agility and re-configurability of the continuous chemical processes. Vortex Diodes as Effluent Treatment Devices Design of a vortex diode with enhanced ability to generate strong vortex, thereby increasing the rate of reactions and efficiency. Apparatus for Filtration and Disinfection of Sea Water/ship's Ballast Water and a Method of Same Design of an apparatus for filtering and disinfecting the ballast water of ships. It deploys hydrodynamic cavitation and includes a vortex diode. Awards and honors Ranade, whose doctoral thesis won the Best Thesis Award of ICT Mumbai in 1988, received the Young Scientist Award of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1992. Four years later, he was chosen for the 1996 Young Engineer Award of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He received the AVRA Young Scientist Award of the A. V. Rama Rao Research Foundation in 2003 and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2004. He received one more honor in 2004 in the form of Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers followed by the CHEMTECH Outstanding Contribution Award in Chemical Engineering of the Chemtech Foundation in 2005. He received another award from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research selected him as the Outstanding Scientist of the Year in 2010. His alma mater, UDCT honored him with the UAA Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2011 and he received VASVIK Industrial Research Award in Chemical Sciences and Technology in 2014. Ranade was selected for the Young Associate-ship of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1994 and he received research support from the Department of Science and Technology by way of Swarnajayanti Fellowship in 1999. The Maharashtra Academy of Sciences elected him as a fellow in 2001 and the Indian National Academy of Engineering followed suit in 2005. Two major Indian science academies viz Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy elected him as their fellow in 2011 and 2016 respectively. Selected bibliography Books Articles See also Vorticity Computational modeling Sewage treatment Cavitation Notes References External links Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Engineering Science 1963 births Indian scientific authors People from Jalgaon district Marathi people University of Mumbai alumni Institute of Chemical Technology alumni Indian chemical engineers 20th-century Indian inventors Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences