Academics

Bio

Dr. Pradnya Deshpande, Associate Professor, is an experienced academician and researcher. She holds a Ph. D in Chemistry from Savitribai Phule Pune University. With over 20 years of academic experience and about 6 years of industrial experience as Senior Scientific Officer at Sudarshan Chemical Industries (P) Ltd, Pune. Dr. Deshpande has received the Ideal Teacher Award and the Best Paper Presentation Award at an International Conference. She has also served as a Resource Person/Subject Expert in various conferences, workshops, and seminars, and is a reviewer for various manuscripts for the Journal of Essential Oil bearing Plants (JEOP), an International Journal published by the Taylor & Francis group. She teaches courses such as Engineering Chemistry, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Principles of Green Technology for undergraduate students and Instrumentation for Ph.D. pursuing students. Dr. Deshpande’s research work focused on natural product Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Phytochemistry.

Research Area

Natural Product Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Green Technology

Publications (International)

1. Pradnya Deshpande and Dattatraya Naik – Book Chapter ‘Essential Oil and Its Bioactivity Towards Honeybees’ Published in a book ‘Encyclopedia of Green Materials’ by Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. (December 2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4921-9_129-1

2. Pradnya V Deshpande and D G Naik - Book Chapter ‘Attractants for honeybees’ Published in the book "Mutualistic interaction between flowering plants and animals“ by Manipal University. ISBN: 978-93-82460-26-8. Pradnya V Deshpande and D G Naik - Book Chapter ‘Repellents for honeybees’ Published in the book "Mutualistic interaction between flowering plants and animals“ Manipal University. ISBN: 978-93-82460-26-8

3. Pradnya Deshpande, Dattatraya G Naik, Chitra Dandge and Hemalata Puntambekar. “Chemical examination of Swertia densifolia leaf essential oil and its repellent activity towards Apis cerana indica F”. Journal of Apicultural Research, USA; Vol. 47(1); pp.63-67; (2008) ISSN: 2078-6913.

4. Pradnya Deshpande, Dattatraya G Naik and Chitra Dandge. “‘Pheromone-like’ properties of de-oiled leaf extract of Swertia densifolia towards Apis cerana indica F.” Journal of Apicultural Research, USA; Vol. 49(2), pp.149-153; (2010). E-ISSN: 2078-6913.

5. P. V. Deshpande. D. G. Naik, H. Vaidya-Kannur, C. N. Dandge, and G. V. P. Reddy. “Potential Use of an Essential Oil From the Flower of Swertia densifolia as a Repellent for Apis florea (Hymenoptera: Apidae).” Journal of Annals of Entamological Society, USA; Vol.107, (2015); pp.1-8; ISSN 1938-2901.

6. Pradnya Deshpande and Dattatraya Naik . “Attractant and repellent nature of ethanolic extract of Swertia densifolia flowers towards Apis florae”. International Journal of Social Sciences & Management Studies (Peer Reviewed & Refereed Research Journal) I.J.S.S.M.S. Vol. 5 (1), pp. 206-211: (2019). ISSN : 2454 – 4655. February 2019.

7. Pradnya Deshpande and Dattatraya Naik. Swertia densifolia: Stem extract as a dose dependent attractant / repellent for Apis florea. Abstract published in the proceedings of International Conference on Physical Science organized by SVNIT, Surat on 5 and 6 February 2021.

8. Pradnya Deshpande and Dattatraya Naik. “Isolation of de-oiled flower extract of Swertia densifolia and study of its bioactivity towards Apis florea”. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Innovative Research & Development (IJIIRD). Volume 6, pp. 324-329, Issue 01/2021. ISSN: 2456-236. October 2021

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