About Bhagirath Laboratories
Founded in Raigad district, Maharashtra, by Prof. (Dr.) Anjali Sudhir Puranik, an analytical chemist with 30 years of research into what flue gas contains. Incubated at AIC-RMP, Thane. Top 100 Startups, Maharashtra Startup Week 2025.
Our story
Named after the king who brought the river down
In legend, Bhagirath did years of penance to bring the Ganga down to earth. The name is a reminder that this problem needs the same stubbornness.
Clean fuels will not fix industrial or roadside air for decades. The control equipment that exists is expensive, weak on gases, and out of reach of small plants and city corporations.
The adsorbent came out of thirty years of teaching and research in analytical chemistry. It binds the gases filters miss, and it is cheap enough to replace rather than regenerate. Around it we have built five systems, from a flue-gas tower to an add-on for a split AC.
We are based in Raigad district, Maharashtra, and incubated at the Atal Incubation Centre, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (AIC-RMP), Thane. Our first installation is in Maharashtra; our first city pilot is proposed for Delhi.
Founders
Prof. (Dr.) Anjali Sudhir Puranik
Founder & Director · M.Sc., Ph.D. Chemistry
Analytical chemist and professor with more than thirty years of teaching and research. Inventor of the Bhagirath adsorbent and the lead on every installation, measurement and pilot protocol.
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Salil Puranik
Co-founder · M.Sc.; M.S. Environmental Science, Rice University, Houston
Environmental scientist. Leads the measurement and data side of the pilots, the validation protocols and the company’s partnerships outside India.
Team and advisors
Ankit Itoria
Engineering
Saurabh Jain
Engineering
Jayesh Jahagirdar
Compliance · M.Sc.
Harshad Patil
Marketing · BE (Mech), MBA
Ankita Warik
Communications · BFA
Swami Yogpratap
Advisor · M.B.B.S.
Mahendra Vaidya
Advisor · M.Sc.
Aadesh Suryarao
Advisor
Recognition
Recognised by the Government of Maharashtra
- Top 100 Startups, Maharashtra Startup Week 2025. Maharashtra State Innovation Society, Government of Maharashtra.
- Incubated at AIC-RMP. Atal Incubation Centre, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, Thane.
- Startup Mahakumbh 2025. Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, 3–5 April 2025.
- Indian Patent No. 468407. “Adsorbent composition for removal of noxious gases”, granted 10 November 2023; inventors Dr. Anjali Sudhir Puranik and Salil Sudhir Puranik.
The founder’s record
Before the company, three decades of teaching and research in analytical chemistry, recognised in India and abroad.
Work with us
We are hiring engineers for fabrication and field measurement. Pilot hosts and distribution partners: see Partners.