Papers in Renewable Energy - Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute

Rajvanshi, A. K., “Development of Technologies for Rural Areas – Need for New Thinking“, ‘Moving Technology’, Vol. 7, No. 1, CAPART, New Delhi. March 1992.
Rajvanshi, A.K., ” Nature conservation + Spirituality = Sustainability”, Paper published in ISES 2005, Orlando, USA.
Rajvanshi, Anil K.,“With rural India shinning, India will shine!” published in Project Monitor, Vision 2020 Issue, Vol.4 No. 2, May 16-31, 2004.
Rajvanshi, Anil K.,“Rediscovering Fire in the 21st Century”, Feature Article in Sci. Dev. Net, 7th May, 2005.
Rajvanshi, Anil K.,“Nikola Tesla-The creator of electric age”. An article published in Resonance, March 2007.
Rajvanshi, Anil K.,“Irving Langmuir – An Industrial Physical Chemist” . An article published in Resonance, July 2008.
Anil K Rajvanshi, Roadmap for Rural India. A general article published in Current Science. Vol. 111, No. 1, 10 July 2016.
Anil K Rajvanshi, Eric Farber (1921-2017) – an Obituary, Current Science, Vol. 112, No. 11, 10 June 2017.Â

Rajvanshi, A. K. and Sudhir Kumar, “Design and Development of Improved Lantern for Rural Areas”, Published by NARI, Phaltan, Dec. 1987.
Rajvanshi, A.K., “R&D strategy for cooking and lighting energy for rural households“, Current Science, Vol. 85, No. 4, 25 August 2003.
Rajvanshi, A.K., S.M. Patil and B.Mendoca,” Development of Stove running on low ethanol concentration”, October 2004.
Rajvanshi, Anil K.,“Ethanol lantern cum stove for rural areas”.An article on the new development of lantern cum stove running on low grade ethanol, January 2009.
Rajvanshi, Anil K.,“Kerosene Revisited – Fuel for Rural Households”, An article on kerosene lanstove, February 2011. A version of this article was presented as poster in Indoor Air 2011, held in Austin, Texas, June 2011
Kerosene revisited – excellent fuel for rural households. An article on how enlightened policy by Government can help light up lives of rural poor.
A simple method of measuring soot. A very simple method of measuring soot in rural huts is outlined in this paper. September 2013.
Diesel as a household fuel for rural areas. A short article on development of diesel lanstove. April 2015.

Jorapur, R. M. And Rajvanshi, A. K., “Alcohol Distillation by Solar Energy”, Proceedings of 1991 ISES Solar World Congress, Vol. I, Part II (pg. 772-777) Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., August 19-23, 1991.
Nandini Nimbkar and Anil K Rajvanshi, “Sweet Sorghum Ideal for Biofuel”, Seed World, Vol. 14, No. 8, November 2003.

Hseih, C.K., and Rajvanshi, Anil K., The effect of dropwise condensation on glass solar properties, Solar Energy, Vol. 19, No.4, 1977.
Rajvanshi, A. K., “Large Scale Desalination of Seawater Using Solar Energy“, Solar Energy, Vol. 24, No. 6, 1980.
Rajvanshi, Anil K.,“Effect of Various Dyes on Solar Distillation”, Solar Energy, Vol. 27, pp 51-65, 1981.
Rajvanshi, A. K., “Dew Condensation as a means of large scale production of fresh water“, Journal of Desalination, Vol. 36, No. 3, 1981.
Rajvanshi, A. K. and Zende, N. J., “Production of Water from Soil by Solar Energy for Biomass Energy Plantation”, Proceedings of 1991 ISES Solar World Congress, Vol. I, Part II (pg. 843-848) Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., August 19-23, 1991.
Rajvanshi, Anil K.,“Solar Detoxification of Distillery Waste.” June 2004.
Nimbkar N.and Anil K. Rajvanshi.,“Simple Filteration and Low Temperature Sterlization of water”, Current Science, Vol. 104, No.4, 25 Februray 2013.
A low cost solar water purifier for rural areas. An article on the development of a very simple and low cost solar water purifier. May 2015.
Anil K Rajvanshi and Noorie Rajvanshi, Low-cost solar water purifier for rural households, Current Science, , VOL. 115, NO. 1, 10 JULY 2018.
S. Patange, Nandini Nimbkar and Anil K. Rajvanshi, ” Low cost drinking water technology – rainwater harvesting with solar purification”, Current Science, Vol. 118, No.6, 25 March 2020.

Rajvanshi, A.K. and M.S.Joshi, Development and Operational Experience with Topless Wood Gasifier Running a 3.75 kW Diesel Engine Pumpset, Biomass, 19 (1981), pg 47-56.
Rajvanshi, A.K. and R.M. Jorapur, Leafy Biomass Gasifier for 15 kVA Diesel Genset, in Advances in Thermochemical Biomass Conversion (Ed. A.V.Bridgewater), Springer, Netherlands. 1993. pg 314-324.
Jorapur, R.M. and Anil K Rajvanshi, Development of a sugarcane leaf gasifier for electricity generation, Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol. 8, Issue 2, 1995. pg 91-98.
Jorapur, R.M. and Rajvanshi, A .K., “Sugarcane Leaf-Bagasse Gasifiers for Industrial Heating Applications“, Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 141-146, 1997.
Rajvanshi, A.K., “Talukas can provide critical mass for India’s sustainable development“, Current Science, Vol. 82, No. 6, 25 March 2002.