PROFILE

Education

* Ph.D. in Forestry (Wood Science & Technology) form Forest Research Institute (DU) Dehradun, India. Title of the thesis: Developmental work on cement bonded particle board using Lantana, Bamboo and their combinations.
* M.Sc. in Wood Science and Technology form Forest Research Institute (DU), Dehradun, India.
* B.Sc. in Forestry from University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore, India.

Research Activities

Wood and Wood Composites

Cement Bonded Composites

Research Expertise

Wood Composites Development and Quality Enhancement

Projects

Study on the development of Cement-bonded Bamboo particle board.

Current Research Projects:

Exploratory Work on Recycling of Wood Composites Waste (Offcuts of Plywood and Particle Board) for Manufacturing of Particle board (Phase 1).

Publications

Details of Research Papers Published in National/International Journals:

Manish Ranjan and D.P. Khali (2016). “Effect of Cement: Bamboo Particle Ratios on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Cement Bonded Particle Board.” Research Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Vol. 4(11), 1-4, November

Manish Ranjan, D.P. Khali and Shweta Bhatt (2017). “Effect of Cement: Wood Particle Ratio on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Cement Bonded Particle Board Using Lantana camara.” Indian Forester, 143 (4): 360-363.

Manish Ranjan, Ismita N. and Shweta Bhatt (2017). “Study on the suitability of Lantana camara and Dendrocalamus strictus for the manufacture of Cement Bonded Particle Board.” International Journal of Forestry and Crop Improvement, Vol. 8(2), 141-144, December

Ismita N. and Manish Ranjan (2017). “Exploratory studies on utilization of lops and tops of poplar for development of fiber board.” International Journal of Forestry and Crop Improvement, Vol. 8(2), 113-116, December

Manish Ranjan, D.P. Khali and Shweta Bhatt (2018). “Preliminary study on the inclusion of poplar fibers with particles towards a hybrid board.” International Archive of Applied Science & Technology, Vol. 9(2) June

Manish Ranjan, D.P. Khali and Shweta Bhatt (2018). “6. N. Ismita, Manish Ranjan, Prashant Semwal, and Arun Prakash (2018). “Reduction in formaldehyde emission liberation from urea formaldehyde due to Closite Na+ addition.” International Journal of Chemical Studies, 6(2): 3502-3504

Manish Ranjan, D. P. Khali and Shweta Bhatt (2018). “Preliminary study on a hybrid board of poplar fibers and particles mixture.” International Journal of Chemical Studies, Vol. 6(5) 2465-2467

Manish Ranjan, D. P. Khali, Ismita Nautiyal, Kishan Kumar V.S. and Sachin Gupta (2019). “Effect of adding urea formaldehyde in polyvinyl acetate on the bending properties of finger jointed wood sections.” International Archive of Applied Science & Technology Vol 10 [1] March 2019: 160-165

Rupali Sharma, Hukum Singh, Neeraj Prajapati and Manish Ranjan (2019). “Effects of different seed treatments on germination of endangered Pinus gerardiana.” International Journal of Chemical Studies, Vol. 7(1) 1635-1638

N. Ismita, Sanjay Kumar and Manish Ranjan (2019). “Properties of plywood of Melia composita at three different pressure with five nano-filler loadings.” International Journal of Chemical Studies, Vol 7(4) 23-27

Pradeep K. Kushwaha, Anand Nandanwar and Manish Ranjan (2021). “Study on Different Processes to Increase Utilization of Bamboo for Bamboo Strand Lumber.” The Indian Forester - Volume 147 (7).

Manish Ranjan, Anand Nandanwar and Pradeep K. Kushwaha (2022). “Comparative study on physio-mechanical properties of plywood produced from Eucalyptus grandis and Populus deltoids veneers.” Wood Research 67(6): 1074-1080.

Shravani Nampelly, Kapil Sihag, Sreedhar Bodiga, Manish Ranjan, Chiranjeeva Reddy, Priya Mhaiskar, Reeja Sundaram, Rajesh Kumar Meena (2022). “Physical properties of Toy making species Givotia rottleriformis Griff.” AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia. Vol 53(9) 9645-9653.

Achievements

Best Thesis Award: International Conference on Global Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture and Allied Science held at Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Jaipur, India.