, V. M. Naik , D. V. Khakhar |title=Structure Formation in Suspensions with a Liquid Crystalline Medium: Percolation Phenomena |journal=Langmuir |date=1998 |volume=14 |issue=9 |pages=2541–2547 |doi=10.1021/la970558t}}
* {{Cite journal |last=U. S. Agarwal, D. V. Khakhar |title=Shear flow induced orientation development during homogeneous solution polymerization of rigid rodlike molecules |journal=Macromolecules |date=1993 |volume=26 |issue=15 |pages=3960–3965 |doi=10.1021/ma00067a035|bibcode=1993MaMol..26.3960A }}

== See also ==
* [[Nanocomposite]]
* [[Heat transfer]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.che.iitb.ac.in/online/biblio/author/Khakhar |title=Khakhar, D.V. |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Institute of Technology |page=List of publications}}

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